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The Primal Hunter 6 by Zogarth
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsBack from the Treasure Hunt, it’s time to explore Earth a little more…But first, Jake has a family to visit and an auction to attend. Then it’s time to face the challenges the planet has to offer, and using the many rewards from the Treasure Hunt, Jake aims to improve his repertoire while getting some more levels under his belt... -
![Scorching Sun by Apollos Thorne]()
Scorching Sun by Apollos Thorne
Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsPassing through the Vampire Gate, Elorion enters the true heart of the Underworld for the first time. The sooner he completes his mission, the sooner he and the girls can return home. The task is impossible at his current level, so he follows the lich down the only viable path. A path laden with bodies and blood... -
![Wyvern's Lair by Shannon Mayer]()
Wyvern's Lair by Shannon Mayer
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsThe odds are stacked against her as she faces her greatest challenge yet… But that's nothing new in her world. The fifth in the plot twisting, heart pounding, magic-riddled, USA Today bestselling Desert Cursed series. I thought I had the next steps in my journey plotted out... -
![A Culling Tide by Auburn Tempest, Michael Anderle]()
A Culling Tide by Auburn Tempest, Michael Anderle
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsYe screw with this lass, ye get put on yer ass.The world is about to tilt on its axis. Good versus Evil. Light versus Dark. There’s a balance to the world's alignment and every thousand years the Earth Realm, the Fae Realm, and the Spirit Realm collide, igniting a period of rebalancing.The Culling... -
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![He Who Fights with Monsters 10 by Shirtaloon]()
He Who Fights with Monsters 10 by Shirtaloon
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsA subterranean power creates strange bedfellows for Jason and his friends in the epic next installment of He Who Fights with Monsters.Following the devastating attack on Yaresh, its people are left to pick up the pieces. The city lies in ruins, but its decimated defenders have more to deal with than just reconstruction... -
![Ultimate Level 1: Shattered Boundaries by Shawn Wilson]()
Ultimate Level 1: Shattered Boundaries by Shawn Wilson
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWith the threat on Tanila's life, Max gives into the Black skill, Consume.It has evolved, and the destruction it brought was glorious, frightening, and overwhelming.Now with the new growth and power that came with it, Max and the others find themselves once again fighting against difficult odds as they make a push to get strong enough to reach the tower... -
![The Wandering Inn: Book 5 - The Last Light by Pirateaba]()
The Wandering Inn: Book 5 - The Last Light by Pirateaba
Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars · 12 ratings[Kings] awake and [Emperors] build new lands. Change is coming to the world, from the King of Destruction moving to a certain [Doctor] finding more friends from home.The Wandering Inn has a [Princess] who solves problems rather than creates them, and her name is Lyonette... -
![The Wandering Inn: Book 4 - Winter Solstice by Pirateaba]()
The Wandering Inn: Book 4 - Winter Solstice by Pirateaba
Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsHome. It is time to go home, but home changes.Erin Solstice is going home, but everyone else seems to be leaving. The Goblin Lord is following Rags and Garen Redfang to the mountain of Goblins where the Great Chieftain, Tremborag waits.Ceria and Pisces are far from home, the home of [Mages] where they once met. Wistram Academy... -
![Kingdom of Storms by Shannon Mayer]()
Kingdom of Storms by Shannon Mayer
Rated: 4.68 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsLooking to rescue dragon hatchlings? Check. Piss off a demon in the process? Check. Have my mate stolen by a raging psycho who wants his babies? Damn . . . .I, Zamira “Reckless” Wilson, do solemnly swear I wanted a vacation from trouble. The problem is, trouble did not want a vacation from me or those that I love... -
![A Fated Bond by Auburn Tempest, Michael Anderle]()
A Fated Bond by Auburn Tempest, Michael Anderle
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsMagic, dragons, elves, and vampires are my new normal. At any point, I might get attacked by an angry book, be on the shit-list for forgetting to hook up my battle bear’s keg, or get called to investigate a gruesome magical murder.And how cool is that?Well… the investigating part, not so much the murder... -
![Enchanter by Terry Mancour]()
Enchanter by Terry Mancour
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsMinalan The Moody! Meanwhile, back at the castle . . . Minalan the Spellmonger faces the boredom of house arrest after being confined to his lands by Prince Tavard for his defiance with the Wilderlands refugees...Categorized as:
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![Azarinth Healer: Book Two by Rhaegar]()
Azarinth Healer: Book Two by Rhaegar
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsStill haunted by her encounter with the Taleen Praetorians, Ilea makes her way south to join the Shadow’s Hand and hone her skills. Having fought alongside members of the infamous mercenary order, she hopes to meet kindred spirits who share her completely reasonable passion for battle, adrenaline, and near-death experiences.She is looking for a team to rely on, to punch, and get punched by... -
![The Wandering Inn: Book 6 - The General of Izril by Pirateaba, Andrea Parsneau]()
The Wandering Inn: Book 6 - The General of Izril by Pirateaba, Andrea Parsneau
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsClowns, Goblins, and Erin Solstice. Not all in the same place, mind you... -
![Dragon's Justice 9 by Bruce Sentar]()
Dragon's Justice 9 by Bruce Sentar
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhen the FBI prepares to head down to Brazil, Zach gets tapped to join them. Things aren’t going to plan though.Geists are being created and weaponized around Philly and even drawing the attention of the military.To solve it, Zach needs to go down to El Dorado and convince them that he’s not like the dragons that came before him and that they need to help him solve Aphrodite’s grand plan... -
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![Magical Moxie (Midlife Witchery, #10) by Brenda Trim]()
Magical Moxie (Midlife Witchery, #10) by Brenda Trim
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe Dark One, Blood Magic, and a goddess with a vendetta are all in a day's work for the Backside of Forty. And they pale in comparison to being the single mom of a dragon baby.The magical world doesn't believe in maternity leave. As soon as my baby arrives the Dark One doubles her efforts to steal enough power to become a goddess... -
![Under Ashen Skies by Selkie Myth]()
Under Ashen Skies by Selkie Myth
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe Hunt for NightImmortality.The chance to live forever.Elaine and Iona have graduated from the School of Sorcery and Spellcraft, and are out to try and find her old immortal mentor, Night. Travel isn't easy. Different cultures have different ideas of travelers. Plagues and Pekari stalk the Eventide Eclipse. And Night had never been the easiest to find, even when they knew where he was... -
![Kiss of the Dragon by Nicola Claire]()
Kiss of the Dragon by Nicola Claire
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratings"You do realise," he whispered, his hand reaching up to brush my hair from my face. He began twining a strand around one of his fingers. "That you are my most magnificent obsession." Magnificent obsession. I think I liked that. I certainly understood it. He was mine too.The explosive conclusion to the Kindred Series... -
![Human Insanity by KamikazePotato]()
Human Insanity by KamikazePotato
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsRob didn't think of himself as anyone special, but when a pitch-black portal tried to wrap his best friend in chains, he stepped up without thinking and found himself ensnared instead. His moment of heroism results in being torn away from everyone he knew and loved, kidnapped by an unknown force that leaves him with a note in his pocket stating: "Good luck... -
![It Ain't Easy by Jan Stryvant]()
It Ain't Easy by Jan Stryvant
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsWith his home now secure, Sean can take the time to start catching up on the million and one things he's been meaning to do, but never quite seemed to have the time. However, life is really never that simple. Sean's two armies, run by his friend Chad and his great uncle Maitland are coming across a few things hinting that the Vestibulum aren't ready to give up the fight quite yet... -
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Lynchpin by Shannon Mayer
Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsMy name is Alex, and I am a werewolf. As a boy, I was trapped halfway between human and wolf. Rylee rescued me and I became the first outcast to join her pack. In the Battle Against Orion, I sacrificed my life for hers and became the pillar which holds the Veil separating the human world and the supernatural world, closed... -
![Dao Destruction by Bruce Sentar]()
Dao Destruction by Bruce Sentar
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsDarius and the village of Hearthway have prepared for the winter and even thrived in the middle of it. But as their leader, Dar needs to look to the future, to spring and the war that comes with it... -
![Mandate of Heaven by Selkie Myth]()
Mandate of Heaven by Selkie Myth
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSentinel Dawn has returned.As Sentinel, Elaine has no end of tasks. From a shakedown run to find a fellow Earther, to Iona's new kitsune [Squire] Nina, to a whole new set of skills and abilities from [Loremaster], Elaine is busy. Her name is starting to be known on the world stage, whether she likes it or not... -
![Diamantine by Andrew Rowe]()
Diamantine by Andrew Rowe
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsAfter bonding with Dawnbringer, the Sacred Sword of Light, Keras Selyrian travels to the nation of Edria to compete in the Tournament of the Sacred Sword. The winner of the tournament will be given a chance to fight for the Sacred Sword of Stone if they can defeat the current wielder, the impossibly powerful Emperor of Edria, in single combat. Winning the tournament will be no simple endeavor... -
![The Rise of the Dawnstar by Farah Oomerbhoy]()
The Rise of the Dawnstar by Farah Oomerbhoy
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAurora Firedrake returns in the spellbinding sequel to The Last of the Firedrakes.The seven kingdoms of Avalonia are crumbling and evil is spreading across the land like a plague. Queen Morgana is close to finding a way to open The Book of Abraxas and it’s only a matter of time until she uses the power trapped inside its pages to enslave the entire world... -
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![Unexpected Heat by Sedona Ashe]()
Unexpected Heat by Sedona Ashe
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThings are falling apart.I’ve been betrayed and captured, but that’s not even the worst part…I’m in heat. Three hundred years early.When I get my hands on those who betrayed me, I’m going to punt their butts over the dang moon! First, though, I need to work on escaping this dungeon while also surviving the torture by the traitors trying to steal my power.Idiots... -
![A Gilded Cage by Auburn Tempest, Michael Anderle]()
A Gilded Cage by Auburn Tempest, Michael Anderle
Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsYe screw with this lass, ye get put on yer ass.Life sucker-punched me...I have family I didn’t know about, a magical heritage laying its claim, and a mystery I apparently need to solve.There are three things I love most in life…my wild and crazy Irish family, Redbreast Whiskey at Shenanigans, and living in Toronto... -
![Portal Guardians by Elle Casey]()
Portal Guardians by Elle Casey
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThis is an alternate Cover Edition for ASIN: B00AH2B9AG.NEW YORK TIMES and USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHOR, ELLE CASEY, brings readers Book 7 in the YA Urban Fantasy WAR OF THE FAE Series. [Formerly titled Clash of the Otherworlds, Book 3] The fae assigned by the council —shadowed by Jayne the elemental and Spike the incubus— journey to the Otherworlds, seeking the portal guardians... -
![After the Fall ( by Elle Casey]()
After the Fall ( by Elle Casey
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThis is an alternate Cover Edition for ASIN: B009JT9XXI.NEW YORK TIMES and USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHOR, ELLE CASEY, brings readers Book 5 in the YA Urban Fantasy WAR OF THE FAE Series. [Formerly titled Clash of the Otherworlds, Book 1] The Light and Dark Fae have come together, a tenuous peace formed at the urging of the Overworld... -
![Between the Realms by Elle Casey]()
Between the Realms by Elle Casey
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThis is an alternate Cover Edition for ASIN: B009ZMXVA0.NEW YORK TIMES and USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHOR, ELLE CASEY, brings readers Book 6 in the YA Urban Fantasy WAR OF THE FAE Series. [Formerly titled Clash of the Otherworlds, Book 2] Jayne Sparks Blackthorn continues her journey as a changeling member of the Fae living in the Green Forest... -
![Ranger's Dawn by Selkie Myth]()
Ranger's Dawn by Selkie Myth
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsLet the bodies hit the floor!Ranger Academy is famously hostile to its attendees. From the weather shifting from hail to tropical storms in minutes, to lethal rocks fired inches from the trainee's heads, bad food and salty water, to profanities yelled by the Drill Instructors and whispers of failure at night, everything on the island is designed to make the trainees quit... -
![Return to Remus by Selkie Myth]()
Return to Remus by Selkie Myth
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsReturn to Remus!After adventuring beyond the wall for over a year, Elaine has her triumphant return home! A high level doesn't mean all challenges are solved though. She's got a brand new hatchling to try and keep alive. General Augustus has staged a military coup, becoming Emperor Augustus. Julius is missing. Artemis is enslaved... -
![Webs & Wards by Benjamin Medrano]()
Webs & Wards by Benjamin Medrano
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsJoy can’t get a break. Having survived a chance encounter with a demon lordling, and made an immense sacrifice, one might expect Joy to at least have some time to rest and recover. Instead, when Joy’s friends learn what she sacrificed, they decide they’ll repay her, no matter what it takes, and they take the adventurous bee-girl on a quest to find another apis hive which can help her... -
![Hives & Heroism by Benjamin Medrano]()
Hives & Heroism by Benjamin Medrano
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsDemons loom over Dorma.Despite Joy’s victory over Alethus’s servants, his plans haven’t been stopped. Even so, a glimmer of hope lies before her, and she and her friends are determined to grasp it.That doesn’t mean it will be easy, though. An army is invading Dorma, one with the same destination as Joy. Their goals are sinister, but they aren’t going to stop Joy and her friends... -
![The Obsidian Palace by Benjamin Medrano]()
The Obsidian Palace by Benjamin Medrano
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsRuethwyn’s body had been made whole and her magic restored in the Frostglades to the north, though in a way she’d never anticipated. Supported by her friends, at long last, she looks to the future and her ultimate goal, to rescue those who Resvarygrath had stolen from her... -
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![Wretched Insect by V.A. Lewis]()
Wretched Insect by V.A. Lewis
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsWyverns, Demons, and an upcoming apocalypse.After the death of Mori Gladius, the Champion of the Human lands, Humankind is still reeling. Belzu is on the run, and Levithus has the Sword of Alexander. With Salvos finally reunited with her companions, perhaps... this is the perfect chance to deal with one of her problems once and for all.This is Book 7 or Volume 5 Part 3 of the Salvos web serial... -
![Dead of Night by Annabel Chase]()
Dead of Night by Annabel Chase
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsFor Lorelei Clay, no good deed goes unpunished…Reluctant ghost whisperer Lorelei Clay wants a working moat, which is the only reason she agrees to help with yet another supernatural situation. The simple ghostbusting job quickly escalates when Lorelei discovers the involvement of a powerful and ancient collective not known for their social skills... -
![The Great Cleric: Volume 1 by Broccoli Lion]()
The Great Cleric: Volume 1 by Broccoli Lion
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsOne moment, a certain salaryman is on cloud nine, that promotion finally within his grasp, and the next, he’s keeled over pain, and that was all she wrote. Luckily for him, fate had a bit more to say. A world of magic, monsters, and other such life-shortening entities await his newly reincarnated self for a second shot at life... -
![The Seven Worlds by John Van Stry]()
The Seven Worlds by John Van Stry
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAfter two long years in the void, Will is glad to be home, and so is his family. However he still has his job to do: Feliogustus has favors to pay back after being without Will for so long and some of those favors are coming due. So while having his homecoming interrupted isn't enjoyable, paying back those gods that Feliogustus owes is important... -
![Entwined with the Dark by Nicola Claire]()
Entwined with the Dark by Nicola Claire
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhat was wrong with me to antagonise a vampire of his standing to such a degree? I knew I had become too rebellious, too sure of my own place in this world. I was aware that Dark had been encroaching, that I played so often in its shadow I was losing sight of the sun, of my Light. There were times when I truly felt consumed in anger, for all that had happened, for all that I had suffered and lost... -
![Finngarick by Victoria Danann]()
Finngarick by Victoria Danann
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWHAT IF YOU WOKE UP TO FIND THAT YOU WERE NO LONGER HUMAN?When ex vampire hunting knight, Sir Torrent Finngarick, is hired by D.I.T., he's partnered with one of a pair of near-feral, New Forest elf twins who also happens to be his mate. Unfortunately Sher O'Malley made a pact with her twin when they were children that they would never accept a mate... -
![Hallowed Bones by Jonathan Smidt]()
Hallowed Bones by Jonathan Smidt
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe dungeon cores are dying.In the wake of the demon invasion, dungeons are being exterminated to protect the land. The Cult of Chaos may have been defeated, but the Exalted One remains in the shadows, pulling the strings.Now his time has come.Ryan, struggling with memories of his life as a human, finds himself once again under threat from the Church... -
![Saffron Wilds by Kai Butler]()
Saffron Wilds by Kai Butler
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSomeone’s cat is missing and Parker Ferro, San Amaro’s best paranormal PI can’t find it.When Parker goes looking for the wayward feline, he finds himself facing witches’ familiars, dead bodies, and shadows that move. The further into San Amaro’s underbelly Parker goes looking, the more he realizes that he is heading somewhere completely new... -
![Maestro by R.A. Salvatore]()
Maestro by R.A. Salvatore
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsThe saga of dark elf Drizzt Do'Urden has become a fixture in the fantasy genre, with a string of New York Times best-selling novels going back to 1988. Maestro is the follow-up to Archmage, and continues the story of Drizzt's perilous homecoming.Drizzt is going home. But not to Mithral Hall. Not to Icewind Dale. He's going to Menzoberranzan... -
![Sovereign Mage by Inadvisably Compelled]()
Sovereign Mage by Inadvisably Compelled
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsThe portal to the Night Lands is closed, and vampires are barred from Earth, but at a high cost. Not only does Callum have to deal with the fallout of the vampire race’s final spasms, but the political consequences of demonstrating his ability and willingness to attack portal worlds directly... -
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![Elemental Soul by Phaedra Weldon]()
Elemental Soul by Phaedra Weldon
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTime is running out... It's the calm before the storm, and Sam knows Dionysus is coming for her. Spirit is the only way to defeat him—the one Element she hasn't mastered... -
![My Treasure to Keep by Lisa Oliver]()
My Treasure to Keep by Lisa Oliver
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThomas, paid enforcer in the Cloverleah Pack, was carrying a lot of guilt. He still believed he was to blame for letting Wesley get targeted by the dark elves, almost causing a rift in Cathair and Marius's mating... -
![The Treasures of Alexander by V.A. Lewis]()
The Treasures of Alexander by V.A. Lewis
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe Treasures of Alexander.They are Mythic Grade Artifacts. The greatest weapons of Humankind against the Demon threat looming over them. But the Dukes and Duchesses of the Netherworld won't remain idle. They will do whatever it takes to upheave the Conference of Alyras and steal the Treasures of Alexander... -
![Curious Beginnings by V.A. Lewis]()
Curious Beginnings by V.A. Lewis
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsThe Netherworld: it is a hellish landscape inhabited only by Demons, creatures born from the dark abyss. It is also the only world Salvos knows.Joining the ranks of newborn demons, Salvos is thrown into the violent, anarchy-ruled landscape of that world. To survive, she will have to learn, she will have to adapt, and she will have to evolve. She will gain experience to reach new Levels of power... -
![Ultimate Level 1: New Freedoms by Shawn Wilson]()
Ultimate Level 1: New Freedoms by Shawn Wilson
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsAs Max and the team defeats yet another boss in the tower, they quickly realize that they are facing harder things than most.Each of them must work together to overcome challenges that not only test their strength and power but also their mind as new and dangerous puzzles begin to appear... -
![Ultimate Level 1: New Dreams by Shawn Wilson]()
Ultimate Level 1: New Dreams by Shawn Wilson
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe dream of every adventurer became real as Max, Tanila, Fowl and Batrire entered the tower. Before they can finish the first floor they learn that not only is the tower going to challenge them in a variety of new ways but that the bosses that spawn are much harder than what the dungeons had.New skills, powerful equipment and growing stats await if they can conquer the challenges...
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