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Lycans and Legends by Melanie Karsak
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsSomeone is trying to assassinate the Queen. After stopping a mysterious preternatural assailant wielding an enchanted dagger, Clemeny is on the hunt. Why is someone after Victoria? To find answers, Clemeny Louvel must travel to the one place she’s been avoiding, the Summer Country. Among the mist and standing stones, secrets about her case—and herself—are hiding... -
Infernal God by Elizabeth Briggs
I'm the only one who can save the devil from himself. Lucifer broke the curse. He unlocked my true self. Then he sacrificed everything to protect our family. I'm going to save him somehow. .. even if I have to kill him. The apocalypse is imminent. Pestilence and War have been freed. Famine is coming, and Death will soon follow...Categorized as:
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Highland Thirst by Hannah Howell, Lynday Sands
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsNew York Times bestselling authors Hannah Howell and Lynsay Sands combine talents in their most thrilling book yet. Set in the rugged Scottish Highlands, here is the spellbinding tale of two men destined to live by night with a hunger only the blood of Outsiders can quench--and a passion only two extraordinary women can satisfy. . -
Midnight Prince by K. Loraine
Our story begins the same as any ill-fated romance. Two households, two families, two species that should never be together. These are the recipe for tragic, beautiful love, fated to end in flames. She is my doom. She is my destiny. Unavoidable, impossible to deny, and painful to ignore. They call me Bastard Prince, a half-breed unworthy of a true title. But I still have to follow the rules...Categorized as:
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A Court of Ice and Wind by Meg Xuemei X
Cass Saélihn isn't some defenseless damsel, sitting on her ass and waiting for her hot, alpha males to rescue her. She won't accept the fate of being in another cage. Even though the torque on her neck binds her, rendering her powerless. She won't allow Ares and Apollo to sever her mating bond to her beloved mates, no matter how they seduce, threaten, or torture her...Categorized as:
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Traitor of the Drowned Empire by Frankie Diane Mallis
After the devastating events of the arena, Lyriana Batavia is trying to live in a world where her soulmate, Rhyan Hart, has become a soulless akadim. The Empire has named Lyr a forsworn traitor, and every soldier in Lumeria has been ordered to hunt her down... -
The Immortality Trials: The Complete Collection by Eliza Raine
Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsWhat if Hercules wasn’t the hero we all thought he was? His daughter, Lyssa, knows just how cruel he can be. But she has left that life behind and now her battered smugglers ship, the Alastor, flies under everyone’s radar - just how she likes it. The Gods have a different plan for her though... -
Blood Feast by Vela Roth
This release date is a placeholder and will be moved earlier when the official launch day is announced. Her Grace is in danger - and her fangs are ready for battle. Cassia has risen from the ashes of her human life as a Hesperine with magic the world has never seen. The Gift of immortality from Lio seals their fated Grace bond and frees her from the ancient necromancer known as the Collector... -
The Court of the Underworld : A Paranormal Romance Greek Gods Series by Alessa Thorn
Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsSing, O' Muse, of how the gods returned to build a new world from the ashes. Sing, of the new city of Styx, and the monsters that govern its underworld. .. This boxset collects the first four books of 'The Court of the Underworld', with each book a dangerously sexy, fast-paced paranormal romance featuring Hades and the members of his Court...Categorized as:
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Philomena and the Seven Deaths by Kendra Moreno
Hear no evil. Philomena thought she had luck on her side when she became a young widow and was fortunate to inherit her late husband’s wealth. Her life was a comfortable dance between parties and tea, a menial pattern that afforded her freedoms most women only dream of. Until she wakes up six feet underground. . . Speak no evil. The first death is as easy as it is traumatic... -
Brutus by Mimi Jean Pamfiloff
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsFrom New York Times Bestseller Mimi Jean Pamfiloff comes BRUTUS, a Paranormal Romantic Comedy that will surely cause evil vampires to kidnap the author. CAN THE WORLD’S TOUGHEST IMMORTAL WARRIOR WIN THE HEART OF THE WORLD’S TOUGHEST IMMORTAL WOMAN? Brutus is not your average immortal warrior... -
Redemption by Rachel Callahan
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsRomulus has left us no choice. Our forces are about to collide, and only one of us will survive. I’m back with my mates and I should be able to breathe easier, except I know our days of peace are numbered. Romulus will soon discover that the blade he holds—the one he thinks will kill a dark god—is nothing more than an illusion... -
Curse of the Nandi by Vered Ehsani
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsJane Austen meets Lara Croft: a paranormal detective refuses to let danger and death inconvenience her in colonial Kenya. Mrs. Knight's most exciting adventure yet! Mrs. Beatrice Knight is preparing to start a life of marital bliss, or at least marital satisfaction, with her new husband who fortunately is very much alive and can’t float through walls... -
Stones of Nairobi by Vered Ehsani
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSome stones should never be moved. Not easily befuddled, the intrepid supernatural sleuth Mrs. Beatrice Knight Timmons can’t fathom how the ancient tombstone of a legendary warrior-king ended up in Nairobi. All she knows is that her life is on the line once again as she embarks on her most dangerous mission yet: to retrieve a corpse and the soul it once housed. Mrs... -
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At Death's Door by Sherrilyn Kenyon
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 10 ratings#1 New York Times bestseller Sherrilyn Kenyon brings us the final chapter in the Deadman's Cross saga with At Death's Door, an epic pirate fantasy perfect for her millions of Dark-Hunter fans. Welcome to the latest Deadmen’s Quest. .. Valynda Moore was born cursed... -
Sword of Darkness by Robin Furth, Robin Gillespie
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsIn a world where Camelot is ruled by Lord Kerrigan, the peasant Seren has become a pawn between the rulers of light and the rulers of darkness...Categorized as:
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Monster Song by J.B. Trepagnier
Just when I think things can’t get any crazier…. I found out why I can talk to animals and monsters. I met my father and I wasn’t quite expecting his answers. But he does command several legions of demons and he’s working on getting more to help us overthrow Demeter... -
Revenge of the Mantis by Vered Ehsani
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsAfrican Myth meets Victorian Manners. “Proof that paranormal can be fun & witty…” “I love this story & the quirky, practical Beatrice Knight…” “Wit, adventure & an air of mystery…”. All is proceeding as it should for Beatrice Knight. That is, until the African Lightning God lands in her barn and announces that Mrs. Knight’s arch nemesis is about to pay an unsolicited visit... -
The Fourth Mandate by Vered Ehsani
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 9 ratings“Beatrice Knight is as delightful as Elizabeth Peters' Amelia Peabody…” “Her handy cane is like a Swiss Army Knife on steroids…” “Wonderfully different, quirky & had me laughing out loud …”. Having offered her firm and unequivocal resignation, Beatrice Knight is certain she is clear of her former employer, the Society for Paranormals, and is now free to proceed with her life and a wedding... -
Highland Storm by Victoria Zak
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA long forgotten Ancient kingdom has been awakened and threatens to change the Dragonkine world forever...Categorized as:
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The Last Oracle by Delia J. Colvin
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCan love defy death itself? From Bestselling author, Delia Colvin, THE LAST ORACLE, is the passionate finale to The Sibylline Trilogy that weaves Greek mythology with a modern tale of eternal love! Alex has waited 3000 years to finally marry his soul mate. .. his symbolon... -
Mark of the Fallen by Eve Archer
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsI thought I made a deal with the devil. Turns out he’s a fallen angel. Very fallen. Not only is Dominick Vicario tall, dark, and wickedly attractive, he’s also the head of the world’s most powerful underworld family. And the leader of the Fallen—former heavenly Watchers banished to earth who’ve become wealthy playboys. When I meet him, my life is circling the drain...Categorized as:
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Shifter Island by Lilly Wilder
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsRejected by my mate, I find love again with two bear shifters on a tropical prison island. My fated mate rejects me because of the nasty scar I got on my face while protecting my clan. Exiled by my family, I make my way to Isla Paraiso, an island that used to be a prison for the most dangerous bear shifters of Venezuela... -
Feint and Doublecross by Tilly Wallace
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsAn unexpected move could place Sera in check…or will it be checkmate? A strange beast stalks unfashionable Southbank, taking victims in a horrific fashion. Naturally the Mage Council sends Sera to track the supernatural killer, while pressuring her to marry one of their hand picked suitors... -
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Blood Games by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
Blending the dark eroticism of the vampire with the suspenseful adventure in history's most exotic locales, Yarbro's Saint-Germain epic continues in this third book that takes place in the last chaotic days of Nero's Rome.Categorized as:
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A Bargain of Blood and Gold by Kristin Jacques
A novice hunter with a mission. A five-hundred-year-old vampire with a strong sense of irony. A town plagued by creatures in need of saving. When Johnathan Newman arrives in Cress Haven, the last thing he expects is for his life to be irrevocably changed. Sent by a clandestine league of vampire hunters to investigate a string of murders, signs point to a vampire lurking amid the townsfolk... -
Angel's Indecent Proposal by Meg Xuemei X
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsPrincess Rose is no innocent damsel and no pawn. Before I move the chess pieces, she strikes. She knows exactly how to stoke my unbridled lust for her, and she hangs the one hot night in front of me like an unattainable prize. But she can’t deny her own attraction to me, either. The lust is mutual. While it burns me, it also scorches her...Categorized as:
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Elemental Evolved by Helen Scott
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsDon't miss the final installment of Tessa's adventure! After being separated from most of her men, can Tessa find the final stone? Does she have what it takes to save the realms or will she be found wanting? And can she save everyone before the cult that's out to kill her succeeds? Please note that Helen plans on bringing this release forward as soon as the book is ready. -
A Vampire in Bavaria by Suzannah Rowntree
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsVampires, vengeance…and a mutinous Victorian lady’s maid. It’s not always easy to deal with a ticking bomb—and Miss Sharp just happens to have thrown this one straight at Queen Victoria’s royal train. Liz was only trying to save lives, but now she must face the Kabale, a secret tribunal of royal monsters who don’t easily forgive a stray bomb... -
My Sister Took My Fiance and Now I'm Being Courted by a Beastly Prince (Manga) Vol. 2 (妹に婚約者を取られたら、獣な王子に求婚されました~またたびとして溺愛されてます~ (Comic) #2) by Kiduki Hoshikawa, Yū Sakurai
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFAMILY PRIDE AT RISKCordelia and Leonhart work together to reveal Katricia's scheming. With one scandal avoided, Leonhart works to help Cordelia avoid another. The prince talks with Cordelia's father about how Priscilla's continued interference with Cordelia's engagements has left both sisters with a stained reputation... -
A Prince to be Feared: The Love Story of Vlad Dracula by Mary Lancaster
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsEurope’s most fearsome prisoner, Vlad Dracula, gifted military commander and one time Prince of Wallachia, the notorious Lord Impaler himself, is about to be released after twelve long years, in order to hold back the tide of Ottoman aggression. The price of his new alliance with his Hungarian captors is the king’s cousin Ilona. Ilona does not wish to be married... -
Impostors' Kiss: Symphony of Light, Book #0.5 by Renea Mason
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn a night of passion, two lost spirits find solace in an impostor’s kiss: one longing for a love that doesn’t yet exist, the other drowning in pain and guilt over love lost. Neither is what they seem…but what they learn will change them forever…. -
The Tales of Two Seers (Being (Being(s) in Love) by R. Cooper
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA Being(s) in Love Anthology. Very little is known about seers—those individuals, both human and being, with the power to know both what could have been and what is yet to come. Seers prefer it that way. Some of them run from their visions. Others call themselves artists or authors instead of oracles... -
The Fallen Queen by Janie Marie
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsEven immortality can have its tragedies. Jane’s impressive powers allowed her to secure her family’s safety but at a terrible cost. Now, with a message from two mysterious beings, a new series of trials begins on Jane’s heart, mind, and soul. The plague was just the beginning...Categorized as:
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The Shadow Wolf by Bonnie Vanak
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsOn the run from authorities, gutsy Megan Moraine knows shadow wolves like herself have no place in this world. But she's still prepared to do anything to protect her young charges. That resolve is tested when the trio is captured by Gabriel Robichaux. Everyone knows that Gabriel is a ruthless bounty hunter, a member of an elite group called the Enforcers...Categorized as:
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Demonenes fjell by Margit Sandemo, Bente Meidell
Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars · 11 ratings(Description from the back of the book). SAGAEN OM ISFOLKET - etterkommerne til den onde Tengel, som hadde inngått en pakt med djevelen. .. Nataniel Gard var utvalgt til å lede kampen mot Isfolkets onde stamfar, og hans nærmeste allierte var Tova Brink og Ellen Skogsrud. Men skulle Tengel den onde beseires, måtte alle tenkelige ressurser settes inn i striden... -
Born to Bite by Hannah Howell, Erica Ridley
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHannah Howell- "Dark Secret". Murdina Dunbar sets out in search of the only family she has left - and finds an ally in the mysterious Sir Gillanders Baldwin. Soon, not even the whispers that he's a dangerous demon can keep her from his bed. .. Diana Cosby - "Highland Vampire". As King of the Highland Coven, vampire Aedan MacGregor knows that falling for the fey Rowan Campbell could destroy her...Categorized as:
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Mansions of Darkness by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAmbitious in its scope and provocative in its content, the saga of Count Saint-Germain is a monumental feat of the imagination. Chelsea Quinn Yarbro's powerful and evocative novels have captured Saint-Germain throughout his long existence, from the temples of ancient Eygpt to our present century... -
Mated Exile by Lucy Auburn
My return from exile was just the beginning. I've found out so much more. Discovered the truth that was hidden from me. But there are more secrets and lies. .. No spoilers! This new series about a rejected mate has action, adventure, romance, steam, and absolutely no choosing.Categorized as:
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Why Shouldn’t a Detestable Demon Lord Fall in Love?! Vol. 1 (Why Shouldn’t a Detestable Demon Lord Fall in Love?! (Light Novel)) #1) by Nekomata Nuko
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAnima is an immensely powerful Demon Lord, so he spends his days living in solitude. .. right up until he’s summoned to another world out of the blue! The person who summons him is Luina, a poor girl who has her hands full running an orphanage. Anima quickly falls for her and, in a first for him, learns what it’s like to be surrounded by loved ones... -
Ember and Eclipse by T.K. Tucker
There’s a bounty on her head. After committing a brutal crime against Romul’s prince, Rel fled the mortal-dominated north to Witch Country. She wasn’t welcomed in the covens, though, so she found a sanctuary in an empty swamp instead. And that’s where she’s been hiding ever since. Until the Wolf of Romul, the deadliest witch hunter, somehow finds her after two years...Categorized as:
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Gods & Monsters by Janie Marie
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe human race stands on the brink of extinction; the result of a plague the likes of which the world has never seen. When salvation comes, it isn’t a miracle cure created by science or our government that saves us. No, our saviors are monsters. Jane appears to be nothing special. In fact, she’s a sad sight to behold, afflicted by the sorrow of her tragic past and failing marriage...Categorized as:
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Rejected Exile by Lucy Auburn
I was rejected by my mate. Exiled by my pack. Cast out by my own father. Seven years later, I get the call. It's time to return to pack territory and bury my father. I intend to sign some paperwork and head straight back home. But Juniper has changed since my exile. A dark curse has taken hold and killed all the female werewolves in town. The land rots as vampires drain the pack...Categorized as:
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Vampire Love Story Boxed Set by H.T. Night
Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsBoxed set of five #1 bestselling Vampire Love Story novels:. 1. Vampire Love Story. 2. The Werewolf Whisperer. 3. Forever and Always. 4. Vampires vs. Werewolves. 5. Werewolf Love Story. VAMPIRE LOVE STORY. Josiah Reign is a lover and a fighter. Out for a simple jog, he happens upon a young woman who needs help. So Josiah does what he does best. He takes on her attackers. . -
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Bought by the Cerberus by Eva Brandt
Rated: 3.71 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsWorthless. Defective. Barren. I was dead inside, living an empty life. Until a hellhound found me. My people say a woman’s worth is in her womb. They spit on me, throw rocks, burn everything I hold dear. “Cursed,” they call me. Then he saves me. Theron. A monstrous Cerberus from the Blighted Lands. Death follows in his footsteps, but he looks at me and doesn’t see something broken...Categorized as:
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Kill or Be Killed by Lucy Auburn
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe Black Serpent kidnapped me. He thinks we're destined to change the world. I think he's destined to have my foot up his @$$. But he says Cain University has secrets, and I can't disagree. Returning to campus with my Conduits, I discover not everything here is as it seems. The man who killed my mother might be closer than I think...Categorized as:
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Vampire Dragon by Annette Blair
Rated: 3.78 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsOne the run from the mob, Bronte McBride needs the kind of protection that only the mysterious and handsome bodyguard Darkwyn—a former Roman warrior turned dragon—can give her. But Bronte's secrets could endanger both of them. Read Annette Blair's blogs and other content on the Penguin Community. -
Dishonor Among Thieves: An Epic Fantasy Vampire Romance by Callie Chase
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA vampire with a dark past…. Neoruzzi Oderisi wants nothing more than revenge on his nemesis, but the vampire raider who deceived him has vanished. There is only one explanation for Lord Haeloc’s disappearance—dark magic. An orphan thief with forbidden knowledge…. Brexia Eloise may have sticky fingers, but she takes care of her own—including a fellow orphan who’s missing... -
Abducted by Bella Klaus
A Hades and Persephone Dark Romance. I had a one-night stand with the devil. Now he thinks I’m his wife. I snuck into a masquerade ball and did something reckless with a man dressed as Hades. How was I supposed to know it wasn’t a costume? When I ran off, I thought that was the end of it. But he’s abducted me to a beautiful palace in hell. Hades claims we were once married...Categorized as:
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First Kill by Lucy Auburn
Rated: 3.78 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsDon’t miss out on this one of a kind, unexpected adult-age RH academy romance. You’ll be on the edge of your seat! I'm Ellen Arizona, and I'm a murderer. I know you've heard my name. They're all talking about what I've done. But no one really understands why I did it. And no one understands me. Except for the other killers at Cain University...Categorized as:
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