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  • Exodus by Elle Casey

    Exodus by Elle Casey

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    EXODUS My name's Bryn Mathis. I'm seventeen years old, and my world has been turned upside down and inside out. I'm racing towards a future I cannot control. I thought I had everything worked out, but then things changed. I thought we were all cut off from one another, but it turns out, we're not...
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    horror  contemporary  length-long
  • Warpaint by Elle Casey

    Warpaint by Elle Casey

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    APOCALYPSIS is a 3-book, YA Post-Apocalyptic series, beginning with Book 1, Kahayatle. This book, Warpaint, is the 2nd in the series. Book 3 will be available August 31, 2012. WARPAINT My name's Bryn Mathis. I'm seventeen years old, and I live in Kahayatle, otherwise known as The Everglades...
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    horror  contemporary  length-medium
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  • Haven by Elle Casey

    Haven by Elle Casey

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    My name's Bryn Mathis. I'm seventeen years old, and I'm alive at a critical time in our world's history, unlike all the adults and babies who didn't survive the virus that almost wiped out the human race. Alliances are building, enemies are gathering, and everything's about to reach the boiling point...
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    horror  contemporary  length-medium
  • Buried by C.J. Carmichael

    Buried by C.J. Carmichael

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 34 ratings
    An alternate cover edition can be found here.Justice is overdue in the coastal town of Twisted Cedars where two unsolved mysteries lay buried in the past.Over thirty years ago a series of murders targeting Oregon librarians was never solved. Now someone with inside knowledge is feeding clues to true crime writer Dougal Lachlan, promising him the best story of his career...
  • Tearing Down the Wall by Tracey Ward

    Tearing Down the Wall by Tracey Ward

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    #1 Bestseller on Amazon! The Colonists have attacked. Their ships blaze in the dark on the inky black waters of the Sound. They'll burn through the night, remnants of a battle lost. A battle won by the Vashons. This time. What will come with the morning light is still a mystery, especially to Joss and her Lost Boys...
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    horror  contemporary  length-medium
  • The Flesh Cartel #16: To the Victor by Rachel Haimowitz, Heidi Belleau

    The Flesh Cartel #16: To the Victor by Rachel Haimowitz, Heidi Belleau

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    In the exciting final season of the Flesh Cartel . . . With the help of the FBI, Mat Carmichael has let himself be re-taken by the Flesh Cartel. Objective? Rescue his brother, exact revenge, and destroy the entire organization from the inside...
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    horror  contemporary  length-novella
  • The Flesh Cartel #4: Consequences by Rachel Haimowitz, Heidi Belleau

    The Flesh Cartel #4: Consequences by Rachel Haimowitz, Heidi Belleau

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    In episode four of The Flesh Cartel , Mat and Dougie Carmichael begin their training with their new master, Nikolai, where they both learn the meaning of servitude . . . and of consequences for their choices. For Mat, destined to be trained but not broken—to always fight but never win—life with Nikolai is suffering stacked on suffering...
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    horror  contemporary  length-novella
  • Kill Your Darlings by MesserMoon

    Kill Your Darlings by MesserMoon

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Kill Your Darlings: To remove or refrain from using something in spite of one's affection for itYears after Regulus loses his brother they're reunited, and as he struggles to figure out where he fits in Sirius's life he also struggles not to get lost in the impossible feelings he has for Sirius's best friend...
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    horror  queer  contemporary  f-f  length-epic
  • Blood Ties by Sophie McKenzie

    Blood Ties by Sophie McKenzie

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    A gripping thriller from the Richard and Judy award-winning author of Girl, Missing, Sophie McKenzie. When Theo discovers the father he thought died when he was a baby is still alive, he's determined to find him. The clues lead him to the lonely Rachel, who has problems of her own, including parents who compare her unfavourably to her long-dead sister...
  • If There Be Thorns / Seeds of Yesterday by V.C. Andrews

    If There Be Thorns / Seeds of Yesterday by V.C. Andrews

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Two books in one: If There Be Thorns and Seeds of Yesterday, from V.C. Andrews's classic series that begins with Flowers in the Attic...
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    horror  contemporary  length-epic
  • Most Likely to Die by Lisa Jackson, Beverly Barton

    Most Likely to Die by Lisa Jackson, Beverly Barton

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    It's been twenty years since the night Jake Marcott was brutally murdered at St. Elizabeth High School. It's a night that shattered the lives of Lindsay Farrell, Kirsten Daniels, and Rachel Alsace. It's a night they'll never forget. A killer will make sure of that...A 20-year reunion has been scheduled for St. Elizabeth's...
  • Death & the Zombie Apocalypse by Chelsea Bellingeri

    Death & the Zombie Apocalypse by Chelsea Bellingeri

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    All hope is lost. The zombies have stormed the University of Michigan’s Peabody Dormitory and there’s no way out of the building. Cage is missing and possibly dead. Rachel and her group of friends must somehow escape Ann Arbor and venture to the safe zone at Ford Field in Detroit...
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    horror  contemporary  length-short
  • Blaze Erupting by Rebecca Zanetti

    Blaze Erupting by Rebecca Zanetti

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    From New York Times bestselling author, Rebecca Zanetti, comes a new Scorpius Syndrome/A Brigade Novella… Hugh Johnson is nobody’s hero, and the idea of being in the limelight makes him want to growl. He takes care of his brothers, does his job, and enjoys a mellow evening hanging with his hound dog and watching the sports channel...
  • Cold Dark Souls by Candace Wondrak

    Cold Dark Souls by Candace Wondrak

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A Dark Reverse Harem Romance. My name is Stella, and after twenty-five years of living, I am finally starting to understand what it means to be alive. Edward and Lincoln have taken my life and made it a whirlwind of sex, pain, and blood. They show me things I never would’ve imagined, made me feel real, genuine emotions for the first time in my life. I owe them everything...
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    horror  suspense  contemporary  poly  m-f  length-short
  • State of Chaos by Summer Lane

    State of Chaos by Summer Lane

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Cassidy Hart has had better days. Her dad is missing. Her friends have been captured. And modern society is pretty much gone, thanks to an EMP that destroyed the technological infrastructure of the United States. Surviving in the foothills of California is a challenge, but with the help of former Navy SEAL Chris Young, Cassidy's been able to stay alive. Until now...
  • The Flesh Cartel #3: Choices by Rachel Haimowitz, Heidi Belleau

    The Flesh Cartel #3: Choices by Rachel Haimowitz, Heidi Belleau

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    The Flesh Cartel returns for a compelling second season with "Choices." Brothers Mat and Dougie Carmichael thought nothing could be worse than being snatched from their home and brutally dehumanized in preparation for sale as sex slaves. But they learn their suffering has only just begun when they’re shipped to their new master’s home...
    Categorized as:
    horror  contemporary  length-novella
  • Don't Scream by Wendy Corsi Staub

    Don't Scream by Wendy Corsi Staub

    Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Don't Tell A Soul. . . In a remote, heavily wooded area near the Berkshires of Massachusetts, Rachel Lorant died on her birthday. But she didn't die alone. That night, her four sorority sisters make a solemn, trembling pledge. They will never reveal what has just happened in those woods--ever. Instead, they will take their terrible secret to their graves. . . Don't Think About The Past. .
  • Flowers of Evil, Volume 7 by Shuzo Oshimi

    Flowers of Evil, Volume 7 by Shuzo Oshimi

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    In the seventh volume of the Flowers of Evil readers are sent to a completely new time and locale. Takao and Sawa have been forcibly separated. Takao is now living in suburbs of the big city. His parents have new lives in a small apartment and their past for the most part has been forgotten...
    Categorized as:
    horror  contemporary  length-short
  • Under the Lemon Tree by Emma Cowell

    Under the Lemon Tree by Emma Cowell

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Can one Greek summer heal the secrets of the past? Could rediscovering her roots help Kat rebuild a life without her brother…?Shattered by the sudden loss of her beloved twin, Nik, Kat is struggling to find meaning in a life turned upside down...
  • Delia's Gift by V.C. Andrews

    Delia's Gift by V.C. Andrews

    Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Hope is shattered... La esperanza se destruye No amount of money can keep heartbreak away: Delia Yebarra learned that painful lesson after a boating tragedy ended her fairy-tale romance with Adan Bovia, a wealthy politician's son...
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    horror  contemporary  length-medium
  • Sovereign by E.R. Arroyo

    Sovereign by E.R. Arroyo

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Chemical warfare has obliterated most of the world, including America, and the survivors have turned into feral beasts, save one colony, Antius, the last remnant of civilization. Seventeen-year-old Cori (aka Citizen 1206) only longs for wide open spaces and freedom. But Antius has no use for such things, just mindless drones to serve in a place with walls, fences, and laws...
  • He, She and It by Marge Piercy

    He, She and It by Marge Piercy

    Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    "A triumph of the imagination. Rich, complex, impossible to put down." Alice Hoffman In the middle of the twenty-first century, life as we know it has changed for all time. Shira Shipman's marriage has broken up, and her young son has been taken from her by the corporation that runs her zone, so she has returned to Tikva, the Jewish free town where she grew up...
  • Delia's Heart by V.C. Andrews

    Delia's Heart by V.C. Andrews

    Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    TORN BETWEEN TWO WORLDS... Atrapada entre dos mundos Delia Yebarra survived a treacherous desert crossing to protect her friend Ignacio from murder charges...
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    horror  contemporary  length-long
  • The Value of X by Poppy Z. Brite

    The Value of X by Poppy Z. Brite

    Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    2003 - Subterranean Press - Hardcover - 1st Edition - The Value of X - By Poppy Z...
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    horror  contemporary  length-short
  • Distant Voices by Barbara Erskine

    Distant Voices by Barbara Erskine

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Barbara Erskine's storytelling talent is undeniable. -- "The Times" Barbara Erskine's second volume of short stories creates a wide and vivid range of worlds and emotions, from love, romance, loneliness and grief, to betrayal, passion, adventure and compelling suspense...
    Categorized as:
    horror  contemporary  length-long  audiobook
  • State of Emergency by Summer Lane

    State of Emergency by Summer Lane

    Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    What would you do if the world as you know it ended in an instant? How far would you go to survive? Cassidy Hart is your typical High School graduate: A little shy, a little sarcastic, and a little naive. But when an electromagnetic pulse takes down the United States, she's forced to kick into full survival mode when she gets separated from her father. Yeah. Things suck...
  • Surge by Katelin LaMontagne

    Surge by Katelin LaMontagne

    Rated: 3.71 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Creatures lurking at your door step, but are those what you should be afraid of, or is there a greater monster to fear? Jared Benson is a survivor, but that's all he's done is survive...
  • Breakdown by Katherine Amt Hanna

    Breakdown by Katherine Amt Hanna

    Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 21 ratings
    Six years after a pandemic devastates the human population, and the subsequent loss of much of the world's technology, Chris Price finally makes it from New York to Britain to reunite with his brother. But unresolved grief over his dead wife and baby and the horrors he witnessed as he traveled through a changed world have damaged him...
  • The Dark Mirror by Samantha Shannon

    The Dark Mirror by Samantha Shannon

    Rated: 4.73 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 27 ratings
    Paige Mahoney is outside the Republic of Scion for the first time in more than a decade – but she has no idea how she got to the free world. Half a year has been wiped from her memory. As she makes her way back to the revolution, her journey takes her to Venice, where she learns a dangerous secret – one that could change the face of the war between humans and immortals...
  • The Way of the Househusband, Vol. 2 by Kousuke Oono

    The Way of the Househusband, Vol. 2 by Kousuke Oono

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    A former yakuza legend leaves it all behind to become your everyday househusband. But it’s not easy to walk away from the gangster life, and what should be mundane household tasks are anything but!The legendary yakuza “the Immortal Dragon” has washed his hands of the gangster life for something far more dangerous—becoming a househusband! Cleaning, laundry, grocery shopping, cooking..
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