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  • Son of the Dragon by T.S. Joyce

    Son of the Dragon by T.S. Joyce

    Rated: 4.73 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 19 ratings
    Deep in a high security shifter prison dwells the most dangerous shifter in the world. Vyr Daye is the Red Dragon, alpha to the Sons of Beasts Crew, loner, watcher, fire-breather…and he’s also completely misunderstood. The media has dragged him through the mud, his reputation is shot, and his own father helped to put him in prison for a one-year sentence...
  • My Big Fat Witch Wedding by Amanda M. Lee

    My Big Fat Witch Wedding by Amanda M. Lee

    Rated: 4.78 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The big day is finally here.Bay and Landon’s wedding day has arrived.Unfortunately, a tragedy stands in the way of their happily ever after, and it comes in the form of reports of an armed gunman at the local high school. Bay, ghosts at her side, braves the scene to save the kids … and uncovers something horrific.She. The boy with the gun says he needs to find her...
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  • Changing Beauty by C.M. Owens

    Changing Beauty by C.M. Owens

    Rated: 4.79 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    THAD I've never had to play games to get what I want, and we both know exactly what I want. And the second I get a chance, I'm bringing her into my world permanently. ROSLYN Thad isn't like anyone I've ever met. I'm not sure if he's the best or the worst thing that has ever happened to me. But I do know I'm becoming addicted, and he seems to love the hell out of it...
    Categorized as:
    witches  shapeshifters  m-f  fantasy  vampires  paranormal
  • Witches of the Deep by Lily Harper Hart

    Witches of the Deep by Lily Harper Hart

    Rated: 4.72 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Hali Waverly thought she’d seen the worst the world had to offer. Then her boyfriend Gray Hunter’s parents arrived on her beach. Now the horror truly begins.Hali has a big problem…and that’s not including the skeletons that are taking over the beach thanks to an errant spell.Nobody knows who cast the spell, or more importantly why, but Hali is determined to find out...
  • Freaky Gifts by Amanda M. Lee

    Freaky Gifts by Amanda M. Lee

    Rated: 4.73 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Winter break is upon Mystic Caravan, which is supposed to mean a full month of rest and relaxation. Upon arriving at their destination, however, Poet and company find that murder isn’t far behind.Their off-season park is full of paranormals – something that normally makes Poet comfortable – but the death of a local girl points to one of their own being the culprit...
  • Dragon Redeemed by Terry Bolryder

    Dragon Redeemed by Terry Bolryder

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Book 2 in the Reclaimed Dragons series! Ryder's...
  • Grease the Wheel by Amanda M. Lee

    Grease the Wheel by Amanda M. Lee

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Stormy Morgan is a witch with too much attitude, an old love fueling new fires in her soul, and a talking cat who keeps threatening to give her an ulcer. She’s got a full plate. Things get even busier in her life when a body drops outside her boyfriend Hunter Ryan’s house … and the death looks like more than a standard murder...
  • The Wendigo Whoop-De-Doo by Amanda M. Lee

    The Wendigo Whoop-De-Doo by Amanda M. Lee

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Charlie Rhodes has the one thing she always wanted but was afraid to admit. The parents who gave her up for adoption are back in her life, but the transition from orphan to adult child isn’t going to be an easy one. Before she can commit to the process, however, a new job pops up for the Legacy Foundation and she’s whisked away to upstate Washington...
  • Great Hexpectations by Amanda M. Lee

    Great Hexpectations by Amanda M. Lee

    Rated: 4.68 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Hadley Hunter thought she was getting a grip on the paranormal world she never knew existed until recently. She was wrong. In the shadow of a massive shifter retreat, she finds she knew absolutely nothing.Her live-in love Galen Blackwood has his hands full with the conference...
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    shapeshifters  witches  magic  paranormal  humor  fantasy
  • Dragon Reformed by Terry Bolryder

    Dragon Reformed by Terry Bolryder

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Book 3 in the Reclaimed Dragons series! Landon's...
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    shapeshifters  witches  m-f  paranormal  fantasy  demons
  • Fiends in Low Places (Hannah Hickok) by Lily Harper Hart

    Fiends in Low Places (Hannah Hickok) by Lily Harper Hart

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The Morgan family is taking their first family vacation, and since they let their youngest member pick the place, that means Mammoth Cave National Park is on the menu. Ivy Morgan-Harker and her husband Jack aren’t exactly excited about exploring caves, but they’re committed to making sure the vacation is a success...
    Categorized as:
    shapeshifters  witches  magic  paranormal  humor  fantasy
  • Haunted Plains Drifter by Lily Harper Hart

    Haunted Plains Drifter by Lily Harper Hart

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Hannah Hickok and Cooper Wyatt are newly engaged and ready to celebrate. Cooper just didn’t think the celebration would involve a hike to a long-abandoned boom town called Blackridge. He had something more romantic in mind. Despite that, he agrees … and believes the trip will be fine, right up until they stumble across a homeless man warning them away from their destination...
  • Dark Alpha's Temptation: A Reaper Novel by Donna Grant

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

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Dark Alpha’s Temptation is a brand new paranormal romance in New York Times bestselling author Donna Grant's Reapers series that features a brotherhood of elite assassins and the women who bring them to their knees. There is no escaping a Reaper. I am an elite assassin, part of a brotherhood that only answers to Death...
    Categorized as:
    shapeshifters  magic  m-f  fantasy  paranormal  fae
  • Rancher Dragon by Terry Bolryder

    Rancher Dragon by Terry Bolryder

    Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Save a horse, ride a rancher dragon...Beck is a big, growly mountain of a man with a monster of a dragon inside him. He keeps to himself, only leaving Dragonclaw Ranch when his inner beast feels unsafe for his friends. But when a brush with death makes Beck give a stranger his dragon's talon coin, he wakes up to a pretty, curvy woman that he now owes a favor...
  • Dragon Meets Girl by Terry Bolryder

    Dragon Meets Girl by Terry Bolryder

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    When a dragon waiting forever finally finds his fated mate, he'll never let her go... Janet Dixon never thought she'd fall in love. That's why she got used to quiet nights alone with her books, dreaming of fantasies that would never come true. But she never expected a ridiculously hot alpha by the name of Xander to suddenly show up into her life...
    Categorized as:
    witches  shapeshifters  m-f  demons  fantasy  paranormal
  • Canyon's Choice: Timber Valley Wolf Pack Book 6 by Taylor Rylan

    Canyon's Choice: Timber Valley Wolf Pack Book 6 by Taylor Rylan

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    What if in order to accept the one fated for you, you had to give up everything else you ever wanted?Canyon has spent his entire adult life wanting what any other alpha wants: a mate and family. He’s watched every one of his siblings find theirs, and just when he thinks it’s finally his turn, the Fates get things wrong.Thomas knows not everything works out as planned...
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    shapeshifters  witches  magic  paranormal  m-m  fantasy  queer
  • Mated To The Werewolf Next Door: Howls Romance by C.D. Gorri

    Mated To The Werewolf Next Door: Howls Romance by C.D. Gorri

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    She's on the run from her ex-husband to protect her half-Shifter daughter. He's trying to clear his name after being falsely convicted of a crime. Fate has brought them to the same seaside town, but the rest is up to them...
    Categorized as:
    magic  shapeshifters  m-f  paranormal  fantasy
  • Dante's Circle Reborn by Carrie Ann Ryan

    Dante's Circle Reborn by Carrie Ann Ryan

    Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    NYT Bestselling Author Carrie Ann Ryan returns to her bestselling Dante’s Circle series with a collection of four never before published and highly anticipated romances. FALLEN FOR ALPHAS Liam and Alec watched their Pack fall from grace and fought with tooth and claw to make it rise from the ashes again for the Alpha...
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    witches  shapeshifters  m-f  fantasy  vampires  paranormal
  • Wrangler Dragon by Terry Bolryder

    Wrangler Dragon by Terry Bolryder

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Save a horse, ride a wrangler dragon...Tucker C. Thompson, an immortal dragon and legendary gunslinger, is now a simple wrangler who enjoys life on the ranch under his middle name, Clancy. The world has moved on and he's happy to be forgotten. That is, until he sees his old Dragon's Talon coin in an antiques shop in a tiny town...
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    shapeshifters  witches  m-f  paranormal  fantasy  monsters
  • The Ghoul, the Bad, & the Ugly by Lily Harper Hart

    The Ghoul, the Bad, & the Ugly by Lily Harper Hart

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Zombies in Casper Creek? Say it ain’t so. Unfortunately, it looks to be true … and Hannah Hickok and her motley crew of helpers have a mess on their hands.As Cooper Wyatt struggles with the perfect way to propose, his girlfriend is buried in zombie lore … and seemingly having a good time digging up solutions...
  • Her First Taste of Fire by Kristen Painter

    Her First Taste of Fire by Kristen Painter

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Shadowvale isn’t your typical small town America. The sun never shines, the gates decide who enters, magic abounds, and every resident bears some kind of curse.Most people think Nasha Black lives in Shadowvale because that’s where her father, one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, lives. But Nasha has another reason for staying in Shadowvale and it’s not just the bakery she owns and operates...
  • The Wolf Witch by Chandelle LaVaun

    The Wolf Witch by Chandelle LaVaun

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Sometimes magic throws a curveball… I thought I had everything figured out. I’d gone to the academy for witches and mastered my magic. I’d opened my own witchy occult store, just as I always wanted. And my family was as close as ever. Everything was going according to plan. Until the wolves showed up and dragged me back to their land. It was all a misunderstanding...
  • One More Day: Springblood Book 1 by Cee Bowerman

    One More Day: Springblood Book 1 by Cee Bowerman

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Tremayne Badeaux has lived a thousand lives during his time on Earth. He’s explored the world, made lifelong friends, started empires, and destroyed enemies, but he’s never experienced an all-encompassing love that he’s willing to give up his own life for - until he meets the one woman he can never lose...
  • Dragon on Top by G.A. Aiken

    Dragon on Top by G.A. Aiken

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Try a little dragon tenderness.   I am Glheanna the Decimator. I am a warrior. A soldier. I know no fear. No pain. No mercy. I do, however, know acute embarrassment! How could I not after getting dumped by a bastard dragon in front of my own troops? So I tuck tail and return to my cave, drowning my sorrows in ale—as is my family’s way...
  • Death Untold: A Reverse Harem Paranormal Romance by Sarah Piper

    Death Untold: A Reverse Harem Paranormal Romance by Sarah Piper

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    All magic comes with a price tag.It's a lesson witches are taught from a young age, along with the ones about how we'll never survive a vampire turning, how hunters will always seek to eradicate us, and how a devil's bargain can never be broken. But together, my rebels and I have shattered every last rule, ignored every last warning...
  • Heart of Glass by P. Jameson

    Heart of Glass by P. Jameson

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    They call him Skittles because he inks his body with the colors he can't see. Enough colors to tell a story. Like a stained-glass window, the light only shines through when there is darkness. He needs darkness, and she comes to him as a photo of broken captive woman. But he will find her, and he will fix her. And perhaps... she will heal him too in the process...
  • Apex Basilisk by Terry Bolryder

    Apex Basilisk by Terry Bolryder

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    For most of his life, Gunnar the basilisk has spent his time as a gigantic, fearsome monster, defending the wild Texas landscape from invaders and rival shifters. Now that he and the other basilisks have awakened into the modern world, they’re on a new mission: to find mates, and help bring peace to a world growing more chaotic by the day...
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    shapeshifters  witches  m-f  paranormal  fantasy  angels
  • Witchery & Weight Gain: A Paranormal Women's Fiction Romance by Lisa Manifold

    Witchery & Weight Gain: A Paranormal Women's Fiction Romance by Lisa Manifold

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    One week ago, I became the queen of the Oracles. One day ago, I learned the cost of such a power. One hour ago, I decided this isn’t all it’s cracked up to be...
  • The Princess Knight by G.A. Aiken

    The Princess Knight by G.A. Aiken

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    An Amazon Best of the Month Selection A USA Today BestsellerIn New York Times bestselling author G.A. Aiken’s gripping new fantasy romance series, the Blacksmith Queen must confront armies and pretenders desperate to take her new-won crown. But with the Princess Knight at her side and a centaur warrior clan at her back, she’ll risk everything for victory . .
  • Mating Cinder by Milly Taiden

    Mating Cinder by Milly Taiden

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Cinder Brady has big plans. She wants to use her platform as a social media influence to start her own brand of organic cosmetics. Nothing will stand in her way. Not the company that refuses to do business with her until she has a formal education. And definitely not the grumpy and drop-dead-handsome mathematics professor who is hired to teach her private lessons...
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    shapeshifters  witches  m-f  paranormal  fantasy  angels  demons
  • Savage Basilisk by Terry Bolryder

    Savage Basilisk by Terry Bolryder

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    A basilisk with a secret, a wounded woman trying to protect the world and a ranch full of friends to help them…As a monster among monsters, Ajax is aware that most people are terrified of him. They should be. He’s a savage killer that makes no apologies for what he is. In spite of that, he still wants to find a mate...
  • Claimed By The Barbarian Dragon by Terry Bolryder

    Claimed By The Barbarian Dragon by Terry Bolryder

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A brand new dragon series from the dragon shifter queen herself. Terry Bolryder has written more than 40 well-beloved dragon shifter novels and returns with a fresh new take on dragons in Crystals, Curves and Castles...
  • Held In Contempt by Jade Thorn

    Held In Contempt by Jade Thorn

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Melody needs to keep Dean and The Apex free from her aunt’s machinations, she simply must escape Coven Bestia. Her aunt is angered by Dean’s continuing absence and wants Melody to return to the compound as soon as possible.While she might be safer at Adolphus Academy, not everyone is happy to have her there - especially when she’s bonded to a much-desired member of The Apex...
  • Fighting For Her Dragon by Julia Mills

    Fighting For Her Dragon by Julia Mills

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    There Are No Coincidences…. Given a fairy tale life by the clan of dragon shifters that rescued her as a little girl, Emma Sinclair long ago accepted she might never solve the mystery of her heritage. Of course, that was before she could feel the traitor’s pain, before she knew he was slipping away. And before the unthinkable happened… he called to her in the language of his kin...
    Categorized as:
    witches  shapeshifters  magic  fantasy  paranormal
  • Talon/Xavier by Alexandra Ivy, Laura Wright

    Talon/Xavier by Alexandra Ivy, Laura Wright

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    New Year. New Species. Welcome to the Wildlands. TALON After the tragic death of his parents when Talon was young, he’s dedicated his life to protecting the Pantera. To the strikingly gorgeous man, loyalty and honor mean everything. So it’s no surprise that he’s determined to treat Isi Rousseau as the enemy...
  • Her Vampire Hero by Nicolina Martin

    Her Vampire Hero by Nicolina Martin

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Don’t go looking for the monsters in the shadows. They will find you. The young doctor in the ER thought she saved my life. I repaid her kindness by stealing her away from everything she knew. I fought the devil in me, but I have lived too long, and am too lonely to deprive myself of her. She will be my perfect submissive. My pet. My true north...
    Categorized as:
    witches  shapeshifters  m-f  fantasy  vampires  paranormal  bdsm
  • Lian / Roch by Alexandra Ivy, Laura Wright

    Lian / Roch by Alexandra Ivy, Laura Wright

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    LIAN The Hunter: Lian isn’t a happy puma. He’s a lethal Hunter who should be out fighting the enemy, not babysitting a human scholar. Still, he’ll do whatever necessary to rid the world of the evil goddess, Shakpi. And there’s the bonus of spending a few hours away from his family of Nurturers who have been smothering him with love...
  • The Dragon of Sedona by Genevieve Jack

    The Dragon of Sedona by Genevieve Jack

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Darkness he can't forget. Light he’s afraid to remember. Magic that could change everything.Exiled dragon prince Alexander never recovered from the murder of his mate Maiara, an indigenous healer he met over three centuries ago. Every waking breath is a painful reminder of what he lost, his grief compounded by the constant presence of her immortal red-tailed hawk, bound to him since her death...
  • Dark Heat: The Dark Kings Stories by Donna Grant

    Dark Heat: The Dark Kings Stories by Donna Grant

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    The Dark Kings are sworn to defend an ancient legacy of dragon magic. But their fiercest challenge lies in the modern world, where a woman’s love conquers all. These are their stories...
  • Dusk Unveiled by Carrie Ann Ryan

    Dusk Unveiled by Carrie Ann Ryan

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    NYT Bestselling Author Carrie Ann Ryan continues her magical paranormal series where a town keeps its secrets, but an aging curse might just be their downfall.The Christopher curse is one of legend—so old that every new generation knows they will be touched by it...
    Categorized as:
    shapeshifters  witches  m-f  paranormal  fantasy  suspense
  • A Sky Full of Stars by Kristen Painter

    A Sky Full of Stars by Kristen Painter

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Shadowvale isn’t your typical small town America. The sun never shines, the gates decide who enters, magic abounds, and every resident bears some kind of curse.Lexi Gardner is a rare creature with a nearly unlimited supply of magic. Unfortunately, that magic has gotten a little low. That’s all right...
  • Destined for Time by Stacie Simpson

    Destined for Time by Stacie Simpson

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    An erotic romance with a paranormal twist... One night of forbidden passion will never be forgotten - or forgiven. Prophetic visions, conspiring enemies, and epic battles are nothing unusual at the Myths and Legends Casino Resort where dreams and nightmares come to life and nothing is outside the realm of possibilities...
  • Defeating Wicked Blaze by M. Sinclair

    Defeating Wicked Blaze by M. Sinclair

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I couldn’t remember what life was like before Wicked Blaze Correctional. The place had left a permanent imprint on my brain. A bloody, savage tattoo that seemed to shade everything in dark, cynical colors. Jaded. That was the lens I viewed the world through. Any rose-colored glasses I once owned had been dropped and stepped on, ground into the cold, hard floor of my cell...
  • Rage/Killian by Alexandra Ivy, Laura Wright

    Rage/Killian by Alexandra Ivy, Laura Wright

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Get Wild in the Wildlands From New York Times Bestsellers, Alexandra Ivy and Laura Wright, the heat of the bayou is back with RAGE/KILLIAN in an all-new duel 'tail'. Enter the Wildlands where a new, volatile danger threatens the sizzling hot Pantera...
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    shapeshifters  magic  m-f  paranormal  fantasy
  • Angel/Hiss by Alexandra Ivy, Laura Wright

    Angel/Hiss by Alexandra Ivy, Laura Wright

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Books 13 & 14 of the USA Today Bestselling Series! ANGEL Dr. Angel Savary is dedicated to his skills as a Healer. After the death of his mother, he’s determined never to fail another Pantera. But when he’s kidnapped by a human female, he discovers that her brutal past offers the answers he’s been seeking. Even more astonishing, she stirs his cat with a ruthless need to claim her...
    Categorized as:
    shapeshifters  magic  m-f  fantasy  paranormal
  • Dragon Released by Terry Bolryder

    Dragon Released by Terry Bolryder

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Can a curvy baker help this broken dragon find peace?Born in a lab and tortured for a lifetime, hybrid dragon Dallin has never had a real home or a purpose beyond revenge. And he doesn't expect that to change now, even if he's forced to be some human's bodyguard. Then he meets Jo, the curvy baker he needs to protect...
    Categorized as:
    shapeshifters  witches  m-f  paranormal  fantasy
  • Her Love, Her Dragon: The Saga Begins by Julia Mills

    Her Love, Her Dragon: The Saga Begins by Julia Mills

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Abigail Donovan is a woman ahead of her time. She wants to be more than a housewife that embroiders all day, she wants to be out in the world! Finally, the day comes but the world beyond the manor has dangers she never imagined and the biggest one of all is to her heart. Manus O’Brien is a Knight of the Round Table...
    Categorized as:
    witches  shapeshifters  magic  fantasy  paranormal
  • Only For Her Dragon by Julia Mills, Lisa Miller

    Only For Her Dragon by Julia Mills, Lisa Miller

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Book 5 in the Dragon Guard series. The books can be read as stand-alone stories, but it is advisable to read them in order to get the most enjoyment from the series. There Are No Coincidences... The last bachelor in a Force of elite Dragon Guardsmen, Aaron O'Brien decided long ago that single was the only way to be. Mates and children and happily ever after were for his brethren...
    Categorized as:
    witches  shapeshifters  magic  fantasy  paranormal
  • For The Love Of Her Dragon by Julia Mills

    For The Love Of Her Dragon by Julia Mills

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Kyra St. Croix is a strong, feisty, independent woman who is not afraid to tell speak her mind. An incredibly powerful white witch born of the High Priestess and a human father, she hasn’t let a little thing like lack of height stop her from having the life she knows she deserves...
  • Spellbound by Rebecca L. Garcia

    Spellbound by Rebecca L. Garcia

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    A dark and twisted fantasy standalone romance, where hate and love collide in a world filled with snarky witches and vengeful gods. Perfect for fans of To Kill a Kingdom and Kingdom of the WickedGrieving being torn from her beloved sister, who remained behind in the human kingdom, Elle makes it her life purpose to become a keeper in her cursekeeper coven.But this calling won’t be an easy one...
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