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Common
Andrea Irving - 2017
Or so she thought. As a commoner, Lora never looked beyond her small life in her village… until she nearly burned down the neighbor’s house. Sent to the capitol city all alone, Lora not only needs training as a Wielder, but also as a rare Swordwielder. Unused to the attention this brings, as well as her semi-hidden lowly status, she struggles in her new environment. But friends come along and life suddenly doesn’t seem quite so scary. Can she succeed while hiding her common heritage? Will she lose herself in the process? Or is she silly for even worrying? This is a mature young adult novel recommended for ages 15+ for sexuality and violence. The content in this book is similar to a PG-13 movie.
Van Helsing Academy
Stacey O'Neale - 2021
All she knows is what she's been told: she got separated from her team during a mission and turned up two months later covered in cuts and bruises alongside two dead vampires.After being blamed for their deaths, she is sentenced to three years at the supernatural rehabilitation center, the Van Helsing Academy.As Mina searches for answers, lies are slowly unraveled and alliances forged. Soon she will uncover a secret plot that threatens to destroy her family legacy and ignite a war between the supernatural factions.Van Helsing Academy is the first book in a new YA paranormal romance series. No harem. Perfect for fans of Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead, Hex Hall by Rachel Hawkins, and Mythos Academy by Jennifer Estep.
Nightfall
Rose Alexander - 2018
The night of my first shift, I found out it was all a lie. Not only am I adopted, but I'm not a bear shifter at all. I'm taken away from the only home I've ever known and thrust into a life I know nothing about. Now I'll have to learn to navigate the social structure of this new clan I know nothing about and survive a boarding school for shifters like me. Thankfully I meet a group of guys the same age as I am who want to help me fit in. Throw in a prophecy this clan swears is true, and there is a recipe for adventure and a whole heap of trouble headed my way.
The Witching Hour
Sara Bourgeois - 2018
Zoe confronts her on Main Street in front of everyone in the small town of Destiny Cove. Of course, Regina denies it, so when she’d found dead in Zoe’s bakery the next morning, Zoe becomes the prime suspect.Zoe’s one cupcake short of an alibi, and even her best friend, Sheriff Joe Newbury, doesn’t think she’s innocent. But Zoe’s not the only one in town who wanted Regina—a charlatan psychic—silenced for good. To clear her name, Zoe’s going to need all the help she can get.With her guinea pig familiar, Ginger, and her neurotic mom on her side, she’s prepared to cast any spell necessary to catch the real murderer. She’s desperate to get her Cookbook of Shadows back, but will her quest lead her right into a killer’s snare?The Witching Hour is the first book in the Wicked Witches of Destiny Cove cozy mystery series.
Variant Lost
Kaydence Snow - 2018
The Institute is world renowned for educating and training Variants – the 18% of the population fortunate enough to have superhuman abilities. As a human, she’s lucky to be admitted. She’s done with fake identities, running and lying but once again she finds herself surrounded by secrets. Some she’s been keeping her whole life. Some have been kept from her. Some she finds herself dragged into… Ethan, Josh, Tyler and Alec have some of the rarest Variant abilities Evelyn has ever seen. They fascinate, intrigue and attract her, but is it their abilities, their own secrets or something more that Evelyn can’t seem to stay away from? The secrets they keep could drag Evelyn so deep into their dangerous and exciting world that she’ll never be the same. And the answers she finds could get them all killed.
The Unearthly
Laura Thalassa - 2013
The second time, I lost my humanity. Now I’m being hunted, and if I die again, my soul is up for forfeit.After enrolling in Peel Academy, an elite supernatural boarding school on the British Isles, the last of the sirens, Gabrielle Fiori, only wants to fit in. Instead, the elixir meant to awaken her supernatural abilities kills her.When Gabrielle wakes up in the morgue twelve hours later, something wicked is awakened in her, something even the supernatural community has never seen before. Now the only person who can help her is Andre de Leon, the community's infamous bad boy and the king of vampires.Yet even his help can’t prevent the repeated attempts on Gabrielle’s life. Someone is after her, and they will stop at nothing to end her short existence. Only Gabrielle cannot let that happen now that her soul hangs in the balance, because she may have met the devil. And he wants her. Bad.
Dragon Lords Blood Contract
Rylee Winters - 2019
What could go wrong? The day Ethan Payne walked into my office, my world was turned upside down. Strolling in like a Mr. GQ youngest billionaire nominee, I soon realized he came from the renowned species I hated most: the charming asshole. When he offers me a job to locate an ancient item that's from the stuff of legends, I conclude he must also be stark, raving mad. But the reward he's offering is too good to turn down – a buttload of cash and a legendary scrying mirror made by Nicolas Flamel. How can a girl refuse? Only, to accept the job, I have to sign a blood contract. And if I don't fulfill my end of the bargain – well then, the contract's magic will curse me to a painful and horrifying death. I'm one of the best trackers in the world, so what's there to lose? Plenty, I soon realize. Now I'm stuck in a team with Ethan and four other hot, arrogant, alpha male dragonshifters. All of who seem to really know how to push my buttons. Drake's cold as ice; Damien seems to have a stick shoved so far up his ass I'm surprised he can walk properly; Liam is a know-it-all narcissistic prick; and Knox – well Knox is the only one who seems nice and actually wants me here. But I'm not here to make friends, or to find a mate. Only the harder I try to ignore my raging hormones, the more attracted to them I find myself. How am I going to manage to keep my hands off them, and thwart their advances? Find out in this thrilling new reverse harem paranormal romance story! ***
Nightfall
L.H. Cosway - 2012
None of them, however, have anything on the handsome stranger who comes in one night and helps her fend off an armed robber. He looks the thief directly in the eye and without confrontation convinces him to turn around and walk out the door.Tegan has never seen anything like it, nor does she understand why he then lays those mesmerising eyes on her and tells her to forget they ever met. She shrugs it off as just another weird night shift encounter, until the following evening when her best friend produces free passes to a new club in the city. Tegan agrees to go and is pleasantly surprised by the tasteful, classy décor and oddly beautiful, intensely ethereal clientele. To her surprise, her mysterious stranger is sitting smack dab in the VIP section. What are the chances?!Tegan is struck by the coincidence of bumping into him again so soon, while he is furious that she remembers him when he insisted she forget their meeting. Tegan has no idea that she’s taken a misstep into a whole new world inhabited by vampires, slayers, dhampirs, witches and warlocks. All of whom display a wholly disconcerting interest in what makes her unique from the rest of the clueless humans who populate the city. On top of this, her handsome stranger keeps turning up at her work and seems intent on getting to know her a whole lot better.Nightfall is book one in L.H. Cosway’s Blood Magic Series. A previous, unedited version of this story was published under the title Tegan’s Blood.
Darkfire
Mila Young - 2018
Four irresistible guardians. A sinister evil out to get her. Luna is caught between two worlds: dark and light. Both want her powers for different reasons. Together with her four guardians, she must battle for her freedom, get vengeance for her parents' murders and stop a dark forces from stealing a powerful book that will unleash dark forces into the world. Darkfire is Book 1 in the Guild of Shadows Series and is a slow-burn reverse harem.
Semester Aboard
Elizabeth Kirke - 2011
But she could never have fathomed how life altering the sea would be.With seagulls cawing overhead and whitecaps crashing against the hull, Jen catches a glimpse of something not humanly possible. She would have believed it to be a dream, had certain enigmatic passengers not gone out of their way to cover it up.Determined to discover the truth, Jen finds herself face-to-face with a nightmarish creature prowling the ship on the hunt for its next victim. Can she learn to tap into the newfound energy swirling around her in time to save all those aboard? Or will the vessel sink under a tidal wave of looming darkness?Semester Aboard is the award-winning first book in the Urban Fantasy series, More than Magic, featuring witches, vampires, werewolves, and a host of other paranormal creatures. If you like your magic mixed with a little mystery and sweet romance, you’ll want to sail away with this one today.
Supernatural Academy: Year One
Jaymin Eve - 2019
WTF?Secondly … she is one, even though no one seems to know exactly what kind. Double WTF.Thirdly … she’s about to go back to school. Well, things just got a little more interesting.The Supernatural Academy is where shifters, vampires, magic users, and fey are educated. Where they are taught about their abilities, and how to function in the human world. Maddison already has the human part down, but this supernatural thing is an entirely new dangerous game.Example one: mean girls who can actually turn you into a frog.Example two: Asher Lock, a god at the Academy. Not literally … well, who knows for sure. He certainly acts the part, as do all of his minions who worship him.Asher drives her crazy, because apparently snarly, gorgeous, and arrogant is her thing, and despite their mutual dislike, sparks fly between them. The more they’re thrown together, the more Asher is determined to figure out what’s been blocking her abilities.Until the moment the truth is revealed, and they find out nothing in this supernatural world is what they thought.
Magic And Misconduct
Zara Zenia - 2019
Sleepy Hollow University is the place I can learn to control my powers and be among other supernaturals.
But academic competition isn't the only kind I face.
With a fae, a vampire, a shifter, and a warlock who should be my enemy all vying for my attention, it's hard to keep my head on academics.
I'm as inexperienced with matters of the heart as I am with magic.
And when one of my suitors is accused of murder, being afraid of what goes bump in the night takes on a whole new meaning.
Note: It includes a strong heroine, four men of mystical backgrounds, mystery, romance, passion and suspense with elements of paranormal, sci-fi, and fantasy.
Academy Obscura: The Flame Within
Cassia Briar - 2019
A twisted magical college. Three sexy teachers.I didn't know magic existed…until I found my birth family after a life in foster care. They tell me there are rules, but I don’t believe them. Naturally, I break one of those precious rules on the night of a full moon, and am forced to enroll at Academy Obscura. But I don’t fit in. After all, I’m not a witch, vampire, fae, werewolf, or shifter. Am I?Worse, the penalty for messing up at the Academy? Death. My only chance of survival lies in the hands of three frustratingly hot teachers. Jaxon, a powerful but untrustworthy witch. Liam, a fae who avoids my flirtations. And Angel, the alpha werewolf who enthusiastically tears apart my enemies, but openly broods when I’m around.I am drawn to all of them. But, how can one woman have three men?Author’s Note: This is a steamy, medium burn, reverse harem paranormal romance featuring shifters, witches, and fae. It includes adult language, violence, and possibly triggering situations. Recommended for mature readers.
Buried Magic
T.J. Green - 2018
No one is safe in White Haven.White Haven has a history of witchcraft, but the locals don't know that there are real witches living among them, and Avery is one of them.When she receives an ominous premonition, a rune covered box, and an intriguing letter, all hinting at the mysterious past of her hometown, perched on the Cornish coast, Avery realises that the witches are missing a vital part of their history.Five missing grimoires.And when the annoying, but very handsome, Alex Bonneville, shares the same premonition, they know that trouble's coming. Against her better judgement, Avery teams up with the other witches to uncover the truth.Unfortunately, someone will do anything to stop them.Now is the time to uncover the past.Now is the time to reclaim their heritage.And they'll risk everything to do it.When quirky White Haven turns into a battleground of magic and demons, only the White Haven Witches can stop it.If you love urban fantasy with a twist of romance and plenty of magic, you'll love book 1 of the White Haven Witches.
Fateful
Cheri Schmidt - 2011
Darcy when she leaves Colorado to attend art school in London. Of course she knows it’s silly to wish for that, naive even. But she’s met enough males who lacked respect for women, a growing trend it seemed. And at nineteen...well... However, on only her second night there she gets lost and is threatened by a stalker who proves to be immune to her martial arts training. Before she is completely overpowered, she is then saved by Ethan Deveroux. While Danielle does find the romance she seeks in Ethan, he’s no Mr. Darcy. Her hero is held by a spell which fractures their chance at a happy ending. During the day Ethan is closer to mortal than immortal and can date her like any other man. Yet, as the sun sets, the powerful magic of an ancient curse returns and the evil of that spell is revealed. When that magic begins, Danielle's fairytale romance ends because Ethan Deveroux is a vampire.Fateful is a clean, coming of age vampire romance that blends fantasy and paranormal with a healthy dose of romance and a dash of humor.