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  • The Secret World of Maggie Grey by Granger

    The Secret World of Maggie Grey by Granger

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    A vampire, a witch, and a siren get accepted into a magical HBCU. The rest I am not allowed to say but just know there is a talking cat named Quan, a few murders that went cold, and a world that is just below our feet...
  • Compelling Infinity by Meghan Ciana Doidge

    Compelling Infinity by Meghan Ciana Doidge

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I was a dragon. Dragons didn’t run from any situation. Not even a dragon disguised as a witch. Well … at least not from any situation that involved the archive or my duty, because apparently I fled before anything even remotely personal. Including surprise double dates.A masked gala. A solstice celebration with the werewolves...
  • Cress: Chapters 1-5 by Marissa Meyer

    Cress: Chapters 1-5 by Marissa Meyer

    Rated: 4.62 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Download the first five chapters of CRESS by Marissa Meyer, the third book in the New York Times bestselling Lunar Chronicles series.Cinder and Captain Thorne are fugitives on the run, with Scarlet and Wolf in tow. Together, they’re plotting to overthrow Queen Levana and her army...
  • Coming For What's Mine pt 2: The Politician by Edwina Fort

    Coming For What's Mine pt 2: The Politician by Edwina Fort

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The Conclusion of Book 1 I almost believed the look of pain that came across his face. Almost! My heart had turned to stone. At least that’s what I convinced myself. So, no matter what he said or what he did, I will not turn back. “J please, ask me to do anything else. Anything. Just—” He paused for a moment, his eyes searching mine...
  • Redemption by Edwina Fort

    Redemption by Edwina Fort

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    You've Never Read Beauty And The Beast Like This! I was messing with fire. He reeked of danger. He was so far out of my league, yet it was me he watched, so why not give him a show. I was safe in this cage. He could not get to me. My eyes closed as pleasure shot down my spine. I can’t explain what it was like teasing a hungry beast, especially knowing that he couldn’t touch me...
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    black-mc  paranormal  poc-mc  retellings  adult  book  fiction  mystery
  • Tropical Dragon's Destiny by Zoe Chant

    Tropical Dragon's Destiny by Zoe Chant

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    It all leads up to this. All the questions are answered.All the secrets are revealed.And all hell breaks loose.Scarlet Stanson, the owner of Shifting Sands Resort, has spent decades guarding her secrets... and her heart. Now both are at stake when she discovers that her resort isn't the safe place she intended it to be..
  • Scorched by Magic by Jasmine Walt

    Scorched by Magic by Jasmine Walt

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The seventh book in this action-packed, wildly original fantasy series by New York Times Bestselling Author Jasmine Walt. Home from their travels at last, Sunaya and Iannis are confronted with a threat against which even their strongest magic is largely helpless...
  • Cast Away by Annabel Chase

    Cast Away by Annabel Chase

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Welcome to Spellbound, where paranormal is the new normal. Witch-in-training Emma Hart is preparing for one of the worst days of her life...the marriage of fallen angel Daniel Starr to the spoiled fairy, Elsa Knightsbridge. Fortunately for Emma, distractions are easy to come by in Spellbound when a troll is found dead near a bridge and an overzealous werewolf is arrested for indecent exposure...
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    myths  paranormal  shapeshifters  urban  adult  angels  audiobook  book
  • A Drop in the Potion by Annabel Chase

    A Drop in the Potion by Annabel Chase

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Welcome to Spellbound, where paranormal is the new normal. A new discovery by the remedial witches offers the chance to obtain a key ingredient for a spell that *may* bring an end to the curse on the long-suffering town. Naturally, Emma is the first to volunteer for the task--oblivious to the potential danger she faces...
  • Betray the Bear by T.S. Joyce

    Betray the Bear by T.S. Joyce

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    On the verge of war, Chase Hale has no time to think about anything other than preparing his clan to battle the savage Long Claws, who are intent on annihilating Bear Valley. But when a supposed mate of the enemy shows up, he can’t help but be intrigued by the unsettling mysteries that swirl around the beautiful bear shifter...
  • Scarred by Amber Lynn Natusch

    Scarred by Amber Lynn Natusch

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    “I loathed myself for wishing a death of that nature on anyone, and even more so because I still wanted it to happen. My moral fiber was unraveling quickly, and I wondered how long my humanity could withstand the unending trial of values my life had become. With every choice I made, I felt it slipping away.And further down the rabbit hole I fell...
  • Fractured by Amber Lynn Natusch

    Fractured by Amber Lynn Natusch

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Returning home after three weeks of captivity in the shadows of her own mind, Ruby discovers the magnitude of the damage her absence left in its wake. With relationships to mend and unsolved mysteries still looming, she has little time to deal with the latest drama at hand: the three disreputable werewolves recently thrust into her life and a missing Scarlet...
  • Maudlin's Mayhem by Yasmine Galenorn

    Maudlin's Mayhem by Yasmine Galenorn

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    "A little chaos is always good for the soul..."When chaos descends on the Bewitching Bedlam B&B, Maudlin finds herself at the mercy of Murphy's Law. Everything is going wrong. At first, some of the chaos is just annoying, but then it turns deadly and Maddy finds herself on the wrong side with Essie Vanderbilt, the Queen of the Northwest Vampire Court...
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    paranormal  shapeshifters  urban  adult  book  fae  fiction  magic
  • The Magic King by Jovee Winters

    The Magic King by Jovee Winters

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Decades have passed since Rumpel last saw his beloved bride Shayera. Single-minded in his determination to bring her back at all costs Rumpel has discovered that in the process of reacquiring her he’s lost all sense of who he even is anymore. Tired, and world-weary he feels the only thing left to do now is to retreat and gather himself. He is not a good man, he knows that...
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    myths  paranormal  retellings  adult  amnesia  book  fiction  gods
  • Siren's Song by Yasmine Galenorn

    Siren's Song by Yasmine Galenorn

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When the fog rolls in from the sea, sometimes ghosts from the past follow it... Sandy’s under attack. First, she’s almost mowed down at the supermarket, then her new shore-front burger stand is destroyed on its grand opening day. But when she’s found in a coma, the danger heats up. As she falls into a coma, parts of her dreaming world escape into reality...
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    paranormal  shapeshifters  urban  adult  book  fiction  ghosts  magic
  • To Find a Mate by Camryn Rhys, Krystal Shannan

    To Find a Mate by Camryn Rhys, Krystal Shannan

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    He's nursing a broken heart, and he's her first love... she just needs to tell him... Everyone in Adam VonBrandt's world seems to have found their mate. Except him. With several families of wolves in town for a moon run, there have never been so many choices. Surely, he can find a mate among all those single women. Paige Wheeler sees the big, smiling rancher every Friday morning for six years...
  • Heavenly Scents by A.K. Michaels

    Heavenly Scents by A.K. Michaels

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Take one cheeky Wolf willing to do anything, even give herself as payment to help her best friend find a mate, and never expected the bill owed to be collected. Until it is. Add in the most infamous Matchmaker in the Universe, Gerri Wilder. Stir in said Love Guru’s nephew to help in her devious plan, a hot-as-Hades Lion, who needs a mate more than he needs a chocolate chip cookie...
  • Alpha Female by L.J. Breedlove

    Alpha Female by L.J. Breedlove

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A Fitness Spa Like You've Never Experienced BeforeProfessor Abby Stafford was burned out. She was overweight, middle-aged, and tired. She'd even thought about suicide, but there were her dogs. Who would care for them? So she kept trudging on. A summer as a test subject for a supplement that was designed to help her feel better, look younger, sounded just like what the doctor ordered...
  • Ash by Shannon Mayer

    Ash by Shannon Mayer

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    My name is Ash, and I am an Elemental. As an Ender, it is my place to protect the royal family at all costs. Despite being the best Ender our world has ever beheld, I have failed time and again as the personal sacrifices continue to mount. Lark has been banished to the desert by her father who is blind to the manipulation he has again fallen prey to...
  • Behind Closed Doors by W.R. Gingell

    Behind Closed Doors by W.R. Gingell

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    When is a curse not a curse? How does a house become a prison? Why is a reformed murderer the only hope for a far-too-easily injured boy?Athelas has always been opposed to having a small, possibly-cursed Australian boy in the kitchen. When that small boy disappears, however, and Athelas’ housekeeper Camellia strongly encourages him to do something about it, he finds himself wavering...
  • Deceit can be Deadly by Nicky Charles

    Deceit can be Deadly by Nicky Charles

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Gwyneth has no use for Lycans but a string of dead bodies has brought one of the dogs right to her door...
  • The Grisly Grizzlies: Kneecap by Kim Fox

    The Grisly Grizzlies: Kneecap by Kim Fox

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Wild. Ferocious. Untamed. Vicious. And that’s just Kneecap in his human form. His savage grizzly bear on the other hand… watch out! Nothing and no one has been able to tame this half barbarian/half shifter in thirty years, but there’s a glimmer of hope when a curvy girl named Nora walks onto the ranch. Nora Marchesi has come to Montana to find her sister...
  • Hell's Spells by Devon Monk

    Hell's Spells by Devon Monk

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    In a town like Ordinary, anything can happen. Unfortunately for Delaney Reed, it usually does...Sheriff Delaney Reed’s little beach town where gods vacation and monsters reside is finally back to normal. No possessed souls, no vortexes to hell, and absolutely no one’s turned into a frog lately...
  • Trial by Blood by Lizzy Ford

    Trial by Blood by Lizzy Ford

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    An alternative cover edition for this ASIN can be found here.Leslie wants nothing to do with Myca, the bloodsucking predator of humans she’s stuck with for her third trial. When he’s not trying to wear her down, he’s messing with her head. If not for the simple fact every human she crosses smells like dinner, she’d leave him fast...
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    paranormal  shapeshifters  urban  adult  alpha-mc  book  fae  fiction
  • Tropical Bartender Bear by Zoe Chant

    Tropical Bartender Bear by Zoe Chant

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A curvy black woman in disguise + a hot bartender bear shifter + a male beauty pageant at a shifters-only resort = a romantic adventure that bares it all! When you’re in trouble with the mob, there’s only one thing to do: Assume your twin sister’s identity, escape to a tropical island resort, and lay low while enjoying a generous slice of beefcake courtesy of the World Mr. Shifter pageant...
  • Dime a Demon by Devon Monk

    Dime a Demon by Devon Monk

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Myra Reed’s life is going great. Being a cop is great. Guarding the library of arcane secrets is great. Even dealing with the monsters and gods vacationing in the little beach town of Ordinary, Oregon is great.Then the demon, Bathin, strolls into town and steals Myra’s sister’s soul. So much for great. Luckily, Myra has a plan to evict the demon and save her sister’s soul...
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    myths  paranormal  shapeshifters  urban  adult  audiobook  book  demons
  • Moon Shadow by J.R. Rain

    Moon Shadow by J.R. Rain

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Ten years ago, federal agent Samantha Moon was the perfect wife and mother, your typical soccer mom with the minivan and suburban home. Then the unthinkable happens, an attack that changes her life forever. And forever is a very long time for a vampire. Now in MOON SHADOW, private investigator Samantha Moon is asked to look into a mysterious sighting at Lake Elsinore...
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    myths  paranormal  shapeshifters  urban  adult  audiobook  book  cozy
  • Hoofin' It by R.J. Blain

    Hoofin' It by R.J. Blain

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    All Shane wanted was to get away from the wreckage of his career for a while. He picked New York City to provide him with a distraction from his early, unwanted retirement from the police force. New York City delivered, distracting him with three corpses and a miniature llama with a spitting problem and an attitude...
  • Deceived by Magic by Jasmine Walt

    Deceived by Magic by Jasmine Walt

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    If Sunaya and Iannis thought there would be time to rest after returning from their last mission, they are sorely mistaken. The Minister sends them to face off with yet more dangerous enemies—this time in a lawless port in remote Garai, where pirates and slavers thrive, and everyone is fair game...
  • The Solstice Countdown by Lisa Shearin

    The Solstice Countdown by Lisa Shearin

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    As an agent of Supernatural Protection & Investigations (SPI), I know that evil doesn’t take a vacation, but this time it made an exception and followed me on mine.I’m Makenna Fraser, seer for SPI, and I’m taking my boyfriend, goblin dark mage Rake Danescu, home for the holidays to meet my family...
  • Lone Wolf Dawn by Aimee Easterling

    Lone Wolf Dawn by Aimee Easterling

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The second novel in a hot new urban fantasy series that reviewers are describing as "Packed full of action, emotion, and powerful writing!" Fen is a half-werewolf who's lost her pack. All she wants is a home and an ordinary human life, which means seeking out the deadbeat mom who abandoned her a decade ago...
  • River Wolf by Heather Long

    River Wolf by Heather Long

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Brett Dalton, Alpha of Hudson River, isolated himself from his pack mates after one betrayed him. The once, easygoing Alpha has become taciturn, remote and unforgiving. His pack worries for him, but they too have suffered a devastating blow...
  • Baker Bear by Scarlett Grove

    Baker Bear by Scarlett Grove

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Can a big-city lawyer and a small-town baker find love in Fate Valley?An unexpected return ... Donika Devon's career has taken her to Harvard and the most powerful law firm in New York City. When a shocking discovery at work leaves her life in shambles, she has nowhere to go but back home to Fate Valley ... where she signs up for a shifter-human dating website. An unconventional courtship ..
  • The Jaded King by Jovee Winters

    The Jaded King by Jovee Winters

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Once upon a time, there was a man named Gerard and a woman named Betty. He was Kingdom’s most notorious Lothario. She was a librarian from Earth. Magic brought them together. And a love was born that created one of the most enduring fairy tales of all time. This was where their story should have ended...
    Categorized as:
    myths  paranormal  retellings  adult  amnesia  book  fiction  gods
  • Shades of Magic by Heather Renee

    Shades of Magic by Heather Renee

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When Taya is faced with deciding who will live or die, she struggles to accept the outcome when the choice is made for her.As Raven Point mourns the loss of one of their own, they band together with the witches to seek vengeance. Not only for their fallen pack mate, but for anyone who has suffered from Declan's decisions.Though the battle looms near, Taya finds herself continually drawn to Liam...
  • Trap by Mary E. Twomey

    Trap by Mary E. Twomey

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The promise of a peaceful life can be deadly trap. Sama is intent on claiming October for his own, and he has all of eternity to plot her abduction. When Danny goes off the rails, Team Terraway has their hands full trying to fend off a psychosis that's set in deep...
    Categorized as:
    myths  paranormal  shapeshifters  adult  book  epic  fiction  mystery
  • 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:
    paranormal  shapeshifters  urban  adult  book  fiction  magic  mystery
  • The Wolf King  (The Dark Kings) by Jovee Winters

    The Wolf King (The Dark Kings) by Jovee Winters

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    My name's Red. My friends call me Violet, but I was once known by another name, The Heartsong...aka the darkness of the land. Once upon a time, I was a killer, a hunter, with only one goal in mind. Ending the Big Bad Wolf and taking back my power. But somewhere along the way, I realized the real enemy was myself. We fell in love, we made a life. And then a curse came and ripped it all apart...
    Categorized as:
    myths  paranormal  shapeshifters  adult  book  fae  fiction  mystery
  • Mated to the Enforcer by Georgette St. Clair, LeTeisha Newton

    Mated to the Enforcer by Georgette St. Clair, LeTeisha Newton

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Kalinda Thorton is having a bad day. A big bad wolf offering to eat her, facing death-by-lion, and creating lustful thoughts with her magic were not her idea of maintaining the carefully crafted reputation of Kalinda’s Katering. To make matters worse, her magic has put her on the radar of the Trinity Council—Encantado’s crème de la crème of the Mage Society...
  • Fierce as a Tiger Lily by Kendra Moreno

    Fierce as a Tiger Lily by Kendra Moreno

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    To die is no adventure. . .Tiger Lily knows that better than anyone. Death and the Tribes of Neverland have an intimate relationship, if only because their magic feeds the deity. Tiger has always walked in the darkness, and as a Daughter, she calls Death a friend.But Neverland is in trouble and Tiger finds herself in the middle of darkness she knows and a new insanity she doesn't...
  • Once Upon a Rebel Fairytale by Jamie Campbell, C.M. Stunich

    Once Upon a Rebel Fairytale by Jamie Campbell, C.M. Stunich

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Cinderella has a dark secret. The Little Mermaid loses more than her voice. And Little Red Riding Hood isn't so little anymore.Join our heroes and heroines as they travel through the underworld to Mars, rescue damsels in distress, and battle deadly foes in ONCE UPON A REBEL FAIRYTALE, a limited edition collection of beloved stories from today's bestselling authors...
  • Beyond the Veil by Nicole R. Taylor

    Beyond the Veil by Nicole R. Taylor

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A Collection of Urban Fantasy Adventures Beyond the veil lies a world of magic, mystery, and adventure! From author Nicole R. Taylor comes five full length novels, each a first in a series...
  • Her Silent Knight by Siren Allen

    Her Silent Knight by Siren Allen

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Cursed to never speak again, Kaede Oshiro hasn’t uttered a word in decades. And then a curvy witch storms into his life and makes him moan her name. Banished to the Frostlands by his jealous cousin and his cousin’s wife, Kaede Oshiro has spent years fighting to stay alive on a frozen tundra that’s filled with creatures straight out of nightmares...
  • A Whisker Behind by W.R. Gingell

    A Whisker Behind by W.R. Gingell

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Searching for redemption in the shifting realm between the human and fae worlds, not-so-reformed fae steward Athelas seems likely instead to find death, dismemberment, and deadly magic…Exiled, excommunicated, and with a bounty on his head, Athelas is lying low in Seoul for exactly one reason: he has a wedding to attend. Whether or not he’s welcome is another matter...
  • Hemorrhage by S.A. Magnusson

    Hemorrhage by S.A. Magnusson

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Only my combination of magic and medicine can save me. No longer afraid of my magic, I’ve begun experimenting with how to use it when working in the ER. While on a surgery rotation, my use of magic reveals a dangerous new threat and a type of magic I had not known about before, making me a target...
    Categorized as:
    paranormal  shapeshifters  urban  adult  book  demons  fiction  magic
  • Feral as a Cat by Kendra Moreno

    Feral as a Cat by Kendra Moreno

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Weapons don’t weep… Calypso is only trying to make it through life, raising her little brother and taking care of her ailing mom. She doesn’t have time for fairytales or pipe dreams, so when two men show up at her door talking about Wonderland, she sends them on their way...
    Categorized as:
    myths  paranormal  retellings  adult  book  dark  fiction  horror
  • Defensive Magic by Kate Baray

    Defensive Magic by Kate Baray

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    After an exhausting trip to Europe, Lizzie and John come home wanting nothing more than peace and quiet. Instead, Lizzie finds a death threat on her pillow, and John must fight a challenger to his position as Texas Pack Alpha--and in his backyard. What will the neighbors think?Soon Lizzie and John find themselves fighting for their lives...
  • Blood Moon by Lisa Kessler

    Blood Moon by Lisa Kessler

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    "Lisa Kessler is an up and coming author to remember" - Sherrilyn Kenyon - #1 NYT Best Selling author of the Dark Hunters Series One bite can change you.And one kiss can change your destiny... Nadya Dalca has been handed a death sentence. She's been bitten by the last living genetically enhanced werewolf―part of the Nero Organization's disastrous Moonlight project...
  • Air by L.B. Gilbert

    Air by L.B. Gilbert

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Despite being the junior Elemental, Logan's never had to worry about failing a mission before. Not until an overgrown and annoyingly attractive shifter comes along. Being an Elemental is in Logan's blood. Hers is the gift of Air, a vast power she's still struggling to control. Then a Were named Connell hunts her down. His wolf is missing, and he blames her...
  • How [Not] to Love a Hero by Elizabeth A. Reeves

    How [Not] to Love a Hero by Elizabeth A. Reeves

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The Final Chapter in the Cindy Eller series. Cindy's life is split between her responsibilities in her bakery and as the Seraphine of Faerie. It's chaotic, but she's making it work a day at a time. Then Cindy's father disappears and the last thing she ever wanted to have happen is thrust upon her-- she is going to be made Seraphim...
    Categorized as:
    paranormal  shapeshifters  urban  adult  book  cozy  fae  fiction
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