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Mason by Nyssa Kathryn
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsFalling for each other was never part of the plan…Doctor Sage Porter has moved to Marble Falls to be the private physician for a group of men unlike any the world has ever known. But she has a second, secret reason for moving to the small town. A reason she can’t share with another living soul…Especially not the men under her care.Mason Ross is a born guardian... -
The Edge of Promise by T.S. Joyce
Rated: 4.74 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsHell has felt like home lately to Naomi Dunbar, but her Maker is about to change everything. She has a secret crush on the man with the glowing gold eyes who saved her life, and gave her the gift of the wolf, but he is distant, and getting quieter by the day. The handsome, dominant Alpha is focused on healing her from the inside out, but it seems like it’s draining him to do it... -
Flynn by Nyssa Kathryn
Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsSome pasts are harder to escape than others.When Carina Murphy is accused of a crime she didn’t commit, a fresh start in a new town is her only option. Unfortunately, Cradle Mountain may not be the safe haven she’d thought. The son of her new patient may be tall, dark and handsome…but he also knows all about her past.Keeping her job should be the hardest part... -
Transcend by Jewel E. Ann
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 42 ratings“In another life, she was my forever.” An unexpected tragedy leaves Professor Nathaniel Hunt a widower alone with a newborn baby. He hires a nanny. She’s young, but well-qualified, with a simple life, a crazy name obsession, and a boyfriend she met at the grocery store...Categorized as:
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Moonlight Scandals by Jennifer L. Armentrout
It takes a fearless woman to love the most scandalous man alive in New York Times Bestselling Author Jennifer L. Armentrout’s breathtaking novel Even a ghost hunter like Rosie Herpin couldn’t have foreseen the fateful meeting between two mourners that has brought her so intimately close to the notorious and seductive Devlin de Vincent... -
The Life That Mattered by Jewel E. Ann
Sex isn’t love. Love isn’t sex. And friendship is neither. The son of a French Olympic skier and a Malaysian fashion designer, Ronin Alexander has lived the life of a nomad, traveling the world to find his next adventure. Life takes a dramatic turn when he meets Evelyn, a beautiful scientist who owns a bath shop in Aspen, Colorado... -
Like Grim Death: Part One by K.V. Rose
Rated: 4.65 of 5 stars · 11 ratings“There’s someone you haven’t met yet...All at once, we turn to each other.We realize it was never the 6.It was always us against ourselves.The greatest betrayal.The worst sort of pain.A moment of perfect stillness, disloyalty loud in the silence.Then the chaos begins. But tonight, you will... -
Grave Mistake by Nikki Landis
Rated: 4.65 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsSometimes vengeance isn't enough.There are times when a man is forced to choose the wrong side of the law.When everything is stripped away and ruthless, cold revenge is all that remains.They call me Wraith for a reason.When people need to disappear, I'm the one that's called in.I move through the shadows and strike without mercy... -
Betrayal Road by Christine Feehan
Deception cuts deep in the next propulsive novel in #1 New York Times bestselling author Christine Feehan’s Torpedo Ink motorcycle club series.The stranger frequenting Azelie Vargas’s local coffee shop is a sight to behold. He’s tall, dark, muscular, and a complete distraction. She’s worried one look from his striking silver eyes will have her acting a fool... -
The House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer
Matteo Alacran was not born; he was harvested with the DNA from El Patron, lord of a country called Opium... -
Haunting Chaos by Nikki Landis
Rated: 4.62 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsDestiny is formed from chaos . . .My luck has run out.Everything that I thought I was, all that I had, has been ripped away.My ol’ lady is gone. My club is at war.And my enemies? They’re closing in.I’ve got nothing left.The only thing keeping me from unleashing Hell is my daughterand the young woman who stepped up, caring for her when I couldn’t... -
Lovely Wicked Things by Trisha Wolfe
The third and final installment of the Hollow's Row series. Halen: I’ve created a monster. When past and present collide, the fallout feels like the death of my morality. Every time I look into Kallum’s clashing, feverish eyes, I see a dark omen—the threat of what we’ll do to each other if our desires run wild. While the Hollow’s Row case comes to a head, a new heinous player enters the scene... -
Viciously Mine by Nikki Landis
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsA dual perspective mc romance from twin brothers Rael & Chrome.Chrome:Everything is finally falling into place.I’ve reunited with my twin. The woman I love has become my wife.And to top it off? I’m now patched into the RBMC in Tonopah.With my ol’ lady Cameron, I move to Nevada to start our new life together... -
The Harsh Bite: Codename: Spithra by Candice M. Wright
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMy gift has always felt more like a curse. Standing up and speaking the truth when nobody wants to hear it is terrifying. But the truth doesn’t erase the horrors I’ve seen It doesn’t silence the whispers, Or blind me to the fingers pointed my way... -
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Broken Luna by Paulina Vasquez
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsDo you believe in Myths? Just when she thinks it can't get any worse, it does. Lucy lost everything four years ago in a rogue attack. She's been abused, starved, rejected and broken. As her eighteenth birthday approaches, strange things start to happen, things that only happen once every century...Categorized as:
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Memories of a Life by Jewel E. Ann
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsThe girl I met when we were nine is now the woman who said “yes” to being my wife.But Josie’s not planning our wedding; she’s too consumed by things that happened over a century ago.She has terrible dreams and unrelenting visions of the unspeakable. I believe her, but I don’t understand her.If I can’t understand her, I can’t stop her.If I can’t stop her, I can’t save us... -
Judicium by Natalie Bennett
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsPrequel to the Devil's Playground Series.Can be read before or after Periculum... -
Jaded Hollow: The Complete Collection by Alex Grayson
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsNow you can get the entire Jaded Hollow Series in ONE Complete Collection!Dark memories, horrific events, brutal kidnappings, and heartbreaking lies and deceit. Welcome to Jaded Hollow, where you’ll learn just how jaded love can be.Bailey’s running from her abusive past, while Jaxon stops at nothing to save her from the terrifying monster committed on destroying her...Categorized as:
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Ruse by Siobhan Davis
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsThis is a companion prequel short story to Cruel Intentions. Only available via a link in the back of Cruel Intentions. This book will not be published on Amazon or any other retail store.Although it's a prequel story it gives spoilers to the main story hence why it is listed as #1.5 in the series as it should only be read AFTER reading Cruel Intentions... -
The Isle Of Sin And Shadows by Keri Lake
This island alone boasts more ghost stories than all of Louisiana combined.And I'm one of them.In the Louisiana swamplands, ghost stories are as much a part of childhood as chasing fireflies and crawfishing. They never much scared me, though, nor the possibility of evil out to do me harm. Until the night I watched shadows come to life and butcher everything I loved... -
Del Diablo by Natalie Bennett
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratings💀STYGIAN IᔕᒪE💀The devil disguises himself as an angel of light.That illusion doesn’t change who he is—Draven Alistair. The man I’m madly in love with.He presented me with a flawless charade, masquerading as all I ever wanted. But there is nothing hidden that shall not be disclosed, and when the truth is revealed, its too late for me to run... -
Silent Screams by M.H.B.
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratings*Previously published as Kisser of Death by M . H . B .*One accident.Two men.Almost three years of despair.Four beating hearts growing in pain.Five lives forever changed.Everything fell apart in the blink of an eye.These days my own misery keeps me company.I never thought this would be me—a twenty-four-year-old—stuck in a dead-end relationship.Gone are the thrilling adventures with Harvey Stark... -
Monster Of Ruin by Marlowe Mack
Elliott Knight is a hunter. And I’m his prey. He’s obsessed. I’m his addiction. He won’t stop until he’s made me his. He’s decided I’ll be his no matter what. He makes the rules. And I can only live by them. He stalks me. He calls me his flower. Every bit of him is dark. Haunted. Possessed. Elliott is an evil man, a real-life nightmare. The kind your mother warns you to stay away from... -
No Redemption by Alexis Winter
“It’s not the big bad wolf you need to be afraid of kitten; it’s the devil in disguise that you sleep next to.” She thinks she’s found the perfect husband—the one in a million who isn’t like the rest...my best friend Dane Ashford. He would never betray her. He would never lie or cheat on her. He loves her...Categorized as:
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The Life You Stole by Jewel E. Ann
Rated: 3.99 of 5 stars · 35 ratingsSex. Lies. Revenge. On the heels of a devastating loss, Evelyn fights to put her life back together. Only … part of her husband belongs to another woman, and the devil owns her soul. “If you tell her the lie, I will tell her the truth...Categorized as:
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Jaden Baker by Courtney Kirchoff
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsJaden Baker is unique, talented, special. And for a while there, things were looking up. Adopted by an upper-middle class couple of suburbia, Jaden believed he'd finally gotten that second chance everyone raves about. It came with potato salad. But something happened. Something always happens... -
Temptation in Shadows by Gena Showalter
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsTall, lean, muscular—and definitely rough around the edges—Sean Walker is not your typical nightclub bodyguard. He’s a controller of shadows, able to wield darkness at will... -
Fractured Wings by M.T. Morgan
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsStarlette doesn’t remember the crimes everyone seems to assume she committed. And without any evidence of transgression, she is set free. Only for her parents to have her committed to Mount Point Psych Ward.She’s had countless therapists, none of them lasting, except him. The brooding, beautiful doctor who’s come in to rain on her parade... -
Darkly, Madly Duet by Trisha Wolfe
From USA Today best-selling author Trisha Wolfe comes her most dark and dangerous psychological thriller yet that readers say "deliciously twisted"Born, DarklyHe challenged her sanity.She shattered his reality.They dared each other...to the brink of madness... -
The Stroke of Winter by Wendy Webb
Rated: 3.95 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsIn the tourist town of Wharton, on the coast of Lake Superior, Tess Bell is renovating her old family home into a bed-and-breakfast during the icy dead of winter…As the house’s restoration commences, a shuttered art studio is revealed. Inside are paintings Tess’s late grandfather, beloved and celebrated artist Sebastian Bell, hid away for generations... -
Blood Harvest by S.J. Bolton
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsShe's been watching us for a while now... Now you see her Gillian is haunted by the disappearance of her little girl two years ago. A devastating fire burned down their home, but she remains convinced her daughter survived. Now you don't Ten year old Tom lived by a neglected church... -
Dangerous Dreams by Abbie Roads
Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsXanderLove makes you weak and vulnerable. He vowed long ago to never feel that way again. But when he rescues a woman who’s been held hostage, she challenges all his beliefs. The attraction is staggering. The urge to keep her near him, to keep her safe, is overwhelming. No matter how hard he tries, he can’t resist her... -
Those Savage Stars by Cameo Renae
Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsAs an infant, I was abandoned on the steps of a church. My childhood was spent in an abusive foster home. At nineteen, I killed someone.Not long after, three men in black cloaks kidnap me and whisk me through a magical portal to a world I never knew existed. A world they say is my home. But the enchanting realm of Celestria is in turmoil...Categorized as:
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False Idols: A Dark College Romance by Darcy Dahlia
Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsHe’s going to make me pay.My name is Nevaeh Santiago and for the past fifteen years my hometown has been a living hell. Bloom, Kansas is a quiet college town where nothing bad should ever happen, but it has a deadly secret.The Reaper.He’s a sadistic serial killer and no one is safe when he chooses his prey... -
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To Be a Heartthrob in a Horror Movie 在恐怖片里当万人迷[快穿] by Jiang Zhi Yu
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHolographic viewing technology allowed audience members to enter a movie and personally experience it for themselves. Naturally, romance movies were the most popular and well-received, while nobody was interested in horror movies.Su Min was the first of the viewers to experience a horror movie... -
His Doll by Rainelyn
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsA haunting love that knows no boundaries. But will it last?-Her-My life wasn’t easy. It had never been. Being dragged away from the only person I could trust, and sent to a house far away from society, taught me something; never trust anyone.They took me to a place filled with nightmares and terrors, a place where children were forced to behave like dolls... -
The Way Evil Does by Amara Draska
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsRebecca Reis considers abandoning her career as a novelist until she begins writing about convicted serial killer Thomas Eisenbrey. Nicknamed the Hunter because of his penchant for targeting groups of hunters in the forest, Eisenbrey is the worst kind of psychopath. He is crafty, aloof, at times possessing a charm that is almost hypnotizing, and he’s wheedling his way into her mind... -
Fables & Other Lies by Claire Contreras
Rated: 3.84 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsDo you believe in curses? I never did.Not until that fated night, six years ago, when I sat in The Devil’s Chair and made a wish.Not until it came true. Not until I met River Caliban himself, heir to a fortune of curses. My fated sworn enemy. I knew I should have stayed away from him...Categorized as:
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The House Next Door by Anne Rivers Siddons
Rated: 3.82 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsTheir lives would never be the same. Colquitt and Walter Kennedy enjoyed a life of lazy weekends, gathering with the neighbors on their quiet, manicured street and sipping drinks on their patios. But when construction of a beautiful new home begins in the empty lot next door, their easy friendship and relaxed get-togethers are marred by strange accidents and inexplicable happenings... -
Heart-Shaped Box by Joe Hill
Rated: 3.84 of 5 stars · 92 ratingsAn aging death-metal rock god, Judas Coyne, is a collector of the macabre: a cookbook for cannibals... a used hangman's noose... a snuff film. But nothing he possesses is as unlikely or as dreadful as an item he learns is for sale on the Internet. For a thousand dollars, Jude will become the proud owner of a dead man's suit, said to be haunted by the deceased's restless spirit... -
Shadows at Sunset by Anne Stuart
HOUSE OF SHADOWS The house on Sunset Boulevard has witnessed everything: from the infamous murder-suicide of a '50s starlet and her lover, to the drug-fueled commune in the '60s, to the anguish of its present owner, Jilly Meyer, who is struggling to preserve the house and what's left of her wounded family. MAN OF SHADOWS Coltrane is a liar, a con man and a threat to everything Jilly holds dear... -
Race the Darkness by Abbie Roads
IF HE LOSES, SHE DIESHer voice haunts his thoughts; her whispers fill his daysBut when he discovers the woman of his dreams is realHe'll race the clock to save her before she's lost to him forever Scarred by lightning, burdened with a power that gives him no peace, criminal investigator Xander Stone struggles to maintain his sanity against the voice that haunts him day and night—the voice of a... -
Love Is Red by Sophie Jaff
Rated: 3.38 of 5 stars · 10 ratings“Ridiculously entertaining…. Jaff’s woozy supernatural saga is effectively scary and great fun to read. ”— New York Times Book Review This electrifying debut—Book I of the Night Song Trilogy—spins dark suspense and literary fantasy into a mesmerizing story of seduction and survival. Katherine Emerson was born to fulfill a dark prophecy centuries in the making, but she doesn't know it yet... -
Bluebeard's Castle by Anna Biller
Rated: 3.23 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsJudith is a successful novelist, but she's a little sensitive. She's from a good family, even if that family favours her more beautiful sister. She loves a drink (or three) but isn't sure if she loves the handsome doctor who is courting her. She yearns for a romance to yield to but remains a virgin. Judith receives visions from the saints... -
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Bluebeard's Castle by Anna Biller
Rated: 3.22 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsA subversive take on the famous French fairy tale from the acclaimed director of The Love Witch, and for fans of Jane EyreWhen the successful British mystery writer Judith meets Gavin, a handsome and charming baron, at a birthday party on the Cornish coast, his love transforms her from a bitter, lonely young woman into a romance heroine overnight...
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