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Song of Blood & Stone by L. PenelopeEnduring life as an outcast from a homeland where her Earthsong talents are feared, orphan Jasminda helps care for an injured spy, Jack, who enlists her help in protecting the protective mantle around two nations that are preparing for war.
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My Soul to Keep by Tananarive DueAfter marrying David, Jessica becomes haunted by the violent, mysterious deaths of those close to her and discovers that her husband has traded his humanity for immortality and is invoking a forbidden ritual to keep her and their daughter with him forever.
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Fledgling : A Novel by Octavia E. ButlerA young girl suffering from amnesia wakes up to find that she's actually a middle-aged vampire.
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Certain Dark Things by Silvia Moreno-GarciaIn Mexico City, where the creatures of the night are kept at bay, trash-picking street kid Domingo helps Atl, the descendant of Aztec blood drinkers, escape the city when two vampires come to find her and start to raise the body count, attracting the attention of police officers, local crime bosses and the vampire community.
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Undead and Unforgiven by MaryJanice DavidsonTargeted for her status as vampire queen and ruler of Hell, Betsy Taylor is challenged to become a beautiful, if reluctant, face of the vampire nation to swarms of reporters, slayers and would-be vampires. By the New York Times best-selling author of Undead and Unwary.
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Immortal Angel by Lynsay SandsForced to relocate when her vigilante tendencies lead to unwanted trouble, Ildaria captures the attentions of an enamored club owner, G.G., who navigates apprehensions about their differences before he is challenged to confront his personal demons.
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Midnight Riot by Ben AaronovitchWhen his ability to speak with the lingering dead brings him to the attention of Detective Chief Inspector Thomas Nightingale, who investigates paranormal crimes, Probationary Constable Peter Grant is drawn into a world where an ancient evil is making a comeback on a rising tide of murder and dark magic.
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Storm Front by Jim ButcherA modern-day mage and consultant to the police finds his stale life suddenly enlivened by the presence of a rival in the black arts.
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The Darkest King by Gena ShowalterA long-awaited entry in the top-selling series presents the story of William of the Dark, who navigates a vengeful witch’s curse that condemns him to die by the hand of anyone with whom he falls in love.
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Magic Bites by Ilona AndrewsEarning a living cleaning up magical messes, mercenary Kate Daniels is drawn into a power struggle between two factions--necromancers and shapeshifters--within Atlanta's magic circles when her guardian is murdered.
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The Witch With No Name by Kim HarrisonBounty hunter Rachel Morgan risks everything to save Ivy's soul and the rest of the living vampires and to keep the demons of Hell from destroying humankind.
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Angels' Blood by Nalini SinghHired by the archangel Raphael, a lethal being, vampire hunter Elena Deveraux, realizing that failure is not an option, must track down a rogue archangel on a killing spree - a job that leads her into Raphael's seductive -- and deadly -- embrace.
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A Blade So Black by L. L. McKinneyBy day, Alice juggles a slipping GPA, a high-maintenance best friend, and an overprotective mom, but by night she heads to the dark realm known as Wonderland to battle monstrous creatures to save her mentor.
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Half-Resurrection Blues by Daniel José OlderAn inbetweener who is partially resurrected from a death he barely recalls suffering, Carlos Delacruz, an agent for the New York Council of the Dead, must stop a sorcerer who is determined to open up the entrada to the Underworld and destroy the balance between the living and the dead.
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Rosemary and Rue : An October Daye Novel by Seanan McGuireRetreating into the human world after being rejected by her Faerie family, half-fae changeling Toby finds her anonymity compromised by the murder of a high-profile countess who binds her to investigate, a situation that forces Toby to resume her fae position among dubious companions.
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Trail of Lightning by Rebecca RoanhorseWhen a small town needs her help in finding a missing girl, Maggie Hoskie, a Dinetah monster hunter and supernaturally gifted killer, reluctantly enlists the help of an unconventional medicine man to uncover the terrifying truth behind the disappearance—and her own past.
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The Last Sun by K. D. EdwardsIn this debut novel and series starter, the last member of a murdered House searches for a missing nobleman, and uncovers clues about his own tortured past. Rune Saint John, last child of the fallen Sun Court, is hired to search for Lady Judgment's missing son, Addam, on New Atlantis, the island city where the Atlanteans moved after ordinary humans destroyed their original home. With his companion and bodyguard, Brand, he questions Addam's relatives and business contacts through the highest ranks of the nobles of New Atlantis. But as they investigate, they uncover more than a missing man: a legendary creature connected to the secret of the massacre of Rune's Court. In looking for Addam, can Rune find the truth behind his family's death and the torments of his past?
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Three Parts Dead by Max GladstoneHired to resurrect a deceased fire god to protect his rioting city, Tara, a first-year associate in an international necromantic firm, teams up with a chain-smoking, faith-questioning priest to build a case in the city's courts and investigates suspicions that the god was actually murdered.
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Minion : A Vampire Huntress Legend by L. A. BanksA spoken-word artist by day for Warriors of Light Records and a vampire hunter at night, Damali Richards and her Guardian team take on a vicious group of rogue vampires who have been killing off the artists of Warriors of Light and their rival, Blood Music, a gang led by the most powerful vampire Damali has ever encountered.
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Moon Called by Patricia BriggsThe first book in the popular Mercy Thompson series--wherein the main character must contend with a world of vampires, werewolves and gremlins.
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Them Bones by Carolyn HainesBroke, unmarried, haunted by the nagging ghost of great-great-grandmother's nanny, and about to lose the family plantation, Sarah Booth is in no condition to fall in love and investigate a murder, but she finds herself doing both.
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How to Flirt with a Naked Werewolf by Molly HarperWhen Cooper, an Alpha in self-imposed exile from his dysfunctional pack, falls head-over-paws for his new neighbor, southern transplant Mo Wenstein, he must protect her from a series of wolf attacks, which makes dating extremely complicated. By the author of Nice Girls Don't Live Forever.
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Brownies and Broomsticks by Bailey CatesWhile working at her Aunt Lucy and Uncle Ben's Honeybee Bakery in downtown Savannah, Katie Lightfoot discovers that her aunt is a witch and her recipes are actually spells, which comes in handy when Uncle Ben is accused of murdering a curmudgeonly customer and they need to clear his name.
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The Night Circus : A Novel by Erin MorgensternWaging a fierce competition for which they have trained since childhood, circus magicians Celia and Marco unexpectedly fall in love with each other and share a fantastical romance that manifests in fateful ways.
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The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady HendrixA supernatural thriller set in South Carolina in the '90s about a women's book club that must protect its suburban community from a mysterious stranger who turns out to be a real monster.
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The Accidental Werewolf by Dakota CassidyBitten by a mangy canine while walking her teacup poodle, Marty Andrews is baffled by the physical and emotional changes she begins to experience, until she is visited by Keegan Flaherty, a gorgeous man who claims to be a werewolf and that his accidental bite has transformed her into one as well.
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A Discovery of Witches by Deborah E. HarknessDiscovering a magical manuscript in Oxford's Bodleian Library, scholar Diana Bishop, a descendant of witches who has rejected her heritage, inadvertently unleashes a fantastical underworld of daemons, witches, and vampires whose activities center around an enchanted treasure.
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Practical Magic by Alice HoffmanSorcery is the legacy of Gillian and Sally Owens, a two-hundred-year-old family legacy they both try to escape--one through marriage, the other through running away--until they realize that their magic is a gift, rather than an affliction.
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The Ex Hex by Erin SterlingVivienne Jones must find a way to break her Ex Hex on Rhys Penhallow, while ignoring their off-the-charts chemistry, when the town falls under the attack of murderous wind-up toys, a pissed-off ghost and a talking cat with some interesting things to say.
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Secondhand Spirits : Love the Vintage, Not the Ghosts by Juliet BlackwellWitch Lily Ivory hides her powers as she runs a vintage clothing store in San Francisco, but when a client is murdered and children start disappearing, Lily uses her unique skills to investigate, at the risk of blowing her cover.
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Soulless by Gail CarrigerWhen she accidentally kills the vampire who attacked her, Alexia Tarabotti, a spinster with no soul, is being held responsible by Queen Victoria for the unexpected appearances and disappearances of vampires and must use her abilities to find out what is really happening to London’s high society.
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