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Evildoer by Dannika Dark, Nicole Poole
Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsBetrayal. Vengeance. Loyalty. Dark forces are at work in the epic conclusion of the USA Today bestselling Crossbreed series.Raven has come a long way since joining Keystone. She embraced her Vampire side, learned to work with others, and even fell in love... -
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Druid Apprentice by M.D. Massey
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsI'm Colin McCool, world-class trouble magnet and druid apprentice extraordinaire. I survived my final confrontation with the Dark Druid by the skin of my teeth... -
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Blackout by Dannika Dark
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsThe fate of millions rests on Keystone when they embark on their most important assignment of all… After what was supposed to be a simple job, Raven and Christian uncover a sinister plot against the higher authority, and the stakes are as high as the body count. The assassins are merciless, with anyone who stands in their way becoming collateral damage... -
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Balance of Power by R.L. King
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsStone Enters A High-Stakes Race for a Deadly PrizeAlastair Stone had long thought the ability to interfere with arcane energy to be the holy grail of magical study.Until a piece of an item capable of doing just that turns up in a collection of mundane occult art, and someone nearly kills one of his colleagues while trying to steal it... -
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![Divine Intervention by Orlando A. Sanchez]()
Divine Intervention by Orlando A. Sanchez
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHow do you stop a god? Monty and Simon don’t know, but they better find out…fast.The NYTF Command Hub has been destroyed, the Director is in critical condition, and a cryptic message has been left for the Montague and Strong Detective Agency…in blood.When Monty and Simon discover Mahnes, a Soul Renderer and Dark Mage, is behind the attack, they realize they are outclassed and outgunned... -
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Stitched by Shannon Mayer
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsNOTE: ***This novella falls between Wounded (#8) and Rising Darkness (#9) and should be read BEFORE reading (#9).*** "My name is Rylee, and I am a Tracker."When children go missing, and the Humans have no leads, I'm the one they call. I am their last hope in bringing home the lost ones. I salvage what they cannot... -
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Druid's Due by M.D. Massey
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWhen Colin goes on the run from the feds, the young druid’s plans to hide in the wild quickly go awry. Now he’s at odds with a murderous specter, bloodthirsty skinwalkers, and an elusive cryptid that might be the key to it all... -
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Nevermore by Dannika Dark
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsUSA TODAY BESTSELLERRaven Black risks it all for loyalty and love in this stunning continuation in the USA Today bestselling Crossbreed series. Raven returns to her childhood home to rebuild her severed relationship with her father. After a long year of capturing violent criminals and thwarting assassination plots, she could use a vacation. But trouble is brewing on the home front... -
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Homecoming by R.L. King
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFinding The Way Home Can Be DeadlyIt starts with an article from Jason's crank file. Some campers have discovered an unconscious "space alien" in the wilds of Colorado.Every mention of the story quickly vanishes from the internet--but not before Alastair Stone gets a look at the single, blurry photo.The "space alien" looks tantalizingly familiar.. -
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Enforcer by Patti Larsen
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDifficult Choices Erica Plower's eyes widened as she set her cup aside, glancing sideways at Mom. The former second of my coven, now my representative on Council, wasn't exactly on my side. "The law is clear, Syd," she said, blonde hair, once a cute bob, now grown out to rival my mother's long, black locks. "And you've broken it... -
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Steel and Stone by R.L. King
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsPOINT OF NO RETURN Alastair Stone, determined to harness enigmatic mage Trevor Harrison’s potent power source, takes a desperate chance—he travels to the dimension where it originates, hoping to convince Harrison to teach him its secrets. He should have expected things wouldn’t go as planned... -
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Spirit of the Fallen by T.J. Green
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsKill the ghost, save the host.Shadow is an over-confident fey stranded in White Haven after the Wild Hunt is defeated on Samhain.Gabe is a Nephilim, newly arrived from the spirit world along with six of his companions. He has a violent history that haunts him, and a father he wants answers from - if he ever finds him... -
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Awakening by R.L. King
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen Alastair Stone chooses to remain in captivity to save his son, he has no idea how much his life is about to change. While he does manage to break free from his bizarre prison, his newfound freedom doesn’t come without a price. Everything around him is different—the world, his friends, what he thinks he knows about what he left behind... -
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Winds of Change by R.L. King
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe times, they are a-changin’…Sometimes the biggest events begin with the smallest incidents.This time, it’s another of Jason’s strange cases: a missing man a tracking spell can’t trace.It isn’t long before the man turns up. Except he’s…different.And he’s not the only one.A new magical affliction is creeping through the world, permanently altering people’s auras and changing their astral forms... -
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Blood Brothers by R.L. King
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMagic is Thicker than BloodAlastair Stone figures using tracking magic to help Jason Thayer and his new wife Amber find a missing child will be a good diversion. At least it will take his mind off a summer that, without Verity around, is shaping up to be a lot less eventful than he’d hoped... -
![The Other Side by R.L. King]()
The Other Side by R.L. King
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsDARK DESIRES Alastair Stone and fellow professor Edwina Mortenson go together like punk rock and patchouli. So when an unwilling Stone is “volunteered” to participate in a paranormal TV reality show with her, neither of them is thrilled about it—even if the ghost town they’ll be filming in is supposedly the site of a powerful curse... -
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Stitching the Talisman by L.A. McBride
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSome women settle for charm bracelets. I get a murder of crows tattooed on my body.And that's the good news. After sending a demon back to hell, I thought I'd have a few weeks to kick back with my girls, go on that hot date with a certain stony-eyed enforcer, maybe even catch an outdoor concert or two... -
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The Madness Below by R.L. King
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIT WAITS... Alastair Stone needs a vacation. He’s literally stepping through the portal to his home in England when an old friend calls with a horrific tale of a grisly multiple murder committed by teenagers just back from a school camping trip. It doesn’t take long to convince Stone the supernatural is involved. Goodbye peaceful vacation, hello magical investigation... -
![Gathering Storm by R.L. King]()
Gathering Storm by R.L. King
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsImmovable Object - Meet Irresistible ForceWhen Alastair Stone investigates a tale of odd events at an abandoned Midwestern paper mill, he figures it's just another hoax. After all, he's seen hundreds of them in his career.He soon discovers this one isn't a hoax, though—and neither is the backwoods hunter who's suddenly developed healing abilities in Pennsylvania...Categorized as:
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Circle of Stone by R.L. King
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe circle widensFor Alastair Stone, problems rarely come one at a time. He’s busy helping an old friend with a case of blackmail when he’s contacted about a mysterious wave of minor crimes in the Oakland area—one that might involve magic. He asks Verity to look into it... -
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House of Stone by R.L. King
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTHE PAST LIES BURIED...Alastair Stone isn't proud of the dark deeds of his family's past, but he thought they were just that—past.But when a routine renovation of his ancestral home releases a horde of angry spirits bent on vengeance against anyone of his blood, he soon learns that his family's horrific acts were even worse than he ever could have imagined... -
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The Seventh Stone by R.L. King
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA father's sins.A son's wrath.An enemy's revenge.When a shadowy, sinister organization begins killing apprentices, Alastair Stone is determined to track down the people pulling its strings. But Stone’s life quickly spirals into chaos when a young man contacts him—claiming to be his son...Categorized as:
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Thirteen by Kelley Armstrong
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsWar is coming to the Otherworld. A sinister cult known as The Supernatural Liberation Movement is hell-bent on exposing the truth about supernaturals to the rest of the world. Their violent, ruthless plan has put everyone at risk: from werewolves to vampires, from witches to half-demons.Savannah Levine - fiery and unpredictable - stands at the heart of the maelstrom... -
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Torn by Fury by S.M. Reine
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsElise Kavanagh is marching on New Eden, the city angels have built from the bones of human victims. She’s hellbent on making them atone for their sins–no matter the cost.Rylie Gresham has realized that werewolves are the key to defeating angels. They’re apex predators, designed to bring powerful, immortal beings to heel... -
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![Power Game by Brad Magnarella]()
Power Game by Brad Magnarella
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsCreatures, conjurers, and … cosplay? Protect Sefu. On paper it looks simple. Only I have no idea who Sefu is, much less how to find him or her. And my magic’s not talking. But with demons on the hunt, and fiendish whispers of Sefu being some sort of ultimate weapon, failure could spell apocalypse... -
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Druid Vengeance by M.D. Massey
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWhen a wizard tasks Colin McCool with saving his world from a post-apocalyptic future, he’ll stop at nothing to complete his mission. With the clock ticking down to oblivion, Colin must face an army of vampires and a power-crazed magician—one who could end the young druid and his world, forever... DRUID VENGEANCE A New Adult Urban Fantasy Novel From M.D... -
![Nine of Wands by Mark Hayden]()
Nine of Wands by Mark Hayden
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsGold. Beautiful and Deadly. And doubly deadly when you mix it with magick. Conrad and Mina take a time-out from trouble in Spain. It’s their own little Garden of Eden, until a Tarot reader tells him that his troubles have barely begun. Expelled from Paradise, Conrad and the team have to chase the trail of a new source of Alchemical Gold... -
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Brave the Tempest by Karen Chance
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsCassie Palmer has been chief seer of the supernatural world for a little over four months. In that time, she's battled two gods, fallen in love with two men, and confronted the two sides of her own nature, both god and human... -
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Haunted Moon by Yasmine Galenorn
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratings"We're the D'Artigo sisters: savvy half-human, half-Fae ex-operatives for the Otherworld Intelligence Agency. My sister Delilah is a two-faced werecat and a Death Maiden. My sister Menolly is a vampire married to a werepuma. And me? I'm Camille, a wicked-good witch with three sexy husbands. I'm a priestess of the Moon Mother, and I'm training under the Queen of Darkness... -
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Men of the Otherworld by Kelley Armstrong
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 35 ratingsAs a curious six-year-old, Clayton didn’t resist the bite—he asked for it. But surviving as a lone child-werewolf was more than he could manage—until Jeremy came along and taught him how to straddle the human-werewolf worlds, gave him a home…and introduced him to the Pack... -
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Lost in Prophecy by S.M. Reine
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsElise Kavanagh is too busy liberating slaves in the City of Dis to worry about what’s happening on Earth. She hasn’t even noticed that more than three thousand people have gone missing—not until an anonymous client hires her organization, The Hunting Club, to rescue them. The man asking for help doesn’t seem to exist... -
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Game of Stone by R.L. King
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsPLAY A DEADLY GAME Alastair Stone needs a break. He’d gladly trade a big chunk of his newly-acquired fortune for a few uninterrupted weeks of rest, but that’s not going to happen. On top of dealing with his new magical status and a relationship heading in unexpected directions, he soon learns the bombshell revelations about his family aren’t even close to over yet... -
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Necessary Sacrifices by R.L. King
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSINS OF THE PAST Alastair Stone has barely begun to recover from the death of a friend when he’s rocked by yet another—this time someone who was closer to him than his own father. It looks like natural causes...but a grief-stricken Stone isn’t convinced... -
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Path of Stone by R.L. King
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTRIAL BY FIREAfter fifteen-year-old Alastair Stone is caught performing magic at his prestigious boarding school, he can hardly believe his good fortune: not only isn't he punished, but his father arranges a trial apprenticeship—three years early—with one of the most powerful mages in all of Britain. He'll have a month to prove himself, or he'll be packed back off to school... -
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Stone and Claw by R.L. King
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWILD MAGIC Things are looking up for Alastair Stone. He's just moved into his new house, Jason's opening his investigation agency, and best of all, the University has finally hired a new professor for the Occult Studies department. Carefree days never last long for Stone, though. The smart, sexy new professor turns out to have secrets—dangerous secrets... -
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Death's Door by R.L. King
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA Friend Lost. A Horror Unearthed. An Enemy Reborn.It was meant to be a simple few days away: Verity heading off for a much-needed girls’ weekend in New York City.But then comes her desperate call to Alastair Stone: A terrifying disaster has occurred, killing dozens of people—including a dear friend.When Stone joins her to investigate, they quickly discover that magic is behind the catastrophe... -
![Devil's Bargain by R.L. King]()
Devil's Bargain by R.L. King
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratings“A witch wants my baby!” Tamara Huntley is as mundane as they come. A suburban mom with two young children, her life revolves around her family, her job, and the comforts of home. So when her estranged, wild-child sister comes to her, begging for help and claiming a witch murdered her husband and wants to steal her baby daughter in payment for a long-ago oath, Tamara thinks she’s gone crazy...Categorized as:
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Caged in Bone by S.M. Reine
Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsAbel Wilder, werewolf Alpha, has gone missing, leaving his mate and the pack in a panic. His captor magicked his scent out of the sanctuary so that his mate can’t track him down. Only one witch can cast a spell that powerful.James Faulkner has finally crossed a line that Elise Kavanagh can’t ignore... -
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Spell Bound by Kelley Armstrong
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 35 ratingsThe #1 "New York Times" bestselling author sets the stage for a battle of epic proportions.Savannah Levine is all grown up. As a witch endowed with an array of spells, she is also a force to be reckoned with. As a paranormal investigator she is finally coming into her own. But her last case tore a family apart, and Savannah swore she'd give up her powers to fix the mess she helped create... -
![Tales of the Otherworld by Kelley Armstrong]()
Tales of the Otherworld by Kelley Armstrong
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 35 ratingsNew York Times bestselling author Kelley Armstrong has bewitched audiences with her Otherworld series of supernatural thrillers. Now, in this new collection of shorter fiction, some of Armstrong's most tantalizing lead characters appear alongside her unforgettable supporting players, who step out of the shadows and into the light...Categorized as:
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![Tales of the Otherworld by Kelley Armstrong]()
Tales of the Otherworld by Kelley Armstrong
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 35 ratingsNew York Times bestselling author Kelley Armstrong has bewitched audiences with her Otherworld series of supernatural thrillers. Now, in this new collection of shorter fiction, some of Armstrong's most tantalizing lead characters appear alongside her unforgettable supporting players, who step out of the shadows and into the light...Categorized as:
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Strange Days by Rick Gualtieri
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAt the edge of chaos, one geek stands tall. Five years ago, dateless dork Bill Ryder somehow saved the world, banishing magic and monsters to the shadows. He thought it was over, that he was finished with that life. Too bad for him, shit’s about to get surreal again. Now the impossible has happened... -
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Raising Innocence by Shannon Mayer
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 37 ratings"My name is Rylee, and I am a Tracker."When children go missing, and the Humans have no leads, I’m the one they call. I am their last hope in bringing home the lost ones. I salvage what they cannot. The FBI wants me on their team. Bad enough that they are dangling bait they KNOW I can’t resist. The catch? It’s on the other side of the ocean... -
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Ruled by Steel by S.M. Reine
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsOnly a demon can save the souls in Hell.Elise Kavanagh failed to prevent the Breaking, and now Hell is spilling onto Earth. She’s delved deep into the City of Dis in an attempt to stop the infernal armies–but even the legendary Godslayer is unprepared to face Dis’s fiercest demons, not to mention the responsibility of liberating the humans they’ve enslaved... -
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Vultures by Chuck Wendig
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsIn the sixth and final thriller of the “wildly entertaining” (Kirkus Reviews) Miriam Black series, Miriam tries to break the curse of her powers, but first she must face The Trespasser a final time... -
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Broken by Kelley Armstrong
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 42 ratingsIn this thrilling new novel from the author of Industrial Magic, a pregnant werewolf may have unwittingly unleashed Jack the Ripper on the twenty-first century — and become his next target…Ever since she discovered she’s pregnant, Elena Michaels has been on edge. After all, she’s never heard of another living female werewolf, let alone one who’s given birth... -
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Oaths of Blood by S.M. Reine
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe hordes of Hell are marching, and it's going to take a demon to stop them. Werewolves are immune to every illness and can heal any wound. It should be impossible for one to become possessed by a demon. But that's exactly what Seth Wilder is facing: a werewolf gone insane from possession... -
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Tracking Magic by Shannon Mayer
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratings"My name is Rylee, and I am a Tracker." When children go missing, and the Humans have no leads, I'm the one they call. I am their last hope in bringing home the lost ones. I salvage what they cannot. A missing girl and a deadly item belonging to a power-mad demon need to be found before the killing begins. The problem? This is my first salvage. And I have no idea what I’m doing... -
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Autumn Whispers by Yasmine Galenorn
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWe’re the D’Artigo sisters: savvy half-human, half-Fae ex-operatives for the Otherworld Intelligence Agency. My sister Camille is a wicked-good witch with three sexy husbands. My sister Menolly is a vampire married to a wildly hot werepuma. And me? I’m Delilah, a two-faced werecat and Death Maiden... -
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The Darkest Kiss by Keri Arthur
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 35 ratingsDanger turns her on. Desire turns her dangerous…Riley Jenson hunts evildoers—and does it with a style all her own...
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