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Mason by Nyssa Kathryn
Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsFalling for each other was never part of the plan…Doctor Sage Porter has moved to Marble Falls to be the private physician for a group of men unlike any the world has ever known. But she has a second, secret reason for moving to the small town. A reason she can’t share with another living soul…Especially not the men under her care.Mason Ross is a born guardian... -
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Flynn by Nyssa Kathryn
Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsSome pasts are harder to escape than others.When Carina Murphy is accused of a crime she didn’t commit, a fresh start in a new town is her only option. Unfortunately, Cradle Mountain may not be the safe haven she’d thought. The son of her new patient may be tall, dark and handsome…but he also knows all about her past.Keeping her job should be the hardest part...Categorized as:
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![The Haar by David Sodergren]()
The Haar by David Sodergren
“I don’t fear death... but they do.”Muriel McAuley has lived in the Scottish fishing village of Witchaven all her life. She was born there, and she intends to die there.But when an overseas property developer threatens to evict the residents from their homes and raze Witchaven to the ground in the name of progress, all seems lost… until the day a mysterious fog bank creeps inland...Categorized as:
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![Lovely Wicked Things by Trisha Wolfe]()
Lovely Wicked Things by Trisha Wolfe
The third and final installment of the Hollow's Row series. Halen: I’ve created a monster. When past and present collide, the fallout feels like the death of my morality. Every time I look into Kallum’s clashing, feverish eyes, I see a dark omen—the threat of what we’ll do to each other if our desires run wild. While the Hollow’s Row case comes to a head, a new heinous player enters the scene...Categorized as:
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![Brick's House by Darlene Tallman]()
Brick's House by Darlene Tallman
Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsBrickI never expected a chance reunion with my old friend, Declan, who is now with the RBMC, to result in my club, the Roanoke Raiders MC, to patch over, but it’s happening. When I get a cryptic message that I need to find someone, I find out that this new brotherhood my club has entered more than has my back. As secrets emerge, we find ourselves enmeshed in an issue that permeates the country... -
![The Life That Mattered by Jewel E. Ann]()
The Life That Mattered by Jewel E. Ann
Sex isn’t love. Love isn’t sex. And friendship is neither. The son of a French Olympic skier and a Malaysian fashion designer, Ronin Alexander has lived the life of a nomad, traveling the world to find his next adventure. Life takes a dramatic turn when he meets Evelyn, a beautiful scientist who owns a bath shop in Aspen, Colorado... -
![Haunting Chaos by Nikki Landis]()
Haunting Chaos by Nikki Landis
Rated: 4.62 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsDestiny is formed from chaos . . .My luck has run out.Everything that I thought I was, all that I had, has been ripped away.My ol’ lady is gone. My club is at war.And my enemies? They’re closing in.I’ve got nothing left.The only thing keeping me from unleashing Hell is my daughterand the young woman who stepped up, caring for her when I couldn’t... -
![Crow's Row by Julie Hockley]()
Crow's Row by Julie Hockley
For college student Emily Sheppard, the thought of spending a summer alone in New York is much more preferable than spending it in France with her parents. Just completing her freshman year at Callister University, Emily faces a quiet summer in the city slums, supporting herself by working at the campus library... -
![Stalking Lauren: A Dark Paranormal Romance by Tessa Stone]()
Stalking Lauren: A Dark Paranormal Romance by Tessa Stone
She run from Fate... or from the dragon stalking his obsession. SamThe scent of jasmine drove my dragon insane, consumed my every thought. I had to find her—the woman carrying that intoxicating fragrance. When I caught her trail, instinct took over. I couldn't stop tracking her, following every move she made. Stalking my fated mate became an obsession I was powerless to resist... -
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Chasing Ebony: A Dark Paranormal Romance by Tessa Stone
A young teacher's life is turned upside down when Fate brings her face-to-face with the massive bear shifter she's destined to be with forever. TristianAs a bear shifter, I never expected to find my fated mate in a radical human bar, but one whiff of her sweet vanilla scent and I knew she was mine... -
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Run Riot by Colette Rhodes
By the time an agathos woman reaches 25, she’s supposed to be one thing, and one thing only:Bonded.I'm zero for four soul bonds, a disgrace to my family, and the black sheep of my community.It had me feeling reckless. Impulsive. Daring.In a moment of weakness, I let the darkness lurking inside of me rule, and it changed everything...Categorized as:
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![Memories of a Life by Jewel E. Ann]()
Memories of a Life by Jewel E. Ann
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsThe girl I met when we were nine is now the woman who said “yes” to being my wife.But Josie’s not planning our wedding; she’s too consumed by things that happened over a century ago.She has terrible dreams and unrelenting visions of the unspeakable. I believe her, but I don’t understand her.If I can’t understand her, I can’t stop her.If I can’t stop her, I can’t save us...Categorized as:
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![The Isle Of Sin And Shadows by Keri Lake]()
The Isle Of Sin And Shadows by Keri Lake
This island alone boasts more ghost stories than all of Louisiana combined.And I'm one of them.In the Louisiana swamplands, ghost stories are as much a part of childhood as chasing fireflies and crawfishing. They never much scared me, though, nor the possibility of evil out to do me harm. Until the night I watched shadows come to life and butcher everything I loved... -
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Zenith by Eli Easton, R.J. Scott
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsA killer haunts Prophet, and this time it’s personalThe discovery of a body at Thompson Cabins sets off a chain of events that hits too close to home for Sheriff Gabriel Thompson. When his brother Sam becomes a prime suspect in the murder investigation, Gabriel is forced to keep secrets from Tiber and call in outside help as he fights to prove Sam’s innocence... -
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![Raven by Nikki Landis]()
Raven by Nikki Landis
Raven, V.P. of the Devil's Murder MC, is no stranger to loss.Four months ago, his best friend Rook, president of the club, was gunned down and left for dead.Vengeance becomes his focus as Rook's son Crow returns home to take his place as the new president.The hunt begins for Rook's murderers, leading Raven to an abandoned house outside Las Vegas... -
![Losing Neverland by Evelyn Montgomery]()
Losing Neverland by Evelyn Montgomery
All is not as it seems in Neverland.As for Peter & Hook, well I know the secret most don’t.The real truth behind the myth.The hidden wonder you’ve never known disguised as the notorious legend.I know the nightmare that brings Hook to his knees.The concealed facts which bring out nothing but his ruthless darkness.I know the inescapable reality that one day changed Peter Pan forever... -
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Corbin's Conflict by E.C. Land
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsThis life is a choice. One you make with or without confliction.CorbinThings are happening in my town and my county. We're split between two clubs. Rivals that share blood and a common enemy.Witches.I hate them. All of them. I have my reasons, but fate seems to have other plans. Plans I don’t care much for... -
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Loving Amir: A Dark Paranormal Romance by Tessa Stone
In a world where love defies time and destiny, can a quiet artist embrace her fate with a supernatural king? In my quiet life of painting and solitude, my only companion is my elderly neighbor, Sarah. She encourages me to seek love, but I feel as though I'm waiting for someone special...Categorized as:
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![His in the Dark by Willow Winters]()
His in the Dark by Willow Winters
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThere are two things I’ve always known:Magic is real.The Gods have no mercy for women like me. I was born into power although what little I have is dying. Nonetheless, I’ve been protected all my life. There are myths and tales that say one day I will come to a fork in a long, long path. Either the light will take me or the dark... -
![Hellbound With You by KazzenlX]()
Hellbound With You by KazzenlX
“Little lamb, let me tell you this. You’re standing before the gates of hell right now. Doing this means ruining your life. Are you ready to step down to hell with me?”As the silence dragged on, the man’s lips curved up into a triumphant, mocking smile and his hand landed on her head. He ruffled her hair and leaned in on her.“Hell is not a good place, at least for a little lamb like you... -
![Bump in the Night by Cassie Mint]()
Bump in the Night by Cassie Mint
He’s smart, handsome, and we have an instant connection.Pity all these ghosts keep interrupting our moments…All my life, I’ve wanted a ghostly encounter. It’s my greatest dream, and it’s never happened for me—not even in Belladonna Bay, where every other building is haunted... -
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Captured by the Dark Commander by Ellie Pond
Four hearts, one destiny.As a merman commander, my responsibilities are protect my people and follow the council's orders. Despite my rank, I’ve never been good at following orders. When we discover Annabelle Portsmouth has the gene we’re looking for, I know we need her. It’s a rare trait that gives her the potential to become a mermaid. But after one look at her, I’d want her even without it... -
![Drawn to Death by Kat Shehata]()
Drawn to Death by Kat Shehata
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsGhosts visit Evelyn in her dreams. The secrets of the dead could get her killed.The city is ripe with crime, and the freshly dead need help solving their murders. Evelyn is a reluctant medium who channels the dead through her art.Leo is a skeptical homicide detective who believes in evidence, facts, and witness testimonies—when the information comes from the living, not the dead... -
![The Last To Die by Beverly Barton]()
The Last To Die by Beverly Barton
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsCherokee Pointe, Tennessee has seen murder before, but nothing like what has claimed the life of Jamie Upton, heir to the Upton fortune. The crime is so vicious, so personal and filled with hatred, the authorities are certain it had to be someone he knew...Someone hiding an unimaginable sadistic streak behind a friendly facade. The number one suspect is Jamie's former lover, Jazzy Talbot...Categorized as:
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![War, Unjust by Veronica Lancet]()
War, Unjust by Veronica Lancet
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsContinuation of book 1. Not a standalone. "You should have never been born." Getting told that daily has a way of messing with one's head.But I didn't let it.I had my siblings. I had a secret best friend who understood me.I had hope.Until I didn't.One by one they all left. Abandoned me. Betrayed me.One by one they turned me into who I am today.The monster bearing the stench of death, blood—rot... -
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Kitto by Harper Fox
Now Lee is free from the malevolent ghost of Morris Hawke, his clairvoyant gifts are expanding fast. Too fast for comfort, and he and Gideon find themselves wrestling with his unsettling capacity to see the future. In some ways this new power is wonderful, and Lee finds himself a local hero after predicting a flood...Categorized as:
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Rule Four and Five by Adrienne Wilder
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThis is book two of three. All books are full-length novels and must be read in order. All books are available now. The My Brother's Keeper Trilogy The town of Gilford has a Big and Terrible secret hidden in the ground. Infecting those it touches. Exploiting their darkness. Consuming their souls. It’s hungry. It’s vile. It’s evil. And it wants out... -
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Of Ice and Villains by Veronica Lancet
When serial killer Marlowe Spencer-Astor stumbles upon Minnie, a mysterious homeless girl, he thinks he's found the perfect next victim. But soon, odd things start happening around her. Technology glitches, time stands still, and every man who sees her becomes instantly obsessed with her. Including Marlowe... -
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Darkly, Madly Duet by Trisha Wolfe
From USA Today best-selling author Trisha Wolfe comes her most dark and dangerous psychological thriller yet that readers say "deliciously twisted"Born, DarklyHe challenged her sanity.She shattered his reality.They dared each other...to the brink of madness... -
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Blood So Brutal by Emily Blackwood
Huntyr knew better than to trust anyone. She made it into The Golden City, only to find out that everything she dreamed of is gone. There is no safety, no luxury, no elite society. There's only the evil archangel and his dark, twisted plans to use her for power. Those plans include marrying Huntyr and Wolf, even though she'd rather die than be wed to him... -
![The Life You Stole by Jewel E. Ann]()
The Life You Stole by Jewel E. Ann
Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars · 34 ratingsSex. Lies. Revenge. On the heels of a devastating loss, Evelyn fights to put her life back together. Only … part of her husband belongs to another woman, and the devil owns her soul. “If you tell her the lie, I will tell her the truth... -
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Temptation in Shadows by Gena Showalter
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsTall, lean, muscular—and definitely rough around the edges—Sean Walker is not your typical nightclub bodyguard. He’s a controller of shadows, able to wield darkness at will... -
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Of Ice and Villains by Veronica Lancet
Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsHe's a neurotic serial killer. She's his sweet, innocent maid. Or...is she? Marlowe Spencer-Astor is a killer in crisis. It’s been one hundred seventy-four days since his last murder, and not even therapy—forced upon him by his overbearing mother—can reignite his bloodlust. But then he stumbles upon Minnie. She's filthy, half-starved and homeless.She's the one. The perfect victim... -
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Blood Harvest by S.J. Bolton
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsShe's been watching us for a while now... Now you see her Gillian is haunted by the disappearance of her little girl two years ago. A devastating fire burned down their home, but she remains convinced her daughter survived. Now you don't Ten year old Tom lived by a neglected church... -
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![The Final Rule by Adrienne Wilder]()
The Final Rule by Adrienne Wilder
Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThis is the last book in this trilogy. All books are full-length novels and must be read in order. All books are available now. The My Brother's Keeper Trilogy The town of Gilford has a Big and Terrible secret hidden in the ground. Infecting those it touches. Exploiting their darkness. Consuming their souls. It’s hungry. It’s vile. It’s evil. And it wants out... -
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Sinful Demon King by Nikki St. Crowe
The Demon King crossed over to our world looking for something. What he found was me.Apparently I possess part of the Demon King’s lost power and now he wants it back. He’s willing to do anything for it...including seducing me. The entire world wants a piece of Wrath and I’m the one who gets him every night in my bed.I shouldn’t want him as badly as I do but being around him is...consuming...Categorized as:
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Splintered by Tal Bauer
Everything in Ben's life was perfect. He had it all. The good career. The perfect partner, Evan. The happy home. They were even talking about turning the extra bedroom into a nursery. But things start to splinter. Evan begins missing time, not knowing where he was or how he got there... -
![To Be a Heartthrob in a Horror Movie 在恐怖片里当万人迷[快穿] by Jiang Zhi Yu]()
To Be a Heartthrob in a Horror Movie 在恐怖片里当万人迷[快穿] by Jiang Zhi Yu
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsHolographic viewing technology allowed audience members to enter a movie and personally experience it for themselves. Naturally, romance movies were the most popular and well-received, while nobody was interested in horror movies.Su Min was the first of the viewers to experience a horror movie... -
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Beyond the Sea by L.H. Cosway
On a lonely cliff beside the vast blue sea there is a house.In the house there lives a girl, and in the girl there lives a dream.Soon she'll be as free as the fishes that swim beneath the water. But until then she bides her time and lives quietly, her every move ruled over by an uncaring, heartless stepmother.The hope for freedom is all she has to hold onto. So close she can almost taste it...Categorized as:
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![Bloom by Delilah S. Dawson]()
Bloom by Delilah S. Dawson
A sweet sapphic romance takes a deadly dark turn in this sharp-as-a-knife novella from the New York Times bestselling author.Rosemary meets Ash at the farmers’ market. Ash—precise, pretty, and practically perfect—sells bars of soap in delicate pastel colors, sprinkle-spackled cupcakes stacked on scalloped stands, beeswax candles, jelly jars of honey, and glossy green plants... -
![A Sensual Summoning by Rachel J. Roman]()
A Sensual Summoning by Rachel J. Roman
Spellbinding seduction is only a page away...When exiled witch Faye Kyteler discovers a spell book hidden in the ceiling of her home, she never expected to accidentally summon the Daemon held prisoner within its' pages. Now bound to her, the sullen, cantankerous Rafael is anything but what she expected an incubus to be when he demands she find a way to free him, or else.But something is wrong... -
![The Way Evil Does by Amara Draska]()
The Way Evil Does by Amara Draska
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsRebecca Reis considers abandoning her career as a novelist until she begins writing about convicted serial killer Thomas Eisenbrey. Nicknamed the Hunter because of his penchant for targeting groups of hunters in the forest, Eisenbrey is the worst kind of psychopath. He is crafty, aloof, at times possessing a charm that is almost hypnotizing, and he’s wheedling his way into her mind... -
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Exquisite Corpse by Poppy Z. Brite
Rated: 3.85 of 5 stars · 33 ratingsTo serial slayer Andrew Compton, murder is an art, the most intimate art . After feigning his own death to escape from prison, Compton makes his way to the United States with the sole ambition of bringing his "art" to new heights... -
![Daddy Krampus by Kessily Lewel]()
Daddy Krampus by Kessily Lewel
She's a thief in desperate need of a strict hand. He's the embodiment of punishment looking for a mate. They have a year to find what they need ... in each other.Inside Valerie is a naughty little girl looking for love and discipline. When Krampus spirits her away to his netherworld domain, she is shocked to find he intends to punish her for every single thing she's ever stolen.Ouch...Categorized as:
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![His Ultimatum by P. Rayne]()
His Ultimatum by P. Rayne
No one knows what happens up at Midnight Manor.The home of the Voss brothers sits like a sentinel looking down on our small town, remaining a mystery. The four brooding billionaires rarely leave the confines of the iron gates, fueling rumors that have existed for decades...Categorized as:
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![Selah Gothic by Kat Blackthorne]()
Selah Gothic by Kat Blackthorne
From bestselling author of occult sensation The Halloween Boys, comes a sinfully fictional religious & dystopian story of naughty exorcism and sinful desires steeped in gothic mystery and lore.Now I lay me down to sleep.Impure thoughts sent me spiraling toward my fate. I was the holy daughter of Lady of Sorrows Church. The one meant to bring millions to faith in God... -
![The House Next Door by Anne Rivers Siddons]()
The House Next Door by Anne Rivers Siddons
Rated: 3.82 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsTheir lives would never be the same. Colquitt and Walter Kennedy enjoyed a life of lazy weekends, gathering with the neighbors on their quiet, manicured street and sipping drinks on their patios. But when construction of a beautiful new home begins in the empty lot next door, their easy friendship and relaxed get-togethers are marred by strange accidents and inexplicable happenings... -
![Once Upon A Haunted Moor by Harper Fox]()
Once Upon A Haunted Moor by Harper Fox
Gideon Frayne has spent his whole working life as a policeman in the village of Dark on Bodmin Moor. It’s not life in the fast lane, but he takes it very seriously, and his first missing-child case is eating him alive...Categorized as:
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![Hard Night by HB Jacks]()
Hard Night by HB Jacks
He's the monster in the cage who would do anything to get back to his mates. Even me. Especially me.I'd heard the rumors about the sub-basement at Prometheus Labs since I was forced to take the only job open to me. Now, with my student debts mounting and my funding in doubt, I have no choice but to take Professor Castaban's creepy assignment.Which is when I discover the rumours were true...Categorized as:
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![Heart-Shaped Box by Joe Hill]()
Heart-Shaped Box by Joe Hill
Rated: 3.82 of 5 stars · 84 ratingsAn aging death-metal rock god, Judas Coyne, is a collector of the macabre: a cookbook for cannibals... a used hangman's noose... a snuff film. But nothing he possesses is as unlikely or as dreadful as an item he learns is for sale on the Internet. For a thousand dollars, Jude will become the proud owner of a dead man's suit, said to be haunted by the deceased's restless spirit...
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