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  • A Beauty to His Beast: An Urban Werewolf Story by Natavia

    A Beauty to His Beast: An Urban Werewolf Story by Natavia

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    *Re-Release* Kanya Williamson is a twenty-three year old plus-size beauty whose ancestors originated from Ancient Africa. Kanya has been heart-broken from her past that is until she sees a strange figure in the woods. From that moment on her life spirals out of control until she meets, Goon...
  • Bear by Audrey Faye

    Bear by Audrey Faye

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A note from Audrey: Some series can be read out of order - this isn’t one of them. Start with Alpha and welcome to Ghost Mountain! That day when a polar bear shifter arrives in a plane full of purple yarn and all hell breaks loose... Ronan is coming. He’s a big bear—an enormous bear—and arriving at Ghost Mountain is going to change the shape of who he is forever...
  • Sentinel by Audrey Faye

    Sentinel by Audrey Faye

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Newborns change everything—even when they haven’t arrived yet.The birth of a baby raven is expected any day now, and Ghost Mountain Pack is kind of falling apart, or at least their dominants are. A tiny ball of fluff calls on some of their most powerful instincts—and slices into their deepest wounds.Rio knows it’s his job as sentinel to walk alongside those dominants as they struggle...
  • Elder by Audrey Faye

    Elder by Audrey Faye

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A note from Audrey: Some series can be read out of order - this isn’t one of them. Start with Alpha and welcome to Ghost Mountain!The Ghost Mountain pack has been waiting for their fancy new den building for months, but it won't be the only thing unloading off the trucks...
  • The Blood by Z.W. Taylor

    The Blood by Z.W. Taylor

    Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    It took one bite to change her life forever. Now Charlotte has found herself in the middle of a war that has been brewing for longer than anyone could have imagined. And it's all in the blood...Join them as they race against time to try and solve the mystery that could destroy or deliver them from this horrible bloody mess...
  • Odds and Ends by Gwen DeMarco, Janine Granda

    Odds and Ends by Gwen DeMarco, Janine Granda

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The thrilling conclusion to the Sophie and the Odd Ones series…A cryptic message from the Great Mother sends Sophie on a mission to uncover her own dark past. This quest will lead her on a journey to the Queen Maeve’s former stronghold on Earth. Sophie soon discovers the shocking truth about her erased history and the destiny that awaits her...
  • Black Rose and Gold Queen by Shannon Mayer, Kelly St Clare

    Black Rose and Gold Queen by Shannon Mayer, Kelly St Clare

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Underhill has been killed and the only thing standing between all realms and utter destruction by Unbalance and his minions….Is me.Named as the new Mistress of Underhill, I must gather those I trust to untangle the deadly riddles or I will be left to face the darkness alone...
  • Saving the Fae by Leia Stone

    Saving the Fae by Leia Stone

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Everything Lily thought she knew about Liam was a lie. After kicking him out of Faerie, she decides to seek the crystals alone. State after state, she scours the country but comes up with nothing.When she gets back to Faerie, defeated and broken hearted, she finds a peace offering from Liam. Faerie needs her now more than ever and she needs Liam’s help...
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    paranormal  magic  shapeshifters  urban  myths  romance  fantasy  fae
  • Awakening Infinity by Meghan Ciana Doidge

    Awakening Infinity by Meghan Ciana Doidge

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The plan was to hop a train to Oslo, hang out at a coffee shop, and connect my personal archive, Infinity, to the Internet. Yes, completely disregarding the well-established fact that magic and technology didn’t mix. At all.I was also hoping to browse as many bookstores as I could before my younger brother’s patience ran out...
  • In Sea-Salt Tears by Seanan McGuire

    In Sea-Salt Tears by Seanan McGuire

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    It was 1972, and a teenage girl named Elizabeth Ryan thought that her world was coming to an end. Elizabeth was the daughter of two Selkies, you see, and she had just been passed up for a skin. But then a mysterious cousin who calls herself Annie appears, and Elizabeth finds other things to think about...It can be easy to forget that worlds don't wait for heroes before they begin...
    Categorized as:
    fairy-tale  magic  myths  paranormal  shapeshifters  urban  adult  book
  • Brother Bear Mated by P. Jameson

    Brother Bear Mated by P. Jameson

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Thames, the eldest brother bear of the Ursa Gemini twins—the only remaining members of the Deadclaw bear shifter clan—has spent the last ten years of his life working as a bouncer at a shifter bar and trying to forget the brutal life he was born into. Now his brawling bear is ready to settle down and catch a mate...
    Categorized as:
    magic  myths  paranormal  shapeshifters  urban  adult  alpha-mc  book
  • Junk Magic by Karen Chance

    Junk Magic by Karen Chance

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Half werewolf Lia de Croissets is a member of the War Mage Corps, the police branch of the world’s leading magical organization, the Silver Circle. She’s an instructor assigned to train new recruits, a job considered to be significantly tougher than combat—especially right now. There is a war going on in the supernatural world, and the other side has discovered a deadly new tactic...
  • Ruling The Pack: A Forbidden Shifter Romance by Lindsey Devin

    Ruling The Pack: A Forbidden Shifter Romance by Lindsey Devin

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    We’re united in love, but our packs are divided. And our unborn child won’t wait for peace…My mate has succeeded in the alpha challenge, uniting our packs. But decades of spilled blood are not easily forgotten and together we must prove that Night is capable of leading or face rebellion...
  • Demon Child by Kylie Chan

    Demon Child by Kylie Chan

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Australian bestseller Kylie Chan returns with a new, fast-paced adventure of magic, martial arts, and romanceThis trilogy follows the story of John Chen and Emma Donohoe. They have just found out that Emma has Demon blood and they have suffered the miscarriage of their first child...
  • Black Soul, White Heart by Hailey Edwards

    Black Soul, White Heart by Hailey Edwards

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Vonda Winterbourne is, sadly, a lady. Much to her regret. And her parents expect her to act like one. That includes marrying a nice white witch who can provide her safety, companionship, and all the comforts one could desire in their gilded cage.Hiram Nádasdy is no gentleman. He’s a black witch with a reputation that strikes terror in the hearts of his enemies. But not in the girl...
  • If at First You Don't Succeed, Try, Try Again by Zen Cho

    If at First You Don't Succeed, Try, Try Again by Zen Cho

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A hapless imugi is determined to attain the form of a full-fledged dragon and gain entry to the gates of heaven. For a long time, things don't go well. Then, it meets a girl. The B&N Sci-Fi & Fantasy Blog presents an original short story by Campbell Award-nominated author Zen Cho...
  • Just Breathe by Kendall Grey

    Just Breathe by Kendall Grey

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    “Kendall Grey has taken my breath away once again … Just Breathe surpassed my expectations with its brutal harshness and beautiful passion rolled into a story of love, magic, and whales.” —Annie, Booked and LoadedAfter betrayal rocks the foundation of their relationship, Australian Sentinel Gavin Cassidy and whale biologist Zoe Morgan call it quits...
  • Change: A Lacey Hannigan Novel by Elaine Pierson

    Change: A Lacey Hannigan Novel by Elaine Pierson

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Change is the second book in The Lacey Hannigan trilogy. Eighteen year old Lacey Hannigan always thought her human life was hard and unfair, but now that she is no longer human, her life is about to get a whole lot harder...
  • Bound by Spells by Stormy Smith

    Bound by Spells by Stormy Smith

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Aidan Montgomery hadn't been prepared for Amelia Bradbury to walk in and then out of his life. He also hadn't expected to find the powerful magic hidden deep within him for the last nineteen years, but he's embracing it -- finding more control and more answers every day. Now, with the help of Amelia's best friend, Bethany, Aidan is on a quest to understand his destiny and find Amelia...
  • Hood's Obsession by Marie Hall

    Hood's Obsession by Marie Hall

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Erualis' time is running out and now Rumpelstiltskin says there are only two who can save him... Lilith Wolf, the daughter of the Big Bad Wolf and Little Red Riding Hood has a problem, she's an unmated female in heat. She has to get away from the males of her village unless she wants to find herself involuntarily hand fasted to the first one to tame her wolf...
  • Madly & the Jackal by Michelle Leighton

    Madly & the Jackal by Michelle Leighton

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    How deep does love run? Deeper than the ocean? Deeper than memory? Deeper than magic? Following their plan to save Atlas, Madly and Jackson return the spirit of Wolfhardt to his prison beneath the sea. But even the best laid plans couldn’t account for the surprises they find. This time, Lore aren’t their only challenges...
  • Belonging by Kelley Armstrong

    Belonging by Kelley Armstrong

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    This novella is no longer published online but can be found inDarkest Powers Bonus Pack 2A novella that takes place after the events in The Reckoning. Written in Derek's POV...
  • Bless Your Heart by Kimbra Swain

    Bless Your Heart by Kimbra Swain

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Scorned by her family. Banished by her kind. Hunted by zealots.Where does an exiled Fairy Queen hide?A remote mountain cabin, the seedy underbelly of a metropolis, or an uninhabited island. All would be good choices, however, after hundreds of years on the run, the daughter of Oberon, King of the Wild Fairies, signs a binding contract with the zealots that hunt her...
  • Golden Wars by Paulina Vasquez

    Golden Wars by Paulina Vasquez

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The shifters council has fallen, and Alpha Ares is ready to fulfill the prophecy. Born from Gods and blessed with elemental gifts, the golden wolf becomes the first Alpha King after a thousand years. The human hunters are at the forefront of the Golden Wars, but something more sinister has been stirring for centuries. A plan to rid the earth of werewolves once and for all...
  • Hotter Than Blue Blazes by Kimbra Swain

    Hotter Than Blue Blazes by Kimbra Swain

    Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Hell would have to freeze over for Grace Ann Bryant to go into the Otherworld. Somebody get the Devil a blanket because the lake of fire is an ice skating rink. With the disappearance of her brother, her bard, and her fiance, Grace decides her only option is to take a trip to the Summer realm to find her brother, Finley. She also needs to take Devin, the abandoned fairy child, to his father...
    Categorized as:
    magic  myths  paranormal  shapeshifters  urban  adult  book  comedy
  • Darkest Powers Tales by Kelley Armstrong

    Darkest Powers Tales by Kelley Armstrong

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    This full-length anthology of novellas and short fiction complements the Darkest Powers trilogy, adding new dimensions to the characters and their stories. Dangerous returns to Derek and Simon’s past and tells how they came to be at Lyle House. Divided continues Derek’s story, filling in his adventures with Simon while separated from Chloe...
  • Widdershins by Charles de Lint

    Widdershins by Charles de Lint

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    While bitter conflict rages between the magical North American "animal people" and the more newly-arrived fairy folk, the long-awaited romance between Jilly Coppercorn and Geordie Riddell begins to blossom...
  • Hellhound in a Handbag by Viola Grace

    Hellhound in a Handbag by Viola Grace

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Linked to a mage she hates, Freddy is willing to trade all the power of the demon zone to get her freedom. Freddy was born to take the mantle of hellhound, but she wasn’t fond of the idea. Wearing the responsibility to atone for the work of a homicidal ancestor, Freddy is the eleventh generation tied to the victim’s family, and being bonded to a mage halfway around the world is tiring...
  • Dragon Crowned by Haley Ryan

    Dragon Crowned by Haley Ryan

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    You know it’s time to reconsider your life choices when…Where do I start?Technically, it could have been worse. My visit to the dragon enclave could’ve ended with me being eaten. Somehow I survived—with a few new bruises—and now all I want is to go home. Back to Twenty-third Street. Back to my house, my cat, and my grumpy, bathrobe-wearing gargoyle roommate...
  • Crown of Dragons by Nina Walker

    Crown of Dragons by Nina Walker

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The normal world is an illusion. Separated from other realms by a thin layer of powerful magic, humans are protected from the fae and dragons, the ghosts and warlocks, and an unfurling evil. Khali Elliot is a princess —of sorts. She wasn’t born royal and yet she’s destined to become queen...
    Categorized as:
    magic  myths  paranormal  shapeshifters  book  dragons  dystopia  fae
  • Facing the Storm by Yumoyori Wilson

    Facing the Storm by Yumoyori Wilson

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Calming the storm inside me was a challenge. Now it's time to face it. My name is Crimson Jiyuna and I just revealed the truth. To think Homatomashi’s golden girl who was mourned by many, was the culprit for years of growing chaos and crime. The truth of it all is a lot to handle and for some, too much to bear...
    Categorized as:
    magic  myths  paranormal  shapeshifters  adult  book  dragons  fiction
  • Phoenix Rising by Lisa C. Morgan

    Phoenix Rising by Lisa C. Morgan

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Maggie Henning has lived the last ten of her 16 years surrounded by the constant reminders of her father’s crime, but never knowing the truth behind it. One letter. One last visit to the psychiatric hospital. Just one night, and Maggie’s world changes forever. She is the last of an ancient race of protectors to a world filled with the creatures of myths, legends, and nightmares...
  • Lost Library Collection: Books 1-3 by Kate Baray

    Lost Library Collection: Books 1-3 by Kate Baray

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    LOST LIBRARY (Book 1) Lost Library brings together a mysterious, magical book and a quirky heroine to create the adventure of a lifetime! John Braxton arrives unannounced on Lizzie Smith's doorstep looking for answers she doesn't have. She may have a magical book, but she hasn't a clue what to do with it--or even how to read it...
    Categorized as:
    magic  paranormal  shapeshifters  urban  adult  book  fiction  mystery
  • Winged Solution by Roxanne Witherell

    Winged Solution by Roxanne Witherell

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Burn me once, shame on you. Burn me twice ... shame on me.Braelynn Summers had one experience with a shifter and it left her in a coma for three weeks, waking up a sex crazed freak. After three years of living in pain she does the one thing she never expected to do, give in and look to a shifter to satisfy her intense sexual urges.Time is running out for Ronan Styles...
  • Cin d'Rella and the Water of Life : Circle of the Rose Chronicles, Book 1 by S.J. West

    Cin d'Rella and the Water of Life : Circle of the Rose Chronicles, Book 1 by S.J. West

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    She is our Rose. We are her Thorns. When Cin lost her father, she thought her world had been torn apart. Little did she know it was just the beginning of her story… Being the sole heir to the d’Rella family fortune placed a target on Cin’s back that she wasn’t prepared to deal with at the age of ten...
  • Knight Magic by Yasmine Galenorn

    Knight Magic by Yasmine Galenorn

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Camille journeys to Otherworld on a quest to find the last member of the Keraastar Knights. There, she must face one of the ancient Fae Lords who stands between her and the key to fulfilling her destiny. And there, she also discovers that her past has come full circle to meet her future...
    Categorized as:
    magic  myths  paranormal  shapeshifters  urban  book  family  fiction
  • The Recruit: Book Four by Elizabeth Kelly

    The Recruit: Book Four by Elizabeth Kelly

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A new weapon brings hope in the war against the vampire uprising. But this new weapon also creates discord among the recruits. As doubts rise and friendships are tested, Hannah must find a way to restore harmony. As the true leader of the vampire uprising emerges, a different and undetected threat grows within their midst...
  • Sorceress at War by Lisa Blackwood

    Sorceress at War by Lisa Blackwood

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    War is coming. The Lady of Battles will have it no other way.Lillian and Gregory fear the demi-goddess is already moving her pawns and dark knights into place, preparing for the first strike. Earth must be ready, but first Lillian needs to ensure that the uneasy alliance between the Fae and the human military does not fail...
  • Gully Washer by Kimbra Swain

    Gully Washer by Kimbra Swain

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Grace and company face enough rain and turmoil to swallow Shady Grove whole.As spring rains cause the swamps to rise, Shady Grove and its citizens decide that it might be best to shut off the town from the rest of the human world. Grace Ann Bryant, the Queen of the Exiles, and Levi Rearden, her bard, unsuccessfully attempt to protect the town with a huge ward...
    Categorized as:
    magic  myths  paranormal  shapeshifters  urban  adult  book  comedy
  • Warrior Prince by Emma Raveling

    Warrior Prince by Emma Raveling

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    This is not a short story, novella, or stand alone. It is a collection of scenes from Tristan’s point of view and is meant to be a companion work to the Ondine Quartet series.Warrior Prince features seventeen scenes from Whirl (book 1) and Billow (book 2). Seven are extra scenes that do not appear in previous books...
  • Exhale by Kendall Grey

    Exhale by Kendall Grey

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Gavin Cassidy, rock star by day and Sentinel by night, met his muse in the Dreaming, and now he’s found her in real life. But Zoe Morgan is having a hard time believing the gorgeous guy from her dreams is real, let alone that he’s attracted to her.Gavin’s not the only one who’s interested in Zoe. Her boss wants her too, and he could end her career in marine biology if she refuses his advances...
  • Dawn of Ash by Rebecca Ethington

    Dawn of Ash by Rebecca Ethington

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Underneath the deep red barrier Edmund has placed over the city, Prague is in ruins… Vilỳ hide in the darkened alleys, waiting to attack anyone who passes, while Edmund’s men roam the blood-soaked streets, scouring every crumbling building in a mad attempt to flush out Ilyan and his men. Among the danger, Ilyan and Joclyn are trapped, unable to leave the city...
  • Tamiko and the Two Janitors by Forthright .

    Tamiko and the Two Janitors by Forthright .

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    In doing her part for world peace, she puts one crosser’s whole world at risk.Conspiracy theories, werewolf scares, and protest rallies have hampered the peace process in America, where social and political unrest keep most Amaranthine from declaring themselves. Those not in seclusion rely heavily on illusion to mask their true nature...
  • Blood Moon by Michelle Madow

    Blood Moon by Michelle Madow

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Step into a world of rejected mates, wolf shifters, and dangerous secrets in Blood Moon, the captivating first book in USA Today bestselling author Michelle Madow’s Wolf Born series.Ruby Grace is just an ordinary girl. Or so she thought.During a ski trip in the Adirondack Mountains, she discovers just how different she is...
  • Midnight Moon by Linsey Hall

    Midnight Moon by Linsey Hall

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Werewolves aren’t real….right?I’ve been on the run from the mob for years. But no one can hide from the City Pack forever. When they find me, they give me two options—pay back my father’s debt or die.If I want to live, my only shot is to rob the most powerful man in the city—the gorgeous Garreth Locke. He has a smile to melt your heart and a body to scramble your mind...
  • Huntsman's Prey by Marie Hall

    Huntsman's Prey by Marie Hall

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The long anticipated spinoff to the Bad boys series if finally here, the Dark Princess Saga begins with Hatter and Alice's daughter... Rumors abound in Wonderland, of a dark princess named Chrysalis who bears the Moon's curse. Her beauty is beyond compare, and her madness… even greater than her father’s, The Hatter...
  • Madly & Wolfhardt by Michelle Leighton

    Madly & Wolfhardt by Michelle Leighton

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Madly is your average nearly-eighteen year old girl—for a princess, that is.Madly James is thoroughly enjoying her internship in the small town of Slumber when the unthinkable happens—there’s a prison break in Atlas, the magically-protected home of Madly’s race...
  • A Witch to Live by Glenn Bullion

    A Witch to Live by Glenn Bullion

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Kevin always had one ability that set him apart from everyone else. Healing. He healed his classmate Rachel when they were six years old, even though it almost exposed him.He lost his parents after starting high school. Now a senior, he struggles to stay out of his sister’s way as she takes care of both of them. He sleeps on the couch in their one-bedroom apartment and walks to school...
    Categorized as:
    magic  male-mc  paranormal  shapeshifters  urban  book  demons  fiction
  • A Matter of Truth by Heather Lyons

    A Matter of Truth by Heather Lyons

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Not long ago, Chloe Lilywhite seemingly had it all: a prized spot on the Magicals’ Council as lead Creator, a loving fiancé and Connection, and a wealth of good friends. But the poised young woman she projected was nothing more than a façade. Her parents all but disowned her. Power plays and accusations of murder within the Council rocked her confidence...
  • Blackbird Crowned by Keri Arthur

    Blackbird Crowned by Keri Arthur

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    The final battle begins… Gwen De Montfort’s greatest fears have now come true. Her brother Max has not only claimed the sword in the stone, but is working with Darkside in order to destroy the royal family and claim the throne for himself...
    Categorized as:
    magic  myths  paranormal  shapeshifters  urban  adult  audiobook  book
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