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  • The Silver Siren by Chanda Hahn

    The Silver Siren by Chanda Hahn

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Every journey has an end. Unable to find the answers she sought in Skyfell, Thalia, Joss, and Kael travel to Haven with a prisoner in tow. An attack on the road waylays their plans, and Thalia finds herself traveling alone with Kael to the hidden sanctuary of the SwordBrothers. But war is on the horizon and the Raven is amassing his army...
  • Gulf Lynx by Fiona Quinn

    Gulf Lynx by Fiona Quinn

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    The road to Hell is paved with good intentions.In this woman’s action adventure, with an explosive psychic twist, USA Today bestselling author Fiona Quinn takes her reader into a world of international crime, terror, spies, and resistance networks...
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  • Souls by Ednah Walters

    Souls by Ednah Walters

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    WARNING: This is CORA'S story: This book may be considered NA (new adult) because it contains some swearing, violence and sex scenes: Suitable for ages 17 and up. A Clean Version will also be available on Amazon. Eighteen-year-old Cora Jemison knows what it’s like to date a soul reaper. There are no Friday night movies, no school dances, and no stolen kisses between classes...
  • Thirty and a Half Excuses by Denise Grover Swank

    Thirty and a Half Excuses by Denise Grover Swank

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    Life in Henryetta, Arkansas is turned upside down with the arrival of a televangelist, but it’s the death of a little old lady on Rose’s street that catches her attention. The Henryetta police deem her death natural causes, but Rose suspects foul play and so does an unlikely supporter–-the president of the Busy Body Club, her eighty-two year old neighbor Mildred...
  • Chilled to the Crone by Amanda M. Lee

    Chilled to the Crone by Amanda M. Lee

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Scout Randall has a big new enemy that just happens to be wearing a familiar face.Full description coming soon...
  • Cuff Lynx by Fiona Quinn

    Cuff Lynx by Fiona Quinn

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    More of this is true than you would believe.In her most thrilling novel yet, USA Today bestselling author Fiona Quinn exposes the dark forces threatening America. The Hydra, a monstrous group that includes a secret society that will do anything for power, is ready to strike, and only Lexi stands a chance to stop them.It’s a mind-bending plot of control and destruction...
  • Whiskey & Witches by T.M. Cromer

    Whiskey & Witches by T.M. Cromer

    Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When the golden Son sacrifices for the shunned One, only then can the curse be undone...Carrick O'Malley lost his wife in a tragic accident and is dealing with his heartbroken, mute son...
  • A Day Like This by Kelley McNeil

    A Day Like This by Kelley McNeil

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    What if everything you’ve ever loved, ever known, ever believed to be true…just disappeared?Annie Beyers has everything—a beautiful house, a loving husband, and an adorable daughter. It’s a day like any other when she takes Hannah to the pediatrician…until she wakes hours later from a car accident. When she asks for her daughter, confused doctors tell Annie that Hannah never existed...
  • Broken Prince by Jen Wylie

    Broken Prince by Jen Wylie

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Sometimes, when you're broken, you can heal on your own. Sometimes, you need the help of your friends, your family, and the people you love. Keeping those pieces together when the world seems intent on ripping you apart is the greatest challenge of all. Especially when the ones you love, the ones who hold you together, start falling apart themselves...
  • Prince of Storms by Riley Storm

    Prince of Storms by Riley Storm

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    My storms brought only thunder and darkness.Until her.She is the lightning that charges my soul and tempts my body. I’m supposed to be composed and regal, a future prince of dragons. But a simple look from her sets the tempest inside me raging. I cannot be expected to control myself around her. I have needs, and they start and end with her...
  • The Enchanted Garden Cafe by Abigail Drake

    The Enchanted Garden Cafe by Abigail Drake

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    For her sixth birthday, Fiona Campbell’s mother, Claire, made her a peace sign piñata filled with wishes for a better planet instead of candy. When she got her period, her mother held a womanhood ceremony at their café and invited the neighborhood. On her sixteenth birthday, they celebrated with a drum circle...
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    new adult  magic  contemporary  humor  fantasy  paranormal
  • Aura of Night by Heather Graham

    Aura of Night by Heather Graham

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    True evil never dies. It only waits in the dark.All book editor Megan Law wants is to bury the memory of her brutal kidnapping and move on with her life. So when her publisher asks her to spin her hellish experience into the next bestseller, Megan agrees only because it might help keep other women safe...
  • She Came from the Swamp by Darva Green

    She Came from the Swamp by Darva Green

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 6 ratings
    When the creature from your nightmares turns out to be the woman of your dreams...Nadezhda is running away from her problems—mainly her family's supernatural murder cult that's constantly putting her loved ones in danger. Fortunately, her grandmother left her the house at the edge of a swamplife preserve so she can go off-grid for a while...
  • The Shadowed Sun by N.K. Jemisin

    The Shadowed Sun by N.K. Jemisin

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Gujaareh, the city of dreams, suffers under the imperial rule of the Kisuati Protectorate. A city where the only law was peace now knows violence and oppression. And nightmares: a mysterious and deadly plague haunts the citizens of Gujaareh, dooming the infected to die screaming in their sleep...
  • The Iron Butterfly by Chanda Hahn

    The Iron Butterfly by Chanda Hahn

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    Imprisoned, starved and left with no memories, Thalia awakens to find herself at the mercy of an evil cult known as the Septori. Their leader has chosen Thalia as the test subject for a torture device of untold power, designed to change and twist her into something that is neither human nor Denai. Escaping, Thalia finds an unwilling warrior to protect her and an unlikely Denai to befriend her...
  • Savage Love by G.K. DeRosa

    Savage Love by G.K. DeRosa

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When I entered this competition, I never thought there would be so much at stake. Not only is my poor little battered heart on the line, but so is my life.As the dreaded family visits continue, more devastating secrets are revealed. And one changes everything.I’m only just recovering from the shock when it’s time for another elimination, and this one proves to be the hardest of all...
  • Rexx by Tasha Black

    Rexx by Tasha Black

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Their sights are trained on love. But will they survive a ride on the Iron Peregrine?Abigail Shaw can’t believe her good luck. The Alien Adoption Agency has selected her to adopt adorable baby Rio. And baby Rio comes with Rexx, a handsome Invicta warrior guard, whose dark eyes seduce Abigail before he even opens his mouth. When he offers her his mate bond, she thinks things can’t get any better...
  • Voice of Fear by Heather Graham

    Voice of Fear by Heather Graham

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    A killer is looking to silence them, once and for all. FBI agent Jordan Wallace is close to cracking the human trafficking case she’s been working, when she does the one thing she should never do: let her guard down. The botched undercover mission is semisalvaged by the last-minute appearance of criminal psychologist Patrick Law, but Jordan can’t imagine making a worse first impression...
  • Taking Nicole by Krystal Shannan

    Taking Nicole by Krystal Shannan

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The last thing Nicole Demakis remembers was getting in the car with Sarah's kidnapper and driving away. Now she faces the cold hard truth. The kidnapper, an agent of the Council, is her mate. But he refuses to claim her, and the Council may take everything away before she even has a chance to convince him to trust her...
  • The Last Time I Saw Her by Karen Robards

    The Last Time I Saw Her by Karen Robards

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    In the sizzling new novel from New York Times bestselling author Karen Robards, Dr. Charlie Stone must prove the innocence of a dangerously sexy condemned man, or lose her one chance at true love. In this world, Dr. Charlotte “Charlie” Stone skillfully probes the twisted minds of incarcerated serial killers to better understand what makes them tick, and to help nab those who remain at large...
  • Seized by Seduction by Brenda Jackson

    Seized by Seduction by Brenda Jackson

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 12 ratings
    One glance is all it takesFrom the moment his eyes meet hers across the crime-scene tape, ex-con turned bodyguard Quasar Patterson knows he has to see the mysterious Dr. Randi Fuller again. She's a renowned psychic investigator who can foresee danger for others, but not for herself...
  • Double Take: An FBI Thriller by Catherine Coulter

    Double Take: An FBI Thriller by Catherine Coulter

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    It's been more than six months since her husband's brutal death, and Julia Ransom is just beginning to breathe again. She loved her husband, renowned psychic August Ransom, but the media frenzy that followed his murder sapped what little strength she had left. Now, after dinner with friends, strolling along San Francisco's Pier 39, she realizes that she's happy...
  • Finding My Faith by Carly Fall

    Finding My Faith by Carly Fall

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Landon “Blackhawk” Walker is ready to get out of the Navy SEALs. He has seen and done enough, and can’t wait to get to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico where three tasks await him: get back into civilian mode, take a boat out to the El Arco Rocks, and win back the heart of the woman he lost because of his career...
  • A Contemporary Mythos Yuletide by Carly Spade

    A Contemporary Mythos Yuletide by Carly Spade

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    After becoming Leader and Goddess of the Muses, Laurel Berg has been able to do what she could never fully achieve as a mortal--inspiring others and giving them the spark. But as the holidays draw near, her first holiday as a Greek goddess with the love of her life, Apollo, she strives to create an entirely new spark...
  • Mercury Rising: A Brides for the Blood Lords Novella by Alessa Thorn

    Mercury Rising: A Brides for the Blood Lords Novella by Alessa Thorn

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Welcome to Inferno, the city where monsters rule and only the strong survive. Each district is ruled by a different species and if you choose to come and dance with these devils, you're never going to be the same again. Mercury Rising, is a standalone novella that is a sizzling vampire tale drenched in bloodlust and revenge, perfect for readers seeking their spice in the shadows...
  • A Contemporary Mythos Halloween by Carly Spade

    A Contemporary Mythos Halloween by Carly Spade

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    When Stephanie became the Queen of the Underworld and goddess of the Elysian Fields, she exchanged her mortal life for an immortal one—a marriage to Hades, the King of Ash and Bone himself. In time she would become submerged into the new life of a Greek goddess, but a human life with human customs was all she knew, leaving her with momentary bouts of homesickness...
  • Games of Death and Desire by Eva Chase

    Games of Death and Desire by Eva Chase

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    To prove I'm not a monster, I have to play a monstrous game. The men I'm falling for have discovered my horrific secret. Only the intervention of a god has saved me and my forbidden magic from the gallows... for now. We've barely scraped the surface of the brutal conspiracy lurking at the royal college, and the threat looms ever larger...
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    magic  new adult  fantasy  contemporary  paranormal
  • LOBOS: Big Bend Wolves by Teresa Gabelman, Victoria Danann

    LOBOS: Big Bend Wolves by Teresa Gabelman, Victoria Danann

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Sometimes running away takes you straight to the thing you're running from. "...an explosive and dangerous triangle. You will be swept up in this fantastically written story of anger, loss, love and triumph...
  • Until I Die Again by Tina Wainscott

    Until I Die Again by Tina Wainscott

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Returning from Heaven can be Hell... Chris Copestakes’s young life ends in a second filled with twisting metal, shattering glass, and her own terrified cry. Against all odds, she wakes up in a hospital and discovers she’s been given a second chance. But there’s a catch. A big one...
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    suspense  magic  paranormal  fantasy  contemporary
  • Taken Home By The Grizzly: A fated-mates romance by Ariana Hawkes

    Taken Home By The Grizzly: A fated-mates romance by Ariana Hawkes

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Nanny wanted for three lively kids, the ad said. Traditional mountain home.What it didn’t mention was that the kids totally wild, and the house is a creepy dump.Then the parents disappear, leaving me all alone.The furnace is broken, it’s freezing cold, and the only person in sight is the big, surly mountain man who lives next door.The kids say he’s scary and walks around naked a lot...
  • Charred Hope by Lizzy Ford

    Charred Hope by Lizzy Ford

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Skylar struggles to save both the shifters and the slayers, but falls prey to the mastermind behind the disappearances of both. With a price on her head and her allies dwindling, she will survive only if she trusts Chace once more. She loves her dragon but fears the man inside will betray her again...
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    magic  new adult  contemporary  paranormal  fantasy
  • Weregild by Carole Cummings

    Weregild by Carole Cummings

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Book 2 of Wolf's-own The amorality of gods makes it hard to tell bad from good and right from wrong. Fen Jacin-rei doesn't care. All Fen cares about is saving his family, and he'll sacrifice anything that gets in his way. Including his own soul. No longer willing to wait for the machinations of the gods' minions, Fen accepts the trade Kamen Malick offers...
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    suspense  magic  contemporary  fantasy  paranormal
  • Hideaway by Fern Michaels

    Hideaway by Fern Michaels

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Part One of the New Three-Part Godmothers Serial!The best of friends, Toots, Ida, Mavis, and Sophie have been there for each other through thick and thin. Now Sophie needs the rest of the Godmothers to help her through something they’ve never faced before . . .As Sophie De Luca has learned, many things really are better the second time around...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  magic  contemporary  fantasy  paranormal
  • Burning Bright by Megan Derr

    Burning Bright by Megan Derr

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Nine gods ruled the world until the ultimate betrayal resulted in their destruction. Now, the world is dying, and only by restoring the Lost Gods can it be saved. In the land of Pozhar, the people fear the return of Zhar Ptitsa, the god of souls and rebirth who nearly destroyed them nine hundred years ago in a terrible rage...
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    magic  suspense  contemporary  fantasy  paranormal  m-m  queer
  • The Fortune Teller by Gwendolyn Womack

    The Fortune Teller by Gwendolyn Womack

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Semele Cavnow appraises antiquities for an exclusive Manhattan auction house, deciphering ancient texts—and when she discovers a manuscript written in the time of Cleopatra, she knows it will be the find of her career. Its author tells the story of a priceless tarot deck, now lost to history, but as Semele delves further, she realizes the manuscript is more than it seems...
  • Wicked Lies by Lisa Jackson, Nancy Bush

    Wicked Lies by Lisa Jackson, Nancy Bush

    Rated: 3.99 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    From the bestselling Sisters of Suspense, the first installment in their New York Times and USA Today bestselling series featuring a cult-like group of women with psychic abilities - reissued for the first time since its original release a decade ago! In the Oregon coastal hamlet of Deception Bay stands a mysterious lodge. Some call it the Colony; others whisper that it's a cult...
  • Fear No Evil by Debbie Johnson

    Fear No Evil by Debbie Johnson

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    WANT THE PERFECT HALLOWEEN READ?The dead don't like to be ignored…Jayne McCartney, Liverpool's only female private eye, is soon to get a crash course in this and other ghost-related facts.Until now she’s kept her snooping firmly to the dodgy, sometimes dangerous – but definitely human – Liverpool underworld...
  • Meet Your Match by Morriganmercy

    Meet Your Match by Morriganmercy

    Rated: 3.97 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    After the war, Draco Malfoy seeks refuge from infamy in the Muggle world. A friendly Muggle couple takes him under their wing, but there’s a problem: they are intent on setting him up with their best friend, Hermione Granger.Or, in which the Muggle friends Hermione Granger undoubtedly would have had will not take no for an answer...
  • Stitches in Time by Barbara Michaels

    Stitches in Time by Barbara Michaels

    Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    When an antique bridal quilt appears under mysterious circumstances at the vintage clothing shop where Rachel Grant works, she is fascinated. She has never been able to resist handmade textiles from the past, for she believes that through the ages, women wove protective magic into their fabrics in order to mark the important events of their lives: birth, marriage, and death...
  • The Burning by R.L. Stine

    The Burning by R.L. Stine

    Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    How did Fear Street gain its chilling reputation? Find out in the blood-chilling conclusion to R.L. Stine's terrifying trilogy. Journey back in time to when the Fear family first became evil, and Fear Street became a place of unspeakable terror...
  • The Catalain Book of Secrets (The Catalain Book of Secrets) by Jessica Lourey, Tony Van Den Einde

    The Catalain Book of Secrets (The Catalain Book of Secrets) by Jessica Lourey, Tony Van Den Einde

    Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Faith Falls is a snug little Minnesota town constructed over a mystery, a place where the most impressive building is a gorgeous Queen Anne with turrets, cantilevered gables, and a wraparound porch. In a concealed room beneath the twisting stairs of the Queen Anne lies the Catalain Book of Secrets, the repository of the wisdom the Catalain women have gathered since the beginning of time...
  • Ghost by Carole Cummings

    Ghost by Carole Cummings

    Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Dwelling in the land of Ada and defending magic users called the Jin, Fen Jacin-rei is a trained assassin and an Untouchable, one whose mind hosts the Voices of the Ancestors, spirits of long-dead magicians. His fate should be one of madness and solitude, yet Fen Jacin-rei desperately clings to his sanity and ferociously protects the family he loves...
  • The Chocolatier's Wife by Cindy Lynn Speer

    The Chocolatier's Wife by Cindy Lynn Speer

    Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Tasmin, William's wife to be, was chosen by a spell, as all wives and husbands are chosen. It's a nice, tidy way to find a reasonable mate for almost everyone...
  • While I Was Away by Stylo Fantome

    While I Was Away by Stylo Fantome

    Rated: 3.85 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    You were in a car accident.They say true love can last forever.You hit your head, which caused your brain to swell.Can span any distance, stretch across time, last beyond death.The pressure against your skull damaged your brain.Which leads one to wonder …The damage left you unresponsive to most kinds of stimuli...
  • Guarded by the Golem by Cara Wylde

    Guarded by the Golem by Cara Wylde

    Rated: 3.55 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 10 ratings
    Morals have no place in my line of work. Monster Security Agency stands on neutral ground. As long as the client pays, we don't question their motives. Especially when the job is as easy as the one I’m on now. All I have to do is stand guard outside a steel door in a mad scientist's basement. I don't even need to know who or what I'm guarding.Then one day, I peek behind the door...
  • All the Breaking Waves by Kerry Lonsdale

    All the Breaking Waves by Kerry Lonsdale

    Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    From the bestselling author of Everything We Keep comes a gripping tale of long-buried secrets, the strength of forgiveness, and the healing power of returning home for good. After a harrowing accident tore her family apart, Molly Brennan fled from the man she loved and the tragic mistake she made...
  • The Book Charmer by Karen Hawkins

    The Book Charmer by Karen Hawkins

    Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    New York Times bestselling author Karen Hawkins crafts an unforgettable story about a sleepy Southern town, two fiercely independent women, and a truly magical friendship.Sarah Dove is no ordinary bookworm. To her, books have always been more than just objects: they live, they breathe, and sometimes they even speak...
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    magic  new adult  humor  fantasy  contemporary  paranormal
  • A Story to Kill by Lynn Cahoon

    A Story to Kill by Lynn Cahoon

    Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Former English professor Cat Latimer is back in Colorado, hosting writers’ retreats in the big blue Victorian she’s inherited, much to her surprise, from none other than her carousing ex-husband! Now it’s an authors’ getaway—but Cat won’t let anyone get away with murder…The bed-and-breakfast is open for business, and bestselling author Tom Cook is among its first guests...
  • Pleating for Mercy by Melissa Bourbon, Melissa Bourbon Ramirez

    Pleating for Mercy by Melissa Bourbon, Melissa Bourbon Ramirez

    Rated: 3.82 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    When her great-grandmother passes away, Harlow Jane Cassidy leaves her job as a Manhattan fashion designer and moves back to Bliss, Texas. But when she opens a dressmaking boutique in the turn-of-the-century farmhouse she inherited, Harlow senses an inexplicable "presence"...
  • The Resurrection of Fulgencio Ramirez: A Novel by Rudy Ruiz

    The Resurrection of Fulgencio Ramirez: A Novel by Rudy Ruiz

    Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    In the 1950s, tensions remain high in the border town of La Frontera. Penny loafers and sneakers clash with boots and huaraches. Bowling shirts and leather jackets compete with guayaberas. Convertibles fend with motorcycles...
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