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  • Changes by Jim Butcher

    Changes by Jim Butcher

    46 ratings
    Long ago, Susan Rodriguez was Harry Dresden's lover-until she was attacked by his enemies, leaving her torn between her own humanity and the bloodlust of the vampiric Red Court. Susan then disappeared to South America, where she could fight both her savage gift and those who cursed her with it...
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    crime  demons  fae  humor  illinois  law-enforcement  magic  noir
  • Skin Game by Jim Butcher

    Skin Game by Jim Butcher

    41 ratings
    Harry Dresden, Chicago's only professional wizard, is about to have a very bad day…Because as Winter Knight to the Queen of Air and Darkness, Harry never knows what the scheming Mab might want him to do. Usually, it’s something awful.He doesn’t know the half of it…Mab has just traded Harry’s skills to pay off one of her debts...
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    crime  demons  fae  humor  illinois  law-enforcement  magic  noir
  • Cold Days by Jim Butcher

    Cold Days by Jim Butcher

    46 ratings
    You can't keep a good wizard down - even when he wants to stay that way.For years, Harry Dresden has been Chicago's only professional wizard, but a bargain made in desperation with the Queen of Air and Darkness has forced him into a new job: professional killer...
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    crime  demons  fae  humor  illinois  law-enforcement  magic  noir
  • Small Favor by Jim Butcher

    Small Favor by Jim Butcher

    46 ratings
    THE New York Times BestsellerHarry Dresden's life finally seems to be calming down -- until a shadow from the past returns. Mab, monarch of the Sidhe Winter Court, calls in an old favor from Harry -- one small favor that will trap him between a nightmarish foe and an equally deadly ally, and that will strain his skills -- and loyalties -- to their very limits...
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    crime  demons  fae  humor  illinois  law-enforcement  magic  noir
  • Proven Guilty by Jim Butcher

    Proven Guilty by Jim Butcher

    46 ratings
    There's no love lost between Harry Dresden, the only wizard in the Chicago phone book, and the White Council of Wizards, who find him brash and undisciplined. But war with the vampires has thinned their ranks, so the Council has drafted Harry as a Warden and assigned him to look into rumors of black magic in the Windy City...
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    crime  demons  fae  humor  illinois  law-enforcement  magic  noir
  • Turn Coat by Jim Butcher

    Turn Coat by Jim Butcher

    46 ratings
    Accused of treason against the Wizards of the White Council, Warden Morgan goes in search of Harry Dresden in a desperate attempt to clear his name and stop the deadly punishment from taking place in this latest thrilling addition to the Dresden Files series...
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    crime  demons  fae  humor  illinois  law-enforcement  magic  noir
  • Ever After by Kim Harrison

    Ever After by Kim Harrison

    30 ratings
    The ever after, the demonic realm that parallels the human world, is shrinking. If it disappears completely, so does all magic. It's up to witch-turned-daywalking-demon Rachel Morgan to avert catastrophe and keep life from changing... for the worse.While saving the world is important, it isn't Rachel's only motivation...
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    demons  fae  ghosts  humor  magic  paranormal  suspense  urban
  • Battle Ground by Jim Butcher

    Battle Ground by Jim Butcher

    31 ratings
    Harry has faced terrible odds before. He has a long history of fighting enemies above his weight class. The Red Court of vampires. The fallen angels of the Order of the Blackened Denarius. The Outsiders.But this time it’s different. A being more powerful and dangerous on an order of magnitude beyond what the world has seen in a millennium is coming. And she’s bringing an army...
  • White Night by Jim Butcher

    White Night by Jim Butcher

    47 ratings
    Wizard Harry Dresden must investigate his own flesh and blood when a series of killings strike Chicago’s magic practitioners in this novel in the #1 New York Times bestselling series.Someone is targeting the members of the city’s supernatural underclass—those who don’t possess enough power to become full-fledged wizards. Some have vanished. Others appear to be victims of suicide...
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    crime  demons  fae  humor  illinois  law-enforcement  magic  noir
  • Frost Burned by Patricia Briggs

    Frost Burned by Patricia Briggs

    38 ratings
    Patricia Briggs's novel River Marked was praised as "an urban fantasy where our everyday world is believably twisted into the world of fey, werewolves, vampires, and myths made real." Now Mercy Thompson faces a shapeshifter's biggest fear as the realm she has embraced is thrown into chaos...Mercy Thompson's life has undergone a seismic change...
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    fae  ghosts  humor  magic  north-america  paranormal  suspense  urban
  • Smoke Bitten by Patricia Briggs

    Smoke Bitten by Patricia Briggs

    29 ratings
    Mercy Thompson, car mechanic and shapeshifter, faces a threat unlike any other in this thrilling entry in the #1 New York Times bestselling series. I am Mercedes Athena Thompson Hauptman. My only "superpowers" are that I turn into a thirty-five pound coyote and fix Volkswagens. But I have friends in odd places and a pack of werewolves at my back. It looks like I'm going to need them...
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    demons  fae  ghosts  humor  magic  paranormal  suspense  urban
  • Pale Demon by Kim Harrison

    Pale Demon by Kim Harrison

    32 ratings
    Condemned and shunned for black magic, Rachel Morgan has three days to get to the annual witches’ conference and clear her name, or be trapped in the demonic ever-after . . . forever after.But a witch, an elf, a living vampire, and a pixy in one car going across the country? Talk about a recipe for certain disaster, even without being the targets for assassination...
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    demons  fae  magic  north-america  paranormal  suspense  urban  usa
  • The Outlaw Demon Wails by Kim Harrison

    The Outlaw Demon Wails by Kim Harrison

    34 ratings
    Note: This book is the same as The Outlaw Demon Wails. It was printed under both titles. To save the lives of her friends, Rachel did the unthinkable: she willingly trafficked in forbidden demon magic. And now her sins are coming home to haunt her...
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    crime  demons  fae  magic  north-america  paranormal  suspense  urban
  • Bone Crossed by Patricia Briggs

    Bone Crossed by Patricia Briggs

    46 ratings
    By day, Mercy is a car mechanic in the sprawling Tri-Cities of Eastern Washington. By night, she explores her preternatural side. As a shapeshifter with some unique talents, Mercy has often found herself having to maintain a tenuous harmony between the human and the not so human. This time she may get more than she bargained for...
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    fae  ghosts  magic  north-america  paranormal  suspense  urban  usa
  • A Perfect Blood by Kim Harrison

    A Perfect Blood by Kim Harrison

    30 ratings
    New York Times bestselling author Kim Harrison returns to the Hollows with the electrifying follow-up to her acclaimed Pale Demon!A Perfect BloodRitually murdered corpses are appearing across Cincinnati, terrifying amalgams of human and other. Pulled in to help investigate by the I.S...
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    crime  demons  fae  humor  magic  paranormal  suspense  urban
  • Dead Beat by Jim Butcher

    Dead Beat by Jim Butcher

    48 ratings
    Meet Harry Dresden, Chicago's first (and only) Wizard P.I. Turns out the 'everyday' world is full of strange and magical things - and most of them don't play well with humans. That's where Harry comes in.Luckily, however, he's not alone. Although most people don't believe in magic, the Chicago P.D. has a Special Investigations department, headed by his good friend Karrin Murphy...
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    crime  demons  fae  ghosts  humor  illinois  law-enforcement  magic
  • Brief Cases by Jim Butcher

    Brief Cases by Jim Butcher

    26 ratings
    Brief Cases is the sequel anthology of Side Jobs, and will be released before Peace TalksSet to include the following stories:An exclusive novellette from the perspective of Maggie and Mouse.“Curses” — from The Naked City, edited by Ellen DatlowTakes place between Small Favor and Turn Coat...
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    crime  demons  fae  humor  law-enforcement  magic  noir  paranormal
  • Fair Game by Patricia Briggs

    Fair Game by Patricia Briggs

    35 ratings
    Patricia Briggs, the #1 "New York Times" bestselling author of the Mercy Thompson novels, "always enchants her readers." (Lynn Viehl, "New York Times" bestselling author) Now her Alpha and Omega series-set in a world of shifting shapes, loyalty, and passion- brings werewolves out of the darkness and into a society where fear and prejudice could make the hunters prey...They say opposites attract...
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    crime  fae  ghosts  magic  north-america  paranormal  suspense  urban
  • Black Magic Sanction by Kim Harrison

    Black Magic Sanction by Kim Harrison

    33 ratings
    Rachel Morgan has fought and hunted vampires, werewolves, banshees, demons, and other supernatural dangers as both witch and bounty hunter—and lived to tell the tale. But she's never faced off against her own kind . . . until now.Denounced and shunned for dealing with demons and black magic, her best hope is life imprisonment—at worst, a forced lobotomy and genetic slavery...
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    demons  fae  ghosts  magic  north-america  paranormal  suspense  urban
  • Blood Bound by Patricia Briggs

    Blood Bound by Patricia Briggs

    47 ratings
    Under the rule of science, there are no witch burnings allowed, no water trials or public lynchings. In return, the average law-abiding, solid citizen has little to worry about from the things that go bump in the night. Sometimes I wish I was an average citizen...Mechanic Mercy Thompson has friends in low places-and in dark ones. And now she owes one of them a favor...
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    demons  fae  ghosts  magic  north-america  paranormal  suspense  urban
  • The Witch with No Name by Kim Harrison

    The Witch with No Name by Kim Harrison

    28 ratings
    At long last... The final book in the New York Times bestselling Hollows series by Kim Harrison!Rachel Morgan's come a long way from the clutzy runner of Dead Witch Walking. She's faced vampires and werewolves, banshees, witches, and soul-eating demons. She's crossed worlds, channeled gods, and accepted her place as a day-walking demon...
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    demons  fae  ghosts  humor  magic  paranormal  suspense  urban
  • Death Masks by Jim Butcher

    Death Masks by Jim Butcher

    47 ratings
    Harry Dresden, Chicago's only practicing professional wizard, should be happy that business is pretty good for a change. But now he's getting more than he bargained for:A duel with the Red Court of Vampires' champion, who must kill Harry to end the war between vampires and wizards...Professional hit men using Harry for target practice...The missing Shroud of Turin..
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    crime  demons  fae  humor  illinois  law-enforcement  magic  noir
  • White Witch, Black Curse by Kim Harrison

    White Witch, Black Curse by Kim Harrison

    33 ratings
    New York Times bestselling author Kim Harrison returns to the sinister and seductive Hollows for the newest blockcuster adventure featuring Rachel Morgan, witch and bounty hunter.White Witch, Black CurseSome wounds take time to heal...and some scars never fade.Rachel Morgan, kick-ass witch and bounty hunter, has taken her fair share of hits, and has broken lines she swore she would never cross...
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    demons  fae  ghosts  magic  north-america  paranormal  suspense  urban
  • Blood Rites by Jim Butcher

    Blood Rites by Jim Butcher

    47 ratings
    For Harry Dresden, Chicago's only professional wizard, there have been worse assignments than going undercover on the set of an adult film. Dodging flaming monkey poo, for instance. Or going toe-to-leaf with a walking plant monster. Still, there is something more troubling than usual about his newest case...
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    crime  demons  fae  humor  illinois  law-enforcement  magic  noir
  • Hunting Ground by Patricia Briggs

    Hunting Ground by Patricia Briggs

    38 ratings
    Anna Latham didn’t know how complicated life could be until she became a werewolf. And until she was mated to Charles Cornick, the son — and enforcer — of Bran, the leader of the North American werewolves, she didn’t know how dangerous it could be either..
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    fae  ghosts  magic  north-america  paranormal  suspense  urban  usa
  • River Marked by Patricia Briggs

    River Marked by Patricia Briggs

    42 ratings
    Mercy Thompson: Mechanic, Shapeshifter, Fighter.Car mechanic Mercy Thompson has always known there was something different about her, and not just the way she can make a VW engine sit up and beg. Mercy is a shapeshifter, a talent she inherited from her long-gone father. And she's never known any others of her kind. Until now...
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    demons  fae  ghosts  humor  magic  paranormal  suspense  urban
  • Every Which Way But Dead by Kim Harrison

    Every Which Way But Dead by Kim Harrison

    37 ratings
    There's no witch in Cincinnati tougher, sexier, or more screwed up than bounty hunter Rachel Morgan, who's already put her love life and soul in dire jeopardy through her determined efforts to bring criminal night creatures to justice...
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    crime  demons  fae  magic  north-america  paranormal  suspense  urban
  • Side Jobs by Jim Butcher

    Side Jobs by Jim Butcher

    36 ratings
    Here, together for the first time, are the shorter tales from Jim Butcher's DRESDEN FILES series — a compendium of cases that Harry and his cadre of allies managed to close in record time. The tales range from the deadly serious to the absurdly hilarious. Also included is a new, never-before-published novella that takes place after the cliff-hanger ending of the new April 2010 hardcover, Changes...
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    crime  demons  fae  humor  illinois  law-enforcement  magic  noir
  • Ghost Story by Jim Butcher

    Ghost Story by Jim Butcher

    43 ratings
    When we last left the mighty wizard detective Harry Dresden, he wasn't doing well. In fact, he had been murdered by an unknown assassin.But being dead doesn't stop him when his friends are in danger. Except now he has no body, and no magic to help him. And there are also several dark spirits roaming the Chicago shadows who owe Harry some payback of their own...
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    crime  demons  fae  ghosts  humor  illinois  law-enforcement  magic
  • This Side of the Grave by Jeaniene Frost

    This Side of the Grave by Jeaniene Frost

    39 ratings
    Danger waits on both sides of the grave.Half-vampire Cat Crawfield and her vampire husband Bones have fought for their lives, as well as for their relationship. But just when they've triumphed over the latest battle, Cat's new and unexpected abilities threaten to upset a long-standing balance . . .With the mysterious disappearance of vampires, rumors abound that a species war is brewing...
  • Burn Bright by Patricia Briggs

    Burn Bright by Patricia Briggs

    29 ratings
    Now mated werewolves Charles Cornick and Anna Latham face a threat like no other–one that lurks too close to home…They are the wild and the broken. The werewolves too damaged to live safely among their own kind. For their own good, they have been exiled to the outskirts of Aspen Creek, Montana. Close enough to the Marrok’s pack to have its support; far enough away to not cause any harm...
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    fae  ghosts  magic  north-america  paranormal  suspense  urban  usa
  • Magic and Bones by Laken Cane

    Magic and Bones by Laken Cane

    8 ratings
    Rune Alexander's life is full of darkness and violence, and she wouldn't have it any other way. Does she ever get tired of fighting the monsters? Nope. As long as she has her beloved crew at her side, she can face--and fight--anything...
  • The Good, the Bad, and the Undead by Kim Harrison

    The Good, the Bad, and the Undead by Kim Harrison

    37 ratings
    Rachel Morgan, sexy witch, independent bounty hunter, prowls the downtown Cincinnati for criminal creatures of the night. She can handle leather-clad vamps and a cunning demon or two. But a serial killer who feeds on the experts in the most dangerous kind of black magic is an ancient, implacable evil that threatens her very soul...
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    crime  demons  fae  humor  magic  north-america  paranormal  suspense
  • Frostbitten by Kelley Armstrong

    Frostbitten by Kelley Armstrong

    27 ratings
    Smart, sexy, supernatural—the men and women of the Otherworld live and love, fight and die, among us. Unseen and unsuspected, this realm of witches, ghosts, and werewolves is now threatened with exposure by a brutal series of bizarre murders that has left even the supernatural world baffled—and cold with terror...
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    demons  ghosts  magic  north-america  paranormal  suspense  urban  usa
  • A Fistful of Charms by Kim Harrison

    A Fistful of Charms by Kim Harrison

    35 ratings
    The evil night things that prowl Cincinnati despise witch and bounty hunter Rachel Morgan. Her new reputation for the dark arts is turning human and undead heads alike with the intent to possess, bed, and kill her -- not necessarily in that order.Now a mortal lover who abandoned Rachel has returned, haunted by his secret past...
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    crime  demons  fae  humor  magic  paranormal  suspense  urban
  • Summer Knight by Jim Butcher

    Summer Knight by Jim Butcher

    48 ratings
    For the 1st printing edition of this ISBN, see here.HARRY DRESDEN -- WIZARDLost items found. Paranormal Investigations. Consulting. Advice. Reasonable Rates.No Love Potions, Endless Purses, or Other EntertainmentEver since his girlfriend left town to deal with her newly acquired taste for blood, Harry Dresden has been down and out in Chicago. He can't pay his rent. He's alienating his friends...
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    crime  demons  fae  humor  illinois  law-enforcement  magic  noir
  • The Necromancer's Dilemma by S.J. Himes

    The Necromancer's Dilemma by S.J. Himes

    16 ratings
    International bestselling hit The Beacon Hill Sorcerer series continues with Book #2, The Necromancer's Dilemma...Even love can die without trust.Angel’s brother, Isaac, has returned home, and the pair begins to make slow and awkward attempts back to each other...
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    crime  demons  fae  ghosts  humor  magic  paranormal  suspense
  • Up from the Grave by Jeaniene Frost

    Up from the Grave by Jeaniene Frost

    31 ratings
    There’s always one more grave to dig.Lately, life has been unnaturally calm for vampires Cat Crawfield and her husband Bones...
  • Eternal Kiss of Darkness by Jeaniene Frost

    Eternal Kiss of Darkness by Jeaniene Frost

    33 ratings
    An immortal war has been brewing in the darkness . . . And now one woman has stumbled into the shadows. Chicago private investigator Kira Graceling should have just kept on walking. But her sense of duty refused to let her ignore the moans of pain coming from inside a warehouse just before dawn. Suddenly she finds herself in a world she's only imagined in her worst nightmares...
  • Undeath and Taxes by Drew Hayes

    Undeath and Taxes by Drew Hayes

    18 ratings
    The sequel to the Amazon bestseller THE UTTERLY UNINTERESTING AND UNADVENTUROUS TALES OF FRED, THE VAMPIRE ACCOUNTANT. After discovering just how filled with magic, intrigue, and adventure the parahuman world of being an Undead American can be, Fredrick Frankford Fletcher did exactly what was expected--he became a certified parahuman accountant...
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    demons  fae  ghosts  humor  magic  paranormal  urban  vampires
  • Working for Bigfoot by Jim Butcher

    Working for Bigfoot by Jim Butcher

    20 ratings
    "B is for Bigfoot" takes place between Fool Moon and Grave Peril. "I Was a Teenage Bigfoot" takes place circa Deadbeat. "Bigfoot on Campus" takes place between Turn Coat and Changes.Chicago wizard-for-hire Harry Dresden is used to mysterious clients with long hair and legs up to here...
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    crime  demons  fae  humor  law-enforcement  magic  paranormal  urban
  • Twice Bitten by Chloe Neill

    Twice Bitten by Chloe Neill

    32 ratings
    Merit, Chicago’s newest vampire, is learning how to play well with others. Other supernaturals, that is. Shapeshifters from across the country are convening in the Windy City, and as a gesture of peace, Master Vampire Ethan Sullivan has offered their leader a very special bodyguard: Merit. Merit is supposed to protect the Alpha, Gabriel Keene—and to spy for the vamps while she’s at it...
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    fae  humor  illinois  magic  north-america  paranormal  suspense  urban
  • Raven Cursed by Faith Hunter

    Raven Cursed by Faith Hunter

    24 ratings
    The vampires of Asheville, North Carolina, want to establish their own clan, but since they owe loyalty to the Master Vampire of New Orleans they must work out the terms with him. To come up with an equitable solution, he sends an envoy with the best bodyguard blood money can buy: Jane Yellowrock...
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    crime  demons  fae  law-enforcement  magic  paranormal  suspense  urban
  • Circus of the Damned by Laurell K. Hamilton

    Circus of the Damned by Laurell K. Hamilton

    42 ratings
    In Circus of the Damned-now in trade paperback for the first time-a rogue master vampire hits town, and Anita gets caught in the middle of an undead turf war. Jean-Claude, the Master Vamp of the city, wants her for his own-but his enemies have other plans...
  • Mortal Ties by Eileen Wilks

    Mortal Ties by Eileen Wilks

    16 ratings
    Eileen Wilks' novels of the Lupi have drawn readers into a seductive world of action, suspense, and passion...
  • Peace Talks by Jim Butcher

    Peace Talks by Jim Butcher

    31 ratings
    When the Supernatural nations of the world meet up to negotiate an end to ongoing hostilities, Harry Dresden, Chicago's only professional wizard, joins the White Council's security team to make sure the talks stay civil...
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    crime  fae  humor  law-enforcement  magic  noir  paranormal  suspense
  • Bad Wolf by Lauren Dawes

    Bad Wolf by Lauren Dawes

    11 ratings
    A rookie cop. A team of supernatural detectives. A shifter with some impulse control issues.My name is Cat McKenzie, and I thought wood sprites weren’t a thing.Apparently, they are. Fun fact: they enjoy eating carrion which was how I discovered the body of a hunter in the woods. The local werewolf pack confirms it’s a bad wolf doing the biting...
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    paranormal  magic  demons  fae  humor  crime  vampires  witches-wizards
  • Blood Challenge by Eileen Wilks

    Blood Challenge by Eileen Wilks

    18 ratings
    Lily Yu and Rule Turner’s engagement announcement is stirring up ugly passions in the Humans First camp. There’s hate mail. Death threats. Lily’s car is vandalized. But professionally, things are going smoothly...until a lupus in Tennessee goes on a killing spree.Then Rule's brother, Benedict, catches a lovely intruder--twice...
  • Hunter's Trail by Melissa F. Olson

    Hunter's Trail by Melissa F. Olson

    18 ratings
    Actions have consequences—a lesson Scarlett Bernard is learning the hard way. As a “null,” Scarlett has always been able to negate the powers of the supernatural beings that surround her. But now her reckless decision to permanently change Eli from a werewolf to a human has left the Los Angeles werewolf pack in shambles, and upset the balance of power among the city’s supernatural factions...
  • Whispers Under Ground by Ben Aaronovitch

    Whispers Under Ground by Ben Aaronovitch

    31 ratings
    In Tufnell Park, North London, a pair of railway tracks diver under a school, taking train to and from Kings Cross. Wet, filthy, dangerous. Lovely place. And one Sunday before Christmas a sweet (sort of) kid called Abigail took me and my long suffering colleague Lesley May down there to look for a ghost.We found one...
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    crime  fae  ghosts  humor  law-enforcement  magic  paranormal  suspense
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