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Redemption by Sherrilyn Kenyon
Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsIn Redemption, demigod Seth and Were-Hunter/Dream-Hunter Lydia will see if light can shine through the darkness... With new plot and storyline details, the bonus scene should only be read after finishing The Guardian.Bonus Short story available for free on Kenyon's website. It is available in print in Dark Bites... -
Leopard's Hunt by Christine Feehan
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsIn this pulse-pounding novel in the #1 New York Times bestselling Leopard series, animal instinct unites two elite shifters whose heads are at war with their hearts. Gorya Amurov might be known as his family's peacekeeper, but the leopard inside him wants nothing more than to claw to the surface and unleash hell... -
Lords of the Underworld Collection Volume 1: An Anthology by Gena Showalter
Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsSee how the Lords of the Underworld saga began with the first four sizzling stories by New York Times bestselling author Gena Showalter.They dared to open Pandora’s Box, and now must carry an eternal curse. The saga begins in a remote fortress in Budapest, where six immortal warriors, each more dangerously seductive than the last, are bound by an ancient curse none has been able to break... -
Into the Dark by Gena Showalter
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsThree 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... -
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Tales of the Otherworld by Kelley Armstrong
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 44 ratingsNew York Times bestselling author Kelley Armstrong has bewitched audiences with her Otherworld series of supernatural thrillers. Now, in this new collection of shorter fiction, some of Armstrong's most tantalizing lead characters appear alongside her unforgettable supporting players, who step out of the shadows and into the light...Categorized as:
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Savage by Kelley Armstrong
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsNo longer available online - now in the anthology, Men of the OtherworldSavage is about Jeremy Danvers finding Clay... -
Portal Guardians by Elle Casey
Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars · 21 ratings--The Final Installment of the Clash of the Otherworlds Series-- The fae assigned by the council, shadowed by Jayne the elemental and Spike the incubus, journey to the Otherworlds, seeking the portal guardians. An epic journey filled with danger, adventure, and revelations that even the most ancient fae do not expect... -
Hexing with a Chance of Tornadoes by Mandy M. Roth
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsI've been told I'm a force to be reckoned with. That I blow onto the scene like a tornado.At age forty I've stopped caring if that's a compliment or a dig. Now I just wear it like a badge of honor. So when life threw me a curveball and I ended up going from a cushy job in New York City to the tiny Southern town of Grimm Cove I thought I was ready for anything.Ha! Not quite... -
After the Fall by Elle Casey
Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsThe Light and Dark Fae have come together, a tenuous peace formed at the urging of the Overworld. Potty-mouthed teen, Jayne Sparks, and her fellow changeling friends find themselves once again in the middle of a maelstrom of conflict, mystery, and magic that they must struggle to not only understand but to overcome. Jayne Sparks Blackthorn hereby cordially invites you to follow her into the Gray. -
Between the Realms by Elle Casey
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsJayne Sparks Blackthorn continues her journey as a changeling member of the Fae living in the Green Forest. Decisions have been made and the Fae Council has spoken. The chosen few must leave the Here and Now to undo the damage begun over a thousand years ago. Loyalties are questioned. Intentions are suspect. Angels and demons, witches and werewolves, pixies and elves... -
Darkness & Light by Elle Casey
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsThe animosity between Darkness & Light continues to grow, as do Jayne's supernatural, elemental abilities in the Green Forest. Long-lost friends arrive, new friends leave, passion burns, and mysteries abound... -
Like a Fine Magical Wine by Brenda Trim
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAfter a harrowing visit to the Underworld, I finally shifted into my Phoenix. Flying doesn't stop Fate from insisting that I fight for my life, though. All of these brushes with death are for the birds. Catching the local murderer red-handed should have put a stop to the constant danger I'm in... -
A Warrior Thanksgiving by Teresa Gabelman
Rated: 4.74 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe VC Warriors and the Dark Guardians are being forced to work as a team against the evil that is coming their way. Egos, pride, and personalities collide at times making for an explosive atmosphere. Nicole feels this and decides to take advantage of the situation…for the children of course... -
A Fashionable Disaster by Robyn Peterman
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsThe richbloodsuckersdon’t want to pay taxes. Too bad, so sad. They’re the least of my problems right now. At the wise suggestion of my beloved mate, I indulge in a little retail therapy so I don’t dismember the pissed off crew of greedy Vamps who don’t want to pay their fair share... -
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Dark Bites by Sherrilyn Kenyon
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 40 ratingsFor years, eager fans have been clamoring for an all-in-one collection of #1 bestselling author Sherrilyn Kenyon’s novellas...Categorized as:
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Game of Witches by Kim Richardson
Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAfter dealing with Rifts and demons, I thought I’d get a few days off. But I was wrong. Guests avoid The Twilight Hotel like the plague after the teeny-weeny demon invasion. To keep the hotel from financial ruin, management decides to host a Casino Week to get things going again. Sounds great. There’s just one problem. People in our paranormal community turn up dead... -
Darkness Falls by Keri Arthur
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsNew York Times bestselling author Keri Arthur brings her Dark Angels series to a breathtaking conclusion as half-werewolf, half-Aedh Risa Jones treads a knife’s edge between the salvation of the human race and its total annihilation. The search for the last key to the gates of hell has begun, and half-werewolf, half-Aedh Risa Jones is in more danger than ever—and one misstep could prove ruinous...Categorized as:
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Blood Deep by Lindsay J. Pryor
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsBad can feel good, Jessie. Bad can feel as good as it can get. The tattoos covering Eden Reece’s arm tell the tale of a con with an appetite for danger. Even so, arriving at The Circus – the criminal heart of Blackthorn – and demanding an audience with the notorious Pummel, is the sign of a death wish. Jessie knows that Eden is trouble. Serious trouble... -
Dirty Deeds: An Urban Fantasy Collection ) by Faith Hunter, Diana Pharaoh Francis
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsWhen the going gets tough, the tough get their hands dirty. Join NY Times Bestselling author Faith Hunter, USA Today Bestselling author R.J. Blain, and National Bestselling authors Diana Pharaoh Francis and Devon Monk on a wild romp where the damsels bring the distress and what can go wrong will go wrong... -
Eternal Captive by Laura Wright
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsSince feeding her his blood, Lucian Roman has struggled with his obsession with Bronwyn Kettler-fighting an uncontrollable desire to kill her, if he has to, and the vampire she has sworn to wed. But when a dangerous enemy threatens Bronwyn, only Lucian can save her life. Even if it means sacrificing his own..Categorized as:
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Robert: A Forty Proof Novella (Forty Proof) by Shannon Mayer
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratings**This is Robert's story before he became the Robert you know in the Forty Proof Series.** In 1876, we were called to Savannah, Georgia to help with an infestation of demons. If we'd known what we, my wife Evangeline, and I, were walking into, we'd have run the other way. As it was, we shared tea with a vampire and stepped into a battle we did not understand until it was too late... -
Lord of Life by Charlene Hartnady
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsI never knew how much I relied on my power until it was gone. Stolen from me. I made a stupid mistake. I spent the night with a woman who was a stranger to me. One-night stands are generally not my thing. I am sure she was the one who took what was mine. My power. There is no other logical explanation. Now I can’t find her. Every lead goes up in smoke. It’s like she never existed... -
Chaotic by Kelley Armstrong
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsPreviously published in the print anthology Dates From Hell.Kelley Armstrong returns to the Otherworld with "Chaotic," where a half-demon tabloid journalist's boring date is saved...by a supernatural explosion? She's off to save the day—if only her less-than-stellar date wouldn't tag along! Luckily, the intriguing, infuriating, and just plain sexy werewolf/jewel thief Karl Marsten also appears...Categorized as:
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Darkness Splintered by Keri Arthur
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsWhen Risa loses the second key to hell, she angers several powerful people, and she’s starting to feel the pressure from all sides. She gets a visit from her father, who gives her an ultimatum: Get back the key or he will kill her friends. Risa also finds herself under the scrutiny of the vampire council, some of whom consider her a monster who should be destroyed...Categorized as:
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Real Vampires Have More to Love by Gerry Bartlett
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsGlory St. Clair is a vampire with man trouble. Between her on-again, off-again lover Jeremy Blade, smoking hot rock star Ray Caine, and former bodyguard turned apartment mate Valdez, there's enough man-candy around to make even a gal with a liquid diet feel a sugar rush. Glory's got no time to enjoy it, though, considering that she's in the middle of planning her best friend's wedding... -
Claimed in Shadows by Lara Adrian
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsIn this pulse-pounding new Midnight Breed vampire romance novel from New York Times and #1 international bestselling author Lara Adrian, passion explodes between a daywalking member of the Order and a fiery female warrior whose shadowy past will test the bonds of both duty and desire. As the son of a formidable Breed warrior, Aric Chase has been devoted to the Order all his life... -
Eternal Beast by Laura Wright
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsA Taste of Blood Ever since his abduction by the Eternal Order of Vampires, Gray Donohue has finally found his true calling: vengeance. He will stop at nothing to bring his fellow Impure vampires the freedom they deserve...Categorized as:
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Tithes by Claire Farrell
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAva’s been trying to help her past and her future co-exist, but when it all goes wrong, she’s barely able to take a breath when the next drama begins, and she begins to wonder about her string of bad luck... -
The Thief by Dannika Dark
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsLoving her in secret was becoming his new favorite thing.The latest installment in the Black Arrowhead series is a page-turner that will keep you up all night!Mercy Breedlove is hardworking, spirited, and eager to find a job. After receiving a trial offer for a position, she’s determined to win over her cantankerous boss, who thrives in absolute chaos... -
Bane by Tara Brown
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 25 ratings"Ari, this is Aimee James. She’s different, like you.” The old lady smiled brightly, “Until you get to know each other, I wouldn’t go holding hands. Who knows what’ll happen.” This is the second book of the completed series, The Devil's Roses Aimee is now a Devil's Rose. She has a ring that makes her brand of deadly force acceptable. She has killed every flavor of bad...Categorized as:
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Eternal Kiss by Laura Wright
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsSacrifice will be their downfall. And their resurrection. Family is blood. His father unknown, his mother dead, Nicholas Roman was raised by the vampire Breed with one wish: to live as a normal vampire...Categorized as:
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Hyde by Tara Brown
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsHanna is a victim. Of what she doesn't know. Waking in the trunk of a moving car in tattered clothes, she can only assume the worst. Taken to her father's Tudor Mansion she learns of his treachery and of the monster he holds captive inside of himself. Discovering who her parents really were means finding answers about herself, answers she never imagined possible...Categorized as:
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A Very Vampy Christmas by Kerrelyn Sparks
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsMaggie O'Brien is thrilled when she lands a starring role on the Digital Vampire Network's hottest soap opera, As the Vampire Turns. Doesn't hurt that her leading man is Don Orlando de Corazon, the greatest lover in the vampire world! But who is Don Orlando really? Nobody knows, not even Don Orlando... -
Night Vision by Yasmine Galenorn
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsEons ago, vampires tried to turn the dark Fae in order to harness their magic, only to create a demonic enemy more powerful than they could have imagined. Now, even with Myst, the Queen of the Indigo Court, temporarily out of action, the new Queens of the Golden Wood find themselves facing incredible danger..Categorized as:
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Eternal Sin by Laura Wright
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsLove and Vengeance... The violent attack left Synjon destroyed and his lover dead—at the will of the evil vampire Cruen. Syn’s passionate savior was Petra. When she became pregnant with his child, it should have been a blessing—until Syn vanished after discovering the truth: Petra was the daughter of the man he despised above all others. The daughter of Cruen...Categorized as:
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Undead on Arrival by L.A. Banks
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsJust one month ago, secret government operative Sasha Trudeau thought she’d tasted victory. Orchestrating détente between the warring factions of the supernatural world had nearly cost her life—but it also opened the door to a future with Max Hunter, her mate and fellow Shadow Wolf. Until now. A poisonous virus is wreaking havoc on Hunter’s immune system...Categorized as:
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Traitor by Claire Farrell
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe final book in the Ava Delaney series. When Ava first saved Carl from a vampire, she had no idea what would happen next. Thrust into a world of magic, secrets, and betrayal, she’s barely managed to survive. All of the choices she’s made have led her deeper into trouble, and now, a year later, it’s time to grab some control again... -
The Dream: Episode 2 by Sarra Cannon
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsEpisode 2 of Sarra Cannon’s New Adult Paranormal serial. Working at Venom wasn’t originally part of Franki’s plans, but her encounter with the vampire demons in the alley last night has her rattled. Besides, she can’t get the club’s sexy and mysterious bartender, Rend, out of her mind. If she wants to stay alive, she needs his protection... -
Winter's Kiss by Mark Henwick
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsAn Athanate NovellaWinter’s Kiss; sequel to The Biting Cold Everything changes. Everything. That is the gift and sorrow of immortality. Amanda Lloyd was brave when she testified against an evil criminal and ensured he went to prison. That was when she thought she was dying. Now she knows she’s not dying, and that same criminal has put out a contract on her... -
Fang Chronicles: Ivan by D'Elen McClain
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe loss of Ivan’s mate, Alba, left him broken and turned his inner beast inside out. With the war between the wolves and enemy cats, who killed his mate, all but over his anger has no focus. His new clan consists of two vampires, three cats, and his lone wolf. Talya ran from her clan after losing a challenge against her friend for the love of Dmitri, the vampire leader of the bear clan... -
Cursed Demon by Brogan Thomas
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsShe enjoyed life as a demon’s pet. Until the cries of an innocent tore her world asunder… Emma Case is freaking out. Being surrounded by monsters is risky enough without breaking the rules, but when the soft-hearted girl hears a pup in distress, she can’t resist trespassing on forbidden ground... -
The Hunter and The Hunted by Kelley Armstrong
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsIn Off-Duty Angel (Otherworld #10.6), dark witch and half-demon Eve Levine is desperate for a little entertainment while her lover, Kristof Nast , is detained in afterlife court—enough to volunteer an extra week’s worth of angel corps duty just to pass the time...Categorized as:
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Undone by Sara Humphreys
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsParty girl Marianna Coltari is an unmated pureblood Amoveo who wants nothing to do with the ongoing war that took her father’s life and continues to consume her brother, Dante’s. But when she is targeted by one of the clans, she has little choice but to run and hide in a cabin with Pete Castro, a retired cop from her brother’s security firm...Categorized as:
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By Leigh, Lora Mass Market Paperbound on 01-Dec-2009 by Angela Knight
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsGO BEYOND YOUR WILDEST FANTASIES. GO BEYOND YOUR MOST FORBIDDEN DREAMS. GO FARTHER THAN ANY WOMAN HAS EVER DARED TO GO...BEYOND THE DARKFour bestselling authors of paranormal romance and erotic thrills now take readers into a seductive midnight world of demons, mages, vampires, and knights, of queens with devilish secrets, and of devils with secret desires... -
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Beverly Hills Demon Slayer by Angie Fox
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAll that glitters is not gold... Demon slayer Lizzie Brown isn't exactly a diamonds and champagne type of girl. But when an ancient cult becomes the "in" thing in Beverly Hills, she realizes there's more to it than youth potions, parties, and priceless Egyptian artifacts. There's a demon involved...and Lizzie's not on the guest list... -
Hidden Magic by Ashley Meira, Felicia M Beasley
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsBeing a mercenary has made Sophia an expert at kicking butt, and her heritage has made her a professional at hiding in plain sight. Sophia is Fireborn, the supernatural community’s public enemy number one. Fireborns have the ability to absorb magic — a gift that turns them into insane, power-hungry murderers... -
Wedding Bell Hell by Kelley Armstrong
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsWitches, Cabels, and Supernaturals...oh my! Paranormal superstar and internationally bestselling author Kelley Armstrong's second Otherworld omnibus includes Dime Store Magic and Industrial Magic, along with two short stories, Wedding Bell Hell & Case of the Half-Demon Spy... -
A Very Levet Christmas by Alexandra Ivy
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsA gargoyle of Levet’s charm and intelligence should not be facing a solitary Christmas. True, he may appear a little unconventional—not to mention unconventionally little—even for a gargoyle. But what Levet lacks in height he makes up for in loyalty, and being banned from the festivities surrounding the Queen of Weres’ new pups is quite unfair...Categorized as:
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Love in the Time of Dragons by Katie MacAlister
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 40 ratingsTully Sullivan is just like any other suburban mom—unless you count the days every year that she zones out and turns base metals in to gold. Those are weird. And now she’s woken up in a strange place surrounded by strange people who keep insisting they’re dragons—and that she’s one too. But not just any dragon. She’s Ysolde de Bouchier, a famed figure from dragon history... -
The Recruit: Book Two by Elizabeth Kelly
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsHannah Torrington has used her new-found training to seek revenge for her sister’s death at the hands of the vampires. Her relationship with Will ruined and her abilities growing stronger each day, she is determined to graduate from the program and help end the vampire uprising...
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