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  • Freaky Mage by Amanda M. Lee

    Freaky Mage by Amanda M. Lee

    14 ratings
    The members of Mystic Caravan have Georgia on their minds as they land in Savannah … and immediately find trouble.In a city full of ghosts, Poet Parker expects a few magical things to happen, but when an evil cult sacrifices a young woman on the beach next to their camp, things take a turn nobody was expecting. Thankfully, she’s not alone for this fight...
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    fae  ghosts  magic  paranormal  vampires  witches-wizards  adult  book
  • Freaky Rites by Amanda M. Lee

    Freaky Rites by Amanda M. Lee

    14 ratings
    Northern California beckons the Mystic Caravan crew and they’re looking forward to some down time after their previous stop. Emotions are running high and the workers are desperate to return to their normal lives. Poet Parker and Kade Denton, for instance, have a new camper to move into and they’re both excited at the prospect of an adventure that has nothing to do with monsters...
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    fae  ghosts  magic  paranormal  witches-wizards  adult  audiobook  book
  • Liam by Shannon Mayer

    Liam by Shannon Mayer

    16 ratings
    My name is Liam, and I was an FBI agent, until I stepped into the world of Rylee Adamson. Now, I’m a Guardian, a wolf shifter whose very design is to protect those around him at any cost. The battle against Orion is done, the demons banished. In their wake, there are so many innocents who have lost their lives, their families, and their way.Three of them our now ours to raise—the ogre triplets...
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    fae  ghosts  magic  paranormal  urban  vampires  witches-wizards  adult
  • Shadow Hunt by Melissa F. Olson

    Shadow Hunt by Melissa F. Olson

    16 ratings
    For years now, Scarlett Bernard has counted on two things: her ability to nullify magic, and Shadow, the bargest who guards Scarlett with her life. But after a sudden revelation turns Scarlett’s world upside down, she panics and leaves town without warning, leaving Shadow with her partner, Jesse. In the chaos that follows, the bargest is stolen—and Jesse nearly dies from a brutal psychic assault...
  • 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...
  • The Killer Clown Calamity by Amanda M. Lee

    The Killer Clown Calamity by Amanda M. Lee

    12 ratings
    Charlie Rhodes’ life is in turmoil. Her relationship with her boyfriend Jack is going well but Casey, the newest member of the Legacy Foundation, has dropped a bombshell and Charlie feels as if things are spinning out of control. While waiting for DNA results to prove (or disprove, for that matter) Casey’s identity, the team gets called out on a weird case...
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    fae  ghosts  magic  paranormal  vampires  witches-wizards  adult  book
  • Freaky Places by Amanda M. Lee

    Freaky Places by Amanda M. Lee

    14 ratings
    Mystic Caravan Circus is heading to the West Coast, and while everyone is happy for the change of scenery there's a pall settling over the group. Poet and Kade are in a good place and planning for a change, but it's something Poet can't focus on because she feels as if someone is watching … and whoever it is has evil in his or her heart...
  • The Monstrous Seven by Lily Harper Hart

    The Monstrous Seven by Lily Harper Hart

    10 ratings
    Life is going well for Hannah Hickok. Her business – a cosplay western town in Kentucky – is thriving and she’s even interviewing bartenders so she can finally take on different duties in her new world. All that comes to a screeching halt when a guest grabs what’s supposed to be a prop gun and fires it at another guest during an altercation...
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    fae  ghosts  magic  paranormal  vampires  witches-wizards  adult  book
  • Black Truth, White Lies by Hailey Edwards

    Black Truth, White Lies by Hailey Edwards

    14 ratings
    When one of Santa’s reindeer meets a grisly end during the annual A Downtown Dickens Christmas Festival, Rue realizes her enemies are closing in on her location, and Samford will pay the price.But when one creature turns into two, and two into three, and then three into four, Rue knows the problem is bigger than a singular threat to her new hometown...
  • Cast Away by Annabel Chase

    Cast Away by Annabel Chase

    14 ratings
    Welcome to Spellbound, where paranormal is the new normal. Witch-in-training Emma Hart is preparing for one of the worst days of her life...the marriage of fallen angel Daniel Starr to the spoiled fairy, Elsa Knightsbridge. Fortunately for Emma, distractions are easy to come by in Spellbound when a troll is found dead near a bridge and an overzealous werewolf is arrested for indecent exposure...
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    fae  ghosts  magic  paranormal  urban  vampires  witches-wizards  adult
  • First-Realm Problems by Nova Nelson

    First-Realm Problems by Nova Nelson

    8 ratings
    A Paranormal Cozy MysteryWhat happens in New Orleans, slays in New Orleans…Psychic Nora Ashcroft is somewhere she never thought she’d see again: her old world. Desperate to bring Tanner and Eva back to Eastwind as soon as possible, she faces a major up-levee battle in New Orleans...
  • Stealing Summer by Lexi Blake

    Stealing Summer by Lexi Blake

    8 ratings
    From New York Times and USA Today bestseller Lexi Blake comes a new epic-length story in her Thieves/Hunter world…A daughter lostSummer has spent her whole life wondering about the family she left behind. On the night she came into being she only had a few moments with them. In that brief time, she reached out to her father, looking deep into his soul, and gifted him the will to go on...
  • Love Spells Trouble by Nova Nelson

    Love Spells Trouble by Nova Nelson

    10 ratings
    Love-sick spirits from the beyond. Dead romances resurrected. This spells trouble.As a psychic medium, bringing peace to restless spirits is Nora Ashcroft's specialty, and she thought she was getting the hang of it. But when two ghosts that were supposed to be resting in peace pay her a late-night visit, she realizes how much she has left to learn...
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    crime  fae  ghosts  magic  paranormal  vampires  witches-wizards  adult
  • Odd Times for Sophie Feegle by Gwen DeMarco

    Odd Times for Sophie Feegle by Gwen DeMarco

    10 ratings
    Welcome to the Mythical town of Murias – a quaint little town in Cascadia where fairytale creatures quietly live among humans. When a series of unsolved and bizarre murders occurs, it threatens to expose the Mythicals in town. And the timing couldn’t be worse: Murias’s Hunter's Moon Festival – Cascadia’s largest Mythical event – is less than a week away...
  • Wicked Moon Rising by Gina LaManna, Allyson Ryan

    Wicked Moon Rising by Gina LaManna, Allyson Ryan

    12 ratings
    When Detective Dani DeMarco is attacked in the middle of the night, she’s more than a little disgruntled. However, she soon discovers that things aren’t as simple as they seem, and that everyone she loves is in great danger.The battle for The Hex Files has officially begun, and Wicked is under attack. Two werewolves are dead. A rogue vampire is on the loose...
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    crime  fae  ghosts  magic  paranormal  urban  vampires  witches-wizards
  • Gray Tidings by Hailey Edwards

    Gray Tidings by Hailey Edwards

    12 ratings
    Corpses are vanishing from New Orleans morgues, there’s talk of a sea monster in Lake Pontchartrain, and Hiram Nádasdy is turning the French Quarter upside down in search of a witch with the power to bring the dead back to life.When the director assigns Rue the case, she suspects he’s sending her hunting all right. For her father, not the creature...
  • A Drop in the Potion by Annabel Chase

    A Drop in the Potion by Annabel Chase

    14 ratings
    Welcome to Spellbound, where paranormal is the new normal. A new discovery by the remedial witches offers the chance to obtain a key ingredient for a spell that *may* bring an end to the curse on the long-suffering town. Naturally, Emma is the first to volunteer for the task--oblivious to the potential danger she faces...
  • The Solstice Countdown by Lisa Shearin

    The Solstice Countdown by Lisa Shearin

    8 ratings
    As an agent of Supernatural Protection & Investigations (SPI), I know that evil doesn’t take a vacation, but this time it made an exception and followed me on mine.I’m Makenna Fraser, seer for SPI, and I’m taking my boyfriend, goblin dark mage Rake Danescu, home for the holidays to meet my family...
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    fae  magic  paranormal  urban  vampires  witches-wizards  adult  book
  • The Heart's Blood Arrow by Kai Butler

    The Heart's Blood Arrow by Kai Butler

    8 ratings
    An old nemesis is out for blood…Parker Ferro’s life would be easier if his enemies stayed gone. When the man responsible for the death of Parker’s mother breaks out of prison, Parker finds himself in the crosshairs of the Bureau of Paranormal Threats when he tracks the criminal down...
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    crime  fae  ghosts  magic  paranormal  urban  vampires  witches-wizards
  • Reindeer Runes by Danielle Garrett, Amanda Ronconi

    Reindeer Runes by Danielle Garrett, Amanda Ronconi

    10 ratings
    Have yourself a very Merry Witchmas in Holiday Haven, where the magic and mystery of Christmas is snow joke!Lumi Northrop is a powerful guardian of the north—the North Star Reindeer Sanctuary, that is.When Rudolph vanishes the week before Christmas, Lumi is thrust from the peace and quiet of her family’s farm, into the magical town of Holiday Haven to help find him...
  • Death Match by Annabel Chase, A. Blythe

    Death Match by Annabel Chase, A. Blythe

    10 ratings
    Alternate cover for this ASIN can be found here. Losing the games can mean losing your life... Alyse Winters, former covert supernatural agent, is laying low while she investigates who muzzled her magic and why. Faced with upsetting news about her handler and Ghuls behaving strangely, Alyse has her work cut out for her...
  • Sorcery & Stories by Elle Adams

    Sorcery & Stories by Elle Adams

    10 ratings
    It's the holiday season in the town of Ivory Beach, and Rory Hawthorn and her new magical family are preparing for the festivities. But when a group of strange werewolves materialises in the library, it kicks off a series of bizarre events which appear to be lifted directly from her aunt's bestselling novels...
  • Secrets and Alchemy by Linsey Hall

    Secrets and Alchemy by Linsey Hall

    12 ratings
    Fated Mates....if they can surviveWhen Sora, a beautiful mage with broken magic, walks into my bar, two things are obvious. One: she needs my help. Two: she’s my fated mate.I’ll stop at nothing to save her from the magical mob boss she’s pissed off. It’s the only way I’ll ever be able to make her mine.Then the unexpected happens...
  • Last Impressions by A.J. Aalto

    Last Impressions by A.J. Aalto

    12 ratings
    When an FBI Internal Affairs investigation lands the Preternatural Crimes Unit in a bureaucratic spank-fest, it feels like the perfect time for Marnie Baranuik to skip town and lend her expertise to a bear-sized Canadian cop who doesn’t want her help with his case, his love life, or his car stereo...
  • Last Strand by Jennifer Estep

    Last Strand by Jennifer Estep

    13 ratings
    Every bloody thread has been leading to this . . .I’ve battled a lot of bad guys in my time, both as Gin Blanco and as the notorious assassin the Spider. But I’ve never faced off against anyone quite as powerful and deadly as the dastardly leader of the Circle secret society...
  • Grace Under Fury by Annabel Chase

    Grace Under Fury by Annabel Chase

    14 ratings
    Welcome to Chipping Cheddar, where supernaturals are hidden in plain sightResidents are sneezing and coughing all over town and it seems like a brutal allergy season is upon us--until someone dies. When Dr...
  • Doom and Broom by Annabel Chase

    Doom and Broom by Annabel Chase

    14 ratings
    Welcome to Spellbound, where paranormal is the new normal. Emma Hart hasn’t had a moment’s peace since her arrival in Spellbound. Her fear of heights hits an all-time high when she’s tasked with mastering a broomstick. It doesn’t help that Lady Weatherby seems determined to make basic witch training feel more like the magical ninja warrior championships...
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    fae  ghosts  magic  paranormal  urban  vampires  witches-wizards  adult
  • Dead and Gone by Annie Anderson

    Dead and Gone by Annie Anderson

    14 ratings
    There are few things worse than being on the Arcane Bureau of Investigation’s naughty list.To keep herself out of hot water, Darby Adler has made a deal with the devil—using her skills as a grave talker to help the ABI solve some very cold cases...
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    fae  ghosts  magic  paranormal  urban  vampires  witches-wizards  adult
  • Dead to the World by Annabel Chase

    Dead to the World by Annabel Chase

    14 ratings
    Lorelei Clay isn’t like other people. She isn’t even like other supernaturals. Her specialties are the nightmares of the living, communication with the dead, and cooking bacon until it’s golden brown and perfectly crispy—no magic required...
  • 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...
  • Witches Wild by Yasmine Galenorn

    Witches Wild by Yasmine Galenorn

    6 ratings
    Can you ever really trust ghosts from your past? As the mist rolls off the ocean and into Bedlam, October brings with it all manner of haunts and spooks. But the mist doesn’t arrive alone. Fata Morgana returns from the depths of the ocean, bringing with her a message. One of the ancient vampires has risen. He’s coming for Maddy, and he’ll eliminate anybody who stands in his way...
  • Witching Moon by Yasmine Galenorn

    Witching Moon by Yasmine Galenorn

    6 ratings
    An Ante-Fae AdventureWhen you dance with Death, you have to be willing to roll the bones... Still shaken from her run-in with the serial killer, Raven turns to a new and unlikely friend. But the Ante-Fae Trinity has dark secrets in his background, and he threatens to destabilize Raven and Kipa's relationship when he leads Raven down a wild, dangerous path...
  • Siren's Song by Yasmine Galenorn

    Siren's Song by Yasmine Galenorn

    6 ratings
    When the fog rolls in from the sea, sometimes ghosts from the past follow it... Sandy’s under attack. First, she’s almost mowed down at the supermarket, then her new shore-front burger stand is destroyed on its grand opening day. But when she’s found in a coma, the danger heats up. As she falls into a coma, parts of her dreaming world escape into reality...
  • Shadow Web by Yasmine Galenorn

    Shadow Web by Yasmine Galenorn

    6 ratings
    The holidays are here, and this year, they’re deadly…It’s my first Thanksgiving back in Moonshadow Bay, and everything is hunky-dory until the Witches Guild assigns me a research project for the upcoming Winter Solstice Festival. Not only do I melt down my computer, but I download a demon who ends up stuck in my house...
  • A Shadow of Crows by Yasmine Galenorn

    A Shadow of Crows by Yasmine Galenorn

    8 ratings
    As autumn approaches and Ember approaches the Cruharach, a revelation rocks Herne’s world that threatens their relationship. In the middle of the chaos, the Wild Hunt is approached by Raven, one of the Ante-Fae. A bone-witch, Raven hires them to find her missing fiancé. The spirits have warned her that he’s in danger...
  • Gone Witch by Nova Nelson

    Gone Witch by Nova Nelson

    8 ratings
    A witch is missing, and if I can't find her, Eastwind may never be the same. When a North Wind witch vanishes, the Eastwind Coven asks for my help finding her. But unless she's dead and feeling chatty, I don't know how much help my Fifth Wind powers will be. Lucky for the Coven, though, I'm in need of a serious distraction from my own problems, so I agree to look into it for them...
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    crime  fae  ghosts  magic  paranormal  vampires  witches-wizards  adult
  • Queso de los Muertos by Nova Nelson

    Queso de los Muertos by Nova Nelson

    8 ratings
    A town cook-off has never been so life-or-death.When it comes to Eastwind's annual cook-off, witch Nora Ashcroft is in it to win it.It's the perfect opportunity to introduce her delectable queso recipe to the magical town of Eastwind, and she'll do whatever it takes to keep Donovan from beating her...
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    crime  fae  ghosts  magic  paranormal  vampires  witches-wizards  adult
  • Evil Eye by Alyssa Day

    Evil Eye by Alyssa Day

    10 ratings
    For Jack Shepherd, tiger shapeshifter and former rebel leader, nothing in life has prepared him for this dead end. Dead End, Florida, to be exact. When swarms of treasure hunters descend on Dead End in search of legendary pirate Captain Jean Lafitte's fabled lost gold, chaos crashes down on the normally quiet town...
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    fae  ghosts  magic  paranormal  urban  witches-wizards  adult  animals
  • Gifted by Kelley Armstrong

    Gifted by Kelley Armstrong

    10 ratings
    Contains two holiday stories, one Otherworld Pack and one Cainsville.Gabriel’s Gargoyles - (Cainsville short story, Gabriel Walsh as 10 year old narrator.) Cainsville was where a boy could walk the streets safely at any time, day or night. Where everyone was genuinely glad to see you, and didn’t think you were odd if you wanted to keep to yourself. Because Cainsville was odd, too...
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    paranormal  fae  magic  urban  vampires  ghosts  urban-fantasy  fantasy
  • Outlier by Annabel Chase

    Outlier by Annabel Chase

    12 ratings
    My family's past threatens my future... It's my second year training to become a Sentry of the South at Spellslingers Academy of Magic and I'm still fighting a reputation I don't deserve. It was my grandmother's addiction to magic that tarnished our family name--a grandmother I still love and adore. When she asks a favor of me, I can't refuse her dying wish..
  • Panther Prowling by Yasmine Galenorn

    Panther Prowling by Yasmine Galenorn

    12 ratings
    We’re the D’Artigo sisters: savvy half-human, half-Fae operatives for the Otherworld Intelligence Agency. My sister Camille is a wicked-good witch with three gorgeous husbands. Menolly is a vampire married to a werepuma. And me? I’m Delilah, a two-faced werecat and a Death Maiden. While the war in Otherworld is expanding, so is my newly renamed PI business...
  • Rough Justice by Kelley Armstrong

    Rough Justice by Kelley Armstrong

    12 ratings
    Mallt-y-Nos. Matilda of the Hunt. The lone woman who rides with the Wild Hunt, tasked with finding killers who’ve escaped justice and letting the hounds reap their souls. For Olivia Taylor-Jones, Matilda isn’t just a legendary figure from Welsh lore. She is Olivia’s past, and her future, one she’s finally embraced. Having accepted her role as Matilda, Olivia must now lead her first Hunt...
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    crime  fae  magic  paranormal  urban  adult  audiobook  book
  • Wicked Long Nights by Gina LaManna

    Wicked Long Nights by Gina LaManna

    12 ratings
    Detective Dani DeMarco is back—and not by choice. When a powerful witch goes missing from NYPD, Dani is dragged out of retirement to assist her sometimes boyfriend, sometimes boss—Captain Matthew King—in locating the detective before it’s too late...
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    crime  fae  magic  paranormal  urban  vampires  witches-wizards  adult
  • Lover's Knot by Karen Chance

    Lover's Knot by Karen Chance

    13 ratings
    One of the most powerful vampires alive has gone missing, which is fine with Dorina Basarab. As a dhampir, her job is killing vampires, not saving them. But then the man sent to find the missing vamp also goes missing, and she finds herself on a rescue with a flood of long forgotten memories playing out in her head...
  • Death Rejoices by A.J. Aalto

    Death Rejoices by A.J. Aalto

    14 ratings
    Marnie Baranuik is back, and this time, the Great White Shark of psychic investigations has “people skills” and a new assistant who seems to harbor an unhealthy curiosity about Harry, her revenant companion. Together, they've got a whole lot of questions that need answering...
  • Otherworld Chills by Kelley Armstrong

    Otherworld Chills by Kelley Armstrong

    14 ratings
    The final anthology from the #1 New York Times bestselling Otherworld series Embrace the obscure. New York Times bestselling author Kelley Armstrong once again opens the gates to the Otherworld. This collection of rare and never-before-published novellas and short stories brings the clever wit, dark twists, and intense suspense Otherworld readers have come to expect...
  • Atoning by Kelley Armstrong

    Atoning by Kelley Armstrong

    14 ratings
    Chloe's POV set after The Darkness Rising trilogy.Chloe and Derek have adjusted to life in Badger Lake. It’s not perfect, but it’s safe and they’re learning the skills they’ll need when it comes time to make a decision about their futures. They’re comfortable and they’re settled . . . until a weekend camping trip with Maya and Daniel reunites them with someone they thought they’d left in the past...
  • Darkness Unmasked by Keri Arthur

    Darkness Unmasked by Keri Arthur

    16 ratings
    Keri Arthur's explosive Dark Angels series is packed with everything you could want: a fiesty heroine, witches, vampires, werewolves, demons, angels of death, suspense and a whole lot of sexy action.The sexy, exciting, suspenseful adventures continue in New York Times bestselling author Keri Arthur's Dark Angels series, starring Risa Jones, a half-Aedh/half-werewolf...
  • Darkness Splintered by Keri Arthur

    Darkness Splintered by Keri Arthur

    16 ratings
    When Risa loses the second key to hell, she angers several powerful people, and she’s starting to feel the pressure from all sides. She gets a visit from her father, who gives her an ultimatum: Get back the key or he will kill her friends.Risa also finds herself under the scrutiny of the vampire council, some of whom consider her a monster who should be destroyed...
  • Shaded Vision by Yasmine Galenorn

    Shaded Vision by Yasmine Galenorn

    16 ratings
    It's Valentine's Day and the D'Artigo women are preparing for their friend Iris's wedding. But when Delilah and her sisters get word that the Super Community Center has been bombed, things get really ugly, The evil coyote shifters-the Koyami-are back, and Newkirk, their new leader, has joined forces with a group of rogue sorcerers...
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    fae  ghosts  magic  paranormal  urban  vampires  witches-wizards  adult
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