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  • Night's Reckoning by Elizabeth Hunter

    Night's Reckoning by Elizabeth Hunter

    Rated: 4.74 of 5 stars
    · 28 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...
  • Freaky Fangs by Amanda M. Lee

    Freaky Fangs by Amanda M. Lee

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Mystic Caravan Circus is in flux. Things are shifting in the organization, new faces are joining the fray, and manager Poet Parker isn’t certain how to deal with it. Unfortunately for her, she doesn’t have time to figure it out.Kentucky is on the horizon, and a roadside accident that claims a family has caught Poet’s attention...
  • Only the Lost by Amanda M. Lee

    Only the Lost by Amanda M. Lee

    Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars
    · 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
    · 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...
  • Spider’s Revenge by Jennifer Estep

    Spider’s Revenge by Jennifer Estep

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 55 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...
  • 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...
  • Into the Dark by Gena Showalter

    Into the Dark by Gena Showalter

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 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
    · 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...
  • The Graveyard Shift by Darynda Jones

    The Graveyard Shift by Darynda Jones

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 30 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...
  • For I Have Sinned by Darynda Jones

    For I Have Sinned by Darynda Jones

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 48 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...
  • Tie Me Knot by Allie Brahms

    Tie Me Knot by Allie Brahms

    Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    So far, while working at a ghost matchmaking agency, the past week has gone 1) a murdered ghost bride who is very very pissed off (don’t blame her, I’d be pissed off too) 2) adopted by chinese hellhounds (I THOUGHT THEY WERE DOGS, OKAY) 3) wake up magically soul-bonded to the sexy demon slayer Zhen (While I agree he’s -expansive hand waving- HOW DID THIS HAPPEN?!) I do not need a fourth incident...
  • 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..
  • Client from Hell by R.J. Blain

    Client from Hell by R.J. Blain

    Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Step one: add some gasoline.Step two: light a match.Step three: watch the devil’s house burn.As far as plans go, Sandra Moore rather likes hers. It’s simple. It gets the job done. It reduces the devil’s house to smoldering ruins.Life is good—at least for the year she has left of it, assuming the devil doesn’t kill her first...
  • By a Thread by Jennifer Estep

    By a Thread by Jennifer Estep

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 53 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...
  • Duncan by D.B. Reynolds

    Duncan by D.B. Reynolds

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 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...
  • Widow’s Web by Jennifer Estep

    Widow’s Web by Jennifer Estep

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 49 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...
  • Archangel's Viper by Nalini Singh

    Archangel's Viper by Nalini Singh

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 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...
  • Holy Smokes by Katie MacAlister

    Holy Smokes by Katie MacAlister

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 46 ratings
    I’m Aisling Grey—but you can call me “frustrated.” The dragon of my dreams—uber-sexy Drake Vireo, wyvern of the green dragons—has finally decided to make an honest woman of me. That is, if we ever make it to the wedding at the same time! Being left at the altar may have cooled my jets, but not my passion...a good thing when Drake disappears and it's up to me to find him...
  • 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...
  • Courting Darkness by Yasmine Galenorn

    Courting Darkness by Yasmine Galenorn

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    We're the D'Artigo sisters: sexy, savvy ex-operatives for the Otherworld Intelligence Agency. But being half-human, half-Fae means our powers go haywire at all the wrong times. My sister Delilah is a Death Maiden and werecat who belongs to the Autumn Lord. My sister Menolly is a vampire who's dating a gorgeous werepuma, and the godfather of the undead-set...
  • Poison Promise by Jennifer Estep

    Poison Promise by Jennifer Estep

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 41 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...
  • 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...
  • Black Widow by Jennifer Estep

    Black Widow by Jennifer Estep

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 35 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...
  • Heart of Darkness by Gena Showalter, Maggie Shayne

    Heart of Darkness by Gena Showalter, Maggie Shayne

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 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
    · 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...
  • 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...
  • Destiny by P.T. Michelle

    Destiny by P.T. Michelle

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    When destiny is on the line, will love be enough to light the way? In order to save Ethan, Nara gets pulled deeper into his dark world, where everything she thought she knew about Ethan and herself turns on its head...
  • Blood Wyne by Yasmine Galenorn

    Blood Wyne by Yasmine Galenorn

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    We're the D'Artigo sisters: half-human, half-Fae, we're sexy, we're savvy and we just turned in our badges to the Otherworld Intelligence Agency. My sister Camille is a wicked good witch. Delilah's a werecat and blossoming Death Maiden. And as for me? I'm Menolly, acrobat extraordinaire turned vampire...
  • Black Dawn by Rachel Caine

    Black Dawn by Rachel Caine

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 45 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...
  • Darkness Hunts by Keri Arthur

    Darkness Hunts by Keri Arthur

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    "New York Times" bestselling author Keri Arthur returns to the enthralling Guardian World--and a twilight realm of danger and desire... Risa Jones, half-Aedh/half-werewolf, can enter the realm between life and death. She can speak to the dying and the dead, and she can see the reapers, collectors of souls...
  • It's A Wonderful Midlife Crisis by Robyn Peterman

    It's A Wonderful Midlife Crisis by Robyn Peterman

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 38 ratings
    A Paranormal Women's Fiction with a bit of class, and a lot of sass, for anyone who feels like age is just a number! Whoever said life begins at forty must have been heavily medicated, drunk, or delusional.    Thirty-nine was a fantastic year. I was married to the man I loved. I had a body that worked without creaking...
  • 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..
  • Midnight Curse by Melissa F. Olson

    Midnight Curse by Melissa F. Olson

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 34 ratings
    Scarlett Bernard is used to cleaning up messes. As a human who cancels out any magic around her, Scarlett's job is to keep the supernatural world hidden—at any cost. But on the eve of the Vampire Trials, a two-day tribunal that allows the otherworldly community to air their grievances, Scarlett receives a blood-soaked message from Molly, her estranged former roommate...
  • Immortal Danger by Cynthia Eden

    Immortal Danger by Cynthia Eden

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Sexy shapeshifters and lots of suspense combine in this scintillating new paranormal novel from the author of "Midnight Sins" and "Hotter After Midnight." Being Bullet Proof Sucks--Literally Once, Maya Black was a kick-ass cop patrolling the streets of L.A. She still keeps the city safe, but nowadays her bad guys of choice include demons, werewolves, and assorted nocturnal scum...
  • Betrayed by D.B. Reynolds

    Betrayed by D.B. Reynolds

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 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 Graveside Bar and Grill by Darynda Jones

    ‎The Graveside Bar and Grill by Darynda Jones

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 17 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...
  • Fury of the Demon by Diana Rowland

    Fury of the Demon by Diana Rowland

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · 33 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: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 38 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...
  • Dead and Gone by Annie Anderson

    Dead and Gone by Annie Anderson

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 35 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...
  • The Pagan Stone by Nora Roberts

    The Pagan Stone by Nora Roberts

    Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 56 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...
  • 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...
  • Lover Beware by Christine Feehan, Katherine Sutcliffe

    Lover Beware by Christine Feehan, Katherine Sutcliffe

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    BE WARNED-- four of today's most popular authors push passion and intrigue to the limit in four thrilling original stories... In a sleepy costal town... Early retirement turns deadly for a defense expert--until a beautiful woman steps between him and his assassins... Among women of the night..
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