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  • Night's Reckoning by Elizabeth Hunter

    Night's Reckoning by Elizabeth Hunter

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 29 ratings
    Darkness comes for everyone, and some fates are inescapable. For over a thousand years, the legendary sword Laylat al Hisab—the Night’s Reckoning—has been lost in the waters of the East China Sea. Forged as a peace offering between two ancient vampires, the sword has eluded treasure hunters, human and immortal alike. But in time, even the deep gives up its secrets...
  • Martyr's Promise by Elizabeth Hunter

    Martyr's Promise by Elizabeth Hunter

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    When Summer Mackenzie and her boyfriend disappear in the fog-shrouded forests of Northern California, it sets off more than one alarm. The sheriff’s department is looking for them, the state rangers are on their trail, and even private security companies have gotten involved...
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  • Omens and Artifacts by Elizabeth Hunter

    Omens and Artifacts by Elizabeth Hunter

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    In the elemental world, reputation is everything, but gaining it can get you killed. Setting up shop as an antiquities hunter means nothing if you don't have clients. Benjamin Vecchio, nephew of a famed vampire assassin, is the subject of widespread speculation, but so far that speculation hasn't translated into work. What Ben needs is a job. A big job. A profitable job. A legendary job...
  • Spider’s Revenge by Jennifer Estep

    Spider’s Revenge by Jennifer Estep

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 56 ratings
    Old habits die hard. And I plan on mur­der­ing some­one before the night is through. Killing used to be my reg­u­lar gig, after all. Gin Blanco, aka the Spi­der, assassin-for-hire. And I was very good at it. Now, I’m ready to make the one hit that truly mat­ters: Mab Mon­roe, the dan­ger­ous Fire ele­men­tal who mur­dered my fam­ily when I was thir­teen...
  • Only the Lost by Amanda M. Lee

    Only the Lost by Amanda M. Lee

    Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 24 ratings
    Izzy Sage is settling into her new job, enjoying her new romance, and only has one thing on her mind: Choosing a new assistant to help her at Belle Isle’s death gate. All of that changes when the gate malfunctions. Instead of dragging someone over, though, it sends five people back. Years ago, a group of trainees disappeared while on a tour of the facility...
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  • Blood Apprentice by Elizabeth Hunter

    Blood Apprentice by Elizabeth Hunter

    Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 28 ratings
    If you’re a human in a vampire’s world, nothing goes according to plan. When a map to the mysterious fortune of notorious privateer Miguel Enríquez falls in the lap of Ben and Tenzin, only one of them is jumping at the opportunity. Tenzin can’t wait to search for a secret cache of gold. Ben, on the other hand, couldn’t be less excited...
  • Imitation and Alchemy by Elizabeth Hunter

    Imitation and Alchemy by Elizabeth Hunter

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    All Ben Vecchio wanted was a quiet summer before his last semester of university. Was that too much to ask? All Tenzin wanted was a cache of priceless medieval coins that had been missing for several hundred years. And some company. Phrases like “never again” don’t mean much when you’ve been a vampire for several thousand years...
  • House of Whispers by J.L. Bryan

    House of Whispers by J.L. Bryan

    Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    The luxurious Lathrop Grand Hotel is a Savannah institution that has entertained guests for more than a century and a half, offering some of the finest accommodations in the city. Famously haunted, the hotel draws tourists from around the world eager to encounter its numerous ghosts...
  • Pearl Sky by Elizabeth Hunter

    Pearl Sky by Elizabeth Hunter

    Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    “If you want to make something new, my Benjamin, be wary of what you unmake in the process. ”. It’s not just any holiday season for Ben and Tenzin. Elder Zhang’s oldest servant is reaching the century mark and Ben and Tenzin arrive to honor him, but no sooner have they landed on Penglai Island than they’re confronted with the theft of a priceless artifact...
  • Grim Offerings by Amanda M. Lee

    Grim Offerings by Amanda M. Lee

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Grim and bear it. Being a grim reaper isn’t easy, but answering to family is even worse. Between argumentative souls, overbearing older brothers and everyday nonsense, Aisling Grimlock has her hands full. When a run-of-the-mill job goes awry, Aisling finds herself in a mess. The soul she was supposed to collect is still amongst the living, and the man who wanted to kill him is dead instead...
  • Into the Dark by Gena Showalter

    Into the Dark by Gena Showalter

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 37 ratings
    Three otherworldly tales from the master of paranormal romance and a brand-new Lords of the Underworld bonus guide! The Darkest Fire a Lords of the Underworld prequel. Geryon is the guardian of hell, more monster than man. Kadence is the goddess of Oppression, more angel than woman...
  • Blood and Sand by Elizabeth Hunter

    Blood and Sand by Elizabeth Hunter

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 29 ratings
    He's an immortal bound by duty. She's a mortal reporter chasing the truth. Together, they'll uncover buried secrets and a passion as dangerous as the desert night. When investigative reporter Natalie Ellis starts looking for the truth behind a string of mysterious deaths in the California desert, she expects danger, but not the dark, magnetic man who crosses her path...
  • By a Thread by Jennifer Estep

    By a Thread by Jennifer Estep

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 54 ratings
    The sixth book in the USA TODAY bestselling Elemental Assassin urban fantasy series featuring Gin Blanco, who by day owns a Tennessee BBQ joint, and by night is a tough female assassin known as the Spider. I never thought I’d need a vacation from being an assassin…. My name is Gin Blanco, and I’m the assassin the Spider...
  • Dark Beginnings by Gena Showalter

    Dark Beginnings by Gena Showalter

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    This title includes three new stories, Lords of the Underworld, from "New York Times" bestselling author Gena Showalter. "The Darkest Fire" - He is the guardian of Hell, more monster than man. She is the goddess of oppression, more angel than woman. Together they will enter the flames to battle a horde of demon lords - and discover a passion unlike any other. .
  • The Graveyard Shift by Darynda Jones

    The Graveyard Shift by Darynda Jones

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    Guarding a precocious five-year-old who is half-human, half-god, and 100% destined to save the world is no easy feat. Garrett Swopes was the ultimate skeptic until he met a certain hellion and her husband. They vanished after stopping a catastrophic event and left him, a mere mortal, in charge of protecting their gift to mankind...
  • Widow’s Web by Jennifer Estep

    Widow’s Web by Jennifer Estep

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 50 ratings
    I used to murder people for money, but these days it’s more of a survival technique. Once an assassin, always an assassin. So much for being plain old Gin Blanco. With every lowlife in Ashland gunning for me, I don’t need another problem, but a new one has come to town...
  • Duncan by D.B. Reynolds

    Duncan by D.B. Reynolds

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 33 ratings
    Washington, D. C. … capital of an empire. Powerful. Exhilarating. Corrupt. And in the shadows … vampires far older than the nation itself. A power unto himself, Duncan has served at Raphael’s side for a hundred and fifty years. But long laid plans have finally borne fruit, and the time has come for Duncan to leave Raphael and tackle the greatest challenge of his life...
  • Archangel's Viper by Nalini Singh

    Archangel's Viper by Nalini Singh

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 36 ratings
    Enter New York Times bestselling author Nalini Singh’s breathtakingly passionate Guild Hunter world with the story of a woman who isn’t a vampire or an angel…or human…. Once a broken girl known as Sorrow, Holly Chang now prowls the shadowy gray underground of the city for the angels. But it’s not her winged allies who make her a wanted woman—it’s the unknown power coursing through her veins...
  • For I Have Sinned by Darynda Jones

    For I Have Sinned by Darynda Jones

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 53 ratings
    Darynda Jones revisits the sexy, suspenseful world of supernatural shenanigans she created in her Grave series with For I Have Sinned.   In this Charley Davidson story, Charley helps a woman find out how she died and gives her the closure she needs to pass through to the other side.
  • Darkness, Kindled by Samantha Young

    Darkness, Kindled by Samantha Young

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Ari Johnson wishes adjusting to living with her boyfriend was her only source of excitement and anxiety. She wishes a lot of things. But then wishing was what got her here in the first place. Ari chose to be a Guild Hunter. She wanted to hunt dangerous Jinn and destroy them before they could harm innocent people...
  • Poison Promise by Jennifer Estep

    Poison Promise by Jennifer Estep

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 42 ratings
    Gin Blanco is hard-nosed, sexy, and lethal. Nicknamed “The Spider,” she’s a stone elemental assassin who brings her unique mix of magic and tact to every assignment, no matter the target. There’s a new drug on the streets of Ashland, and its name “Burn” sums up the potent effect it has on its users...
  • Black Widow by Jennifer Estep

    Black Widow by Jennifer Estep

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    There’s nothing worse than a cruel, cunning enemy with time to kill—and my murder to plan. With wicked Fire elemental Mab Monroe long gone, you’d think I could finally catch a break. But someone’s always trying to take me down, either as Gin Blanco or my assassin alter-ago. Now along comes the Spider’s new arch-nemesis, the mysteriously named M. M...
  • Trouble Play by Elizabeth Hunter

    Trouble Play by Elizabeth Hunter

    Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    This desert oasis has gone to the dogs, and Vista de Lirio is about to get bloody. (Not the dogs though. The dogs are fine. ). Comedian Evy Lane thought she’d done it all, but taking on the role of mistress of ceremonies for the Desert Fancy Dog Show may be her most challenging gig yet...
  • Heart of Darkness by Gena Showalter, Maggie Shayne

    Heart of Darkness by Gena Showalter, Maggie Shayne

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 42 ratings
    From the masters of paranormal romance, three brand-new tales of seduction…. The Darkest Angel by Gena Showalter. A Lords of the Underworld tale. An iron-willed demon assassin, the angel Lysander has never known lust—until he meets Bianka. Spawned from the bloodline of Lucifer, the beautiful but deadly Harpy is determined to lead the pure-hearted Lysander into temptation…...
  • Darkness Unmasked by Keri Arthur

    Darkness Unmasked by Keri Arthur

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 31 ratings
    Keri Arthur's explosive Dark Angels series is packed with everything you could want: a fiesty heroine, witches, vampires, werewolves, demons, angels of death, suspense and a whole lot of sexy action. The sexy, exciting, suspenseful adventures continue in New York Times bestselling author Keri Arthur's Dark Angels series, starring Risa Jones, a half-Aedh/half-werewolf...
  • Heart of Atlantis by Alyssa Day

    Heart of Atlantis by Alyssa Day

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 24 ratings
    As a war wages between the immortals of Atlantis and those of the vampire realm, a Poseidon warrior fights to save his world—and the woman he loves. And no risk is too great. The desires of a high priest. Alaric, Poseidon’s High Priest, has made a vow to Quinn, the woman he loves and the leader of the Resistance: to save her friend Jack before his last bit of humanity has been drained...
  • Magic Graves by Jeaniene Frost

    Magic Graves by Jeaniene Frost

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 39 ratings
    New York Times bestselling authors Jeaniene Frost and Ilona Andrews bring you two short stories of paranormal. Jeaniene Frost's story, One for the Money, features vampires Cat and Bones trying to protect a spoiled heiress with a price on her head and an undead hitman on her trail. Previously published in Death's Excellent Vacation...
  • Genesis by Kristie Cook

    Genesis by Kristie Cook

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Discover how the Amadis began in this fascinating prequel to the award-winning Soul Savers Series! While the land of Ancient Greece is plagued with mortals' wars, twins Cassandra and Jordan have lived more than a lifetime as outcasts. When their dying father divulges a secret that's been buried in his soul, his children come to opposite conclusions, launching them down two very different paths...
  • Deadly Sting by Jennifer Estep

    Deadly Sting by Jennifer Estep

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 44 ratings
    Red is definitely my color. Good thing, because in my line of work, I end up wearing it a lot. Most people shy away from blood, but for an assassin like me— Gin Blanco, aka the Spider—it’s just part of the job. Still, it would be nice to get a night off, especially when I’m attending the biggest gala event of the summer at Briartop, Ashland’s fanciest art museum. But it’s just not meant to be...
  • Dead of Night by J.D. Robb, Mary Blayney

    Dead of Night by J.D. Robb, Mary Blayney

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    Nora Roberts, writing as J. D. Robb, puts futuristic lieutenant Eve Dallas in a supernatural showdown with a most seductive criminal: a vampire. An ancient coin whisks an American woman and a modern-day earl into the past-and into each other's arms-in a stirring tale from Mary Blayney...
  • Black Dawn by Rachel Caine

    Black Dawn by Rachel Caine

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 48 ratings
    With its eclectic mix of vampire and human citizens, Morganville, Texas, has always been a risky place to call home. But with the invasion of the vampire’s deadliest enemy, Morganville isn’t just in danger—it’s dying….  Ever since the draug—mysterious creatures that prey on vampires—took over Morganville, the lives of student Claire Danvers and her friends have been thrown into turmoil...
  • Shadowland by Karen Chance

    Shadowland by Karen Chance

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    A John Pritkin short, available for free on Karen Chance’s website and Smashwords. com. "Shadowland" is a novella set betweenCurse the Dawn(Cassie Palmer #4) andHunt the Moon(Cassie Palmer #5). It should be read after "A Family Affair". * Contains spoilers for the first four Cassandra Palmer books.
  • Night Lost by Lynn Viehl

    Night Lost by Lynn Viehl

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 28 ratings
    Abandoned by his fellow Darkyn, Gabriel Seran is in continual torment as a prisoner of the religious zealots known as the Brethren. His only hope for rescue lies in Nicola Jefferson, a thief seeking a holy relic-and connected to Gabriel in more ways than she can possibly imagine. ..
  • Fury of the Demon by Diana Rowland

    Fury of the Demon by Diana Rowland

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 34 ratings
    Who can Kara Gillian trust? That’s what she’d like to know. Demon summoner and now a consultant for the FBI, Kara Gillian has spent the past several months in the demon realm training while recovering from the treachery of the demonic lord Rhyzkahl. Yet though the torment and betrayal she suffered at his hands continues to plague her, she’s not about to let that slow her down...
  • Touch of the Demon by Diana Rowland

    Touch of the Demon by Diana Rowland

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 39 ratings
    Kara Gillian is in some seriously deep trouble. She’s used to summoning supernatural creatures from the demon realm to our world, but now the tables have been turned and she’s the one who’s been summoned. Kara is the prisoner of yet another demonic lord, but she quickly discovers that she’s far more than a mere hostage...
  • Quinn's Undying Rose by Tina Folsom

    Quinn's Undying Rose by Tina Folsom

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    Vampire bodyguard Quinn has lived the last 200 years as a playboy trying in vain to forget the only woman he has ever loved: his human wife Rose, who he believes to be dead. But Rose is very much alive. Now a vampire herself, she has lived in hiding from Quinn all of these years, having faked her death to hide from him a terrible secret--one she knows would drive him to kill her...
  • Garters and Gargoyles by Nancy Warren

    Garters and Gargoyles by Nancy Warren

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Old Secrets lead to Murder. At a secret society in Oxford’s Cardinal College, privileged young men from important families get drunk and rowdy and cause trouble. It’s been going on for centuries, but when someone dies, it looks like more than boys behaving badly. It’s up to Lucy and her undead knitters to solve the crime.
  • Betrayed by D.B. Reynolds

    Betrayed by D.B. Reynolds

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 23 ratings
    Love, the ache in your heart when you meet the one. It can take you to soaring heights; and it can leave you bleeding in the wreckage. Loyalty, the thing which binds a Vampire Lord to his children for eternity . .. unless it rots from within, birthing hatred. Betrayal, it comes in many forms and from many sources . .. love . .. loyalty . .. betrayal...
  • Second Chance Spirit by Carrie Pulkinen

    Second Chance Spirit by Carrie Pulkinen

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    He'll give her his heart. .. if the ghost doesn't take it first. Trent Austin is a successful, big-city lawyer. The last thing he needs is the burden of a run-down house in the suburbs. But when his crazy uncle dies and leaves his estate to Trent, he soon learns he's inherited a lot more than a Victorian mansion...
  • The Pagan Stone by Nora Roberts

    The Pagan Stone by Nora Roberts

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 58 ratings
    From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Blood Brothers and The Hollow --the conclusion to the electrifying trilogy of three men and three women who join forces--and hearts--to battle the ultimate evil...
  • Artistic Vision by Dana Marie Bell

    Artistic Vision by Dana Marie Bell

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    Akane Russo, part dragon, part Seer and one of Robin’s top Blades, has been given a job to do, and damn it she’s going to do it. The Malmaynes are up to their old tricks, and the Dunne family still has no plans to accommodate them. She’s been tasked with keeping Shane Dunne safe from the Malmaynes and their kidnapping ways...
  • Dead and Gone by Annie Anderson

    Dead and Gone by Annie Anderson

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 36 ratings
    There are few things worse than being on the Arcane Bureau of Investigation’s naughty list. To keep herself out of hot water, Darby Adler has made a deal with the devil—using her skills as a grave talker to help the ABI solve some very cold cases...
  • Dark Magic by Adam J. Wright

    Dark Magic by Adam J. Wright

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Zombies on Main Street. Not my finest moment. The police aren’t exactly thrilled with me, but when a cold case heats up and starts to stink of the supernatural, suddenly the sheriff is in my office offering me a job. When the case hits boiling point, I’m dealing with monsters, black magic, and ritual killings. I even have to call on the two craziest witches in town for help...
  • Finding the Lost by Shannon K. Butcher

    Finding the Lost by Shannon K. Butcher

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 32 ratings
    They are the Sentinels: three races descended from ancient guardians of mankind, each possessing unique abilities in their battle to protect humanity against their eternal foes–the Synestryn. Now a young woman must put faith in a warrior whose power frightens her even as it draws her in. Andra Madison knows that monsters are real...
  • Taken by Claire Farrell

    Taken by Claire Farrell

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    It’s been months since Ava fooled the British vampires and dealt with Becca for good, but although life has been easier, it’s not without its problems. Her deal with the twins is physically harming her, Peter’s grasp on his sanity is tentative to say the least, Carl is struggling, and Esther is losing her edge...
  • Losing Lila by Sarah Alderson

    Losing Lila by Sarah Alderson

    Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
    · 34 ratings
    Alex and Lila are on the run, desperately trying to stay one step ahead of the Unit, which is somehow tracking their every move. While Alex is determined to keep Lila safe and her ability secret at any cost, Lila's only thought is of finding a way back to California so she can rescue her brother and mother from the military base where they're being held...
  • ‎The Graveside Bar and Grill by Darynda Jones

    ‎The Graveside Bar and Grill by Darynda Jones

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    When Donovan St. James’ precocious charge asks him—no questions asked—to tail the doctor who keeps their ragtag team patched up, he wants to refuse. Not because the saucy teen is getting too big for her britches, ordering him around like a mob boss, but because the woman stirs feelings in him he would rather not explore. However, when evil threatens the doc’s life, he realizes he has no choice...
  • The Hollow by Nora Roberts

    The Hollow by Nora Roberts

    Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 60 ratings
    In the small village of Hawkins Hollow, three best friends who share the same birthday sneak off into the woods for a sleepover the evening before turning 10. But a night of pre-pubescent celebration turns into a night of horror as their blood brother oath unleashes a three-hundred year curse...
  • Taste by Claire Farrell

    Taste by Claire Farrell

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Someone is hunting down the people she's promised to protect, but Ava's taste for battle is slowly disappearing. She's losing the people in her life, one by one, and without them, her inner light can only weaken...
  • On the Hunt by Gena Showalter, Shannon K. Butcher

    On the Hunt by Gena Showalter, Shannon K. Butcher

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 30 ratings
    New York Times bestselling author Gena Showalter, Shannon K. Butcher, Jessica Andersen, and Deidre Knight present a steamy collection of all-new novellas featuring sexy paranormal hunters. With shadowy creatures, intoxicating magic, vivdly imagined worlds, and sizzling passion, this is an anthology no fan of paranormal romance will want to miss...
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