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The Accidental Vampire / Vampires are Forever by Lynsay Sands
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsFor a limited time, experience the first two novels in Lynsay Sands' Argeneau vampire series, The Accidental Vampire and Vampires Are Forever. Plus, take a sneak peek into her latest in the series, Hungry For You... -
![Carpathian Collection by Christine Feehan]()
Carpathian Collection by Christine Feehan
Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars · 14 ratings"The queen of paranormal romance" (USA Today) presents three darkly compelling novels in the #1 New York Times bestselling series that "bring[s] vampiric Carpathians to vivid, virile life" (Publishers Weekly)... -
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![Inferno by Erica Stevens]()
Inferno by Erica Stevens
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsDeadly. That is what her time imprisoned by The Commission has made her. Just how deadly, and exactly what was done to her, Cassie doesn’t know but she is terrified of the possibilities. Though they try to hide it, Cassie knows that the people she loves most are also afraid of what she might become... -
![Phoenix Rising by Erica Stevens]()
Phoenix Rising by Erica Stevens
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsThe final book in The Kindred Series. Reeling from the aftermath of Cassie's death, they find themselves trying to survive in a tumultuous world filled with more enemies than friends. Struggling through the rage consuming him, Devon must come to terms with the fact that the woman he loved has died... -
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![Eternity of Vengeance by T.M. Nielsen]()
Eternity of Vengeance by T.M. Nielsen
Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsEmily continues her quest to seek revenge for the death of her Cavalry, much to the dismay of the Equites and Encala Faction. The Equites are in a race against time to locate the fallen Encala Elder in hopes of preventing a war, but Emily is dead set on keeping him until he's suffered for the deaths... -
![Ferus by T.M. Nielsen]()
Ferus by T.M. Nielsen
Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsFerus, Book 6 in the Heku Series, continues to follow the Ferus Organization, a heku alignment that is struggling to become the 4th heku faction. With the newly renewed tension between the factions growing even more violent, Emily struggles with the loss of past friendships... -
![Proditor by T.M. Nielsen]()
Proditor by T.M. Nielsen
Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsAfter thousands of years of war, the peace agreement arranged by Emily forces the factions to work together to destroy a new threat. Tensions between Exavior and the Equites grow and Emily becomes a prime target... -
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Kindled by Erica Stevens
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsFueled by rage and a thirst for revenge, Cassie no longer recognizes the person she has become. Determined to destroy Julian, no matter what the cost, Cassie pushes away the ones that love her most. Though she tries to deny it, and fights against it, Devon’s love may be the only thing that can bring her back from the brink of madness she is teetering upon... -
![Equites by T.M. Nielsen]()
Equites by T.M. Nielsen
Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsEquites, Book 4 in the Heku Series, starts off with the beginnings of a war. Damon and Emily are still fighting while the Equites defends itself against attacks from both the Valle and the Encala. An accident sends Emily to the hospital, and the tension with the Valle becomes more explosive. Emily suspects the heku have a secret, and will go to any measure to find out what it is... -
![Scanguards Vampires Books 1-3 by Tina Folsom]()
Scanguards Vampires Books 1-3 by Tina Folsom
Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars · 11 ratings*** Over 1000 pages or 275,000 words: #1: Samson's Lovely Mortal --- #2: Amaury's Hellion --- #3: Gabriel's Mate Samson's Lovely Mortal Vampire bachelor Samson can't get it up anymore. Not even his shrink can help him. That changes when the lovely mortal auditor Delilah tumbles into his arms after a seemingly random attack... -
![Alyxandra Harvey Collection by Alyxandra Harvey]()
Alyxandra Harvey Collection by Alyxandra Harvey
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTitles in This Set Blood Feud, Out for Blood, My Love Lies Bleeding... -
![The Knight of the Rose by A.M. Hudson]()
The Knight of the Rose by A.M. Hudson
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsBook no longer in print. Refer now to the combined Tears of the Broken and The Knight of the Rose as "Dark Secrets" by A.M. Hudson. Sequel to the internationally successful vampire novel, Tears of the Broken. Love was only the beginning of her nightmares. When Ara discovered the existence of vampires, she was given the choice between a life as one of them, or a life without her true love... -
![The Littlest Assassin-Shifters by Sandrine Gasq-Dion]()
The Littlest Assassin-Shifters by Sandrine Gasq-Dion
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsThe men of the Skull Blaster unit have spent most of their lives fighting together for a safer world, first in the military and now as an elite team supervised by Homeland Security. Now they have an even more pressing reason to make the world a better place. Their children are about to be born... -
![Ashes by Erica Stevens]()
Ashes by Erica Stevens
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsFor the past four years Cassie has only known vampires as her enemy. With the revelation of Devon’s true nature she must come to terms with the fact that not everything she knows is right, especially when the source of her Hunter powers is revealed. Slowly, Cassie begins to unravel the mystery that enshrouds Devon as the bond between them grows and intensifies... -
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![Wild Love by Alisa Woods]()
Wild Love by Alisa Woods
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsThe Army is in Noah’s past… and he hopes his dark secret stays buried there. Noah Wilding’s family is being targeted by an anti-shifter hate group—so he took medical leave from the Army to return home and help out. At least, that’s the story he’s told everyone… meanwhile, he’s going undercover to lure out the haters trying to kill the Wilding pack... -
![Encala by T.M. Nielsen]()
Encala by T.M. Nielsen
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsEncala, Book 3 in the Heku Series, finds Emily and Chevalier settled into the palace and life as one of the ruling heads of the Equites begins. The Equites elect Damon onto the Equites Council and he immediately finds himself at odds with Emily. Her independence and head-strong personality harshly conflict with his strict nature as one of the ‘old ones’... -
![Darkness Reborn by Stephanie Rowe]()
Darkness Reborn by Stephanie Rowe
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsTalismans carved on his body. A lethal darkness amassing inside him. A woman who calls to his spirit on levels so intimate and so passionate that his deadened soul screams in agony. Calydon warrior Kane Santiago has a past he can't remember, and a deadly legacy closing in on him... -
![Tactical Magik by Mandy M. Roth]()
Tactical Magik by Mandy M. Roth
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsBook Five in the Bestselling Immortal Ops Series. Eadan Daly has thrown himself into the role as the sixth I-Ops team member and has forged a brotherhood of sorts with the other men. When he's asked to go on a solo mission for the PSI Branch (Paranormal Security and Intelligence) he's not so sure he wants his old job back. Inara Nash is a survivor, doing what she must to get by... -
![Vengeance of a Witch by Suza Kates]()
Vengeance of a Witch by Suza Kates
Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA WARRIOR FIGHTING HER FATE Paige Reilley is ready for combat, with the evil Amara, their army of demons, and above all . . . the unwanted love her coven’s prophecy has planned for her. As former military, she’s no stranger to war, but the arrival of a new man in her life brings a much greater threat than potential romance... -
![The Witches' Companion (Lives of the Mayfair Witches) by Katherine Ramsland, Anne Rice]()
The Witches' Companion (Lives of the Mayfair Witches) by Katherine Ramsland, Anne Rice
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 24 ratings"The Mayfair family is a huge imaginative refuge for me; it is living and growing in my mind all the time." --Anne Rice In the spellbinding tradition of her bestselling The Vampire Chronicles, the prolific Anne Rice has created the sensuous saga of the Mayfair witches... -
![Shadow Blood by Jayde Scott]()
Shadow Blood by Jayde Scott
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsOnly a few months ago, Amber Reed would have called herself an ordinary girl in an ordinary world…until she moves to Scotland and is pushed into a world she never knew existed by the sexy and daring McAllister brothers, unable to withstand its perils. Aidan McAllister, the irresistible leader of the Morganefaire brethren, has what he always wanted: the girl of his dreams... -
![Valle by T.M. Nielsen]()
Valle by T.M. Nielsen
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe ominous Valle Faction vows to gain possession of what the Equites has hidden in the well protected Island Coven. Just as Emily thinks she’s found peace in the volatile world of the heku, she’s brutally ripped from the protective walls of Chevalier’s coven and thrown into the harsh reality of a Valle prison... -
![Dmitri by D'Elen McClain]()
Dmitri by D'Elen McClain
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWith war on the horizon, Dmitri, liege vampire to the bear clan, offers safe haven to Vorlyk and his new clan. Having another vampire in his territory is difficult but a certain young she-cat makes life impossible. The stalking feline has her eyes set on Dmitri even when his eyes stray elsewhere. The enemy proves that none of the North American clans is safe and it’s time to fight back... -
![Guardian's Faith by Jacqueline Rhoades]()
Guardian's Faith by Jacqueline Rhoades
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsPhysically and emotionally damaged by the horrors of her past, no one is more surprised than meek and silent Faith Parsons when she feels compelled to stow away in the van of the taciturn Liege Lord, Lucien ad Toussaint and travel to his House of Guardians in the faraway Southwest... -
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![The Darkening by Caris Roane]()
The Darkening by Caris Roane
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA tortured warrior and a peace-loving counselor battle to protect Second Earth against a powerful dark force… He thwarted connection of any kind… Fearing that his newly emerged grayle power will kill innocent ascenders, Samuel Daman struggles to keep his distance from beautiful Vela Stillwell. But the breh-hedden has struck and her light floral scent tears at his restraint... -
![Riven by Dean Murray]()
Riven by Dean Murray
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAdri is the happiest she's ever been, but a noose is slowly tightening around the entire pack. Alec's victory in Chicago put the shape shifter ruling body on notice that he was going to do everything he could to bring them down, but she knows that right now he needs time to secure allies, time that they are almost certainly not going to have... -
![Shattered Days by C.L. Quinn]()
Shattered Days by C.L. Quinn
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsHe'd never really be all right again, but it was what he deserved after the war. He was broken, he knew it. Life messed you up, and all that was left to do was the best you can to survive. Yeah, he was messed up, but so was she, worse than he could ever imagine. Any chance that two people so shattered could help each other to heal and learn to love? Especially when one is human.. -
![Scanguards Vampires: The First Generation by Tina Folsom]()
Scanguards Vampires: The First Generation by Tina Folsom
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsSPECIAL SALE: Only available on June 17 & 18! Get the entire first generation of Scanguards Vampires for only $2.99! Regular list price is $24.99 Books 1 – 9 of Tina's Folsom's wildly popular, action-packed, erotic vampire series is now available as an exclusive box set... -
![Hunger by Felicity Heaton]()
Hunger by Felicity Heaton
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBetrayed by one of her own and turned into a vampire, hunter Eve is consumed by her hunger for vengeance and has spent five years surviving hell, driven to take the life of the man she once loved... -
![Covet & Crave by Felicity Heaton]()
Covet & Crave by Felicity Heaton
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsIn Covet, they've burned for each other for two years, the forbidden attraction between them growing each night. Now resisting the sinful desires of their hearts is becoming impossible. Javier knows better than to succumb to his hunger for Lilah. The mortal female belongs to a powerful aristocrat patron of Vampirerotique... -
![Call It Magic by Janet Chapman]()
Call It Magic by Janet Chapman
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsWelcome back to Spellbound Falls, Maine where love is the greatest magic of all... Katy MacBain moved to Spellbound Falls with secrets she plans to keep. The newest member of the Fire and Rescue Team, she disappeared for three weeks before arriving on the job... -
![SEALed With Love by Heather Tullis]()
SEALed With Love by Heather Tullis
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIt isn't Sage Parker's fault that she mistakes former Navy SEAL Joel Watts as the stalker who had been sending her disturbing letters--he shows up every time she turns around. Too bad her father doesn’t tell her he sent Joel to protect her. When the stalker tracks Sage from LA to her new job in Colorado, she's glad to have Joel on her side... -
![Claiming the Vampire by Chloe Hart]()
Claiming the Vampire by Chloe Hart
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFae princess Jessica Greenwood has never questioned that her duty to her people comes before her own wishes. To avert a war between dimensions, she agrees to an arranged marriage with a stranger—the Dark Fae prince. Then she meets the mysterious vampire Hawk, who challenges all her beliefs and tempts her with a longing she’s never even imagined. Now Jessica is caught between duty and desire... -
![Tempted By Fate by Cynthia Eden]()
Tempted By Fate by Cynthia Eden
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsYou can't cheat Fate...and for the record, she really doesn't like it when you betray her, either. Leo is used to having power. After all, he carries the title Lord of the Light for a reason--he's a supernatural powerhouse and his job is protect all of the "light" paranormals in the world. He's used to snapping his fingers and getting anything--or anyone--he wants... -
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![Favole: Stone Tears by Victoria Francés]()
Favole: Stone Tears by Victoria Francés
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsBook annotation not available for this title... -
![Caressed by Shadows by Amanda J. Greene]()
Caressed by Shadows by Amanda J. Greene
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsBlack Knight, Falcon Kenwrec is powerful, relentless, and fiercely loyal, his only allegiance – to his king. But he is torn between duty and desire when the war between the vampire clans and the Red Order hunters escalates and the enemy captures the one woman he longs to claim as his own, Sonya Rebane, Queen of the Voidukas Clan... -
![The Good, the Bad, and the Vampire by Sara Humphreys]()
The Good, the Bad, and the Vampire by Sara Humphreys
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsBeloved author Sara Humphreys' acclaimed paranormal romance series continues with sweltering attraction between two vampires who have all the time in the world to satisfy their desires... He wants eternity?Dakota Shelton is a vampire cowboy with a penchant for cinnamon lollipops and Johnny Cash. Though highly skilled and deadly dangerous to his enemies, he's still a Texas good ol' boy at heart... -
![A Taste for Control by Patrice Michelle]()
A Taste for Control by Patrice Michelle
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsDuncan Mordoor has lived his entire life in total control. His hybrid vampire status might allow him to walk in the sun, but with his unique mind-reading ability, humans easily bore him and vampires give him a wide berth... -
![Blood and Snow by Felicity Heaton]()
Blood and Snow by Felicity Heaton
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA lance corporal in her territory's vampire army, Scarlet is no stranger to the violence and bloodshed of war, but in the midst of it, she discovers something that makes it all worthwhile--love. Her kind are at war with the humans, a long running feud that has claimed countless lives, and Scarlet is all too aware that vampires are no longer guaranteed a long life after they're turned... -
![The Key to Erebus by Emma V. Leech]()
The Key to Erebus by Emma V. Leech
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe truth can kill you… Taken as a small child, from a life where faeries, sirens and mythical creatures are real and treacherous, Jéhenne Corbeaux is totally unprepared when she returns to France to stay with her eccentric Grandmother... -
![Not Quite Dead by Stephanie Rowe]()
Not Quite Dead by Stephanie Rowe
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAn ancient vampire has hunted Jordyn Leahy since she was a child, haunting her sleep, demanding her soul and her flesh. After decades of silence, he has returned to finally claim her. Bold and arrogant, loner Eric Hunter allows himself to care about nothing, except his missing brother... -
![Favole: Set Me Free by Victoria Francés]()
Favole: Set Me Free by Victoria Francés
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSucesso internacional finalmente disponível em português! Donzelas à beira da morte, lânguidas imagens erguendo-se por detrás de uma lápide, castelos carregados de mistérios, lagos obscuros no meio de bosques banhados pelo luar... A temática gótica e vampírica é uma das mais recorrentes da ficção contemporânea e tem originado grandes êxitos literários e cinematográficos... -
![Favole: Frozen Light by Victoria Francés]()
Favole: Frozen Light by Victoria Francés
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsPoetry and exquisite art... -
![Devoured By Darkness / When Darkness Comes / Embrace the Darkness by Alexandra Ivy]()
Devoured By Darkness / When Darkness Comes / Embrace the Darkness by Alexandra Ivy
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsDevoured By Darkness Bundle Devoured By Darkness They are the Guardians of Eternity, strong, skilled, seductive vampires chosen to protect--and to destroy. And they will risk anything to fulfill their duty, and satisfy their desires. . . Tane is a Charon, sworn to hunt and kill rogue vampires... -
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![Vassalord, Volume 4 by Nanae Chrono]()
Vassalord, Volume 4 by Nanae Chrono
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTogether again at last after their excursion into Italy, it's going to be a hot and heavy reunion for Charley and Rayflo. And apparently a short-lived one. Still on edge about Barry and his machinations, Rayflo is reluctant to get his favorite vassal involved, and so as soon as they escape Yaoding, he's off again... -
![Jules by Kathi S. Barton]()
Jules by Kathi S. Barton
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLenore MacFinley, Lenny to her friends, is a homicide detective, and a damn good one. But when she finds herself next on the hit list, things turn deadly. Broke and critically injured, Lenny wants nothing to do with the handsome, bossy Were Tiger. Jules Golden finds himself tricked into meeting his new mate... -
![Blood and Snow 9-12 Love Bleeds, Eye of Abernathy, Resolved to Rule, Vampire Ever After? by RaShelle Workman]()
Blood and Snow 9-12 Love Bleeds, Eye of Abernathy, Resolved to Rule, Vampire Ever After? by RaShelle Workman
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsEvery thousand years the Vampire Queen selects a new body, always the fairest in the land, and this time she's chosen Snow White. Love Bleeds: Questions are answered. Necks are bitten. Kisses are traded. And Snow realizes sometimes love bleeds... Eye of Abernathy: Snow possesses a piece of the first dragon's soul. She needs to speak to him about that... -
![Amazing Grace by Elizabeth Davies]()
Amazing Grace by Elizabeth Davies
This is the second novel in the Resurrection trilogy As Grace's health deteriorates in her own world and she moves ever closer to her death, she returns to the past where Roman is waiting for her and she falls deeper in love with a man whose sole purpose in life is his quest for blood... -
![Bitten Under Fire by Heather Long]()
Bitten Under Fire by Heather Long
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsBianca Devlin’s work is her life. Now, she’s finally taking a vacation...and guerillas hit her resort to kidnap a diplomat’s son. She does the only thing that makes sense—intervene to save the child’s life. Being dragged into the jungle with a scared kid she’s determined to protect was definitely not how she saw this trip ending... -
![Blood Spirit by Gabrielle Bisset]()
Blood Spirit by Gabrielle Bisset
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Sons of Navarus series continues... I am everything you seek. I am vampire. Blessed with the gift of telepathy, Terek always knows what a woman wants. His gift has afforded him nightly sensual pleasures and exotic treats for centuries, but beneath the surface he yearns for much more. Ilona can give him what his soul craves, but only if he trusts his heart...
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