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Three in Death by J.D. Robb
Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars · 30 ratings#1 New York Times bestselling author J. D. Robb delivers a potent combination of futuristic suspense, thrills, and passion in these three favorite In Death stories—together in one volume for the first time.INTERLUDE IN DEATHLieutenant Eve Dallas is resigned to the fact that she’s been ordered to give a seminar at a police conference—and that she’ll have to leave Earth to do it...Categorized as:
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Out of the Dark: Paranormal Security and Intelligence Ops Shadow Agents: Part of the Immortal Ops World by Mandy M. Roth
Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsBook Four in the Shadow Agents Series Part of the Immortal Ops World! Operative: Wheeler Summerbee When the government approached Wheeler Summerbee with an opportunity to help serve his country at an even deeper level, he jumped at the chance. Little did he know he'd end up a creature of the night with a thirst for blood or that he had ties to gargoyles...Categorized as:
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Healing the Wolf by Mandy M. Roth
Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsParanormal Security and Intelligence Ops Shadow Agents: Part of the Immortal Ops WorldParanormal Security and Intelligence Operative and Shadow Agent Gram Campbell is not having a great year. So far this alpha-male wolf-shifter has had his heart and his body broken...Categorized as:
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Lady Luck by K.C. Cross, J.A. Huss
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsLuck knew two things when he left Harem Station months ago. One. The silver-haired Cygnian Princess Nyleena was still safely frozen away in her cryopod. And two. There was a good chance she was his soul mate. He left anyway. Nyleena is what you might call feisty. Or sassy. Or maybe just… feral. She is wild. Much too wild for Luck’s taste. But now that he’s home there’s no way to deny it...Categorized as:
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Area of Influence by Mandy M. Roth
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFrom NY Times & USA Today Bestselling Author Mandy M. Roth comes the much anticipated next book in the Immortal Ops Series! Paranormal Shifter Vampire Military Special Ops Romance Once a proud, fierce alpha male shifting operative with the Immortal Ops, Lance Toov finds himself under the thumb of an evil master vampire...Categorized as:
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Act of Brotherhood by Mandy M. Roth
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsParanormal Shifter Military Special Ops Romance. Captain Garth Ingersson is in charge of Paranormal Security and Intelligence Agency Special Ops Team Eight. Its a position he didn't originally want, but one he has grown to accept. The men who look to him to lead are like brothers to him. Especially since he and his twin brother had a falling out years ago...Categorized as:
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Empire of Night by Justin Somper
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsAfter the surprising revelation of the Tempest family history, twins Connor and Grace face a newly-defined future marked by their Vampirate roots. Meanwhile, Sidorio's evil Vampirate Empire continues its expansion, making it tragically apparent that no ship is safe. As for the pirates, they have a new mission: wipe out the vampirates... -
Vampire Hunter by Victoria Danann
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 9 ratings"Author Victoria Danann has a surefire hit!" - Night Owl Reviews TOP PICK "...it’s so good that I could read over and over again. - Bitten by Love"I wish I could give this more than 5 stars, it's that good... -
Roman: Fury of Her King by Julia Mills, Linda Boulanger
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsBook 2 in the Kings of the Blood series. The books can be read as stand-alone stories, but it is advisable to read them in order to get the most enjoyment from the series. She thought it was a chance meeting… He knew it was Destiny. Her dreams were coming true… His future was within his grasp. Life turns on a dime. Things can change in the blink of an eye... -
The Vampires' Blood Mate: A Paranormal Reverse Harem Romance by Lili Zander
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe Complete Vampires' Blood Mate Series, now available in one Boxed Set. The vampires of Shayde want more than just my blood… The first night, I was bitten. The second night, I was hunted. The third night— the night I was marked for death —I attracted the attention of four dangerous, enigmatic vampires. Ragnar, Saber, Zeke, and Nero...Categorized as:
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Immortal Ops Books 1-4 by Mandy M. Roth
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsBooks 1-4 in the Immortal Ops Series! Contains 2016 Anniversary Editions of: Immortal Ops Critical Intelligence Radar Deception Strategic Vulnerability Paranormal Shifter Military Special Ops Romance Immortal Ops Immortal Ops Team Captain Lukian Vlakhusha is having issues with his newest target, Peren Matthews. His higher ups want her eliminated. He simply wants her...Categorized as:
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Matter of Time by V. M. Black
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsFourth Book in the Serial by the New York Times Bestselling Author of Blood of Life After yet another series of setbacks for the billionaire vampire Dorian Thorne's alliance, Cora Shaw struggles to regroup. She has school to attend and the wedding with Dorian to arrange--not just any wedding but a union that is to symbolize the friendship between humans and vampires...Categorized as:
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Blood Trouble by Connie Suttle
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsBlood Trouble "Belen?" I blinked up at him. As usual, he was shining brightly, although he'd dampened it so I might look at him. "Lissa, this is certainly the beginning." He gazed around us. At leveled homes and devastated bodies. I understood what he said. All too clearly. It had been my suspicion, but I was too afraid to voice it aloud, as if saying it might make it real... -
Blood Captain by Justin Somper
Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsAs fans of the Vampirates series know, nothing is quite as it seems when Vampirates and pirates are involved, so twins Connor and Grace have to keep up their guards. But with every new challenge pulling them farther apart, it seems that the time has finally come for the twins to explore their separate fates... -
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Night's Pleasure by Amanda Ashley
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsDesire Casts a Dark Spell... Savanah Gentry’s life was so much simpler when she was a reporter for the local newspaper. That was before her father’s sudden death drew her into a mysterious new world she was just beginning to understand...Categorized as:
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Immortal War by Justin Somper
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsA bloody war is raging across the oceans, with the Pirate Federation and Nocturnals in alliance against the renegade Vampirates, led by Sidorio and Lola... -
Strategic Vulnerability: New & Lengthened 2016 Anniversary Edition by Mandy M. Roth
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsFrom NY Times & USA Today Bestselling Author Mandy M...Categorized as:
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Captiva Captive by Talyn Scott
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThree things should have never happened: Habaline Shapeshifters walked the face of the earth, legends of Mythoi blended in flawlessly with human society, and Blythe Giarrusso returned home to Florida. A powerful vampyr will stop and nothing to get her back. Unfortunately, he’s standing in a very long line...Categorized as:
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Warrior's Mate by Emma Alisyn
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsA Dark Alien Prince + his unquenchable desire x his insatiable thirst = a warrior willing to defy a galaxy to claim his mate. Born with a platinum spoon in her mouth, warrior bride-in-training Gayle throws it away in order to sneak aboard a Yadeshi military vessel to escape imprisonment by her family... -
Cold Stone and Ivy by H. Leighton Dickson
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsJack the Ripper gave her his heart. Now he wants it back. The year is 1888, the clockwork British Empire is crumbling and young writer Ivy Savage has literally received a heart in the post. Terrified, her father sends her north to a strange sanitarium in Lancashire where the brilliant but unpredictable “Mad Lord of Lasingstoke” makes his home...Categorized as:
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His Earth Maiden by Michelle M. Pillow
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFormer elite Federation soldier, now turned space pirate, Jackson Burke has done his best to turn his life around—for the better. He isn't prepared when fate leaves a woman's safety totally in his hands. Since heroes don't leave a damsel in distress—and despite being outlaw pirates, the crew considers themselves the good guys—Jackson assumes responsibility for the beauty... -
Deceit and Lies by A.K. Michaels
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLies come easy for me, as easily as I can change my face and my appearance with my forbidden magic. It’s necessary…I’m an Assassin. Dangerous and deadly and I’ve just agreed to take on the most treacherous mission of all. But when I meet my mark…the new leader of the Vampires, Cassius Allarde…my instincts are screaming that something’s wrong... -
Alien's Feral Seed by Aya Morningstar
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsAbducted. Taken to a hellish alien world. And it only gets worse.Horrifying creatures called the Vereni are out for my blood,But my abductor is an alien warrior who claims he's my protector.He says there's only one thing that will truly keep me safe.His seed.To protect me, he fights through the Vereni with a ferocity and possessiveness that no human man has ever shown me...Categorized as:
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Alphas for the Holidays: Over 30 Paranormal Winter Tales of Werewolves, Dragons, Shifters, Vampires, Fae, Special Forces, Witches, Billionaires, Magics, Ghosts, Demons, and more! by Mandy M. Roth, Michelle M. Pillow
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFeaturing OVER 30 Alpha Tales from NYT, USA Today and National Bestselling Authors! Today's top selling authors have come together to form a collection that is filled with magic, mystery, mayhem and most importantly happily ever afters...Categorized as:
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His Secret Heir: Dread Lord's Fated Mate by Emma Alisyn, Celeste King
A matebond born in blood and betrayal. An obsessed alien warlord prince who will hunt her across galaxies rather than let her go. . .CHANDAI'm just your average gal, a fugitive on the run from the possessive barbarian warlord who tried to claim me as his mate and drag me back to his planet as a blood concubine.I fled. He isn't happy...Categorized as:
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Death Defying by Nina Croft
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsPart snake, part human, and—some would say all bitch—Captain Tannis of the starship El Cazador has one goal in life—to earn enough credits to pay for the Meridian treatment to achieve the immortality she craves. And one last job will get her there. The assignment: protecting the most powerful man in the Universe. Being leader of the known universe isn’t all it’s cracked up to be... -
Stegian by Mandy M. Roth, Reagan Hawk
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsStegian is a man held prisoner in his own body by a vampire demon. A demon hell bent on ridding the planet of all Janelles. He rules by fear and he rules well. But, when a mysterious, gorgeous woman arrives late one night, tempting him, claiming to want to save him from himself, everything changes... -
Broken Mate: The Eternals Crossover Novella by J. Marie
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsUSA Today Bestselling Author, Jordan Marie, writing as J. Marie, brings you a follow up story to her paranormal series in a Badlands and Eternals crossover novella.NINEThe only memories I have are of being studied and tortured.My captors were slowly killing me.When I got the chance to escape, I took it—even though doing so left my brothers alone in that prison...Categorized as:
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The Fifty-Seven Lives of Alex Wayfare by M.G. Buehrlen
Rated: 3.97 of 5 stars · 16 ratings"Beautiful prose, an intelligent plot, and a heroine as fabulous as she is unique—I couldn't put it down!" —C. J. Redwine, The Defiance Trilogy For as long as she can remember, 17-year-old Alex Wayfare has had visions of the past...Categorized as:
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Primal Claim by Marie Johnston
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsAfter losing her family to feral shifters, Dani dedicated her life to eradicating those responsible, almost reaching Agent status with Sigma. Uncertainty about the network, and questions about their purpose were plaguing her when she was tasked with a mission that would forever change her and send her running toward those she once sought to destroy...Categorized as:
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Better in the Dark by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHere at last is a long-hinted-at chapter in the undead existence of the immortal Count Saint-Germain: the story of Ranegonda of Saxony, one of the three great loves of Saint-Germain's life...Categorized as:
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Meant to Be by Megan Derr
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe Draconis are a race of unexpected power and ability, complicated by their tendency to ‘match’ with other magics capable beings. The trial to decide whether or not they should be exterminated is about to begin, and both sides have gathered some of the brightest minds in the galaxy to argue before the Star Assembly of the Infinitum Government... -
The Butterfly Code by Sue Wyshynski
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsShivering, I wind my arms around my ribs.That's when I see him. Dr. Hunter Cayman.The man the town has been whispering about. The man no one really seems to know. The man my father despises.He's across the street, leaning against a steel monster--a low-slung black car, its curves somehow wicked in the night. Rain sparkles like fire on the front hood under the glow of the orange streetlamps...Categorized as:
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Hunted, Vol. Two by Chloe Cole
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThis book is preceded by Hunted: Volume One. Zara Matheson has put aside her fears and paranoia. Vampires aren’t real, but Gabriel Thorne is. And he’s rocking her socks off... -
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Willing to Die by Lisa Jackson
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWHEN A KILLER HAS NOTHING TO LOSE The crime scene is as puzzling as it is brutal. Doctor Paul Latham and his wife, Brindel, are found dead in separate beds in their beautiful San Francisco home, each the victim of a gunshot wound to the head. There are no signs of forced entry, and despite the emptied safe it’s clear this murder isn’t random... -
Viktor: Heart of Her King by Julia Mills, Linda Boulanger
Rated: 3.97 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsThree millennium brought the Supreme Commander to this place at this time to meet the one woman who can save not only his soul but his very existence. Too many days pondering her life. Too many nights dreaming of the nameless, faceless man who makes her feel things she never thought possible. One has a chance for revenge, the other a chance for redemption. Together they must make a choice...Categorized as:
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Different Senses by Ann Somerville
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsJaven Ythen is an angry man. A shooting on the job triggered his genetic empathy, and as a result, he lost his career as a cop, and his lover. Now he has to find something to do with his life, while coming to terms with losing the job and the man he loved, as well as a racial heritage unsuspected by anyone in his family. He lives in a society divided by class and race... -
To Date A Dragon by Natalie Kristen
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAs the last dragon king of Draca, Rohan Draek vows to keep his people safe. For nearly seven decades, the Dracans have been living on Earth, hiding from their enemies. But when the savage killings begin, Rohan knows that the hunted must become the hunter. Rohan is aided by his two fearless, loyal guards... -
No Longer Alone by Erin R. Flynn
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMy name is Inez Garner, and my story has sort of been told… But not. I’m turning twenty-three and find out I’m not human; I’m apparently a vampire. Sure, who hasn’t read that story? Oh, but I’m a princess. And there’s a zombie apocalypse—although I’m debating where the line is of apocalypse vs. post-apocalypse...Categorized as:
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Reaching for Home by Erin R. Flynn
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsMy name is Inez Garner, and I’m a vampire princess. I no longer swallow a hysterical giggle when I say that but I’m still trying to accept all that comes with it. Now that I’m not recovering from years of starving and feeding as I should, my power is growing and honestly, it scares me and makes me a huge target. Luckily, the crazy of the apocalypse keeps me pretty distracted...Categorized as:
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Things Not Seen by Andrew Clements
Bobby Phillips is an average fifteen-year-old boy. Until the morning he wakes up and can't see himself in the mirror. Not blind, not dreaming. Bobby is just plain invisible... There doesn't seem to be any rhyme or reason to Bobby's new condition; even his dad the physicist can't figure it out. For Bobby that means no school, no friends, no life. He's a missing person. Then he meets Alicia...Categorized as:
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The Fifth Moon's Wolf by Monica La Porta
Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsValentine Lobo is the last werewolf left on Lupine. Genetically engineered to give him an heir, Mirella Canalis is the woman he is destined to marry. What starts like an arranged marriage soon becomes a passionate union of complementary souls, but politics and jealousy threaten the newlyweds’ happiness...Categorized as:
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A.S.H.E.R. (Don't Read in the Closet Events) by Kallysten
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsDear Author,Tell me about a day in the life of this sexbot. Maybe it’s the day he’s first been unpacked and settled into his new home! Maybe it’s sometime after he’s settled into a routine... -
Taken: The Vampire's Concubine: Part Two by Desiree Broussard
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsRelease Date: 5/30/14 Taken: The Vampire's Concubine - Part Two Genres: Vampire Romance, Erotic Romance Blurb: Abducted by the vampires, Keely has been taken to their foreign world as their concubine. Expected to select a mate from the hoard, she attracts the attentions of a dangerous male... While her lover stands by, helpless to stop it...Categorized as:
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Taken: The Vampire's Concubine: Part Three by Desiree Broussard
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsRelease Date: 6/27/14 Taken: The Vampire's Concubine - Part Three Genres: Vampire Romance, Erotic Romance Two alpha vampires, both determined to have her. One of them will resort to anything, even if it means death. Keely is slowly adapting to Legionnaire - the planet of the vampires. Now taken as a royal concubine, her resistance to Kosmas is starting to slip... -
True Claim by Marie Johnston
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsOver a century ago, Bennett Young found his mate, a human woman he trusted and was brutally betrayed by. With his one chance at happiness gone, Bennett throws himself into his work. He dreads the inevitable day he turns feral and his partners will be forced to put him down, then a routine mission brings him face-to-face with his worst nightmare. A human mate...Categorized as:
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Princess Ninja Warrior by Erin R. Flynn
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsMy name is Inez Garner, and I’m a vampire princess, a fiancée to two wonderful men, girlfriend to two others, survivor of the apocalypse, awesome with a rifle… And in way over my head. Aether’s quest is FINALLY done. After five long, grueling years, I’ve collected and hidden everything She wanted me to...Categorized as:
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Moonlight & Mechanicals by Cindy Spencer Pape
Rated: 3.82 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsLondon, 1859 Engineer Winifred "Wink" Hadrian has been in love with Inspector Liam McCullough for years, but is beginning to lose hope when he swears to be a lifelong bachelor. Faced with a proposal from a Knight of the Round Table and one of her closest friends, Wink reluctantly agrees to consider him instead... -
The Blushing Bounder by Meljean Brook
In The Iron Duke, Constable Newberry helped save all of England. But before the events of that novel, Constable Newberry’s faced a danger of another kind: to his heart, by the woman forced to marry him. What will it take for this prudish bounder to convince his wife to stay? The Blushing Bounder was previously published in the anthology Wild & Steamy...Categorized as:
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Moonlight & Mechanicals by Cindy Spencer Pape
Rated: 3.78 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsLondon, 1859 Engineer Winifred "Wink" Hadrian has been in love with Inspector Liam McCullough for years, but is beginning to lose hope when he swears to be a lifelong bachelor. Faced with a proposal from a Knight of the Round Table and one of her closest friends, Wink reluctantly agrees to consider him instead...Categorized as:
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