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Alan's Utterly Accidental Dream-Cute by A.J. Sherwood
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhat happens when a Havili researcher meets a psychic dreamwalker? A dreamy meet-cute, that’s what. (In more ways than one... -
Dire Straits and Entwined Fates by Alice Winters
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsJulianWhen did fake-then-real dating an ancient vampire become the easy part?Casimir’s ridiculously sweet now that he’s conquered “the art of the flirt,” as he calls it. He tries hard to fit in with my family—if we forget about those silly threatening chocolates he sent my father—and he even makes me popcorn… okay, he tried. I know, I know, I’m just bragging at this point... -
SOS Hotel: Great Service from Top to Bottom by Adam Vex, Ariana Nash
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSomething is wrong with Tom Collins. More wrong than usual.Tom’s being nice.I should have known trouble was right around the corner. One attempted murder later, and Reynard is forced to disarm Tom (literally).No bartender, means no bar. Zee is grumpy and avoiding me, and the hotel’s measly profits are dwindling by the day.Things are not going well... -
Embers by A.J. Sherwood, Jocelynn Drake
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsOnce upon a time, there was a stunningly gorgeous mage named Nikki.They were trapped by evil, horrible Jaeggi mages for 10 long years until they were rescued by the brave dragon named Gunter. The grumpy red knight swept in, carrying them off to a fair castle, where they lived happily ever after. That’s how the story’s supposed to go, anyway... -
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Ghost Town by Pandora Pine
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsGhost Detective Jude Byrne has just landed in magical Key West, Florida for two weeks of fun in the sun. He’s looking forward to working on his tan instead of on haunted houses. Sitting at the hotel bar, he overhears a radio call-in show interviewing a terrified man about the harrowing experiences he had with a ghost at Casa Flores, a local bed and breakfast... -
Tiny Dancer by Pandora Pine
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMuseum Curator, Riordan Quinn, is still reeling from the tragic death of his husband a year ago. He knows life must go on for him and his two young daughters, and the first step is a dance recital for Isla, his oldest child. Things start to go awry the morning of the dance when the ballerina can’t find part of her costume... -
101 Ways to Die by R.J. Blain
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsOfficer McMarin of the NYPD is in for the ride of her life when the Chief Quinns storm into her station, promote her to the rank of detective, and relocate her to Manhattan. Saddled with the dubious honor of being Chief Bailey Quinn’s primary rider is only the beginning of her woes.Her first case delves into the dark waters of the many ways in which a person can die... -
SOS Hotel: Sleep With Us by Adam Vex, Ariana Nash
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe third book in the SOS Hotel series...Three weeks in, and the SOS Hotel is still standing. I know, crazy right? Despite the gremlins, lethal electrics, shadowbeast in the attic, vampire threats, and psycho sorcerer, our doors remain open to all Lost Ones. Also, nobody has died… in a few days... -
I Went on an Adventure and All I Got Was This Barbarian Orc by Jennifer Cody
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsLawton: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... -
A History of Trouble by S.J. Himes
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA HISTORY OF TROUBLEA Beacon Hill Sorcerer CollectionA collection of brand-new short stories, featuring characters from The Beacon Hill Sorcerer Series by bestselling author SJ Himes.Red Wine and BloodThe Blood Wars raged for centuries across Boston. Witness a brief glimpse into the brutal history of the Wars with Ignacio Salvatore and the vampire he loves, Ashwin Metcalfe, in 1897... -
Dane by Theresa Hissong
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDaneRise of the PrideBook 8The Rules Have Changed…Dane Walker, Guardian to the Shaw pride, has never lived by the rules. His tastes have always been on the side of extreme. With each passing day that he is tasked to protect the werepanther-owned bar, The Deuce, Dane’s obsession with the two human employees strengthens... -
Forever Together by Shelby Rhodes
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOctavius Evander here. I suppose you have come to see how it all ends. Well, ‘ends’, as in, we’ve reached the end of this part of my story. It wouldn’t be proper of me to move on until we finish it all off, right? As this is the last book in this series, I feel it is my duty, to end things with a bang! A glittery bang. By bang, I mean, a giant, super cool, Halloween party... -
Wake the Dead by Jocelynn Drake
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsThe dead wait for Caelan.The Goddess of Life has sent Caelan to wake her brother, the Dead God.But crossing the reclusive country of Zastrad is even more treacherous when Caelan and his friends aren’t sure they can trust their guide.The brotherhood of friends will be tested by violence, death, political intrigue, and secrets better left in the dark... -
Spirited Situation by Louisa Masters
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhen you can talk to ghosts, things are bound to get spirited. The ghosts have been there since before I can remember. When I was a kid, they doted on me, but as I got older, they got more demanding. I’ve spent my whole life seeing and talking to dead people and trying to pretend I’m not, because the living just don’t understand. Nobody wants to be around the freak who claims to see ghosts... -
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Contested Crown by Kai Butler
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsI can’t give him up, even if it costs me my life...Miles and Cade are on the run. Without money, protection, or allies they have only each other to rely on as they flee the most powerful mage house in the country. Unfortunately, the outside world is even more dangerous than the lion’s den they just escaped from... -
Breath by A.J. Sherwood, Jocelynn Drake
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsA Mage’s List for Freedom:1. Escape his evil, controlling clan.2. Get a job. 3. Work magic on HIS terms.4. Avoid all dragons.Tori was doing great until sexy dragon Baldewin interfered.Between the little gifts, constant protection, and the steadfast confidence from the overgrown lizard, Tori wonders if maybe that last step needs revising. He has no chance to consider it... -
Cronin's Key III by N.R. Walker
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsHistory isn’t always what it seems… Twelve months after his change, Alec MacAidan is still getting used to his many vampire talents. While most vampires would give anything to have more than one supernatural power, Alec craves nothing more than peace and time alone with Cronin. But when Alec meets entities from outside this realm, he’s left powerless in their presence... -
Witches' Blood by Ginn Hale
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsWhen John opens a letter addressed to his missing roommate, Kyle, he expects to find a house key, but instead he is swept into a strange realm of magic, mysticism, revolutionaries and assassins. Though he struggles to escape, John is drawn steadily closer to a fate he share with Kyle—to wake the destroyer god, the Rifter, and shatter a world...Categorized as:
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Harassing Mitch by J.D. Light
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSpence Rodgers Being bodyguarded by a gorgeous, enormous, slightly terrifying police officer might sound like fun and games, but there is a real live serial killer running around targeting blond haired, blue eyed boys… and I happen to be blond haired and blue eyed and a boy. With me not having a big strong mate of my own, my brother has pawned me off on the unflappable Mitch Arborrow... -
Demon Heart by Rhys Lawless
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHe’s finally free.And I can finally remember.Things should have gone back to normal. They’re anything but.Chaos erupts across London, and my faith in the High Council is ruptured. Wouldn’t you know the entire paranormal community seems hell-bent on blaming it on my boyfriend.History repeating itself?Not this time. I won’t lose Wade. Not him.Not again.I’ll do anything to protect him... -
Noah by Theresa Hissong
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNoah Rise of the Pride, Book 10 By Theresa Hissong Noah Shaw has a secret, and the only person who knew his true nature took it to her grave. The presence of Landon Bryant is a test to the desires he keeps close to his heart, but he refuses to separate himself from the human male when his mating scent reveals his true feelings to the pride... -
Growing Sanctuary by Susi Hawke
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSanctuary B & B—Our wards are strong and our door is open!Hey, y’all. It’s me, Darcy Valentine. I’m still enjoying a fabulous, never-ending first date with my sexy vampire boyfriend Storm. Can you believe we’re coming up on ten months? Yep, we go together like toast and jam... -
Inbetweeners by Barbara Elsborg
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAn angel and a demon walk into a bar… It should be the start of a joke except Emmett and Phoenix loathe each other the moment they meet. Reluctant and mismatched partners they may be, but they’ve been given a job to do on Earth: persuade the newly dead to move on to the next world... -
Broken Things by Barbara Elsborg
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAn ancient book of faerie magic. A renegade who will stop at nothing to possess it. And the two boys who stand in his way.When fifteen-year-old Tar, part vampire, part something else, helps his father break into a remote house, he doesn’t care about the book his father is looking for. What he does care about is the little locked-up faerie kid. Merrick is alone, vulnerable and deaf... -
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Tension by Kiki Burrelli
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHuxley's best friend is his rock.Huxley Might's position as agent within the elite Lunar Council Enforcement Agency has prepared him for a life of service. Being an Alpha is about control and sacrifice. He doesn't have siblings to pass the duty to. It's up to Huxley to become the next Alpha and ensure the Might family legacy continues... -
Death on Denial by E.J. Russell
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDOA becomes BRB when this client goes MIA…When I agreed to accompany my selkie boyfriend on a private boat trip, I didn’t realize the invitation included a swim. In the Pacific. In November. Naked. And I certainly didn’t expect to have our swim derailed the instant I got in the water—holy crap, that’s c-c-cold—by a literal boatload of selkie clan leaders... -
The Lady Under the Lake by E.J. Russell
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThis client is all wet... After receiving a hot tip on the whereabouts of my almost-boyfriend’s nearly-ex-husband (hey, I told you—it’s complicated!), I thought my love life was finally coming up for air. But when we stake out the remote lake, it’s not the ex who surfaces... -
Come Out & Prey (Cass' Version) by Cassandra Featherstone
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratings***This prequel must be read prior to book one, Let Us Prey to understand the world the characters live in. Being a teenager is bullshit. You’d think being an heir in one of most powerful families in predator society would make it easier, but you’d be dead wrong. From the moment I was old enough, my bloodthirsty parents made sure I understood my job is to smile, nod, and look pretty in public... -
The Hound of the Burgervilles by E.J. Russell
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThis case is really going to the dogs… After I try a little off-the-books interrogation to locate my selkie almost-boyfriend’s nearly-ex-husband (don’t ask, it’s complicated), I’m in the doghouse again with my bosses, who bust me back to surveillance. Ugh... -
Accidental AF by Dakota Cassidy
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA stranded human and his lifelong skepticism walk into a paranormal bar…Sounds like the start of a bad gag, but the joke’s on Kash Samuels when he stumbles into a bar called NOPE, looking for warmth and a working phone, only to get caught in the middle of a bar fight... -
Rogue Community College by David R. Slayton
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSet in the same universe as the Adam Binder series, Rogue Community College is a delightful fantasy with lots of magic and mayhem … and more than a few dinosaurs.Isaac Frost is an Undertaker, a magical assassin sent to infiltrate and destroy the elves’ new school for wayward practitioners... -
Nikolai by Michele Notaro
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFor centuries, I’ve gone through life floating from one lover to the next, never tying myself down to anyone. But then Grayson walks into my life, and I can’t imagine spending it without him. Messing with the Warriors of Tempest isn’t my greatest move, but to ensure he can stay with me, I’ll do what I have to... -
The Bear and the Unicorn by E.A. Price
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFired from his job at the Supernatural Enforcers Agency due to his short fuse, Zane Matthews starts his own detective agency. Mostly it’s cheating spouses, with a little bit of underwear theft, and Zane spends his days trying to learn how to control his anger and get back into the SEA. But that changes when the beautiful and kind Sky Danvers walks into his office... -
Bending Ridge by J.D. Light
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHanson Rodgers My dad's best friend is big and burly and gorgeous and has the ability to make my harpy's blood––yes, I'm a male harpy––boil. When he offered my brother and I a job on Terra Mortis, I knew it was probably a bad idea, no matter how much I wanted to live on the island and be a part of a world where everyone was as much different as they were the same... -
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Alpha's Dream by Susi Hawke
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAges ago, the gods locked away a dangerous, powerful people... but the seal has been broken... Clark, a bear descended from one of the original omega lines, has always known Kent was destined to be his mate, thanks to his visions. Clark's ability to see past, present, and future is powerful, but even he can't see a straight line out of the dark days ahead of them... -
The Sunken Mall by K.D. Edwards
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsThe Sunken Mall takes place after the events of The Last Sun. In an effort to more fully integrate their ward Max into the family, Rune and Brand endeavor to find Equinox gifts for the teenager. Their gift plans are shaped by Quinn, the teenager seer, who orchestrates a shopping expedition into the Worcester Galleria, a translocated mall magically-preserved as it was in the early 1980s... -
Irish Wishes by Sandrine Gasq-Dion
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsSuper werewolf Wayne Maccon has been fighting his growing feelings for a certain blond man for years. Previously mated to a woman, Wayne just can't seem to take that final step and be with the man who is his new mate. But how long will Conner O’Rourke wait for him to make up his mind?Conner O'Rourke has waited so many years for the alpha of the created wolves to claim him as his new mate... -
Witchin' Impossible by Renee George
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsSmall town. Dead bodies. Horny familiar. Hot high school crush. Just another day in Paradise Falls. When FBI agent and witch Hazel Kinsey and her familiar Tizzy the Squirrel left the paranormal town of Paradise Falls, she swore she’d never return. She didn’t want witch and Shifter politics to be a part of her adult life... -
Fated Forgiveness by Alanea Alder
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 20 ratings[Ménage Amour ManLove: Erotic Alternative Paranormal Ménage a Trois Romance, M/M/M, shape-shifters, sex in partially shifted form, sex toys, HEA]Liam Lewenhart was devastated when he learned that the little cat Sebastian Wakefield, whom he had known for months, was his mate and had been hiding the truth from him since they met... -
Nixing the End of the World by Alice Winters
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsNix “You are the savior of mankind” are the last words I ever expected to hear while nibbling on fries. The thing is, I’m not mankind saving material. I don’t even have magic (and just found out it exists). I’m the most boring, normal(ish) human ever... -
Salmon and the Hazel by Sam Burns
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsJesse’s only priority in life is protecting the people he loves, so he’s determined to see Rowan Harbor’s wards rebuilt. There’s just one problem: they’re missing an ingredient that can’t be ordered online.Jesse volunteers to search for the missing component in the realm of the fae, but his boyfriend, Sean, isn’t letting him go alone... -
Riling Cagney by J.D. Light
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCagney Wilkins Strange or not, I'm starting to fall for the invisible presence that follows me around, picking on me. He's funny, he's kind and he's protective. Every day I grow more and more attached. Even with the complication of him being invisible, things seem to just fit. When I start seeing a beautiful blond man around Terra Mortis, I'm devastated to realize I'm attracted to him... -
Frustrating Leighton by J.D. Light
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHolt the ME is a socially awkward, highly distrustful kangaroo mouse shifter who takes one look at Leighton, who seems to like him, and knows he's being played. A man like that doesn't fall for the big-eared weirdo that spends more time with dead people than live ones... -
Silence of Winter by Avery Blake
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNormal is overrated. At least that's what Oliver Cromwell tells himself when he's being bullied for being different. He's a lover of all things paranormal, and when his nose isn't shoved into his sketchpad, drawing haunted houses and monsters, he and his best friend Bailey hang out in abandoned buildings and take long—very non-romantic—walks through graveyards looking for ghosts... -
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Trolling Seeley by J.D. Light
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSeeley Walt I've been obsessing with the troll that owns the little trinket shop across the street from my brother in-law's café. I watch him whenever I can from the window at Bentley's and try to find anything I can on him on social media, especially pictures of his big, sexy, capable hands... -
Imaginary Lover by Morgan Brice
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratings“There’s no time. Remember your imaginary lover....”Cory Caldwell woke up by the side of the road with no memory of how he got there. He pieces together who he is but has no idea what happened to him.Dark visions haunt him—flashes of blood, magic, and a brutal fight. Scorching dreams of a faceless lover offer no clues... -
Last But Not Lease by Jordan Castillo Price
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLocation, Location, Location! Yuri knew his idyllic beachfront cabin wouldn’t last forever—but he wasn’t expecting to come home to an eviction notice. And with Uncle Fonzo back in town, Dixon’s attic apartment is getting crowded. Unfortunately, real estate in Pinyin Bay is surprisingly scarce... -
Convincing Jensen by J.D. Light
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsJensen and Oakley are idiot best friends who both want what they don't think they can have. But lately Jensen has been having dreams... very vivid dreams... -
Old Demon and the Sea Witch by Eve Langlais
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsReady for the next hilarious Hell Cruise adventure?You can’t teach an old demon new tricks, but it’s never too late to fall in love.A long time ago, Shax loved a sea witch, but was too dumb to admit it.But this old demon has decided it’s time he got a second chance. A cruise through the tropics seems like the perfect place to rekindle things... -
Stargazing with a Ghost by K.L. Hiers
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsGrant Mittel is the Paranormal Probe's secret weapon for ghost hunting: he's a medium.His ability to communicate with the dead is put to the ultimate test when the crew takes on an unprecedented challenge—living at the famously haunted Allan Hotel for three months to film the new season of their ghost hunting show...
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