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Sin & Spirit by K.F. Breene
Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars · 33 ratingsKieran has stepped up to take his place as the ruler of magical San Francisco. As his girlfriend, that unfortunately means I'm under the magnifying glass. Everything I do is noticed, from how I act to how I style my hair. Most notably, of course, is how little I know about my magic. The Hades Demigods want me on their team, and they don’t plan to ask nicely. Kieran and I are both under fire...Categorized as:
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John by Jenna Myles
Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsI never planned on getting out of prison. I did what I did to keep my brother safe, and I could live with that.But now I'm out, and I don't know what the hell I'm doing. Everything is too loud, too busy, too overwhelming. And for a man who's used to every decision being made for him...well, let's just say I'm on the verge of doing something stupid to get sent back.Until she walks in, that is...Categorized as:
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Death Game by Kelly St. Clare
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe king commands at 3:30 a.m.I’ve screwed up big time. Now, I’m facing the damning consequences.The walls are closing in as I balance duty to grandmother’s memory with my impossible feelings for Kyros. Then there’s the freakin’ human-vampire hybrid thing to deal with.The problem is, I’m no longer willing to lose the person I’ve gambled against from the start...Categorized as:
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A Curse of Fate by Jaymin Eve
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA new romantasy from Wall Street Journal and USA Today bestseller Jaymin Eve. I'm a shifter who can never bond with a pack. Not if I want to live. The day I watched my mom's pack destroy her, was the day I knew I had to run from the shifter cities.Mom and I share the same designation, which means we'll share the same fate.For ten years I hide from the cities and the alphas who control them...Categorized as:
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Face Off by Chelsea Curto
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsEmerson (Emmy) Hartwell has waited for a spot on an NHL roster since she became a professional hockey player, and this season, she’ll finally get a chance to showcase her talents with the struggling D.C. Stars.Maverick Miller is the best player in the league, but he’s never had a winning record... -
Malachi by Grey Huffington
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWhen souls are tied, it’s never goodbye. A boy , I was, the day that I met you that summer evening, pulling your belongings out of the truck and into your new home. I knew it was love then. A whole man , I was, the day that you met me at the altar and agreed to love me until death do us part. A shell of a man , I’ve become since it did... -
The Law of Moses by Amy Harmon
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 44 ratingsIf I tell you right up front, right in the beginning that I lost him, it will be easier for you to bear. You will know it’s coming, and it will hurt. But you’ll be able to prepare.Someone found him in a laundry basket at the Quick Wash, wrapped in a towel, a few hours old and close to death... -
Daman by Jaclyn Osborn
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsLove is messy. Being alone is easier.Cursed with Envy, Daman has spent his life in the shadows. Relationships are too complicated when he’s in a constant battle with his very nature. His only focus is helping his half-angel brothers protect mankind from dark forces. With the son of Lucifer on the rise, stakes are high. Allies are needed... -
Is This Love? by Kaylee Ryan
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsNYT and USA Today Bestselling author Kaylee Ryan brings you the continuation of the stand-alone series surrounding five best friends who co-own a tattoo studio. "Is This Love?” is an age gap, marriage of convenience, friends to lovers, small-town romance.LegendA marriage of convenience is one thing… but falling for your fake wife is all kinds of complicated... -
Bright Lights & Summer Nights by Kat Singleton
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsSummer nights can be full of surprises.As a single, unemployed, and unapologetic twenty-five year old mess, I came to the Hamptons this summer for one reason—to focus on myself and work out my quarter-life crisis. I didn’t come here planning to sneak into a private party and meet a handsome stranger...Categorized as:
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Protector Mate by Ariana Hawkes
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA brand new mail-order bride series from the author of Shiftr: Swipe Left For Love. Jagger needs a mate. Fast. He’s running from a dark past and his life as the self-appointed sheriff of the outcast community of Ragtown was supposed to keep him on track. But his duties are pushing his bear to the dark side—not least when a new threat appears in town, with the ability to destroy everyone in it... -
Unending Magic by Stacia Stark
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsI can save the world…I just may have to ruin all of my friends’ lives in the process.Of all the people tasked with making sure the realms don’t burn and the worlds don’t end, I’m surely the most unlikely choice.Unfortunately for me, fate doesn’t care.Don’t get me wrong–I’m more than capable. But I prefer a direct approach... -
How to Hack a Hellhound by Shannon Mae
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsQuintonGetting kidnapped and held hostage in a human trafficker’s basement was not on my bingo card. Getting rescued by a paranormal being was also not on my bingo card. (Apparently I needed to trade in bingo cards.) The guy who took me may be dead, but I know there are more people behind the operation, and I plan to shut it down...Categorized as:
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In 27 Days by Alison Gervais
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsHadley Jamison is shocked when she hears that her classmate, Archer Morales, has committed suicide. She didn't know the quiet, reserved guy very well, but that doesn't stop her from feeling there was something she could have done to help him.Hoping to find some sense of closure, Hadley attends Archer's funeral. There, Hadley is approached by a man who calls himself Death and offers her a deal...Categorized as:
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Pieces of a Life by Jewel E. Ann
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe summer before fourth grade, Colten Mosley moved into the house across the street from mine, and we became inseparable.He played the piano and baseball.I had a penchant for dead things while at the same time imagining what it would be like to kiss Colten.We were filled with curiosity and overly active imaginations.We were also forbidden to be more than friends.But that didn’t stop us... -
Hunted by Suzanne Wright
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsLarkin is tired of her friends constantly trying to play Cupid. Just because they are all happily mated doesn't mean she needs to be. And she definitely doesn't need the over-protective men in her life vetting potential partners for her. In a bid to get them off her back, the harpy turns to the one person she knows they would never approve of . . .Teague Sullivan...Categorized as:
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Come Dance With the Witchwood Boys by C.M. Stunich
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsI accidentally married three witch stalkers.They've escaped perpetual hell, courtesy of yours truly.They’ve also gone viral with their annoying thirst trap asses in leather.#theWitchwoodBoysFine. The power of magic is worth the price.Though getting trapped in those woods again is always a possibility.We’ll have to seal the gate with a little … group participation... -
Dark Possession by Aja James
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAlend Ramses is not who he seems…The first-ever Dark King, the most powerful vampire ruler in the world, was once the lowest of the low. A slave who became a Consort who became a King…he’s lived long enough to learn from his mistakes and never repeat them... -
Can't Fix Cupid by Raven Kennedy
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsHere’s what I know. Being a cupid is hard work. Love Matches, Lust Breath, Flirt Touches, not to mention having to meet my quotas every month. And hitting your target with arrows? That shit is not easy. But all of that I could handle. Gladly. If only my cupid powers would actually work. But nope. Turns out, I’m a dud...Categorized as:
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Clash of Claws by Elizabeth Dear
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIn the world of the shifter elite, a safe female is one without power. For me, that means hide or die.When wraiths invade my neighborhood and shit goes sideways, becoming a Guardian might be the only way to earn myself—and my beast—protection.The elite training program begins at the local shifter college, so I pack up my swords and my brother, and off to school I go...Categorized as:
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Fallen by Suzanne Wright
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsOnly a few are brave enough to fall . . .When Raini desperately needed help, she went to the one person who she knew could save her dying friend . . . her secretive and ruthlessly powerful anchor, Maddox. His price was that she grant him access to her life, yet he's still determined not to form the anchor bond with Raini... -
The Judgment of Paris by Rebecca Sharp
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLove is honorable but selfish. Love is a record of my wrongs.Love had fractured in trials but held on for the truth. And the truth was he’d hurt me, yet I loved him. He’d left me, yet I followed him. But I was done with Léo Baudin. And as soon as the semester was over, I would be done with Paris. But until then, I would learn the rest of his secrets... -
Heart of Flames by Sarah Piper
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe road to hell is paved with good intentions… and bad blood.For the vampire prince and his witch, the plan was simple:Save the wolf. Capture the traitor who took him. Torture the bastard into spilling the intel on the demons working against them...Categorized as:
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The One I Stood Beside by Piper Rayne
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIt’s the classic story— best friends since childhood agree to a fake marriage, thinking they can pretend to love each other without their relationship changing.Jude would do anything for me. He’s stood by my side since we were six, and I’ve done the same for him... -
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Gardens & Ghosts by Maz Maddox
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFor the past few years, I’ve been living with a ghost. My husband - my mate - was lost because of choices I made. As one of only a few tyrannosaur shifters on this planet, I have resigned myself to an immortality alone, married to my work. I am more than happy to keep my walls up, heart guarded, and my focus set on my missions...Categorized as:
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Twisted Shadows by Allie Therin
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn a thrilling alternate-universe Seattle, empaths are disappearing—and it’s up to grumpy Reece and his mysterious protector, Grayson, to investigate. Empath hunter Evan Grayson is the Dead Man, transformed by a dark past into a perfect weapon against corrupted empaths...Categorized as:
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Swim Deeper by T.S. Joyce
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsReporter, Bre Hayne, is on the hunt for a story. Finally, her big career break has fallen into her lap, and she has chance to get the scoop on one of the notoriously private shifters. Not many of them exist, but one Holt Lachlan has put an ad out for a mate, and Bre is up for the challenge...Categorized as:
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Tentacles & Triathlons by Ashley Bennett
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsLeviathan Fitness is the favorite place of monsters, muscles, and a tentacled creature who can seduce even the hardest to win over human.When parks department supervisor Reece Rollins decides to sign up for a triathlon– there are two things holding him back. One, his fear of monsters. Two, his sub-par swimming skills...Categorized as:
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Fake Dates and Fanged Mistakes by Alice Winters
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsJulianThis week hasn’t gone the best for me unless you count Casimir, the sexy ancient vampire, bringing me back from the brink of death (and tying my fate to his in the process). Not that it matters if the werewolves and vampires don’t stop their ridiculous feud, because someone is targeting them and widening the divide between our communities with each body they leave in their wake...Categorized as:
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Wolf Roulette by Kelly St. Clare
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsDeception Valley is living up to its name.Exiled from my tribe.Living with a pack who hates me.In bed with a werewolf I can’t ignore.Things were simple when I just had to win the game. Yet now, even winning means I’ll end up the loser. Big time.The mysteries surrounding my mother might be solved, but I’m haunted by her lies and sorry end...Categorized as:
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Golden Chaos by Colette Rhodes
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsLife isn’t a fairytale, but for a few days I got to pretend it was. Now I’m back in my childhood bedroom in New York, eating breakup ice cream and listening to early 2000s emo music.Whatever, this was the wake-up call I needed. It’s time for Ria 2.0.No more bailouts.No more half-baked projects.No more impulsive decisions...Categorized as:
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A Vow of Thorns by R. Scarlett
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsNever disobey the court.Never disobey the crown.And never tame that vicious heart.In A Vow of Thorns, sacred laws are broken when a beauty holds an iron heart... -
Pulse by Adriana Locke
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsUSA Today bestselling author Adriana Locke delivers a spicy, age gap, grumpy sunshine, workplace romance in the first book in the brand new Landry Security series.Troy Castelli acts like it’s my fault that we’re cooped up together in a room with one bed overlooking the ocean. I didn’t ask for a stalker to break into my house and then send me a threatening email detailing my demise...Categorized as:
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Chasing Riddick by Alexandra St. Pierre
Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFinn Summers can’t feel fear.This causes Finn to take unnecessary risks — especially when it comes to his favorite sport in the world:Surfing.When Finn hears a rumor about a beach called Leviathans — located in the small town of Stars Cove California — the promise of twenty-five-foot swells is too exciting for him to pass up.However, Leviathans beach has a dark history... -
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Dark Pleasures by Aja James
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDevlin Sinclair, the New England Dark Ones’ Hunter, is on a mission to track down the elusive and mysterious Medusa, perhaps the ultimate nemesis the Pure and Dark Ones have been battling in recent years. But he can’t do it alone. Grace Darling has isolated herself from the world since a very young age, after her parents’ death and because of her own social disability... -
The Haunted Hotel by Vawn Cassidy
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHave a frightfully good stay… Morgan Ashton-Drake hasn’t given his ancestral family home in Yorkshire a second thought in decades, even if it is technically part of his hotel empire. He has a great life in the States, so what if he works eighteen hour days seven days a week? you don’t get and keep a place on the Forbes 500 list unless you’re prepared to sweat blood...Categorized as:
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Alpha Games, Alpha Rogue, & Alpha Contender by Terry Bolryder
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA huge boxed set featuring sexy alpha wolf brothers and their search for the perfect mates! For the first time all together in one easy format, for an incredibly long, satisfying read! Follow Rafe, Hawthorne and Lindon as they win over their sassy BBW mates. Alpha Games Two years ago, voluptuous she-wolf Aspen ran from her shifter pack... -
Love Sucks by Cynthia St. Aubin
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSomeone is killing werewolves. At least, that's the way Vincent Van Gogh tells it when he shows up at Mark Abernathy's art gallery seeking protection. For gallery assistant and art history addict Hanna Harvey, meeting Van Gogh is a dream come true—until death follows the troubled artist to town and Hanna becomes the murderer’s next target...Categorized as:
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Sommersgate House by Kristen Ashley
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsThis is an alternate cover edition for ASIN B0056ZAJSCDouglas Ashton is the cold and unfeeling owner of the gothic Victorian Mansion, Sommersgate House. Julia Fairfax is his stubborn American sister-in-law. After tragedy strikes, Douglas and Julia are forced to live together at Sommersgate and raise their newly orphaned nieces and nephew...Categorized as:
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The Penitent by Natasha Knight, A. Zavarelli
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA cruel fate. Two souls condemned. An impossible love.I knew he’d choose me before he came to our door on the night of the Tithing. I bore the mark that would make me his. It was my ancestor who spoke the words that bound us together, and his demon-god who promised protection for the price of blood.My blood.I was prepared to be that sacrifice if it would keep my family safe...Categorized as:
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Guarded by the Snake: Monster Security Agency by Layla Fae
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsShe stole her way into my cold, serpent heart like a thief in the night.The tiny human hires me to shield her from the vengeance of a powerful organization. There’s nothing wrong with that, except she stole from them, got caught, and now I have to clean up her mess. Add to that her incessant chatter, and I’m in for the most unpleasant job in my career...Categorized as:
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Perfectly Perfect Pixie: Peaches's Story by M.J. May
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsPeaches is a nature pixie. Fully bonded to his orchard, he can only leave his land for a finite time. Plants, soil, daylight, and every living thing Mother Nature has on tap flows like liquid sunshine through Peaches’s lively veins.Lucroy Moony was born into his vampiric second life over six hundred years ago...Categorized as:
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The Way We Touch by Tia Louise
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMy brother’s best friend might be a cocky wide receiver with an ego the size of Texas, but I swear I did not try to almost kill him with a ghost pepper. He did that all by himself.Logan Murphy should come with a warning.He’s as hot as a Carolina Reaper on black asphalt in the middle of July...Categorized as:
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Ghost of Lies by Alice Winters
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsHiroThough I was born with the ability to see the dead, I struggled with it until my brother was killed and his ghost was left behind. Now, I’m determined to figure out who is responsible for his death… the problem is that Detective Maddox Booker, the one working the case, is a grumpy and stubborn man who wants nothing to do with me and definitely doesn’t believe in ghosts...Categorized as:
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Intersect by Elizabeth O'Roark, Elle O'Roark
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsThe stunning conclusion to Parallel. Someone has torn them apart in the past, and she plans to do it again… As Nick and Quinn piece together the truth about the life they once shared, they discover it was much deeper and darker than they ever imagined... -
To Have It All by B.N. Toler
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsRock bottom. Liam had set up shop there. After an accident left him injured and unable to work, it wasn’t long before he ended up on the street with his dreams in the gutter. This was it. This was his life. Until the day he met Max Porter—a man who appeared to have it all... -
Where We Found Our Home by Natasha Bishop
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsLincolnI had my chance at love and I threw it away. I don’t deserve another. I’ve dedicated my entire life to my community. There’s no time for anything else. But then I met her. Ciara Jeffries is everything I told myself I didn’t want, but she might be everything I need. If I can just hold on to her. CiaraIf I don’t get out of this town, I’ll lose my sanity, my loved ones, and my life... -
Your Coffin or Mine by Jacklyn Hyde
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsA runaway bride. A grumpy 600-year-old vampire pretending to be human. A disaster waiting to happen.What could possibly be the most infuriating thing to a vampire disgusted by the internet? A twenty-six-year-old social media influencer that just ran out on her cheating ex fiance and insists on staying in Vlad’s quiet castle...Categorized as:
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Lucien by Grae Bryan
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsJamie Hernandez loves his life. He has his family, his friends, and a successful freelance career at just twenty-three. The only thing missing? His monster. The one Jamie has seen in his dreams for the past five years. Jamie doesn’t know much about the enigmatic man from his visions, but he doesn’t need to. He knows enough. He knows they belong together... -
Grizzly Mate by Ariana Hawkes
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA brand new mail-order brides series from the author of Shiftr: Swipe Left For Love. Savannah's luck seems to finally be changing when MateMatch, a secret dating agency sends her to Ragtown to meet the match they've found for her. Under different circumstances, she would have been excited for her new life...
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