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  • Dodging Calamities by Erin R. Flynn

    Dodging Calamities by Erin R. Flynn

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    My name is Tamsin Vale and I’m the last known fairy… And I think I’m out of time. The walls are closing in from all sides and we’re quickly running out of options.But I don’t think help is coming.Making up with Darby and Lucca—having them at my side—has helped my soul, but I’m still missing pieces of it. I want to let Hudson back in, though I don’t know how...
  • Reaching Answers by Erin R. Flynn

    Reaching Answers by Erin R. Flynn

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    My name is Tamsin Vale… And I’m no longer the last fairy. I found someone else finally and brought them out of the darkness.A huge part of me wishes I hadn’t. The answers he had weren’t ones I wanted. I can’t trust him, and I don’t think he’s going to be any real help with the serious trouble we’re in.Plus, he’s poking the men in my life and they aren’t handling it well...
  • Multiplying Storms by Erin R. Flynn

    Multiplying Storms by Erin R. Flynn

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    My name is Tamsin Vale and I’m the only living heir to all of Faerie. It’s still hard to accept that, but given how often people call me “Princess” or “Your Highness” like it’s my actual name, I can’t deny it.I simply hate that I am.Yeah, it’s going that well.The councils’ win might have seemed small, but the ripples from that decision are drowning me at every turn...
  • Compounding Traumas by Erin R. Flynn

    Compounding Traumas by Erin R. Flynn

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    My name is Tamsin Vale and I’m the last known fairy, fighting to find out what happened to all fairies and our world.But I’m running out of hope, and it has a lot to do with the four pieces of my soul I no longer have with me. Going through one breakup is terrible, but four in rapid succession is… More than one person can handle...
  • Managing Expectations by Erin R. Flynn

    Managing Expectations by Erin R. Flynn

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    My name is Tamsin Vale… And I’m no longer no one. I’m not simply an abandoned orphan without any answers. Granted, most of the answers led me to ask more questions, but I have at least some now.Fairies aren’t what I was promised they would be and I’m certainly not what they want, but I’m the only one who can save them from their magical prisons...
  • Night Pleasures/Night Embrace by Sherrilyn Kenyon

    Night Pleasures/Night Embrace by Sherrilyn Kenyon

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 33 ratings
    In Night Pleasures, Kyrian of Thrace---an immortal who protects humans from vampires---wakes up one morning handcuffed to the one thing that can scare him: a conservative woman in a button-down shirt. But Amanda Devereaux turns out to be his perfect partner for hunting down a deadly foe, and for helping him to regain his soul and learn that love doesn't have to bite...
  • Laurell K. Hamilton's Anita Blake Vampire Hunter Collection: Books 6-10 by Laurell K. Hamilton

    Laurell K. Hamilton's Anita Blake Vampire Hunter Collection: Books 6-10 by Laurell K. Hamilton

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Take a walk on the wild side with Anita Blake, star of the #1 New York Times bestselling series. These five novels of human—and inhuman—passions feature vampires, werewolves, and “a heroine as sharp as a stake and slick as a silver bullet” (J.D. Robb)...
  • 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...
  • Forged in Magical Fire (Midlife Witchery, #5) by Brenda Trim

    Forged in Magical Fire (Midlife Witchery, #5) by Brenda Trim

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Guess who just discovered her Phoenix lineage? I'd rather go back to just being cursed. Hot flashes have nothing on bursting into flames...Imps are taking over Cottlehill Wilds, wreaking havoc at every turn. Chasing them around my store with unreliable magic, while not alerting the mundies, is harder than raising twins...
  • Reaper Unveiled by Debbie Cassidy

    Reaper Unveiled by Debbie Cassidy

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    It’s all smoke and mirrors until someone breaks the glass.It’ll be the wedding of the century, an alliance bringing peace to the Underealm, but if Lilith recognises who I am, it could be the end of me. Thank goodness for Cora and her plan –smoke and mirrors and deception. Let’s hope it works, otherwise, if the journey doesn’t kill me, Lilith will.A kickass Urban Fantasy with a why choose romance...
  • Weakened Mountains by Erin R. Flynn

    Weakened Mountains by Erin R. Flynn

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    My name is Tamsin Vale, and I survived my first semester at Artemis University… And several Biblical plagues. Of all the things I’d been expecting, plagues weren’t one of them. We still don’t know who the culprit was or if it was simply a prank, so there’s possibly another threat out there against me. Add it to the list. Unfortunately, that damn list is getting long...
  • The Rowan's Destiny by Stella Brie

    The Rowan's Destiny by Stella Brie

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The Rowan's destiny is to power the stone and save the magic of witches everywhere. Or is it?When the words of the past reveal new secrets, Arden must decide which path to follow—the one dictated by others, or the one designed by her.From the ballroom to the battlefield, Arden and the Imperium Cadre discover an intricate web of deceit and a massive abuse of power...
  • Her Royal Wolf by G. Bailey

    Her Royal Wolf by G. Bailey

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    My alphas have crowns… and if I can win the rite, so will I.After arriving in Fall Mountain Pack, I found out all the secrets the Alpha’s were forced to keep from me and the terrible truths that came with them.Along with what loving them will cost me...
  • Entwined with the Dark by Nicola Claire

    Entwined with the Dark by Nicola Claire

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    What was wrong with me to antagonise a vampire of his standing to such a degree? I knew I had become too rebellious, too sure of my own place in this world. I was aware that Dark had been encroaching, that I played so often in its shadow I was losing sight of the sun, of my Light. There were times when I truly felt consumed in anger, for all that had happened, for all that I had suffered and lost...
  • Cry Werewolf by Amy Sumida

    Cry Werewolf by Amy Sumida

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The Wolves are being hunted!Vervain Lavine's nine-pointed star is whole again. A victory indeed, except the Godhunter still doesn't know exactly what it's capable of. Distracted by pregnancy issues, she just doesn't have the time to search for answers...
  • Queen Takes Sunfires Book 2: A Their Vampire Queen novel by Joely Sue Burkhart

    Queen Takes Sunfires Book 2: A Their Vampire Queen novel by Joely Sue Burkhart

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A secret burns inside me that will very likely get me killed.The wolf king may have gotten me out of Chicago alive, but he couldn’t burn rubber fast enough to get away from me once he’d dropped me off at his sister’s. Wearing nothing but a hospital gown and his borrowed coat, I have to face an Aima queen for the first time. Alone...
  • Disrespected Chief by Erin R. Flynn

    Disrespected Chief by Erin R. Flynn

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Division Chief Seraphine Thomas is tired of the men in her world making her life so much more difficult. From Brian getting promoted and bringing Murray into her life to Murray treating her like he’s her boss and she has to play along to set him up because of what Director Galvin wants. Then there’s Enzo’s plans and new crazy all the way up to the damn president...
  • Perchance to Die by Amy Sumida

    Perchance to Die by Amy Sumida

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The Godhunter enters the Realm of Dreams.The excitement continues as Vervain discovers that even her dreams are no longer safe.Vervain Lavine, Godhunter, Witch, Shapeshifter, Goddess, and Faerie. Life has become a little confusing with so many titles but the one place Vervain could always find sanctuary was in her dreams...
  • Savvy Negotiator by Erin R. Flynn

    Savvy Negotiator by Erin R. Flynn

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Five women of “questionable professions” have been murdered, and that means Acadia Collins—according to her new alias—is heading to Denver. She tries to avoid mixed areas, but corporate also wants to expand into the area. It seems a dangerous move to make when she has an ancient vampire interested in her and vowing not to let her go...
  • Siren's Battle by Erin R. Flynn

    Siren's Battle by Erin R. Flynn

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Now Alpha of the Chicago werewolves and the first female one in North America, Seraphine Thomas has more on her plate than she can handle or wants to. Engle had to go, and while she’s glad the threat to everyone in the city—both humans and paranormals—is dead and gone, now there is a huge mess to clean up...
  • Her Protectors by Tamara White

    Her Protectors by Tamara White

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Death. That’s what my life has become. My mother died protecting me. My father died from poison intended for me. How long until someone tries to kill my mates? The third trial is here. The day after saying farewell to her father, she’s forced to move on and complete the next trial. To make matters worse all the elders insist coming with her...
  • The Shadow King by Heather Killough-Walden

    The Shadow King by Heather Killough-Walden

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    King of the Shadow Realm… Beyond the Twixt, just past the Unlit Forest lies a realm so gravely perilous, it has been cut off from the mortal world for thousands of years. The powerful man who rules this tangled, twisted land is as dark and merciless as his realm...
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  • Rebel Reborn by Sarah Piper

    Rebel Reborn by Sarah Piper

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    When darkness descends, who will survive the Battle for Blackmoon Bay?The fight at the cemetery was hard-won. But from the enemy’s perspective, the cemetery was just a minor outpost.Blackmoon Bay is ground zero for their entire operation, and it’s no longer simply the home we’re desperate to reclaim. It’s the spark that will eventually set the whole world on fire.If we fail, we will all die...
  • 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...
  • The Fall of the King by Stacey Marie Brown

    The Fall of the King by Stacey Marie Brown

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    There is nothing the Unseelie king doesn’t acquire. That was until he meets Fionna Cathbad. A fierce druid, who won’t bow to anyone. Especially Lars. The demon king has every right to kill her, her treasonous acts against the crown are undisputable. But, she is the key to the one thing he wants more than anything. The cauldron of dagda. A powerful treasure that no fae should possess...
  • Freeing Fae by M. Sinclair

    Freeing Fae by M. Sinclair

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    My name is Maize.Poisonous to the touch.The bastard child of one very dead Dark Fae King.A refugee of a war that freed me from my three-year imprisonment.Captured by one of the monsters that haunted my nightmares each night.I may have been free, but I would never forget the torture I’d gone through at the hands of my father’s guard. It seemed they hadn’t forgotten either...
  • Bloody Rosary Academy: Year Two by Avery Song, Veronica Agnus

    Bloody Rosary Academy: Year Two by Avery Song, Veronica Agnus

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Hail Mary, Full of Grace. Thanks to your mercy, the truth has been revealed.Awakened by the blood of my ancestors, I join with those who will empower me to rise to my birthright, my throne. In this moment, I can finally breathe, and while I see the light that beckons, my future is shrouded in darkness...
  • The Ties That Bind by Eve Newton

    The Ties That Bind by Eve Newton

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Carrying on from where 'Choices' leaves off, Devon has a decision to make which sets off a chain of events and changes the plans for Liv and her ever growing group...
  • Forgotten Fairytale by Yumoyori Wilson

    Forgotten Fairytale by Yumoyori Wilson

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    What if your life was like a forgotten fairytale? Would you cry in despair at losing the memories of a story you held so dearly? Or move on to start a new chapter, deciding to accept your fate? That's exactly how I feel about my current dilemma as I face this new world. My name is Mako, code name: Bloody Butterfly...
  • Jumbled Positions by Erin R. Flynn

    Jumbled Positions by Erin R. Flynn

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Being the boss is never easy no matter the support system you have in place. Being the boss when people’s lives are on the line is not something even superheroes can do without a break. Especially when they’re your people.But Jasmine Stewart has.Everyone is worried and scared about what comes next since the news of the demons organizing went public...
  • Let Sleeping Demons Lie by Amy Sumida

    Let Sleeping Demons Lie by Amy Sumida

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    There will be Hell to pay.Deep within the Devil's house there's a room where demons sleep. They send their souls into humans and entrust their bodies to Satan. No one has ever disturbed them. No one would dare. Until now.Demons are dying; their souls taken before they can return to Hell. With only weeks to spare, Vervain and the God Squad attempt to track down the murderer...
  • Stalker by Letty Frame

    Stalker by Letty Frame

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Healing is important to help you overcome grief. But it’s impossible to heal when there’s still a fight for survival.Lottie and her men went through a terrible ordeal, but they’re desperate to not let it tear them apart. Between Warren’s newfound powers, River’s lack of wolf, and Theo’s refusal to complete his bond with Lottie, things are tenuous at best...
  • Brazen Indulgences by Erin R. Flynn

    Brazen Indulgences by Erin R. Flynn

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Nothing makes people more vulnerable than having to open up. And for someone like Jasmine Stewart who has so much hidden, it’s terrifying to have people know her secrets. Especially when people generally don’t react well to learning them. But life goes on, and when you have people who truly love you, they won’t let the darkness eat you and help you get back on your feet...
  • A Shifter's Curse by Debbie Cassidy

    A Shifter's Curse by Debbie Cassidy

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I don’t regret what I did. I’d do it again. But what happens now?The relic keeping the taint at bay has fractured and it’s all my fault. As the fractures grow, it’s only a matter of time before the taint breaks free.There’s only one solution. Find the Dagda and beg him to fix what I broke.I’m about to enter a race against time...
  • Dancing Dragon by Nicola Claire

    Dancing Dragon by Nicola Claire

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    'I'm supposed to be the one that calls him back toward the Light. I am the Light to your Dark. You call to me as I call to you. I will always hold you dear. But, it was getting harder. I loved him and it's not as if I never knew it would be difficult loving a vampire. I just never knew the degree of difficulty it would entail.'Michel battles his rising Dark, all but losing his Light within...
  • My Soul to Take by Amy Sumida

    My Soul to Take by Amy Sumida

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The Award-Winning Godhunter Series continues! With the birth of her twins, the Godhunter has begun a new phase of her life. Unfortunately, this phase may be her last if she doesn't figure out how to fix her shattered star. And then Yemanja, a goddess Vervain owes her life to, comes to her for help...
  • Adelaide's Storm by G. Bailey

    Adelaide's Storm by G. Bailey

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Sometimes fate is your only blessing. The four courts of Frayan, or what is left of them, have risen to stop a war. But they will need a queen who will win the war. Adelaide Autumn has to make a choice between her family and her duty. Either way, it will break her heart. Royals can't always have it all... Her pack must love her. Her fate must be her choice...
  • Rain or Monkeyshine by Amy Sumida

    Rain or Monkeyshine by Amy Sumida

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    It's time for some monkey business.The Godhunter is on lockdown, her lovers gathering around her in preparation for some unknown trouble lurking on the horizon. So when one of the Dark Horses is abducted by a Hindu monkey god, Vervain is kept out of the rescue mission...
  • Exploring Fae by M. Sinclair

    Exploring Fae by M. Sinclair

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    My name is Maize.Poisonous to the touch.The bastard child of one very dead Dark Fae King.A refugee of a war that freed me from my three-year imprisonment.Eager to explore a kingdom that while not welcoming, could hold everything I’d ever dreamed for. Hope. Hope for a real future. That was if someone didn’t kill me first, due to their hatred of what I represented...
  • Tracing Thunder by Amy Sumida

    Tracing Thunder by Amy Sumida

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Olympus is calling!The thirteenth installment of The Godhunter Series takes us through the Greek pantheon reaching ultimate highs and surprising depths.Ambrosia, the source of immortality for the Greek gods. It's creation is a secret, held only by Zeus himself, and he's held that secret over the heads of his fellow gods for years, giving ambrosia only to those who agree to serve him...
  • The Serpent Priest by Anna McIlwraith

    The Serpent Priest by Anna McIlwraith

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Betrayed, bereft, and beaten — but not broken. Emma Chase is the Caller of the Blood, destined to command the magic of all shapechanging races. She’s been to Hell and back and she’ll never be the same, but she’s rebuilding her life — and her sanity — with the help of some totally unexpected allies. If only she knew how to heal the one person whose soul is bound to hers forever...
  • Giver of Light by Nicola Claire

    Giver of Light by Nicola Claire

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    His lips met mine again, this time in a slow, soft caress, conveying everything he had just said in those beautiful words that had reached my very soul. I could have drowned in that kiss. I could have lived there for eternity. It filled me up with everything I needed to survive. He gave me life through his lips and I treasured it...
  • Shadow's Light by Nicola Claire

    Shadow's Light by Nicola Claire

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I felt hot tears streaming down my cheeks at his words. Spoken so carelessly, with such shameless intent. He knew how I felt. How I had been feeling. How lost and alone and full of grief my days had been. Avery was not a friend. Not even a trusted acquaintance. But, he understood what I was going through...
  • Eye of Re by Amy Sumida

    Eye of Re by Amy Sumida

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The Eye of Re sees all.Vervain Lavine is finally about to become a mother. But she's also preparing for marriage... to four men... all at once... and the baby's father isn't one of them. As if all that isn't complicated enough, the memories she brought back from an altered future have found their way into the dreams of her favorite sun god...
  • Succubus Blessed by Heather Long

    Succubus Blessed by Heather Long

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    If I told you, that would be spoiling the last book. I know, I know. Not everyone likes secrets, but that's half of the fun of telling my story. I'll tell you when the time is right. Promise.The following blurb might contain spoilers for Succubus Unchained. Be warned before you scroll down.There might be something to this new life of mine.Being mated to Maddox and bonded to Alfred isn’t so bad...
  • Shadow Slayer by Rory Miles, Harper Frey

    Shadow Slayer by Rory Miles, Harper Frey

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The best way to ruin a rogue slayer's day? Force an arranged marriage on her.Despite being the best of the best, my parents–who run our region's slayer council–decide it's time for me to get married. Apparently, being the wife of a high-born slayer will finally make me respectable. Or so they say. I see the arrangement for what it really is: a power grab...
  • TriAlpha by Serena Akeroyd

    TriAlpha by Serena Akeroyd

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Armageddon was supposed to mean the end of the world. Instead, it means the end of everything humans thought they knew to be real... Thalia Lyndhoven, until recently, was a Pack Princess. Not exactly spoiled, she was barely tolerated by anyone in her family, until an Elder came along and told her fathers, the leaders of the North American Pack, that she was at the center of a prophecy...
  • A Demon's Debt by Cece Rose

    A Demon's Debt by Cece Rose

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Pay your debt or forfeit your soul. ​ Mona thought her troubles were over, but little did she know, they were only just beginning. ​ When you owe a demon, they will always come to collect. Mona must enter the demon realm to repay her debt to the demon Adramelech. If she fails to complete her task, the forfeit is her soul...
  • Claiming Hope by Elizabeth Knight

    Claiming Hope by Elizabeth Knight

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    So you guys remember the naked man in the alley?Now he’s my mate along with one of his friends. I might also have my eyes on the other two as well because why not? Oh yeah forgot to mention, turns out I’m a werewolf, hence the mating thing. Not only that but I’m the only Alpha Female in existence, which makes sense why that asshole of a fake fiance wanted to keep me for himself...
  • Dirty Deeds by Cate Corvin

    Dirty Deeds by Cate Corvin

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Things I’ve won in Libra Academy: An expensive education. A vampire sworn to me forever. An incubus on a leash. A man who’d give up everything to save me.Things I’ve lost: My dignity. My honor. My mortality. My blacklist has been narrowed down to two: the king of the vampires, and the slayer who helped him...
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