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  • Maze Witch by Shannon Mayer

    Maze Witch by Shannon Mayer

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    My name is Pamela, and I am the most powerful witch the world has ever seen. Only my magic is completely bound away from me, rendering me next to useless. I’m about to face a witch who makes me look like a child fighting a seasoned general in battle. A witch whose strength lies within the dead, and whose magic I unleashed during my part of destroying the world...
  • Rise of the Fae by Linsey Hall

    Rise of the Fae by Linsey Hall

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Darkness rises. But so do I. The false queen has taken everything from me. My throne, my people, and worst of all, my mate. Her dark curse has stolen Tarron’s mind and compels him to try kill me.I’ll do anything to cure him and stop her. When a prophecy tells me to go find the Dragon Bloods, I know I’ll be walking into a deadly situation. It won’t stop me...
  • Love of the Witch by Deanna Chase

    Love of the Witch by Deanna Chase

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Welcome to Keating Hollow, the enchanted village full of love, magic, and second chances. Hope “Luna” Scott just wants a new life. After growing up in a round robin of foster homes, she has no family or ties to anyone… until she moves to Keating Hollow and starts to get close to the Townsend sisters...
  • Wicked Warlock by Megan Montero

    Wicked Warlock by Megan Montero

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Only my power will rule them all...Death comes for us all...at least for now. My soulmate, Becket Dustwick, has been lost to a darkness inside him I don't understand and can't fight. The council's relentless violence has started a war within Evermore that I can't stop. And the walls around our world have fallen...
  • Magical Yule Tidings (Midlife Witchery #7) by Brenda Trim

    Magical Yule Tidings (Midlife Witchery #7) by Brenda Trim

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I've mastered my magic, faced down demons, and killed an evil Fae king. There isn't much I can't do. Except tell my kids I'm a powerful witch-Fae hybrid.My kids return home to Pymm's Pondside for the holidays. Before I can tell them about my magic, a pixie, and a mermaid blow my cover. Their shock is expected, but not their anger...
  • Queen Mecca by Jaymin Eve, Leia Stone

    Queen Mecca by Jaymin Eve, Leia Stone

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The Winter Queen has declared war on the shifters of New York City. She is coming to destroy Arianna, and everyone she cares about. But she has not anticipated one thing: bear and wolf are learning to work together. The five boroughs are united for the first time in hundreds of years and they are not going to let a little ice storm rip them apart...
  • Spirit of the Witch by Deanna Chase

    Spirit of the Witch by Deanna Chase

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Welcome to Keating Hollow, the enchanted town where love heals, friends are forever, and family means everything. Yvette Townsend’s life was perfect…right up until her husband fell in love with someone else. Newly divorced and still reeling from her broken dreams, Yvette’s sworn off men. Now she’s determined to lose herself in her magic and her beloved bookstore...
  • The Faerie Mates by Michelle Madow

    The Faerie Mates by Michelle Madow

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    In the Faerie Games, it’s kill or be killed. And I’m going to survive, no matter what the cost. Who will win the next Emperor of the Villa competition? Will I tell Julian that we’re soulmates? And most importantly—will Julian, Cassia, and I defeat Octavia and make it out of the Games alive? I’ll do whatever’s necessary to survive...
  • An Iron Fey Valentine by Julie Kagawa

    An Iron Fey Valentine by Julie Kagawa

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    AN IRON FEY VALENTINE is a story of pure, unfiltered fluff that Julie Kagawa wrote just for fun, but also a thank you to her readers and fans for all their support and encouragement over the years...
  • Dark Dreams and Dead Things by Martina McAtee

    Dark Dreams and Dead Things by Martina McAtee

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Seventeen-year-old November Lonergan spent her whole life feeling like an outsider. She was right. She’s a reaper like her mother and like her two cousins, Kai and Tristin. The supernatural world believes the three teens are part of a prophecy to save them from an evil known as the Grove. Ember just wants to survive high school and fix the fallout from bringing back her friend...
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    magic  myths  paranormal  witches-wizards  book  demons  fiction  lgbtq
  • Witch's Fate by Linsey Hall

    Witch's Fate by Linsey Hall

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    She’s vowed to forget him forever Powerful witch Sofia Viera has loved warlock-werewolf half-blood Malcolm Brent for centuries, ever since they trained to become warlocks together. When Malcolm chose power over her and cast her aside, she vowed to forget him. For four hundred years, it worked...
  • Reaching Retribution by Kaitlyn Hoyt

    Reaching Retribution by Kaitlyn Hoyt

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Scorching secrets, descending darkness, and a chance to reach retribution.It seems as if everything Ryanne does results badly for her or those around her. Her last attempt to save someone’s life ended up killing her. Now stuck in limbo with no idea how to get back to her body, Ryanne is in desperate need of some guidance...
  • Made with Love by Alanea Alder

    Made with Love by Alanea Alder

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    One of several Bewitched and Bewildered short stories released by the Author on her website...
  • The Enforcers: Kane by Anastasia Wilde

    The Enforcers: Kane by Anastasia Wilde

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Never trust your heart. Kane Colton, Enforcer of the Silverlake pack, has lived by those words for ten years—ever since Selina Douglass captured him in a sick mating bond that led him down a dark path and turned him into a monster. Now he only cares about three things: protecting his packmates, watching his blood brother’s back, and keeping his wolf’s bloodlust under control...
  • Rumpel's Prize by Marie Hall

    Rumpel's Prize by Marie Hall

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Imp, deceiver, villainous mastermind… Rumpelstiltskin’s been called all these names and more, and for the most part, they’re entirely true. But there is more to the brooding, blond haired Adonis than brokering deals for the devil. He’s hiding a terrible, hideous secret. One that threatens to fray the already delicate strands of his sanity and reason...
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    magic  myths  paranormal  retellings  adult  book  demons  fairy-tale
  • Dark Side of the Moon by Rachel Jonas

    Dark Side of the Moon by Rachel Jonas

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A supernatural war fast approaching. A young queen who may not live to take the throne. Evie can't recall her past life, but her quest for answers revealed the truth behind local lore: wolves and dragon shifters do exist ... and she's a hybrid descendant of both. Keeping her identity as the returned queen hidden is no small feat...
  • Her Protectors by Tamara White

    Her Protectors by Tamara White

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Death. That’s what my life has become. My mother died protecting me. My father died from poison intended for me. How long until someone tries to kill my mates? The third trial is here. The day after saying farewell to her father, she’s forced to move on and complete the next trial. To make matters worse all the elders insist coming with her...
  • Winter Fire by Lizzy Ford

    Winter Fire by Lizzy Ford

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A beautiful fire witchling with a dangerous secret … A race to save the Light from permanent Darkness … A Dark threat unites with an ancient evil … If the Master of Light, Beck, has learned anything over the past few months, it’s never to trust a pretty girl – or his own judgment, the source of several messes he’s working hard to right...
  • Descending Darkness by Kaitlyn Hoyt

    Descending Darkness by Kaitlyn Hoyt

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A magical prophecy, scorching secrets, and descending darkness.Ryanne’s had enough. Though only eighteen, she has the pressure of an ancient prophecy and the weight of an entire magical race pressed upon her shoulders. Because of that, she’s been surrounded by fighting and death for months...
  • Court by Tracy Wolff

    Court by Tracy Wolff

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    No one survived the last battle unscathed. Flint is angry at the world, Jaxon is turning into something I don’t recognize, and Hudson has put up a wall I’m not sure I’ll ever break through. Now war is coming, and we’re not ready. We’re going to need an army to have any hope of winning. But first, there are questions about my ancestors that need answers...
  • A Shade of Kiev by Bella Forrest

    A Shade of Kiev by Bella Forrest

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    My name is Kiev Novalic. I am a vampire, and a murderer.Having betrayed the trust of my own kind and that of the enemies I sold myself to, I have three days left to live. I stare at the girl in the cell opposite mine. Mona, she calls herself. A witch born without magic.She might be my key to freedom, but I should know to stay away. I should know: some scars are etched too deep to heal...
  • Spirit of the Fae by Linsey Hall

    Spirit of the Fae by Linsey Hall

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    I am the true Unseelie Queen. And it will kill me.I have a knack for getting myself into some bad situations. What can I say--I like to live dangerously. But waking up partially dead in the Court of Death takes the cake. It’s small consolation that my fated mate Tarron is at my side, since it means that he’s mostly dead too. Worse, I might love him but don't know if he feels the same...
  • The Lost Queen by Jenn Stark

    The Lost Queen by Jenn Stark

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Not all who wander are lost.  As Justice of the Arcana Council and an experienced artifact hunter, Tarot-reading Sara Wilde prefers to track down the missing on her own. With her latest case, unfortunately, everyone's dying to help her out.Determined to locate the Lost Queen, a witch destined to fulfill a dark and twisted prophecy, Sara finds herself corpse-blocked at every turn...
  • Blood of Sirens by Bonnie Lamer

    Blood of Sirens by Bonnie Lamer

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Xandra believes Sirens are creatures of myth. At least, she does until they escape from the prison that has held them for centuries and they come seeking revenge. Now, their magic is unstoppable. Even a Witch Fairy's magic isn't strong enough to stop the Sirens from singing their death call...
  • The Forgotten Goddess by Rebekah Sinclair

    The Forgotten Goddess by Rebekah Sinclair

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The Library of Alexandria has been lost. The truth of history has been hidden from us. The God of War rules the earth, and we desperately need a savior.Rhea has always known she was different but never imagined that her secrets would lead her down a path of danger and adventure...
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    myths  retellings  magic  paranormal  romance  fantasy  suspense  gods
  • Ash by Shannon Mayer

    Ash by Shannon Mayer

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    My name is Ash, and I am an Elemental. As an Ender, it is my place to protect the royal family at all costs. Despite being the best Ender our world has ever beheld, I have failed time and again as the personal sacrifices continue to mount. Lark has been banished to the desert by her father who is blind to the manipulation he has again fallen prey to...
  • Alpha Erased by Aileen Erin

    Alpha Erased by Aileen Erin

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    From USA Today Bestselling Author Aileen Erin Tessa—part witch, part werewolf, raised human and now the unofficial leader of a newly minted supernatural alliance—thinks nothing of her brother, Axel, texting her and Dastien to meet him. The location pin was in a weird spot, but maybe he’d found a magical anomaly there...
    Categorized as:
    epic  magic  paranormal  witches-wizards  angels  book  fae  fiction
  • Captured by Linsey Hall

    Captured by Linsey Hall

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    The god of hell wants me to be his queen.I’ve screwed up. Big time. A day ago, I mistakenly released the evil Titan Chronos onto the Earth. He’s spreading devastation in his pursuit of ultimate power, and it’s all my fault.The only way to stop him is to fulfil an ancient prophecy and unite with Hades. Problem is, Hades plans to rule in Chronos’ place, spreading the underworld to earth...
  • Rapture by Quinn Loftis

    Rapture by Quinn Loftis

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Triktapic, the deadly dark elf assassin, has been restored by the Forest Lords to his rightful place as king of the Elven realm. Now, he must face his former comrades as he attempts to stop Lorsan, king of the dark elves, from enslaving the human race. Lorsan has already begun distributing Rapture, the irresistible drink that destroys those who unknowingly become addicted to it...
  • The Secret Trinity: Reign by Jenna Bernel

    The Secret Trinity: Reign by Jenna Bernel

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    For Aria Darwin, playing with fire has become a way of life, not because her powers have finally been unearthed, but because she’s drawn to the dormant light sparking behind Clay’s eyes. With every move towards that light, she risks her title as Queen. Even though she’s terrified of getting burned by the backdraft, Aria can’t seem to ignore the tempered blaze buried in her heart...
  • Blood of Dragons by Bonnie Lamer

    Blood of Dragons by Bonnie Lamer

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    It turns out that some of the fairy tales Xandra learned as a child were true after all. Xandra's world is turned upside down when her changed destiny comes back to haunt her. Her only way back to the life she craves is by standing up against beings who are stronger than she is. With her relationship with Kallen hanging in the balance, she had better hope fate is truly on her side this time...
  • Blood of Destiny by Bonnie Lamer

    Blood of Destiny by Bonnie Lamer

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    What do you do when you make a stupid deal with a sleazy Angel in a moment of panic? Xandra is about to find out. But first, she has to tell Kallen what she did and he is not going to be happy about it, to say the least. In this sixth addition to the Witch Fairy series, Xandra finds out that just because they're all called Angels doesn't mean that they all act like Angels...
  • Blood of Half Gods by Bonnie Lamer

    Blood of Half Gods by Bonnie Lamer

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    How did she get herself into this? Trapped for two weeks with her biological father in the outback. With Giants. Xandra's convinced this trip is going to be a nightmare, and the fates are determined not to let her down. But, with Kallen and her friends by her side, there isn't anything she can't handle...
  • Ancient and Immortal by K.N. Banet

    Ancient and Immortal by K.N. Banet

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    She was once an queen.He will always be a bandit.Their startling connection will change their lives.Zuri just wanted to get away. She wanted to go to her favorite territory and forget about the drama of her family. She wanted to visit her mother and just... forget.Instead, she'll find an Immortal in her territory...
  • The Mysterious Daughter by Sarah Noffke, Michael Anderle

    The Mysterious Daughter by Sarah Noffke, Michael Anderle

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Rose Harkness is not just mortal. She’s half magician. And she’s in a lot of trouble.By the way, she’s not a Harkness, either.Her entire life, she’s been guarded, shielded, protected.She’s also been lied to…When a magical dragon emerges, Rose learns the truth.Now, Rose must leave the safety of her only home—and embrace her birthright. Can she do it?The House of Fourteen is relying on her...
  • Thoth by Alessa Thorn

    Thoth by Alessa Thorn

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Thoth, the god of magic, has one year to find out what happened to the missing Anubis. The last thing he needs is a rogue sorceress tearing up Alexandria and distracting him with her devastating smile...THOTH is the second book in the new series ‘Gods of the Duat’ that centers around the Egyptian gods of war, magic and the dead...
  • Surrender by Quinn Loftis

    Surrender by Quinn Loftis

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    “So I just might die a virgin after all. That’s what sucks about the end of the world, you just don’t plan for it and once it’s upon you it’s too late. It’s been a few weeks since I’ve had time to actually write anything down, which sucks because more has happened in my life in the past three weeks than it has in all my seventeen, (soon to be eighteen) years...
    Categorized as:
    magic  myths  paranormal  royalty  book  fae  fated-mates  fiction
  • Tarnished by Amber Lynn Natusch

    Tarnished by Amber Lynn Natusch

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Sean has a reputation for brutality, and it is well-deserved. Centuries of inflicting pain and punishment on anything and everything he deemed worthy slowly stole whatever light had been in him when he was born. His angelic nature fell victim to the god of war within him, just as Ares had intended.After an enigmatic encounter, a vision of Ruby comes to Sean and changes all of that...
  • Infinity by Maggie Shayne

    Infinity by Maggie Shayne

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    For five centuries, Immortal High Witch Nicodimus has been suspended in an eternity of darkness. His heart was stolen away in the ultimate betrayal by his love Arianna... Now Arianna discovers a way to bring him back. But the power that returns Nicodimus to her arms also summons an ancient enemy. To fight this dark danger, they must confront the past--and reclaim infinity..
  • Moon's Flower by Marie Hall

    Moon's Flower by Marie Hall

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Once upon a time, long, long ago a flower fairy looked up to the sky and dared to fall in love with the Man in the Moon…This is a very special and hidden story of Kingdom. WARNING: May contain treachery, happily ever afters, betrayals, and laughter… though not necessarily in that order...
    Categorized as:
    magic  myths  paranormal  retellings  witches-wizards  adult  book  fae
  • Madly & the Jackal by Michelle Leighton

    Madly & the Jackal by Michelle Leighton

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    How deep does love run? Deeper than the ocean? Deeper than memory? Deeper than magic? Following their plan to save Atlas, Madly and Jackson return the spirit of Wolfhardt to his prison beneath the sea. But even the best laid plans couldn’t account for the surprises they find. This time, Lore aren’t their only challenges...
    Categorized as:
    magic  myths  paranormal  royalty  book  fairy-tale  fiction  mermaids
  • Blood Prophecy by Bonnie Lamer

    Blood Prophecy by Bonnie Lamer

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The Fairy mercenaries may be back in their own realm, but the Witches still want Xandra dead. Fearing an ancient prophecy, the Witches are determined to keep Xandra from destroying the world. Still new to her magical powers, she must learn to use her Witch magic in order to protect herself and those she loves. Now, if only she can get her magic to cooperate...
  • Shadow Blood by Bonnie Lamer

    Shadow Blood by Bonnie Lamer

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    After years of trying, Xandra's aunt has finally figured out astral projection. Unfortunately, she astral projects her and Zac's souls out of their realm and into the Shadow realm. Or, as some like to call it - Hell. Xandra has no choice but to go in after them; otherwise, their souls will be trapped there forever...
    Categorized as:
    magic  myths  paranormal  royalty  witches-wizards  angels  book  fae
  • Blood Lines by Bonnie Lamer

    Blood Lines by Bonnie Lamer

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Given an impossible task by the Angels, Xandra takes the first step in completing it when she travels to the Fae realm to protect the one man she would like to kill herself.Along the way, she discovers that Kallen has been keeping yet another secret from her. One that could tear them apart forever...
    Categorized as:
    magic  myths  paranormal  royalty  witches-wizards  angels  book  fae
  • Grace of Day by S.L. Naeole

    Grace of Day by S.L. Naeole

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Grace's senior year is almost over and it's ending in a way she's never imagined. Her best friend is by her side, her boyfriend is now her fiance, and her life is moving forward.But good things never last...
    Categorized as:
    epic  magic  myths  paranormal  angels  book  family  fiction
  • The Goblin King by Heather Killough-Walden

    The Goblin King by Heather Killough-Walden

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Damon Chroi has known the weight of ruling in loneliness for thousands of years. The tall, painfully handsome fae lord was born with so much power, the fae kings not only envied but feared him, and banished him to a forbidden realm to be forgotten. There, he was tasked with ruling over the deadliest creatures known to the fae worlds, and his veritable battle as their sovereign is never-ending...
  • The Warlock King by Heather Killough-Walden

    The Warlock King by Heather Killough-Walden

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Jason Alberich wears the crown of the sovereign of the warlocks, a dark breed that uses darker magic. He wears it well, skillfully wielding a power that would corrupt others. Yet he has paid the price for his control, bearing the scars of a time when his power had control over him. He is haunted by the regrets of a shady past and now lives each day and night with an isolated soul...
  • Kingdom of the Feared by Kerri Maniscalco

    Kingdom of the Feared by Kerri Maniscalco

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Stalking the Jack the Ripper series comes the steamy conclusion to Kingdom of the Wicked trilogy. Two curses.One prophecy.A reckoning all have feared.And a love more powerful than fate. All hail the king and queen of Hell. Emilia is reeling from the shocking discovery that her twin sister, Vittoria, is alive...
  • Descendant of Victory by M. Sinclair

    Descendant of Victory by M. Sinclair

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Chaos, magic, and love collide in the explosive conclusion to the Descendants series by M. Sinclair.The end has come.The stars cry out in warning as the world eaters approach, and tensions rise as chaos reigns across every realm. Ancient primordial gods drain magic from weaker beings, and war knocks on the door of every kingdom.But no one could have predicted the key to ending it all…me...
  • The Evanescence by Jessica Sorensen

    The Evanescence by Jessica Sorensen

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Book two in the Fallen Souls Series.My name is Gemma Lucas and everything in my life is falling apart. Lost Souls are roaming the world, possessing people and the fey have made it their mission to torture the innocent. Death and suffering is becoming a way of life and no matter what I do, things keep tearing Alex and me apart...
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