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  • Magic Tides by Ilona Andrews

    Magic Tides by Ilona Andrews

    19 ratings
    Ilona Andrews invites you back to the #1 New York Times bestselling Kate Daniels series in this exciting new long novella featuring Kate, Curran and Conlan, some familiar faces, some new friends, and all the special brand of chaos they create!Kate, Curran and their son, Conlan have left Atlanta, vowing to keep a low profile, and are settling into a new city and new house…but some things never...
  • Mentored in Fire by K.F. Breene

    Mentored in Fire by K.F. Breene

    16 ratings
    After a life of hiding and laying low so as not to end up trapped in the Underwold, that's exactly where Reagan finds herself.It could be worse, though. She could've had a hostile father as her jailor instead of a man eager to teach her magic. She might've been trapped with someone other than the steadfast Druid...
  • Revealed in Fire by K.F. Breene

    Revealed in Fire by K.F. Breene

    16 ratings
    The DDVN World story continues, largely told from Reagan's point of view, but including all major players.Reagan's trip down to the underworld was never going to remain a mystery. And now Lucifer is actively looking for the woman and her vampire cohort that raised hell in his domaine...
  • Midlife Witch Hunter by Shannon Mayer

    Midlife Witch Hunter by Shannon Mayer

    16 ratings
    Gran used to say that a strong woman looks a challenge in the eye and gives it a wink. To be sure, flirting with challenges is a terrible idea. Ask me how I know.All Bree really wants is to bury her head in the sand, somewhere in the south of France while a hot pool boy rubs lotion on her back...
  • Storm Forged by Lindsay Buroker

    Storm Forged by Lindsay Buroker

    17 ratings
    Moving into a rundown Victorian house with a vampire living in the basement isn’t as bad as I thought, but things go from weird to weirder when a badly injured gnome collapses in my back yard.The surprising part? It’s my friend Nin’s long-lost grandfather.Since he’s unconscious, we can’t figure out who’s chasing him, or where he’s been all these years, but if we can’t help him, he’ll die...
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    alpha-mc  assassins  dragons  fae  female-mc  humor  low-fantasy  magic
  • Million Dollar Demon by Kim Harrison

    Million Dollar Demon by Kim Harrison

    18 ratings
    To save the city, Rachel Morgan will need to show some teeth in the next Hollows novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Kim Harrison.The new master vampire of Cincinnati has arrived . . . and she wants Rachel Morgan out...
  • Secrets of the Sword III by Lindsay Buroker

    Secrets of the Sword III by Lindsay Buroker

    14 ratings
    I’m Val Thorvald, tough butt-kicking assassin and soon-to-be wife of Lord Zavryd'nokquetal. He’s a dragon from another world, and he’s haughty, arrogant, and has horrible taste in footwear, but I love him. Our wedding is going to be amazing.At least… I’d like to think so...
  • Rylee by Shannon Mayer

    Rylee by Shannon Mayer

    16 ratings
    My name is Rylee and I was a Tracker.The final battle is over and The Blood of the Lost was spilled. In the aftermath, the humans still have mysteries they call upon me for. Except I can no longer Track, and my new abilities terrify me. A salvage is offered to me, and with it a chance to redeem myself. A missing girl, her brother desperate to find her...
  • Betrayed by Lindsay Buroker

    Betrayed by Lindsay Buroker

    16 ratings
    After thirty years, Matti has learned that the dwarven mother she believed dead might only be missing—kidnapped by those who want to control her ability to enchant powerful world-changing artifacts.But where is she now? And why is the elf assassin Sarrlevi so invested in helping find her?Matti knows she shouldn’t trust Sarrlevi, or be drawn to his dry humor and dark past...
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    paranormal  dragons  magic  fae  urban  female-mc  alpha-mc  assassins
  • False Security by Lindsay Buroker

    False Security by Lindsay Buroker

    17 ratings
    I never thought I would date a dragon, or feed him chicken strips late at night, but life has gotten interesting.My steady dragon—you may know him as Lord Zavryd’nokquetal, but I get to call him Zav—is offering to take me to the elven homeland to meet my father and learn to harness the magic in my blood...
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    alpha-mc  assassins  dragons  fae  female-mc  humor  low-fantasy  magic
  • The Queen's Crown by K.M. Shea

    The Queen's Crown by K.M. Shea

    18 ratings
    Since the day I was crowned Queen of the Night Court, someone has been trying to kill me. Yay, me!Finding my would-be-killer has been last on my to do list for a long time—which should tell you what a dumpster fire my life has been. But I can’t ignore it anymore. Whoever is plotting against me is getting serious. If I don’t do something soon I might not survive their next attempt...
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    alpha-mc  assassins  dragons  fae  female-mc  humor  low-fantasy  magic
  • Sweep with Me by Ilona Andrews

    Sweep with Me by Ilona Andrews

    25 ratings
    A charming, short novella in the Innkeeper Chronicles, from #1 New York Times bestselling author, Ilona Andrews. Thank you for joining us at Gertrude Hunt, the nicest Bed and Breakfast in Red Deer, Texas, during the Treaty Stay. As you know, we are honor-bound to accept all guests during this oldest of innkeeper holidays and we are expecting a dangerous guest. Or several. But have no fear...
  • Trolled by Lindsay Buroker

    Trolled by Lindsay Buroker

    14 ratings
    Busy looking for her missing mother and dodging enemies that are after her magical hammer, Matti Puletasi doesn’t need any more problems. She definitely doesn’t need the person who hired an assassin to kill her mother to show up—and target her.As if that wasn’t bad enough, the handsome elven ally she’s falling in love with… may be working for the other side...
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    alpha-mc  assassins  dragons  fae  female-mc  humor  magic  paranormal
  • Guardian by Shannon Mayer

    Guardian by Shannon Mayer

    16 ratings
    "My name is Rylee and I am a Tracker."When children go missing, and the Humans have no leads, I'm the one they call. I am their last hope in bringing home the lost ones. I salvage what they cannot. After months of danger, running for my life, and dealing with one crisis after another, I'm finally getting that vacation I deserve...
  • Midlife Blues by Victoria Danann

    Midlife Blues by Victoria Danann

    16 ratings
    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!Begins with the formerly reclusive, gentleman vampire hosting a murder mystery dinner you'll never forget, and ends with the case of the captured kelpie...
  • The Revived by A.M. Sohma

    The Revived by A.M. Sohma

    10 ratings
    Kit is back. And she’s still stuck playing her ridiculous elf dancer character. After leading a group out of the full submersion video game, Chronicles of Retha, Kit knew she couldn’t leave the remaining players to suffer their fate alone. So she returned to the game with the goal to get everyone out. Solus Miles has always preferred solo playing, but Kit’s return changes everything...
  • Water Viper by R.J. Blain

    Water Viper by R.J. Blain

    10 ratings
    During Starfall, magic flooded the Earth and destroyed most technology while humans developed strange new powers. As the scion of a male-dominated clan, Jesse should have risen to become a hero.She chose to become a woman instead, ruining her hopes for the future. To forget about her life as an assassin, she heads to the dying coasts of Florida...
  • Driven by Destiny by Lindsay Buroker

    Driven by Destiny by Lindsay Buroker

    10 ratings
    Arwen Forester is on a quest to remove her dark-elven tattoo and get her mother’s evil people out of her life forever. The last thing she wants is for them to magically manipulate her into betraying Azerdash Starblade, the half-dragon refugee she has feelings for...
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    dragons  fae  shapeshifters  humor  urban  magic  vampires  paranormal
  • Tangled Truths by Lindsay Buroker

    Tangled Truths by Lindsay Buroker

    17 ratings
    Dealing with dragons is hard. Dealing with a teenage daughter is even harder.My new mission involves both. Weird things are happening in Northern Idaho, and my boss is sending me to investigate. Unfortunately, my daughter and ex-husband are vacationing in the town that’s at the center of the trouble. Coincidence? Or is someone targeting them to get at me?I’m a wanted woman right now...
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    alpha-mc  assassins  dragons  fae  female-mc  humor  low-fantasy  magic
  • Crown of Moonlight by K.M. Shea

    Crown of Moonlight by K.M. Shea

    18 ratings
    I thought becoming Queen of the Night Court and marrying the deadliest fae assassin in the supernatural community were the biggest dangers I’d ever face. Hah!Once I meet the fae monarchs of the other local Courts, I realize the good times are only just beginning! They hate my guts and don’t even bother to use their fae tricks to hide their disgust of me and my human blood...
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    alpha-mc  assassins  dragons  fae  female-mc  humor  low-fantasy  magic
  • Magic Unleashed by K.M. Shea

    Magic Unleashed by K.M. Shea

    18 ratings
    Ever had ex-housemates you can’t get rid of?When Killian and the rest of the Drake vampires kicked me out of their mansion without any explanation, I felt beyond betrayed…I was livid!But I refused to waste my energy thinking about them. Thanks to all the free training I got while living with vampires, I had the skills I needed to finally free my family...
  • The Morning Star by Debra Dunbar

    The Morning Star by Debra Dunbar

    12 ratings
    Where’s the support group for demon parents?Samael, the OG Satan who no one has seen in over two million years is supposedly roaming the world and killing angels, just like all those Elvis sightings. If Elvis was a murdering Fallen angel, that is. As the new-and-improved Satan, it’s my responsibility to track him down and bring him to justice...
  • Twilight's Herald by T.A. White

    Twilight's Herald by T.A. White

    14 ratings
    Aileen Travers thought she had it all figured out. Part private investigator, part fixer to the supernatural community, she was slowly building a reputation as the go-to vampire in Columbus. If you had a supernatural problem and nowhere to turn, she was the girl for you. The best part—no one had tried to kill her in weeks...
  • Royal Pawn by K.N. Banet

    Royal Pawn by K.N. Banet

    14 ratings
    I’m Jacqueline, daughter of Hasan, ruling werecat of the Americas, the werecat liaison to humanity, and the lover of Heath Everson, Alpha werewolf. But I go by Jacky Leon and no one knows about the werewolf.Some time ago, I met a fae and his family while on the run. They helped me, and for his own reasons, the fae had given me a gift. I never went looking for him...
  • The Blood Curse by Annette Marie

    The Blood Curse by Annette Marie

    14 ratings
    When Clio conned her way into the Underworld to steal magic from the notorious spell weavers of Chrysalis, she thought she was helping protect her homeland.Instead, she exposed Lyre's most calamitous spell, and now her half-brother Bastian plans to wield it against the powerful Ra family. Clio and Lyre have to stop him before he can unleash it, but Bastian isn't their only adversary...
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    alpha-mc  assassins  dragons  fae  female-mc  humor  magic  paranormal
  • Secrets of the Sword II by Lindsay Buroker

    Secrets of the Sword II by Lindsay Buroker

    15 ratings
    For ten years, I’ve been using a magical sword that I won in battle to ruthlessly slay enemies, break evil artifacts, and open stubborn pickle jars, but I don’t know much about it.That’s about to change.Thanks to the fact that I’m dating a powerful dragon, I can get a ride to the dwarven home world, and we’re going to research the sword's roots...
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    alpha-mc  assassins  dragons  fae  female-mc  humor  low-fantasy  magic
  • Invoking Infinity by Meghan Ciana Doidge

    Invoking Infinity by Meghan Ciana Doidge

    8 ratings
    Not all dragons breathe fire and horde treasure, some have a real thing for artifacts, rare books, and magical creatures.I’d given myself and Sisu twelve days to get settled into our new life before tackling my first official day as the head archivist of the magical archives at the National Museum of Ireland...
  • Kiss of the Dragon by Nicola Claire

    Kiss of the Dragon by Nicola Claire

    8 ratings
    "You do realise," he whispered, his hand reaching up to brush my hair from my face. He began twining a strand around one of his fingers. "That you are my most magnificent obsession." Magnificent obsession. I think I liked that. I certainly understood it. He was mine too.The explosive conclusion to the Kindred Series...
  • How to Wake an Undead City by Hailey Edwards

    How to Wake an Undead City by Hailey Edwards

    16 ratings
    Savannah has fallen to the vampires, and it’s up to Grier to take out their leader, Gaspard Lacroix, and restore peace. Lacroix might be more powerful and immune to her magic, but she’s got a plan. Too bad it’s got holes big enough for a new threat to waltz through while the city is on her knees...
  • Knights Magica by B.R. Kingsolver

    Knights Magica by B.R. Kingsolver

    16 ratings
    If the Knights Magica want a war, I'm willing to give them one.I damned my soul long ago. What I do from this point forward is about redemption. If I burn in Hell because of fighting for others, for shouldering their sins, so be it.The Knights are powerful, and they have taken control of the Universal Church...
  • Shadow's Bane by Karen Chance

    Shadow's Bane by Karen Chance

    17 ratings
    Half-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...
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    alpha-mc  assassins  dragons  fae  female-mc  humor  magic  paranormal
  • Elven Doom by Lindsay Buroker

    Elven Doom by Lindsay Buroker

    17 ratings
    Dragons make life complicated. Extremely complicated.After returning from Idaho, I was hoping to have time to figure things out with Zav—also known as Lord Zavryd, the dragon who claimed me as his mate without asking—but the dark elves are up to their old tricks again.Actually, they’re up to far more deadly tricks, using more powerful magic than I knew existed...
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    alpha-mc  assassins  dragons  fae  female-mc  humor  low-fantasy  magic
  • Curran POV Collection by Gordon Andrews

    Curran POV Collection by Gordon Andrews

    18 ratings
    Collection of Curran POVs in chronological order...
  • The Magical Beings' Rehabilitation Center: The Complete Series by K.M. Shea

    The Magical Beings' Rehabilitation Center: The Complete Series by K.M. Shea

    10 ratings
    Werewolves have fleas. Cyclops need glasses. Dark Elves give villain monologues. Maybe the magical paranormal world isn’t quite what we expect? This special boxset contains the complete urban fantasy series the Magical Beings' Rehabilitation Center: Vampires Drink Tomato Juice, Goblins Wear Suits, and The Lost Files of the MBRC...
  • Ashe by E.L. Todd

    Ashe by E.L. Todd

    10 ratings
    Cora's visit with the elves proves to be more than she bargained for. She learns her parentage, but it's the last thing she ever expected to hear. She came to the elves for help to defeat King Lux, to free the dragons still trapped in captivity, but she discovers a timeless place, where outside matters mean nothing...
  • Deliverance by Victoria Danann

    Deliverance by Victoria Danann

    10 ratings
    Choices always come with consequences. If you force a demon to agree to a deal under duress, the day will come when you’ll regret it. New York Times bestselling author, Victoria Danann, adds a long-awaited book to the Knights of Black Swan saga featuring everybody's favorite demon. Two and a half centuries ago Sixt had been a young witch with little control...
  • Cursed Vampire by Brogan Thomas

    Cursed Vampire by Brogan Thomas

    10 ratings
    Half unicorn, half bloodsucker, all trouble. When her secret gets out, can this feisty teenager survive? Tru Dennison’s life feels like a sick joke. Barely coping with the loss of her adoptive grandad, the seventeen-year-old can’t believe it when her no-good uncle kicks her to the curb...
  • Addict by Lexi Blake

    Addict by Lexi Blake

    12 ratings
    In order to destroy a legendary monster and save the royal family, Kelsey must make a deal with a devil…When Kelsey Owens returns home to Dallas, she is a changed woman. After months of training with Marcus Vorenus , she has more control over her abilities. She’s ready to start her new job, even if it means dealing with the King of All Vampire and his partner, Devinshea Quinn...
  • Pack of Lies by Hailey Edwards

    Pack of Lies by Hailey Edwards

    14 ratings
    Hadley is losing time, and her shadow refuses to shed light on the gaps in her memory. How can she protect her city if she can't remember where she goes or what she does when she ought to be asleep? Her grim history appears to be stuck on repeat, and the only way forward might be a scythe through her back...
  • Soul of the Pack by Lola Glass

    Soul of the Pack by Lola Glass

    14 ratings
    ALONE. POWERLESS. HUMAN.Tendira is a world of beastly shifters and deadly animals… except me.The Human Queen.When my home is taken over by an angry pack who wants me dead, I'm forced to run, so I go to the one place my attackers won't dare follow:The Blood Lands.But the Blood Alpha watches his territory more closely than I imagined. His people catch me, and drag me to their pack's capitol...
  • Death's Mistress by Karen Chance

    Death's Mistress by Karen Chance

    25 ratings
    Dorina Basarab is a dhampir-half-human, half-vampire. Back home in Brooklyn after the demise of her insane Uncle Dracula, Dory's hoping her life is about to calm down. But soon Dory realizes someone is killing vampire Senate members, and if she can't stop the murderer, her friends may be next..
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    alpha-mc  assassins  dragons  fae  female-mc  humor  magic  paranormal
  • Fury's Kiss by Karen Chance

    Fury's Kiss by Karen Chance

    25 ratings
    Dorina Basarab is a dhampir—half-human, half-vampire. Subject to uncontrollable rages, most dhampirs live very short, very violent lives. But so far, Dory has managed to maintain her sanity by unleashing her anger on those demons and vampires who deserve killing... Dory is used to fighting hard and nasty...
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    alpha-mc  assassins  dragons  fae  female-mc  humor  magic  paranormal
  • The Shadow Weave by Annette Marie

    The Shadow Weave by Annette Marie

    16 ratings
    Clio might be a nymph living in exile among humans. And she might possess the rare ability to mimic any magic she sees. And she might have just seriously ticked off the most powerful family of spell weavers in the Underworld.But she is not in love with an incubus.Lyre is the rebellious black sheep of said weaver family, and he's the only reason she survived her recent Underworld "vacation...
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    alpha-mc  assassins  dragons  fae  female-mc  humor  magic  paranormal
  • Queen of the Fae by Linsey Hall

    Queen of the Fae by Linsey Hall

    16 ratings
    I 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...
  • Battle Bond by Lindsay Buroker

    Battle Bond by Lindsay Buroker

    17 ratings
    If you think having one dragon around messes up your life, imagine what it’s like when a second one shows up. I’m Val Thorvald, assassin of magical bad guys and tenuous ally to the dragon lord Zav. He still calls me a mongrel and thinks I’m a criminal, but he healed my wounds after we fought those dark elves together. That’s progress, right? Maybe one day, he’ll deign to use my name...
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    alpha-mc  assassins  dragons  fae  female-mc  humor  low-fantasy  magic
  • Alex by Shannon Mayer

    Alex by Shannon Mayer

    17 ratings
    "My name is Rylee, and I am a Tracker."But this isn't Rylee's story. It's mine. Before I lost my ability to think like an adult. Before my body became stuck between wolf and human. Before I knew the supernatural and Rylee even existed. This is the last of what I remember before becoming a werewolf. . . .this is the last of what's important to me. And the moments I fought so hard to hang on to...
  • Clean Sweep by Ilona Andrews

    Clean Sweep by Ilona Andrews

    35 ratings
    On the outside, Dina Demille is the epitome of normal. She runs a quaint Victorian Bed and Breakfast in a small Texas town, owns a Shih Tzu named Beast, and is a perfect neighbor, whose biggest problem should be what to serve her guests for breakfast. But Dina is...different: Her broom is a deadly weapon; her Inn is magic and thinks for itself...
  • Magic Redeemed by K.M. Shea

    Magic Redeemed by K.M. Shea

    18 ratings
    I thought life would be easier after I unsealed my magic. Spoiler: it’s not. I want to free my family from my traitorous cousin, but with all the allies he’s got guarding his back, even my new powers won’t be enough to beat him. My best bet is to use my parents’ signet ring to prove my claim of leadership...
  • Darkblood Prison: Demon Double-Agent by G.K. DeRosa

    Darkblood Prison: Demon Double-Agent by G.K. DeRosa

    8 ratings
    No one said prison would be easy…But I never expected my dime sentence would lead me to uncover dark family secrets, a warlord who wants me dead, hidden powers or a blood bond with an infuriatingly gorgeous dragon shifter.As it turns out, I may not be the soul-sucking demon everyone thought I was. The dark lord of the Underworld orchestrated my murderous bender and now I have to discover why...
  • Entwined with the Dark by Nicola Claire

    Entwined with the Dark by Nicola Claire

    8 ratings
    What was wrong with me to antagonise a vampire of his standing to such a degree? I knew I had become too rebellious, too sure of my own place in this world. I was aware that Dark had been encroaching, that I played so often in its shadow I was losing sight of the sun, of my Light. There were times when I truly felt consumed in anger, for all that had happened, for all that I had suffered and lost...
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