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Art of the Hunt by Lindsay Buroker
Rated: 4.59 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsOur heroes have escaped with the ancient dragon gate, but powerful enemies are right behind them.If they can’t figure out the magic of the mysterious artifact, and find great allies and resources in another world, their hopes of overthrowing their tyrannical wizard rulers will end as surely as their lives... -
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Fire by Charlene Hartnady
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...Categorized as:
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![Dark Song by Christine Feehan]()
Dark Song by Christine Feehan
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... -
![The Queen's Price by Anne Bishop]()
The Queen's Price by Anne Bishop
Enter the dark and sensual realms of the Black Jewels in this sweeping story in the New York Times bestselling fantasy saga of three young women who must navigate life within the powerful SaDiablo family—and come to terms with Witch, the Queen who is still the heart and will of that family.The Queen’s price is to stand against what you know is wrong... -
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![The Last Witch: Volume Three by M.J. Lawrie]()
The Last Witch: Volume Three by M.J. Lawrie
Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsAfter the turbulent and heart breaking events of Lilly and Gabriel's almost wedding, nothing will ever be the same.The world has been thrown into violent chaos. Hunters have declared all out war on those with magic in their blood and everyone has been caught in the crossfire.But Hunters, it would seem, are far from the world's biggest threat.A dark evil has been unleashed... -
![The Bone Doll's Twin by Lynn Flewelling]()
The Bone Doll's Twin by Lynn Flewelling
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 50 ratingsSometimes the price of destiny is higher than anyone imagined.... Dark Magic, Hidden Destiny For three centuries a divine prophecy and a line of warrior queens protected Skala. But the people grew complacent and Erius, a usurper king, claimed his young half sister’s throne... -
![Facet by Kristine Allen]()
Facet by Kristine Allen
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsI’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... -
![Long Live the Soulless by Kel Carpenter, Lucinda Dark]()
Long Live the Soulless by Kel Carpenter, Lucinda Dark
She died protecting the man she loved. She died by his hands. And on that blood soaked grave, vengeance grew.Quinn Darkova leads a listless existence in the dark realm. As honored guest and beloved by Mazzulah, she wants for nothing. But when Risk enters the realm to save her, the dark god can’t resist a good bargain.Lazarus is not the man he once was... -
![Broken Beasts of Beauty by Loxley Savage]()
Broken Beasts of Beauty by Loxley Savage
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsI thought I’d die in the dungeons.My father is a terrible man. He claimed a demon lived inside me and imprisoned me for months in his torture chamber. Then, one fateful day, he found himself on the bitter end of a curse, and he offered me in exchange for his freedom.I thought my life was over, but I was wrong...Categorized as:
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![Shadowborn Prison by G. Bailey, Scarlett Snow]()
Shadowborn Prison by G. Bailey, Scarlett Snow
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsThe shadows are my prison… and I can’t escape. I’m Izora Dawn, and I’ve been locked away for something I didn’t do. But that’s what they all say, right? When rumoured only the dangerous survive Shadowborn Prison, I know I have no choice but to fight for my life. Luckily my short time at Shadowborn Academy, home to those with dark magic seducing their souls, has taught me how to do just that... -
![Necessary Evil by Harper A. Brooks]()
Necessary Evil by Harper A. Brooks
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... -
![Hunt Me by Heather Hildenbrand]()
Hunt Me by Heather Hildenbrand
I’m at a bar trying to poison a mark like the professional I am when I see him.Straight from Tartarus, they say the shadow dragon called Legion has slayed entire armies single-handedly, and the intense way he looks at me suggests every rumor I’ve heard about him is true.I should be terrified. Instead, I’m drawn like a moth to a flame.The moment he touches me, everything changes... -
![Swarmed: Succubus Dreams Serial by L.L. Frost]()
Swarmed: Succubus Dreams Serial by L.L. Frost
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsAdie escaped the Hunters, but not without cost. Nightmares plague her sleep, questioning the choices she made. Or is it something more? Part 7 of Succubus Dreams. Join Adie on her (mis)adventures toward achieving a quasi-normal life among humans. A charming, slow-burn reverse harem serial about one reluctant succubus and the sexy demons determined to have her... -
![Seer by Hettie Ivers]()
Seer by Hettie Ivers
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTen 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... -
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![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 ratingsThey 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... -
![Warrior Hearts Academy: Centaur Bolt by Ellie Horn]()
Warrior Hearts Academy: Centaur Bolt by Ellie Horn
My tall, dark, and gorgeous ex-Centaur warrior is not only broken, but he needs a hero.Thanks to my newly discovered talent, it seems like I’m the only one who fits the bill. But it turns out the Dragon who is keeping him company is more than just an ordinary kind of trouble.It’s a good thing that I’m no ordinary hero.. -
![The House of Gaian by Anne Bishop]()
The House of Gaian by Anne Bishop
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 39 ratingsIn the conclusion of the Tir Alainn Trilogy, the uneasy alliance between Fae and humans may not be enough to defeat the Inquisitors-leaving them no choice but to seek out the witches of the House of Gaian... -
![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 ratingsWords 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... -
![Buried Destiny by Anne Malcom]()
Buried Destiny by Anne Malcom
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsDeath.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... -
![King of Cups by Amy Kuivalainen]()
King of Cups by Amy Kuivalainen
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 9 ratings'King of Cups' is the third book in a new fated mates series based in a fantasy Venice and packed with shifters, sorcerers, and sizzling romance. Nico D’Argento has a pirate problem in the Adriatic that is only getting worse. As a general in Venice's navy, he should be above petty vendettas, but the Pirate King has robbed one ship too many, and now Nico is out for blood...Categorized as:
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![Beast's Claim by Piper Stone]()
Beast's Claim by Piper Stone
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFor years humans have mistreated his kind, and now some would seek to wipe them out entirely... -
![Primal Igniting by Melody Rose]()
Primal Igniting by Melody Rose
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSomething wicked this way comes…With the help of the Cintamani Stone, things are almost back to normal for my mates and me. Well, as normal as the five of us were ever going to get... -
![Doing It To Death by Kaia Bennett, Eden Connor]()
Doing It To Death by Kaia Bennett, Eden Connor
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsI 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... -
![Zephyr by Amara Rae]()
Zephyr by Amara Rae
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsGreer and Aleksandr's story.Blurb coming soon.Note: Zephyr is a deliciously dark and steamy paranormal romance. It features fated mates (rejected mate, knotting), a dirty-talking and alpha shifter hero, and a badass heroine who brings him to his knees. Each book in the Immortal Coven series has an HEA for the couple, but the series has an overarching plot...Categorized as:
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![Song of the Dark Wood by Sheila Masterson]()
Song of the Dark Wood by Sheila Masterson
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
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... -
![Make Her by Cassie Alexander]()
Make Her by Cassie Alexander
The final book in the Transformation Trilogy, an intense fantasy romance retelling of Beauty and the Beast: Rhaim produced a key from somewhere upon his person. “The collar has a lock.” He tossed it out onto the table. “If I cannot solve the Deathless, I will become your loyal servant, until the end of my time.” I was suddenly in danger of fainting... -
![Blood Tether by Eve Newton]()
Blood Tether by Eve Newton
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMistHallow Academy will be my sanctuary, a place to hide from my family's sinister plans for my wild magick. That was the plan, anyway. But instead, I've stumbled into a web of dark desires and deadly secrets.They're everywhere – in my classes, my dreams, my blood. Three men, each more dangerous than the last, circling me like predators stalking prey... -
![Another Damned Pirate by Myka Bound]()
Another Damned Pirate by Myka Bound
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... -
![Untamed by Leona Page]()
Untamed by Leona Page
Inuit has lost nearly everything in his life. His home burned, his family slaughtered, his pack scattered or dead, he is nothing when he is found dying in the snow with a small pup in his arms.He is rescued, given a new home, a new family, a new name.But he is haunted by the memories of death and destruction...Categorized as:
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![Dragon Emperor by Eric Vall]()
Dragon Emperor by Eric Vall
Rated: 3.97 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsEvan was just an average guy working as an EMT, but when he puts on an ancient dragon mask, he’s teleported to the magical world of Inati as a powerful black dragon. Now, he’ll have to save a beautiful priestess, rebuild a broken city, and fight a horde of zombie-like monsters led by an ancient demonic evil... -
![Inked: A Paranormal Circus Romance by Emma Hamm]()
Inked: A Paranormal Circus Romance by Emma Hamm
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIrene Evans has only known sin. As the daughter of a pastor, she shouldn't be able to see the souls of the dead. Her father sees her as possessed, and calls in an expert on exorcism. When she sees a chance to escape, she flees to a nearby circus where her life is turned upside down. Booker Ward is known by many names. Assassin. Freak. The Tattooed Man... -
![Eternal Damnation by Stacy Reid]()
Eternal Damnation by Stacy Reid
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHeavy 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 Dragon King's Pet by Loki Renard]()
The Dragon King's Pet by Loki Renard
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsEighteen-year-old Mika Ferrier has never concerned herself much with stories of the war between men and dragons, but her life changes in an instant when she is pulled through a portal that appears suddenly in her room one night. She awakens in an opulent palace in the company of a huge, handsome man who explains that he has taken Mika captive for her own protection... -
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![Scarlet Lupe by Aria Storm]()
Scarlet Lupe by Aria Storm
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsAfter awakening in this modern world. I have struggled to find my bearings. My name is Mavis, and I was once the Queen of Irish vampyrs. Now I live in the shadows of both worlds. My daughter Alexia has begun to heal the devastation wrought by a malicious immortal monstrosity. I am working towards modernizing and attempting to begin University studies soon. Aurelia brings a message to us... -
![Out of the Ashes by Tansey Morgan]()
Out of the Ashes by Tansey Morgan
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFresh 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... -
![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 ratingsThere 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... -
![The Tangleroot Palace by Marjorie M. Liu]()
The Tangleroot Palace by Marjorie M. Liu
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsNew 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... -
![Through Wolf's Eyes by Jane Lindskold]()
Through Wolf's Eyes by Jane Lindskold
Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars · 38 ratingsFirekeeper only vaguely remembers a time when she didn't live with her "family," a pack of "royal wolves"-bigger, stronger, and smarter than normal wolves. Now her pack leaders are sending her back to live among the humans, as they promised her mother years ago. Some of the humans think she may be the lost heir to their throne. This could be good-and it could be very, very dangerous... -
![Haunted Sanctuary by Moira Rogers]()
Haunted Sanctuary by Moira Rogers
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe shadows of her past could destroy their future. Green Pines, Book 1 Eden Green can’t remember a time she didn’t believe in monsters—her cousin was born one. Her family’s dark past casts a long shadow, making it hard to make friends and harder to commit to a lover. She lives a quiet life in small-town Clover, Tennessee, but she’s always waiting for the other shoe to drop... -
![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 ratingsDebut novel by Marnie L. Norton - A Path of Darkness and Runes, Book 1New 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... -
![After the Forest by Kell Woods]()
After the Forest by Kell Woods
Ginger. Honey. Cinnamon. Flour. A drop of blood to bind its power. 1650: The Black Forest, Wurttemberg. Fifteen years after the witch in the gingerbread house, Greta and Hans are struggling to get by. Their mother and stepmother are long dead, Hans is deeply in debt from gambling, and the countryside lies in ruin, its people recovering in the aftermath of a brutal war... -
![Captured by the Orc King by Tracy Lauren]()
Captured by the Orc King by Tracy Lauren
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLost to the madness of a witch’s curse, the Orc King advances on the castle at Pontheugh. His heart pulls him in one direction while magic drags him in another. All the while, fate is at work, bringing two lonely souls ever nearer.Alba…her heart breaking day by day. She’s driven to her own kind of madness... -
![Dark Beast by Sara Fields]()
Dark Beast by Sara Fields
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsI walked the land for ages, fighting monsters, collecting coin, and keeping humanity safe even when they turned their backs on me long ago. An innocent human girl, especially one on the run, should have been of no interest to me.Beasts like me weren’t meant to find love.When I found her fighting for her life, I took matters into my own hands... -
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![A Circle of Uncommon Witches by Paige Crutcher]()
A Circle of Uncommon Witches by Paige Crutcher
Rated: 3.55 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA witch generationally cursed to never find true love sets out to break the spell cast on her family, and must team up with the last person who wants to help her – the witch who set the curse in the first place.Doreen MacKinnon is doomed to die of a broken heart - if she can’t break the centuries old curse placed on her family... -
![The Silver Rose by Susan Carroll]()
The Silver Rose by Susan Carroll
From Brittany's fog-shrouded forests to the elegant dark heart of Paris's royal court, one woman must challenge a country's destiny-and her own dangerous fate. France, 1585. She is the youngest and most powerful of the "Sisters of Faire Isle," women known far and wide for their extraordinary mystical abilities... -
![Grim by Christine Johnson, Kimberly Derting]()
Grim by Christine Johnson, Kimberly Derting
Rated: 3.77 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsInspired by classic fairy tales, but with a dark and sinister twist, Grim contains short stories from some of the best voices in young adult literature today: Ellen Hopkins Amanda Hocking Julie Kagawa Claudia Gray Rachel Hawkins Kimberly Derting Myra McEntire Malinda Lo Sarah Rees-Brennan Jackson Pearce Christine Johnson Jeri Smith Ready Shaun David Hutchinson... -
![Trials Of The Damned: Year One by Avery Song]()
Trials Of The Damned: Year One by Avery Song
Rated: 3.44 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsAn alternative cover edition for this ASIN can be found here. I lived, fought, and died in the battle between good and evil. But not as a hero… After falling in battle, Lilith, known as Queen Merciless to foe and friend alike, expects to wake up in the toasty halls of hell —not the depths of the Underworld as a candidate for entry into the Academy for the Fallen...
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