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  • The HellBeast's Sacrifice by Stephanie Hudson

    The HellBeast's Sacrifice by Stephanie Hudson

    Rated: 4.68 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    Book 6 in The HellBeast King seriesFull Blurb coming soon...
  • Dark Memory by Christine Feehan

    Dark Memory by Christine Feehan

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 27 ratings
    Safia Meziane has trained since birth to protect her tribe, the family she holds so dear. All along she told herself the legends she was raised with were simply that. But now, she must call upon all of her skills to fight what lies ahead. Evil has come to their small town on the cost of Algeria, evil that Safia can feel but cannot see...
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  • Dark Song by Christine Feehan

    Dark Song by Christine Feehan

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 33 ratings
    Two Carpathians find hope in the bond that ties their souls in this passionate novel in Christine Feehan’s #1 New York Times bestselling series.   Stolen from her home at a young age and tormented for centuries, Elisabeta Trigovise is scared to show herself to anyone...
  • Fire by Charlene Hartnady

    Fire by Charlene Hartnady

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 18 ratings
    Fire is the third book in a series about monsters of all kinds. If you enjoy fated mates, forbidden romance, sassy heroines and swoon-worthy beast kings who are almost untamable, then this is the series for you."To avoid spoilers, I will not be writing a blurb for this book. If you have read Ruin, you will know that this next story is about Thor...
  • Fallen Reign by S.L. Jennings

    Fallen Reign by S.L. Jennings

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 21 ratings
    Yesterday, I had the audacity to imagine a future. One that didn’t include hunting demons hellbent on destroying humanity or being used as a pawn for my father’s revenge. One comprised of a home and a family and all the things I’d longed for as a broken child. Then in the blink of a silver speckled eye, my foolish hope was extinguished, and my world came crumbling down. We stood strong...
  • Shadow Me by Annie Anderson

    Shadow Me by Annie Anderson

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Once upon a time, I killed a god and stole his power. I’ve been paying for it ever since.After my banishment, I promised myself three things.One: I would never take a mate.Two: I would find a way to get rid of the power I stole.Three: I would punish the gods who banished me.Not necessarily in that order.There’s just one teeny, tiny little problem...
  • Blood of Ancients by Sara C. Roethle

    Blood of Ancients by Sara C. Roethle

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Eiric won the battle, but Lyssandra plans on winning the war. With her bond broken, her magic builds, threatening to consume her—a price she is willing to pay if it means she can bring Eiric down with her.Only, not everything is as it seems. She had thought the Ivangard witches villains, not victims...
  • The Powerless Witch by J.S. Hart

    The Powerless Witch by J.S. Hart

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 8 ratings
    Great power comes from pain. But pain is powerless in the face of love.Robbed of her power by a wound that not even the strongest witch can heal, Celeste is forced to make another dangerous bargain. She must venture into the Fae realm with nothing but the help of its enigmatic prince, where enemies lurk behind the lethal beauty of its court...
  • Raven's Cry by Charlie Nottingham

    Raven's Cry by Charlie Nottingham

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 9 ratings
    Everyone has skeletons in their closet, but Rain's are learning to open the door. Rain's lost everything in the last decade. Her grandmother, her brother, and her family home might be next. All she has is Graham - a powerful Fae who illegally escaped the Fae Realm and has been her best friend ever since. Until Ezra - the sexiest Vampire she's ever seen - commissions her for one hell of a job...
  • Blade of Demons by Sara C. Roethle

    Blade of Demons by Sara C. Roethle

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    When another ancient is murdered, Lyssandra alone cannot resist Asher’s call. Aiding him means going against the Potentate’s direct orders, and she won’t bring Steifan and Tholdri down with her.But the murder isn’t the only problem. Mysterious shadows stalk a nearby village, and ghouls are roaming free...
  • The Bonds That Break Us by Erin Mainord

    The Bonds That Break Us by Erin Mainord

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 11 ratings
    She wants revenge.He wants her.After learning of Sin’s dark deceptions, Wren travels to The Feral Vale where she is introduced to the rustic land of the elves. She vows to protect her family at all expense, even if that means keeping the Black Art’s treacherous secret...
  • A Vampire’s Mate: A Dark Protectors/Rebels Novella by Rebecca Zanetti

    A Vampire’s Mate: A Dark Protectors/Rebels Novella by Rebecca Zanetti

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    There’s nothing Jasper Maxwell likes better than a good chase. He is patient and cunning, and he is known as one of the coldest hunters in the immortal realm. As a vampire with a hint of demon blood in him, he stands out even amongst the finest trackers in the shifter world...
  • Dark Wolf's Awakening by Ryan Evans

    Dark Wolf's Awakening by Ryan Evans

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    It has been thousands of years since Beast-Kind were united under one banner. The empire encompasses most of the known world, driving out or enslaving the lesser races without mercy. In a state of constant war and conquest, they have perfected the art of battle.For commoner wolf-kind, Valian, being accepted and trained in a noble house's army was a dream come true...
  • Wicked Vampire Prince by Bella Klaus

    Wicked Vampire Prince by Bella Klaus

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 10 ratings
    Four years ago, a Vampire Prince abducted me. I wiped his memory with a voodoo doll, escaped, and tried to forget him.A magical disaster struck, breaking my curse, and he’s back.And he’s furious.Tall, dark, and utterly deadly, he’s determined to make me his. Even though I despise blood-suckers, I can’t resist his allure...
  • Inferno by J.B. Trepagnier

    Inferno by J.B. Trepagnier

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Where no hope is left, is left no fear My familiar brings us word. Another one of my mates has their life on the line with this deadly game with the Hellhounds and the mysterious Prince of Hell. They don’t seem to know Lilith is on our side. We have our secrets too. The game strikes a little too close to home and I’m in a fighting mood. It’s time to fight back...
  • Seduce My Love by Yumoyori Wilson

    Seduce My Love by Yumoyori Wilson

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    The seduction in my veins not only brings me two loving mates but opens the path to a third lover who holds knowledge and power. Will it help me rekindle a broken bond with a family member or lead me astray when the tension between races thickens? Being a private secretary to NYC billionaires proves to be a lot easier than expected...
  • Claiming the Beast by Holly Roberds

    Claiming the Beast by Holly Roberds

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    I’ll claw down the walls around her heart, if it’s the last thing I do.My angel of death succeeded in killing me, but I didn’t count on her bringing me back to life. My resurrection unleashed every monster and god ever slain by the Blade of Bane, including my immortal enemy...
  • Necessary Evil by Harper A. Brooks

    Necessary Evil by Harper A. Brooks

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 9 ratings
    A great evil waits for me…And it won’t stop until it swallows me whole.I’ve been ripped from Dark Castle, thrown back into the mortal world where I don’t belong.Here, they think I’m crazy. They’ve locked me up and forced pills down my throat, telling me I’ve lost my mind.And maybe I have…I’ve fallen for three monsters after all...
  • Darkest Sin: Books 1-3 by Mila Young, Harper A. Brooks

    Darkest Sin: Books 1-3 by Mila Young, Harper A. Brooks

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    They say never make a deal with a demon…but what if I didn’t have a choice?On my eighteenth birthday, my soul was traded to three sin demons as payment for my foster-father’s gambling debts.Little did I know that being with them would unleash my own desires and Hell on Earth.Literally.But these tempting devils aren’t the only ones with ungodly powers because I’m no angel myself...
  • Destroyer: The Dark Angel Chronicles by Serenity Rayne

    Destroyer: The Dark Angel Chronicles by Serenity Rayne

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Loss… War… Retribution… You know the final straw? The one that makes everything snap and then all hell breaks loose? Lucifer crossed that line tenfold. He stole my daughter… Killed my grandfather… I’m out for blood, and there will be no force in Heaven or Hell able to stop me. My sights are set on the Prince of Lies and I will bring him to his knees. Lucifer will pay for all the pain he’s caused...
    Categorized as:
    angels  demons  dark  magic  paranormal  fantasy  length-short
  • Stolen Destiny by C.R. Jane, Mila Young

    Stolen Destiny by C.R. Jane, Mila Young

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    What is a siren without her power?I'm about to find out, and I have no problems embracing the darkness to do so.I was thrown into a literal hell, and every day feels like it could be my last.But amid such darkness, I thought I found light with three men who've shown me happiness is possible even in a place like this.Except, maybe I was too quick to trust and give my heart away...
  • This Is Halloween: A Spooky Holiday Monster Reverse Harem Romance by Melody Rose

    This Is Halloween: A Spooky Holiday Monster Reverse Harem Romance by Melody Rose

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Margo was just your normal Christmas elf, and sure maybe she had a bit too much Christmas cheer, but hey, if starting to decorate for Christmas in July was wrong, she didn't want to be right.At least, until the three lords of Halloween decide to kidnap her and bring her back to Halloweenland.There’s Jack, the hopelessly sexy and tall King of Halloween, who’s harboring a monster inside of him...
  • Song of the Dark Wood by Sheila Masterson

    Song of the Dark Wood by Sheila Masterson

    Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 15 ratings
    For centuries, the people of remote Ballybrine have kept the peace with their gods by sacrificing a Red Maiden to ferry souls from the Mother’s realm of the living, through the Dark Wood, to the Wolf’s realm of the dead. Soon it will be Rowan’s turn...
  • Of Death and Darkness by Megan Montero

    Of Death and Darkness by Megan Montero

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 15 ratings
    A woman marked by death.A demon who would send her there himself.A revolution that will change it all.Death comes to us all… or so they say. But they never said that’s what I’d become… death. I’d spent my life taking care of everyone else besides myself. I finally let go for one night. One night of freedom. One night of fun. One night to dance my burdens away...
  • Descent by Liza James

    Descent by Liza James

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    STELLAI’ve become something unrecognizable.My body and mind are split with demands that terrify me. I know the only person who can help satisfy the hunger is the one person I want to kill—Danner.But I have my own theories, my own intuition that implies someone else can feed me like no other. I’m drawn to him like a spark to his flame. He ignites my spirit but amplifies the excruciating appetite...
    Categorized as:
    angels  demons  paranormal  fantasy  dark  length-medium
  • Out of Sight: Completed Duet by Katie May

    Out of Sight: Completed Duet by Katie May

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I’ve only ever known two things.Darkness and pain. Blind since a young age, I spent my life as an experiment and test subject. My days were spent in torment.Until one day…I fought back.Only to end up a prisoner once again.Nightmare Penitentiary houses the most dangerous criminals in the supernatural world...
  • Tangled Fates by Mandy Muse

    Tangled Fates by Mandy Muse

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    I’ve been hiding all my life.My power is rare and everyone wants it. People are willing to pay for it, even kill for it.I live in a tower with my cat surrounded by mountains and a magical barrier to keep me safe. Mother has kept me safe for almost two hundred years but the loneliness is eating me alive.It’s happened once before...
  • The World Undone by Gray Holborn

    The World Undone by Gray Holborn

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    I’d spent months convincing each of my bond-mates that hurting them was the last thing I’d ever do. And, as a twisted and cruel fate would have it, it would be. Lucifer's plan for saving the world requires three key components: my power, the nexus, and the stone. We only have the first...and absolutely no idea where the other two might be hiding...
  • Princess of Bael by Lexi C. Foss

    Princess of Bael by Lexi C. Foss

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A standalone enemies-to-lovers paranormal romance.A lifetime of vengeance and decades of pain…He abandoned her in Hell. She’s returned to make him pay.KayOnce upon a time, I fell for an Archangel’s trick.He bonded me to him for eternity.Then left me in Hell to survive alone.I’m no longer the woman I was before.I’m stronger. Faster. Harder. And lethal.It’s my turn to deliver justice where it’s due...
  • Their Reaper by Lacey Carter Andersen

    Their Reaper by Lacey Carter Andersen

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Have you ever said you’d die for someone you loved? Well, I actually did.In my new life, no one knows my darkest secret. No one knows what I became after death. I doubt the charming male nurse would give me a second look if he knew the truth. I doubt my dominating boss, who I made the mistake of sleeping with, would be quite so possessive of me...
  • All Hallows Eve-Volume 1: A Halloween Why Boos Charity anthology by Ames Mills, Kotah Jean

    All Hallows Eve-Volume 1: A Halloween Why Boos Charity anthology by Ames Mills, Kotah Jean

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A Halloween Why Boos Charity anthology is a collection of original, brand new short stories.Participating authors for this Ames MillsKotah Jean & Aly BeckSara HindsCassandra FeatherstoneRuby SmokeM. BonnetTaylor SchaferWren White**All short stories in this volume will contain paranormal aspects...
    Categorized as:
    witches  demons  shapeshifters  paranormal  poly  menage  m-m-f  m-m
  • A Fated Vow by Amanda Aggie

    A Fated Vow by Amanda Aggie

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 5 ratings
    For fans of 'A Court of Thorns and Roses', 'Bride of the Shadow King', and 'The Bargainer' series, this enemies to lovers fantasy romance between a villain with the power to command death and an elf lord's daughter is bound to have you reading late into the night. As the only living child of the Elf Lord, I'm set to inherit the Elven Islands...
  • Crossing Acheron by H.G. Birde

    Crossing Acheron by H.G. Birde

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Malachy Donovan was born human. But after waking up in a pool of his own blood, he knew that fact, which once felt so certain, had been changed forever.After being freed from imprisonment by Acheron and his elite unit of bodyguards, Malachy quickly learns the truth of his condition: he is a dhampir, a rare and powerful creature born half-human, half-vampire...
  • Another Damned Pirate by Myka Bound

    Another Damned Pirate by Myka Bound

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 7 ratings
    The trip home should have been the end of my little adventure.I was supposed to settle back into my life, work on getting Matty through school, and try like hell to put the memories of the world I barely escaped and my brooding pirate behind me.Petra had a different ending in mind. That wicked, soul-stealing demon sent something back to the human realm in my magical wake...
  • Death Do We Part: Raven's Duet by Ashley Amy

    Death Do We Part: Raven's Duet by Ashley Amy

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Everyone knows. My secret is out. Saving them, I had to unmask who I am. Now that I've been outed, things keep spiraling out of control. The new threats lurk in places we can’t see. When an unknown enemy comes, I’m the only thing that can stop it. As Death, I have to learn my name doesn’t just mean dying. With my known generals at my side, I knew I had a circle I could trust...
  • Fae Farewells: The Chronicles of Sloane King by M.F. Adele

    Fae Farewells: The Chronicles of Sloane King by M.F. Adele

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    I am not a good person.Torture and murder can’t even ease the wrath that’s thrumming through my veins. I’m that f*****g angry.This vendetta might actually kill me, but it goes so far beyond the mess my parents left for me to clean up. All the pieces have finally started falling into place. The lies, the hidden agendas, and the games begin to paint a crystal-clear picture...
  • Zodiac Monsters by Leann Belle

    Zodiac Monsters by Leann Belle

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    What are brothers for, if not completely ruining each other's lives?Two months at Graves Academy, and my life is a mess. The people who I thought I could trust are monsters, and those who I thought were monsters, well... I was right. Even when I do my best to distance myself from these dangerous men, the push and pull of the stars keeps us tied together...
  • Eternal Damnation by Stacy Reid

    Eternal Damnation by Stacy Reid

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Heavy is the crown of darkness…Lachlan Ravenswood lives in cold, emotionless exile lest he tempts the demon within him to rise. For centuries he’s denied its darkest urgings, his duty to the realm as a shadow assassin the only call to which he responds. Until her...
  • The Crimson Road (Sourdough Universe) by A.G. Slatter

    The Crimson Road (Sourdough Universe) by A.G. Slatter

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A captivating dark gothic fantasy set in the same universe as the award-winning author's All The Murmuring Bones, The Path of Thorns and The Briar Book of the Dead. A tale of vampires, assassins, ancient witches and broken promises.Violet Zennor has had a peculiar upbringing...
  • Out of the Ashes by Tansey Morgan

    Out of the Ashes by Tansey Morgan

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Fresh out of Hell and into the arms of angels. For a demon, nothing could be worse.When a bunch of cultists drag me out of Hell to be their promised, demonic slave, I don't have a choice but to slash their throats and claw my way to freedom. But the fight leaves me weak, and wounded I fall into the hands of the only thing worse than cultists.Angels...
  • Legion of the Queen by D.M. Simmons

    Legion of the Queen by D.M. Simmons

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    You come for him, she’s coming for you.You come for her, he’s coming for you.You come for their family, the legion comes, and they always protect their queen.DIABLOWhen Luke shot Dante and left him for dead, he didn’t just start a war, he awakened a power in me that lie dormant, for thousands of years...
    Categorized as:
    demons  angels  fantasy  dark  paranormal  m-f  length-medium
  • Wrath by Billie Blue

    Wrath by Billie Blue

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    At an early age, Jon Marcus Matthews learned that a life worth living was one of patience, peace, and kindness. His chosen career was supposed to embody those values. It was meant to help people, but lately, it seemed like he saw more and more of humanity’s darkness. So he was tired, so very tired, but oh, was he stubborn. He refused to give up and held onto the good things in this world...
  • Wraith Captive by Lacey Carter Andersen

    Wraith Captive by Lacey Carter Andersen

    Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    No one believes I was at the wrong place at the wrong time...Grant it, I kind of get it. I have been found around an abnormally large amount of dead people lately. The thing is, I'm not the dangerous murderer they think I am. If I could tell the truth about my not-so-human father, they'd understand.But I can't...
  • Vanquished Gods by C.N. Crawford

    Vanquished Gods by C.N. Crawford

    Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    All I wanted was a simple life in my cozy forest cottage, hiding out from the witch finders. So when a vampire appears to disrupt my peace, I kill him instantly. Unfortunately, I learn he was the best friend of Sion--the vampire king. Sion, unaware of what I did, shows up next. The dangerously seductive vampire wants to harness my death powers to fight the Order...
  • The Tangleroot Palace by Marjorie M. Liu

    The Tangleroot Palace by Marjorie M. Liu

    Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    New York Times bestseller and Hugo, British Fantasy, Romantic Times, and Eisner award-winning author of the graphic novel, Monstress, Marjorie Liu leads you deep into the heart of the tangled woods. In her long-awaited debut story collection, dark, lush, and spellbinding short fiction you will find unexpected detours, dangerous magic, and even more dangerous women...
  • The Way You Break by K.J. Jackson

    The Way You Break by K.J. Jackson

    Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    There are some that want to exploit my powers. There are some that want me dead. Then there is one that just wants me.A shadow world exists. One where gods that aren’t quite gods walk amongst us. One I didn’t know about when I woke up by a cold mountain river…soaked…freezing. With pain cracking my skull in two and no memory of who I was or what I was doing there...
  • Dark Hunter by Melody Rose

    Dark Hunter by Melody Rose

    Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Not only that, what if Death was more than just an event, but a deliciously dark, sexy man. A sexy twin . I never thought I would want death as much as I do, but with the shadows of Daath and Syrion looming over me, I’m not sure I mind spending the rest of eternity locked in their Moonstone castle. They say death comes for us all… but I want him to come for me...
  • Reaper Hospital: Code Stubborn Doctor by Lacey Carter Andersen

    Reaper Hospital: Code Stubborn Doctor by Lacey Carter Andersen

    Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    There are worse things than death…With my possessive god, my hot shifter, and my stubborn vampire, I felt a kind of safety and peace I never imagined in this life. We began to feel like a family.But all of that is gone now.They hate my kind. If they learn the truth about what I am, they’ll kill me. And if I can’t stop the other reapers from killing a shifter alpha, my wolf is dead...
  • Monster's Pleasure by Anne Hale, Celeste King

    Monster's Pleasure by Anne Hale, Celeste King

    Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    He’s a walking nightmare and our love is a twisted dream…She’s been a plaything for the dark elves for far too long.I’ll kill all of them to make her mine.Their screams of agony will be replaced…By our screams of pleasure.But I know that once I have her in my claws she’ll never want to leave.Yes, I terrify her. But that just makes the pleasure so much stronger.I’ve been a monster for so long...
  • Plug and Drain by Darcy Fayton

    Plug and Drain by Darcy Fayton

    Rated: 3.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    ◆ Vampires crave more than blood when they visit students’ beds. Refusing a vampire student is dangerous. But refusing the headmaster? Impossible...
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