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When a select group of humans are chosen to police the vampires and shape-shifters in big cities, the Sylphs are the magical beings who give them the powers to do it. With essential superpowers and immortality, the job of protecting humans from monsters is a dirty job, but somebody has to do it. And the payment is eternally priceless.

In a future where the mention of magic is banned, one paranoid man rules the entire country. Adopting children to become his private bodyguards, they are raised together in a strict institute where 16-year-old Aurora struggles to follow the rules. Finding herself disciplined often, she doesn’t particularly like her endless life of servitude.

In the third book in Kenna McKinnon's Annie Hansen Mysteries, Annie and her partner, Mark Snow, investigate the murder of Mark's aunt Clarise after she's found dead in the lobby of their apartment building.

David was a boy without a family, stealing to survive...until an unexpected meeting changed his life forever. Nicole was a college student, trying to cope with the recent deaths of her adoptive parents. Grief soon becomes the least of her worries, as a sudden change in her life puts her against powers greater than herself.

Three years. That’s all I have before I hand myself over to my father’s demands. Before I’m forced to fall in line with the life he has planned for me. I’m damn well going to live every day of those three years as if it’s my last. And if my father ever finds out who I’ve been sneaking around with, it very well could be. But even though he thinks he has the upperhand, I have plans. And I’m not going down without a fight. We’re not going down without a fight.

After discovering Puracordis, Aurora withholds something extraordinary. She begins to harness the overwhelming power she possesses, and is conflicted whether to share her secret. Young Enforcers have a strict upbringing, conditioned to obey and uphold laws. Revealing her secret is a crime punishable by death, and could result in her losing everything.

Forbidden fruit. It’s alluring, tempting. It makes your fingers itch to reach out and grab it. That’s exactly what Alexander is. Forbidden. For as long as I can remember, I’ve been in love with my brother’s best friend. And then I got him. In all the best ways. What’s a girl to do when she finally gets to sink her teeth into that forbidden fruit? Run.

In 1945 New Orleans, vampire Finn Ovesen returns after years away and is drawn to a smoky jazz club by the haunting sound of a piano-and the fragile heartbeat of the woman playing it. Selena, a talented pianist with a terminal illness, lives each night like it's her last, hiding her pain behind music and wit. When Finn offers her a coat on a cool evening, it sparks a dangerous attraction neither of them expects. But as their connection deepens, secrets unravel-his immortality, her mortality-and they must decide if one unforgettable night can change the course of two very different eternities.

Haunted by the image of her family's slaughter and determined to find justice, Aluxis vows to make those responsible pay. She had it all planned out, but the one thing she wasn’t prepared for was them. Her five foster brothers she thought she had left behind.

Jemma Avalon is the daughter of a gentle part elf-fae mother and a father with fiery dragon blood, an unusual combination even in the magical world. Ten years after her mother's sudden death, Jemma is working at a major museum in DC, where magic is all but outlawed. Her father wants her to assimilate and live without magic, but Jemma is determined to fully embrace her heritage. She longs to return to Everland Bay, the enchanting world where her Grandmother Annalyn lives, and find a way to join the renowned magical research institute there, like the women in her family before her.

A splintered portal spell strands 16-year-old Mira in a magical realm where she is befriended by a sprite assassin and attacked by goblins. Mira must learn how to survive a world callously ruled by the Sidhe and with a revolution of the downtrodden races of the land looming over her head.

Lea Trello doesn't have a life outside of work. She was raised under strict circumstances to be a safe and restrained young woman. And at the age of 25, Lea is downright miserable. With no friends, no dating, and no hobbies, the accountant finds herself wishing for a different life. Little does she know, a goddess is nearby, listening to her words. One night while scrubbing a bathroom, Lea suddenly finds herself in the presence of Ruka the Wolf Goddess. The divine being reveals she was slain by her greatest foe, the Bear God.

What happens when the guy you fall for in your first year is your family's oldest enemy? And the only sleep you get is when you lie with the dead? Rayne Phillips is about to find out. As if going off to college isn't hard enough, Rayne discovers she has other challenges that are far more important than maintaining her GPA. She learns that the fate of the world has been placed on her seemingly incapable shoulders. Add in the creepy whispers that taunt her in her sleep each night, and it's looking like a tough first year. In the haze of her dreams, she hears them, "You're dead.

She was promised to one man. Claimed by four. And fate is just getting started. Gabriella’s future is set—or so she believes. She’s engaged to her childhood sweetheart, a golden boy with charm to spare and secrets buried deep. But when a journey through the cursed Redlyn forest turns deadly, everything changes. Attacked by Fae Wolves and left for dead, Gabby is rescued by the very monsters she was raised to fear. Deep in the forest, hidden from the war tearing the realm apart, four exiled warriors take her in. Journey. Talon. August. Percival.

The Empire is fracturing, and the fires of rebellion are being stoked by a name whispered from the halls of power to the darkest shadows-Minna Hunter. While the resistance celebrates a hard-won victory at the Cut, Minna remains haunted by uncertainty. To forge a future free from the Inquisition, she must decipher her dead mother's final, cryptic plan. Her journey leads north to a hidden monastery, where a painting guards a secret that could topple the throne. But Minna is not fighting alone.

When Callie finds an old locked chest in her parents’ attic, her mom tells her to not worry about it. That’s a dare to find the key and find out what’s inside, right? Full of old journals, she digs into the chest’s depths and pulls one out. But when Callie starts to dream about the world in the journal, these dreams feel far too real. The snow is cold. The run from the wolf makes her heart pound. And she can feel the pain of the ropes digging into her wrists when she is taken to the castle under the mountain.

Baphomet, who is a pagan deity, and Moloch, who is one of the most feared fallen angels, battle to win over Daphine's heart. For her blood holds the key to heal or to destroy mankind. One wants to keep mankind safe, while the other is out to destroy mankind.

Carrie has been severely emotionally damaged by the divorce from her husband who cheated on her. She was unable to have children and felt completely devastated and inadequate. She is an artist, and that's helped her to survive. She manages and teaches at a newly remodeled art center, where she meets not only a new man, but many spirits. With the help of her psychic grandmother who raised her and her new friend, they are able to deal with the spirits from the past in the new art center, which used to be a funeral home.

Virelle has never seen color—until Miles. Now he's all she can see. What begins as fascination twists into something deeper, darker… necessary. As Miles unravels from his abusive relationship, Virelle becomes his only sense of clarity, his only escape. But love was never part of the equation.

Her indifference and recklessness have left her friends bewildered, watching the girl they love slip away. Suddenly favoring the company of the once despised Boulderfells, Aurora is better at resolving conflicts with her bullies, but at what cost? The Guidal prophecy is at jeopardy, and unless they can bring Aurora back to her former self, Seioh Boulderfell’s relentless pursuit of a Puracordis-free world will dominate, solidifying his power over everyone she loves. The unwavering Kalmayans are convinced of their rightful claim and will stop at nothing in their secret plans to overthrow.