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  • The Last Olympian by Rick Riordan

    The Last Olympian by Rick Riordan

    56 ratings
    All year the half-bloods have been preparing for battle against the Titans, knowing the odds of victory are grim. Kronos's army is stronger than ever, and with every god and half-blood he recruits, the evil Titan's power only grows.While the Olympians struggle to contain the rampaging monster Typhon, Kronos begins his advance on New York City, where Mount Olympus stands virtually unguarded...
  • Jade Legacy by Fonda Lee

    Jade Legacy by Fonda Lee

    22 ratings
    Jade, the mysterious and magical substance once exclusive to the Green Bone warriors of Kekon, is now known and coveted throughout the world. Everyone wants access to the supernatural abilities it provides, from traditional forces such as governments, mercenaries, and criminal kingpins, to modern players, including doctors, athletes, and movie studios...
  • Keys to the Demon Prison by Brandon Mull

    Keys to the Demon Prison by Brandon Mull

    38 ratings
    After centuries of plotting, the Sphinx—leader of the Society of the Evening Star—is after the final artifacts needed to open the great demon prison, Zzyxx. If the legendary prison is opened, a tide of evil is certain to usurp control of the world.In an effort to intercept the final artifacts, Kendra, Seth and the Knights of the Dawn race to strange and exotic preserves across the globe...
  • Worlds Collide by Chris Colfer

    Worlds Collide by Chris Colfer

    26 ratings
    The epic conclusion to Chris Colfer's #1 New York Times bestselling series The Land of Stories!In the highly anticipated conclusion to the Land of Stories series, Conner and Alex must brave the impossible...
  • A Grimm Warning by Chris Colfer

    A Grimm Warning by Chris Colfer

    31 ratings
    The Brothers Grimm have a warning for the Land of Stories.Connor Bailey thinks his fairy-tale adventures are behind him - until he discovers a mysterious clue left by the famous Brothers Grimm. With help from his classmate Bree and the outlandish Mother Goose, Conner sets off on a mission across Europe to crack a two-hundred-year-old code...
  • Last Stand of Dead Men by Derek Landy

    Last Stand of Dead Men by Derek Landy

    24 ratings
    The eighth instalment in the biggest, funniest, most thrilling comedy-horror-adventure series in the universe - and the follow-up to 2012’s number-one bestseller, Kingdom of the Wicked…War has finally come.But it's not a war between good and evil, or light and dark – it's a war between Sanctuaries...
  • Jade War by Fonda Lee

    Jade War by Fonda Lee

    27 ratings
    In Jade War, the sequel to the World Fantasy Award-winning novel Jade City, the Kaul siblings battle rival clans for honor and control over an Asia-inspired fantasy metropolis...
  • One Fell Sweep by Ilona Andrews

    One Fell Sweep by Ilona Andrews

    28 ratings
    Dina DeMille may run the nicest Bed and Breakfast in Red Deer, Texas, but she caters to a very particular kind of guest… the kind that no one on Earth is supposed to know about...
  • 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...
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    epic  humor  suspense  war  action-adventure  adult  audiobook  book
  • The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

    The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

    48 ratings
    Could you survive on your own in the wild, with every one out to make sure you don't live to see the morning?In the ruins of a place once known as North America lies the nation of Panem, a shining Capitol surrounded by twelve outlying districts...
  • City of Miracles by Robert Jackson Bennett

    City of Miracles by Robert Jackson Bennett

    24 ratings
    Revenge. It's something Sigrud je Harkvaldsson is very, very good at. Maybe the only thing. So when he learns that his oldest friend and ally, former Prime Minister Shara Komayd, has been assassinated, he knows exactly what to do — and that no mortal force can stop him from meting out the suffering Shara's killers deserve...
  • Forged in Blood II by Lindsay Buroker

    Forged in Blood II by Lindsay Buroker

    19 ratings
    Amaranthe Lokdon survives her reckless plan to destroy the enemy’s weapon-filled super aircraft only to learn that thousands of people perished when it crash landed. Half of her team is missing...or dead. Meanwhile, the fighting in the capital has escalated, the Imperial Barracks have been taken by a pretender, and a deadly new danger threatens the populace...
  • Opposition by Jennifer L. Armentrout

    Opposition by Jennifer L. Armentrout

    41 ratings
    Katy knows the world changed the night the Luxen came.She can't believe Daemon welcomed his race or stood by as his kind threatened to obliterate every last human and hybrid on Earth. But the lines between good and bad have blurred, and love has become an emotion that could destroy her—could destroy them all.Daemon will do anything to save those he loves, even if it means betrayal...
  • Smoke & Mirrors by Charlie Cochet

    Smoke & Mirrors by Charlie Cochet

    18 ratings
    Life for Dexter J. Daley has never been easy, but he’s always found a way to pick himself back up with a smile on his face. Taken from his home, and the arms of his boyfriend and THIRDS partner, Sloane Brodie, Dex finds himself in a situation as mysterious and lethal as the Therian interrogating him. Dex learns what he’s secretly believed all along: his parents’ death wasn’t an accident...
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    family  humor  suspense  war  abuse  action-adventure  adult  alpha-mc
  • The Council of Mirrors by Michael Buckley

    The Council of Mirrors by Michael Buckley

    24 ratings
    The thrilling conclusion to the beloved New York Times bestselling Sisters Grimm series!   Grany Relda’s body has been hijacked by the Master, and it’s up to Sabrina, Daphne, and the rest of the Grimms to fight for her freedom and that of Ferryport Landing in the series’s grand finale...
  • Archangel's Legion by Nalini Singh

    Archangel's Legion by Nalini Singh

    26 ratings
    Nalini Singh, the New York Times bestselling “alpha author of paranormal romance” (Booklist) returns to an immortal world of violent passion and lethal power…on the brink of a deadly archangelic war.Angels are falling from the sky in New York, struck down by a vicious, unknown force.Vampires are dying impossibly of disease...
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    drama  family  suspense  war  action-adventure  adult  alpha-mc  angels
  • Piercing the Darkness by Frank E. Peretti

    Piercing the Darkness by Frank E. Peretti

    32 ratings
    The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.John 1:5 (ESV)It all begins in Bacon's Corner, a tiny farming community far from the interstate . . . An attempted murder, a case of mistaken-or is it covered up?-identity, and a ruthless lawsuit against a struggling Christian school...
  • Lover at Last by J.R. Ward

    Lover at Last by J.R. Ward

    36 ratings
    Qhuinn, son of no one, is used to being on his own. Disavowed from his bloodline, shunned by the aristocracy, he has finally found an identity as one of the most brutal fighters in the war against the Lessening Society. But his life is not complete. Even as the prospect of having a family of his own seems to be within reach, he is empty on the inside, his heart given to another...
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    drama  family  humor  suspense  war  action-adventure  adult  alpha-mc
  • Blood Vow by J.R. Ward

    Blood Vow by J.R. Ward

    27 ratings
    The Black Dagger Brotherhood continues to train the best of the best to join them in the deadly battle against the Lessening Society. Among the new recruits, Axe proves to be a cunning and vicious fighter—and also a loner isolated because of personal tragedy...
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    family  humor  suspense  war  action-adventure  adult  alpha-mc  angels
  • Tried & True by Charlie Cochet

    Tried & True by Charlie Cochet

    16 ratings
    When THIRDS agent Dexter J. Daley met Team Leader Sloane Brodie, he couldn’t have imagined how slamming into his new partner—literally—would shake both their worlds. Now four years later, they’ve faced dangers, fought battles both personal and professional… and fallen deeply in love. Now their big moment is finally in sight, and they’re ready to stand up together and make it official...
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    drama  family  humor  suspense  war  abuse  action-adventure  adult
  • Dragonwatch by Brandon Mull

    Dragonwatch by Brandon Mull

    24 ratings
    In the hidden dragon sanctuary of Wyrmroost, Celebrant the Just, King of the Dragons, plots his revenge. He has long seen the sanctuaries as prisons, and he wants nothing more than to overthrow his captors and return the world to the Age of Dragons, when he and his kind ruled and reigned without borders. The time has come to break free and reclaim his power...
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    children  epic  family  war  action-adventure  animals  audiobook  book
  • The Everafter War by Michael Buckley

    The Everafter War by Michael Buckley

    24 ratings
    The Grimm family is caught in the midst of a war in the seventh installment of the beloved New York Times bestselling Sisters Grimm series   After two years trapped in enchanted sleep, Daphne and Sabrina’s parents are finally free. Unfortunately, they’ve awoken to chaos in Ferryport Landing. Prince Charming and his band of rebels are in hiding, plotting war against the Master and his henchmen...
  • What a Dragon Should Know by G.A. Aiken

    What a Dragon Should Know by G.A. Aiken

    24 ratings
    Attraction that’s off the scale…Only for those I love would I traipse into the merciless Northlands to risk life, limb, and my exquisite beauty. But do they appreciate it? Do they say, “Gwenvael the Handsome, you are the best among us—the most loved of all dragons?” No! For centuries my family has refused to acknowledge my magnificence as well as my innate humility...
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    drama  epic  family  humor  war  action-adventure  adult  alpha-mc
  • Deadly Game by Christine Feehan

    Deadly Game by Christine Feehan

    24 ratings
    It begins as a mission to protect a politician from an assassination threat. But the operation takes an unexpected turn when Mari, a mysteriously beautiful GhostWalker, is taken hostage. At the same time, Ken Norton, expert assassin and himself a GhostWalker warrior, is on a mission of his own—one that reaches into Mari’s own past...
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    drama  family  suspense  war  abuse  action-adventure  adult  alpha-mc
  • Night Game by Christine Feehan

    Night Game by Christine Feehan

    24 ratings
    Gator Fontenot of the Special Forces paranormal squad must reel in the elusive Iris "Flame" Johnson, a victim of the same horrific experiments that warped Gator--and a red-haired weapon of unimaginable destructive powers bent on revenge in the sultry bayous of New Orleans...
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    drama  humor  suspense  war  abuse  action-adventure  adult  alpha-mc
  • Rack & Ruin by Charlie Cochet

    Rack & Ruin by Charlie Cochet

    18 ratings
    Action. Comedy. Romance. And that one weird guy. New York City’s streets are more dangerous than ever with the leaderless Order of Adrasteia and the Ikelos Coalition, a newly immerged Therian group, at war...
  • Rise & Fall by Charlie Cochet

    Rise & Fall by Charlie Cochet

    18 ratings
    After an attack by the Coalition leaves THIRDS Team Leader Sloane Brodie critically injured, agent Dexter J. Daley swears to make Beck Hogan pay for what he's done. But Dex's plans for retribution are short-lived. With Ash still on leave with his own injuries, Sloane in the hospital, and Destructive Delta in the Coalition's crosshairs, Lieutenant Sparks isn't taking any chances...
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    drama  family  humor  suspense  war  action-adventure  adult  alpha-mc
  • Gregor and the Code of Claw by Suzanne Collins

    Gregor and the Code of Claw by Suzanne Collins

    30 ratings
    The stunning conclusion to the riveting Gregor the Overlander series.Everyone in the Underland has been taking great pains to keep The Prophecy of Time from Gregor. Gregor knows it must say something awful but he never imagined just how awful: It calls for the warrior's death...
  • Shadows Strike by Dianne Duvall

    Shadows Strike by Dianne Duvall

    19 ratings
    The Immortal Guardians protect the innocent in secret. Sometimes the secret gets out...U.S. law enforcement agent Heather Lane can read minds. But not the future. The dream of battle and blood that recurs every night must be a fluke, some obscure terror from her own mind...
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    drama  humor  suspense  war  action-adventure  adult  aliens  alpha-mc
  • Blood Kiss by J.R. Ward

    Blood Kiss by J.R. Ward

    27 ratings
    The legacy of the Black Dagger Brotherhood continues in a spin-off series from the #1 New York Times bestselling author…Paradise, blooded daughter of the king’s First Advisor, is ready to break free from the restrictive life of an aristocratic female. Her strategy? Join the Black Dagger Brotherhood’s training center program and learn to fight for herself, think for herself…be herself...
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    drama  family  humor  suspense  war  action-adventure  adult  alpha-mc
  • Passion Unleashed by Larissa Ione

    Passion Unleashed by Larissa Ione

    29 ratings
    FORBIDDEN TEMPTATIONS Serena Kelley is an archaeologist and treasure hunter-and a woman with a secret. Since she was seven, she's been the keeper of a powerful charm that grants her health and immortality . . . as long as she stays a virgin. But Serena isn't all that innocent...
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    drama  humor  suspense  war  abuse  action-adventure  adult  alpha-mc
  • Whispers in the Dark by Maya Banks

    Whispers in the Dark by Maya Banks

    24 ratings
    She came to him when he needed her the mostShe came to him at his lowest point. The voice of an angel, a whisper in the dark. She’s the only thing that gets Nathan Kelly through his captivity, the endless days of torture and the fear that he’ll never return to his family. With her help, he’s able to escape...
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    drama  family  suspense  war  abuse  action-adventure  adult  alpha-mc
  • Last Wish by Helen Harper

    Last Wish by Helen Harper

    18 ratings
    It's not easy pretending to be dead - especially when it feels as if you have the weight of the world on your shoulders. Between an unfulfilled prophecy, the demon-occupied Lowlands, the continuing power of murderous Aifric Moncrieffe - not to mention her constant yearnings for Byron - Integrity Adair has a lot to worry about...
  • Consumed by Rebecca Zanetti

    Consumed by Rebecca Zanetti

    18 ratings
    SOMETIMES YOU MATE FOR LIFEKatie Smith is the best of her class, part of an elite hunting force trained to eliminate werewolves from the hills of Western Virginia. She's good at it because she has the kind of focus and drive that won't back down no matter how steep the odds. Call it southern sass...
  • Blood & Thunder by Charlie Cochet

    Blood & Thunder by Charlie Cochet

    18 ratings
    When a series of bombs goes off in a Therian youth center, injuring members of THIRDS Team Destructive Delta and causing a rift between agents Dexter J. Daley and Sloane Brodie, peace seems unattainable. Especially when a new and frightening group, the Order of Adrasteia, appears to always be a step ahead...
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    drama  family  humor  suspense  war  action-adventure  adult  alpha-mc
  • Dragon Mated by Jaymin Eve

    Dragon Mated by Jaymin Eve

    20 ratings
    In the stunning conclusion to the Supernatural Prison trilogy, Jessa Lebron finds herself deep in the world of Larkspur, the dragon king. She will have to play it smart and fight with everything to stay one step ahead of him and while at times it’s tough to keep her focus, she will do anything to escape and reunite with her boys, the Compass quads...
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    drama  family  humor  war  action-adventure  alpha-mc  audiobook  book
  • The Shadow Crosser by J.C. Cervantes, Jennifer Cervantes

    The Shadow Crosser by J.C. Cervantes, Jennifer Cervantes

    12 ratings
    Best-selling author Rick Riordan presents J.C. Cervantes' epic finale to the Storm Runner trilogy, a tale of mystery, magic, and mayhem featuring gods from both Maya and Aztec mythology.Zane Obispo has been looking forward to his training at the Shaman Institute for Higher Order Magic, and not only because it means he'll be reunited with his best friend, Brooks...
  • Bind the Soul by Annette Marie

    Bind the Soul by Annette Marie

    21 ratings
    The most important rule for an Apprentice Consul is simple: Don't get involved with daemons. Well, Piper is planning to break that rule — big time.After a near-deadly scandal with the Sahar Stone, she has the chance to return to the only life she's ever wanted. All she has to do to keep her Apprenticeship is forget about Ash and Lyre...
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    drama  family  humor  suspense  war  action-adventure  alpha-mc  angels
  • After the Fall  ( by Elle Casey

    After the Fall ( by Elle Casey

    14 ratings
    This is an alternate Cover Edition for ASIN: B009JT9XXI.NEW YORK TIMES and USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHOR, ELLE CASEY, brings readers Book 5 in the YA Urban Fantasy WAR OF THE FAE Series. [Formerly titled Clash of the Otherworlds, Book 1] The Light and Dark Fae have come together, a tenuous peace formed at the urging of the Overworld...
  • The Space Between by Diana Gabaldon

    The Space Between by Diana Gabaldon

    24 ratings
    Joan MacKimmie is on her way to Paris to take up her vocation as a nun. Yet her decision is less a matter of faith than fear, for Joan is plagued by mysterious voices that speak of the future, and by visions that mark those about to die. The sanctuary of the nunnery promises respite from these unwanted visitations . . . or so she prays...
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    drama  family  suspense  war  action-adventure  adult  audiobook  book
  • Bring the Heat by G.A. Aiken

    Bring the Heat by G.A. Aiken

    16 ratings
    HE SAYS . . .I, Aidan the Divine, am, well divine. My name was given to me by the Dragon Queen herself! I’m a delight! Cheerful. Charming. And a mighty warrior who is extremely handsome with a very large and well-hidden hoard of gold. I am also royal born, despite the fact that most in my family are horrendous beings that don’t deserve to live...
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    epic  family  humor  war  action-adventure  adult  alpha-mc  audiobook
  • Cross Breed by Lora Leigh

    Cross Breed by Lora Leigh

    16 ratings
    The Breeds are humans altered before conception with the DNA of the predators of Earth. But although they all carry the genetic material of beasts within them, Cassandra Sinclair stands apart. A unique mix of wolf, coyote and human, she is revered by many—but preyed upon by others...
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    drama  family  humor  suspense  war  action-adventure  adult  alpha-mc
  • New World Order by Elle Casey

    New World Order by Elle Casey

    16 ratings
    Will the fae will be able to make the sacrifices they must to survive?Jayne Sparks and her Light Fae changeling friends face off in the final battle against their enemies. But the identify of their true enemies isn't as clear as it once was. Are they the ones breaking down their doors ..
  • Valley of Silence by Nora Roberts

    Valley of Silence by Nora Roberts

    26 ratings
    The battleground has been chosen for the final showdown between those selected by the gods and the minions of the vampire Lilith. But there is one vampire who dares stand against her. And his love for the scholarly queen of Geall will complete the circle of six - and change the face of eternity...
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    drama  epic  suspense  war  action-adventure  adult  audiobook  book
  • A Leaf on the Wind of All Hallows by Diana Gabaldon

    A Leaf on the Wind of All Hallows by Diana Gabaldon

    26 ratings
    Available for the first time as an exclusive eBook in this original Outlander novella, Diana Gabaldon reveals what really happened to Roger MacKenzie Wakefield’s parents. Orphaned during World War II, Roger believed that his mother died during the London Blitz, and that his father, an RAF pilot, was killed in combat. But in An Echo in the Bone, Roger discovers that this may not be the whole story...
  • Catch a Tiger by the Tail by Charlie Cochet

    Catch a Tiger by the Tail by Charlie Cochet

    18 ratings
    Calvin Summers and Ethan Hobbs have been best friends since childhood, but somewhere along the line, their friendship evolved into something more. With the Therian Youth Center bombing, Calvin realizes just how short life can be and no longer keeps his feelings for his best friend a secret...
  • Collision Course by Julie Trettel

    Collision Course by Julie Trettel

    8 ratings
    There's little worse than your best friend finding out you're crushing on his baby sister.That was eight years ago. Baine lost everything, the girl, his clan, and his best friend. Smiles and jokes are his defense to cover the pain he still harbors. He hasn't been home since, but a mission to save his clan from a Raglan threat has him on a collision course to face his past...
  • Gregor and the Prophecy of Bane by Suzanne Collins

    Gregor and the Prophecy of Bane by Suzanne Collins

    30 ratings
    The action and adventure continue for Gregor in this stunning fantasy from Suzanne Collins, bestselling author of the Hunger Games. New cover art coming July 1st! Gregor swears he will never return to the Underland, that strange world below New York City. But he is a key player in another prophecy, this one about an ominous white rat called the Bane...
  • The Restorer's Son by Sharon Hinck

    The Restorer's Son by Sharon Hinck

    10 ratings
    Chosen to save a people. Called to serve an enemy. Plunged again into the gray world of Lyric and Hazor, Susan and Mark search frantically for their teenage son, Jake, as all signs hint that a trusted ally has betrayed them. Assassins, political intrigue, false leads, and near misses beset their path, which will lead them into the dark prisons of Hazor before the One's purpose is revealed...
  • Surrendering to the Dragon by Jessie Donovan

    Surrendering to the Dragon by Jessie Donovan

    10 ratings
    Nikki Gray has reason to hate the dragon hunters—they brutally murdered one of her friends a year ago. Not only that, they have caused havoc on several of the British dragon clans, injuring countless individuals. Determined to defeat the hunters by kidnaping their leader, Simon Bourne, she teams up with a human male in the British special forces...
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    drama  humor  war  action-adventure  adult  alpha-mc  audiobook  book
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