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The Queen of the Shadows wants Kelia, and the Queen always gets what she wants.

Ever since Kelia escaped the breeding program at the Society, there’s been a bounty on her head. Shadows and Sirens alike are out to capture her and bring her to be tortured by the Queen, but for what reasons, Kelia doesn’t know.

Following her rescue from two different kidnappings, Kelia starts to realize that—as a human among supernaturals—she’s more of a hindrance than an asset. For the first time in her life, Kelia is the weak link. And the bounty on her head puts everyone in danger.

When those protecting her are murdered, Kelia is faced with an impossible choice: run and hide to save herself while more of her friends are killed…or sacrifice herself to the Queen.

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High School can be a witch.

A teen girl with the ability to predict deaths through her drawings shouldn't need to lie constantly to make her life sound interesting. But that doesn't stop Emily from spinning stories faster than she can keep up.

After transferring to a new school, Emily's 'dull' life is shaken by the appearance of a boy who seems unfazed by her far-fetched stories. A too-handsome-for-his-own-good senior, Noah has some secrets of his own. He needs Emily's special gift to save him from Sarah, queen bee of the school's It Girls, whose own supernatural abilities have forced him into a life of silence and solitude.

But when Emily tries to free him from Sarah's voodoo curse, things go belly up, landing Emily on Sarah's hit list. Soon, Emily and Noah are on a collision course with the It Girls, leading to a shocking revelation that ties them together in unimaginable ways. If their powers remain unchecked, this teenage popularity contest could spell the death of them all.

 

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A forgotten past, a dark mage, and an unyielding curse.

Another team beat free-spirited archaeologist Olivia Perez to the dig of a lifetime, and now she’s left with the choice to wait for scraps or brave a dangerous, dusty tomb in hopes of finding other priceless artifacts. Her reward? A mysterious key she has no idea is cursed. Soon, Olivia realizes she’s brought home more than just an ancient rarity.

Malevolent visions begin to plague her. Unnerved by what they reveal, she casts away the key…unknowingly placing it into the waiting hands of a dark mage bent on destruction. Only when a shifter agent from the Paranormal Intelligence and Tracking Organization arrives searching for the key does Olivia realize what a huge mistake she’s made.

Forced to team up with the ill-tempered shifter, her journey to reclaim the cursed key leads down a twisting path of dark histories, dangerous magic, and deadly obstacles. But Olivia’s efforts to take back the ancient relic before the dark mage can destroy the lives of humans, shifters, witches, and fae alike are thwarted by her own dark past…and a price steeper than what she’s willing to pay.

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The Queen of Darkness will stop at nothing to get to Drew, and that means ending Kelia’s life once and for all.

After returning from the brink of death, Kelia Starling is ready to sacrifice everything for Drew’s freedom, but that doesn’t mean she’s willing to forgive him after what he did to her.

The only path to freedom, however, leads to the monster who wants Kelia dead: the Queen of Darkness.

To defeat her once and for all, Kelia and Drew must first face down an island of Shadows Drew betrayed, creatures Kelia never knew existed, and a woman from Kelia’s past that she once called a friend.

Betrayal, however, is the least of their concerns when they learn that their only hope of freedom lies in the hands of their enemies.

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A young descendent of a true witch, Sophia discovers her familial curse can only be cured by entering a world of shifters, fae, and vampires who want her dead.

Sophia's ancestor's body went missing after a Salem Witch Trials hanging. Now, over three centuries later, Sophia is cursed, and the only way to free herself is to find out what happened to her ancestor's body.

As Sophia uses magic to find answers, she unknowingly paints a supernatural target on her back, making herself a beacon for creatures of the night. And they won't stop hunting her until they've collected what they want.

There's one man who might be able to help her, but when Sophia finally decides to trust him, his own secrets place them both in more danger.

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After unearthing a cursed key, an ancient magic posses archaeologist Olivia Perez, and the dark, dangerous power threatens to consumer her. The only way to free herself? Defeat the dark mage…before he destroys the world.

Setting out with her shifter partner, Olivia hunts for a relic that may be the key to saving the earth, but their mission is derailed by demons and sorcerers who want Olivia’s dark magic for themselves. With enemies breathing down their necks and danger stretching out ahead, Olivia must tap into every ounce of wit, strength, and cursed power she has if she wants to stay out of the mage’s clutches.

But will she sacrifice her morality in the process?

Witches reveal truths, fae unveil secrets, and Olivia’s own past begins to clear as she and her partner race their way to an ancient wilderness, where the lines between friends and enemies blur, the struggle for control is deadly, and choices must be made which will haunt Olivia forever.

Fans of Tomb Raider and Ilona Andrews will love the urban fantasy/paranormal romance blend of The Hunted Soul, book two The Cursed Key Trilogy, a dark magical adventure series by Miranda Brock and Rebecca Hamilton!

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The statues at La Voisin aren’t what they seem, and one in particular appears to have changed his position since last semester. But statues can’t move.

Can they?

A single touch to the stone figure reveals a life before this one. One where the statue made a brother pact with another man. A very familiar man. Unfortunately, Madison can’t seem to place him in her mind.

But just when Madison thinks that’s the only mystery on her plate, her young new roommate goes missing, and her quest to find answers brings new light to the vision of the two men and reveals the dark secrets that run deep at this not-so-innocent school for witches.

Fans of Stephenie Meyers’ Twilight and Bella Forrest’s Harley Merlin series will devour Ritual of Magic, book two of Veronica Shade’s Academy of the Damned.

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After the devastating events in New York City, Satina is dead, Abram has left, and Charisse finds herself in the center of a budding supernatural war that could tear the entire world apart.

New friends and old alike may be able to help her, but soon Charisse learns one of them is keeping a dark and deadly secret that could threaten everything she's sacrificed to achieve.

When Abram returns--mind-wiped, brainwashed, and believing Char to be the enemy--Char will be forced to make the ultimate impossible choice on her own. If she chooses wrong, there's no going back.

Dreams are shattered, promises are broken, love is tested, and the ultimate power is revealed when Charisse and Abram find out just how dangerous it is to get what you wish for.

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Brooke is no stranger to the supernatural. In Chicago, vampires are just as prevalent as drug lords, and infinitely more bloodthirsty. So when her partner and fiancé dies in a mysterious fire while chasing down a lead in Salem, she suspects something dark and otherworldly is at play.

Blessed with the ability to see into the past by touching inanimate objects, Brooke transfers to the Salem PD, hoping her talent will help her get to the bottom of things. Between dodging assassination attempts and being stonewalled at every turn, the going is tough. Add in a mysterious fae club owner with secrets of his own and a personal grudge against her, and it becomes nearly impossible.

If Brooke wants to play in the supernatural sandbox, she’s going to have to roll up her sleeves and get dirty. But how many people will have to die for Brooke to discover the truth about her fiancé?

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Being the Daughter of a Light High Priestess means Lydia Laveau has one fate: the life of a light witch. But when her ceremony choses her for the Dark Faction—something deemed impossible—her world crashes down around her.

Soon, Lydia finds herself wrapped up in a clandestine whirlwind of blackmail, illegal magic, and betrayal. She has one goal: keep her head down, get through her five year pledge at the school for dark witches, and return to the human world she calls home.

But when she meets Anson Abernathy, a drop dead gorgeous third year Wicked Born accused of murder, she finds herself drawn to him...and all the danger that comes with their attraction.

Can Lydia survive her five-year pledge without unraveling centuries of tradition? Or will her own secrets unlock answers that threaten her very existence?

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It’s Wendy Darling’s turn to ‘grow up,’ to find her place among the Corporation she calls home. And she’s ready to submit to the Change…until a discovery about her youngest brother Michael throws everything into chaos.

Michael is sick, which will render him ‘obsolete,’ a term Wendy has learned in her short life means death at the hands of Hook Industries. Now, days away from her transformation—an event that will rip away any care she has for protecting her little brother—Wendy must seek help from an urban legend she doesn’t believe in.

But Pann does exist. And he’s ready to show her that nothing is as it seems.

Before long, Wendy takes a leap of faith that entangles her fate with the handsome, auburn-haired man of legend. What happens, though, when it turns out he has secrets of his own?

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Raised in a home for the unwanted and groomed for a life of service, orphan Lara’s worst fear is being selected during the Harvest. Things turn out worse than she fears, however, when one of her best friends, Karr, is called instead.

In mourning, Lara bids Karr a tearful goodbye, thinking she’ll never see him again. But when he returns, mysteriously changed, and murders their other best friend in front of her eyes, it sets Lara on a path to discover not only what happened Karr inside the box, but what secrets lurk in the center of her Faction and the heart of her home.

Once inside, she discovers a shocking connection to the darkness within herself that will threaten her faction forever, and that the time to contain that nefarious power is running out…

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