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A Witch in Time by Amanda M. Lee
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsA storm is raging in Hemlock Cove, but it’s nothing compared to the one raging in Aunt Tillie’s head. An accident renders Aunt Tillie unconscious in the hospital, and when Bay and Landon fall asleep while sitting vigil, they’re transported to a scary world: Aunt Tillie’s mind... -
![Metal Slinger by Rachel Schneider]()
Metal Slinger by Rachel Schneider
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsBrynn has spent the better part of her life waiting for the chance to attend the annual market hosted by the Kenta, the very same people who exiled the Alaha to live a life over the sea. A rite of passage for all young guards, she’s not sure what to expect from it, but breaking a century- long peace treaty certainly isn’t on her map.Neither is the encounter with an enemy soldier... -
![Thirst No. 4: The Shadow of Death by Christopher Pike]()
Thirst No. 4: The Shadow of Death by Christopher Pike
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsThe conclusion to the phenomenally successful Thirst series follows five-thousand-year-old vampire Alisa Perne as she battles a new race of immortals: the Telar. The Telar are a challenging threat. But Alisa is hungry for blood—and thirsty for revenge... -
![The Rise by Z.W. Taylor]()
The Rise by Z.W. Taylor
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt takes more than a bite. Charlotte has gone from being a broken human to a strong she-wolf and a damn Thorne, but now she and her mate, are standing on the edge of deliverance or doom as they grapple with a revelation that changes everything... -
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![What Lies Within Blood & Heirs by Nicolle May]()
What Lies Within Blood & Heirs by Nicolle May
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThrone of Glass meets Once Upon a Time and The Hunger Games in this heart-wrenching, high fantasy romance packed with trauma healing, epic magic, and high-stakes rebellion."They wanted to make a monster? I'll give them one."Bearing the scars of a turbulent past, Alora fights with a ferocity only found in those who have known tremendous suffering... -
![The Last Witch: Vol 3.5 by M.J. Lawrie]()
The Last Witch: Vol 3.5 by M.J. Lawrie
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIt's been six months since Lilly Hooper reunited with her family, friends, and magic.The Arcane Realm offers freedom and safety for all the witches who are rebuilding their lives and healing.But things are not as straightforward or as easy as they all hoped they would be... -
![Between the Moon & Her Night by Jaclyn Kot]()
Between the Moon & Her Night by Jaclyn Kot
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratings“It was like he had lifted the lid to a small locket box, because a soft, beautiful melody began to play—happy and sad, and filled with love and loss.It was the song of us.The song of Life and Death.”Centuries before the events of Between Life and Death and Between Sun and Moon . . . Centuries before she was Sage . . . She was Aurelia, the Goddess of Life... -
![Shadow Faerie by Rachel Morgan]()
Shadow Faerie by Rachel Morgan
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsEnter the dazzling and deadly world of Unseelie royalty in the penultimate Creepy Hollow book!Emerson Clarke thought magic might solve all her problems. Turns out, magic only made her life more complicated. Her sick mother is in a worse position than before, and Em just made a risky deal with an Unseelie prince: he will heal her mother if Em agrees to the ultimate alliance—marriage... -
![Direbound by Sable Sorensen]()
Direbound by Sable Sorensen
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsOnly the worthy survive the Bonding Trials. She’ll risk her life—and her heart—to be one of them…Meryn Cooper has never dreamed of being one of the Bonded, the King’s elite warriors who form mental links with massive, vicious direwolves. She’s made peace with her life scraping by in poverty in the shadows of the castle... -
![Reign: A Romance Anthology by Nina Levine, Penny Dee]()
Reign: A Romance Anthology by Nina Levine, Penny Dee
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThey say that power changes a person.Love changes them more.Long may they reign...You find them in the boardroom. The throne room. The bedroom.They burn brighter than the rest.They wield power as easily as they breathe.They stop at nothing to get what they want.Royalty, CEOs, mafia kings, demons, and more... -
![The Astonishing Strande Brothers by Kathryn Ann Kingsley]()
The Astonishing Strande Brothers by Kathryn Ann Kingsley
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSome bonds are too strong to be broken. Even by death.“The Astonishing Strande Brothers” is a short story/extended epilogue that tells the tale of the reunion between Julian Strande and his long-lost brother Louis on a snowy holiday at the Strande Estate.It combines characters from both my Harrow Faire and Impossible Julian Strande series... -
![The Secrets of Jane: Forgotten by Charlotte Mallory]()
The Secrets of Jane: Forgotten by Charlotte Mallory
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratings“I’m a disciplined man, Jane. I can stay here for as long as you need before the lesson sinks in that you don’t run from me while in my charge.” ¤ ¤ ¤ My village is aflame, and a deadly legend becomes my captor. I’m to appear before the most elite faction of mercenaries and warlords, commanded to answer for a crime they refuse to explain... -
![The Lies of Lena by Kylie Snow]()
The Lies of Lena by Kylie Snow
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsPassionate and Dark. Forbidden Romance. Forced Proximity. Angst.The Otacian Chronicles is a Dark Romantasy that will progressively get darker as the series continues. Please be mindful of the content warnings.Lena Daelyra has always lived in fear, as do most Mages in Tovagoth. Mages are discriminated against, hunted for sport, and have no laws that provide them protection... -
![Under a Cursed Moon by Riley Storm]()
Under a Cursed Moon by Riley Storm
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFated mates until the end. Together forever, he said.He lied.He dotes on me right up to the day a powerful curse transforms my sleek wolf body into something horrific. There was no chance to explain. He turns on me in a beat of my broken heart, ordering the pack to kill me.On the run from my pack and the man I loved, my only hope is in reaching the Library of Avalon and ending my curse... -
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![The Crimson Snow by Laura Vega]()
The Crimson Snow by Laura Vega
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn the ghostly town of Coldhaven, Seraphine Ashcroft is marked by her crimson eyes, a harbinger of dark magic that isolates her from humanity. Straddling the mundane and the mystic realms, she uncovers sinister secrets about her true nature that threaten to unravel everything she knows... -
![The Sins of Silas by Kylie Snow]()
The Sins of Silas by Kylie Snow
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsPassionate and Dark. Forbidden Romance. Forced Proximity. Angst.The Otacian Chronicles is a Dark Romantasy that will progressively get darker as the series continues. Please be mindful of the content warnings. “I felt it then…felt how her presence was nothing more than a constant tease—a reminder that he could not satiate that hunger… could not feast on what it was he truly desired... -
![The ShadowHunter by Opal Reyne]()
The ShadowHunter by Opal Reyne
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen her younger sister is stolen in the dark of night, Valerie infiltrates the northern kingdom to rescue her. Parading around as a human and hiding her Witch scent, she doesn’t realise she’s stepped onto a Dragon’s hunting ground – or that the Dragon has settled his lustful sights on her.She only wanted to save her sister, but she can’t resist the way he sets her heart on fire... -
![Beloved Vampire by Joey W. Hill]()
Beloved Vampire by Joey W. Hill
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsFourth in the "darkly rich"(TwoLips Reviews) Vampire Queen series. Escaping the depraved servitude of a vampire master she killed, Jessica has found her way, with three nomadic guides, to the sun-baked desolation of the Sahara-only to slowly perish... -
![Of Mischief & Mages by L.J. Andrews]()
Of Mischief & Mages by L.J. Andrews
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA sorceress with lost power to claim the throne.A royal thief fading to a cursed heart.A forgotten love that will destroy their world.When Adira’s crook of a boss sends her to a Las Vegas casino as one of his goons, her world turns upside down and she’s tossed through the gates of a strange, dangerous world of Mage courts and curses... -
![Kingdom of the Feared by Kerri Maniscalco]()
Kingdom of the Feared by Kerri Maniscalco
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsFrom 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 Faerie Games by Michelle Madow]()
The Faerie Games by Michelle Madow
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsI’m Selena Pearce, and in the past few days I’ve been kidnapped by faeries, gifted with powerful magic, and forced by the gods to compete in a twisted game to the death. Growing up on the magical island of Avalon should be great... but I have no magic to speak of. And my parents forbid me from leaving... -
![Hot Blooded by Christine Feehan, Maggie Shayne]()
Hot Blooded by Christine Feehan, Maggie Shayne
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsWhen the sun goes down, four women will discover the man they desire within the beast that drives them wild in this sexy paranormal romance collection that includes an original Carpathain novella...“Dark Hunger” by New York Times bestselling author Christine Feehan In a dark jungle, a beautiful activist liberates animals from a secret laboratory—and stumbles across an unexpected prisoner... -
![Flames of Promise by Jack Whitney]()
Flames of Promise by Jack Whitney
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWith their kingdom in ruins, Dorian and Nyssari Eaglefyre must make a choice. Remain bound to the kingdom and people that betrayed their family and live their lives in silence, or run and be declared traitors of the realm... -
![Nightstrider : Book One of the Nightstrider Series by Sophia Slade]()
Nightstrider : Book One of the Nightstrider Series by Sophia Slade
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen a vicious night terror lords over the waking world and the dream world, his greatest weapon, a winged assassin born of a nightmare, will have her vengeance.Wren has spent her life doing the bidding of her cruel creator Para Warwick in the dream world known as the Reverie. When she learns of a weapon with the power to destroy him, she jumps at the chance to steal it... -
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![The Aspect of Essence by Samantha Amstutz]()
The Aspect of Essence by Samantha Amstutz
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFor over a millennium, the elves have concealed their powers.Until now.Since arriving on the mortals’ shores, the elves have systematically colonized the primitive human race. As subjugated peasants, the mortals toil to supply the elven realm with riches.The elves’ magic has degraded their race to a point where they have been rendered infertile... -
![The Toymaker's Son by Ariana Nash]()
The Toymaker's Son by Ariana Nash
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsPatience, little puppet. The night is long, and we have just begun. After the suspicious death of Jacapo, the well-loved toymaker, criminal investigator Valentine Anzio returns to his hometown of Minerva to help solve the suspected murder. He’d hoped never to go back. Perhaps things have changed and the nightmares won't plague him... -
![Find Me Between the Stars by Iris Lake]()
Find Me Between the Stars by Iris Lake
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSeven powerful individuals transcend the boundaries of morality and follow the invisible threads that bind all of their fates together. After Neira Aroya strikes a bargain with the enigmatic and dangerous Herald of Death, Orion Kallistar, she realizes that he has been holding on to secrets far graver than she could have ever imagined... -
![The Blood of Gods and Monsters by Lucinda Dark, Lucy Smoke]()
The Blood of Gods and Monsters by Lucinda Dark, Lucy Smoke
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsGreed is lethal. Blood is honest. Between the blood of gods and monsters, I am both killer and healer.The Darkhavens were once my obstacle. Now, they may be the only safe haven I have left.The Gods are lying to us all.They are not Gods at all, but creatures that came from another world to rule over ours... -
![Wicked Whispers by Nina Bangs]()
Wicked Whispers by Nina Bangs
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAll Ivy had ever wanted was a safe, secure life with no drama. Now she was working in an adult theme park where visitors came to role-play their wildest imaginings. She reminded herself to stay focused on her job and to ignore everything else. The reminders didn’t work. One man drew her... -
![Fool Me Once by Ariana Nash]()
Fool Me Once by Ariana Nash
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe king of the Court of Love wants me dead, the queen wants me in her bed, and the prince… He wants the only piece of me I will never surrender.They call me jester, dancer, trickster, lover.I exist to entertain.But behind my sideways smiles, my quick hands and magicians tricks, I trade in their lies, their secrets. I know their deepest desires, their wicked schemes. Their sins are my currency... -
![Seirsha of Errinton by Shari L. Tapscott]()
Seirsha of Errinton by Shari L. Tapscott
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSometimes the brightest love kindles in the bleakest of darkness.The people of Errinton are cold, but none is more so than their distant and aloof princess. At least, that's how Seirsha hopes to be seen. After living in the shadow of her father, the cruel King Bowen, the princess has learned to keep her distance, hiding her feelings and the love she has for her people... -
![Live Wire by Amber Lynn Natusch]()
Live Wire by Amber Lynn Natusch
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSapphira is a ticking time bomb. Two years ago, she lost control of the unstable energies within her and caused a horrific supernatural incident. Since then, she and her family have lived in constant fear of another—and her freedom seems only a distant memory. In Huskers Grove, Iowa, a darkness looms. A great and faceless evil. An evil that wants Sapphira... -
![Rosebud by Charlene Hartnady]()
Rosebud by Charlene Hartnady
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsPART 1: Elf/Vampire Serial Reading order - 1#Chosen by the Vampire Kings 2#Stolen by the Alpha Wolf 3#Unlikely Mates 4#Awakened by the Vampire Prince SPOILER ALERT: King Katar is gravely ill. Esral must go back to her place of birth, to be at her father’s side, during this difficult time. She is relieved when her protector, Xavier, is not permitted to accompany her... -
![La Nación de las bestias 3: Luna de hueso (3) (Nación de las Bestias/ Beast Nation) by Mariana Palova]()
La Nación de las bestias 3: Luna de hueso (3) (Nación de las Bestias/ Beast Nation) by Mariana Palova
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTras los fatídicos eventos ocurridos en Stonefall y de la casi aniquilación de la tribu Red Buffalo, Elisse nos arrastra a una nueva sombría y aventura a través del norte de Estados Unidos, en búsqueda de los orígenes de Wéndigo, con la esperanza de encontrar la forma de separarse de él... -
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![A Crown of Petals and Ice by Shannon Mayer, Kelly St. Clare]()
A Crown of Petals and Ice by Shannon Mayer, Kelly St. Clare
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsQueen of the fae courts. Faced with an impossible battle. Destined to never be with the Unseelie I love.The magical tea has worn off. My eyes are wide open. And it’s with horror that I realize the fate of two realms rests on my shoulders after my mother’s ultimate sacrifice to trap Rubezahl in Underhill... -
![The Company of Vengeful Crows by Lana Pecherczyk]()
The Company of Vengeful Crows by Lana Pecherczyk
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThere’s a reason crows circle overhead nightly. It's to remind themselves of where they’ve been, where they’re going, and, most importantly, who they’re with—who is friend, and who is foe.Guardian River spent years cataloging every detail of how his best friend accidentally electrocuted his wings, leaving him scarred, flightless, and furious. The healers say his molting is psychological... -
![The Hunted by L.A. Banks]()
The Hunted by L.A. Banks
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsEach millennium brings a new Neteru, a vampire huntress whose mission is to vanquish evil from the world. This millennium's savior has come in the form of Damali Richards, a hip-hop diva with the heart of a warrior and an attitude to match. But a war in Hell has cost Damali both her powers and her past love, Carlos Rivera. Still, Damali can't let her grief stand in her way... -
![Reunion by Ariana Nash]()
Reunion by Ariana Nash
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsAfter a vicious storm delivers Eroan and Lysander's battered ship to the new world, where elves are in power and dragons must follow the law, the peace seems almost too good to be true. Until Lysander ends up on the wrong side of those laws, and discovers the real reason Eroan brought him half way around the world: The brother he thought was dead, is very much alive. *** Akiem is missing... -
![Eden Forest by Aoife Marie Sheridan]()
Eden Forest by Aoife Marie Sheridan
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSarajane Anderson is your regular twenty one year old. With family, friends and a normal job. She also happens to be the only person who can save Saskia, a world parallel to earth.When Sarajane is taken to Saskia, she could never have imagined the reality of the world she steps into, a world where magical abilities are in everyone's possession... -
![Guardian Of Magick by Jessica Wayne]()
Guardian Of Magick by Jessica Wayne
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCaptured.Tortured.Persecuted. Sienna isn't sure how much longer she can hang on to the shred of humanity left within her.Not when her only chance at escape would be to destroy what is left of her soul. Daxon is hell-bent on tearing apart the realm in order to find the Sage who has saved his life more times than he can count... -
![The Traitor's Mercy by Iris Foxglove]()
The Traitor's Mercy by Iris Foxglove
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn the court of Staria, mercy is rarely a blessing…Sabre de Valois is the last of his line. Saved from the gallows while his family hangs for treason, Sabre is given the chance to pay off their debt and clear his family name... -
![My Sister's Reaper by Dorothy Dreyer]()
My Sister's Reaper by Dorothy Dreyer
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSixteen-year-old Zadie’s first mistake was telling the boy she liked she could bring her dead sister back to life. Her second mistake was actually doing it.When Zadie accidentally messes with the Reaper’s Rite that should have claimed her sister Mara, things go horribly wrong... -
![Exile of the Seas by Jeffe Kennedy]()
Exile of the Seas by Jeffe Kennedy
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAround the shifting borders of the Twelve Kingdoms, trade and conflict, danger and adventure put every traveler on guard . . . but some have everything to lose. ESCAPEDOnce she was known as Jenna, Imperial Princess of Dasnaria, schooled in graceful dance and comely submission. Until the man her parents married her off to almost killed her with his brutality... -
![Prince of Demons 3 by Victoria Danann]()
Prince of Demons 3 by Victoria Danann
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWISHES ARE MYSTERIES FILLED WITH SHADOWS and LIGHT. New York Times & USA Today Bestselling Author, Victoria Danann, brings us a tale of romance, suspense, and high adventure.Prince of Demons is a spin off of Knights of Black Swan. It shares characters and references with the award winning series.The third and last part of the Prince of Demons trilogy... -
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![Origin: A Dystopian Paranormal Romance Novel by Rebecca Hamilton]()
Origin: A Dystopian Paranormal Romance Novel by Rebecca Hamilton
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThief. Witch. Doomed Queen.In Sector One, there is no greater commodity than a witch. Should they be discovered by the hunters, they will suffer one of two fates--both of which end in death--unless they can bring forth an heir for the sector's Regent. The only problem is, the Regent is sterile, and he would sooner exile a Doomed Queen than admit that to himself or anyone else... -
![Dark Liaison by J.D. Brown]()
Dark Liaison by J.D. Brown
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEma Marx wishes her life would go back to normal, but there’s nothing normal about being a Romani-Vampyre with an ancestor who wants you dead. Apollyon is back, wreaking havoc on the lives of everyone she cares about while plotting her demise.Ema thought she would find a new best friend in her trainer, Bridget, until the exotic vampire vies for Jesu’s attention... -
![Filthy Secrets by Stacey Brutger]()
Filthy Secrets by Stacey Brutger
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWARRIOR NUNS ARE NOT BORN, BUT FORGED THROUGH BLOOD, SWEAT, AND DEATH. WHO KNEW RISING FROM THE DEAD WOULD COME WITH SO MANY RESPONSIBILITIES!Ten years ago my parents were murdered by monsters, and I vowed vengeance. Marked as an irredeemable child, I was sent to a convent to cure me of the delusion that monsters are real... -
![City of Storms by Kat Ross]()
City of Storms by Kat Ross
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFor the Shadow is a tight passage, a narrow door, whose painful constriction no one is spared who goes down the deep well . . .After decades of civil war, the Via Sancta has declared victory over humanity’s basest instincts. Anger, hatred and greed are suppressed by intricate Marks on the skin. Wards have tamed the wild psychic magic of the ley... -
![The Vampire's Bargain by Jasmine Walt]()
The Vampire's Bargain by Jasmine Walt
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNew York Times Bestseller Jasmine Walt is back with a brand-new vampire-witch fantasy series, set in a dark world filled with celestial magic, deadly alliances, and forbidden romance... Kitana Nightshade is the most powerful witch in Valentaera... -
![The Fae Warrior's Queen by Jamie Schlosser]()
The Fae Warrior's Queen by Jamie Schlosser
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI don’t know how long I’ve been enslaved in the Lost Land, but by the time a fierce warrior comes to my rescue, I think it’s too late for me. This place robs you of your emotions and takes away all your hope. It turns you into an empty shell until there’s nothing left to save...
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