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Sid by Teresa Gabelman
Renowned for his playboy lifestyle and wisecrack remarks, Sid Sinclair knows he is the last pick for the lead investigator of human/half-breed trafficking. Never one to play by the rules, Sid takes his new position seriously, but not without driving the leader of the VC Council and fellow Warrior’s crazy. A human with a special gift, Lana Fitzpatrick’s life is complicated...Categorized as:
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![Shades of Midnight by Lara Adrian]()
Shades of Midnight by Lara Adrian
In a frozen wilderness steeped in darkness, the lines between good and evil, lover and enemy, are never black or white but drawn in Shades of Midnight. Something inhuman is stalking the frigid Alaskan wilds, leaving unspeakable carnage in its wake...Categorized as:
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![Darker After Midnight by Lara Adrian]()
Darker After Midnight by Lara Adrian
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 53 ratingsThe climactic novel in the bestselling Midnight Breed series, of which BookPage raves: “If you like romance combined with heart-stopping paranormal suspense, you’re going to love this book.” In the dark of night, a blood war escalates within the hidden world of the Breed...Categorized as:
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![Death of Darkness by Dianne Duvall]()
Death of Darkness by Dianne Duvall
Delve into the most eagerly anticipated book in New York Times bestselling author Dianne Duvall’s “utterly addictive” (RT Book Reviews), “fast-paced and humorous” (Publishers Weekly) Immortal Guardians series. Seth has led the Immortal Guardians for thousands of years... -
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![How to Break an Undead Heart by Hailey Edwards]()
How to Break an Undead Heart by Hailey Edwards
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 45 ratingsGrier finally has the one thing she’s always wanted: Boaz Pritchard. Too bad her dream boyfriend is keeping her up nights, just not in a sweaty or fun way. Boaz has dialed down the Southern charm and stopped returning her calls. His job forces him to keep secrets, but his radio silence is cranking up her suspicions... -
![Ravaged by Brenda K. Davies]()
Ravaged by Brenda K. Davies
Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsSince the day he stopped aging, Aiden has struggled against the darkness trying to claim him. He no longer denies he’s fighting a losing battle, he’s just hoping someone kills him before he gives in to the savage nature dwelling within him. Just when he believes he’ll lose the battle, he encounters Maggie, and for the first time in years, he has hope for his future... -
![Angels' Flight by Nalini Singh]()
Angels' Flight by Nalini Singh
In Angel’s Wolf a vampire becomes fascinated with the seductive angel who rules Louisiana. But all is not what it appears to be in her court. In Angels’ Judgment a hunter must track one of her own gone bad, while surviving the deadly tests placed in her way by the archangels themselves. Unexpected backup comes from a stranger who might just be the most lethal threat of all..Categorized as:
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Blood Trade by Faith Hunter
Jane Yellowrock is a shape-shifting skinwalker who’s always up for a fight—even if it means putting her life on the line... The Master of Natchez, Mississippi has a nasty problem on his hands. Rogue vampires—those who follow the Naturaleza and believe that humans should be nothing more than prey to be hunted—are terrorizing his city...Categorized as:
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Adam by Teresa Gabelman
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsHalf-breed vampire, Adam Pride, has an almighty chip on his broad shoulders. Trying to move on after finding Angelina married to another, Adam has a decision to make. Remove the chip and move on or kill the man who took what he wanted most in the world, his Angel. With his heart in pieces, Adam’s on a mission to become the best VC Warrior he can be... -
![Twice as Hot by Gena Showalter]()
Twice as Hot by Gena Showalter
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 34 ratingsBelle Jamison is finally starting to feel like a normal girl again...Categorized as:
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![Elena's School of Horror by Nalini Singh]()
Elena's School of Horror by Nalini Singh
Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsShort story from authors July Newsletter. Part of the Guild Hunter Series... -
![A Small Fairy Tale by Nalini Singh]()
A Small Fairy Tale by Nalini Singh
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsShort story in the November Newsletter:Authors Note:This story stands fully alone, so you’ll be able to understand it even if you’ve never read the Guild Hunter series. All you need to know is that this is a world that includes angels and vampires as well as humans.For GH series readers, this story is set after Archangel’s Shadows and contains some spoilers for earlier books in the series...Categorized as:
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![The Reluctant Vampire by Lynsay Sands]()
The Reluctant Vampire by Lynsay Sands
Has this immortal finally met her match? Rogue hunter Drina Argenis (from the Spanish side of the Argeneau family) has been many things in her years as an immortal, but bodyguard/babysitter to a teenage vampire is something new. There's an incentive, however: the other vampsitter, Harper Stoyan, may be Drina's life mate... -
![Hunter's Trail by Melissa F. Olson]()
Hunter's Trail by Melissa F. Olson
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsActions have consequences—a lesson Scarlett Bernard is learning the hard way. As a “null,” Scarlett has always been able to negate the powers of the supernatural beings that surround her. But now her reckless decision to permanently change Eli from a werewolf to a human has left the Los Angeles werewolf pack in shambles, and upset the balance of power among the city’s supernatural factions... -
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![The Single Undead Moms Club by Molly Harper]()
The Single Undead Moms Club by Molly Harper
In the next book in Molly Harper’s Half Moon Hollow paranormal romance series, Libby (a widow-turned-vampire) struggles with her transition, and finds out it sucks to be the only vampire member of the PTA… Widow Libby Stratton arranged to be turned into a vampire after she was diagnosed with late-stage cancer...Categorized as:
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![Unhinged by A.G. Howard]()
Unhinged by A.G. Howard
Alyssa Gardner has been down the rabbit hole and faced the bandersnatch. She saved the life of Jeb, the guy she loves, and escaped the machinations of the disturbingly seductive Morpheus and the vindictive Queen Red. Now all she has to do is graduate high school and make it through prom so she can attend the prestigious art school in London she's always dreamed of...Categorized as:
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![As Shadows Fade by Colleen Gleason]()
As Shadows Fade by Colleen Gleason
Directly descended from the very first vampire hunter in the Gardella family, Victoria knows she must continue the lineage so humanity will have protectors against the undead. While Sebastian Vioget appears to be both the perfect warrior and lover to ensure the Gardella Legacy, Victoria cannot forget Max Pesaro - the former slayer still haunted by the vampire queen Lilith's obsession with him...Categorized as:
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![Borrowed Ember by Samantha Young]()
Borrowed Ember by Samantha Young
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsEverything in Ari’s life until this point has been borrowed. Her human life with a man who wasn't her real father. A love for a boy who needed more than her to be strong. Kisses with a Jinn who refused to do anything but lend them out in moments of weakness. And even her resolve, which seemed to fail her whenever she needed it most. But Ari is done borrowing... -
![Night Lost by Lynn Viehl]()
Night Lost by Lynn Viehl
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.. -
![Scorched Skies by Samantha Young]()
Scorched Skies by Samantha Young
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 35 ratingsFEAR THE HEAT... The White King has crossed the line, sounded the horn, sent out the wolves. When blood is shed and life is lost the reality of Ari’s position as both hunter and prey finally sets in...Categorized as:
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![The Undead Next Door by Kerrelyn Sparks]()
The Undead Next Door by Kerrelyn Sparks
Three signs that something is very different with your new man: 1. He sleeps all day...which would be annoying except he's so attentive at night. 2. He's attacked by sword-wielding assailants, yet insists he can handle it on his own. 3. He never seems to age. Heather Westfield has always lived a quiet life, but that all changes when she helps a very handsome, very mysterious stranger...Categorized as:
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![Cold Blood by Heather Hildenbrand]()
Cold Blood by Heather Hildenbrand
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsWood Point Academy is not at all what I expected. For one thing, it looks like a cross between military school and Buckingham Palace. Everyone stares, the floors shine so bright you can see your reflection in them from a mile away, and no one smiles. Unless they're kicking your butt in the process...Categorized as:
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![The Lady is a Vamp by Lynsay Sands]()
The Lady is a Vamp by Lynsay Sands
"New York Times" bestselling author Lynsay Sands, one of paranormal romance's original superstars, delivers a scorching and delightful story of a mortal man on a mission--and the Vamp who is his only hope. One late night leads to... Kidnapped When Jeanne Louise Argeneau left work, she never thought she'd end up tied down by a good-looking mortal...Categorized as:
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![Hour of Darkness by Lara Adrian]()
Hour of Darkness by Lara Adrian
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsBorn and raised as an assassin in the notorious Hunter program, Breed vampire Cain has since put his specialized skills to use as a mercenary willing to clean up any problem for a price. Or so he thought. After a job in Las Vegas strains even his dubious code of honor, Cain pulls up stakes and lands in Miami for a much-needed break...Categorized as:
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![Between the Lives by Jessica Shirvington]()
Between the Lives by Jessica Shirvington
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsAbove all else, though I try not to think about it, I know which life I prefer. And every night when I Cinderella myself from one life to the next a very small, but definite, piece of me dies. The hardest part is that nothing about my situation has ever changed. There is no loophole.Until now, that is... For as long as she can remember, Sabine has lived two lives...Categorized as:
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![An Unexpected Guest by Nalini Singh]()
An Unexpected Guest by Nalini Singh
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsShort story that features in the December 2016 newsletter complementing the Guild Hunter series... -
![A Very Vampy Christmas by Kerrelyn Sparks]()
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...Categorized as:
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![Mortal Defiance by Nichole Chase]()
Mortal Defiance by Nichole Chase
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsOne short week turned Ree McKenna’s life upside down. Not only does she have the weight of the world on her shoulders, but she still has to juggle homework, a job, and a curfew. While Ree tries to find her footing amidst the chaos, the Dark Ones and their champion are busy hunting down any humans that have a touch of the gods running through their veins...Categorized as:
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![Immortal Grave by Nichole Chase]()
Immortal Grave by Nichole Chase
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsFOR MATURE YA AUDIENCES. This novel contains violence and sexual situations. While darklings ransack the city, Ree and her friends will learn the depth of the gods' manipulations. Unsure of who is really on their side, Ree must accept her destiny and assume the role of leader. The stakes are higher than they've ever been. Death is waiting for them in every shadowy corner...Categorized as:
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![A Sip of Eternity by Nalini Singh]()
A Sip of Eternity by Nalini Singh
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsShort story in the October Newsletter:Author’s Note: This short story began life as a scene in an early draft of Archangel’s Shadows. It focuses on Dmitri & Honor, so there are no spoilers for the Archangel’s Shadows storyline (however, if you haven’t yet read Archangel’s Blade (Honor and Dmitri’s story), then save this to read later)... -
![Betsy the Vampire Queen by MaryJanice Davidson]()
Betsy the Vampire Queen by MaryJanice Davidson
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIt's been a helluva year. First I lose my job. Then, I'm in a car accident. Next, I'm waking up dressed in clothes I wouldn't be caught dead in (pink polyester and cheap shoes courtesy of my evil stepmother). But guess what? I am dead and what really bites is that I can't seem to stay dead. Every night, I wake up with a horrible craving. Not chocolate—mom would approve of that... -
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Vanquish by Z.L. Arkadie
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn this final installment of the Parched novel series, the world has certainly been changed - and not for the better. The sun has disappeared and the Evil, by way of Lario Exgesis, has been successful in creating a deadlier vampire species... -
![Waiting for Mercy by Shannon Dermott]()
Waiting for Mercy by Shannon Dermott
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsWhat do you do when you’ve been to hell and back, literally ? For Mercy, it meant the beginning of the end for everything. Love, Happiness, Life...Categorized as:
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![Damek's Redemption by N.J. Walters]()
Damek's Redemption by N.J. Walters
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsMyths and legends are more than just passing interests for Sonia Agostino. She holds degrees in folklore and anthropology, and she comes from a family of Keepers, humans charged with helping paranormal creatures survive in the modern world. Recently, her research—and her intuition—have led her to Chicago’s Inhibitions nightclub...Categorized as:
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![The Fifth Sister by Z.L. Arkadie]()
The Fifth Sister by Z.L. Arkadie
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsThe most gorgeous guy in the world just moved in across the hallway from Glo, The Fifth Sister. He says he is a vampire, and it gets better. He says he's a vampire slayer, and guess what? She is too! The world of Parched keeps turning in this fourth installment of the novel series. We meet Glo Slater, the fifth sister of The House of Benel... -
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Saving Arianna by Alisa Woods
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHe’s her bodyguard… but he can’t protect her from the monster who owns her soul.Jak owes his life to the alpha of his pack’s dot-com investing firm. But when he asks Jak to guard his brother’s mate, Jak knows he should run like hell. Because he wants to save beautiful, sweet Arianna from his alpha’s brutal brother, but she doesn’t belong to him… and never will...Categorized as:
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![Absolution by Susannah Sandlin]()
Absolution by Susannah Sandlin
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsWith the vampire world on the brink of civil war over the scarcity of untainted human blood, battle lines are being drawn between the once peaceful vampire and human enclave of Penton, Alabama, and the powerful Vampire Tribunal. Mirren Kincaid once served the tribunal as their most creative and ruthless executioner—a time when he was known as the Slayer... -
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Rebel Obsession by Donya Lynne
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsFormer cobalt addict and AKM drug counselor, Io is a male vampire known as much for his abrasive personality as for his playboy lifestyle. In other words, he's not the likeliest to make friends and settle down. Life on the edge suits him, and he lives full throttle, making his own rules, and damn the consequences. What he wants, he takes, and what he wants now is Miriam... -
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Original Sin by Samantha Towle
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsOriginal Sin is book two in the Alexandra Jones series, the sequel to First Bitten. Alex has run. Leaving everything she knows and loves … Nathan, behind. She’s a fugitive; hiding from the Original Vârcolacs who want to claim her for themselves. Hiding in Italy, she has changed her identity and her appearance; working in a coffee shop in the quiet town of Sassano...Categorized as:
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Omega by Susannah Sandlin
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe bloody war between the Vampire Tribunal and the defiant scathe of Penton, Alabama, rages on, forcing its residents and their bonded humans to retreat into the underground fortress of last resort: Omega. There, Will Ludlam is charged with the care of Penton’s humans, though he longs to fight alongside his vampire brethren... -
![Eternal Beauty by Laura Wright]()
Eternal Beauty by Laura Wright
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHe is captivated by the one who saved him from death—until he finds out who she is… When his lover is murdered by evil vampire-beast, Cruen, the grief-stricken Synjon Wise believes his life over. Enraged, he flashes her away to a remote spot in South America to give his beloved’s body a proper burial... -
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Darklove by Elle Jasper
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsUtterly destroyed, or lost forever? This is the question that plagues Riley Poe. After her vampire lover, Eli Dupre, was seemingly murdered by a fallen angel, she receives word that he's actually trapped in an alternate dimension, where hell on earth is revealed and dark forces reign. Riley’s been there before, and it nearly ripped her to pieces... -
![I Only Have Fangs for You by Kathy Love]()
I Only Have Fangs for You by Kathy Love
Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsBite Me! One thing you have to know about my brother Sebastian: he loves being a vampire. After all, what's not to love? He's eternally twenty-five. He's single, and frankly, he's a chick magnet. Yeah, undeath is good. . The only thing he's serious about is his nightclub, Carfax Abbey. It's the sort of dark, happening spot where vampires can really let their fangs down...Categorized as:
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![Betsy: Bride of the Vampire by MaryJanice Davidson]()
Betsy: Bride of the Vampire by MaryJanice Davidson
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThis 4-in-1 Ominibus edition includes Dead and Loving It, Undead and Unpopular, Undead and Uneasy and Undead and Unworthy. She's 6' tall, drop-dead gorgeous... and totally addicted to designer shoes... -
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![Ignite by Z.L. Arkadie]()
Ignite by Z.L. Arkadie
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThere's still no rest for the Daughters of the House of Benel. The people of Moonridge have been attacked by second-generation vampires and find themselves stuck in a strange coma and covens of first-generation vampires have been wiped out by them too. And now their worst enemy has discovered a way to cheat death? It will take the big guns to stop whatever Lario Exgesis is cooking up... -
![Tiddly Jinx by Liz Schulte]()
Tiddly Jinx by Liz Schulte
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSelene Warren’s life is plagued by disaster. To fix the trouble her good intentions caused, she needs to rescue the necromancer who tried to help her, find and return the Pole of Charon, and win over the Elfish people. However, nothing ever goes as planned. The necromancer reappears in the Abyss, but is determined to be an enemy rather than a friend... -
![Hearts Untamed by Pamela Palmer]()
Hearts Untamed by Pamela Palmer
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsOriginally appeared in the print anthology Bitten By Cupid . Ten years after he spurned Julianne's declaration of love and then vanished, Zee's back—only this time he's the one being rejected. Now, in the midst of a Valentine's Day celebration, he's realized she's more beautiful than ever…and just as stubborn...Categorized as:
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![The Darkest Frost: Vol 1 of a 2-part serial by Tanya Holmes, Nikki Busch]()
The Darkest Frost: Vol 1 of a 2-part serial by Tanya Holmes, Nikki Busch
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsGENRE: A Gothic paranormal romance with a twist. CLIFFHANGER: **YES** This is a two-part serial. When the ghost of her best friend begs for her help, psychic detective Denieve Knight goes undercover as a live-in domestic to catch a killer. She sets her sights on the most likely suspect: her friend’s mysterious employer, Doctor Braeden Frost. Dubbed "Dr... -
![All the Stars Look Down by Elizabeth Hunter, Grace Draven]()
All the Stars Look Down by Elizabeth Hunter, Grace Draven
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA duo of Christmas romances from two top names in paranormal romance. In SUNDAY'S CHILD, Grace Draven heats up a cold and lonely Christmas when museum archivist, Claire Summerlad, meets a mysterious new co-worker... -
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Rebel by Kristina Douglas
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsNew York Times bestselling author Anne Stuart, writing as Kristina Douglas, delivers the fourth novel in the Fallen series—in a realm of fallen angels and ruthless demons, an eternal rebellion is brewing… A rebel angel who lives outside the world of the Fallen, Cain makes his own rules. Now he’s returned to make trouble, and he sets his sights on the unreliably psychic Martha...Categorized as:
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