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  • When Fate is Cruel: A Short Story Collection by L.J. Andrews

    When Fate is Cruel: A Short Story Collection by L.J. Andrews

    Rated: 4.88 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    What if the villain in every tale is fate itselfWelcome to a special short story collection from the worlds of LJ Andrews. Part 1: The Ever SeasErik Bloodsinger never wanted to live in a cruel kingdom that was desperate to shape their scarred, young king into someone ruthless. But fate is cruel sometimes...
  • Credo by Nashoda Rose

    Credo by Nashoda Rose

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    New York Times & USA Today Best Selling Author Nashoda Rose brings a fresh twist to the paranormal romance world with 'the Scars'. An unrequited love. A tortured past. An unbreakable bond. Their love was well-known throughout the immortal world. The powerful Taldeburu Waleron and his Delara. But tragedy struck and tore them apart for years. One believing the other was dead...
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  • In The Dark by C.J. Blaire, Katie Wolfe

    In The Dark by C.J. Blaire, Katie Wolfe

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Isa has spent her entire life serving the Veiled Brotherhood, and the last thing she wants is to fail her mission as an elite assassin. Trained to be silent, swift, and unseen, failure isn't just disgrace––it's punishable. Only now, death hovers in the air as she secretly searches for her parents behind King Elion's back...
  • Ship of Shadows by Tee Harlowe

    Ship of Shadows by Tee Harlowe

    Rated: 4.62 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 10 ratings
    He broke my heart once. Now working with him might shatter it for good. I’m chained to my crown. Queen of a court I don’t want. Ever since my brothers and father disappeared, I’ve been forced to rule, to give up the freedom I crave. It’s all the pirate lord’s fault. Bastian Lore sailed into my life, charmed me completely—then betrayed me...
  • The Seven Virtues by Thesehunprint

    The Seven Virtues by Thesehunprint

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    SECOND BOOK OF THE SEVEN DEVILS. One year and a half after her departure, Varya Petrov is still fighting against time itself. With Grindelwald's attacks on Hogwarts becoming more and more aggressive, there is only a matter of time before the war is lost. Varya has been assigned one task- find the remaining Deathly Hallows and protect them from Grindelwald...
  • King of None by Kathryn Ann Kingsley

    King of None by Kathryn Ann Kingsley

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 41 ratings
    The Ancients are free, and all bets are off. With the rise of the primordial creators of Under everything has changed. Our world is no longer the same, and neither is Aon. I learned his dark secret the moment the sun peeked over the horizon for the first time in thousands of years. Every king and queen in Under used to be human—even Edu. But not Aon...
  • Facet by Kristine Allen

    Facet by Kristine Allen

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I’m Damien “Facet” Blackwood—tech guru for the Ankeny RBMC. Love is bullsh*t. My mother and her two thousand husbands were enough to convince me. Give me my computers any day of the week. Until Willow. Victim of a black market adoption, she wanted our help to find her biological parents. From the second I laid eyes on her, I wanted her, but I couldn’t touch her. It would only lead to heartache...
  • Blade of Demons by Sara C. Roethle

    Blade of Demons by Sara C. Roethle

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 18 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...
  • Blood Ecstasy by Tessa Dawn

    Blood Ecstasy by Tessa Dawn

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 15 ratings
    Julien Lacusta is a troubled soul, born into tragic circumstances, and raised in a violent time. Despite being a Master Warrior in the house of Jadon, and one of the most elite trackers the Vampyr have ever seen, he is damaged to the core: tormented by endless shadows, haunted by unseen ghosts...
  • A Discovery of Witches Vol. 2 of 2 by Deborah Harkness

    A Discovery of Witches Vol. 2 of 2 by Deborah Harkness

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    A Tale of Survival and Revenge. Saori wakes up in a small village surrounded by mountains. She has no memories of anything that happened previously to arriving here. As she is forced to integrate among the villagers, the dark and macabre history of the place comes to light. Trapped in a village with cold and unwelcome people, the girl wants to find a way out and beyond the mysterious mountains...
  • 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...
  • A Monarch's Fall by J.K. Jeffrey

    A Monarch's Fall by J.K. Jeffrey

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The kingdom is splintering, and every power is hungry for the same prize — Percy Flores. Torn from Selene’s side and trapped in the power games of those who would use her, Percy uncovers the truth of her bloodline. But knowledge comes at a cost, and every secret makes her a target. Meanwhile, Selene Borealis is being pushed toward the throne and away from the woman she would burn the world for...
    Categorized as:
    witches  magic  vampires  f-f  paranormal  queer  dark  fantasy
  • Forgotten Curse by C.M. Owens

    Forgotten Curse by C.M. Owens

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 9 ratings
    Araya Crush has suffered another broken heart after falling for Hale again, and she has started all over once more. But fate is meddling in her will to stay away this time, making it almost impossible to push her feelings aside. Her full blood hasn't given up his rights to her either, and she finds herself constantly falling into his consoling arms...
  • Crown of the Dunes by S.C. Grayson

    Crown of the Dunes by S.C. Grayson

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    War brought them together. Forging peace could tear them apart. Back in Kelvadan after narrowly escaping death, former exile Keera is now hailed as a hero for protecting the Great City against the lord of the clans. Forced to lie low as her injuries heal, she discovers the city’s position is more precarious than ever...
  • Dance of the Phoenix by Sapir A. Englard

    Dance of the Phoenix by Sapir A. Englard

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    In a tantalizing follow-up to Blood of the Gods, author Sapir A. Englard returns underground to the dangerous world of vampires, where war looms on the horizon and jealousy courses through cold veins. Aileen Henderson is still finding her bearings among the vampires...
  • Seer by Hettie Ivers

    Seer by Hettie Ivers

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Ten years ago, seers across the globe were wiped out, thrusting the supernatural world into figurative darkness. When word spreads that the first new seer in a decade has been found, powerful forces will hunt her. The dead will unite to defend her. And a repressed sadist werelock will abandon his century-long vow of celibacy to claim her as his own...
  • Buried Destiny by Anne Malcom

    Buried Destiny by Anne Malcom

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 9 ratings
    Death. For everyone, even immortals, there is nothing after death. No takebacks, no comebacks. It's a full stop. The end of a story. The end of everything. For Sophie, it's little more than a comma. A prelude. A footnote in her true destiny. She was fated to die. Many times. To know what lay beneath in the underworld. To bring the darkness back with her...
  • Claimed by the Pack by Kimber White

    Claimed by the Pack by Kimber White

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    This complete series box set contains all five books in Kimber White’s exciting, ultra steamy, utterly shocking new werewolf romance serial, Claimed by the Pack. No cliffhangers! One dark night. One fatal turn. A wild passion hotter than anything she’s ever known. A tragic accident on a lonely highway puts college freshman, Neve in the path of sexy Alpha wolf, Tucker...
  • Chasing Never by T.A. Lawrence

    Chasing Never by T.A. Lawrence

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 9 ratings
    Just one more bargain. Since childhood, Wendy Darling’s fate has been ruled by Mating Marks and fae bargains. Now, one last bargain with a Fate has gained Nolan Astor’s freedom. But when the cost turns out to be far greater than Wendy anticipated, both she and Astor must answer one...
  • A Tether Through the Rift by Lindsey N. Rhoden

    A Tether Through the Rift by Lindsey N. Rhoden

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Hazel is ready to find answers about a past she can’t remember. She has no memories, no family—only the fierce loyalty of Arlo, her ultimate protector turned devoted partner. But after a year of garish nightmares that constantly threaten her stability, she grows unsatisfied and decides to follow the pull she feels inside...
  • Bite of Vengeance by Kay Riley

    Bite of Vengeance by Kay Riley

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 5 ratings
    I am either the dark or the light. Those few words trapped me in a life that I didn’t know existed. A life that my enemies are very aware of. I am the key to the war between the humans and vampires. Both sides plan to use me by bending me to their will. Then there’s Zan. He saved me. Then broke me. And now he’s doing everything in his power to convince me to let him back in...
  • Freedom and Fire by Courtney Thorne

    Freedom and Fire by Courtney Thorne

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I was a Queen, and I would bow to no male. After finally freeing herself from a life’s worth of manipulation and control, Aurelia experiences true independence for the first time in her life. With her newfound freedom, Aurelia chooses to spend her days exploring the connection between herself and the Prince of Fire, Alev...
  • The Gathering: The Ivy Blackwood Chronicles by L.A. Fiore

    The Gathering: The Ivy Blackwood Chronicles by L.A. Fiore

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Words like unnatural and impure started the whispers. From the very beginning, Ivy Blackwood was different. She was only a child when she was accused of setting the fire, one she passively watched engulf the small house she had called home. Her fingertips burned and her hair singed. Some who watched her crossed themselves, convinced she was soulless for she showed no emotion at all...
  • The Wolf in the Watchtower by Sue Wilder

    The Wolf in the Watchtower by Sue Wilder

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 10 ratings
    Before my mother died, she warned me about these things. Werewolves would always hunt me. Sentinel Falls held a trap I wouldn't see. And I should not - no matter how romantic or inevitable I thought the idea was - believe in fate. Because Grayson Devante believed in fate. And if he has his way, I'll probably end up dead...
  • Nicodemus by D.B. Reynolds

    Nicodemus by D.B. Reynolds

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    It was a time when gods walked the earth, when armies fought not for bits of land, but for the very existence of humanity. On such a battlefield, five formidable warriors stood against an evil greater than any the earth had ever seen. But evil is not an honorable foe...
  • Blood Traitor by Kim Loraine

    Blood Traitor by Kim Loraine

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 8 ratings
    Cashel Blackthorne took me captive. I hated him. I wanted him. I fell for him. Then everything I knew changed. I got away from the Blackthorne vampires, but they still want my blood. Living a nomadic life with a band of hunters, I learned how to fight and how to defend myself...
  • Blood Red Hex by Blake Gallows

    Blood Red Hex by Blake Gallows

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    “I told myself I would never return to this godforsaken city, to a family who couldn’t care less about me, but here I am. ”. Sloan tried to escape her family and their business as the nefarious mafia witches of Evrose Bay, and after five years of thinking she got away, one text changed everything—her twin brother found trouble...
    Categorized as:
    vampires  magic  witches  fantasy  paranormal  dark  mafia  length-long
  • Doing It To Death by Kaia Bennett, Eden Connor

    Doing It To Death by Kaia Bennett, Eden Connor

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I savor my life of blood and power and I’ve never wanted more. Until the night a witch forced her pathetic human needs into my mind. My prey made me want her, made me relish her pain, and ensnared me with pleasure. Made me want things I didn’t understand. I couldn’t break her. I failed to kill her. Now, I can't hunt, can't feed, and can't sleep for the bitch whispering in my head...
  • Stake-Out: An Urban Fantasy Romance by Lily Luchesi

    Stake-Out: An Urban Fantasy Romance by Lily Luchesi

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Enter the Underworld of Chicago. Detective Danny Mancini is on a case, following a murder suspect. When he catches him, he finds out that the perp isn't even he's a two hundred-year-old rogue vampire. The Captain doesn't believe him, and puts him on early retirement, despite his many years of service to the Chicago Police Department, which sends him into a downward spiral...
  • A Kingdom of Frost and Fear: Whitney's Version by Whitney Dean

    A Kingdom of Frost and Fear: Whitney's Version by Whitney Dean

    Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 22 ratings
    After years of wondering where she came from and what her story was, Raven received the answers she had been craving: she has a family and is the true heir to the throne of Seolia. But the answers she so hopelessly sought only bred more questions...
  • Once Upon a Forbidden Desire: Fairy Tales and Other Stories by Zoey Ellis, Kathryn Ann Kingsley

    Once Upon a Forbidden Desire: Fairy Tales and Other Stories by Zoey Ellis, Kathryn Ann Kingsley

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 13 ratings
    When it comes to true love, rules are meant to be broken …. Dark forests and locked doors, poisoned apples and forbidden lovers . .. Bold heroines and swoon-worthy heroes break all the rules in this enchanting anthology of the fairy tales you thought you knew. Once Upon A Forbidden Desire features 20 enticing fairy tale retellings by a diverse selection of fantasy romance authors...
  • Escaping Hallow Hill Academy by A.K. Koonce, Aleera Anaya Ceres

    Escaping Hallow Hill Academy by A.K. Koonce, Aleera Anaya Ceres

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I’m the last of my kind. The final devout witch of my Holy Lady of Death. Or so I thought…. A mysterious Academy beneath the veil of this city is hiding one of my own within their institute. He’s nothing like I thought he’d be. An asshole. He’s a total witchy asshole. And now we’re both school property. As is the blood sucking vampire bound to my beating heart...
  • A Throne of Ruin and Rose by Katherine Ann

    A Throne of Ruin and Rose by Katherine Ann

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    An enchantingly dark tale of power and survival. .. Follow along as Riven, a seemingly mortal woman is lured from her village during a red moon night. By a twist of cruel fate, she finds herself being held captive, beaten and starved by Faye creatures she didn't know existed until now. All for a power she didn't know she had. She is faced with a decision, Take the easy way out and give in...
  • Siren by Hazel Grace

    Siren by Hazel Grace

    Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    I’m one of the most alluring creatures in the world. Dangerous. Beautiful. Powerful. A siren. One of seven princesses of Lacuna. But I wanted more than that, so much more than the trinkets I stowed in my caverns. I wanted my own piece of the world. And I got it. However with that wish came a price, and that price came with secrets...
  • The Tangleroot Palace by Marjorie M. Liu

    The Tangleroot Palace by Marjorie M. Liu

    Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 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 Bonds that Break Us by Erin Mainord

    The Bonds that Break Us by Erin Mainord

    Rated: 3.91 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 31 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...
  • Dark Mage Chained by S. Rodman

    Dark Mage Chained by S. Rodman

    Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    There are only two things Max and Atticus agree on. Love at first sight is not real and enemies to lovers is not a thing. When Max is asked to guard a captive sexy dark mage, he just knows it will not end well. Max is a light mage who likes his own company and living alone in his ramshackle cottage. The prisoner reeks of disgusting dark magic, is hot as hell and a sarky pain in the ass...
  • Surrender by Evie Kent

    Surrender by Evie Kent

    Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 7 ratings
    In the twilight hours of summer, he claims me. Always. SURRENDER is a standalone dark paranormal romance novelette set in the Lily of the Valley series.
    Categorized as:
    fae  magic  suspense  witches  fantasy  paranormal  dark  high fantasy
  • A Path of Darkness and Runes by Marnie L. Norton

    A Path of Darkness and Runes by Marnie L. Norton

    Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Debut novel by Marnie L. Norton - A Path of Darkness and Runes, Book 1. New Adult Epic Fantasy - *Trigger warnings below*. The Fallow, a hallowed place and sanctuary for the beasts and creatures of the Continent, has been desecrated. The balance between the human and magical world has been ruptured...
    Categorized as:
    magic  witches  fantasy  dark  paranormal  length-long
  • Their Thief by xoDirtyLove, D.R. Knight

    Their Thief by xoDirtyLove, D.R. Knight

    Rated: 3.79 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Theirs series book #1. A thief who dresses like a man to be safe. Three brothers, half-werewolf and half-vampire, the strongest supernatural creatures to ever exist. What happens when these three brothers find their mate but think. .. she's a he? * * *. "No. Fucking. Way! " yelled Jace, grabbing his head...
  • Curse of the Fae Prince: The Spring Court: Crowns of Magic by Ashley McLeo

    Curse of the Fae Prince: The Spring Court: Crowns of Magic by Ashley McLeo

    Rated: 3.79 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    A standalone, steamy fae and witch romance novel. I’m a dark artifacts hunter, but now I’m the one being hunted. After I tumble into Faerie, dark beasts begin to follow, lurking in the shadows, killing anyone in sight. The monsters are changing the kingdom into something it shouldn’t be, something wrong . They dim the very stars above and freeze the land below. At first, I want out...
    Categorized as:
    magic  fae  vampires  witches  fantasy  paranormal  dark  horror
  • The Vampire's Bargain by Jasmine Walt

    The Vampire's Bargain by Jasmine Walt

    Rated: 3.71 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 12 ratings
    New York Times Bestseller Jasmine Walt is back with a brand-new vampire-witch fantasy series, set in a dark world filled with celestial magic, deadly alliances, and forbidden romance. .. Kitana Nightshade is the most powerful witch in Valentaera...
  • Petal by Lexi Ray

    Petal by Lexi Ray

    Rated: 3.71 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    I was betrayed. Burned. Tattooed from head to toe. Because of one night, four years ago. Because of the girl who took my heart in her gentle hands and never let go—Callie Mays. I thought she was my curse. But I was wrong. Four years later, my dirty broken heart is still beating. And still beating hard for her. She is my cure. My one. My world. We lost our families. And we only have each other...
  • Curse of the Fae Prince by Ashley McLeo

    Curse of the Fae Prince by Ashley McLeo

    Rated: 3.43 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    I’m a dark artifacts hunter, but now I’m the one being hunted. After I tumble into Faerie, dark beasts begin to follow, lurking in the shadows, killing anyone in sight. The monsters are changing the kingdom into something it shouldn’t be, something wrong . They dim the very stars above and freeze the land below. At first, I want out . I want to return to my ailing mother...
    Categorized as:
    magic  fae  vampires  witches  fantasy  paranormal  dark  horror
  • Rotten to the Core by Alexi Blake, May Sage

    Rotten to the Core by Alexi Blake, May Sage

    Rated: 3.57 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 17 ratings
    Foe. Friend. Liar. Lover. Murderer. What are you, darling Rhea? Everything. To avenge the massacre of her family, Rhea forged herself into a weapon with one single killing the king of night. And then she failed. At the heart of the shade’s court, reduced to a puppet for the king’s entertainment, she bides her time, ready to pounce at the slightest show of weakness...
    Categorized as:
    fae  from hate to love  magic  royalty  paranormal  fantasy  rape  dark
  • Snowmancer by Olivia Helling

    Snowmancer by Olivia Helling

    Rated: 3.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    A partner he could trust. That’s what Prince Heir Ilyas wanted most in the world. Instead, he spent his days alone defending his future throne from his younger brothers and reaping the rewards of their estates. But when he receives his latest conquest, a slave named Jem, he’s abducted to the far reaches of a frozen wasteland to be sacrificed to Jem’s backwater god. Someone who would see him...
  • Sweet Silver Bells by Elle Kaelee

    Sweet Silver Bells by Elle Kaelee

    Rated: 3.00 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    She was made of magic and mourning. He was drowning in ghosts. In the haunted hush of Christmas, the forest brings them together. In 1914, as snow blankets the quiet town of Stockbridge, Olivia escapes into the woods—a strange girl with stranger gifts, hunted by the life she left behind. The trees whisper her name. The frost bites like a warning. She doesn’t expect to be found...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  magic  witches  fantasy  christmas  horror  dark  paranormal
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