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Dark Possession/Dark Curse by Christine Feehan, Phil Gigante
Rated: 4.62 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsDark Possession:Manolito De La Cruz knew he was dangerously close to turning into a vampire. The last thing he expected after being called back to his Carpathian homeland by Prince Mikhail was to catch the scent of his destined lifemate in MaryAnn Delaney. A dedicated counselor for battered women, MaryAnn has a fulfilling life with no room for someone like Manolito... -
![Death Before Dawn by Amelia Hutchins]()
Death Before Dawn by Amelia Hutchins
Rated: 4.59 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsHello Diary, Not sure when I will have a chance to write again, so I’ll have to make this fast. The search for my brother has been a long one and what I have seen along the way makes me question everything I was taught to believe about people and reinforces what my father said might happen if an apocalyptic event were to occur... -
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![Fairy’s Touch by Ella Summers]()
Fairy’s Touch by Ella Summers
Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars · 33 ratingsThe games of gods play out upon the backbones of mortals. Leda Pierce has come a long way since she left her home on the frontier of civilization one year ago to join the Legion of Angels. She is a soldier in the gods’ army, has crossed swords with demons, and shares an apartment with her angel lover in New York... -
![Hurricane by Shayne Silvers, Cameron O'Connell]()
Hurricane by Shayne Silvers, Cameron O'Connell
Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsWhat’s a goddess to do?After being lost at sea and taken prisoner by yet another denizen of the Titan realm, Quinn finds herself cold, wet, miserable, and very much alone. Until a familiar and unexpected face steps back into her life to remind her who she is—and has always—been: a fighter... -
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![Salty Dog by Shayne Silvers, Cameron O'Connell]()
Salty Dog by Shayne Silvers, Cameron O'Connell
Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsAbductions rarely go as planned…but this is just ridiculous. Torn from the Faeling Games on the beaches of Scotland, Quinn MacKenna suddenly finds herself doggie-paddling in a turbulent sea of blood with no land in sight.And that’s the highlight of her day so far, because her abductors seem perfectly content to simply leave her in this strange Otherworld... -
![Cult of the Hexad by Stephanie Hudson]()
Cult of the Hexad by Stephanie Hudson
Time. Truth. Life.‘There is weakness in all when lies are told but the strength in each is what we must behold... -
![Eternal by Jaymin Eve, Everly Frost]()
Eternal by Jaymin Eve, Everly Frost
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsDemons don't belong in the light.I played a game of deception, and my world was torn apart.Now my pack, my family, and the ruthless demon who has claimed my heart could pay with their lives.To save them, I must walk a treacherous path between hope and destruction—a path that leads me out of the shadows and into the light.Where betrayal waits.With every move I make, my enemies close in... -
![Moscow Mule by Shayne Silvers, Cameron O'Connell]()
Moscow Mule by Shayne Silvers, Cameron O'Connell
Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsQuinn MacKenna is on the warpath to save her bartender. Bear-tender…whatever.And it might just break Russia.In every person’s life there comes a point where well-meaning people mutter empty Hallmark Card platitudes like “it’s all downhill from here,” or “the only way to go now is up.”For Quinn, black magic arms dealer and potential Fae royalty, that time is now... -
![Dark Slayer by Christine Feehan]()
Dark Slayer by Christine Feehan
A rumor has persisted in the vampire world of a dark slayer—a woman—who travels with a wolf pack and any among the vampires who meets her is slain. Mysterious, elusive and seemingly impossible to kill, she is the one hunter who strikes terror into the hearts of the vampires... -
![Darkest at Dawn by Christine Feehan]()
Darkest at Dawn by Christine Feehan
In one volume for the first time-a Dark novel and novella from the #1 New York Times bestselling author... -
![Called by Vanessa Nelson]()
Called by Vanessa Nelson
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsIn a city full of rising tension, with people going missing or turning up dead, can Max resist the call to help?When Max tries to intervene to prevent an assault and it goes horribly wrong, she wants nothing more than to keep her head down and get on with her job. She does not want to answer calls for help, not even from Bryce, the Order warrior who seems willing to give her a second chance... -
![Dark and Stormy by Shayne Silvers, Cameron O'Connell]()
Dark and Stormy by Shayne Silvers, Cameron O'Connell
Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsQuinn finally gets what she’s always wanted—a Fae-Cation. But now Boston faces annihilation. A bloody murder spree in the Land of the Fae with her vampire bestie should have been all fun and games for Quinn… that is, until she finally learns the stunning truth about her past and the decision she was born to make — a decision which threatens to bring her world to a screeching halt... -
![Dark Destiny by Christine Feehan]()
Dark Destiny by Christine Feehan
They were masters of the darkness, searching through eternity for a mistress of the light.... Her childhood had been a nightmare of violence and pain until she heard his voice calling out to her. Golden and seductive. The voice of an angel. He had shown her how to survive, taught her to use her unique gifts, trained her in the ancient art of hunting the vampire...Categorized as:
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![Knights of Past by Stephanie Hudson]()
Knights of Past by Stephanie Hudson
The dust of Battle has settled over the Land.War cries of victory are Echoed throughout Hell.And now I can get back to my life of Lego and Star Trek,With one big difference,I now have a King to share it with.But it seems as if Fate had a different idea for me,And any plans for peace are shattered with the strength of my dreams,Nightmares of one last foe I must face... -
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![Shadows and Gold by Elizabeth Hunter]()
Shadows and Gold by Elizabeth Hunter
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsFailing grades. Misleading wind vampires. And a fortune in forgotten gold. Traveling to the most remote region of China certainly wasn’t what Ben Vecchio had in mind for his summer vacation, but when Tenzin suggested a quick trip, he could hardly turn down a chance to keep her out of trouble and practice the Mandarin he still struggled with in class... -
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Hunted by Vanessa Nelson
Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsUnsolved murders, supernatural creatures and civil unrest. Just another day.Problems keep piling up around Max. No sooner has she dealt with one set of supernatural creatures, than she's called to the city's mortuary to an unusual death. The city's most senior spiritual leader is also trying to get hold of her. On top of that, Bryce cancelled their date and hasn't been seen for days... -
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Shifter's Shadow by Ella Summers
Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars · 35 ratingsNext to the powers of heaven and hell, we are nothing. “So this was just one gigantic, cosmic war between light and dark magic. And we were only a small part of it, a tiny dot in the gods’ empire. It was no wonder that they saw us as insignificant... -
![Ascension by Zoe Parker]()
Ascension by Zoe Parker
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsEver get a job that sucks? My name is Iza Black and my life IS the sucky job. I mean yeah, there are perks. Live-in maid service, free food and I get this purple, sparkly aura thing. But there are way more bad parts. So many people, so much pain. Sleep has divorced me completely and I'm living their nightmares now too...Categorized as:
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The Dark-Hunters: The Collection Thus Far by Sherrilyn Kenyon
Rated: 4.66 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsThe Dark-Hunters (The Collection Thus Far)From the #1 New York Times bestselling author Sherrilyn Kenyon. This set contains 22 novels and a companion guide. The novels STYXX and SON OF NO ONE are sold separately... -
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Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter Collection 1-5 by Laurell K. Hamilton
Rated: 4.59 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsMore information to be announced soon on this forthcoming title from Penguin... -
![Angel's Flight by Ella Summers]()
Angel's Flight by Ella Summers
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 34 ratingsThe old saying is true. Knowledge really is power, especially when angels and gods play the game. The original Immortals, masters of magic, once reigned over every world in the known universe—until they suddenly vanished. The gods and demons have been fighting over the remains of their fractured empire ever since... -
![Glamoured by Jaymin Eve]()
Glamoured by Jaymin Eve
A standalone story in the Wall Street Journal bestselling Shadow Beast Shifters world. Best read after Compelled for storyline continuity.Samantha, of the Clarity shifters, has a secret. And it’s going to cost her everything.To save the most important person in her life, Samantha promises to form a mate bond with her pack’s future leader... -
![Kelpies Don't Fly by Kim McDougall]()
Kelpies Don't Fly by Kim McDougall
Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsCritter wrangler rule #15: Always look a gift horse in the mouth. And if it has sharp teeth, never, never get on its back.For ten years, Kyra Greene thought she was the only Valkyrie this side of the rainbow bridge. Until she gets a stunning message from her cousin, Gunora, asking for bail money.But facing the ghosts of her past isn’t on Kyra’s to-do list... -
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Dark Destiny by Christine Feehan
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 36 ratings"There is always a price to pay."So Darius warned her when she accepted a position with his traveling troupe. And gazing mesmerized at the merciless slash of his mouth, the implacable resolve on his face, the soulless emptiness of his black eyes, Tempest was afraid to ask what it was.She had always been different, apart from others... -
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![Queen of Fate & Fire by Annie Anderson]()
Queen of Fate & Fire by Annie Anderson
A crown I don't want. A bargain I can't take back. A life I refuse to sacrifice.After four hundred years on my own, one would think I'd be able to walk away and never look back. I'd done it a thousand times before with nary an inkling of guilt. But with my brand new predicament, there is no way I can turn down the offered bargain—not if I want everyone I love to stay alive... -
![Dark Carousel by Christine Feehan]()
Dark Carousel by Christine Feehan
In the new Carpathian novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Christine Feehan, a woman falls prey to the seductive allure of the past—and a vampire warrior’s intoxicating embrace... The moment Charlotte Vintage walks into his club, Tariq Asenguard’s blood is set on fire... -
![Jared by Teresa Gabelman]()
Jared by Teresa Gabelman
The VC Warriors are an elite group of vampire who protect innocents, whether human or those of their own race. Jared Kincaid, along with other Warriors, are shocked when a fiery red head with a gun and attitude, bring news of young teens being turned into an army of half-breed vampires capable of taking out all VC Warriors...Categorized as:
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![Dark Legend by Christine Feehan]()
Dark Legend by Christine Feehan
He woke deep within the ground, and the first sensation he felt was hunger. An overwhelming hunger for blood that demanded satisfaction. But as he hunted the dark streets of Paris for prey, a voice called to him, soothing, calming, giving him the strength to control his craving. Francesca Del Ponce was a healer, a woman who radiated goodness as powerfully as the sun did light... -
![Priestess of Storms & Stone by Annie Anderson]()
Priestess of Storms & Stone by Annie Anderson
If there is one lesson I’ve been taught in my life, it’s that fairies are the absolute worst. Finding a fledgling succubus in Faerie is like locating a needle inside a realm-sized haystack. With a guide I can’t trust and a goal more ephemeral than smoke, my odds of success are tenuous at best. Not to mention, as the last Elemental in existence, I have a giant target painted on my back... -
![Tangled Echoes by Meghan Ciana Doidge]()
Tangled Echoes by Meghan Ciana Doidge
Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsI never got involved in the dirt and the details of an investigation. I never let my preconceptions muddy a reconstruction. And I steadfastly refrained from ever allowing my past to dictate my future.At least until the one person I couldn’t lose went missing... -
![Sea Breeze by Shayne Silvers, Cameron O'Connell]()
Sea Breeze by Shayne Silvers, Cameron O'Connell
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsRemember when dead in the water was just an expression? Not anymore. Fresh from her unplanned stay in the Otherworld, Quinn MacKenna is forced to wait in Fae’s worst Air BnB—a grotesque gingerbread house in a forest full of breadcrumbs—for the captain who will guide her ship to the fabled Atlantis.But just as idle hands are the Devil’s workshop, idle minds are the Titans’ torture chamber... -
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Dark Peril by Feehan C Christine Feehan
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsDominic of the Dragonseeker lineage - one of the most powerful lines the Carpathian people has - infiltrates the heart of the enemy camp to learn their plans. This is a one-way mission: he plans to get in fast, relay the information and go down fighting - an honourable way to end his life. But a complication lies ahead...Categorized as:
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![Dark Challenge by Christine Feehan]()
Dark Challenge by Christine Feehan
Julian Savage was golden. Powerful. But tormented. For the brooding hunter walked alone, always alone, far from his Carpathian kind, alien to even his twin. Like his name, his existence was savage. Until he met the woman he was sworn to protect... When Julian heard Desari sing, rainbows swamped his starving senses. Emotions bombarded his hardened heart... -
![The Only One by Christine Feehan, Susan Grant]()
The Only One by Christine Feehan, Susan Grant
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 38 ratingsFOR EACH, THERE COULD BE ONLY ONE This book contains three short stories: 1. Dark Descent by Christine Feehan (11 in her Dark Series) an aggressive, multi-talented professional body guard/secret service agent who never lets danger or the unknown stop her becomes the lifemate of a powerful immortal embroiled in a battle with the vampires. 2... -
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![Unleashing Echoes by Meghan Ciana Doidge]()
Unleashing Echoes by Meghan Ciana Doidge
Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsFor twelve years, I had managed to separate my personal life from my professional life, becoming one of the best reconstructionists in the world — and proving to myself that I could do so on my own merits. Then I’d been forced into contact with my family, reuniting with someone I thought I’d lost forever, and rescuing my best friend... -
![Dead Ahead by Annie Anderson]()
Dead Ahead by Annie Anderson
Some secrets should stay buried.After accidentally freeing a demon, ticking off the werewolf alpha, and possibly inciting a war, Darby Adler’s Warden job is in serious peril.With the council up in arms and a literal god on her doorstep, Darby needs to figure her life out and pronto. If she can’t, losing her job might be the least of her problems... -
![Walking in the Dark by Donna Augustine]()
Walking in the Dark by Donna Augustine
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsSome people find power in the light. Others are meant to walk in the dark. Ollie Wit left it all behind: a new home, friends who saw her as something more than a fragile shadow walker and a budding relationship with Kane. She did it all in an effort to shield Asher, who should’ve never been able to escape the Shadowlands... -
![Dark Celebration by Christine Feehan]()
Dark Celebration by Christine Feehan
With her erotically charged Carpathian tales, Christine Feehan has enthralled a legion of fans, captivated by a seductive world and the unforgettable characters--both human and not--who inhabit it. Now, she reunites all of them in a Dark Celebration.. -
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Dark Possession by Christine Feehan
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 37 ratingsA Carpathian event-the new hardcover from the phenomenal New York Times bestselling author.Christine Feehan returns to the sensual Carpathian world that has earned her a reputation as "the queen of paranormal romance" (USA Today) in a new novel of true love and the unnatural forces that could destroy it...Categorized as:
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![Dark Desire by Christine Feehan]()
Dark Desire by Christine Feehan
They were masters of the darkness, searching through eternity for a mistress of the light... The stranger silently summons her from across the continents, across the seas. He whispers of eternal torment, of endless hunger...of dark, dangerous desires. And somehow American surgeon Shea O'Halloran can feel his anguish, sense his haunting aloneness, and she aches to heal him, to heal herself...Categorized as:
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![Moon Claimed by Kelly St. Clare]()
Moon Claimed by Kelly St. Clare
The pack of lies continues.My mother isn’t my mother.A werewolf wants me for his one-and-only baby mamaOh! And I’m the new leader of a tribe I joined weeks ago.Messed up doesn’t begin to explain it.I’m more desperate than ever to uncover an explanation for Mum’s mounting betrayals. Because this time, I’m not sure forgiveness is possible...Categorized as:
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![The Beloved by J.R. Ward]()
The Beloved by J.R. Ward
Zsadist. His daughter. Her true love... what could POSSIBLY go wrong?The daughter of a legend finds the love of a lifetime in this passionate, heart-wrenching installment in J. R. Ward’s #1 New York Times bestselling Black Dagger Brotherhood series...Nalla, the blooded daughter of Zsadist, has led a sheltered life...Categorized as:
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![Bound by Blood by Brenda K. Davies]()
Bound by Blood by Brenda K. Davies
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsForced to deal with the aftermath of her parents’ murders, Caro isn’t expecting an ambush of Savages—or salvation to come from a man as frightening as the monsters hunting her.Determined to destroy the demons, Saber realizes his mission is over when he learns that Charles, the man who could help him, is dead...Categorized as:
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![Dark Possession by Christine Feehan]()
Dark Possession by Christine Feehan
Christine Feehan returns to her uniquely sensual Carpathian world in a novel about the nature of true love and the unnatural forces that can destroy it... Manolito De La Cruz knew he was dangerously close to turning into a vampire. The last thing he expected after being called back to his Carpathian homeland by Prince Mikhail was to catch the scent of his destined lifemate in MaryAnn Delaney... -
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![Dark Predator by Christine Feehan]()
Dark Predator by Christine Feehan
All New from the #1 New York Times bestselling author. As brutal as the undead he hunted, Zacarias De La Cruz was a master executioner. Now his stark and savage journey has ended... -
![End of Eden by S.L. Jennings]()
End of Eden by S.L. Jennings
I thought I knew what Hell was like. I thought I had been living it all these years on Earth—abandoned, forgotten, and left with a dangerous secret that not only made me the Se7en’s #1 target but also turned me into a deadly weapon, a threat to every human in my path. I was wrong... -
![The Phantom by Gena Showalter]()
The Phantom by Gena Showalter
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 17 ratings"One of the premier authors of paranormal romance. Gena Showalter delivers an utterly spellbinding story!"—Kresley Cole, #1 New York Times bestselling authorNew York Times bestselling author Gena Showalter delivers The Phantom , the third book in her pulse-pounding Rise of the Warlords series, featuring a vengeful harpy and a callous torture master locked in a battle to the death...Categorized as:
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![Dark Whisper by Christine Feehan]()
Dark Whisper by Christine Feehan
Embrace the seductive call of the latest novel in Christine Feehan’s #1 New York Times bestselling Carpathian series. Vasilisa Sidkorolyavolkva is a Lycan of royal blood. She knows what is expected of her, but all she wants is to be out from under her family’s watchful eyes. There is a fire inside her that is building. A restlessness coupled with a sense of growing dread... -
![Catching Echoes by Meghan Ciana Doidge]()
Catching Echoes by Meghan Ciana Doidge
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsI preferred it when life came in tidy packages. When it didn't -- when something went awry -- I was exceedingly skilled at packaging it back up. It was my job to do so after all. I was a reconstructionist. I collected the puzzle pieces, then I gave those pieces to an investigative team to sort out. I didn't ask questions. I didn't offer answers. I saw. I recorded. I moved on... -
![Broken Blade by J.C. Daniels]()
Broken Blade by J.C. Daniels
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsKit Colbana: assassin, thief, investigator extraordinaire. Now broken. She always expected her past to catch up with her but never like this. Haunted by nightmares and stripped of her identity, she’s retreated to Wolf Haven, the no-man’s land where she found refuge years before. But while she might want to hide away from the rest of the world, the rest of the world isn’t taking the hint...
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