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After School Nightmare, Volume 10 by Setona Mizushiro
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsYou have just awakened to find your darkest, ugliest secret revealed to classmates who would do anything to destroy you. This is what's happened to Ichijou Mashiro, whose elite school education turns into the most horrifying experience of his life when he's enlisted by a mysterious school nurse to take an after-hours class... -
After School Nightmare, Volume 9 by Setona Mizushiro
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsMashiro has finally come to terms with his feelings, but even though Sou has cast aside his controlling sister, her hold on him goes deeper than he thinks. When Kureha finds her own strength and decides not to graduate, Mashiro throws himself into his relationship with Sou.. -
After School Nightmare, Volume 4 by Setona Mizushiro
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAs the dreams and nightmares continue, Mashiro finds himself more conflicted than ever. Sou remains a mystery even as they grow closer, while Kureha seems to be distancing herself even more. Tensions are high as friends fight and enemies form uneasy alliances, and as ever, the mysterious dream world grows even more dangerous..Categorized as:
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After School Nightmare, Volume 6 by Setona Mizushiro
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAfter all the hardships they've endured, Mashiro and Kureha seem to finally be a happy couple..Categorized as:
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After School Nightmare, Volume 2 by Setona Mizushiro
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsMashiro's still getting used to the nightmarish class he must attend every week, but the confusion and frustration over his whole body only spurs him on to overcome his weaknesses. This turmoil of emotion isn't helping his relationship with the unstable Kureha... especially when Sou is advancing on him more than ever... -
After School Nightmare, Volume 5 by Setona Mizushiro
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIn Volume 5, things are heating up in both worlds! Determined to prove himself, Mashiro puts all his effort into his relationship with Kureha...Categorized as:
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After School Nightmare, Volume 3 by Setona Mizushiro
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsA haughty classmate from the Dream World tries to make Mashiro his slave! Meanwhile, tension and heat between Sou and our gender-confused hero escalate as Mashiro becomes obsessed with trying to discern the true identities of the other classmates. But then, why is Sou the only thing on his mind?! Both within the Dream World and out, our heroes face their most feared "realities...Categorized as:
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Running Wild by Kristen Middleton
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsCassandra Wild is on the run from an insane admirer while she fights to stay alive during the zombie apocalypse. After being kidnapped, injured, and thrown together with a new band of misfits, things get more complicated and it takes all of her strength and courage to survive in a world gone completely mad. Cover Photography by Kiselev Andrey Valerevich/shutterstock... -
Stalking Shadows by S.A. Hunter
Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMary’s back, and she has to save Vicky from a supernatural threat. Helping her nemesis is the last thing Mary would choose, but she may be the only one able to save the cheerleader. While on a date, Vicky gets into a car wreck that leaves her in a coma. Through dreams, she reaches out to Mary for help... -
The Nevermore Trilogy by Shannon Mayer
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThis trilogy version contains all THREE installments of The Nevermore Trilogy. This Series is meant to be read in sequential order as the books are NOT stand alone. SUNDERED (Book One of The Nevermore Trilogy): They were promised weight loss, the cure for Cancer, Parkinson’s Disease and infertility; they were promised hope.The side effects were anything but hopeful... -
The Pickled Apocalypse of Pancake Island by Cameron Pierce
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsA demented fairy tale about a pickle, a pancake, and the apocalypse. It is Gaston Glew's sixteenth Sad Day - the sixteenth anniversary of the saddest day of his life: his day of birth - and his parents have just committed suicide. Fed up with the sadness of Pickled Planet, Gaston Glew builds a rocket ship and blasts off into outer space, hoping to escape his briny fate... -
Dead Matter by Anton Strout
Rated: 3.81 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsShaking up the spirits of Manhattan The spirit populace of Manhattan doesn't appreciate its well-deserved RIP being disturbed, and Department of Extraordinary Affairs Agent Simon Canderous is sent in to do damage control... -
Dark Shadows: Angélique's Descent by Lara Parker
Rated: 3.72 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTwo of the most popular "Dark Shadows" characters, Barnabas Collins and Angelique, were eternally bound by love and hate. Now, actress Lara Parker, Angelique herself, tells how it all began. A passion born in ecstasy.. -
The Business of Death by Trent Jamieson
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsSteven de Selby has a hangover. Bright lights, loud noise, and lots of exercise are the last thing he wants. But that's exactly what he gets when someone starts shooting at him. Steven is no stranger to death - Mr. D's his boss after all - but when a dead girl saves him from sharing her fate, he finds himself on the wrong end of the barrel... -
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Saying Goodbye to the Sun by David McAfee
Rated: 3.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFrom the author of 33 A.D. New York City, 1986. The name of the beautiful woman in the red dress is Raine, and Vincent Walker has no idea she’s about to change his life forever – by ending it. Now, impossible as it is to believe, Vincent is turning into a vampire. He sets out to find the woman who changed him, hoping she can take it back... -
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The Magnus Archives: Season 5 by Johnathan Sims
Rated: 4.69 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsThe Magnus Archives is a horror audiobook written by Jonathan Sims, directed by Alexander J. Newall and distributed by Rusty Quill. Sims narrates the stories in-character as the main character, Jonathan Sims, the newly-appointed head archivist of the fictional Magnus Institute; an institution based in London centred on research into the paranormal... -
The Morganville Vampires, Volume 3 by Rachel Caine
Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars · 41 ratingsWith the arrival of the evil master vampire Bishop, the small college town of Morganville, Texas, has dissolved into chaos. Now together in one volume, the fifth and sixth books of the Morganville Vampires series show that defeating Bishop is a task that's going to take some serious skill.... LORD OF MISRULE In Morganville, violent black clouds promise a storm of devastating proportions...Categorized as:
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The Morganville Vampires, Volume 4 by Rachel Caine
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsNow together in one volume, the seventh and eight books in the Morganville Vampires series show that even without an evil masyer vampire controlling the town, Morganville is still a dangerous place to be - for humans and vampires alike... FADE OUT Without Bishop ruling over the town of Morganville, life has changed - dramatically... -
The Ancient Magus' Bride, Vol. 2 by Kore Yamazaki
Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsGreat power comes at a price... Chise Hatori's life has recently undergone shocking change. As a sleigh beggy--a person capable of generating and wielding tremendous magical power--she has transformed from an unwanted child to a magician's apprentice who has been introduced to fae royalty. But Chise's newly discovered abilities also mean a cruel fate awaits her... -
Let it All Burn by Denise Grover Swank
Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsDarcie Weatherby has a full plate—a preteen and sixteen-year-old twins, a wayward grandmother, a nightmare boss, and a manipulative ex-husband. The last thing she needs are hot flashes. Especially ones that start fires... -
A Mad Zombie Party by Gena Showalter
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsThe battle rages on.Ali Bell and Cole Holland's crew of zombie slayers thought they'd won the war against Anima Industries, the evil company responsible for capturing and experimenting on zombies in an effort to discover the secret to immortality. In the last epic clash, the slayers lost many of their crew and closest friends... -
Vampire Wake by Tim O'Rourke
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsAprès s’être échappée de Ragged Cove et avoir été suspendue de la force publique, Kiera est engagée par la mystérieuse Lady Hunt pour protéger sa fille de 16 ans d’un étranger qui, selon elle, se cache dans la lande. Mais Kiera découvre rapidement que c’est elle-même qui aura besoin de protection... -
Anita Blake Vampire Hunter Collection 6-10 by Laurell K. Hamilton
Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsTake a walk on the wild side with Anita Blake, star of the #1 New York Times bestselling series. These five novels of human-and inhuman-passions feature vampires, werewolves, and "a heroine as sharp as a stake and slick as a silver bullet" (J.D. Robb)...Categorized as:
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The Haunted by J.A. Templeton
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsAfter battling a malevolent ghost that held the spirit of her friend Ian MacKinnon bound to the land for two hundred years, sixteen-year-old reluctant psychic, Riley Williams, felt as if she was finally easing into her new life in Scotland. Or so she thought... -
The Departed by J.A. Templeton
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsPsychic? Check. Haunted by a malevolent spirit who is making life a living hell? Check. In love with a smoking hot Scot, who is the reincarnation of the man creepy malevolent ghost murdered two centuries before? Check. Friends and family think you’re losing your mind? Check... -
Dead Flesh by Tim O'Rourke
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsWhen Kiera and her friends return from the dead, they soon realise that the world is not the same – it has been pushed. Returning to Hallowed Manor, Kiera soon learns that it’s not only the world that has changed, she is changing, too... -
The Ice Guy and the Cool Girl 02 by Miyuki Tonogaya
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsSparks fly between the handsome descendant of a snow spirit and the oblivious coworker he has a crush on! A romantic comedy in an office setting that takes coworkers to lovers to new heights within a winter wonderland of emotions!Snow spirit descendant Himuro finds himself infatuated with his somewhat offbeat and aloof colleague, Fuyutsuki... -
Down The Chimney by Debra Dunbar
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsRoped into being the Ruling Council's Christmas ambassador, Sam finds herself more Santa than Satan at a slew of human social events, all while trying to score an impossible-to-get gift for Lux and plan the most amazing Christmas celebration any imp has ever thrown... -
Queen's Quality, Vol. 4 by Kyousuke Motomi
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsWill this Queen with mind-control powers incite good or evil?Fumi Nishioka lives with Kyutaro Horikita and his family of “Sweepers,” people who specialize in cleaning the minds of those overcome by negative energy and harmful spirits...
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