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  • Midlife Vampire Hunter by Shannon Mayer

    Midlife Vampire Hunter by Shannon Mayer

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    I had her in my arms, only to lose her moments later. Frantic doesn't even begin to describe my state of mind as I search for Bree. That search takes me deep into my past and to a family home that I swore I would never return to. To find Bree, I must face a queen I defied and a monster that wants my soul. All while being heckled by a demon-infested blade. Goddess help me succeed...
  • Delivering Evil for Experts by Annette Marie

    Delivering Evil for Experts by Annette Marie

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 33 ratings
    I promised to avenge my parents.But their killer is still on the loose, and he's stolen more than my parents' lives. Now, as he draws closer to his mysterious goals, he's poised to destroy what little I have left.I promised to translate an ancient grimoire.But it holds the secrets of my family—and the secret history of demon summoning. I fear its answers as much as I need them...
  • A Killing Curse by Shannon Mayer

    A Killing Curse by Shannon Mayer

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    One last time, the Phoenix will rise, and her flames will savage all who stand between her and those she loves…The game is afoot, and I never saw it coming. A game of demons, angels and new breed of abnormal that is beyond anything else I’ve faced. A monstrosity that is bent on destroying every other abnormal on the planet. Only one thing can stop those who would wipe us out. A cursed weapon...
  • Gypsy Rising by Kristy Cunning

    Gypsy Rising by Kristy Cunning

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 32 ratings
    Sing, gypsies, sing of your lies... That old song plays in my head, as the world turns around me faster than it has ever turned. Monsters and mayhem. That's become my life. Fear and apprehension. That's become the normal for those around me. Dread and distraction. That's what has interrupted my own personal romance story with my mon-star quad. Vengeance and retribution...
  • Destiny of the Witch by Heather G. Harris

    Destiny of the Witch by Heather G. Harris

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    When the going gets tough, the tough brew potions I made a potion to fix my mum’s broken mind but only time will tell if it will succeed – or if it will fail like all my previous attempts. As her condition worsens, I’m doing everything I can to save her, but when there’s an attack at the Other circus my priorities have to shift...
  • Gypsy Truths by Kristy Cunning

    Gypsy Truths by Kristy Cunning

    Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    After spending the vast majority of my life lonely, I came to this town to find answers about my mother, and instead, stumbled upon a secret society full of monsters I never knew existed outside of dark tales...
  • Summer Reign by John Conroe, James Patrick Cronin

    Summer Reign by John Conroe, James Patrick Cronin

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Faced with writing college papers, prepping for tests, and teaching testy witches, Declan O'Carroll has enough on his plate. Not to mention the magical withdrawal of leaving his very own magical kingdom behind on Fairie. But when he and his friends are attacked from creatures out of folklore and fable it seems the Queens of Summer and Winter aren't done with him yet...
  • Gypsy Freak by Kristy Cunning

    Gypsy Freak by Kristy Cunning

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    What's it like to be a monster in a town full of monsters, who don't know you're a monster? Complicated and a little scary, but doable. What's it like to be the girl who can't die...that everyone seems to always want to kill? Frustrating as hell...
  • Gypsy Origins by Kristy Cunning

    Gypsy Origins by Kristy Cunning

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    I'm like a snowball rolling downhill. That's the first thing that pops into my mind when I try to explain my life. I don't know exactly 'what' I am, but I do know who I am. At least...I did. Sometimes life sends things your way that upend everything you thought you knew, and then slings you in another direction without any sort of harness or warning...
  • Evildoer by Dannika Dark, Nicole Poole

    Evildoer by Dannika Dark, Nicole Poole

    Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Betrayal. Vengeance. Loyalty. Dark forces are at work in the epic conclusion of the USA Today bestselling Crossbreed series.Raven has come a long way since joining Keystone. She embraced her Vampire side, learned to work with others, and even fell in love...
  • The Magic of Eternity by Britt Andrews

    The Magic of Eternity by Britt Andrews

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    Once upon a time, there was a beautiful green witch. She blew into my life every bit as wild as the storm magic that lived within my veins. My heart had been nothing but a lifeless organ within my chest until she breathed life back into me, ensuring that each beat from that moment forward was for her.Saige Wildes was everything good...
  • American Demon by Kim Harrison

    American Demon by Kim Harrison

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    Rachel Morgan is back--and The Hollows will never be the same.What happens after you've saved the world? Well, if you're Rachel Mariana Morgan, witch-born demon, you quickly discover that something might have gone just a little bit wrong. That the very same acts you and your friends took to forge new powers may have released something bound by the old...
  • The Last Graduate by Naomi Novik

    The Last Graduate by Naomi Novik

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 72 ratings
    A budding dark sorceress determined not to use her formidable powers uncovers yet more secrets about the workings of her world in the stunning sequel to A Deadly Education, the start of Naomi Novik’s groundbreaking crossover series...
  • Gypsy Moon by Kristy Cunning

    Gypsy Moon by Kristy Cunning

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    Imagine searching your whole life for answers, and then finally finding them. A part of you is excited to know the truth. Another part of you is damaged, because you realize why it was so hard to learn answers. Secrets aren't usually very pretty...
  • River Marked by Patricia Briggs

    River Marked by Patricia Briggs

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 67 ratings
    Mercy Thompson: Mechanic, Shapeshifter, Fighter.Car mechanic Mercy Thompson has always known there was something different about her, and not just the way she can make a VW engine sit up and beg. Mercy is a shapeshifter, a talent she inherited from her long-gone father. And she's never known any others of her kind. Until now...
  • Glimmer of Deception by Heather G. Harris

    Glimmer of Deception by Heather G. Harris

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    I’m Jinx, a private investigator, a truth seeker and a wizard. You'd think of all those skills would make it so easy for me to get to the heart of things. And honestly? I thought I knew what had happened to my parents that night - I thought I finally knew the truth about how they'd died. But I've taken a tumble down the rabbit hole and everything I thought I knew was topsy turvy...
  • Venery: A Why Choose Alien Romance by C.M. Stunich

    Venery: A Why Choose Alien Romance by C.M. Stunich

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I’ve been abducted by an alien in a cowboy hat.He needs me to play the role of fake fiancée to appease his family of tentacle-tailed cops.I’ll keep up the charade as long as I need if it means being reunited with Abraxas and Rurik.Shouldn’t be too hard, right? To play pretend …My life force is now inextricably tied to handsome, gun totin’ Officer Hyt...
  • Bloodline Legacy by Lan Chan

    Bloodline Legacy by Lan Chan

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A hedge witch and her psychotic vampire partner enter the Unity Games. Four supernatural academies. A thousand ways to die. I don’t think I want to be Alessia Hastings anymore.My life plan is pretty simple: Learn to fight. Survive a war with the Hell dimension. Don’t die. It does not, I repeat, it does not involve a mating bond with Malachi Pendragon and spitting out Nephilim babies...
  • Taming Demons for Beginners by Annette Marie

    Taming Demons for Beginners by Annette Marie

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 43 ratings
    Rule one: Don't look at the demon.When I arrived at my uncle's house, I expected my relatives to be like me—outcast sorcerers who don't practice magic. I was right about the sorcery, but wrong about everything else.Rule two: Don't listen to the demon.My uncle chose a far deadlier power...
  • Slaying Monsters for the Feeble by Annette Marie

    Slaying Monsters for the Feeble by Annette Marie

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 38 ratings
    I'm bound to a demon. For my entire life, I avoided magic at all costs. Now, I'm responsible for a demon who wields magic more powerful than the toughest mage or sorcerer. Demons are evil. That's what my textbooks say. That's what I see. He's ruthless, he's temperamental, he's cold. But he protects me without fail. I wonder if he's hiding a heart behind his hostility. My demon is a monster...
  • Into the Hollow by Karina Halle

    Into the Hollow by Karina Halle

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    Perry Palomino has fought her demons – and won – but the battle is far from over. She’s now left broken and on her own, leaving behind her life and family in Portland to focus on giving Dex Foray – and the Experiment in Terror show – a second chance. But their past mistakes continue to tease and test their relationship, as does the wild and desolate terrain of the Canadian Rockies...
  • Hunting Fiends for the Ill-Equipped by Annette Marie

    Hunting Fiends for the Ill-Equipped by Annette Marie

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 37 ratings
    I thought I understood power.My parents taught me that magic attracts equal danger, and everything I've seen since becoming a demon contractor confirms it. I've witnessed how power twists and corrupts--and I've tasted power no human should wield.I thought I knew greed.Ambition and avarice drove my family into hiding. My parents died for someone else's greed...
  • Heartless Souls by K.C. Kean

    Heartless Souls by K.C. Kean

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    I once had everything until it all disappeared.Years later, I’m on the cusp of finally filling in the missing pieces, only for them to barge into my life at the worst possible moment. It only takes one glimpse to realize I’m not the only one who’s changed.Alexi, Talon, and Malik.Gone are the boys I once knew. Gone are my saviors from across the road...
  • Ember's Claim by Jillian West

    Ember's Claim by Jillian West

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The North American Pack was always meant to be Ember’s birthright, but she grew up far away from shifter culture in a sanctuary city for monsters.Her wolf yearns to scout pack lands and socialize with other wolves, but Ember understands the risks, especially considering female shifters are nearly endangered nowadays.So, she keeps her distance, even if she has to fight her wolf at every turn..
  • Her Soul for Revenge by Harley Laroux

    Her Soul for Revenge by Harley Laroux

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    JuniperAfter a cult tried to sacrifice me to their wicked God, I went on the run, doing whatever was necessary to survive. Until a demon offered me a deal: give him my soul and he'll help me claim the vengeance I seek. Blood will be spilled, and the monsters I once ran from will soon be running from me. But damning my soul was just the beginning - it's my heart the demon wants next...
  • Bloodline Academy by Lan Chan

    Bloodline Academy by Lan Chan

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    A Nephilim, a demon and a mage walk into a psychiatric hospital. This isn't a joke. There's no punch line. My name is Alessia Hastings. Welcome to my personal hell.My weekly visit to Nanna's psychiatric hospital ends with me in a celestial jail cell. Now an impossibly gorgeous Nephilim with a face I want to kiss, and an attitude I want to punch, tells me I'm not quite human...
  • Immortal Games by Lauretta Hignett

    Immortal Games by Lauretta Hignett

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Immortality sucks.Just ask Imogen Gray: Over two-hundred thousand years old and teetering on the edge of total insanity. Strong as a shifter, faster than a vampire, Imogen's walked the earth forever, always alone, never growing, never changing.Never learning, either. Her smart mouth and quick temper get her into trouble far too often.When that happens, she gets hurt...
  • Wicked Bite by Jeaniene Frost

    Wicked Bite by Jeaniene Frost

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 33 ratings
    In the newest Night Rebel novel, set in New York Times bestselling author Jeaniene Frost's Night Huntress world, beautiful, daring vampire Veritas risks all to protect Ian... Some promises are meant to be broken... Veritas spent most of her life as a vampire Law Guardian. Now, she's about to break every rule by secretly hunting down the dark souls that were freed in order to save Ian...
  • Anubis by Alessa Thorn

    Anubis by Alessa Thorn

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Anubis, God of The Dead, is missing a piece of his soul, and he knows just the archaeologist to help him find it. He only needs to convince her of that…ANUBIS is the third book in the new series ‘Gods of the Duat’ that centers around the Egyptian gods of war, magic, and the dead...
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  • The Dragon's Choice by Roxie Ray

    The Dragon's Choice by Roxie Ray

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    There’s more magic in this world than I ever thought possible. Money means everything when you grow up with nothing. Posting risqué videos online may not be everyone’s ideal career, but it’s given me everything I need. I’m free. The hotshot lawyer Porter may not get it, but I don’t care. He can think anything he wants to… Until the jerk tries to steal my house.Sort of...
  • The Monster's Den by Jillian West

    The Monster's Den by Jillian West

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Emerson Parker is exhausted. She spends her days chasing around her high energy, half-shifter toddler and her nights working full-time trying to make ends meet....oh, and add in the absolute cluster of a situation her ex dumped in her lap on his way out?Well, that's just icing on the cake.With virtually no options left, Emerson heads for Haven, a sanctuary city for monsters and humans alike...
  • Crave by Grace McGinty

    Crave by Grace McGinty

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    “Susannah is a b*tch.”If you asked any of the residents of Maxton what they thought of me, it would basically boil down to that.In reality, I have a huge secret. One that I’ve been keeping for nearly a decade to protect someone I love. If I had to wear a mask to keep people at arm's length and away from the truth, then so be it. At least I had my best friend and lover, Quinn, to fortify me...
  • A Gate of Night by Bella Forrest

    A Gate of Night by Bella Forrest

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Welcome back to The Shade... Derek and Sofia are finally enjoying a well-deserved break. Staying at a resort with good food, sun and sea, Sofia is thrilled to witness Derek’s re-introduction to the human world...
  • Black Arts, White Craft by Hailey Edwards

    Black Arts, White Craft by Hailey Edwards

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    After a black witch pitched a hissy fit in Hollis Apothecary, Rue got stuck cleaning up his mess. That was the easy part. Repairing the damage he inflicted on Camber and Arden? That makes Rue wish she could bring him back to life just to kill him again. Slower this time...
  • Fallen Stars by John Conroe

    Fallen Stars by John Conroe

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    Sometimes discretion is the better part of valor. Sometimes it's just best to get the hell out of Dodge. After turning an ancient vampire to dust and stirring the Coven into a mob of pitchfork- and torch-bearing vampires, Chris Gordon thinks it might be time for a road trip. So, leaving Tanya to calm the troubled masses, he heads south to help a North Carolina Pack with some demon troubles...
  • Bad Medicine by Laken Cane

    Bad Medicine by Laken Cane

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Do you know what’s stronger than a wolf shifter?A shapeshifter.A shapeshifter is stronger than a wolf shifter.When I discover a shapeshifting serial killer is targeting human women in my city, I have to go after him.Even though he's more powerful than me.Even though he says we're exactly the same. Even though there's a connection between us...
  • Brutal Asset by John Conroe

    Brutal Asset by John Conroe

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    Book 3 of the Demon Accords. Partnered in an uneasy alliance with federal law enforcement, Chris Gordon has been hunting down the outlaw gang, Loki's Spawn, who attacked his vampire girlfriend. But when he finds unexpected hostages who trigger his baser instincts, Chris is thrown into a search for answers to dark questions...
  • Otherworld Nights by Kelley Armstrong

    Otherworld Nights by Kelley Armstrong

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Rare and never-before published short stories featuring fan favorites from the New York Times bestselling seriesIt’s been more than ten years since Kelley Armstrong began the Otherworld series and drew legions of fans to a realm roamed by witches, werewolves, necromancers, vampires, and half-demons...
  • Duel Nature by John Conroe

    Duel Nature by John Conroe

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    Chris and Tanya have been assigned as Coven Rovers, traveling the country and trouble shooting the supernatural community. It's a job that's part cop and part auditor, one that should be long periods of boredom mixed with small parts of action...
  • Behold Her by Emily Antoinette

    Behold Her by Emily Antoinette

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    A woman who dreams of more…I’m having a hard time. And no, that's sadly not an innuendo. Depression is slipping back into my life like a toxic ex, and I know I need to do something before it consumes me. So when I run into the man of my dreams on my first attempt to get out of the house, it feels like fate.But he turns out to be a nightmare, following me home and lurking outside my apartment...
  • Rock and a Hard Place by Maggie Mayhem

    Rock and a Hard Place by Maggie Mayhem

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    My Fake Gargoyle FiancéSo, this is rock bottom. Not only did I lose my job and my apartment, but now, an ultra-secret snow leopard shifter group wants me to marry a guy I never met and have babies to save our species. And they’re coming in three days to take me away. Cue me getting smashed alone on a Thursday night...
  • Night Wedding by Lisa Carlisle

    Night Wedding by Lisa Carlisle

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    My vampire boyfriend is acting strange.Is it the seven-month itch?We’ve passed that milestone, but maybe our relationship has become routine. My best friend thinks I should spice things up. That might be easy for a half-siren, but I’m a witch. I can master spells, not seduction.My awkward attempt proves it. I'll stick to dancing in clubs rather than my bedroom...
  • Spell Bound by Kelley Armstrong

    Spell Bound by Kelley Armstrong

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 35 ratings
    The #1 "New York Times" bestselling author sets the stage for a battle of epic proportions.Savannah Levine is all grown up. As a witch endowed with an array of spells, she is also a force to be reckoned with. As a paranormal investigator she is finally coming into her own. But her last case tore a family apart, and Savannah swore she'd give up her powers to fix the mess she helped create...
  • Gypsy Blood by Kristy Cunning

    Gypsy Blood by Kristy Cunning

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    I'm not all that special, really. Or uncommon. I'm sure there are a lot of girls with old gypsy blood who see the dead, have killer cults hunting their family, and turn into something that gets scary when they panic. Yep. Completely unoriginal, if I do say so myself. Move along. Nothing to see here. Nope. I'm just an ordinary girl. I wish people would believe that...
  • Radley's Home for Horny Monsters by Annabelle Hawthorne

    Radley's Home for Horny Monsters by Annabelle Hawthorne

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    "If you like sexy fantasy, and I do, this is one great read." -Piers Anthony, author of the Xanth series With thousands of readers worldwide, Radley's Home for Horny Monsters is the exciting debut novel of Annabelle Hawthorne. When Mike Radley inherited a mysterious old house from a long-lost relative, he wasn't sure what to expect...
  • Ghosting the Griffin by Violet Rae

    Ghosting the Griffin by Violet Rae

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    When the lines are blurred between the dead and the livingCan love find a way for a ghost and a griffin?GalinaWhen I drank the “harmless” punch at the Screaming Woods annual Halloween party, I never expected to wind up dead. Other townspeople grew tails and claws. Not me. Nope. I’m trapped in a realm between life and death. Doomed to wander in search of a cure for the curse...
  • Dancing with My Elf by Lisa Carlisle

    Dancing with My Elf by Lisa Carlisle

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A delusional dragon shifter thinks I need his help.Ha. I'm a detective. Why would I need help from an exotic dancer on a case that involves dark magic? We're searching for demons, not dollars.Lucas is persistent, as if he’s burned his brain flying too close to the sun.But I don't need this scaly shifter's help solving crimes. Or his all-too-personal attention...
  • Igni Ferroque by Ashlyn Drewek

    Igni Ferroque by Ashlyn Drewek

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    This isn’t a tale of redemption — it’s all about the fall. An outcast amongst outcasts, Phelan Oliver nevertheless takes his duties as a Necromancer with the utmost seriousness. As one of the few in his family devoted to the “old ways,” Phelan has fully embraced the piety and severe discipline required to master demonic magic...
  • Priestess Dreaming by Yasmine Galenorn

    Priestess Dreaming by Yasmine Galenorn

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    We're the D'Artigo sisters: savvy half-human, half-Fae operatives for the Otherworld Intelligence Agency. My sister Delilah is a two-faced werecat and a Death Maiden. Menolly is a vampire married to a gorgeous werepuma. And me? I'm a Moon witch married to three gorgeous husbands, and I'm about to journey through the veils to search for a long lost legend..
  • Hearts of Stone by Sam Hall

    Hearts of Stone by Sam Hall

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    When the stone gargoyles in the massive estate I just inherited start to move, I should’ve run for the door, right? So why am I still standing here? One, there was a certain cartoon from the 90s that played a pivotal role in my emotional development. Two, each one of them towers over me, blocking out the light with their massive wings, their serpentine tails flicking as they stalk closer...
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