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Curran, Naked Dinner: Part 1 and 2 by Gordon Andrews, Ilona Andrews
Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsThis POV takes place betweenMagic Strikes and Magic Bleeds and explains why Curran missed the Naked Dinner with Kate. http://www.ilona-andrews... -
Magic Mourns by Ilona Andrews
Andrea Nash of the Order of Knights of Merciful Aid - with an assist from her friend, Kate Daniels - tries to figure out why the giant three-headed dog who guards the gates of Hades is sniffing around Atlanta.* Originally published in the anthology, Must Love Hellhounds...Categorized as:
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Magic Strikes - Hot Tub by Ilona Andrews, Gordan Andrews
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsPublished in Small Magics and included in Curran's POV... -
Kate's Daddy by Gordon Andrews
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsThis is the story Jim tells Curran about Kate’sDaddy... -
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High Voltage by Karen Marie Moning
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsThere is no action without consequence… Dani O’Malley was nine years old when the delusional, sadistic Rowena transformed her into a ruthless killer. Years later, she’s tough, hardened, yet achingly vulnerable and fiercely compassionate, living alone by her own exacting code. Despite the scars on her body, driven by deeper ones carved into her soul, no one is more committed to protecting Dublin... -
Magic Bites - Fernando's by Ilona Andrews, Gordon Andrews
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsPublished in Small Magics and included in Curran's POV.During Magic Bites, Curran sees Kate and Crest in Fernando's... -
Hunted by Sophie Davis
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIn need of a distraction from her best friend's betrayal, Talia jumps at the chance to pack up and head to Washington, D.C., to have a purpose once again. She is tasked with administering the annual Talent Aptitude Tests, analyzing the children of the nation’s capital to identify those with powers... -
Stalking Hawke by Nalini Singh
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsTakes place some time after Kiss of Snow.This story can be found on Nalini Singh's official website... -
Darkness Devours by Keri Arthur
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsNew York Times bestselling author Keri Arthur has been hailed for her “smart, sexy”* urban fantasy novels. Now, she continues her Dark Angels series set in the realm of danger and desire known as the Guardian World… Half-werewolf, half-Aedh Risa Jones can enter the realm between life and death, and she can see the Reapers who collect the souls of the dead...Categorized as:
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Naked Dinner by Ilona Andrews, Gordon Andrews
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsPublished in Small Magics, and included in Curran's POV.This POV takes place between Magic Strikes and Magic Bleeds and is explaining why Curran missed the Naked Dinner with Kate... -
Caged by Sophie Davis
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAfter her brush with death at Ian Crane’s compound, Talia Lyons feels like a prisoner, confined in her childhood home. Plagued with seizures- the result of an unidentified drug injected in her neck by Crane’s men- Talia must put her dream of becoming a Hunter on hold... -
Haven by Lindsay J. Pryor
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratings"I truly do feel that if you love the Paranormal genre and have not yet discovered Lindsay J. Pryor or these novels then you need to read them, experience them first hand." Keeper Bookshelf A spin-off from the bestselling Blackthorn series by Lindsay J. Pryor, set in Lowtown, the neighbouring district to Blackthorn... -
Echo of Silence by Nalini Singh
In a deep-sea station, Tazia Nerif has found her life's work as an engineer, keeping things running smoothly. But she wants nothing more than to break down the barrier of silence between her and her telekinetic Psy station commander . . . Timeline: Early on in the series, specific time unspecified.This story can be found in the short story anthology Wild Embrace...Categorized as:
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Rowan by Nalini Singh
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA short story featuring Sahara, Kaleb, Zach, Annie & Rowan. Timeline: Takes place some time after Allegiance of Honor.This story can be found on Nalini Singh's official website... -
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Asylum by K.A. Tucker
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsTucked away in Sofie’s wintery asylum with no hope of release for years, Evangeline must come to terms with her situation: the curse still plagues her, she’s now hunted by a two thousand-year-old vampire, and the guy she’s in love with tried to kill her. Plus, she’s locked up with a cranky Max and the Forero kids—two people everyone seems to prefer dead over alive. Things aren’t looking good...Categorized as:
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Dorian by Nalini Singh
A changeling who can never shift lives a life of quiet frustration—until he learns how to let his leopard come out and play . . . Timeline: Takes place right after Hostage to Pleasure.This story can be found in the short story anthology Wild Embrace... -
The Song of the Wolf by Nalini Singh
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA short story about Sienna & Hawke's mated life. Timeline: Takes place some time after Shards of Hope.This story can be found on Nalini Singh's official website... -
Texture of Intimacy by Nalini Singh
A PSY/CHANGELING NOVELLA New York Times bestselling author Nalini Singh’s phenomenal Psy/Changeling series continues with this sensual exploration of the searing joys and unexpected challenges of mating... SnowDancer healer Lara knows primal ecstasy. She wakes to it every morning, skin-to-skin with the hard male body of the quiet, powerful telepath who is her mate...Categorized as:
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Blood Redemption by Connie Suttle
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 14 ratings"Radomir handled the meeting, because Gavin wanted to kill Norian Keef. Norian sat inside Gavin's office at the palace, nervously tapping a foot. That in itself irritated Gavin to the point of red-eyed, lengthy-fanged murder. Radomir worked to calm Norian while Gavin looked on, mentally considering the many, painful ways Norian might meet his end... -
Romancing Drew by Nalini Singh
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsA short story about Indigo & Drew's mated life. Timeline: Takes place around the same time as Shards of Hope.This story can be found on Nalini Singh's official website... -
Untouched by Jus Accardo
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsUntil he met Dez, Kale’s days were filled with violence and death. He was used as a weapon of destruction by the power hungry men of Denazen. He’s a Six. A person with an abnormal ability. Some people call them gifts, but not Kale. Kale’s touch means instant death. But now there’s Dez, the girl he can touch, and they’re hunting down Sixes and warning them about Denazen... -
Faceless by Jus Accardo
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMy name is Brandt Cross, and I died. Again… I'm living in the body of a Six named Douglass Cain, a certifiable scumbag whose ability is on Zendean Industries—AKA Denazen's—most wanted list. There’s some serious bad going down, and Ginger, the leader of the Underground, sent me undercover to obtain information because people are dying... -
Blood Domination by Connie Suttle
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 16 ratings"To whom are you taking her?" Merrill asked, uncharacteristically curious. "Dragon," Griffin grinned. I stared at Griffin, my mouth surely open in surprise. Dragon? There was somebody named Dragon? That didn't sound promising. Who named their kid Dragon? Xenides has witnessed Lissa's talents first-hand and now he is desperate to find her... -
There by Denise Grover Swank
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsJulia Phillips’ world is an alternate universe away. Trapped in a land where government leaders want her dead, Julia is forced to run for her life with Evan and Reece, the two boys who brought her here. They’re on their own in a hostile landscape ruled by scavengers and thieves... -
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Compel by Penelope Fletcher
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsBook Two. Rae is falling into darkness. Grieving the death of her friend at the hand of dark magics, she is full of hate and vengeance. Tracking Devlin and his followers across demon territory, she is forced to turn to the local shifter pack for help. Tricked into rescuing the Pack Alpha’s daughters from the Temple, she learns there really is no place more dangerous than home... -
Blood Royal by Connie Suttle
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 16 ratings"Rene', what will you do if I kick his ass?" I jerked my head toward Tony. "Nothing, as long as you do not inflict permanent harm," Rene' smiled slightly. I got up to go after Tony, but Wlodek hauled me back. "We will not allow a brawl between our two youngest," he declared and settled me back in my seat... -
Apocalypse: The Lords of Deliverance Compendium by Larissa Ione
Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThey're here. They ride. The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse Born of a match between good and evil, four siblings stand between hell's minions and everything they want to destroy. They are the Lords of Deliverance, and they have the power to ward off Doomsday . . . or let it ride . .Categorized as:
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Heroes 'Til Curfew by Susan Bischoff
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIn the world of the Talent Chronicles, kids with supernatural abilities, Talents, are taken away to government-run research facilities from which they do not return. In this sequel to HUSH MONEY, all Joss wants is to be left alone—with Dylan. But as more Talents are imprisoned by the government, everyone’s looking for a leader... -
Blood Queen by Connie Suttle
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 16 ratings"Thousands of Copper Ra'Ak fought throughout Veshtul, killing many as they lashed out, or crushing others as they crawled along. Screaming Comesuli ran before them, desperate to escape the deadly creatures. In the distance, Dragon's roar sounded as he fought off one of the monsters... -
Flirtation of Fate by Nalini Singh
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsSeven years ago, Kenji broke Garnet's heart. Now the wolf packmates have to investigate the shocking murder of one of their own. And the more Kenji sees of the woman Garnet has become, the deeper he begins to fall once more. But even his primal instincts are no match for the dark secret he carries . . . Timeline: Takes place during Tangle of Need...Categorized as:
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Dauntless by Shannon Mayer
Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThey were promised weight loss, the cure for Cancer, Parkinson’s Disease and infertility; they were promised hope.The side effects were anything but hopeful. Surrounded by the most obstinate of madness, Mara will use the strength within herself to free both she and Sebastian once and for all. As Sebastian slips further away from her, Mara will have to fight as she never has before--alone... -
Dark Goddess by Sarwat Chadda
Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsStill reeling from the death of her best friend, Kay, Billi's thrust back into action when the Templars are called to investigate werewolf activity. But these werewolves are like nothing Bilil's ever seen. They call themselves the Polenitsy: man killers. The ancient warrior women of Eastern Europe, supposedly wiped out centuries ago... -
A Questionable Client by Ilona Andrews
In a world beset by magic waves, Kate Daniels works as a mercenary. She is tired, hungry, and there is foul-smelling blood on her boots. All she wants to do is to go home, but when Mercenary Guild offers her a job she can't refuse, she finds herself protecting a man against Russian wizards.(In anthologyDark and Stormy Knights... -
Reaper by Mina Carter
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsThe World after the End of the World will never be the same again… Sanctuary. Clichéd name, but the sentiment is still the same. Ten years after the end of the world, ex-soldier Mason and a small group of humans defend their fortified town against creatures of myth and legend made real... -
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Queen of the Night by Leanne Hall
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAfter six months, Nia cannot forget Wolfboy and their one night in Shyness. He calls, pulls her back to the sunless suburb of Shyness, where dreams and reality are difficult to separate. There, Doctor Gregory has disappeared, the Darkness is changing, Wolfboy's friend is in trouble. Nia becomes Wildgirl again, but the Darkness no longer sets them free... -
Bane by H.M. Ward
Rated: 3.99 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe world as we know it is gone. The ice caps have melted and shifted south, devastating the northern territories and eradicating major cities such as New York and London, which are now under water and frozen. Humans died off during an epidemic prior to the ice disaster, and many more died during the floods at the start of this new ice age. These events have forced vampires out of hiding... -
Daybreak by Ellen Connor
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe Change Is Forever. Their mission was to save the world. Their destiny was to fall in love. It's been twelve years since the Change, and Penelope Sheehan is one of the few still practicing magic for the good of humanity in this dark, dangerous world. Determined to infiltrate the notorious O'Malley organization, she poses as an abducted girl—until a furious lion thwarts her mission...Categorized as:
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Bite Me by P.J. Schnyder
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBook one of London Undead Few people walk the streets of London since the zombie outbreak, but that's not an issue for Seth. As a werewolf, he can handle himself and save humans reckless enough to take a nighttime stroll. While on patrol he comes across a group of people under attack...Categorized as:
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Hot Spell by Emma Holly, Lora Leigh
Venture into a world beyond the ordinary, where the dark passions and voracious appetites of vampires, werewolves, demons, and a few undaunted mortals combine to unleash a potent spell...Categorized as:
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The Renfield Syndrome by J.A. Saare
Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsVampires, and werewolves, and demons, oh my. Rhiannon thought facing off against a deranged child vampire was the most dangerous task she would ever have to undertake, but she’s about to discover making a deal with a demon is far, far worse...Categorized as:
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Reaper: (Post apocalyptic paranormal romance by Mina Carter
Rated: 3.95 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe World after the End of the World will never be the same again… Sanctuary. Clichéd name, but the sentiment is still the same. Ten years after the end of the world, ex-soldier Mason and a small group of humans defend their fortified town against creatures of myth and legend made real... -
Horizon by Sophie Littlefield
Rated: 3.95 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsOf living things there were few, but they carried on. Cass Dollar is a survivor. She's overcome the meltdown of civilization, humans turned mindless cannibals and the many evils of man. But from beneath the devastated California landscape emerges a tendril of hope... -
Bad Blood by Kristen Painter
Rated: 3.95 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsSamhain approaches, bringing with it the final melding of the mortal and othernatural worlds. No one knows just how much power the night holds... Violent murders occur in Paradise City as counterfeit comarr are systematically hunted. The police and the Kubai Mata have more than enough trouble to keep themselves occupied...Categorized as:
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Hidden by M. Lathan
Rated: 3.95 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsSixteen-year-old Leah Grant has given up on being normal. She’d settle for stopping the voices in her head, intrusive visions of the future, and better odds of making it to her seventeenth birthday. That’s the thing about pretending to be human in a world where magic used to exist – at any moment, her cover could be blown and she’ll be burned to death like the rest of the witches... -
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Darkness Fades by Jessica Sorensen
Rated: 3.91 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsKayla knows she has to save the world from the vampire virus, but what she didn’t realize was just how complicated it could be. As the secrets to the cure start to unfold, Kayla realizes that not only will her strength be tested, but her willpower as well. Tough choices will have to be made. In the end, she must decide just how much she’s willing to sacrifice to get to a cure... -
Chosen by Sable Grace
Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars · 7 ratings"Kyana brings a new dimension to the ranks of kick-butt heroines....I'm looking forward to more of her adventures." --Alyssa Day, New York Times bestselling author The ranks of tough, beautiful, and sexy heroines who battle supernatural evil have grown since the early days of Buffy the Vampire Slayer--and none are tougher than author Sable Grace's half Vampyre-half Lychen warrior Kyana... -
Bedeviled by Sable Grace
Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsShe has done the unthinkable—turned her best friend into a dark breed: part Vampyre, Lychen and Witch . . . Kyana thought only to save her friend’s life when she fed Haven her blood; instead, she created a monster. Now the woman she thought of as a sister is under the spell of an ancient, vengeful god, determined to set him free and wreak havoc on the mortal world . .Categorized as:
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Scarlet by Jordan Summers
Thrust into a world full of creatures she never dreamed existed, Gina “Red” Santiago is coming to grips with the fact that she's a werewolf while adjusting to her new life in the small town of Nuria. The transition isn’t easy, especially since her boyfriend, alpha werewolf Morgan Hunter, is called away on an important mission...Categorized as:
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Healer's Choice by Jory Strong
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe author of Spider-Touched and Ghostland continues her tale of a postapocalyptic world where the afterlife has come to life... Born into a world of violence and paid-for sex, Rebekka longs for a family of her own and dreams of freeing those trapped in the shapeshifter brothels of the red zone... -
Shards of Crimson by Liz Maverick, Patti O'Shea
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFOUR BRAND NEW STORIES FROM THE ORIGINAL AUTHORS OF THE USA TODAY BEST-SELLING SERIES. Its been said there's no such thing as quiet here. Ever since the metropolis first became home to paranormals, discord was named queen. But who will be her king vampires, werewolves, demons or men? One thing remains sure: This land is a battleground and conflict is eternal...Categorized as:
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