Best of
Young-Adult-Paranormal

2018

The Magical Beings' Rehabilitation Center: The Complete Series


K.M. Shea - 2018
    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. Book 1: Vampires Drink Tomato Juice Morgan might be losing her sanity. She thought it was a normal day but after witnessing an incident involving a werewolf, a substitute teacher/possible vampire, and a thermos of tomato juice, things get weird. A quick train ride later she finds herself at the Chicago headquarters of all things fantastical: the Magical Beings' Rehabilitation Center. At the MBRC Morgan encounters dragons, vampires, elves, centaurs and even the Pooka, a shape-shifter who is too handsome for his own good. The MBRC strives to rehabilitate and integrate magical beings into human society. It’s also supposed to be a secret, and Morgan’s accidental initiation breaks every rule the place has. Book 2: Goblins Wear Suits Morgan has settled into a balance between her school work and teaching at the MBRC. But she doesn’t know what she wants after this. Her family and friends, including a certain flirtatious Pooka, all have colleges and future career paths for her to consider. Her choices are made even more difficult when terrorist threats are issued by an anti-human, magic-based organization. And their main target is Morgan. Book 3: The Lost Files of the MBRC When Morgan decided to stay employed at the Magical Beings’ Rehabilitation Center, she thought her life would quiet down as she started college and developed her career. She thought wrong. The Lost Files of the MBRC is an anthology of five short stories set in the world of the Magical Beings' Rehabilitation Center series.

Get Bent!


Rick Gualtieri - 2018
    but not as much as my fists.My name is Tamara Bentley, Bent to my friends, and I'm not supposed to exist. I was born of the forbidden union between a witch and a werewolf, and they've been trying their damnedest to hide my existence ever since.But now my secret is out, and my uncle, the leader of the wolf pack, is pissed beyond belief. In his eyes, I'm something that should've never been born. He wants me dead and doesn't care who he has to sacrifice to get the job done. I'm far from helpless, though. Not only am I a champion athlete, but I'm strong enough to punch out a bus. Good thing, too, because a rare lunar event is about to increase my uncle's already terrifying power. I'll have to call on every last ounce of strength I have if I want to survive the night and save the lives of everyone counting on me.

Demon (Book 9) The Price of Darkness (Mike Rawlins and Demon the Dog)


Bernard Lee DeLeo - 2018
    The usual suspects of paranormal pranks, Demon and Mongo, continue to harass their human companions, while hiding behind their duty as Demon Inc’s morality patrol. Mike thwarts their efforts to some extent, but Demon Inc’s Archives of Lost Souls must be fed at someone’s expense. Miss Teenage America, Ella Santos, working as Demon Inc’s commercial viability consultant, embroils herself into both the terrifying battle Demon Inc wages with evil, and the comedic avoidance of her new nickname: Sin. A dimensional rift at the original beginning of Demon Inc, the haunted house at the aqueduct, births an ancient evil: an invisible demi-demon: Baal. It needs to find a vessel powerful enough to hold the essence of hell. Stalking Mike from the aqueduct, where the Demon Inc crew closed the dimensional rift, inadvertently setting Baal free, the Prince of Hell seeks a way past Mike’s shielding darkness. Baal enlists the easily controlled snowflake, mommy’s basement dwellers. Their hatred of Mike becomes a tool for Baal, but for Demon Inc, Baal is just another day at the paranormal park. Demon Inc recruits a beautiful fake news reporter, Darla Mason, when Mike’s darkness overwhelms both Mike and Darla to create the hottest addition to the Demon Inc Archive of Lost Souls ever recorded by the prank brothers: Demon and Mongo.

Entrance Exam


Ivy Hearne - 2018
    It's not much of a school motto — not as inspiring as, say, "Let us give light to the world," or "Knowledge is liberty," or even just "Light and Truth." Those are all real school mottoes. So is this one. It belongs to the Hunters' Academy. And now, so do I. Since she was twelve years old, Kacela Deluca has suffered debilitating migraines. On the eve of her sixteenth birthday, she learns her headaches are the result of untapped psychic abilities. She's given a choice: continue to suffer, or leave behind everything she knows and join the Hunters’ Academy. The only catch? If she doesn’t pass the entrance exam, she’ll die. A teen with blocked psychic powers, a panther shifter who can't — or won't — shift, a secret academy, and the power to defend the entire world... if only Kacela can unleash her potential before it's too late. Fans of Vampire Academy, Mortal Instruments, Harry Potter, and Dragon School will love Hunters’ Academy! Entrance Exam is episode one of Hunters’ Academy - expect a new episode every month beginning Fall 2018!

Demon (Book 8) If Darkness Calls (Mike Rawlins and Demon the Dog)


Bernard Lee DeLeo - 2018
    Halloween and All Souls Day herald a series of rescues, warring with an MS-13 rape gang, a vicious Jinn called an Ifrit, and welcoming Demon Inc’s new marketing liaison, Miss Teenage America, Ella Santos. Ella joins Demon Inc, hoping for a road to TV and movie stardom. Instead, she finds dedicated soldiers fighting horrific creatures and demons, led by a paranormal trio of unstoppable heroes. Demon Inc’s FBI handler, Alisha Navarone, must solve an anomaly near Ella’s hometown of Olatha, Kansas. Workers and travelers at New Century Air Center, housing the infamous haunted Hangar 43, report sightings of another world, blinking in and out of reality near the hangar. Demon Inc’s weapons master and IT specialist, Denny Stossle, discovers the area readings near New Century Air Center indicate a weakness in the dimensional wall. Agent Navarone launches Demon Inc to stop a cataclysmic dimensional war.

Dethroned


Genevieve Iseult Eldredge - 2018
    Too bad being a rebel is in Rouen’s blood. Against tradition, she’s teamed up with Syl Skye, the sleeper-princess of the fair Fae—a mortal enemy who Rouen should want to kill but only wants to kiss. Plus, to be with Syl, Rouen’s masquerading as a glam goth-rock star and human high school student. Honestly, Rouen doesn’t think things could get any more complicated. Then, she discovers she must become Queen of the Winter Court or all her people will die. No pressure. Now, dark forces are amassing in the Winter Court, turning Rouen’s people against her and blocking her path to the throne. Even Syl with all her powers of white flame and Summer can’t stop this new kind of evil. Because betrayal cuts close when it’s someone you love… and now it looks like Rouen’s going to be dethroned before she ever becomes queen.

Demons Lie


Sherry D. Ficklin - 2018
    A powerful witch tasked with guarding the boundaries between our world and the world of demons who prey on humankind, Aria has gone rogue. Now she’s out to find and destroy every single gateway into our world and kill every demon that she can find — including the one who murdered her mother. But, as it turns out, hunting is the easy part; it’s graduating high school that might kill her. Red Prairie Texas isn’t just another stop on her demon hunting world tour and an unlikely alliance might be exactly what she needs to keep from becoming a slave to the very darkness she’s been fighting against. Because the devil is coming down to Texas — and only Aria can keep all hell from breaking loose.

Not So Wicked


T.A. Moorman - 2018
    Especially Feeding 101, since she’s a cursed vampire that was born without fangs. She and her friends view most of the classes as useless since they never plan on venturing to the human realm. Why would they when Underlayes was made specifically for every factions’ safety, where they could roam free day or night with not a care in the worlds. But just like her parents always told her, sometimes you’re put into situations you can’t control. Elvira’s life takes an unexpected turn when a wizard hell bent on misplaced revenge kidnaps her and several of her friends. Not only does she send them with a one-way ticket to Detroit, Michigan, she sends them to a time when the tension amongst the races is at its highest. And having to deal with race issues is the one thing that has never even been so much as a thought to any of them and is the one course not on the roster.But will everything they’ve learned in school be enough to keep them alive? What will they all do when racism stares them in the face? Most importantly, how will they get back home?

Sherwood Rogue


Kristi Cramer - 2018
    I was surviving.Until I hiked into the mountains and carelessly challenged the universe to notice me.A door made of white light appeared in front of me, compelling me to step through.I took it. I stepped through.Into the greatest trials, both physical and emotional, I’d ever face—into another time and unknown world that would test my strength to my core.I would fight…I would kill…I would love...Most of all, I would live.Sherwood Rogue is rated PG17 by the author for violence, mild language, and some mature subject matter.

Tormented Souls (Soul #1)


Tayla Lewis - 2018
    Miraculously, she’s resisted complete corruption. Standing on the fence though, isn’t an option, she must choose- for heaven or hell. Power-driven Zeke will do whatever it takes to rise to the top. However, all of that will change when he meets Ellie. As he struggles with his internal war- the thirst for more power and his insatiable appetite for her love- they are in for the fight of their lives. Will they choose darkness and despair, or love and light? Find out if Ellie and Zeke have what it takes to overpower Lucifer himself in Tormented Souls.