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A Defender Rises
T.R. Cameron - 2021
The Mist Casino sits just above a kemana with an interior that would make a ghost feel right at home. Of course it does.After all, Magic City has to compete with nearby Vegas. A different kind of magic.Ruby is just back from University for the summer, catching up with an old friend when everything changes with a BANG! A series of small blasts are exploding all around her. Chips are flying through the air. Someone wanted to announce their arrival in town. But who?Ruby is about to get drawn into a battle for control of Magic City. They just made the fight personal. Is the Ebon Dragon Casino next?Will Ruby’s secrets get in her way?What waits at the end could change her life forever, if she survives the journey.For action, magic, snarky banter, martial arts, mystical creatures, and high intrigue, take a vacation to Magic City!
Maggie for Hire
Kate Danley - 2011
No one is better at hauling the creepy crawlies back where they belong. No one, that is, except Maggie's dad, who vanished in the middle of an assignment.Now, an elf named Killian has shown up with a gig. Seems Maggie's uncle teamed up with the forces of dark to turn Earth into a vampire convenience store, serving bottomless refills on humans. Ah, family...The only hope for survival lies in tracking down two magical artifacts and a secret that disappeared with Maggie's dad.WARNING: This book contains cussing, brawling, and unladylike behavior. Proceed with caution.
Wolf Mountain: A Paranormal Romance Trilogy
Isabella Hunt - 2019
Just move in for a week while Char was on vacation, feed the dogs, and all would be right in the world. When Char’s brother escapes from prison and shows up at the house, though, her easy two week vacation in the woods turns into a kidnapping lock down. Striker doesn’t seem much different than he had when she’d fallen head over heels in love with him as a kid. And when he explains to her that he didn’t kill anyone, she finds she believes him, and she wants to help prove he is innocent. When people and bears start showing up in their back yard, and Millie thinks she sees a man turn into a bear, her life turns into a spiral of uncertainty— especially when Striker turns into a wolf right in front of her to save her life. The world is nowhere as simple as she thought, and now Millie has to keep Striker’s secret, while fighting off a mob of bears trying to get to him. House sitting should come with hazard pay. SECURING WOLF MOUNTAIN With the weak truce broken, Char knows she’ll have to do the unthinkable and travel to Canada in hopes of convincing her parents to bring the pack back to Vermont to protect the homestead. Her long time friend Colin wants to come, but bringing a bear shifter into the wolf stronghold in Canada is not the best idea. That won’t stop Colin from following her, though,. The journey to save the homestead from Colin’s people will bring Char and Colin closer than either of them expected. Can a bear shifter and wolf shifter find happiness in a world where they were born instinctual enemies? Or will Colin’s presence incite the war Char is hoping to avoid? DEFENDING WOLF MOUNTAIN Bran will defend Char as her alpha no matter what, and with the war already on their doorstep, he’d need to make good on that promise, and soon. But the worst of times manages to pull people together. The last place he expected to end up was in the arms of Esther, Char’s quick witted, argumentative friend. The fire in the girl’s eyes is too much for him to bear, and soon he knows that she has to be his. The clock is ticking to an army falling down on their mountain. There is no room for distraction. But Esther is there, and she refuses to leave, which is good, because he wouldn’t let her go, anyway.
Shimmer
Darynda Jones - 2013
For more, the author released Glow, which is the same story but through the eyes of Reyes Farrow.
Veronica and the Vampire
Linda Thomas-Sundstrom - 2011
If she doesn't bring a date to her big sister's wedding, the L for loser that's imprinted on her forehead will become permanent, as far as her family is concerned. And heck, she's started to believe it, herself.Why else would a girl end up at a Los Angeles escort agency with the strange acronym V.A.M.P. Inc? Where you pick your date from a row of coffins in the agency's basement. Guys who can't meet you at lunch time, due to the fact that they sleep until sundown.You know . . . . vampires.And when she meets the unearthly handsome Christian Dale, the agency's odd acronym begins to take on a whole new meaning. Tackling her sister's wedding actually starts to seem like a piece of cake . . .
Ward of the Vampire
Kallysten - 2013
Socialites, artists and A-list stars have been invited to Morgan Ward’s birthday bash, including Angelina’s boss, Delilah.For months, Angelina has been looking at the preparations from afar, but never did she imagine that, come the day, Miss Delilah would put her in a gorgeous gown and bring her along as her ‘plus one.’Wandering from crowded room to crowded room in the sumptuous mansion, Angelina grows overwhelmed and escapes onto a balcony, only to find it occupied by her host. That first meeting leaves her struggling for her very life, but she soon gets an unexpected do-over.Meeting Morgan Ward for the first time all over again, Angelina finds herself falling into his arms… But is it all only a fantasy?
An Unexpected Guest
Nalini Singh - 2016
Short story that features in the December 2016 newsletter complementing the Guild Hunter series.
Kodiak Bloodlines
J.K. Snow - 2015
Thankfully Jordan and her sister, Sonja were saved by the Warren's pack and have lived with them for the last 14 years.Jordan fell head over heals for Noah Warren and was to mate with him on her 21st birthday, that is until another Kodiak shifter killed him.Now living in Anchorage, she continues to have nightmares of that brutal night her family was slaughtered.The nightmares & memories don't make sense, they don't fit...She can feel her inner animal locked up but can't release it.When Jude Warren shows up in Anchorage and her dreams and visions become more vivid she starts to question everything and everyone around her. After finally mating and and still not being able to shift, she knows something is wrong.Is it just her? Or has everything just been a lie?
Witch Weigh
Caroline Mickelson - 2012
Magical spells aside, she’s snarky and selfish, and the other witches in her silent spell coven are fed up with her. Their plan to reform Tessa involves taking away her magic, saddling her with one hundred extra pounds and sending her to a weight loss spa. For good measure they call in Liam Kennedy, a charming and sexy fairy godfather, to teach her some manners. Desperate to regain her magic and determined to shed the weight, Tessa soon realizes that protecting her heart from Liam will prove to be her greatest challenge.
Claimed
Bella Night - 2019
The death of his brother forces Greyson West to take his rightful spot in a pack of outlaw wolf shifters. He accepts his fate in order to protect his family, but when a dangerous encounter brings him face-to-face with his mate, he finds himself risking everything for love. The only problem. . . she’s human. Etti Blackwell is a smart-mouthed tattoo artist with a fierce independent streak. So when a sexy wolf shifter turns her world upside down, she doesn’t take kindly to it. Greyson may have rescued her, but she doesn’t trust him. It’s his fault she’s on the run from werewolves! As the pack’s savage Alpha closes in, Grey does the unthinkable to keep Etti safe, triggering a curse so powerful it may just cost them both their lives. Unless . . . Can Grey win Etti’s heart and prove he’s her mate before the next hunter’s moon?
Crescent City Wolves will transport fans of Twilight, The Vampire Diaries, and The Originals to a world unlike any other...
Crescent City Wolves Series: A Paranormal Shifter Romance Book 1: Claimed Book 2: Cursed Book 3: Chosen Book 4: Buried Book 5: Betrayed Book 6: Bitten
Dragon Shattered
Liza Street - 2018
One soul shattered, four entwined. Ariana believed she’d been lucky to find love once. No other man could compare to her mate, and his memory lived strong even after his tragic death. Whitesong Security became her way of continuing his legacy, fighting for good causes. Silent battles rage amongst the shifter elite over artifacts from the war that claimed Ariana’s mate. As more elite shifters make demands for Whitesong’s expertise, Ariana is forced to take a partner. Ariana has three equally skilled applicants to choose from, but each one calls to her dragon and stirs emotions long forgotten. It’s only a matter of time before they win her heart.
Dragon Shattered is the first book in a reverse harem trilogy featuring one strong female dragon shifter and the three hot-as-sin male dragon shifters who win a place in her company...and in her bed.
Traces of Sulfur
Madeline Freeman - 2020
If they learn the truth, I’ll pay with my life.Blakethorne Academy is the premier training ground for warriors. Every person here will one day be a member of the angelic Guard.As a demon, it’s the last place I should ever step foot. But I couldn’t exactly say no when they handed me an engraved invitation to attend. Access like this doesn’t come around every day.My people are in peril, and walking among these angels could give me what I need to save them. I just need to keep my true identity a secret.But that gets harder by the day when the lead Keeper, Nate Kouri, sets my heart galloping every time he draws near. Getting close to him is dangerous, but I’ve never been one to turn down playing with fire.They think I’m a Blade Keeper—one of five elite warriors destined to defeat whatever evil rises. If they learn I’m a demon, I’ll pay with my life.My name is Eden Everdell. Saving my people has always been my mission, but ensuring the survival of my brethren might destroy me.Enter a fast-paced world of angels and demons! Click to buy Traces of Sulfur today.
Northridge Shifters: The Complete Series
Dee Bridgnorth - 2019
A town that bears their name. A town full of mortals unaware that the five handsome, popular Northridge boys are in fact a pack of wolf shifters born around the time the town was founded. The entire town isn’t ignorant of their true nature, however. The Moon family knows all too well about the supernatural creatures on the mountain—for they’re secretly the Crescent Moon Coven, witches locked for centuries in battle with the shifters for control of the mountain and the treasure the pack guards. When High Priestess Scarlett starts having extremely vivid dreams of the gorgeous Noah—dreams he shares and remembers upon waking—it becomes clear that lifelong mortal enemies are in fact fated mates meant to spend their lives as one. With bloodthirsty wolves on one side and powerful witches on the other, how can the two of them ever hope to be together? And just why are they supposed to hate each other, anyway? Book 2 Ethan Northridge has a chip on his shoulder. Who wouldn’t after watching their parents being murdered by witches—the same witches his pack now has to work with to uncover the mysterious beginnings of their centuries-old feud? When he discovers history student Juliet while doing a little digging at the library, he is instantly drawn to her beauty and intellect, strongly enough that he suspects she’s his fated mate. Juliet is drawn to him, too, but not just because he’s gorgeous and charming. She can’t shake the feeling she’s seen him before—and she has, in a picture taken seventy years ago. Book 3 Bennett Northridge isn’t exactly a fan of playing nice with the Crescent Moon Coven, his pack’s eternal enemies. But now that his Alpha has mated with the coven’s High Priestess, it doesn’t seem there’s much he can do but smile and go along with it. Lorelei Moon just returned from a trip to Europe to visit her coven’s distant relatives. And what did she return to find? Oh, nothing—just the entire world turned upside down. Her sister is now mated with the Northridge Alpha, her family’s mortal enemy. How is this possible? And why didn’t anybody tell her about it? Book 4 Wolf shifter Sebastian Northridge was only looking for a night of fun in the town his family founded decades earlier. Instead, he finds a girl being brutalized in a dark alley—and her attacker’s scent isn’t that of a mortal. He gets away, leaving Sebastian with a wounded girl who doesn’t know her own name but has a tattoo of a rose on her ankle. Rose doesn’t really have amnesia, though she wishes she did. Anything would be better than remembering the horror she witnessed before fleeing the pack of shifters she innocently hooked up with months ago. Shifters she soon learned took pleasure in savaging mortals, who liked drawing the attention of law enforcement. To them, murder was a game—and the pack leader, Raphael, was the deadliest of all. Book 5 When Desmond Northridge isn’t dreaming of the blood-soaked destruction of his entire family of wolf shifters, he’s dreaming of a beautiful, platinum-haired girl who tells him to go to the Sphinx. It can’t be a coincidence that Landry, the only member of his pack to ever cut ties and live entirely alone, fled to the seclusion of Sphinx Mountain years earlier. Nor can it be a coincidence that, while on his way to the mountain, he meets a girl who looks just like the girl from his dreams.
Cyncerely Yours
Eileen Wilks - 2008
Ebook only short story offered on the author's website.Occurs after the events of "Night Season" (book 4).
Chameleon's World: Chameleon Assassin Box Set 1: #1-3
B.R. Kingsolver - 2018
Chameleon Assassin Libby is a mutant, one of the top burglars and assassins in the world. For a price, she caters to executives’ secret desires. Eliminate your corporate rival? Deliver a priceless art masterpiece or necklace? Hack into another corporation’s network? Libby’s your girl. Chameleon Uncovered As an assassin and thief, Libby's on a first-name basis with larceny, mayhem, and death, but she's not used to being on the receiving end. Chicago is far darker and more dangerous than her native Toronto. Amidst terrorist bombings, stolen treasure, and murder, a mutant prophet calls for revolution. Away from her family and friends, Libby has nowhere to turn as enemies assault her from all sides. Chameleon's Challenge Libby's chameleon mutation has led to a lucrative career as a thief and assassin. She normally doesn't worry about the comfort of corporate executives, but when she stumbles onto the grisly murder of a rich man's mistress, it gets her attention. The murder leads Libby to believe her best friend's life is in danger, and she vows to protect her.