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When my sister thrifts an aged map with iridescent lettering leading to a town called Ever, I roll my eyes. According to a quick internet search, the town doesn't exist. We only manage to find it with the help of a sexy gas station owner who offers to come for me if I call him. Swoon. I quickly learn that Shepherd isn't actually human; nobody in town is. News flash—he's a gargoyle—a dominant, possessive, crème brûlée-loving monster. That should terrify me, but something about him keeps me coming back.

Cass has always had the sight. Although his official job may be to run his coffee shop, in reality, he deals with grumpy ghosts, troublesome demons, uptight angels, and all sorts of paranormal issues. When the archangel Gabriel gives him a message that he has to help a gray angel, it's just par for the course for Cassius. But who could predict that Kushiel would be the brightest soul Cassius had ever met, even if the angel can't see that about himself?

In this heart-stopping installment in the New York Times best-selling Immortals After Dark series, a vampire swordswoman and a ruthless sorcerer become inmates in a hellplane prison.

Coming off torture at the hands of his warlock captors, Munro MacRieve never expected to find his mate or to lose her just as abruptly. Driven to desperation, the ruthless warrior uses his enemies’ own powers to reunite with her - in the distant past. As danger mounts, Munro will do anything to make her undying, even sell his soul to an evil sorceress. But first he must convince his fiery mate that she belongs with him. If seduction means her survival, Munro will use every weapon in his arsenal to possess her - forever.

Adam is not having a good day. First, he finds out his very long-time boyfriend has been having an affair. Then, his dramatic exit becomes a little too dramatic when he ends up dead. To top it off, he finds out that the afterlife isn't at all what he expected (he has no desire to learn to play the harp, thank you very much). Fortunately for him, some afterlife bureaucratic screw-up ends him up with the most smoking-hot demon he's ever seen, and he decides he's keeping him. Maybe the afterlife won't be so bad after all.

Es war einmal ... ein Mädchen mit einem tödlichen Fluch. Evangeline Fox möchte mit Jacks, dem Prinz der Herzen, nichts mehr zu tun haben. Zu tief sitzt der Schmerz über seinen Verrat. Jetzt, da sie ihre eigenen magischen Kräfte entdeckt hat, will sie ihr Happy End selbst in die Hand nehmen. Doch als sie sich einem neuen Fluch stellen muss, bleibt Evangeline keine andere Wahl, als sich erneut mit Jacks zu verbünden. Denn dieser Fluch ist sehr viel gefährlicher als ein Liebeszauber – um nicht zu sagen ... tödlich. Und in diesem Kampf könnte Jacks sogar der Einzige sein, dem sie vertrauen kann.

In this (delightfully screwball) fairy tale romp, even the most wicked deserve their happily-ever-after. For almost a thousand years, Wicked Witch Hector West and Good Witch Ida North have maintained the balance of good and evil, preserving a magical Happily-Ever-After that keeps the realm from...

Return to Scotland and New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Donna Grant's Skye Druids, where magic and danger intertwine and a tale of passion, revelations, and new beginnings unfolds.

Still reeling from his family's lies, Zahir travels across the world to master his magic. With the threat of death looming over him, he must adapt to a life so unlike his own and work harder than he knew possible, all while reconciling with who he really is. Back home, Mari assumes her role as Queen of a clan she knows little about. Struggling with ineffective advisors, a devious sister, and complicated alliances, Mari must prove to herself, and her people, that she is worthy of her title.

Rök Kours dives into a dangerous mission, only to cross swords with the one woman who bewitched him.

Unleash the magic of second chances and sizzling shifter passion with Fated Over Forty: The Complete Series Collection, where it's never too late to find your fated mate! Dive into a captivating world of relatable mature heroines, swoonworthy shifters, and steamy romance that proves love only gets better with age. If you adore fated mates and heart-melting happily ever afters, this series is your next binge obsession.

I lose myself in my artwork, and for a few hours each day, I can forget about how trapped I feel in the merkingdom as the unwanted and inconvenient niece of an angry, bitter king. If I could find a way to support myself, I could leave the lake—and Uncle Caralorn—and start fresh somewhere else. The fates must have a sense of humor, because Ever's newest resident, an ancient vampire, offers to hire me to redo the town's welcome packet. Betmal is over-the-top charming one minute and possessively dominant the next, and it's far too easy to get lost in those flashing crimson eyes.

Psyche, a young woman of extraordinary beauty, fights for her life after her father, the king of Kythira, returns from the Oracle at Delphi and sacrifices her to a fearsome dragon to save his kingdom. But this dragon hides more than sharp teeth and fire; he harbors a secret that binds him to her in ways she cannot yet understand.

Wearing an ancient star pendant, an enchanting woman journeys to an otherworldly land – and introduces a skeptical stranger to the magical powers of love.

A movie deal for the devil's autobiography slash romance? Priceless. Maybe I should choose George Clooney to play me in the movie.... No. Too gray. As much as I can't see anyone playing me but me, I have far more important issues on my agenda - like finding the woman who stole my soul. Well, not exactly stole.... I might have made the switch and taken hers, but the siren Elle Rinoa has my soul nonetheless. Maybe Brad Pitt would be a good Lucifer.... No. Too blond.

I've spent my whole life preparing for one moment, but on the night I'm supposed to commit myself to the Moon Coven, a murder attempt has me fleeing the safety of the only home I've ever known. I run straight past the safe cottage in the woods and right into the arms of a most unlikely hero—a ruthless pirate captain. As I board The Ruined Soul, I can't be sure if I'm a passenger or a captive, but as the tides grow more dangerous, I begin to suspect there's more to the cold-hearted captain than meets the eye. And my magic just might be the thing to help her thaw out.

The last spell Tessa Daniels cast turned a woman's hair green. The one before that? Well, she doesn't talk about that one. Debt-ridden and labeled an outcast, Tessa doesn't think things can get worse until a young woman shows up at her magic shop desperate to attend the prince's ball. But when her latest attempt at magic leads to the woman's murder at the stroke of midnight, she finds herself in the sights of a handsome lead detective who thinks she's the main suspect.

Katie Chandler's wedding day is coming soon, and she and Owen Palmer have a lot to do to make sure the event is magical. That makes this a very bad time for rumors about magic to be hitting the general public, even the television news. The secret about magic has been safe for centuries, but can it survive an era of cell phone cameras and the internet? As Katie delves deeper into an online anti-magic underground movement, she starts to suspect that there's something more going on.

New York Times bestselling author Lynsay Sands enthralls with Immortal Ever After, the latest entry in her sizzling paranormal vampire series featuring the wickedly alluring Argeneau family. When Valerie is saved by the Argenau rescue team after being kidnapped by an immortal madman, Anders...

Willa Farrington’s magic is broken. Shunned by her coven for failing to pass the Summer Solstice Rite, Willa escapes to the one place no witch belongs - Charleston - a city that belongs to vampires. Determined to embrace her new life, Willa opens Cauldron Boil Books and unexpectedly finds some friends among the vampires.... Until one terrible night Willa ends up on the wrong side of a pair of fangs.