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False Comeback by Lily Mayne
Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsHigh Lord CrossbodyI’ve given up a lot to pursue a career in professional wrestling, and I’m not going to have it all derailed by an uncouth ghoul with a huge chip on his shoulder, who decided he disliked me for no reason on his very first day at Goliaths.Vince Burke has been the thorn in my side for five long years, but things have taken a turn for the worse... -
![Unholy Trifecta X The Tribulations of Ross Young, Supernat PA: Common Sense Deserts Once Again by A.J. Sherwood]()
Unholy Trifecta X The Tribulations of Ross Young, Supernat PA: Common Sense Deserts Once Again by A.J. Sherwood
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsRemi steals something she shouldn't. Oops?In her defense, Ivan thought it was a good idea... -
![Ice by Charlene Hartnady]()
Ice by Charlene Hartnady
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIce is the fifth book in a series about monsters of all kinds. If you enjoy fated mates, forbidden romance, sassy heroines, and swoon-worthy beast kings who are almost untamable, then this is the series for you... -
![Clean Finish by Lily Mayne]()
Clean Finish by Lily Mayne
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsLarkinLook, here’s the thing.I’m young, carefree, and my job as the assistant to Holt, manager and owner of the Goliaths of Wrestling, means I’m surrounded by half-naked beefcake wrestlers all day. Of course I’m going to be interested in… getting to know them all better... -
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![Captive of the Night by Meg Anne, K. Loraine]()
Captive of the Night by Meg Anne, K. Loraine
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsRoslyn Blackthorne is dead.I should know, I watched it happen. My twin and I didn’t believe we’d ever meet our mate, and then she showed up in our bar and the world as we knew it changed. Fate hadn’t been kind to us. Not once. So it shouldn’t have come as a surprise that we lost her as soon as we claimed her... -
![The Company of Fiends by Kathryn Moon]()
The Company of Fiends by Kathryn Moon
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsAfter eight years on the stage with The Company of Fiends, the glow of the spotlight is starting to wear thin for Hazel Nix. The theater is perfect for a girl like her—one with a secret she keeps even from her more monstrous peers—but playing pretend is only exciting for so long... -
![Roaring by Katie May]()
Roaring by Katie May
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWhat I thought would happen during my time at Monster Academy: long walks on the beach, a murder spree or two, and find a nice vampire to settle down with.What actually happened during my time at Monster Academy: kidnapped by my headmaster and later by my sadistic sister, developed feelings for an eccentric group of monsters, and accidentally started an anti-vampire movement... -
![Gray Tidings by Hailey Edwards]()
Gray Tidings by Hailey Edwards
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsCorpses are vanishing from New Orleans morgues, there’s talk of a sea monster in Lake Pontchartrain, and Hiram Nádasdy is turning the French Quarter upside down in search of a witch with the power to bring the dead back to life.When the director assigns Rue the case, she suspects he’s sending her hunting all right. For her father, not the creature... -
![Ember's Claim by Jillian West]()
Ember's Claim by Jillian West
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe North American Pack was always meant to be Ember’s birthright, but she grew up far away from shifter culture in a sanctuary city for monsters.Her wolf yearns to scout pack lands and socialize with other wolves, but Ember understands the risks, especially considering female shifters are nearly endangered nowadays.So, she keeps her distance, even if she has to fight her wolf at every turn.. -
![A Mage's Guide to Aussie Terrors by A.J. Sherwood]()
A Mage's Guide to Aussie Terrors by A.J. Sherwood
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOne ghost from the past.Two unknown Australian monsters eating people.Three men who won’t let either problem win... -
![Lost to the Moon by Meg Anne, K. Loraine]()
Lost to the Moon by Meg Anne, K. Loraine
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt’s the end of the world as you know it…At least it will be, if my dear despicable mum gets her way. I, however, happen to be quite fond of some of the toys I’ve discovered on this plane. Ma petite monstre, for starters. But the plague is spreading, taking no prisoners, and I’m trapped and at the mercy of a deal I made with Rosie... -
![By the Pint by Jemma Croft]()
By the Pint by Jemma Croft
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDima Black might be the richest, most successful vampire in all of Borderlands, but all he wants to do is sew his quilts.Dima enjoys a quiet life in his inner-city Remy apartment with his flatmates, a fridge full of B+, and his fluffy bunny slippers. At least, as quiet as things can be for a mind-reading vampire... -
![The Ghost in the Hall by K.M. Avery]()
The Ghost in the Hall by K.M. Avery
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSomething is very wrong with the Fitzwilliam estate... It was supposed to be a regular séance job. But from the minute I met an angry ghost in the hall, I knew there wasn’t going to be anything ordinary about this house or its dead residents. First of all, there were way too many of them. Second, some of them had been helped along from living to dead... -
![The Monster's Desire by Jillian West]()
The Monster's Desire by Jillian West
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe picturesque town of North Falls is as beautiful as it is deadly. When Nadia is called to help deliver a human woman's little elven babies, she knows she can't say no. After all, she's masquerading as a fertility witch since blood witches were hunted out of existence several generations ago... -
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![A Single Thread of Hope by Grace McGinty]()
A Single Thread of Hope by Grace McGinty
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThere were a bunch of lessons a girl could learn from the story of Snow White. Some were valid in the real world, others… not so much.For instance, no matter how often I sang Taylor Swift off-key, birds and forest animals weren’t ever coming to clean my apartment.You could live with seven men and not end up in a free-for-all festival of fluids... -
![Shattered Pack by Aileen Erin]()
Shattered Pack by Aileen Erin
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsFrom USA Today Bestselling Author Aileen ErinMeredith Molloney never thought she’d find a mate, let alone someone like Donovan Murry—one of the most powerful Alpha werewolves alive. Now that she’s no longer cursed and the evil Luciana Alvarez has been taken care of, she thinks life will finally settle down. Boy, she has never been so wrong... -
![Impromptu Match by Lily Mayne]()
Impromptu Match by Lily Mayne
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsI, Taylor Hough, am a painfully average guy.I have the soul-destroying corporate job, I iron my underpants, and I was unceremoniously dumped for an influencer hippie a few years ago. Every day feels the same, and I don’t know how much longer I can cope before I do something unhinged like rip off my shirt in the middle of my co-worker’s office birthday party and smear lemon cake all over my chest... -
![Black Arts, White Craft by Hailey Edwards]()
Black Arts, White Craft by Hailey Edwards
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsAfter a black witch pitched a hissy fit in Hollis Apothecary, Rue got stuck cleaning up his mess. That was the easy part. Repairing the damage he inflicted on Camber and Arden? That makes Rue wish she could bring him back to life just to kill him again. Slower this time... -
![Courting Darkness by Katie May, Quinn Arthurs]()
Courting Darkness by Katie May, Quinn Arthurs
Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsMy whole life has been characterized by fighting. Fighting my family. And fighting for my life. Trust me—the first one is completely voluntary, and a lot of fun. The second? Not so much. To say my family dynamic is weird is the understatement of the century. I held my first sword when I was only five years old, and I learned how to dispose of a body before I turned ten... -
![The Cringle Academy by Beatrix Hollow]()
The Cringle Academy by Beatrix Hollow
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHo! Ho! No!!Step One: Infiltrate Cringle Academy (which is filled with the snobbiest witches and wizards in existence, ugh)Step Two: Kidnap SantaStep Three: Win back my stolen crownStep Four: Take back ChristmasI'm the last Christmas elf and I'm freaking tired of that jolly, twinkle-eyed joke acting like he invented my holiday! I’m tired of witches and wizards turning Christmas into a corporation... -
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Unremarkable by Viola Grace
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA scheming vampire, a unicorn with a job to do, and a mage who thought her power was gone, leaving her unremarkable.Ally surrendered her magic as a teen. Her sister was the family heir, and Ally just wanted to leave her home and start off in a new city. She takes on odd jobs and ends up as a secure courier... -
![Fae Farewells by M.F. Adele]()
Fae Farewells by M.F. Adele
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI am not a good person.Torture and murder can’t even ease the wrath that’s thrumming through my veins. I’m that f*****g angry.This vendetta might actually kill me, but it goes so far beyond the mess my parents left for me to clean up. All the pieces have finally started falling into place. The lies, the hidden agendas, and the games begin to paint a crystal-clear picture... -
![Hybrid Heroics by M.F. Adele]()
Hybrid Heroics by M.F. Adele
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI am not a good person.I’m the villain of Alric Moore’s story. And we’ve reached the climax. Not even mental torture will stop me from becoming his demise.As havoc knocks on another realm’s doorstep, the druids prepare for a war that isn’t theirs to fight. Everyone will come face-to-face with the best version of me. Because beneath the blood and gore lies the Goddess of Wrath and Justice... -
![In Death Together by Shelby Rhodes]()
In Death Together by Shelby Rhodes
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsYou’ve returned... good! Octavius Evander here, your lovable vampire detective. So, where we ended things last time, everything had gone horribly wrong. What can really be said, besides that change is a fact of life, and unlife. Turney, my love, my heart—unfortunately, he has much change to deal with... -
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![Devotion: A Mate Games: War Novella by Meg Anne, K. Loraine]()
Devotion: A Mate Games: War Novella by Meg Anne, K. Loraine
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSPOILER THIS NOVELLA TAKES PLACE APPROXIMATELY ONE AND A HALF YEARS AFTER THE EVENTS OF TEMPTATION AND INCLUDES SPOILERS FOR THE MATE PESTILENCE AND DEATH. IF YOU HAVE NOT READ THOSE SERIES, YOU MAY WANT TO STOP HERE AND DO THAT FIRST.Turns out happily ever after isn’t what the storybooks promised.We thought it was over, that we’d earned a peaceful life filled with love and tender moments... -
![Anarchy by J.B. Trepagnier]()
Anarchy by J.B. Trepagnier
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWell, that certainly sucks!We freed Talvath, then we lost Talvath. And the bastard took Bram with him. For all we know, he’s back in Hell building an army to destroy my library. According to Balthazar, Silvaria and Dorian are on their way back to the US now that he’s liberated a large sum of money from their bank accounts. Kaine and the Paranormal Investigation Bureau will be waiting for them... -
![Wolf's Bite by Atlas Rose, Kim Faulks]()
Wolf's Bite by Atlas Rose, Kim Faulks
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratings“Don’t come any closer,” I warned, my FBI badge useless in the face of this fanged monster. “I’ll scratch and bite.”“You’ll crawl and beg too.” Phantom promised as he strode closer, a glint of desire danced in his eyes. “And that Special Agent…will only be the start of it.” The Costello’s were mine. Mine to corner. Mine to hunt. Mine to bring to their knees.I’ve hunted Ruth for years now... -
![Shadow Slayer by Rory Miles, Harper Frey]()
Shadow Slayer by Rory Miles, Harper Frey
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe best way to ruin a rogue slayer's day? Force an arranged marriage on her.Despite being the best of the best, my parents–who run our region's slayer council–decide it's time for me to get married. Apparently, being the wife of a high-born slayer will finally make me respectable. Or so they say. I see the arrangement for what it really is: a power grab... -
![Perfectly Perplexing Zombie: Wendall's Story by M.J. May]()
Perfectly Perplexing Zombie: Wendall's Story by M.J. May
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBlessed with eternal fire, Hellfire Rayburn is Fairy Queen Silvidia’s most trusted and feared warrior. In a world living under fairy rule, Ray’s accustomed to serving his queen by upholding the law. Now, Queen Silvidia wants more.Wendall Galen never expected to wake up reanimated as a zombie. Then again, he never expected to be murdered either... -
![Dirty Deeds by Cate Corvin]()
Dirty Deeds by Cate Corvin
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThings I’ve won in Libra Academy: An expensive education. A vampire sworn to me forever. An incubus on a leash. A man who’d give up everything to save me.Things I’ve lost: My dignity. My honor. My mortality. My blacklist has been narrowed down to two: the king of the vampires, and the slayer who helped him... -
![Riding for a Fall by Sam Hall]()
Riding for a Fall by Sam Hall
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFreed from her neurological condition and the suffocating attention of her parents, Kira is a whole new woman, literally. And now she’s on tour with her favourite band, travelling across foreign countries and recording what she sees with the gorgeous Marlow by her side... -
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Amidst Secrets and Shadows by Stacy Jones, Harper Wylde
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSurvival. Secrets. Shadows.Faery is more beautiful and otherworldly than Arawyn ever imagined, but there’s a growing darkness in this land of magic and monsters…After years of suffering under the cruel reign of brutal usurpers, what’s left of this realm is dark and twisted... -
![Signed In Incubus by Maggie Mayhem]()
Signed In Incubus by Maggie Mayhem
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsNote to self: never cast a spell you find on the internet.Most people cry when they’re left at the altar. Me? I cast a spell to find the perfect man. But when a very bare and uh…impressive…incubus appears in my living room, I know I messed up. Serves me right for trying a spell I found on the internet!I’m both disappointed and relieved when Prax is summoned away... -
![Of Moons and Monsters by Willow Hadley]()
Of Moons and Monsters by Willow Hadley
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsHell hath no fury like a man scorned.Isla learns that lesson all too well when she agrees to go to a party with her half-demon best friend, Alistair, to help him make his vampire ex-boyfriend jealous. Their plan backfires when Alistair’s ex turns out to be more psycho than Isla realized, and she finds herself being kidnapped and sold on the supernatural black market... -
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![Being Alpha by Aileen Erin]()
Being Alpha by Aileen Erin
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFrom USA Today Bestselling Author Aileen ErinFor the first time since Tessa met Dastien, life is quiet. The evil witch, Luciana, is six glorious feet under, St. Ailbe's is closed due to human trespassers, and people are finally getting used to the fact that supernaturals exist in the world. It seems like the perfect time for a honeymoon... -
![The 12 Hunks of Herculeia by C. Rochelle]()
The 12 Hunks of Herculeia by C. Rochelle
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratings** Please note: This is book 1 in a duet (it IS 12 men after all) **I thought I was living the dream—until the fateful day I found my boyfriend in bed with my boss. As a professional copywriter, it was the tired cliche that hurt me the most.What’s a big city girl to do but pack my bags and go solo on that Grecian cruise I’d booked with my ex... -
![Johann by Grae Bryan]()
Johann by Grae Bryan
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAlexei is lost. On the run from his criminal family, hiding out in Hyde Park, he has no idea what the point or purpose of his life is anymore. Until he’s served coffee by a strange young man, one whom Alexei can’t get out of this head. And when Alexei realizes his favorite barista isn’t quite human after all, his obsession only deepens... -
![Hearts of Stone by Sam Hall]()
Hearts of Stone by Sam Hall
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWhen the stone gargoyles in the massive estate I just inherited start to move, I should’ve run for the door, right? So why am I still standing here? One, there was a certain cartoon from the 90s that played a pivotal role in my emotional development. Two, each one of them towers over me, blocking out the light with their massive wings, their serpentine tails flicking as they stalk closer... -
![Psycho Fae by Jasmine Mas]()
Psycho Fae by Jasmine Mas
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsFight for survival in the deadly gladiator Fae Games. Jax, Cobra, and Ascher are now my teammates.We're fighting for our lives. And our futures.But nothing is at it seems, and for every secret we uncover, another unfolds.Under the spiteful watch of Xerxes and the evil Fae Queen, it's not clear we're going to survive... -
![Lucien by Grae Bryan]()
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... -
![Black Hat, White Witch by Hailey Edwards]()
Black Hat, White Witch by Hailey Edwards
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsRemember that old line about how the only way out of the organization is in a pine box?Well, Rue Hollis spent ten years thinking she had escaped the Black Hat Bureau, no coffin required.Then her former partner had to go and shatter the illusion by showing up on her doorstep with grim tidings... -
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![Cheating Death by Sarah Reynolds]()
Cheating Death by Sarah Reynolds
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe last thing Sunday Prescott wanted to do was rescue her brother from another problematic adventure, but that is exactly where she ended up.When Colton found himself in the holding cells of the Ruby Star Casino, Sunday knew that the only way to get him out what to appeal to the casino's owner... -
![The Demon's Dealbreaker by Delaney Rain]()
The Demon's Dealbreaker by Delaney Rain
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA witch, two fairies, a minor god, and four demons walk into a bar and suddenly Dwyer Eamonn’s life will never be the same.Turns out that Dwyer’s parents promised him—their firstborn—as payment when they made eight different deals with various supernatural beings. At the stroke of midnight on his twenty-first birthday, every single claimant comes calling, ready to make Dwyer their heir... -
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![Pain in the Ice by Arden Steele]()
Pain in the Ice by Arden Steele
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThade Maddock would literally rather die than spend four weeks aboard a cruise ship with nine hundred strangers in the middle of the Pacific. When it happens to be his best friend’s dying request, however, he can’t exactly refuse the invitation. On the bright side, the ship’s pool does offer some stunning views. Like the human male with fiery red hair and a smile to rival the sun... -
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Hawke by Vera Foxx
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTHE IRON A club full of shifter rogues rejected and unloved.They were wronged for unjust reasons.Now their animals will soon go rabid, taking away their human selves.Their souls are broken, but with the little bit of life they have left,the rogues will save those who cannot save themselves.Giving humans a second chance.This is Hawke's story... -
![Monsterland Mayhem by Lexi C. Foss]()
Monsterland Mayhem by Lexi C. Foss
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOne drink. Three maniacal mates.Drink me.This is no ordinary task. It’s a compatibility test. A way for King Krolic to find a suitable mate. All because he needs an heir.Every eligible maiden in the kingdom has to drink.Including little old me—Alitha Marvel—a simple mortal living in a land of magic and wonder.Never in my wildest dreams did I think I would become the Chosen Omega... -
![Traveling with Gentlemen by Kathryn Moon]()
Traveling with Gentlemen by Kathryn Moon
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsThis novella takes place between the last chapter and the epilogue of A Lady of Rooksgrave Manor. It's mainly little slice of life and heap of smut scenes between Esther and her gentlemen, but there's also an adventure at the end that ties in with the over arching conflict of the Tempting Monster series... -
![Reborn by Adrienne Wilder]()
Reborn by Adrienne Wilder
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLeo promised to keep Aaron and Kaleb forever. Yet he’s left them with nothing more than a note with instructions to obey the commands of another god? A god who has the key to Kaleb’s collar. A god who will tell them nothing about what’s happened to Leo or where he’s gone. Kaleb and Aaron both fear the worst. That Leo has not abandoned them, but left them because he won’t be coming back... -
![Dark Fire Kiss by Amy Pennza]()
Dark Fire Kiss by Amy Pennza
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHalf human, half vampire, I’ve spent my life on the fringes of my father’s court. Born with all the vampire weaknesses and none of their gifts, I have little to offer my family—until my father, the prince, is poisoned. Only dragon tears will heal him, and the dragons are desperate for female mates.So I’m offered as a sacrifice...
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