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  • A Crone to Pick by Amanda M. Lee

    A Crone to Pick by Amanda M. Lee

    Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Scout Randall knows what she is, more than a witch, more powerful than she ever thought imaginable. She’s only hit the tip of the iceberg on what she can do. Now she has to grapple with another problem. When her former partner Evan was believed dead in a vampire attack, she blamed herself, mourned, and tried to move on. Now he’s back, and he’s more than anybody ever imagined, too...
  • Merry Me: Book 15 in The Jerry McNeal series (Jerry McNeal) by Sherry A. Burton

    Merry Me: Book 15 in The Jerry McNeal series (Jerry McNeal) by Sherry A. Burton

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Feeling guilty at not having made his engagement to April official over the Christmas holidays, Jerry seeks to join her and Max for their annual after-Christmas getaway to Frankenmuth, Michigan...
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  • Southern Ghost Hunter Series by Angie Fox

    Southern Ghost Hunter Series by Angie Fox

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Southern Spirits. When out of work graphic designer Verity Long accidentally traps a ghost on her property, she’s saddled with more than a supernatural sidekick—she gains the ability see spirits. It leads to an offer she can’t refuse from the town’s bad boy, the brother of her ex and the last man she should ever partner with. A Ghostly Gift...
  • Chesapeake Blue by Nora Roberts

    Chesapeake Blue by Nora Roberts

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 42 ratings
    Seth Quinn is finally home. It's been a long journey. After a harrowing boyhood with his drug-addicted mother, Seth had been taken in by the Quinn family, growing up with three older brothers who'd watched over him with love...
  • The Kraken King and the Inevitable Abduction by Meljean Brook

    The Kraken King and the Inevitable Abduction by Meljean Brook

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    The Kraken King has declared that Zenobia Fox is under his protection—and with her identity revealed, she needs that protection more than ever. But it comes with a price when Ariq demands that Zenobia reveal her secrets in return. Ariq wants nothing more than for Zenobia to trust him, and he knows exactly which sensual tricks will breach her defenses...
  • The Kraken King and the Iron Heart by Meljean Brook

    The Kraken King and the Iron Heart by Meljean Brook

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Experience the incredible adventure and heart-stopping romance of the Iron Seas in this thrilling steampunk tale from New York Times bestselling author Meljean Brook. The Kraken King, Part V. The Kraken King and the Iron Heart. With their lives and the fate of an empire at stake, Ariq is forced to leave Zenobia behind...
  • Blood Ransom by Sophie McKenzie

    Blood Ransom by Sophie McKenzie

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    CLONES RACHEL AND THEO NOW LIVE THOUSANDS OF MILES APART. THEY KEEP IN TOUCH, BUT THINGS JUST AREN T THE SAME. WHEN RACHEL DISCOVERS THAT EVIL SCIENTIST ELIJAH IS STILL WORKING IN SECRET FOR A SECTION OF THE GOVERNMENT AND ABOUT TO MURDER DANIEL, SHE SETS OUT TO RESCUE THE LITTLE BOY, BUT HER PLANS BACKFIRE WITH DISASTROUS CONSEQUENCES...
  • The Kraken King and the Crumbling Walls by Meljean Brook

    The Kraken King and the Crumbling Walls by Meljean Brook

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Experience the incredible adventure and heart-stopping romance of the Iron Seas in this thrilling steampunk tale from New York Times bestselling author Meljean Brook. The Kraken King, Part VI. The Kraken King and the Crumbling Walls...
  • Encala by T.M. Nielsen

    Encala by T.M. Nielsen

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Encala, Book 3 in the Heku Series, finds Emily and Chevalier settled into the palace and life as one of the ruling heads of the Equites begins. The Equites elect Damon onto the Equites Council and he immediately finds himself at odds with Emily. Her independence and head-strong personality harshly conflict with his strict nature as one of the ‘old ones’...
  • The Librarian's Vampire Assistant: 2 by Mimi Jean Pamfiloff

    The Librarian's Vampire Assistant: 2 by Mimi Jean Pamfiloff

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    From New York Times Bestseller Mimi Jean Pamfiloff comes a humorous, standalone mystery, The Librarian’s Vampire Assistant, Book 2. (Yep! It’s a standalone. The boring title is just to mess with you! ). HOW MUCH LONGER CAN HE KEEP HIS SECRET AND HIS FAVORITE HUMAN SAFE? Michael Vanderhorst has always been a lone wolf. Or lone vampire? Whatever...
  • Sinister Sanctuary by Colleen Gleason

    Sinister Sanctuary by Colleen Gleason

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    A nerdy (but sexy) scientist. A writer on deadline. A haunted lighthouse. And a secret worth killing for. .. Welcome to Wicks Hollow: a cozy town near Lake Michigan filled with quaint houses, eccentric residents, and more than its share of ghosts, murders, and sexy romance...
  • Valle by T.M. Nielsen

    Valle by T.M. Nielsen

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The ominous Valle Faction vows to gain possession of what the Equites has hidden in the well protected Island Coven. Just as Emily thinks she’s found peace in the volatile world of the heku, she’s brutally ripped from the protective walls of Chevalier’s coven and thrown into the harsh reality of a Valle prison...
  • The Vengeance of the Vampire Bride by Rhiannon Frater

    The Vengeance of the Vampire Bride by Rhiannon Frater

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    In THE TALE OF THE VAMPIRE BRIDE, Lady Glynis suffered great horrors at the hands of her evil vampire master, Count Vlad Dracula, and vowed she would one day escape him...
  • The Mirror by Marlys Millhiser

    The Mirror by Marlys Millhiser

    Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    On the eve of wedding in 1978, Shay Garrett peers into the antique mirror in her family's longtime home, the famous Victorian Gingerbread House on Pearl Street in Boulder, Colorado, and falls unconscious only to wake in the body of her own grandmother Brandy on the eve of her wedding--in 1900. The virginal Brandy, in turn, awakes in Shay's body to discover herself pregnant...
  • Luminosity by Abigail Boyd

    Luminosity by Abigail Boyd

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Includes books 2, 3, and 4 of the Gravity series. In Uncertainty, Ariel finds out more information about her grandmother's visions and family secrets. An unexpected reunion turns her life upside down, and she doesn't know who to trust. In Luminosity, Ariel is haunted by reoccuring nightmares that bring her back to the spooky Dexter orphanage in search of something she once lost.
  • Favole: Set Me Free by Victoria Francés

    Favole: Set Me Free by Victoria Francés

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Sucesso internacional finalmente disponível em português! Donzelas à beira da morte, lânguidas imagens erguendo-se por detrás de uma lápide, castelos carregados de mistérios, lagos obscuros no meio de bosques banhados pelo luar. .. A temática gótica e vampírica é uma das mais recorrentes da ficção contemporânea e tem originado grandes êxitos literários e cinematográficos...
  • Favole: Frozen Light by Victoria Francés

    Favole: Frozen Light by Victoria Francés

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Poetry and exquisite art.
  • Scar Tissue by M.C. Domovitch

    Scar Tissue by M.C. Domovitch

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    When successful model Ciara Kelly wakes up in hospital, remembering nothing of the weeks she has been missing, her only clues are the ugly words carved into her skin. According to the police she was a victim of the Cutter, a serial killer who has already murdered three women...
  • Eternal Flame Bundle by Cynthia Eden

    Eternal Flame Bundle by Cynthia Eden

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Librarian's note: this bundle is not in chronological order. To avoid spoilers, the bundle should be read in this order: second book, third book, first book. Eternal Flame. Cynthia Eden invites you into the world of the Others--supernatural creatures who are sexy, powerful, and more than human in every way. .. No one that deadly should look that good...
  • Quenched by Z.L. Arkadie

    Quenched by Z.L. Arkadie

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A sense of duty takes Clarity back to the script where she learns there's a new breed of vampires in the world, stemming from Lario Exgesis, once friend now foe. These second-generation vampires are able to hunt and feed off the first- generation vampires. Clarity also sees that Lario is looking for the power of the sun, a power gifted to the seven daughters of the House of Benel...
  • Tempting Fate by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro

    Tempting Fate by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 9 ratings
    Europe 1920s. Fifth [published] in the Saint-Germain series, Tempting Fate finds the count as guardian to a Russian war orphan during the Russian Revolution and the end of World War I...
  • Dating the Undead by Gena Showalter, Jill Monroe

    Dating the Undead by Gena Showalter, Jill Monroe

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    They're drop-dead handsome—and we're not kidding! Welcome to the first and only guide devoted to loving the immortal man in all of his furry, feathery, fiery glory. Here is a forbidden-fruit salad of features, fiction, fashion, and more, including:. –Lipstick on His Collar. Is your immortal just a little bit…immoral? –Angel in the Kitchen...
  • A Grave Search by Wendy Roberts

    A Grave Search by Wendy Roberts

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Julie Hall is finally adjusting to her new career: locating dead bodies with dowsing rods. The crime scene is drenched with blood, but the body is nowhere to be found. When a grieving mother requests Julie’s help tracking the body of her missing daughter, Julie is hesitant...
  • Calamity at the Carnival by London Lovett

    Calamity at the Carnival by London Lovett

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Spring is in the air. Flowers are blooming, birds are singing, Jackson's kisses keep coming, and despite the occasional moodiness of her ghostly housemate, Sunni is looking forward to the season. It's spring break in Firefly Junction and the Stockton Traveling Carnival has come to town. Sunni finds herself saddled with an uninspiring story assignment...
  • Double Trouble by London Lovett

    Double Trouble by London Lovett

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Firefly Junction meets Port Danby as Lola and Lacey take a trip to the Cider Ridge Inn in Double Trouble. Sunni Taylor is finally going to meet Lola Button, the quirky antique dealer who sold her some rather unusual old photos of Cider Ridge Inn. When Lola arrives with her best friend, Lacey Pinkerton, Sunni and Lacey find they have a lot in common...
  • Hiding from the Light by Barbara Erskine

    Hiding from the Light by Barbara Erskine

    Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    From the three million copy bestselling author of Lady of Hay comes the big new novel by the bestselling author of WHISPERS IN THE SAND is a gripping tale of witchcraft and romance, past and present, as her modern-day characters are caught up in a battle that has been raging for hundreds of years. The parish of Manningtree and Mistley has a dark history...
  • Heart of Darkness by Felicity Heaton

    Heart of Darkness by Felicity Heaton

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A vampire prince on a four hundred year old mission to avenge his murdered sister. .. Aleksandr Nemov won't stop until the last of the vampire hunter's progeny is wiped from the Earth. Each kill has stolen a piece of his humanity, pushing him towards the black abyss all vampires hold within their hearts...
  • The Lost Soul by Suzy Turner

    The Lost Soul by Suzy Turner

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    December and Lilly have got their work cut out for them. Not only are they desperately trying to figure out the identity of the Lost Soul, and track him down, they've also got to investigate why Powell River's newest resident has got all of their men falling at her feet. But when they learn that the Nephilim might be involved, it becomes clear that they're all in extreme danger. ..
  • Vampire, Vampire by Heather Killough-Walden

    Vampire, Vampire by Heather Killough-Walden

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    With her latest sizzling release, Vampire, Vampire, New York Times and USA Today bestselling paranormal romance author Heather Killough-Walden shares two scorchingly hot, sweet and savage stand-alone vampire romance novellas. (Total word count approx. 70,000 words). In the completely reconstructed Thorn and Grace, an old tale of historical romance is given a very dark make-over...
  • The Saint-Germain Chronicles by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro

    The Saint-Germain Chronicles by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Fleeing Spain at the beginning of their Civil War, the vampire Saint-Germain arrives in California to reunite with the older and wiser Rowena Saxon, who is considering following the Dark Prince into an eternal life. Meanwhile, Saint-Germain is unaware that a ruthless assassin is pursuing him--one of the most charming killers ever to grace the page: Cenere...
  • Helpless by Scott Prussing

    Helpless by Scott Prussing

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Helpless is the third book in the paranormal romance series Blue Fire Saga. I don't want to write any "spoilers" for books 1 and 2 by summarizing the plot of Helpless here. Helpless continues the adventures of Leesa and her vampire hunter boyfriend Rave. Rest assured it is filled with the same passion, humor, suspense and supernatural danger as the Breathless and Deathless (books 1 and 2).
  • The Third Kiss: Dorian's Dream by Heather Killough-Walden

    The Third Kiss: Dorian's Dream by Heather Killough-Walden

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    This title is being re-released in 2013. Product Description. An ancient Roma foretelling speaks of vampire kings one day dreaming of the women who could bear them children. These children would be powerful vampire warriors and treasures to their kingdoms. Their mothers would become queens...
  • Step by Cindy Paterson

    Step by Cindy Paterson

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Librarian's note: This is an alternate cover edition for ASIN B00A1X69X8. ‘Only her love can restore his trust—only with his trust can she win her battle. ’. Kilter, an immortal Senses Visionary, excels at being rude and crass with little hope of finding peace after being betrayed and tortured by his brother more than a hundred years ago...
  • Path of the Eclipse by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro

    Path of the Eclipse by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro

    Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 12 ratings
    The mysterious and seductive hero Ragoczy Saint-Germain is torn between the love of a Chinese woman warlord and a voluptuous Indian princess in this historical horror novel set in the Far East.
  • Descent of Blood by Elizabeth Marx

    Descent of Blood by Elizabeth Marx

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    When times are darkest, some vampires desire more than blood …. England, 1465. Mortal men clash in the War of the Roses for the English crown, while vampire warriors’ move undetected among their ranks, savoring the flow of blood that battlefields provide. Vampire prince, Severian Pearce, fears the revelation of the immortal clans to humankind should King Henry fall from power...
  • Her Loving Husband's Curse by Meredith Allard

    Her Loving Husband's Curse by Meredith Allard

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    How far will you go to protect the one you love? Finally, after many long and lonely years, James Wentworth’s life is falling into place. Together with his wife, Sarah, the only woman he has ever loved, he has found the meaning behind her nightmares about the Salem Witch Trials, and now they are rebuilding the life they began together so long ago...
  • Deathless by Scott Prussing

    Deathless by Scott Prussing

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Deathless is book two in The Blue Fire Saga, a paranormal romance series filled with passion, suspense and supernatural danger. Summary:. After rescuing her brother from the caverns of a vampire coven and helping to cure her mother of a vampire bite, Leesa Nyland hopes she’s done dealing with all things supernatural...
  • Night of the Living Dandelion by Kate Collins

    Night of the Living Dandelion by Kate Collins

    Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Flower shop owner Abby Knight does not believe rumors that Vlad Serban, friend and employee of Abby's fiancé Marco, is a vampire. But how to explain that Vlad is from Romania, has prominent canines, likes bizarre plants such as bloodwort and Dracula orchid, and dresses entirely in black? When a local woman is found dead, her body drained of blood, the stakes become life and death...
  • 44: Book Three by Jools Sinclair

    44: Book Three by Jools Sinclair

    Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Two years ago Abby Craig died in the dark waters of a mountain lake. And then 44 minutes later, she miraculously came back to life. Dr. Nathaniel Mortimer is sure he was the one who saved her that day. But there is still much he doesn’t understand. After being away, he has returned and will stop at nothing to get his answers...
  • Deep Midnight by Shannon Drake

    Deep Midnight by Shannon Drake

    Rated: 3.97 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 16 ratings
    The Hour When Dreams Turn Into Nightmares. .. An opulent Carnivale ball in Venice takes a terrifying turn for book critic Jordan Riley. As festivity turns into frenzy, she is rescued by a powerful man disguised as a wolf. But was what she witnessed really just the evening's entertainment--or something far more sinister? . .. And Pleasure Beckons From Beyond...
  • Deep Midnight by Heather Graham

    Deep Midnight by Heather Graham

    Rated: 3.97 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Hosted by the Contessa della Trieste, an opulent Carnevale ball in Venice takes a terrifying turn for American book critic Jordan Riley. As festivity turns into frenzy, Jordan is rescued by a powerful man disguised as a wolf...
  • All That Falls by Kimberly Frost

    All That Falls by Kimberly Frost

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    She should never have touched his blood. .. The Etherlin muses have long served as a source of divine inspiration. Now their world stands between the forces of Heaven and Hell. As his muse, Cerise propelled her musician boyfriend to the heights of fame, but when he died under mysterious circumstances, her powers vanished. Now she's plagued by disturbing half-formed memories of his final night.
  • Dark Season: The Complete Second Series by Amy Cross

    Dark Season: The Complete Second Series by Amy Cross

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    For the first time, the entire second series of Dark Season books is available in one volume. Also includes 20th Century Vampire (A Dark Season Prequel). Total word count is around 180,000 words, approximately 700 to 800 pages of a printed book. Sophie Hart's relationship with Patrick, the last vampire, continues to take a series of dark twists and turns...
  • Lancaster House by Taylor Dean

    Lancaster House by Taylor Dean

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A PARANORMAL ROMANCE. Zoe Grayson needs a change. So, she moves to another state, purchases an old, dilapidated 1920s Victorian Mansion, and sets out to restore it to its former glory. As she begins the restoration, she finds herself falling in love with the old house . . . not to mention its illustrious builder, Mr. Lancaster...
  • Fated to Her Vampire by Calle J. Brookes, C.J. Brookes

    Fated to Her Vampire by Calle J. Brookes, C.J. Brookes

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    ★ ★ ★ FIGHT OR FLIGHT? ★ ★ ★. She chooses flight. But it doesn’t matter. He isn’t human. He catches her in an instant. .. The vampire who’d come to kill Mickey Taniss for her grandfather’s crimes is tough, hard, beautiful and dangerous. She has no hope of escaping him in a physical confrontation. So she'll just have to outwit him. But that's hard to do with a vampire who claims he sees the future...
  • Bones and Arrows by Carolyn Haines, Kate Forbes

    Bones and Arrows by Carolyn Haines, Kate Forbes

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Love hurts… In Zinnia a criminal Cupid turns into a case for Delaney Detective Agency. Gods, goddesses, slaves, centurions—all are gathered at Tinkie Richmond’s elegant home to celebrate the holiday for love. The costume Valentine’s party is the hot ticket in the Mississippi Delta. But Tinkie’s title of Queen Bee of Delta Society becomes jeopardized when her Valentine’s guests are all robbed...
  • I'll Be Watching You by Tina Wainscott

    I'll Be Watching You by Tina Wainscott

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Her grandmother's murder brings her back to the town she fled years ago to reclaim her home and unearth the truth … while a killer watches her every move. Ten years ago, Kim testified against her rich stepfather in a local girl’s murder. When he was acquitted, the hostile and disbelieving residents forced her to leave town...
  • Foreseen Hunger by Marisa Chenery

    Foreseen Hunger by Marisa Chenery

    Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Book six in the Ra’s Chosen series. Takan has hidden who he is for three thousand years, but the time for secrecy is coming to an end. He knows it, and more importantly, Ra knows it. To complicate matters, Takan has found his mate. And she means more than happily-ever-after and smokin’ hot sex. She’s the key to ending the demon god Apep’s threat to the mortal realm...
  • Color Me Wicked by Nina Bangs

    Color Me Wicked by Nina Bangs

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Amanda Harcourt had one scorching night of incredible sex with Conleth Maguire on a Galveston, Texas beach ten years ago. Then she’d left Con for a career in New York City. She’s back in Galveston now as the interior designer for the weird and wacky Castle of Dark Dreams, a theme park attraction. Old memories surface when she finds out that Con has been hired to paint the castle...
  • Energized by Mary Behre

    Energized by Mary Behre

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    In the new Tidewater novel by the author of Guarded , a kiss between strangers draws both into unexpected danger and unforgettable desire. .. She’s searching for a sign. .. Hannah Halloran has always believed in her gift. The things she sees through her psychic touch have never led her wrong before. Not when they led her to an unforgettable night with a sexy Marine at a bar...
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