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  • Celestial by Olivia Wildenstein

    Celestial by Olivia Wildenstein

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    In ninety-two days, the feathered appendages that link me to the people I loathe finally come off. Dear, winglets, you will not be missed...
  • Chase the Shadows by Everly Frost

    Chase the Shadows by Everly Frost

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The dragons only let me out to hunt.But this time, I’m hunting angels.My need for vengeance drove me into danger. I sought redemption for my past, determined to put an end to the conflict between the angels and dragons.Instead, I ignited a spark.Now, the angels are summoning their strongest warriors, and the dragons are preparing for war...
  • L'Ordine della penna by Virginia De Winter

    L'Ordine della penna by Virginia De Winter

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Altieres, l’antica dinastia regnante nel Vecchio Continente, si è estinta dopo la violenta morte di tutti i suoi eredi e a portare il nome dell’antica casata sono rimasti solo i vampiri Blackmore, creature immortali a cui regnare non è permesso...
  • Chance: Episode Seven by Nicholas Bella

    Chance: Episode Seven by Nicholas Bella

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    “Just when I thought I had enough on my plate... fate, or the cosmos or whatever, decides I'm not stressed enough and pours on another helping of what the hell!” My failure to prevent a particularly nasty demon from completing a ritual to open a portal may have doomed us all unless I can stop what came through. That, of course, is easier said than done...
    Categorized as:
    dark  enemies-to-lovers  magic  paranormal  adult  age-gap  book  crime
  • Fight between Alphas by Jessica Hall

    Fight between Alphas by Jessica Hall

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    On her 16th birthday Lana’s older brother and the king of Alpha’s, a title handed down by her mother holds the annual Alpha meeting. Lana hates all things Alpha’s having grown up under her mother’s reign and meeting plenty of Alpha’s, she longed to be normal...
  • The Last Witch: Vol 3.5 by M.J. Lawrie

    The Last Witch: Vol 3.5 by M.J. Lawrie

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    It's been six months since Lilly Hooper reunited with her family, friends, and magic.The Arcane Realm offers freedom and safety for all the witches who are rebuilding their lives and healing.But things are not as straightforward or as easy as they all hoped they would be...
  • Magic Marked: Complete Trilogy by Chandelle LaVaun, Megan Montero

    Magic Marked: Complete Trilogy by Chandelle LaVaun, Megan Montero

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    He put a spell on me...Or at least he must have, because none of this makes any sense. None of this can be real. I’m not a mage with magical powers…I’m just me. Ellie Sutton. Your average, everyday seventeen-year-old high school human student. My biggest concerns are bullies, failed exams, and missing the express subway twice in one day...
  • The Thirteenth by L.A. Banks

    The Thirteenth by L.A. Banks

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    The entire Neteru Guardian team is on the run, having now been labeled as America’s most-wanted terrorists following the gruesome demon battle that felled the Washington Monument and crashed the front doors of the White House. The Antichrist is positioned for emergence, the powers of darkness have released the pale horse of the apocalypse, and half of the Neteru team is pregnant...
    Categorized as:
    dark  magic  paranormal  adult  angels  book  dark-fantasy  demons
  • Midnight Mage by Chandelle LaVaun, Megan Montero

    Midnight Mage by Chandelle LaVaun, Megan Montero

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    He put a spell on me...Or at least he must have, because none of this makes any sense. None of this can be real. I’m not a mage with magical powers…I’m just me. Ellie Sutton. Your average, everyday seventeen-year-old high school human student. My biggest concerns are bullies, failed exams, and missing the express subway twice in one day...
  • Slay the Dawn by Everly Frost

    Slay the Dawn by Everly Frost

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The hunt is mine.But now I'm hunting the man I love.The war between dragons and angels has taken everything from me. Instead of vengeance, I found heartbreak.I awakened the soul of a destroyer and set him free. Now I’m caught in a game of his making, and I have no choice but to form alliances with those I once called my enemies...
  • Chaos Pact by Kelly St. Clare

    Chaos Pact by Kelly St. Clare

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    They say lightning doesn’t strike the same place twice. They are damn liars because I’m losing count of the impossibilities in my life.It turns out my presence in The Buried Knolls could mean the death of everyone around me. If the cold reactions of Wild and the quad are anything to go by, then the coven can never discover what I am...
  • The Ringmaster by Kathryn Ann Kingsley

    The Ringmaster by Kathryn Ann Kingsley

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    As above, so below…who was once friend is now a foe.The Faire is alive. It’s alive, it’s sentient, and it wants more from Cora Glass. Reeling from the revelations that Clown left her with, she struggles once more to find her footing. She never gets the chance.Harrow Faire wants Cora for murder. She assumed it was her death that it was after. She was wrong. It wants her to kill…to save them all...
  • Satanic Shadows by Leigh Rivers

    Satanic Shadows by Leigh Rivers

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    IN THE SHADOWSHE WAITSSeraphine Winters had a normal life. One she misses when she’s kidnapped and taken to an island in the middle of nowhere.Forced to attend Quarrierton Academy, a castle full of immortal beings, the only way she can leave is if she passes all her classes. But as a human, she’s hated just for breathing, with no way to fit in around magic and powers she never knew existed...
  • Torn to Bits by Katie May

    Torn to Bits by Katie May

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    One prisoner, three warring, psychotic princes, and ninety days to choose between them...Or claim them allTotemic Wolves rule the north.Fenrir Wolves rule the west.And Lycans rule the east.As the lone Bitten fraction, we’re considered a dying race. Relegated to the dry south, we’re predicted to only last a few more years before complete annihilation...
  • The Sins of Desire by Auryn Hadley

    The Sins of Desire by Auryn Hadley

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    An alternative cover edition for this ASIN can be found here.We're taught that people are sinners or saints. Who says I can't be both?See, I'm a bad, bad girl. The kind who loves Satan. Falling in bed with the demon of seduction, befriending the demon of knowledge, being guarded by Beelzebub, and making deals with Lucifer? This is what I call a normal day...
    Categorized as:
    dark  magic  paranormal  adult  angels  book  demons  dragons
  • Nocturnal Magic by C.N. Crawford

    Nocturnal Magic by C.N. Crawford

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    “Remember the darkness. Only the darkness will save you.” As part of a deal with the god of night, Ursula is sent to the Shadow Realm. There, she must live in the forbidding palace of an ancient night demon. Granted--he seems to hate her. But he's easy on the eyes, powerful as hell, and he's supposed to keep her safe...
  • The Golden Enclaves by Naomi Novik

    The Golden Enclaves by Naomi Novik

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 65 ratings
    Saving the world is a test no school of magic can prepare you for in the triumphant conclusion to the New York Times bestselling trilogy that began with A Deadly Education and The Last Graduate.Almost singlehandedly--although backed by an increasingly large cadre of genuine friends--El has changed the nature of the Scholomance forever...
  • Blight by Claire Farrell

    Blight by Claire Farrell

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    As the blight spreads, destroying the land, Cara’s new subjects turn on her, and Brendan and Drake are no longer there to help her. The Darksiders thought she’d be pliable, or maybe even a miracle-worker, and it’s not as easy to scrub away Sadler’s influence as she thought...
    Categorized as:
    dark  magic  paranormal  book  fae  fiction  horror  new-adult
  • Fae Conqueror by Sarah K.L. Wilson

    Fae Conqueror by Sarah K.L. Wilson

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    She can conquer the Fae - but at what cost?From USA Today bestselling author Sarah K. L. Wilson comes this thrilling conclusion to a deliciously trope-filled young adult romantic fantasy series about a viciously funny mortal girl and her quest to hunt, trap, and conquer powerful fae...
  • Sacrifice by Claire Farrell

    Sacrifice by Claire Farrell

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    ~The final book in the Chaos Series.~ As a king’s life hangs in the balance, alliances are made then broken. Only trickery can help Cara protect those she cares about, but when her enemies show their true face, she realises the truth: every distraction feeds Chaos. Cara’s not the only one searching for a legendary treasure, not the only one reaching for power...
    Categorized as:
    dark  magic  paranormal  book  fae  fiction  horror  supernatural
  • The Butcher and the Ballerina by Kris K. Haines

    The Butcher and the Ballerina by Kris K. Haines

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Love is the deadliest performance.Ronin Matakos, the Butcher of Aethalia, was once a great war hero.He was once a lot of things—revered, respected, worshipped. But ever since the Empire caged his wolf, he’s suffocated beneath his tarnished reputation, wandering through an aimless fog of fights, females, and that most intoxicating of substances, Delirium...
  • Savage One by Donna Augustine

    Savage One by Donna Augustine

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Death isn’t as black and white as they say, at least not for me. I can tell you when you’ll die and pull you back from the brink of death. In a world ravaged by plague, where survival might come down to the smallest misstep, I can help you cheat fate. If only I could save myself… I’ve been abused and abandoned, bartered and paid for...
  • Mayhem by Nicholas Bella

    Mayhem by Nicholas Bella

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    "I don't think I've ever been so terrified of my future as I am right now." With less than seventy-two hours on the clock and Xora still evading King Adriel's forces, time is running out for everyone. I don't want to think about a world overrun by demons who could care less about saving humanity. I'm doing everything in my power to track this evil thing down, but I'm not having much luck...
    Categorized as:
    dark  magic  paranormal  adult  age-gap  book  crime  demons
  • Havoc by Nicholas Bella

    Havoc by Nicholas Bella

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    “As if chasing down a seriously dangerous demon that's killing people like that's the thing to do at night, I've got even more romance trouble brewing!” I think I'm seriously in over my head at this point. First off, we're nowhere close to finding Xora, the hell demon that's killing more people than the morgue has room for. On top of that, I've found my other mate...
    Categorized as:
    dark  magic  paranormal  adult  age-gap  book  demons  fiction
  • Mark of Fate by W.J. May

    Mark of Fate by W.J. May

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Mark of Fate is the 9th Book of W.J. May's bestselling series, The Chronicles of Kerrigan. Rae Kerrigan has proven herself a vital asset to the Privy Council and yet, they still question her loyalty. Back in London, Rae returns to find that everything isn't exactly as it seems...
  • The Nowhere Witch by Donna Augustine

    The Nowhere Witch by Donna Augustine

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Getting back to Xest was the easy part. It’s staying here that seems to be the problem.I have three hags, also known as Xest Immigration, hot on my tail trying to deport me back to Salem. The wall I built in the Unsettled Lands is in jeopardy. Hawk, a man who was once my ally, can’t decide if he wants to lead the horde trying to drive me out or kiss me...
  • Elemental Flame by Phaedra Weldon

    Elemental Flame by Phaedra Weldon

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    "I love you, Sam. I will always love you." When Elemental Witch Samantha Hawthorne discovers her lover, Crwys Holliard, is missing, she vows to find him. With the help of her friends and an Alpha Werewolf who just won't take no for an answer, Sam follows clues that point them in the direction of the realm of Faerie, a place Sam swore she would never return to...
    Categorized as:
    dark  magic  paranormal  book  dragons  epic  fae  fiction
  • Illusion by S.M. Boyce

    Illusion by S.M. Boyce

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The final chapter in the war for Ourea ends with blood. Kara Magari is an icon. A hero. The people love her. The royalty tolerates her. She has everything—an army, allies, and a close circle of chosen family. They believe she will end the war, and they shouldn’t. She’s as scared as they are. She just can’t show it...
  • Sworn to the Night by Craig Schaefer

    Sworn to the Night by Craig Schaefer

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Marie Reinhart is an NYPD detective on the trail of a serial killer. When she sleeps, though, she dreams of other lives; she dreams of being a knight, in strange wars and strange worlds. On the other side of the city, Nessa Roth is a college professor trapped in a loveless marriage, an unwilling prop in a political dynasty...
    Categorized as:
    dark  magic  paranormal  adult  book  fiction  horror  lgbtq
  • Incipient by Bianca Scardoni, Bailey Carr

    Incipient by Bianca Scardoni, Bailey Carr

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    My name is Jemma Blackburn and my life's just been turned on its head again. With my boyfriend back from the dead, and the vampire I'm bonded to being forced to shut his emotions off, the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse arriving in town is really just the beginning of my problems.As with all ancient prophesies, the clock is ticking, and time is running out for all of us...
  • Wolf Marked by Veronica Douglas

    Wolf Marked by Veronica Douglas

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Werewolves are hunting me down.I was just an ordinary girl waiting tables in a small-town bar. I had no idea magic was real. That was, until I backed my car over a werewolf a couple times.In my defense, the wolf was trying to murder me, and I was all out of mace.Now I’ve got a cult of rogue wolves on my heels, and the only one who can protect me is Jaxson Laurent—the Chicago Alpha...
  • Hollow Heathens: Book of Blackwell by Nicole Fiorina

    Hollow Heathens: Book of Blackwell by Nicole Fiorina

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    A forbidden, timeless, and haunting love story.Once upon a time, there lived a girl named Fallon who was taken far away from home shortly after she was born. A home that held more than strange traditions and bizarre superstitions...
  • Sister of the Night - Von Ringen und Blut by Marah Woolf

    Sister of the Night - Von Ringen und Blut by Marah Woolf

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    „Du könntest in Coralis bleiben“, sagte Aarvand.Ich lachte kurz auf. „Dann müsste ich meine Welt verlassen. Ich würde meine Schwestern und mein Zuhause nie wiedersehen. Würdest du dein Leben für mich aufgeben? Dein Amt? Dein Land?“„Nein“, erwiderte er knapp.Ich legte ihm eine Hand auf die Wange. „Und deswegen“, sagte ich bedauernd, „werde ich all das, was ich eigentlich will, nicht mit dir tun...
  • The Forbidden by L.A. Banks

    The Forbidden by L.A. Banks

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    The Body of a Goddess...with the Heart of Hell itself.The devil is a dead-beat dad and his consort Lilith couldn't care less. A stolen embryo stirs in Lilith's womb and a plan pulses through her veins: To unleash her child from the gates of hell--as soon as she destroys the only two vampire hunters who can possibly stop her..
    Categorized as:
    dark  magic  paranormal  adult  alpha-mc  book  dark-fantasy  demons
  • The Only One by Christine Feehan, Susan Grant

    The Only One by Christine Feehan, Susan Grant

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    FOR EACH, THERE COULD BE ONLY ONE This book contains three short stories:1. Dark Descent by Christine Feehan (11 in her Dark Series) an aggressive, multi-talented professional body guard/secret service agent who never lets danger or the unknown stop her becomes the lifemate of a powerful immortal embroiled in a battle with the vampires. 2...
  • The Nightmare by Regine Abel

    The Nightmare by Regine Abel

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    She was his obsession.For years, Zain has stalked Naima until she slipped through his fingers. He longs for the delectable taste of her terror and the divine sound of her screams. She occupies his every thought, and he aches for her. Eager to reclaim the only female that can ever complete him, Zain carefully plans his passage into the Mortal Plane...
  • Curse of Shadows and Light by Penelope King

    Curse of Shadows and Light by Penelope King

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Book #3 in the Demonblood Series. A new town. New friends. And old enemies. It's time for the ultimate battle. Read the first book, "A Demon Made Me Do It" (it's free). Then read the second, "Fire with Fire"...
    Categorized as:
    dark  magic  paranormal  angels  book  contemporary  demons  fiction
  • Queen by Claire Farrell

    Queen by Claire Farrell

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Three kings. Two queens. One heir. Chaos will rule..
    Categorized as:
    dark  magic  paranormal  adult  book  fae  fiction  horror
  • Usurper by Claire Farrell

    Usurper by Claire Farrell

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    It’s been a year since Cara returned to the human realm with her daughter, and the fae have come knocking again. The game of kings is still being played, power is the ultimate prize, and Scarlet is an asset every court wishes to acquire...
    Categorized as:
    dark  magic  paranormal  adult  book  fae  fiction  horror
  • Losing Neverland by Evelyn Montgomery

    Losing Neverland by Evelyn Montgomery

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    All is not as it seems in Neverland.As for Peter & Hook, well I know the secret most don’t.The real truth behind the myth.The hidden wonder you’ve never known disguised as the notorious legend.I know the nightmare that brings Hook to his knees.The concealed facts which bring out nothing but his ruthless darkness.I know the inescapable reality that one day changed Peter Pan forever...
    Categorized as:
    dark  magic  paranormal  adult  book  coming-of-age  fiction  horror
  • Dreams of the Necromancer by Kathryn Ann Kingsley

    Dreams of the Necromancer by Kathryn Ann Kingsley

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Digging up the past might be digging her own grave.Marguerite went in search of answers. The ones she found led her to only more questions…and down a very dangerous path.Doctor Gideon Raithe claims that she has every right to hate him, and yet all she feels is drawn to him. The Ordo ut Solis, a secret order of holy warriors against the dark creatures of the world, wants her help to contain him...
  • The Fixer: The Supernatural Syndicate by Amelia Hutchins

    The Fixer: The Supernatural Syndicate by Amelia Hutchins

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Scandal meets True Blood.Chevelle Reed had no idea her life was about to be turned upside when she strolled into the women’s artillery dining room. Nothing prepared her for Raithe Dravyn. He was known for his savagery and brutal response to anyone who opposed him or his syndicate. When he offered her the job of a lifetime, Chevelle turned it down...
  • A Game of Love and Betrayal by Elayna R. Gallea

    A Game of Love and Betrayal by Elayna R. Gallea

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    He requires a wife. She needs to kill him. All’s fair in pursuit of love and revenge.What’s a vampire to do when the fae who made her an orphan is searching for a wife?Make him choose her and end his life on their wedding night, of course.Brynleigh has been carefully planning this for years...
  • Trading in Blood by Brea Alepoú

    Trading in Blood by Brea Alepoú

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Rheland is the king of vampires and in these trying times, he is reminded that ruling with fear alone isn’t good enough. People change and Rheland is the embodiment of that. He knows his past isn’t the cleanest but he wants to spend the rest of his eternity trying to clear off a spot.Lynk needs housing for his pack and Rheland wants the man closer. A win-win...
  • Blood Gifts by Becca Andre

    Blood Gifts by Becca Andre

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Seventeen-year-old Ian is used to pressure. Born into a necromancer family, he and his twin brother Lex exhibited uncommon magical potential at an early age that led their father to expect great things—from them both. That is until Lex’s blood gift fails to manifest. Or so everyone believes. For the past five years, Ian has been keeping a secret...
  • Mask of Poison by Kathryn Ann Kingsley

    Mask of Poison by Kathryn Ann Kingsley

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Darkness has come to consume the world, and only Ember knows the true depths of its horror.As a hunter, Ember’s life was spent saving humanity from the flesh-starved corpses eager to devour them. Then, a fresh evil clawed its way to the surface, leaving Ember feeling she traded one apocalypse for another.Rxa gave his life to protect his kingdom. But now he’s back, undead and untethered...
  • The Puppeteer by Kathryn Ann Kingsley

    The Puppeteer by Kathryn Ann Kingsley

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Silver strings she can’t outrun…her trouble now has just begun.After Cora Glass’s life was stolen by Harrow Faire, things just keep going from bad to worse. Unable to run, unable to escape, there seems to be no way to avoid what she’s become—the Contortionist. But a girl can only take so much.Haunted by an abandoned and seemingly sentient circus? Fine...
  • Where Foxes Hunt with Wolves by K.A. Merikan

    Where Foxes Hunt with Wolves by K.A. Merikan

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    --- You are responsible for what you tame ---Yevhen. Forest ranger. Werewolf. Stifled by pack rules.Radek. Foxy ginger brat. Changeling. Will avoid responsibility at all cost.Banished from his pack for being gay, Yev has one last chance to redeem himself in the eyes of his family. He needs to stick to the rules for a year, and bury his sexuality forever...
  • Heart of Thorns by Sarah Piper

    Heart of Thorns by Sarah Piper

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Gabriel… They say Gabriel Redthorne is the most ruthless royal vampire of all.They say he tore out a man’s throat just for spilling his bourbon.They say his heart is so cold, the women he beds turn to ice.Good. Let them talk.The vampire prince has always known it’s better to be feared as a monster than loved as a fool, no matter how cold his bed is.But then he meets her...
  • Wicked Betrayal by Chelsea Luna

    Wicked Betrayal by Chelsea Luna

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The clock is ticking. Alex’s time is running out.Spring has hit Hazel Cove and with it, the pressure of Alex’s impending fate as Liam’s sacrifice is weighing upon her every thought. There’s so much to do and so little time. How do you stop an ancient pure blooded witch?But Liam isn’t Alex’s only problem. She must focus on what she can fix in the little time she has left...
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