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Neverseen by Shannon Messenger
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 42 ratingsSophie Foster is on the run—but at least she's not alone.Her closest friends from the Lost Cities have gone with her to join the Black Swan. They still have doubts about the shadowy organization, but the only way to find answers is to start working with them. And as they settle into their new lives, they uncover secrets far bigger than anything they’d imagined... -
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The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 97 ratingsA magical island. A dangerous task. A burning secret.Linus Baker leads a quiet, solitary life. At forty, he lives in a tiny house with a devious cat and his old records. As a Case Worker at the Department in Charge Of Magical Youth, he spends his days overseeing the well-being of children in government-sanctioned orphanages... -
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Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 52 ratingsYadriel has summoned a ghost, and now he can’t get rid of him.When his traditional Latinx family has problems accepting his gender, Yadriel becomes determined to prove himself a real brujo. With the help of his cousin and best friend Maritza, he performs the ritual himself, and then sets out to find the ghost of his murdered cousin and set it free... -
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Scout by Macy Blake
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsCoal Volsunga is a dragon convinced he’s better off alone…As alone as a dragon who is part of a pack can be, that is. Although he loves the work, his feelings are starting to get involved, especially for a wolf entirely too involved with pack life for a loner like Coal... -
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![Ghost of Deceit by Alice Winters]()
Ghost of Deceit by Alice Winters
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsHiroSeeing the dead has never been easy, but the last thing I expected was to be a pawn in a serial killer’s game.Moving in with Maddox was supposed to be the only thing we needed to worry about. Not a dead teacher, and not the fact that a serial killer knows my abilities... -
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![The Dream Thieves by Maggie Stiefvater]()
The Dream Thieves by Maggie Stiefvater
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 79 ratingsNow that the ley lines around Cabeswater have been woken, nothing for Ronan, Gansey, Blue, and Adam will be the same. Ronan, for one, is falling more and more deeply into his dreams, and his dreams are intruding more and more into waking life... -
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Jon and Mack's Terrifying Tree Troubles by A.J. Sherwood
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsIt’s like a bad game of Telephone.Grant locates a murdered teen in McMinnville. He calls Jon.Jon locates the girl’s ghost. He calls Mack.Mack talks to the ghost who leads them to more ghosts. Who lead them to even more ghosts.And why are all the murder victims buried under trees?The boys are ready for this game to end, please. (Donovan especially... -
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City of Blood by Jocelynn Drake
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsThe Final ConfrontationCaelan is done being a pawn of the gods.He’s been herded and molded by the liars and manipulators.He’s put the lives of his family in danger again and again.And he is done.It’s time to face the mad Goddess of the Hunt in the last place any of them want to go—the Ordas.If they’re lucky, the special assistance he’s called in will arrive in time... -
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Mack's Rousing Ghoulish Highland Adventure by A.J. Sherwood
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMack did not sign up for hunting unknown ghost-eating creatures.But that’s what he gets when he and Brandon arrive to help Eli and husbands at an old inn situated in the Scottish Highlands. Now he’s surrounded by terrified ghosts on the run, zombie-ghosts that look eaten, and no one knows what the baddie is... -
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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... -
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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... -
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A Mage's Guide to Wicky by A.J. Sherwood
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWicky’s never been magically stalked before.He kinda likes it, to be honest.For some reason, it’s upsetting everyone else though... -
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Aleron by Macy Blake
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAleron Eastaughffe is a billionaire griffin who knows what he wants…Namely, a gorgeous city penthouse, a life of luxury, and the respect and admiration of his peers-–all the things he’s come to expect as one of the Eastaughffes... -
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![The Protection of Ren Crown by Anne Zoelle]()
The Protection of Ren Crown by Anne Zoelle
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBarely surviving her first term at college, all Ren wants to do over break is relax and bond with her roommate—not get eaten by a sentient building or attacked on the street. But with increasingly open warfare brewing between the magical factions and Layers of the world, this time, Ren will not fail in making sure everyone she loves stays safe and protected...Categorized as:
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![Ghost Story by Pandora Pine]()
Ghost Story by Pandora Pine
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsNewly-minted Ghost Detective, Jude Byrne, finally has his life in order. He’s got a job he loves, friends he can count on, and a partner he actually likes. Jude’s only problem is the growing attraction between himself and his partner. He knows nothing will sink their partnership quicker than giving in to those urges. Psychic, Copeland Forbes, is settling nicely into Salem, Massachusetts... -
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His Realm by Mary Calmes
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsOn their first meeting, Varic Maedoc, prince of the vampyrs, told Jason Thorpe that loving him was not for the faint of heart. He wasn’t kidding. In the past two years, Jason has been kidnapped, lived through several attempts on his life, and foiled a coup. Now, his new life as the prince’s consort and adviser to the king is made even harder by Varic’s prolonged absence... -
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Twelve Bones by Rosie Talbot
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsPrepare for more spooky, swoony YA from BookTok star @Merrowchild! Charlie Frith and his new love, Sam, have just saved the dead from the living! Now it's time to focus on being a normal couple - if such a thing exists?But when a new threat lurks in the shadows, this time to the living, and all who Charlie and Sam hold near, they must put everything on the line - including their lives - to work... -
![The Sceptic by Lily Morton]()
The Sceptic by Lily Morton
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAs the best friend of a psychic, Will Buchanan can’t help but believe in the dead. It’s the living that he finds to be problematic. However, after a spate of betrayals, he finally has the chance of a new life within his grasp, and he’s not going to risk it for anyone or anything. Staying safe is the name of Will’s game.Jem Dawson defines the word temporary... -
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Gateway Catastrophe by Louisa Masters
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIt only took seconds for my world to change…I live a simple, small-town life. Helping with the family restaurant, my side gig as a ride-share driver, hanging with my best friend, making the most of the extra time with my ghost grandma. The only exciting thing to happen to me in the past year was when Gabe moved to town—too bad Nonna scared him off... -
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Archangel's Light by Nalini Singh
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsNalini Singh returns to the world of the Guild Hunters for the most highly anticipated novel of the beloved series—a love story so epic it’s been half a millennia in the making…Illium and Aodhan. Aodhan and Illium. For centuries they’ve been inseparable: the best of friends, closer than brothers, companions of the heart... -
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King & Queen by Maz Maddox
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsRunning into your one night stand is always awkward.It’s especially awkward when said hunky hookup pulls you into a secret war over fossils and a kidnapped, newly awakened Albertosaurus shifter... -
![Under the Whispering Door by T.J. Klune]()
Under the Whispering Door by T.J. Klune
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 50 ratingsWhen a reaper comes to collect Wallace Price from his own funeral, Wallace suspects he really might be dead.Instead of leading him directly to the afterlife, the reaper takes him to a small village. On the outskirts, off the path through the woods, tucked between mountains, is a particular tea shop, run by a man named Hugo... -
![Weak Heart by Ban Gilmartin]()
Weak Heart by Ban Gilmartin
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSomething has gone very wrong on the sleepy Scottish Isle of Mab. The tides are angry. Reality has shifted. Selkies are coming up from the ocean, boys are missing, magic is going haywire, and memories are being pulled from people’s minds. Thomas Madigan is living in a nightmare. Isla just wants to go back to the sea. Kit Macrae thinks he’s drowning. Tanis Hughes needs to feed... -
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![Serpent's Teardrop by Mary Rundle]()
Serpent's Teardrop by Mary Rundle
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Blackwood Pack saga continues… This is part of an on-going series by Amazon Bestselling Author, Mary Rundle, and catching up on previous titles is advised. Readers of the past books will enjoy meeting old friends once more as the pack does what it does best ̶ caring for one another and helping shifters everywhere. Brian, a.k.a... -
![Thrust by Kiki Burrelli]()
Thrust by Kiki Burrelli
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsalternate cover edition of ASIN B0BGJPQ6CZZayne wants controlZayne Andino wants his life back. For years, his father has set him up with mate after mate, but only as a pretext to gain more money and power. Zayne is sick of being a bargaining chip, but he can't anger his father without jeopardizing his own status as agent in the Lunar Council Enforcement Agency... -
![An Iron Fist by Nazri Noor, Zachary Johnson]()
An Iron Fist by Nazri Noor, Zachary Johnson
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMight and magic, fist and flame, to send evil back from where it came.Jackson Pryde and Xander Wright delve into the mountain halls of the dvergar, the dwarven people of Norse myth known for their mining and metalwork. Seeking jewels and ore, they make a deadly discovery instead: a cluster of Chrysanthemysts... -
![Dead Serious Just the Extras Vol.1: MM Paranormal Romance & Dark Humor by Vawn Cassidy]()
Dead Serious Just the Extras Vol.1: MM Paranormal Romance & Dark Humor by Vawn Cassidy
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDead Serious, Just the Extras Vol. 1 includes the following bonus Made in HeavenDusty’s time on earth is done, but she’s not ready to let go. Settling into heaven is nothing like expected and she finds she has a very important choice to make... -
![Runaway Magic by Zile Elliven]()
Runaway Magic by Zile Elliven
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFreak. Disaster. Mistake. Cym had heard it all.His family wasn’t content to lock him away ‘for the greater good’ anymore. No. Now they wanted him dead.Protection? What was that? Cym had never known anyone who wanted to keep him safe. Either he relied on himself or he was toast. So when he landed in the lap of an assassin, Cym thought his luck was up... -
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The First and Last Adventure of Kit Sawyer by S.E. Harmon
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsIn the archaeology community, Christopher “Kit” Sawyer’s family is a legacy. And while he may be a historian, not a treasure hunter, he thinks he does a pretty good job of living up to the Sawyer name. He's a book-smart research fanatic and does his best work at his tidy desk. No fedora and whip for him, if you please—a nice cup of coffee and a comfy chair will do... -
![Coldburgh Train Station by Michele Notaro, Sammi Cee]()
Coldburgh Train Station by Michele Notaro, Sammi Cee
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsDo you hear bumps in the night? Get unexplained chills? Feel like someone’s watching you when you’re all alone? Don’t stay scared! Shoot RIPP a message for all your spooktacular needs!DaneI only go along with Rory and Thad’s crazy plan of checking out an abandoned train station because they seem so excited, and I honestly don’t care what we do for our film class project... -
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The Boy in the Locked Room by K.M. Avery
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSometimes dreams aren’t just dreams…The boy begging for help in my nightmares is very real. He’s trapped, and it’s up to me and Mason to get him out. The trouble is, we have to find him first.It would be a lot easier if we weren’t also trying to solve a series of magical murders and deal with my horrible ex-boyfriend at the same time... -
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Breath of Life by Jocelynn Drake
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsCaelan wants his throne back.The bargain has been struck, and it’s time to return home.But the situation is worse in Erya than he previously suspected. Betrayal runs deep in the streets of Stormbreak, and finding people he can trust will be treacherous.He has no choice, though. He’s fighting for his birthright, and maybe even a little revenge if he can get it... -
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Familiar Beginnings by Alice Winters
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsSmart men quit while they’re ahead—they lay low and hope disaster blows on by them. Not me. Especially when disaster seems to follow me and my soulmate Havoc, a demon I bound to me three hundred years ago with my magic.The dark mage Geoff is back from the dead and creating chaos by devouring the hearts of people with magical abilities, giving him overwhelming power as his followers grow... -
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![Spirited Situation by Louisa Masters]()
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... -
![Getting Close to the Omega by Lisa Oliver]()
Getting Close to the Omega by Lisa Oliver
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBook Five - Cloverleah Pack SeriesCan be read as a standalone.Dean Weir has finally found happiness in his position as Omega wolf of the Cloverleah pack. He has his friends, his work and his art and he has never looked for anything else. Badly abused by his ex-home pack and Alpha, Dean keeps his head down and stays out of trouble. That is, until his mate joins the pack... -
![Of Redemption and Vengeance by Alice Winters]()
Of Redemption and Vengeance by Alice Winters
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsEmeryIt all comes down to this.I should have known my freedom from Mercer would only last so long before my pack was hunted down and I was dragged back into it all. It’s suffocating being back in this place that twisted my shifter side forever and threatened to change who I am. But this time is different.Because I’m not alone... -
![Cosmic Spells and Vampire Lairs by Mia Monroe]()
Cosmic Spells and Vampire Lairs by Mia Monroe
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAre we destined to be star-crossed lovers or is Fate on our side?My friends are finding mates while I’m stuck with a sexy but silent vampire. Sure, Pietro is everything a boy could want- handsome, strong, brooding, and possessive. It’s just that with my gift, I’m well aware that he’s not the one fate has in store for me. He couldn’t be. For one thing, his mercury is always in retrograde... -
![Sink or Swim by Maz Maddox]()
Sink or Swim by Maz Maddox
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsTrapped on a cruise ship with a man I absolutely hate is not how I wanted to spend this fake honeymoon. Especially when my “fiancé” has a deadly ex on the same boat.Jackson is everything I’m not: brash, careless and a former fossil thief. But he’s my ticket to getting what I want -- the original Spinosaurus fossils that have been lost for decades... -
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Mist and Marrow by Mary Calmes
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsLinden Van Doren is in a strange position. He’s an emancipated omega holding down two jobs, so he should be out from under anyone’s thumb but in reality, there are still weird lupine rules to follow. For instance, if an alpha wants to court him, he’s not allowed to say no... -
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Dead & Buried by T.K. Eldridge
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsDetectives Kennedy and Donovan were partners for years. Then one of them died. And yet, they're still partners. Kennedy has to solve Donovan's death while his partner's ghost helps him. Sort of... -
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Conduit Crisis by Louisa Masters
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsBeing in love with my straight friend isn’t easy…I thought pining for Daniel was an epic tragedy, but then I found out I’m a conduit—someone who can communicate with beings from the otherworld—and my unrequited love for one of my best friends seems less of a problem... -
![Any Way the Wind Blows by Rainbow Rowell]()
Any Way the Wind Blows by Rainbow Rowell
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 52 ratingsIn Carry On, Simon Snow and his friends realized that everything they thought they understood about the world might be wrong. And in Wayward Son, they wondered whether everything they understood about themselves might be wrong.In Any Way the Wind Blows, Simon and Baz and Penelope and Agatha have to decide how to move forward... -
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Unholy by Morgan Brice
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA cycle of ritual murders. A coven of dark warlocks, drawing their immortality from the magic of their dead master. Two men sworn to stop the deaths, destroy the warlocks, and avenge the victims. Except this time, the killer flips the script. Seth Tanner swore vengeance on the dark witches who killed his brother, Jesse... -
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![Tension by Kiki Burrelli]()
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... -
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Blood Justice by Terry J. Benton-Walker
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCristina and Clement Trudeau have conjured the impossible: justice.They took back their family’s stolen throne to lead New Orleans’ magical community into the brighter future they all deserve.But when Cris and Clem restored their family power, Valentina Savant lost everything. Her beloved grandparents are gone and her sovereignty has been revoked—she will never be Queen... -
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Cleric of Desire by Amanda Meuwissen
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsGiving tours of the city’s brothel underground while dressed as historical icon, Mad Madame Mattie, is the only time Jeffrey feels close to being in his right skin. It still isn’t his true self—he isn’t sure he knows who that is—but when dwindling sales and expanding gentrification threaten to take his safety net and sanctuary away from him, he will do anything to keep it... -
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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... -
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No Souls On The River by M. Kato
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHomicide detective Hayashi Teruo and his partner, Miyazaki Shinji are juggling their personal and work lives, trying to keep their relationship a secret from their colleagues at the Tōkyō MPD.In the supernatural realm, the souls of the dead are disappearing from the Sanzu River, before they have reached the end of their journey in the afterlife... -
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Starlight Web by Yasmine Galenorn
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMoonshadow Bay…where magic lurks in the moonlight, and danger hides in the shadows.One month before January Jaxson turns 41, her husband ditches her for a trophy wife. Adding insult to injury, he steals the business she helped build, and kicks her out during the holidays...
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