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My Angel by Alanea Alder
Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsVivian Mercy has been running from the past for so long she doesn’t know any other way of life. When a panicked call comes from one of her only friends she finds herself returning to the city of her nightmares where her dedication as a doctor and resolve to help others is put to the test. Etain Vi’Aerlin has been watching over Noctem Falls for centuries... -
Sinfully Delicious by Amanda M. Lee
Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsStormy Morgan left her hometown of Shadow Hills, Michigan, with one goal: to write the great American novel and strike it rich. She sold her novel not long after college, did relatively well, and then fell off a cliff into obscurity. Now, without a book contract, she’s back at her family restaurant in a one-stoplight town … and she’s convinced things couldn’t possibly get worse... -
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... -
The Burning Witch by Delemhach
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsDelemhach returns with another heartwarming and humorous blend of fantasy, romance, and mystery in The Burning Witch , the first book of a new House Witch sequel series.Follow the adventures of Lady Katarina Ashowan, daughter of a beloved hero and best friend to Daxaria’s princess, as she navigates the unknown land of Troivack alongside royalty... -
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Highland Magic: The Complete Series by Helen Harper
Rated: 4.72 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe entire Highland Magic series in one thrilling volume. Daring adventure, captivating romance - and maybe a haggis or two. Gifted Thief Honour Bound Veiled Threat Last Wish Integrity Taylor walked away from the Sidhe when she was a child. Orphaned and bullied, she simply had no reason to stay, especially not when the sins of her father were going to remain on her shoulders... -
My Champion by Alanea Alder
Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsDeclan Lionhart has been running interference between the Founding Families and the citizens of Noctem Falls since the day he arrived in the city. His hopes of being a simple unit warrior crumbles in the face of their troubles and it looks like he will always be bound by his family’s political legacy... -
Trouble With the Cursed by Kim Harrison
Rated: 4.59 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsRachel Morgan must keep her friends close—and her enemies closer—in the next Hollows novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Kim Harrison.Rachel Morgan, witch-born demon, has one unspoken rule: take chances, but pay for them yourself... -
Cursed Mate by Linsey Hall
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsFor Cursed Mates, it’s kill or be killed. Unless we find a way out.There’s no other way to say it: I’m up a creek without a paddle. Sure, some things are going great. My supernatural sleuth business is up and running, and I’ve got a group of fab friends.On the other hand, I’m one half of a cursed mate bond, and we’re reaching the end of the line... -
Witch, Interrupted by Amanda M. Lee
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThings have been quiet in Hemlock Cove. That means the Winchesters are due to find trouble.This time, the trouble comes in the form of a dead radio doctor who calls himself Dr. Lovelorn and fixes relationships in distress. Unfortunately for the Winchesters, if he can’t help his normal patients, he’s going to help them… whether they want it or not... -
The Lies of Vampires and Slayers by K.M. Shea
By night, they fight in a dangerous game of cat-and-mouse. By day, they are friendly next-door neighbors. Neither of them know that their alter egos are archenemies.I’ve spent my life training in the family business of slaying vampires, but I’m tired of all the death. I want to prove we slayers can help society, not just break it... -
Warrior Fae Princess by K.F. Breene
Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsWith Charity's fate on the line, Devon and his pack must face the perils of the Realm in search of the elusive warrior fae. With no real experience and against some of the most powerful creatures in existence, they are fighting a losing battle. Thankfully, they don't have to do it alone... -
How to Live an Undead Lie by Hailey Edwards
Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsWhen a fledgling vampire arrives at Woolworth House searching for his maker, Grier is forced to relive her time in Atramentous. Most of those years are as dark and empty in her memory as she was in her cell. She can't remember her progeny, or the night she resuscitated him, but she can protect him from the Society. As long as she's willing to barter with her grandfather to do it... -
Sweetwater and the Witch by Jayne Castle
Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsWelcome to the world of Harmony, where—despite its name, things are anything but—danger lurks just beneath the surface in this new novel by New York Times bestselling author, Jayne Castle.If there’s something Ravenna Chastain knows, it’s when to end things... -
The Unlikeable Demon Hunter: Crave by Deborah Wilde
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsWhat doesn’t kill you ... seriously messes with your love life. Nava is happily settling into her new relationship and life is all giddy joy and stolen kisses. Except when it’s assassins. Talk about a mood killer... -
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Something to Witch About by Amanda M. Lee
Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsLife's a witch...and then you die. It's the dying part vexing Bay Winchester these days. She may be a long-suffering daughter, thankless newspaper editor, and keyed-up girlfriend, but she's barely holding off a royal freakout. Landon's family is visiting the inn -- and they're not exactly open minded... -
Devilish Game by Linsey Hall
Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsLove is Death. Life as I know it is irrevocably changed. I’m now the leader of the Shadow Guild, a ragtag bunch of supernaturals who don’t quite fit in anywhere but together. It should be perfect, but of course the magical world is never so easy. For one, the man that I’m falling for—the Devil of Darkvale—is doomed by a curse that will drag him to hell... -
Witch Me Luck by Amanda M. Lee
Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsHemlock Cove is celebrating a magical birthday, and familiar faces from different places are descending on the town to participate in the party. Everyone is looking forward to the festivities except Bay Winchester, who would rather be hiding from her high school nemesis than chatting her up in the town square. Lila Stevens hasn’t changed since graduation, and Bay remains her favorite target... -
Embrace the Light by Jocelynn Drake
Rated: 4.86 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsA Tragic Story Comes to Light.At last, Caelan and his companions are heading to see a long-time ally of Erya.But New Rosanthe soldiers have already moved into the city, and nothing is quite as it seems.Even as old betrayals reveal new enemies, Caelan’s main goal remains the God of Wisdom and the truth.The only problem is that time is running out and the Dead God is waiting to claim him... -
Rogue Ghosts & Other Miscreants by Annette Marie, Rob Jacobsen
As a former con-artist, I love a convoluted, mind-bending scheme as much as the next guy. But as a recently promoted MagiPol agent, I love it significantly less than that guy.Especially when the life of a kidnapped teen hangs in the balance.Between confusing orders and conflicting evidence, this whole investigation has me and my partner, Lienna, spinning in circles... -
Bonds of Cupidity by Raven Kennedy
Note to my stupid cupid self: The next time I go and anchor myself to a hot covey, make sure those anchors aren't about to compete in a fight to the death. Yeah. Total downer. I have a body now and I don't intend to lose it. I also don't intend to lose the genfins that I've grown so attached to... -
Witching on a Star by Amanda M. Lee
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsWhen you're a witch, being wicked comes naturally. For the Winchester witches, though, being wicked is only half the fun. After a long winter, spring has finally hit Hemlock Cove and Bay Winchester thinks things are finally settling down in the town – and with her family. Unfortunately, just the opposite is true... -
A Witchmas Carol: A Wicked Witches of the Midwest Fantasy by Amanda M. Lee
Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsChristmas is here but the Winchester witches aren’t exactly teeming with good cheer. Well, they are, but it’s not the sort of Christmas cheer Aunt Tillie wants waiting for her under this year’s tree. When Aunt Tillie finds out her great-nieces want to separate for Christmas Day – forgoing the family’s annual tradition – she decides to teach them a little lesson... -
Shadow's Bane by Karen Chance
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsHalf-human, half-vampire Dorina Basarab is back--and facing her biggest challenge yet in the next urban fantasy in the New York Times bestselling series. Dorina Basarab is a dhampir--half-human, half-vampire. As one of the Vampire Senate's newest members, Dory already has a lot on her plate. But then a relative of one of Dory's fey friends goes missing... -
On a Witch and a Prayer: A Wicked Witches of the Midwest Short by Amanda M. Lee
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFBI Agent Landon Michaels is looking forward to a weekend of fun and ease with his witchy love, Bay Winchester. Unfortunately for him, relaxation isn’t in the cards. When his boss hands him a cold case from Hemlock Cove before he leaves for an extended weekend, Landon is annoyed. When Thistle Winchester gets a vision from the file, bother turns to intrigue... -
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Whose Midlife Crisis Is It Anyway? : A Paranormal Women's Fiction Novel: Good To The Last Death Book Two by Robyn Peterman
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsA Paranormal Women's Fiction with a bit of class, and a lot of sass, for anyone who feels like age is just a number!Midlife's a journey. Enjoy the ride. Crisis included.Never knew that life after death was far more dangerous than real life.Never in my forty years did I think my new normal would be gluing body parts back onto ghosts and hosting a houseful of dead squatters... -
Gray Days by Hailey Edwards
Rated: 4.62 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsBlack Hat Bureau, Book 9The Black Hat compound is rubble on the ocean floor, the director hasn’t been seen since the explosion that demolished his life’s work, and old enemies have decided it’s open season on the remaining agents. Oh. And Arden has decided now is a great time for a surprise visit to force a confrontation with Rue... -
Sucks To Be Me: A Paranormal Women's Fiction Novel by Kristen Painter
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA Paranormal Women's Fiction for anyone who feels like age is just a number and midlife still has magic! When 49-year-old Belladonna Barrone’s mobbed up husband does her the favor of dying in a car accident, she thinks she’s finally free of the crime family she unwittingly married into. Then the boss tells her that she has to complete her husband’s last job before that freedom is truly hers... -
Dark Secrets by Linsey Hall
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsSome secrets change the worldThe good news: I have a new life in a crazy city full of actual magic. Wild, right? The bad news: I still don’t have a guild, which means I’m halfway to being an outlaw. My days here are numbered.When an enchanted book reveals dark secrets from Guild City’s past, a dangerous threat rises. Worse, it has stained my friend Mac with a deadly curse... -
A Gilded Cage by Auburn Tempest, Michael Anderle
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsYe screw with this lass, ye get put on yer ass.Life sucker-punched me...I have family I didn’t know about, a magical heritage laying its claim, and a mystery I apparently need to solve.There are three things I love most in life…my wild and crazy Irish family, Redbreast Whiskey at Shenanigans, and living in Toronto... -
The Unlikeable Demon Hunter: Need by Deborah Wilde
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsLess Hopelessly Devoted, more Worse Things I Could Do. Nava is hot on the heels of a demonic serial killer and finally working with her brother. The assignment should be a dream come true, not a nightmarish power struggle made worse by her twin's refusal to believe there's corruption within the Brotherhood... -
Queen of the Fae by Linsey Hall
Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsI am destined to kill my fated mate. Fate is a meddling b*tch. First, it decreed that my mate would be Tarron, King of the Seelie Fae. He's gorgeous, arrogant, and for the longest time, I hated him. Until I didn't. Problem is... as soon as I start to fall for him, fate meddles again. Apparently, I’m fated to kill Tarron. To make matters worse, our Fae courts are at war... -
A Celtic Witch by Debora Geary
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsCassidy Farrell is a world-class Celtic fiddler. And if she has her way, that's exactly who she'll stay.Except that's not what the rocks have in mind. Or a certain fetching spell. Or the truth working its way free in her own heart... -
Witch at Last by Juliette Harper
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA lot has changed for Jinx Hamilton in just a few months. After the mishaps that befell her in Witch At Odds, Jinx just wants to enjoy the rest of the summer, but she’s not going to be that lucky. Just as she’s poised to tell her friends she’s a witch, secrets start popping out all over the place... -
The Unlikeable Demon Hunter: Fall by Deborah Wilde
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsPlaytime’s over. With the Brotherhood and certain witches gunning for Nava, people are taking bets on who will kill her first. Not to mention that the shambles of her relationship have just been thrust into the spotlight for a mission to take down one of the deadliest demons she’s faced yet. A demon who’ll force her and Rohan to confront their own inner demons once and for all... -
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Hellbound Guilds & Other Misdirections by Annette Marie, Rob Jacobsen
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsAgent Kit Morris. Has a nice ring, doesn't it?It's a big step up from "wanted criminal" or "that weird con-artist guy with weirder psychic powers"—both of which recently applied to me. But my promotion to MagiPol agent comes with a few drawbacks.First, supremely talented and effortlessly gorgeous Agent Lienna Shen won't agree to a dinner date with me... -
The Vampire's Fake Fiancée by Kristen Painter
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsWelcome to Nocturne Falls, the town where Halloween is celebrated 365 days a year. The tourists think it's all a show: the vampires, the werewolves, the witches, the occasional gargoyle flying through the sky. But the supernaturals populating the town know better. Living in Nocturne Falls means being yourself. Fangs, fur, and all. Sebastian Ellingham isn’t known for being a happy vampire... -
Better than Hex by Annabel Chase
Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsWelcome to Spellbound, where paranormal is the new normal.Struggling to make sense of recent changes in her life, witch-in-training Emma Hart decides to pursue therapy as well as a budding friendship with Markos, the town's most eligible minotaur and a talented architect... -
A Lost Witch by Debora Geary
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsHannah Kendrick has spent the last twelve years fighting for her sanity. And the doctor who has stood by her side has run out of options... -
Fae Unchained by Elle Middaugh, Ann Denton
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe mages abandoned me in this brutal war.They just made the biggest mistake of their lives.As a rogue princess and ex-chief enforcer, I know all their magic tricks. And now that I’m mated not just to a wolf shifter, but his bear shifter best friend, I’ve got two good reasons to fight for the opposite side.But the Mage Council is used to winning, and they’ll stop at nothing to ensure we lose... -
Hell On Heels by Robyn Peterman
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsWhere does a Demon go when she gets deported from Hell? Kentucky. Eden, Kentucky to be more specific—where nothing is exactly as it seems. My name is Dixie. I’m a Demon—a lousy Demon. I’m a twenty-one year old virgin and I have a battery operated boyfriend. My magic is iffy at best and downright dangerous at worst. Leaving Hell to represent my race is not high on my list of things to do... -
Luck of the Demon by Stacia Stark
Within a matter of days, Samael will turn to ash.And there’s a high chance I’ll die with him. To save both our lives, I’m calling in every favor and debt owed to me.I’ll travel through realms.I’ll tussle with mythical creatures. And I’ll hand over the things I value most– even if it means playing right into Lucifer’s hands.I never could have imagined I’d risk everything for a demon... -
Immortal by Lauretta Hignett
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsImmortality sucks.Just ask Imogen Gray – over two-hundred thousand years old and teetering on the edge of total insanity.All throughout history, she’s been hunted by an ancient creature who finds her and rips her to pieces every time she dares to access her deepest powers. But Imogen always regenerates. Slowly. Painfully.She’s on a mission to find answers. She’s almost found them... -
Dervishes Don't Dance by Kim McDougall
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsA Guardian is dead. Fae are missing. And someone has let a golem loose in town. Ride along with Kyra Greene, the only pest controller qualified to deal with the strange and wonderful creatures that come out the shadows when magic flares.Dervishes Don’t Dance is the second book in the Valkyrie Bestiary series... -
Witching For Grace by Deanna Chase
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA Paranormal Women's Fiction with a bit of class, and a lot of sass, for anyone who feels like age is just a number! Welcome to Premonition Pointe, where witches take care of their own. Grace Valentine had the perfect marriage and a great career managing her husband’s real estate office. Or so she thought until three months ago when she was served with divorce papers... -
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Gray Seas by Hailey Edwards
After the challenge for the throne of Hael went sideways, Rue expected Stavros to place a bounty on Asa’s head, but she didn’t expect him to pin an even bigger target on her back. Then again, it was her fault he was forced to turn tail and run from the fight during a live broadcast to the entire kingdom. That had to sting his pride... -
Witch on Third by Juliette Harper
Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsJinx and crew have just survived Briar Hollow's first annual paranormal festival -- SpookCon1 as Tori calls it, but on the last night, they get a nasty surprise... -
Spell's Bells by Annabel Chase
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsWelcome to Spellbound, where paranormal is the new normal. When a sleeping dwarf is found entombed in a glass coffin and remedial witch Sophie is blamed, Emma Hart must defend her friend while trying to get to the bottom of the enchantment... -
Fashionably Dead in Diapers by Robyn Peterman
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsAnd I thought being half Vampyre/half Demon was hard…That’s nothing compared to being a mother. Sweet baby Moses in a boob tube, there aren’t any books on raising True Immortals so let me give you a few tips… ~Make a map of every closet and bathroom in your home if you enjoy having sex... -
Revenge & Rapture by Deborah Wilde
Ash is tightening the noose on her enemies…… and losing her grip on reality.Ash’s revenge plans for Chariot and Isaac Montefiore take a surreal turn when Isaac’s wife hires Ash to retrieve an item that Isaac is obsessed with finding. Ash takes the job, but this quest throws her back into Levi’s path and puts Rafael in grave danger... -
Shifters in the Shadows: Seventeen Paranormal Romances of Sexy Shifters, Dangerous Vamps, & Things That Go Bump in the Night by J.K. Harper, Jacqueline Sweet
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratings17 Brand-New, Exclusive, Stand-Alone Paranormal Romances. Never before released! The night is dark and something bewitching hides in its depths. These seductive vampires, sexy-as-hell shifters, dominating dragons, and possessive spirits will take your breath away. After one taste of their delicious darkness you'll never miss the light again...
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