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Cress: Chapters 1-5 by Marissa Meyer
Rated: 4.62 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsDownload the first five chapters of CRESS by Marissa Meyer, the third book in the New York Times bestselling Lunar Chronicles series.Cinder and Captain Thorne are fugitives on the run, with Scarlet and Wolf in tow. Together, they’re plotting to overthrow Queen Levana and her army... -
![A Darkness At The Door by Intisar Khanani]()
A Darkness At The Door by Intisar Khanani
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsI've been cursed, betrayed, and sold into slavery – but the truth I carry can't be allowed to die.Only Rae knows the extent of the corruption at the heart of the kingdom of Menaiya, from the noble lord who betrayed her, to the Circle of Mages whose wards protect the slavers from discovery. Injured and imprisoned on a slave ship, Rae's options are quickly running out... -
![Grim Rising by Amanda M. Lee]()
Grim Rising by Amanda M. Lee
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsAisling Grimlock should be happy.She’s living with and engaged to the man of her dreams, her mother isn’t eating people … at least out in the open, her best friend is distracted by wedding details … mostly, and there are zombies running around Detroit.Yeah, it’s that last one that’s driving her crazy … especially because no one in her family believes her when she spouts the tall tale... -
![Missing Lynx by Fiona Quinn]()
Missing Lynx by Fiona Quinn
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWith her mentor on his way in from overseas, Lexi is ready to join the team to take down Hydra. Kidnapped and taken to a Honduran prison. Lexi must risk everything to stay alive... -
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![Outlast by Annabel Chase]()
Outlast by Annabel Chase
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWhere there's a wand, there's a way. My secret is out, yet I'm still welcome at the academy, training for a future as a warden for the Agency of Magical Forces. For the first time in my life, I feel like I belong. Until one of my roommates goes missing, and it's all my fault... -
![Dead to the World by Pandora Pine]()
Dead to the World by Pandora Pine
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSince the death of his former partner, Tony Abruzzi, at the hands of mob boss, Vito “The Dragon” Dragonni, Cold Case Detective, Ronan O’Mara, has been a shell of his former self. Other than working his shifts at the police station, Ronan is going through the motions of life. The once vital and active cop is reduced to binge-watching trashy shows on Netflix to cope with his loss... -
![Dancing with the Vengeance Demon by Lauretta Hignett]()
Dancing with the Vengeance Demon by Lauretta Hignett
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHaving just escaped the clutches of her manipulative and abusive husband, Sandy's finally settling into her new life in D.C. She's got the perfect job, perfect friends, and the perfect home. Oh, and a perfectly bloodthirsty vengeance demon sharing her body, but Sandy's doing an amazing job in keeping that little secret to herself.But it's going to be a secret she'll struggle to keep... -
![Grimoires and Where to Find Them by Honor Raconteur]()
Grimoires and Where to Find Them by Honor Raconteur
Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsHow do you catch an elusive thief?There is nothing more delightful than a bookfaire with his lady love. At least, until Henri learns that a grimoire belonging to the dangerous Reaper’s Set has been stolen without its protective box. When Henri and Jamie go looking for answers, they are horrified to discover more than one volume has been stolen without its protective box... -
![Breaker by Emma Raveling]()
Breaker by Emma Raveling
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAn Impossible War. An Explosive Magic. An Inescapable Destiny.- The stunning conclusion to the Ondine Quartet - War. Prophecy. Freedom.She fought for herself. She fought for friendship and love.Now, Kendra Irisavie fights for the survival of her world.War rages on, leaving no one untouched. Destruction rips through elemental communities and terror flourishes in its wake... -
![A Shifter's Revenge by Raven Steele, Ava Mason]()
A Shifter's Revenge by Raven Steele, Ava Mason
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratings"Never kick me when I'm down, because when I get back up ... you're screwed." Briar should be living the easy life. She finally checked off the last name on her kill list. The new pack Alpha isn't an a-hole, and her smoking hot shifter boyfriend is finally ready to spelunk her bat-cave. But she should've remembered that life hates her... -
![The Theft of Sunlight by Intisar Khanani]()
The Theft of Sunlight by Intisar Khanani
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsI did not choose this fate. But I will not walk away from it.Children have been disappearing from across Menaiya for longer than Amraeya ni Ansarim can remember. When her friend’s sister is snatched, Rae knows she can’t look away any longer - even if that means seeking answers from the royal court, where her country upbringing and clubfoot will only invite ridicule... -
![Welcoming Seas by Lily Harper Hart]()
Welcoming Seas by Lily Harper Hart
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsRowan Gray is a former photojournalist starting a new life on The Bounding Storm, one of the Atlantic Ocean’s most decadent cruise ships. She’s friendly and excited for her new career … but she’s also hiding a secret. Quinn Davenport left a career in the military to become head of security on The Bounding Storm... -
![Sense and Scent Ability by Renee George]()
Sense and Scent Ability by Renee George
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsMy name is Nora Black, and I'm fifty-one-years young. At least that's what I tell myself, when I'm not having hot flashes, my knees don't hurt, and I can find my reading glasses.I’m also the proud owner of a salon called Scents & Scentsability in the small resort town of Garden Cove, where I make a cozy living selling handmade bath and beauty products. All in all, my life is pretty good... -
![Glimmer of Hope by Heather G. Harris]()
Glimmer of Hope by Heather G. Harris
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsI’m Jinx, a run-of-the-mill private investigator … except I’m also a walking, talking lie detector. Oh, and I belong to magical realm known as the Other. Murder isn’t usually my gig, but when I’m hired to investigate the death of a dryad called Reggie, I agree to help out because I know his grieving widow... -
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![Blood Magic by Laken Cane]()
Blood Magic by Laken Cane
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsMy new alpha did the impossible. He freed my hobbled wolf.And though I've craved a pack and an alpha since I was a rejected kid, I rebel against being anything less than his equal--even as my wolf worships the very ground he walks on. It makes for an interesting dynamic.Flung headfirst into the supernaturals' world, I am no longer a lonely, agonized outcast running from the moon... -
![Duncan by D.B. Reynolds]()
Duncan by D.B. Reynolds
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsWashington, D.C. … capital of an empire. Powerful. Exhilarating. Corrupt. And in the shadows … vampires far older than the nation itself.A power unto himself, Duncan has served at Raphael’s side for a hundred and fifty years. But long laid plans have finally borne fruit, and the time has come for Duncan to leave Raphael and tackle the greatest challenge of his life... -
![Portrait of Death: Uncovered by Isabel Wroth]()
Portrait of Death: Uncovered by Isabel Wroth
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratings"It’s time to go home, Jo."I hear the voice in my dreams, but I don't understand what it means. I am home. I haven’t left for two weeks because once again, my name and my private life is the hottest topic in local news, only this time, it’s not a drug-addled ex-boyfriend dragging me through the mud... -
![Unsphere the Stars by CocoArtist]()
Unsphere the Stars by CocoArtist
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen you can't change time, but you can't go forward, what is left? Hermione learns how to be the protagonist of her own story... -
![The Elf Beside Himself by K.M. Avery]()
The Elf Beside Himself by K.M. Avery
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNothing can prepare you for the phone call from your best friend telling you his dad was murdered. Not even if you’re a former homicide cop.But here I am, getting on a plane to fly halfway across the country to hold his hand and hope to hell that I’m not walking into a complete disaster... -
![Death Match by Annabel Chase, A. Blythe]()
Death Match by Annabel Chase, A. Blythe
Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsAlternate cover for this ASIN can be found here. Losing the games can mean losing your life... Alyse Winters, former covert supernatural agent, is laying low while she investigates who muzzled her magic and why. Faced with upsetting news about her handler and Ghuls behaving strangely, Alyse has her work cut out for her... -
![The Gypsy: An Adam Cain Thriller by T.J. Jones]()
The Gypsy: An Adam Cain Thriller by T.J. Jones
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratings"The Gypsy stood suddenly and I blinked up at her through the red haze that was clouding my vision. Standing, and straddling my broken body with a well-muscled leg on either side of me, she looked like an ethereal giant: a beautiful Amazon, impossible tall, and equally invincible... -
![The Forgotten Mountain by Heather Lyons]()
The Forgotten Mountain by Heather Lyons
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAfter years spent in Wonderland, Alice Reeve learned the impossible was quite possible after all. She thought she left such fantastical realities behind when she finally returned to England. Now Alice has become a member of the clandestine Collectors’ Society, and the impossible has found her again in the form of an elusive villain set on erasing entire worlds... -
![Innocent Prey by Maggie Shayne]()
Innocent Prey by Maggie Shayne
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTo save innocent lives, they'll have to risk their own. Self-help superstar Rachel de Luca and Detective Mason Brown have finally given in to their overwhelming attraction to each other, but neither of them is ready to let physical passion turn into full-blown romance, so they carefully maintain an emotional distance... -
![Masque by W.R. Gingell]()
Masque by W.R. Gingell
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsBeauty met the Beast and there was . . . Bloody murder? It’s the Annual Ambassadorial Ball in Glause, and Lady Isabella Farrah, the daughter of New Civet’s Ambassador, is feeling pleasantly scintillated. In the library is Lord Pecus, a charming gentleman whose double mask hides a beastly face, and who has decided that Isabella is the very person to break the Pecus curse... -
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![The Twelve Dancing Princesses by Ruth Sanderson]()
The Twelve Dancing Princesses by Ruth Sanderson
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsLong ago, in the days of princesses, castles, and magic spells, there lived a king and his twelve daughters... -
![Rough Justice by Kelley Armstrong]()
Rough Justice by Kelley Armstrong
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsMallt-y-Nos. Matilda of the Hunt. The lone woman who rides with the Wild Hunt, tasked with finding killers who’ve escaped justice and letting the hounds reap their souls. For Olivia Taylor-Jones, Matilda isn’t just a legendary figure from Welsh lore. She is Olivia’s past, and her future, one she’s finally embraced. Having accepted her role as Matilda, Olivia must now lead her first Hunt... -
![The Last Time I Saw Her by Karen Robards]()
The Last Time I Saw Her by Karen Robards
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsLibrarian’s note: This is an updated cover image for Kindle. See previously published cover here. In this world, Dr. Charlotte “Charlie” Stone skillfully probes the twisted minds of incarcerated serial killers to better understand what makes them tick, and to help nab those who remain at large... -
![Masked by M. Greenhill]()
Masked by M. Greenhill
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSomeone is manufacturing and distributing a new drug that is killing Werewolves. Those responsible need to be found before the epidemic gets out of control and the human population discover their existence. The Alliance have put their hope in two broken individuals... -
![Queen by Claire Farrell]()
Queen by Claire Farrell
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThree kings. Two queens. One heir. Chaos will rule.. -
![Damon's Enchantress by Alyssa Day]()
Damon's Enchantress by Alyssa Day
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhat happens when an arrogant lion shifter FBI agent falls for a witch who just happens to be a fire mage? Mayhem, madness, and sparkling romance! When lion shifter and FBI Paranormal Ops Division agent Damon Jones gets sent to Garden City, Ohio, to investigate a garden witch family’s ties to an international drug smuggler, he’s not happy about it... -
![Fierce as a Tiger Lily by Kendra Moreno]()
Fierce as a Tiger Lily by Kendra Moreno
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTo die is no adventure. . .Tiger Lily knows that better than anyone. Death and the Tribes of Neverland have an intimate relationship, if only because their magic feeds the deity. Tiger has always walked in the darkness, and as a Daughter, she calls Death a friend.But Neverland is in trouble and Tiger finds herself in the middle of darkness she knows and a new insanity she doesn't... -
![The Lost Codex by Heather Lyons]()
The Lost Codex by Heather Lyons
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAllies, once inseparable, splinter until they break apart.An insidiousness carves its way through Wonderland, challenging the land’s very existence.Battle lines will be drawn as pages, long languishing in darkness, are finally illuminated.Swords will clash, blood will be spilled, and lives will be lost.For what is written can still be erased... -
![Shadowed Flame by R.J. Blain]()
Shadowed Flame by R.J. Blain
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMatia Evans has it all, except for one thing: she can’t see color. With an adopted family who loves her, a company she helps her father run, and more prospects than she knows what to do with, she’s in no place to complain that her world is limited to shades of gray, black, and white... -
![Feral as a Cat by Kendra Moreno]()
Feral as a Cat by Kendra Moreno
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWeapons don’t weep… Calypso is only trying to make it through life, raising her little brother and taking care of her ailing mom. She doesn’t have time for fairytales or pipe dreams, so when two men show up at her door talking about Wonderland, she sends them on their way... -
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![Sweet Payback by Connie Shelton]()
Sweet Payback by Connie Shelton
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsPraise for USA Today bestseller, Connie Shelton:"Connie Shelton gets better with every book she writes."--The Midwest Book ReviewNew, in the Amazon #1 bestselling Samantha Sweet mystery series--Sweet Payback!Revenge is often a cold dish, but in the tiny northern New Mexico town of Sembramos emotions are running decidedly hot... -
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Fade by Claire Farrell
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsCara Kelly should have left the faery realm now that it has a king to rule all, but nothing is that simple. The real king is trapped in the Fade, and Cara’s journey is just beginning. Guilt-ridden by the fact Brendan’s soul was sacrificed for hers, she’s determined not to desert him after his one pure act of goodness... -
![Bound by Her Destiny by Mara Leigh]()
Bound by Her Destiny by Mara Leigh
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsI finally found a place where I belong, men who love me, but my entire world falls apart, and now not one of us is safe—physically or emotionally. My Maker is dead, but Xavier is still after me, and that’s not the only threat. Turns out, powerful ancient vampires, are hunting me too... -
![Labyrinth of Lies and Sacrifice by C.F.E. Black]()
Labyrinth of Lies and Sacrifice by C.F.E. Black
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAll Vera wants is to survive her wedding day without disaster striking, no easy task for a quarter-mage like Vera. But all her hopes fade when a stranger traps Vera, claiming she’s dangerous. The day gets worse when she is shoved inside the Labyrinth, an enchanted prison for the worst of criminals.In this place, madness reigns... -
![Booked for Kidnapping by R.J. Blain]()
Booked for Kidnapping by R.J. Blain
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFollowing the assassination of Senator Maybelle, widespread rioting and unrest transform the presidential campaign into a lethal circus. With protests raging over the new bill, the government scrambles to restore peace and order.Armed with a probationary private investigation license, Janette and her friends race against time to prevent the next murder... -
![Look What the Wind Blew In by Ann Charles]()
Look What the Wind Blew In by Ann Charles
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA steamy jungle, an ancient curse, a deadly secret—one big sweaty mess! From the award-winning author of the Deadwood Mystery Series comes LOOK WHAT THE WIND BLEW IN, the first book in the Dig Site Mystery series. Welcome to the jungle ... A headstrong and determined archaeologist. A tall, dark, and unwelcome photojournalist... -
![Obsidian Wings by Laken Cane]()
Obsidian Wings by Laken Cane
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsGruesome murders begin to pop up in River County, and Rune is introduced to the bird shifters--to one bird in particular, a woman named Cree Stark. When she gets a whiff of the shifters' scents where COS had been executing a grisly sacrifice, Rune begins to suspect the birds know more about the slayers--and the twins--than they're willing to admit... -
![Bitter Sweet by Connie Shelton]()
Bitter Sweet by Connie Shelton
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn this fifth installment in the Samantha Sweet mystery series, it's the height of the wedding season at Sweet's Sweets and Sam has all she can do to stay ahead of the rush of bakery orders. Plus, her side job--breaking into houses--isn't allowing much summer time off either. Not to mention that her mother is pressuring Sam and Beau to set their wedding date... -
![Deadly Secrets by Jaycee Clark]()
Deadly Secrets by Jaycee Clark
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSecrets can hurt . . . Bitter and resigned to a life alone, Quinlan Kinncaid swore he'd never marry-until the eccentric Ella Ferguson barged headlong into his life. But before he can trust his own feelings and build a new life with Ella, she's gone, and he's left with a secret so big he can't even bear to tell his own family. Some secrets can destroy . . -
![Rogan's POV #2 by Ilona Andrews]()
Rogan's POV #2 by Ilona Andrews
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA snippet from Burn for Me, told through Rogan's perspective. Timeline: Takes place during chapter 5... -
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![Lucas by D.B. Reynolds]()
Lucas by D.B. Reynolds
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsBook SIX of the award-winning Vampires in America.THE BADLANDS of SOUTH DAKOTA . . . haunting landscapes, legendary outlaws, and . . . vampires? LUCAS DONLON, Vampire Lord, is one of the most powerful vampires in North America and beyond. Charming and irreverent to his friends and lovers, he enjoys everything about his life as a vampire... -
![Criminology of a Character by Nicole Scarano]()
Criminology of a Character by Nicole Scarano
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWhat on earth is a homicide detective supposed to do with two unexpected weeks off?While on their first romantic vacation, Detective Isobel 'Bel' Emerson & Eamon Stone accidentally uncover a black market operation. Agent Jameson Barry and the FBI rush to their aid, but during the raid, Bel finds an inconsequential piece of evidence that the FBI dismisses as trash... -
![Wiretaps & Whiskers by Emigh Cannaday]()
Wiretaps & Whiskers by Emigh Cannaday
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsBuffy meets X-Files in this kickass Urban Fantasy with a slow burn romance.Got a faerie problem? I’m your girl.Magic gone awry? Not a problem.But when kids go missing and the search comes up dry, my boss decides I need a partner.The pain in the ass kind.Now I have a problem.As a field agent in the FBI's ultra-elite Occult Crimes Division.. -
![Bryony and Roses by T. Kingfisher]()
Bryony and Roses by T. Kingfisher
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsBryony and her sisters have come down in the world. Their merchant father died trying to reclaim his fortune and left them to eke out a living in a village far from their home in the city. But when Bryony is caught in a snowstorm and takes refuge in an abandoned manor, she stumbles into a house full of dark enchantments... -
![Magic Binds [Dramatized Adaptation] by Ilona Andrews, Nora Sofyan]()
Magic Binds [Dramatized Adaptation] by Ilona Andrews, Nora Sofyan
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMercenary Kate Daniels knows all too well that magic in post-Shift Atlanta is a dangerous business. But nothing she’s faced could have prepared her for what’s to come in this heart-stopping novel in the #1 New York Times bestselling series.Kate and the former Beast Lord Curran Lennart are finally making their relationship official... -
![Evidence of a Folktale by Nicole Scarano]()
Evidence of a Folktale by Nicole Scarano
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsLights, Camera, What Big Teeth You Have… After her brush with death on a frozen mountain and an upsetting conversation with her boyfriend Eamon Stone, Detective Isobel ‘Bel’ Emerson is desperate for her life to return to some semblance of normalcy...
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