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  • The Darkest Sampler by Gena Showalter

    The Darkest Sampler by Gena Showalter

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    FREE DIGITAL SAMPLER FEATURING EXTENDED EXCERPTS FROM BESTSELLING SENSATION GENA SHOWALTER'S ENTHRALLING LORDS OF THE UNDERWORLD SERIESWelcome to a dark and sensual world, where the line between good and evil blurs and true love is put to the ultimate test...
  • Jill (The Protectors Series) Book #27 by Teresa Gabelman

    Jill (The Protectors Series) Book #27 by Teresa Gabelman

    Rated: 4.74 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Once again, Jill stood at the crossroads of her life. The decision to leave her role as a VC Warrior had been a devastating choice that shattered her very being. Yet, the Warrior she had been molded into demanded the sacrifice, pushing her toward an uncertain future...
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  • Darkyn's Mate by Lizzy Ford

    Darkyn's Mate by Lizzy Ford

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Caught between Fate and the Dark One ... Stuck in Hell, human-Deidre struggles to hold onto her hope that she can change the course of events that landed her as the mate of Darkyn, the Dark One. The chances of her leaving Hell plummet when the Dark One takes a drastic step to ensure he never loses his latest possession and blood binds her in an ancient rite from the time-before-time...
  • The Kraken King and the Greatest Adventure by Meljean Brook

    The Kraken King and the Greatest Adventure by Meljean Brook

    Rated: 4.48 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 VIIIThe Kraken King and the Greatest Adventure Arriving in Krakentown with their enemies in hot pursuit, Zenobia doesn’t know how they can even hope to win...
  • Ephraim by Kirsten Osbourne, Amelia C. Adams

    Ephraim by Kirsten Osbourne, Amelia C. Adams

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Maria Villanueva is still unhappy that her brother was taken from her and put into a foster home—which was really a boys’ ranch—four and a half years before. When she finishes her education, she moves to the town closest to his location to start a business and be close to her brother...
  • The Rhyn Trilogy by Lizzy Ford

    The Rhyn Trilogy by Lizzy Ford

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Katie's Hellion (Book I): Katie thinks she’s going crazy when a baby immortal and death’s personal assistant appear at her doorstep. She’s drawn into a world filled with immortals like Rhyn, an outcast half-breed who claims her as his mate in a show of defiance to his brothers...
  • Third Time’s a Charm by Michelle M. Pillow

    Third Time’s a Charm by Michelle M. Pillow

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Friends don’t let friends séance drunk.Vivien Stone lost the love of her life over twenty years ago. Now that she’s in her forties with a string meaningless relationships under her belt, she can't help but pine for what might have been. It doesn't help that she's somewhat psychic and can pretty much predict where a relationship is heading before it even starts...
  • How to Kill an Incubus by Kimber Lee

    How to Kill an Incubus by Kimber Lee

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 24 ratings
    "And I can see how much you want me.” Rae couldn't exactly deny what Andrei, the king of the incubi, said so matter-of-factly. But she is her father's daughter and having a forbidden liaison with a demon king is not something her father would have approved of...
  • Her Avenging Angel by Felicity Heaton

    Her Avenging Angel by Felicity Heaton

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Once a proud angel of Heaven, Nevar is now a servant of Hell, bound to a new master—the King of Demons. Consumed by darkness and driven to seek revenge, he set in motion a series of events that awakened the Great Destroyer, a force that will bring about the apocalypse. Now, he is the creature’s master and the fate of our world rests in the hands of an angel with only darkness in his heart...
  • Marriage Lynx by Fiona Quinn

    Marriage Lynx by Fiona Quinn

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Her happily ever after is so close…and somehow still out of her grasp…Lexi “Lynx” Sabado is no stranger to stressful situations. She can handle the fact that the CIA won’t let her divorce her previously presumed dead husband. She can even figure out a way to legally marry ex-NAVY SEAL Striker Rheas, the love of her life...
  • Guiding Blight by Robyn Peterman

    Guiding Blight by Robyn Peterman

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I crashed the Immortal party and it ended with a surprise encore… a big one.I thought being a Demon sucked, but being a Demon Goddess is a whole ’nother level. Life had been so much easier when I was just a forty-year-old has-been actress trying to make a comeback in the land of Botox and BS...
  • Destined to the Wraith by Regine Abel

    Destined to the Wraith by Regine Abel

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Would he save her or be her damnation? Hounded by a necromancer hellbent on appropriating her ancestral lands, Ronika must recover an ancient relic from a cursed mansion to keep her enemy at bay. To do so, she requires an escort. Convincing an enraged wraith to help seems like an impossible task...
  • Specters in the Glass House by Jaime Jo Wright

    Specters in the Glass House by Jaime Jo Wright

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    In 1921, Marian Arnold, the heiress to a brewing baron's empire, seeks solace in the glass butterfly house on her family's Wisconsin estate as Prohibition and the deaths of her parents cast a long shadow over her shrinking world...
  • Wicked Edge by Nina Bangs

    Wicked Edge by Nina Bangs

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    USA Today bestselling author Nina Bangs once again tempts readers to enter the wickedly sensual Castle of Dark Dreams--a playground where private pleasures and devilish fantasies come true, where the men who breathe life into women's ultimate desires burn with their own supernatural fire... As an angel, Passion prides herself on perfection...
  • The Trouble with Angels by Debbie Macomber

    The Trouble with Angels by Debbie Macomber

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    A Wing and a PrayerWhen irrepressible angels Shirley, Goodness, and Mercy set out for the City of Angels to grant three rush Christmas prayer requests, they are sure they can help without resorting to, er, divine intervention...
  • Prophecy: Child of Earth by Elizabeth Haydon

    Prophecy: Child of Earth by Elizabeth Haydon

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 39 ratings
    In Rhapsody , a fellowship was forged-- three companions who, through great adversity, became a force to be reckoned with: Rhapsody the Singer; Achmed the assassin-king; and Grunthor, the giant Sergeant-Major. Prophecy continues their powerful epic. Driven by a prophetic vision, Rhapsody races to rescue a religious leader while Achmed and Grunthor seek the F'dor-- an ancient and powerful demon...
  • From Darkness Won by Jill Williamson

    From Darkness Won by Jill Williamson

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Achan steps into his role as Crown Prince and prepares for war. But war against whom? Could Esek still be alive? Has Lord Nathak taken Esek’s place? Or is the mysterious Hadad the true enemy Achan must confront? Vrell has her own agenda of serving Prince Oren as a healer, but when she is stormed and lost to the Veil, Achan does all he can to bring her back...
  • Fire with Fire by Penelope King

    Fire with Fire by Penelope King

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    It's been over two months since Lucky and Liora decided their fate outside the cave. Over two months since Kieron left to finish his mission. So why hasn't he returned? Crushed and confused, Liora finds comfort with a mysterious stranger, a guy whose motives include more than just healing Liora's broken heart. Meanwhile, Lucky finds herself in the arms of an old friend..
  • Wolf Brother by Michelle Paver, Geoff Taylor

    Wolf Brother by Michelle Paver, Geoff Taylor

    Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
    · 45 ratings
    Six thousand years ago. Evil stalks the land. Only twelve-year-old Torak and his wolf-cub companion can defeat it. Their journey together takes them through deep forests, across giant glaciers, and into dangers they never imagined...
  • After Dark: The Darkest Angel/Shadow Hunter by Gena Showalter, Kait Ballenger

    After Dark: The Darkest Angel/Shadow Hunter by Gena Showalter, Kait Ballenger

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    A timeless seduction A unique temptation And a whole world of dark desires... From New York Times bestselling author Gena Showalter The Darkest Angel Winged warrior Lysander has been alive for centuries, and yet he's never known desire-until he meets Bianka...
  • Voodoo Kiss by Jayde Scott

    Voodoo Kiss by Jayde Scott

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Aspiring rock star, Sofia, had her whole future figured out. Or so she thought until her sister's sacrificed in a horrific ritual. Now Sofia's haunted by dreadful nightmares and terrifying visions from a past she never knew existed...
  • Time Without End by V.M. Black

    Time Without End by V.M. Black

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Bound to the Vampire Cora Shaw was bonded twice to the billionaire vampire Dorian Thorne, once though blood and again through her promise to marry him. She knew that her life with him could never be easy. But the dangers that lurk in their bond—the incredible power it gives him over her and the recklessness that it stirs in her—are only a start of the peril that they face...
  • Deidre's Death by Lizzy Ford

    Deidre's Death by Lizzy Ford

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Two women caught in a struggle between Death and the Dark One... Gabriel – Death – is winning the ground war against demons in the mortal realm. But a rebellion is brewing among his army of grim reapers in the underworld he still can’t access...
  • Demon's Doorway by Glenn Bullion

    Demon's Doorway by Glenn Bullion

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Alex has a good life. Being a unique half demon, he’s used his powers to conquer feral vampires, the darkness inside him, and help ghosts in need. But there’s one more challenge that will be his strongest. Marrying Cindy, the love of his life. Jack has been cursed by a witch’s magic for two hundred years...
  • Mayhem and Minnie by Veronica Lancet

    Mayhem and Minnie by Veronica Lancet

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    He's a neurotic serial killer. She's the woman he cannot kill. Marlowe Spencer-Astor is in a slump. He hasn’t killed a single soul in one hundred seventy four days. Not even therapy could solve his murderous problem, though he promised his mother he’d try.But then he sees a homeless girl by the side of the road.Minnie.She’s naked, dirty and smelly–everything that triggers his OCD...
  • Excess Baggage by Nicole Falls

    Excess Baggage by Nicole Falls

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Winifred “Freddie” Brown’s got an admirer. He’s handsome, charming, and persistent. The only problem? He’s eleven years her junior and she’s not trying to take anyone that close in age to her child seriously.Elijah Woolford, however, is undeterred. He’s had his eye on Freddie for some time now and is willing to do whatever it takes to break down her walls and get her to let him in...
  • Wicked Flames by Sharon Kay

    Wicked Flames by Sharon Kay

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Gin Bonham lives with a dark secret. Born with an ability she never wanted, she builds her life around science and logic, running from the terror she is capable of causing. When sexy stranger Mathias spots her on a dance floor and cuts in, he leads Gin in a sensual rhythm that continues long after the music stops...
  • The Long Journey to Jake Palmer by James L. Rubart

    The Long Journey to Jake Palmer by James L. Rubart

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    What if there was a place where everything wrong in your life could be fixed?Corporate trainer Jake Palmer coaches people to see deeper into themselves--yet he barely knows himself anymore. Recently divorced and weary of the business life, Jake reluctantly agrees to a lake-house vacation with friends, hoping to escape for ten days...
  • Heart of Fire by Meredith Wild, Angel Payne

    Heart of Fire by Meredith Wild, Angel Payne

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    He’s forged from heaven. She’s promised to hell.Professor Maximus Kane can no longer deny his passion for his stunning yet mysterious student, Kara Valari. But surrendering to their desires carries more consequences than just violating the Alameda University conduct codes. Kara has defied her destiny. Higher directives have been violated. Now there’s hell to pay...
  • Meet Me at the Starlight by Rachel Hauck

    Meet Me at the Starlight by Rachel Hauck

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 11 ratings
    1987. Supermodel Harlow Hayes seeks solace in a quaint Florida beach town to heal from a heartbreak that shattered her entire world. To her surprise, she encounters Matt Knight--a Hollywood A-lister with a bad-boy reputation--who has returned to his hometown to help his plucky grandmother, Tuesday, save her century-old skating rink, the Starlight...
  • Broken Wings by Cameo Renae

    Broken Wings by Cameo Renae

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Emma’s world is falling apart, and Kade, the only one who seems to hold her together, is missing. With death lingering right outside their door, decisions must be made before it’s too late. The Midway has refused to send help, so they are left to seek out the only other who can stop Lucian...
  • Seirs by Kim Richardson

    Seirs by Kim Richardson

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Librarian's note: This is an alternate cover edition for ASIN B0098RDUQC. Having only just accomplished her last mission, Kara learns that the evil Seirs are slaughtering Sensitives that refuse to swear an allegiance to Lilith—the Netherworld’s princess and her diabolical half-sister. While on assignment, Kara discovers that Lilith is searching for an ancient weapon that can destroy mankind...
  • Destiny: Child of the Sky by Elizabeth Haydon

    Destiny: Child of the Sky by Elizabeth Haydon

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · 37 ratings
    A FELLOWSHIP OF THREE To stand against the F'dor-- an ancient, vile being intent on destroying the world-- a fellowship has been forged: Rhapsody, a Singer of great talent and beauty; Achmed, an assassin with unearthly talents; and Grunthor, a giant of jolly disposition and lethal skill with weapons...
  • Half Upon a Time by James Riley

    Half Upon a Time by James Riley

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    Life’s no fairy tale for Jack. After all, his father's been missing ever since that incident with the beanstalk and the giant, and his grandfather keeps pushing him to get out and find a princess to rescue. Who'd want to rescue a snobby, entitled princess anyway? Especially one that falls out of the sky wearing a shirt that says "Punk Princess," and still denies she's royalty...
  • Netherworld by Kim Richardson

    Netherworld by Kim Richardson

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Librarian's note: This is an alternate cover edition for ASIN B00815MGRQ. Kara had only just begun to enjoy her life as a mortal with David—when they are pulled back suddenly into the world of the supernatural. The Legion has made an important discovery: a new Elemental child, whose whereabouts are unknown...
  • Hellbound With You by KazzenlX

    Hellbound With You by KazzenlX

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    “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...
  • The Seekers by Heather Graham

    The Seekers by Heather Graham

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 13 ratings
    THE TRUTH IS SCARIER THAN FICTION Kerri Wolf has joined the crew of The Seekers , a show that searches for paranormal phenomena, as they explore a supposedly haunted old inn on the road between Philadelphia and Harrisburg. The place is famous for its warm welcome—and infamous for being the site of an ax murder rampage in the 1920s...
  • Elemental by Kim Richardson

    Elemental by Kim Richardson

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Librarian's note: This is an alternate cover edition for ASIN B005IGOSCC. When seventeen-year-old Kara Nightingale is suddenly struck by lightning and dies—yet again—she finds herself back in Horizon, where angels, oracles and other supernatural beings occupy a mystical world unknown to humanity...
  • Assassin: Fall of the Golden Valefar by H.M. Ward

    Assassin: Fall of the Golden Valefar by H.M. Ward

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    There is neither pure goodness nor pure evil in your heart—you are what you choose to be. Those are the words Ivy spoke to him three years ago when she sent Eric to the surface. But she had no way to know that every day the curse would twist his mind further, making Eric more depraved and more desperate to stop the monster he is becoming. Eric puts a lethal plan into action...
  • Valefar Vol. 2: Demon Kissed Novella (Demon Kissed) by H.M. Ward

    Valefar Vol. 2: Demon Kissed Novella (Demon Kissed) by H.M. Ward

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The VALEFAR VOLUMES tell the story of Collin Smith and other Valefar. The dangerous and beautiful Collin Smith just made the biggest mistake of his life, and there is no way to fix it. In his quest to restore his soul, he destroyed the only person he truly cared about, Ivy Taylor. Collin tries to deny his love for her, but his desire to protect Ivy drives him to do things Valefar shouldn't do...
  • The Demon Ororon, Volume 4 by Hakase Mizuki

    The Demon Ororon, Volume 4 by Hakase Mizuki

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    While Othello and his Blue Dragon Army face down the bounty hunter Mitsume and the Devil Oscar's forces, Oscar himself finds Ororon and his brood. Oscar has been trying to assassinate Ororon this entire time, fearing his younger brother's power and possible desire to ascend to the throne of hell...
  • Damned and Desirable by Tara West

    Damned and Desirable by Tara West

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    **Warning, this book contains scenes of dead people having sex, only really sexy dead people, not zombies or sparkly vampires. Rest assured, no body parts fell off during the making of these sex scenes, just bras and undies, and no fangs or hammers were used during foreplay...
  • Destiny's Wrath by Nancy Straight

    Destiny's Wrath by Nancy Straight

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    In the final installment of the Destiny Series, Lauren and Max still yearn for their normal life together. Although finally united, they’re unable to enjoy their bliss when they learn nine people have been viciously murdered. Lauren and Max are consumed by guilt when they realize the murderer is a young man who saved Max’s life months earlier...
  • Deranged Demons by Mia Hartson

    Deranged Demons by Mia Hartson

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    I'm a demon without her horns, and a princess without her fated mates.Dear old Dad, the demon king, raised me to be ruthless, cunning, and if I'm honest, a little psycho. Being feared is kind of a necessity when you're the daughter of the most powerful king to rule a land of deranged demons. Unfortunately, being a half-angel and half-demon means I'm not truly accepted by either race...
  • The Demon Hunter by Lori Brighton

    The Demon Hunter by Lori Brighton

    Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    On Sale for a Limited Time Only! Ellie has always been different, from playing with fairies as a child to fighting demons as an adult. She grew up wondering why no one else seemed to notice the oddities of the world that she came into contact with on a daily basis...
  • Jordyn and the Caverns of Gloom by Tiffany King

    Jordyn and the Caverns of Gloom by Tiffany King

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Lies. My so-called family lied. My friends lied. The only guy I ever liked lied. My mentor, the one I was supposed to trust lied. My entire existence is built on lies and yet now they want my help. Scratch that, now they need my help. I'll play the good soldier, but I am no longer the person I was before. This time it will be on my terms. I will trust no one. I am a weapon. I am Jordyn...
  • His Lost Love by Ava Ryan

    His Lost Love by Ava Ryan

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    I don't want her back. I want her out of my head...I don't know how his eyes manage to look so hot and so cold at the same time. Eyes like that want to either murder me or screw me...LiamI made my name fixing hearts.Most people know me as a world-class cardiac surgeon.Even more know the device I invented that made billions while saving lives...
  • Destiny's Revenge by Nancy Straight

    Destiny's Revenge by Nancy Straight

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    There was no reason for Lauren to be in a coma. Her physical injuries had healed, but she had been non-responsive for so long that her doctors told her family and Max to move on. She awoke to find her life in a shambles; the man she loved was gone, her friends had moved on with their lives, and her family was ripped apart by her accident...
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