Eighteen-year-old Gu Miyoung has a secret—she's a gumiho, a nine-tailed fox who must devour the energy of men in order to survive. Because so few believe in the old tales anymore, and with so many evil men no one will miss, the modern city…
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Mermaids and Shapeshifters and Vampires... Oh My!
2 users like thisIn case being a teenager wasn't hard enough, these heroes and heroines all have a little extra to worry about, whether that's being a shapeshifter, mermaid, vampire, or even dead.
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- Seventeen-year-old Rowan is about to become one of the famed Leonodai warriors—the elite shapeshifting fighters who protect the floating city Heliana from the world of humans—but when disaster strikes the city's children, Rowan sets out on…
- Clara Gardner has recently learned that she's part angel. Having angel blood run through her veins not only makes her smarter, stronger, and faster than humans (a word, she realizes, that no longer applies to her), but it means she has a…
- When Elton Irving turned Holly Liddell into a vampire in 1987, he promised her eternal love. But 34 years later, Elton has left her, her hair will be crimped for the rest of immortality, and the only job she can get as a…
- One night, Kylie Galen finds herself at the wrong party, with the wrong people, and it changes her life forever. Her mother ships her off to Shadow Falls—a camp for troubled teens, and within hours of arriving, it becomes painfully clear…
- Spike just wants to enjoy the spoils of his new badass reputation. He’s now a legendary slayer-killer, and he’s returning to London―the greatest city in the world. Unfortunately, his new abode is far from ideal (mostly a dank basement),…
- To take her rightful place in the Talon organization, young dragon Ember Hill must prove she can hide her true nature and blend in with humans. Her delight at the prospect of a summer of "normal" teen experiences is short-lived, however,…
- Frankie Rosenberg, the world's first slayer-witch, has hordes of demons—both of the real and the metaphorical variety—to contend with when a rebooted Hellmouth begins luring evil back to Sunnydale.
- For best friends Miliani, Inez, Natalie and Jasmine, Providence, Rhode Island has a magic of its own. From the bodegas and late-night food trucks on Broad Street to The Hill that watches over the city, every corner of Providence glows with…
- A great book if you don't care for paranormal romance. Nick and Allie don't survive the car accident... but their souls don't exactly go where they're supposed to either. Instead, they're caught halfway between life and death, in a sort of…
- When his traditional Latinx family has problems accepting his gender, Yadriel becomes determined to prove himself a real brujo. With the help of his cousin and best friend Maritza, he performs the ritual himself, and then sets out to find…
- Transformed by the goddess Yemoja into a Mami Wati, an African mermaid charged with collecting the souls of those who die at sea, Simi goes against the gods to save a living boy, Kola, from drowning.
- Joining the ranks of the Chasseurs as their first vampire huntswoman, Celie is tasked with protecting Belterra and must vanquish a rising new evil—one hiding behind a handsome face and honeyed words—before she falls prey to the darkness…
- In a world where dragons and humans coexist in an uneasy truce and dragons can assume human form, Seraphina, whose mother died giving birth to her, grapples with her own identity amid magical secrets and royal scandals, while she struggles…
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