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  • Midlife Blues: A Paranormal Women's Fiction Novel by Victoria Danann

    Midlife Blues: A Paranormal Women's Fiction Novel by Victoria Danann

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    "(Danann) has an excellent sense for pacing, comedic timing, and natural dialogue. One of the best things I've read over the past few years." - Nora. S. Rita Hayworth is not just the only American in town. She's also the only human!For all the everyday heroines over forty who know it's NOT TOO LATE for magic!Unique in setting, tone and content...
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    fae  magic  paranormal  humor  urban fantasy  fantasy  witches
  • Torched: A Dark Kings Novel by Donna Grant

    Torched: A Dark Kings Novel by Donna Grant

    Rated: 4.66 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The King of Silvers. Cunning, perceptive, resourceful. Determined. Banished from Dreagan eons ago because of a betrayal that shattered his entire existence, his sole focus in life is to exact revenge against the Dragon Kings. A formidable fighter with centuries of rage on his side, Ulrik will stop at nothing to take down those who exiled him...
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  • Realm of Demons by Shannon Mayer

    Realm of Demons by Shannon Mayer

    Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The final (for real this time!) book in the heartpounding, bestselling series. Get ready for the last ride with Zamira, Maks, Lila and Balder as they race to save . . .well I can't say, that would be a spoiler if you haven't ready book eight .
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    magic  fae  fantasy  paranormal  urban fantasy  vampires
  • An Immortal's Pain by Auburn Tempest, Michael Anderle

    An Immortal's Pain by Auburn Tempest, Michael Anderle

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    The moment you let your guard down and think you’ve got a handle on life—you jinx it.I bust my butt on the daily, smoothing the rough edges after moving in with the boyfriend, making amends to angry empowered ones, and patching things up with hostile in-laws. Things are good on the home front with my job, family, and friends. I’ve got this, right?Wrong...
  • Map of Sorrows by Stephanie Hudson

    Map of Sorrows by Stephanie Hudson

    Rated: 4.66 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Amelia…It all started with a plane ride.Just a simple plane ride home… that’s what they said.One that wasn’t supposed to end with me flying the damn thing!But then going home wasn’t supposed to be a bad thingeither…well, that was if going home didn’t also meaning trying to hidemy new, secret boyfriend.Someone who just so happened to be my father’s old enemy...
  • A Druid Hexed by Auburn Tempest, Michael Anderle

    A Druid Hexed by Auburn Tempest, Michael Anderle

    Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Some days I kick life in the ass. Other days it kicks back.On a good day, wearing the Fianna mark tosses me into topsy-turvy trials. It’s a scramble but I manage to hold it together with the help of amazing family and friends: mythical, magical, and mortal.But despite best-laid plans, collateral damage occurs.I can live with me getting hurt but watching someone I love suffer—not so much...
  • Riding for a Fall by Sam Hall

    Riding for a Fall by Sam Hall

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Freed 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...
  • A God’s Mistake by Auburn Tempest, Michael Anderle

    A God’s Mistake by Auburn Tempest, Michael Anderle

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    We all make mistakes, but for most of us we die and they’re forgotten—not so if you’re immortal.For gods and immortals, grudges live forever.One moment of poor judgment, a lack of understanding, or simply being oblivious to what’s going on around you can elevate you to the top of someone’s to-do list.Be careful who you piss off...
  • A Broken Vow by Auburn Tempest, Michael Anderle

    A Broken Vow by Auburn Tempest, Michael Anderle

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    When life rushes at you from all sides, you widen your stance to keep from getting toppled over—you brace yourself.But no matter how well you prepare, some things you just don’t see coming.Assuming my role as the druid representative for the Lakeshore Guild of Empowered Ones is both an honor and a curse...
  • Dark Alpha's Awakening by Donna Grant

    Dark Alpha's Awakening by Donna Grant

    Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    There is no escaping a Reaper. I am an elite assassin, part of a brotherhood that only answers to Death. And when Death says your time is up, I’m coming for you… Serving Death and the Reapers has been my life for centuries. I’ve always put my duty before everything, even my yearning for Death. But now, she’s fading – our foe is bent on destroying her and he will stop at nothing until he does...
  • A Fated Bond by Auburn Tempest, Michael Anderle

    A Fated Bond by Auburn Tempest, Michael Anderle

    Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Magic, dragons, elves, and vampires are my new normal. At any point, I might get attacked by an angry book, be on the shit-list for forgetting to hook up my battle bear’s keg, or get called to investigate a gruesome magical murder.And how cool is that?Well… the investigating part, not so much the murder...
  • A United Front by Auburn Tempest, Michael Anderle

    A United Front by Auburn Tempest, Michael Anderle

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Ye screw with this lass, ye get put on yer ass.The Culling draws ever nearer—looms really—like a big, fat cloud of doom.With evil brewing, our enemies grow bolder, the warriors of light and dark scramble to be ready for the Winter Solstice, and the Cumhaill fam jam digs in to face the battle of our world’s alignment.No biggie… Team Trouble is on it...
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    magic  fae  urban fantasy  fantasy  paranormal  vampires
  • When Sorrows Come by Seanan McGuire

    When Sorrows Come by Seanan McGuire

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Toby's getting married!It's hard to be a hero. There's always something needing October "Toby" Daye's attention, and her own desires tend to fall by the wayside in favor of solving the Kingdom's problems. That includes the desire to marry her long-time suitor and current fiancé, Tybalt, San Francisco's King of Cats. She doesn't mean to keep delaying the wedding, it just sort of...happens...
  • A Shaman's Power by Auburn Tempest, Michael Anderle

    A Shaman's Power by Auburn Tempest, Michael Anderle

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The focus of my life as an urban druid is to stand as a guardian of nature. The focus of my life as Fiona Cumhaill to stand as a guardian of my family.Seriously. Don’t screw with my family.It’s a no-brainer, drop everything, and take up the fight topic for me—If you need me, I will come...
  • The Brightest Fell by Seanan McGuire

    The Brightest Fell by Seanan McGuire

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Things are slow, and October "Toby" Daye couldn't be happier about that. The elf-shot cure has been approved, Arden Windermere is settling into her position as Queen in the Mists, and Toby doesn't have anything demanding her attention except for wedding planning and spending time with her family.Maybe she should have realized that it was too good to last...
  • Kingdoms Of Hell by Stephanie Hudson

    Kingdoms Of Hell by Stephanie Hudson

    Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    A 'date' he said. Just one date with a Vampire King who had been hunting me down for months…what could go wrong, right?One picnic, one witch, an ex-girlfriend out for my blood, and an army of zombie vampire rogues later, and what I had was an ‘Alice in Wonderland’ style cocktail for disaster...
  • Once Broken Faith by Seanan McGuire

    Once Broken Faith by Seanan McGuire

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 20 ratings
    Politics have never been October “Toby” Daye’s strong suit. When she traveled to the Kingdom of Silences to prevent them from going to war with her home, the Kingdom of the Mists, she wasn’t expecting to return with a cure for elf-shot and a whole new set of political headaches...
  • Iron Master by Jennifer Ashley

    Iron Master by Jennifer Ashley

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Stuart Reid is an Iron Master—a Dark Fae with a rare ability to make iron do his bidding. Exiled by the High Fae who fear him, he now lives in a simple house in Shiftertown outside Las Vegas, watching over Peigi, a bear Shifter woman, and the cubs she cares for...
  • Sleep No More by Seanan McGuire

    Sleep No More by Seanan McGuire

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    October is very happy with her life as the second daughter of her pureblood parents, Amandine and Simon Torquill. Born to be the changeling handmaid to her beloved sister August, she spends her days working in her family’s tower, serving as August’s companion, and waiting for the day when her sister sets up a household of her own. Everything is right in October’s Faerie. Everything is perfect...
  • The Unkindest Tide by Seanan McGuire

    The Unkindest Tide by Seanan McGuire

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    Hundreds of years ago, the Selkies made a deal with the sea witch: they would have the sea for as long as she allowed it, and when the time came, she would call in all their debts at once. Many people assumed that day would never come. Those people were wrong...
  • A Throne Of Feathers and Bone by Kelly St Clare, Shannon Mayer

    A Throne Of Feathers and Bone by Kelly St Clare, Shannon Mayer

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 26 ratings
    FULL BLURB COMING SOON!Because no spoilers when you accidentally read the blurb of book two, before you read the whole of book one, is a good thing.Kelly: Are you sure you want a blank blurb though?Shannon: We could make it interesting. Like, we could make something up. You know, as if we were writers?Kelly: Sounds dodgy, my friend. Dodgy...
  • 13 Secrets by Michelle Harrison

    13 Secrets by Michelle Harrison

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Red is now living at Elvesden Manor under her real name, Rowan, and trying to put the past behind her. But staying on the straight and narrow isn’t as easy as she had hoped . . . Hounded by those who would like her to participate once more in the changeling trade, Rowan is also haunted by dreams of the Hedgewitch’s cottage and the chained-up Eldritch, who swore revenge when she left him there...
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    fae  magic  urban fantasy  paranormal  mystery  fantasy
  • The Faerie War by Rachel Morgan

    The Faerie War by Rachel Morgan

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Driven by action, suspense, and a strong heroine, this deliciously detailed, bestselling YA fantasy will keep you turning the pages right up until the epic conclusion... Violet Fairdale is in big trouble. Her home is gone, her beloved forest lies in ruins, the guy she gave her heart to has deserted her—and she doesn’t remember any of it...
  • The Faerie Prince by Rachel Morgan

    The Faerie Prince by Rachel Morgan

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Packed with spine-tingling intrigue and swoonworthy romance, the plot thickens in this YA fantasy from Amazon bestselling author, Rachel Morgan... Guardian trainee Violet Fairdale is just weeks away from one of the most important occasions of her life: graduation...
  • Lightness Falling by Stacey Marie Brown

    Lightness Falling by Stacey Marie Brown

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    In gaining the crown, Kennedy lost friends, her first love, and her heart. And now her throne is being threatened. In this time of turmoil, radical groups surface trying to kill her and take down the kingdom. Kennedy is forced to go undercover and penetrate one of these groups with the help of the one person she has sworn against ever seeing again. Lorcan Dragen...
  • Night and Silence by Seanan McGuire

    Night and Silence by Seanan McGuire

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    The twelfth installment of the Hugo-nominated, New York Times-bestselling Toby Daye urban fantasy series!Things are not okay.In the aftermath of Amandine's latest betrayal, October "Toby" Daye's fragile self-made family is on the verge of coming apart at the seams...
  • Blood of Destiny by Bonnie Lamer

    Blood of Destiny by Bonnie Lamer

    Rated: 4.34 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...
  • The Summer Palace: A Midlife Fairy Tale by Kristen Painter

    The Summer Palace: A Midlife Fairy Tale by Kristen Painter

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Newly crowned queen of the Radiant fae, Sparrow “Ro” Meadowcroft has two goals. First, to show her fae subjects that despite growing up in the mortal realm, she plans to honor all the customs and practices of her new world. Second, to reunite the Radiant fae with the Grym fae. Or at least broker peace between the two estranged kingdoms...
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    fae  magic  paranormal  urban fantasy  fantasy  witches
  • Blood of Half Gods by Bonnie Lamer

    Blood of Half Gods by Bonnie Lamer

    Rated: 4.32 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...
  • Thorns of Decision by Breeana Puttroff

    Thorns of Decision by Breeana Puttroff

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Quinn Robbins was prepared for her mother to be angry. After all, she'd disappeared for two days without warning; to visit the world on the other side of the Dusk Gate that nobody else knows exists. What she wasn't prepared for was seeing her mother calmly sitting there, waiting for her return, as if Megan Robbins somehow knew the secret, too...
  • A Dragon's Family Album by Thea Harrison

    A Dragon's Family Album by Thea Harrison

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    This collection contains Dragos Takes a Holiday, Pia Saves the Day, and Peanut Goes to School (two novellas and a short story in the Elder Races series, previously published separately). All three stories focus on the Cuelebres, the First Family of the Wyr. Dragos Takes a Holiday: When the Cuelebre family heads to Bermuda for some much needed R&R, it’s no ordinary weekend in the sun...
  • Away with the Faeries by Sam Hall

    Away with the Faeries by Sam Hall

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Everyone sees from their own perspective, they say. But I’ve always seen things that aren’t there. As a child I called them fairies.I didn’t know how right I was.My parents tried to cure me by giving me a new lens through which to see the world: a camera.My nan thinks she has the answer with herbal concoctions and effigy’s to ward off evil...
  • 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...
  • Heir of the Fae by Linsey Hall

    Heir of the Fae by Linsey Hall

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Our fae courts are at war, yet we're still fated. My fated mate is the Seelie Fae king. He’s powerful, dangerous, and sexy as hell. Except, I don’t want a fated mate. Especially since he thinks I'm a lying snake. Turns out I’m Unseelie, and our courts are at war. When my new Unseelie magic goes haywire and I nearly destroy my city, I can’t fix it alone...
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    magic  fae  fantasy  urban fantasy  witches  demons  paranormal
  • Blood Lines by Bonnie Lamer

    Blood Lines by Bonnie Lamer

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 10 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...
  • Shadow Blood by Bonnie Lamer

    Shadow Blood by Bonnie Lamer

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Xandra has been acting strangely since coming back from the Shadow realm and Kallen is not sure what to do about it. Torn between his passion and his conscience, he needs to get to the bottom of whatever is going on before his world flips upside down and he loses the most important thing in his life. Xandra...
  • Blood of Dragons by Bonnie Lamer

    Blood of Dragons by Bonnie Lamer

    Rated: 4.27 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...
  • Rough Justice by Kelley Armstrong, Xavière Daumarie

    Rough Justice by Kelley Armstrong, Xavière Daumarie

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Mallt-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...
  • Widdershins by Charles de Lint

    Widdershins by Charles de Lint

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    While bitter conflict rages between the magical North American "animal people" and the more newly-arrived fairy folk, the long-awaited romance between Jilly Coppercorn and Geordie Riddell begins to blossom...
  • Revenge Hunter by Amelia Shaw

    Revenge Hunter by Amelia Shaw

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I couldn't be more furious with Fin. He's crossed my boundaries and betrayed me for the last time. But I have a secret, that not even he knows. I stole something off the Black Mage's person last time we almost died fighting him, and that artifact is going to lead me to the truth.But instead of finding what I need, I get my my ass handed to me by a pack of goons...
    Categorized as:
    fae  magic  urban fantasy  fantasy  paranormal
  • Ranger by Montana Ash

    Ranger by Montana Ash

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    After a miserable childhood, Lark has finally found the family he always wanted. There isn’t much he wouldn’t do for his new liege, Max, including undertaking a secret and dangerous mission to save the most hated creatures in their society – the chades. He only wishes his partner wasn’t a lethal, stoic ranger with a mouth he yearned to make smile.Ivy is a ranger...
  • Halfway Hexed by Kimberly Frost

    Halfway Hexed by Kimberly Frost

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Duvall, Texas. A small town that’s about to be in some big trouble. Tammy Jo Trask is finally ready to embrace her mixed-up magic, but not everyone in town is what you’d call supportive...
  • The Myth Manifestation by Lisa Shearin

    The Myth Manifestation by Lisa Shearin

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The agents of Supernatural Protection & Investigations (SPI) protect people from predatory supernaturals. This time, we’re the ones who need protection.   New York is one of the most popular convention destinations in the world—for humans and supernaturals. Every hundred years, rulers of thhe world’s supernatural races come together to negotiate and renew a peace treaty...
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    fae  magic  fantasy  urban fantasy  paranormal  vampires
  • Portents by Kelley Armstrong

    Portents by Kelley Armstrong

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A Collection of Cainsville TalesCainsville, Illinois. A town founded by fae escaping the Old World. A town both part of the world and cut off from it. A town that a young woman will run to, fleeing her past, only to discover that her past extends further than she ever imagined, into the distant history of Cainville itself...
  • The Traveler by Xander Jade

    The Traveler by Xander Jade

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Dominic is 26 years old and a graduate of MIT. He's an avid outdoorsman and likes to hunt. On one of his trips outdoors, he gets caught up in a storm and wakes up in another reality. One that has magic and fantastical creatures. Trying to cope with his new life, Dominic is given skills to help blend into society. The main item to remember is that females run this world...
  • The Book of Dreams by O.R. Melling

    The Book of Dreams by O.R. Melling

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    In a landscape of Canadian myth and magic, the fairy tale continues... The gateways between Faerie and the Earthworld have been destroyed by the Enemy. The only hope of ever bridging the two worlds again lies with Dana, a troubled teenager now living in Toronto. In a dream, Dana is told by her fairy mother, Edane, that the key to restoring the gateways is in The Book of Dreams...
  • Betrayals of Spring by L.P. Dover

    Betrayals of Spring by L.P. Dover

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The smell of rain vastly approaches as we are lying on the ground in a sea of flowers. They surround our bodies while the fresh Spring wind caresses our skin with its soft, gentle touch. Combined as one, we stare into each other’s eyes as we bask in the pleasure of our love and OUR land. The Land of the Fae has flourished bringing a new beginning and a new court, the Fall Court...
  • Blood of Egypt by Bonnie Lamer

    Blood of Egypt by Bonnie Lamer

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    "A simple honeymoon. That’s all we wanted. See some interesting sights and do absolutely nothing except be happy with each other. Instead, we get Egyptian Gods, Archangels and Witches with the usual amount of doom and gloom that accompanies them." Join Xandra and Kallen as they join forces with Eliana Brennan to stop the Archangel who is seeking vengeance.
    Categorized as:
    fae  magic  paranormal  urban fantasy  fantasy  witches
  • Dark Alpha's Demand: A Reaper Novel by Donna Grant

    Dark Alpha's Demand: A Reaper Novel by Donna Grant

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    There is no escaping a Reaper. I am an elite assassin, part of a brotherhood that only answers to Death. And when Death says your time is up, I am coming for you... My secret is an ancient one. I exist to exact vengeance on the Fae for their wrongs per Death's orders...
    Categorized as:
    fae  magic  urban fantasy  fantasy  paranormal  alpha male
  • The Summer King by O.R. Melling

    The Summer King by O.R. Melling

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Sequel to the critically-acclaimed "The Hunter's Moon" This second book in a series "shimmering with magic, myth, and romance" ("Booklist"), follows sixteen-year-old Laurel as she tries to understand the cause of her twin sister's mysterious death. Honor believed in Faerie, a parallel land of mischievous immortals. Laurel doesn't...
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