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A Court of Silver Flames (Part 2 of 2) [Dramatized Adaptation] by Sarah J. Maas
Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsSarah J. Maas's sexy, richly imagined series continues with the journey of Feyre's fiery sister, Nesta.Nesta Archeron has always been prickly-proud, swift to anger, and slow to forgive. And ever since being forced into the Cauldron and becoming High Fae against her will, she's struggled to find a place for herself within the strange, deadly world she inhabits... -
The Debt of Time by Shaya Lonnie
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsFandom: Harry PotterRelationships: Sirius Black/Hermione Granger, Hermione Granger/Remus Lupin--------------------------------------------------FOUR PART SERIES - When Hermione finds a way to bring Sirius back from the Veil, her actions change the rest of the war... -
Scions of Change by Lindsay Buroker
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn the final installment of The Curse and the Crown series, Lord Vlerion’s secret has been revealed, the kingdom is in upheaval, and dark forces are scheming for the throne.Kaylina must learn about her heritage, and the father she never knew she had, so she can help Vlerion save the kingdom. If they fail, neither of them will survive...Categorized as:
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Throne of the Horde King by Zoey Draven
Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsThe final book of the Horde Kings of Dakkar series is here…High in the icy northlands of Dakkar, I’ve lived a sheltered, predictable, and safe life. My days are spent caring for an ancient temple and staying out of the priestesses’ way. My nights are spent pouring over the great stories of warrior kings and the queens that stole their hearts.But I have a secret.I’m a hybrid female...Categorized as:
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Shadow Heart by Morgan B. Lee
Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsAssassinating the headmaster didn’t go as planned. Now Everbound University is on strict magical lockdown, and the Immortal Quintet has arrived to hunt down the person who killed their mage—which, ironically, isn’t me.I’m also looking for the true culprit so I can find Kenzie...Categorized as:
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Savage Bonds by J. Bree
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 40 ratingsWith my gift coursing through my veins, the tables have turned on the Draven Campus.I’m no longer the Giftless reject, no longer the girl who’s fair game to the other students for daring to run away from my Bonds.But there are bigger problems heading my way.With destiny pushing me closer and closer to each of my Bonds, I’m fighting tooth and nail against nature to keep my distance... -
Justice by Lark Taylor
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSebastianBlood. Torture. Murder. They’ve been my only companions for centuries. I haven’t needed or wanted anything else.Until I see Matty smile. Then something in me, something that’s been dormant for centuries, begins to reawaken.Matty doesn’t belong in my world. He’s loving, innocent, and full of joy... -
Chaos Unleashed (Black Onyx Academy) Book 3 by Nikita Parmenter
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThat psychopath has taken her, and the only reason we aren’t watching the world burn in our grief is because of Grey, or should I say Hades! He has assured us he would’ve felt her soul depart if she was dead... -
Sent to a Fantasy World and Now All the Men Want Me: Volume 3 by Jaclyn Osborn
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsDream check.Being loved by three amazing check.Life in Bremloc has been incredible for Evan. I mean, if you forget about the whole being "Evan-napped by a mysterious but gorgeous thief with dark magic" thing. Oh, and how that annoying magician Lupin popped up to reveal a massive secret and then vanished again like the jerk he is.But still. Life is great... -
Her Rabid Beasts by E.P. Bali
Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsTBA (Release date is tentative and will definitely be brought...Categorized as:
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Defending Nightmares by M. Sinclair
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsI crave my nightmares.I crave the shadows.I don’t want the light if it doesn’t include them…The human terror organization MAM has come to our doorstep—we just don’t know what they want...Categorized as:
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Hunted by Suzanne Wright
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsLarkin is tired of her friends constantly trying to play Cupid. Just because they are all happily mated doesn't mean she needs to be. And she definitely doesn't need the over-protective men in her life vetting potential partners for her. In a bid to get them off her back, the harpy turns to the one person she knows they would never approve of . . .Teague Sullivan...Categorized as:
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The Bite by Z.W. Taylor
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAll it took was one bite for her life to change forever. One bite for her to leave one world of chaos for another. One bite for her to overcome her own demons to embrace another type of crazy. Just one bite and she would learn what it was that she was really made of. Charlotte is on the run from an abusive past to start a new life, turn a new page and begin again... -
Fall of Embers by G. Bailey
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsI was trained to be the dragon king’s mate. His pure, blessed by the gods, fire queen.But my fate was never to be his.My name is Serendipity Fall, and I’m one of the only wolf shifters living with a bunch of immortal dragon shifters in a city I can never leave... -
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Knight Resolution by B.M. Clemton
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAnd they all lived happily ever after… or did they? It’s been ten years since my family finally broke free of the man who had us under his thumb… ten years since we defeated Dante. My life is all I could ever hope for. In addition to my six husbands who I love and adore, I also have the family we fought tirelessly to create. Everything looks perfect, and for me and my guys, it really is... -
SOS Hotel: No Rest for the Wicked by Adam Vex, Ariana Nash
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsClosed for gremlin extermination..Categorized as:
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A Storm of Light and Darkness by Marion Blackwood
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhat would you do to protect everyone you love?Anything. Everything. Whatever it takes.The final battle is here. With the star elves marching on Pernula, the Oncoming Storm and her friends must gather their allies and make one last stand. But it won't be easy. Their enemies have legions of soldiers, chemical weapons, and a powerful magic spell on their side. Not to mention a dragon... -
SOS Hotel: Your Final Resting Place by Adam Vex, Ariana Nash
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAn ex-adult movie star, a broke vampire daddy, and a boring human are about to try and save the world... It's probably our fault your world is doomed, if I'm honest. Sorry about that. Sticking with honesty, we're not great at saving people, or ourselves. You should probably pack a bag and head for the hills.You know, just in case..Categorized as:
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A Pirate's Dream by Marie Hall
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA Pirate’s DreamNimue, daughter of Hook, is desperate to prove to her parents that she’s just as brave and as much of a pirate as they are. So when she serendipitously spies the hidden isle, she knows what she must do... -
Shattered Darkness (The Lost Ones) Book 4 by Nikita Parmenter
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThey’re finally at the Blood Moon Academy, and the Centres are rescued, but not everything is as it seems; something very dark is stalking the halls of the academy, and no one can be trusted. There’s only so long that Sage allows her and her family to be treated as lesser before she takes matters into her own hands... -
Defeating Nightmares by M. Sinclair
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsI would remind the humans why they feared the dark…and why I loved it. Our home is under threat, and I was across the country being threatened by a god terror in the Oceanic Forest. To say our situation is far from ideal is an understatement… So when Hate threatens my mates, something is unleashed in me that none of us could have expected...Categorized as:
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Redeem the Bear by T.S. Joyce
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsIn the gripping final book in the Bear Valley Shifters saga, Corin Dunbar is still living with the ghost of the boy who died saving her life from the wrath of the Long Claws ten years ago. Unable to move on, she’s settled in the sanctuary of Bear Valley with the other bear shifters she has grown to rely on. On the eve of war with the murderous clan, she encounters a familiar man outside her camp... -
Klutz: Phoenix Secrets by Sedona Ashe
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsMy billionaire dragon mate knows how to pamper a girl!Rich? Check.Hot? Check.Driving my other mates insanely jealous? Check and checkmate!Xerxes, my dragon mate, has whisked me away to Mexico. He keeps showering me with expensive gifts, breathtaking views, and lavish meals. I’m more of a cheeseburger girl, but I’m not one to complain about food...Categorized as:
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Storm Unleashed by Ednah Walters
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSassy heroine, a legend and a people in peril... Legends are made When all seems lost The magical world Lexi has come to know isn’t done with her yet, and she must discover the lengths she and Storm will go to prove their love and claim each other... -
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Lost Embers by G. Bailey
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThey say all gods can fall, but I will rise in the embers to save us all.Queen of the Dragons. The Chosen Wolf Princess. Lost…My name is Serendipity Fall and I’m trapped in a world I don’t know how to escape. When the flames burn, I’m shown the way out, but at a price. I’m returning to my world as a goddess, and I can’t control the power I’ve taken... -
Lost You Forever by Tong Hua
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLife is the encounter and separation, is the starting time and oblivion, but there are always things that once happened, will leave traces, and always have a person, once appeared, will not be forgettable... -
Surge of Ice by Lacey Carter Andersen
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMy men cannot protect me against the growing forces of enemy dragons, not without help…Evander, Aydan, and Granger want to believe that the strength of their will alone will keep me safe, but we’ve already seen that’s not true. The enemy dragons are powerful. Maybe even more powerful than us. If we want to survive, we need to make allies with some of the other dragons.Even though it’ll be a risk...Categorized as:
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Dark Redemption by L.A. McGinnis
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThey say kingdoms rise and kingdoms fall…But I’ve seen the future.And this time, none of us survive what’s coming. After a hard fought, bloody battle, the Vampire High Council lies in ruins. While some say we’ve won the war, a new enemy has emerged from the shadows, impossibly ruthless, dangerously bloodthirsty, too powerful to defeat...Categorized as:
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Storm Revealed by Ednah Walters
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSassy heroine, a legend and a people in peril... Supernatural creatures don’t roam the seas. And female pirates do exist. Lexi resigns herself to the primitive living and the strange customs of the islands but struggles with the fact that she will never see or help her brother again. As the people embrace her as Storm’s chosen mate, Lexi slowly begins to see the magic around her... -
The Alien's Reward by Ella Maven
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsI don’t want to be a princess… I want to fight too. Bazel: All my life I’ve been treated with kid gloves, and I’m tired of it. I want to live up to the legacy of the proud Drixonian females with which I share half of my DNA. There’s one thing in my way—a young warrior who knows my secret and threatens to tell my father... -
Guarded by the Vodnik by Layla Fae
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsShe poured fire into my cold, emotionless heart. Now all I see and feel is her.I’m a cold-blooded killer from the deep, always getting MSA’s most hazardous underwater tasks. Fear and emotion are foreign to me, which makes me efficient but too callous to work with clients...Categorized as:
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Ensnared by Rebecca Quinn
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsEven if the world did end, five men is far too many to handle. Isn’t it? Since the Final War, I’ve been doing just fine. I have a lovely cave, a darling vegetable patch, forest views . . . and if loneliness sometimes squeezes my aching heart, well, my books have always kept me company...Categorized as:
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Claimed By The Berserkers by Lee Savino
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratings"You're ours now, lass. We're claiming ye." My mind and body are weakened by the curse of my magic. My three sisters have mated with Berserker warriors, but I am too frail to be a bride. One night, three warriors break into my home. They steal me away. Now we're on the run from the pack. These warriors tell me I belong to them, and that they'll never let me go... -
Herculeia the Hero by C. Rochelle
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhen I embarked on my rebound rodeo cruise, the last place I expected to end up was on hot-bod monster island. Not that I’m complaining. The views are fantastic and the impressive amenities offered by my hosts have made it easy to come back for more. 10/10 would recommend...Categorized as:
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Silk & Sand by Katherine Diane
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe only thing worse than trekking across a dangerous desert on a nearly impossible mission? When your guide is intolerable—and irresistible.Seth spends his days hunting down mystical artifacts. As a Curator for the Arcanum College, that’s his job. But when an arcanist murders a fellow scholar, Seth finds himself assigned instead to a dusty, thirsty, frustrating manhunt...Categorized as:
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Treasure Bear by Harmony Raines
Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsDragon shifter, Emilia, has slept for hundreds of years on a bed of dragon treasure. Now she’s awake and is about to learn that the most valuable treasure is not gold or gems, but her true mate. Betrayed by a man who claimed to love her but who was not her true mate, Emilia has slept while the centuries slipped away... -
Fate Hollow Academy: Term 3 by Lyra Winters
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsPrepare for Term 3 of Fate Hollow Academy, where the first battle of the war between supernaturals and humans was fought.Tensions and unrest rose in Kalista like never before. The supernaturals and the Supernatural Council must band together to fight both the humans and the dragons...Categorized as:
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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...Categorized as:
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Klutz: Phoenix Unleashed by Sedona Ashe
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsI'd love to tell you what's going to happen...but that would ruin the surprise!Full blurb coming soon.This is the final book of the series and it will have a happily ever after ending... I pinky promise!Actual planned release date is planned for January 2023... -
Shattered Omega: Part Two by Marie Mackay
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsEstimated publication Feb 11th 2024 (will be moved forward) Part Two of Shattered Omega. Blurb to come...Categorized as:
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Outlander - Az utazó 2. kötet by Diana Gabaldon
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFrom the author of the breathtaking bestsellers Outlander and Dragonfly in Amber , the extraordinary saga continues. Their passionate encounter happened long ago by whatever measurement Claire Randall took. Two decades before, she had traveled back in time and into the arms of a gallant eighteenth-century Scot named Jamie Fraser...Categorized as:
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Throne in the Dark by A.K. Caggiano
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsHis dark destiny awaits, and nothing will stand in his way. Except her.Dark lordDemon spawnProphesied realm destroyerWith a demon for a father, Damien Maleficus Bloodthorne’s destiny could be nothing but nefarious, and with the completion of his most vicious spell, Damien is on the cusp of fulfilling the evil inevitability all of his dark machinations have led to.And then, her...Categorized as:
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Brimstone Nightmares: Queen of the Damned by Kel Carpenter
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAs with everything else in my life, the descent into Hell was not so simple. When I jumped into the portal I expected to find the Sins on the other side. I expected to find my people—demons—waiting and ready. What I found were flames and fire and ash. The apocalypse hadn’t waited for me. It had already begun...Categorized as:
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Ruffled Feathers by Grace McGinty
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsI wasn’t known for overthinking problems. I was an “ask for forgiveness and not permission” kind of person.So when I got caught with a cock in my sweatshirt after a police raid on a cockfighting ring, it looked bad...Categorized as:
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Golden Wolf by Paulina Vasquez
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe Alpha King and God of War walks the earth. The golden wolf of the century is born again, but that won't be enough to save the werewolves from the great war to come. Ares must accept a century-old family prophecy as it starts to unravel and seek the blessings of the Gods to master his elemental gifts. What he finds is more than he expected and everything he's wanted... -
Soul Bound by Kayleigh King
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsRanger Weylyn is haunted by a promise he doesn’t know how to keep. Consumed by guilt and anger, he starts a downward spiral he doesn’t know how to stop. Until she shows up.Winslow Montgomery is haunted by ghosts. Resigned to her fate, she does her best to help them move on and find peace...Categorized as:
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Destined to Lead by Sterling Thomas
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsRejected. Banished. Packless. Alone. When the love of my life rejects me, I'm desperate to escape the wilds. Even if it means fleeing to the human cities. Shifters grow up hearing horror stories about humans treating us as nothing more than a nuisance at best and easy sport at worst... -
Takeback by L.L. Frost
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAdie escaped the Hunters, but not without cost. Nightmares plague her sleep, questioning the choices she made. Or is it something more?Part 8 of Succubus Dreams.Join Adie on her (mis)adventures toward achieving a quasi-normal life among humans.A charming, slow-burn reverse harem serial about one reluctant succubus and the sexy demons determined to have her...Categorized as:
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Crazy Witch by Nikki Dean
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHide your magic.Hide your boyfriends.Hide your real power.Mallory Serra is in over her head. Finals are coming up, Christmas is around the corner with two and a half boyfriends to buy gifts for, and the Defense Department is still trying to kill them all.Oh, and she might be a murderer on top of all of that. Fun stuff... -
Clever Witch by Nikki Dean
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHide your magic. Don't tell anyone you're dating your TA, and now maybe your handler, too. Don't tell anyone about the jaguar in your room, or secret lab under the dorm. Keep your friends close, and your enemies closer...
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