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  • Gulf Lynx by Fiona Quinn

    Gulf Lynx by Fiona Quinn

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

    The Darkest Sampler by Gena Showalter

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    FREE DIGITAL SAMPLER FEATURING EXTENDED EXCERPTS FROM BESTSELLING SENSATION GENA SHOWALTER'S ENTHRALLING LORDS OF THE UNDERWORLD SERIESWelcome to a dark and sensual world, where the line between good and evil blurs and true love is put to the ultimate test...
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  • The Write Hook by Robyn Peterman

    The Write Hook by Robyn Peterman

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Midlife is full of surprises. Not all of them are working for me.At forty-two I’ve had my share of ups and downs. Relatively normal, except when the definition of normal changes… drastically...
  • Thirty and a Half Excuses by Denise Grover Swank

    Thirty and a Half Excuses by Denise Grover Swank

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Life in Henryetta, Arkansas is turned upside down with the arrival of a televangelist, but it’s the death of a little old lady on Rose’s street that catches her attention. The Henryetta police deem her death natural causes, but Rose suspects foul play and so does an unlikely supporter–-the president of the Busy Body Club, her eighty-two year old neighbor Mildred...
  • Cuff Lynx by Fiona Quinn

    Cuff Lynx by Fiona Quinn

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    More of this is true than you would believe.In her most thrilling novel yet, USA Today bestselling author Fiona Quinn exposes the dark forces threatening America. The Hydra, a monstrous group that includes a secret society that will do anything for power, is ready to strike, and only Lexi stands a chance to stop them.It’s a mind-bending plot of control and destruction...
  • Darkyn's Mate by Lizzy Ford

    Darkyn's Mate by Lizzy Ford

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Caught between Fate and the Dark One ... Stuck in Hell, human-Deidre struggles to hold onto her hope that she can change the course of events that landed her as the mate of Darkyn, the Dark One. The chances of her leaving Hell plummet when the Dark One takes a drastic step to ensure he never loses his latest possession and blood binds her in an ancient rite from the time-before-time...
  • Trials of Dusk and Dreams by Lana Pecherczyk

    Trials of Dusk and Dreams by Lana Pecherczyk

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The only way for Willow to defeat an oppressive faerie queen is to make six villains remember they’re obsessed with her, except . . . One hates her. One confuses her. One distrusts her. One is encased in stone. One rejects her, and, One thinks she’s a dangerous distraction. The task seems impossible...
  • Highlander for the Holidays by Janet Chapman

    Highlander for the Holidays by Janet Chapman

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    After a brutal attack, Jessie Pringle moved to the small mountain town of Pine Creek, Maine, to start over. But she never expected to meet Ian MacKeage, who had seemingly stepped right out of the Scottish Highlands. As drawn to Ian as he is to her, Jessie finds it more and more difficult to deny her own desires..
  • Spirit of the Knight by Debbie Peterson

    Spirit of the Knight by Debbie Peterson

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    She fell deeply in love with him in the early days of her childhood. And in return, she captured his heart the moment he first cast gaze his gaze upon her... Renowned artist Mariah Jennings, hired to paint a thirteenth century Scottish castle, gets the shock of her life when she encounters the handsome knight who has dominated a lifetime of portraits and sketchbooks...
  • Heart of a Hero by Janet Chapman

    Heart of a Hero by Janet Chapman

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Read Pink Edition New York Times bestselling author Janet Chapman welcomes her fans back to Spellbound Falls, where no one is immune to the magical powers of love… Originally from the ancient mythical island of Atlantis, Nicholas has spent the last year deep in the mountains of Maine, serving as Director of Security for the Nova Mare and Inglenook resorts...
  • Wicked Edge by Nina Bangs

    Wicked Edge by Nina Bangs

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    USA Today bestselling author Nina Bangs once again tempts readers to enter the wickedly sensual Castle of Dark Dreams--a playground where private pleasures and devilish fantasies come true, where the men who breathe life into women's ultimate desires burn with their own supernatural fire... As an angel, Passion prides herself on perfection...
  • Prophecy: Child of Earth by Elizabeth Haydon

    Prophecy: Child of Earth by Elizabeth Haydon

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    In Rhapsody , a fellowship was forged-- three companions who, through great adversity, became a force to be reckoned with: Rhapsody the Singer; Achmed the assassin-king; and Grunthor, the giant Sergeant-Major. Prophecy continues their powerful epic. Driven by a prophetic vision, Rhapsody races to rescue a religious leader while Achmed and Grunthor seek the F'dor-- an ancient and powerful demon...
  • Double Take: An FBI Thriller by Catherine Coulter

    Double Take: An FBI Thriller by Catherine Coulter

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

    Fire with Fire by Penelope King

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    It's been over two months since Lucky and Liora decided their fate outside the cave. Over two months since Kieron left to finish his mission. So why hasn't he returned? Crushed and confused, Liora finds comfort with a mysterious stranger, a guy whose motives include more than just healing Liora's broken heart. Meanwhile, Lucky finds herself in the arms of an old friend..
  • One Enchanted Evening by Lynn Kurland

    One Enchanted Evening by Lynn Kurland

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Time-travel romances have made Lynn Kurland a bestseller in the here-and-now. A duty-bound knight has taken on the task of rebuilding the most dilapidated castle in all of England. A costume designer gets her chance to shine by showcasing her fairy- tale designs at an upscale party in an authentic medieval castle...
  • Voodoo Kiss by Jayde Scott

    Voodoo Kiss by Jayde Scott

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Aspiring rock star, Sofia, had her whole future figured out. Or so she thought until her sister's sacrificed in a horrific ritual. Now Sofia's haunted by dreadful nightmares and terrifying visions from a past she never knew existed...
  • All For You by Lynn Kurland

    All For You by Lynn Kurland

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    FALLING THROUGH TIME IS DANGEROUS…Peaches Alexander is thrilled to receive an unexpected invitation to a weekend party given by the handsome, eligible Duke of Kenneworth. The only Stephen de Piaget, a stuffy medieval studies scholar who seems determined to get in the way...
  • Deidre's Death by Lizzy Ford

    Deidre's Death by Lizzy Ford

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Two women caught in a struggle between Death and the Dark One... Gabriel – Death – is winning the ground war against demons in the mortal realm. But a rebellion is brewing among his army of grim reapers in the underworld he still can’t access...
  • Mayhem and Minnie by Veronica Lancet

    Mayhem and Minnie by Veronica Lancet

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    He's a neurotic serial killer. She's the woman he cannot kill. Marlowe Spencer-Astor is in a slump. He hasn’t killed a single soul in one hundred seventy four days. Not even therapy could solve his murderous problem, though he promised his mother he’d try.But then he sees a homeless girl by the side of the road.Minnie.She’s naked, dirty and smelly–everything that triggers his OCD...
  • Heart of Fire by Meredith Wild, Angel Payne

    Heart of Fire by Meredith Wild, Angel Payne

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    He’s forged from heaven. She’s promised to hell.Professor Maximus Kane can no longer deny his passion for his stunning yet mysterious student, Kara Valari. But surrendering to their desires carries more consequences than just violating the Alameda University conduct codes. Kara has defied her destiny. Higher directives have been violated. Now there’s hell to pay...
  • Broken Wings by Cameo Renae

    Broken Wings by Cameo Renae

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Emma’s world is falling apart, and Kade, the only one who seems to hold her together, is missing. With death lingering right outside their door, decisions must be made before it’s too late. The Midway has refused to send help, so they are left to seek out the only other who can stop Lucian...
  • Destiny: Child of the Sky by Elizabeth Haydon

    Destiny: Child of the Sky by Elizabeth Haydon

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    A FELLOWSHIP OF THREE To stand against the F'dor-- an ancient, vile being intent on destroying the world-- a fellowship has been forged: Rhapsody, a Singer of great talent and beauty; Achmed, an assassin with unearthly talents; and Grunthor, a giant of jolly disposition and lethal skill with weapons...
  • Stardust of Yesterday by Lynn Kurland

    Stardust of Yesterday by Lynn Kurland

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 20 ratings
    Dreaming of her wonderful castle, she imagined that it contained a handsome, brave knight— Suddenly, her eyes flew open. She scrambled over her chair, looking with alarm at what was quivering in front of her, only an inch away from where her toes had dangled off the edge… It was a sword. “I’ll not miss my mark a second time.” A deep voice grated from behind her. She whirled around...
  • Wolf Brother by Michelle Paver, Geoff Taylor

    Wolf Brother by Michelle Paver, Geoff Taylor

    Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    Six thousand years ago. Evil stalks the land. Only twelve-year-old Torak and his wolf-cub companion can defeat it. Their journey together takes them through deep forests, across giant glaciers, and into dangers they never imagined...
  • Wolf Hunt by Jennifer Ashley

    Wolf Hunt by Jennifer Ashley

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Werewolf Logan Wright receives a mysterious phone call from Nadia, a beautiful demon woman he interviewed in his capacity as detective in the LAPD paranormal unit. She’s breathless and scared, and begs for his help. The former Packmaster—enforcer of pack law and official executioner for his wolf pack—has developed a fierce protectiveness for Nadia, and he drops everything to find her...
  • Until I Die Again by Tina Wainscott

    Until I Die Again by Tina Wainscott

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Returning from Heaven can be Hell... Chris Copestakes’s young life ends in a second filled with twisting metal, shattering glass, and her own terrified cry. Against all odds, she wakes up in a hospital and discovers she’s been given a second chance. But there’s a catch. A big one...
  • Hear No by Lizzy Ford

    Hear No by Lizzy Ford

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    It's only the end of the world ... Nathan's job for the past three thousand years has been to clean up supernatural messes. Jaded, ruthlessly effective and selfless, he's seen it all and can handle anything - demons, homicidal angels, even bad bosses. His latest challenge: A creature named Shadowman is seeking out the three keys it believes will open portals between earth and hell...
  • Night Demon by Lisa Kessler

    Night Demon by Lisa Kessler

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Deep within the Yucatan jungle a demon has awakened...Gretchen Finch's job would be much easier if she weren't alone in the jungle with a brilliant recluse whose every glance sets her on fire. But the more she focuses on her work, the closer she gets to unlocking the mysteries of a terrible creature - the Night Demon - that threatens the world as she knows it...
  • Weregild by Carole Cummings

    Weregild by Carole Cummings

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

    The Acropolis by R.K. Ryals

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    "We have a new assignment for you, Mr. Reinhardt." These words are not comforting to me. At eighteen, I am a gargoyle who has been demoted because I broke the rules. Now I have a new mission, a new mark to protect. But I don't expect Emma Chase. I don't expect to question my own race. I don't expect to care for my own mark. And I am not prepared for what I find at The Acropolis...
  • Reawakening by Amy Rae Durreson

    Reawakening by Amy Rae Durreson

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    For a thousand years, since their defeat of the Shadow at Eyr, the dragons have slept under the mountains. Now their king, Tarnamell, has woken. Driven mad by loneliness, he hurls himself south until he finds and tries to claim the Alagard Desert. Unfortunately, the desert already has a guardian spirit, and he doesn't want to share...
  • Hideaway by Fern Michaels

    Hideaway by Fern Michaels

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Part One of the New Three-Part Godmothers Serial!The best of friends, Toots, Ida, Mavis, and Sophie have been there for each other through thick and thin. Now Sophie needs the rest of the Godmothers to help her through something they’ve never faced before . . .As Sophie De Luca has learned, many things really are better the second time around...
  • The Devil's Bible by Dana Chamblee Carpenter

    The Devil's Bible by Dana Chamblee Carpenter

    Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    She’s spent the last seven hundred years hiding in plain sight. But Mouse's past is about to catch up with her.The Devil’s Bible. Once considered an eighth wonder of the world, the ancient book is shrouded in mystery. No one knows who wrote it or where it was written. Even dry-boned scholars whisper about the secrets hidden in the book: How it calls to the power-hungry. How it drives people mad...
  • Lost Truth by Dawn Cook

    Lost Truth by Dawn Cook

    Rated: 3.99 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Fourth in the sensational series featuring Alissa, a young student of magic whose rebellious nature puts her life in danger. Alissa is steadily advancing in her magical studies with the last surviving Master at the legendary Hold. But she's haunted by dreams--dreams revealing that other Masters have survived..
  • Ascension by Felicity Heaton

    Ascension by Felicity Heaton

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    A witch on the verge of achieving phenomenal power, Lealandra must turn to her half-breed demon ex-lover Taig for protection from the dark force that is after her and also from her own magic. With her Counter-Balance dead and her coven against her, Taig's blood and power is the only thing that can help her control her magic and survive the ascension and gain the strength to defeat her enemy...
  • Fang Me by Parker Blue

    Fang Me by Parker Blue

    Rated: 3.99 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The vampires want it. The demons want it, too. And someone is willing to kill Val for it. Val and Fang have to find the powerful Encyclopedia Magicka before either of San Antonio's warring underworld factions locate it or the consequences will be deadly for the entire city. As usual, Val's vampire enemies (they still call her The Slayer) want her dead...
  • Red Demon by Deidre Knight

    Red Demon by Deidre Knight

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 7 ratings
    In which immortal Spartans fight for humankind while battling their own desires... After assuming the power of life and death for the immortal Spartan brotherhood, Aristos Petrakos is brought a message from the other side- a romantic message he doesn't want to hear. Juliana Tiades, the long- dead love of Ari's immortal life, is desperate to reveal the truth about her death...
  • Red Mortal by Deidre Knight

    Red Mortal by Deidre Knight

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Leonidas has long led his fellow immortal warriors in battle with quiet, unyielding strength. But when Daphne, Oracle of Delphi, confesses to having loved him from afar, Leo finds his stoic shell breaking away. Just as their love ignites, Daphne's half-brother Ares strips Leonidas of his immortality...
  • Captive Heart by Anna Windsor

    Captive Heart by Anna Windsor

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Hot, wet, and bothered   As the world’s only fully trained water Sybil, Andy Myles is too busy battling New York’s demonic population and coping with personal tragedy to trust her broken heart to the wrong man...
  • Kiss of the Betrayer by Boone Brux

    Kiss of the Betrayer by Boone Brux

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    For fifteen years Luc Le Daun has blamed himself for the death of the woman he loved. His secret guilt has led him into a life of danger, risking all and committing to none. Killing Luc Le Daun has been all Jade Kendell has thought about for years. But when her plan goes awry and she’s brought into the Bringers’ fold, her own dark secret threatens to be revealed...
  • Winter Solstice by Mandy M. Roth

    Winter Solstice by Mandy M. Roth

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Powerful, immortal, magikal and cursed to the shadows of the night... Gordon O’Caha, a seven-hundred-year-old druid sorcerer, fell in battle centuries ago. When he recovered, he found he wasn't as he'd once been, purely magik. He was much, much more. Now, he shares his body with darkness - a demon gifted to him by the blood drinkers he'd been attacked by...
  • Stitches in Time by Barbara Michaels

    Stitches in Time by Barbara Michaels

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

    Doomed by Jayde Scott

    Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Enter a paranormal world of dark magic, rituals, love bonds and legends… Fallen angel Cassandra wasn't supposed to fall in love with Dallas. It should've been just a bit of fun she couldn't resist. The bond they share could save her from her curse before she's forever bound to Hell. Trouble is, she's Lucifer's daughter and Dallas is mortal, and mortals don't survive in Cass's world...
  • The Demon Who Fed on a Shark by Scarlet Hyacinth

    The Demon Who Fed on a Shark by Scarlet Hyacinth

    Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    [Siren Classic ManLove: Erotic Alternative Fantasy/Paranormal Romance, M/M, demons, shape-shifters, HEA] Darling or dinner? For incubus Alexis, shark-shifter Morgan is both, and so much more. But when Alexis is severely disfigured, Morgan also becomes a dream beyond his reach. After all, Alexis is a sex demon...
  • Ghost by Carole Cummings

    Ghost by Carole Cummings

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

    Captive Spirit by Anna Windsor

    Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Trapped by temptation, bound by desire   Saving humanity from the supernatural has been challenging lately—even for a well-trained earth Sybil like Bela Argos, who must harness the magic of a fractious group of warrior sisters and battle a new wave of paranormal attacks...
  • The Chocolatier's Wife by Cindy Lynn Speer

    The Chocolatier's Wife by Cindy Lynn Speer

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

    Adel's Purr by Sui Lynn

    Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Evan Halvard is a stone mason, like his father before him. In a world struggling to recover from a war that swept humanity to the brink, Evan struggles to learn about and control a power he knows nothing about. He can create and awaken living stone gargoyles. When he receives a message from his contacts that a large gargoyle is about to be destroyed by the Church, Evan rushes to save it...
  • Destinies in Darkness, Part 1 by Scarlet Hyacinth

    Destinies in Darkness, Part 1 by Scarlet Hyacinth

    Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    [Siren Classic ManLove: Erotic Alternative Paranormal Romance, M/M, vampires] Eric is a young human psychic, struggling to make ends meet and achieve his dream of becoming a famous painter. His life changes completely when he meets Keenan, a 500 year old vampire. Before they know it, the two fall in love. But Eric has to overcome the trauma of his past, and Keenan needs to learn how to love...
  • Pride & Were by Joyee Flynn

    Pride & Were by Joyee Flynn

    Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    [Siren Allure ManLove: Erotic Alternative Paranormal Romance, M/M, shape-shifters, public exhibition, sex toys, HEA] Cody knew who he was and never made any apologies for it. He was a shifter with a high libido and enjoyed not only lots of sex, but life. And he saw nothing wrong with that, no matter what people might say about him at times. Besides, he had other issues in life to deal with...
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