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Archangel's Heart by Nalini Singh
New York Times bestselling author Nalini Singh takes us into a dangerous and exhilarating world where a deadly, beautiful archangel and his once-mortal consort are caught in a fury of twisted darkness… One of the most vicious archangels in the world has disappeared. No one knows if Lijuan is dead or has chosen to Sleep the long sleep of an immortal... -
Compelled by Jaymin Eve
A standalone story in the Shadow Beast Shifters world. Best read after Deserted for storyline continuity. Simone, of the Torma shifters, thought she was finished with the world of supernaturals that existed outside of Earth. She'd been there, done that, and had the near death experience to show for her time.Then a summons back to Valdor-the vampire world- is dropped in her lap... -
Archangel's War by Nalini Singh
Wings of silver. Wings of blue. Mortal heart. Broken dreams. Shatter. Shatter. Shatter. A sundering. A grave. I see the end. I see. . . The world is in chaos as the power surge of the Cascade rises to a devastating crescendo. In furiously resisting its attempts to turn Elena into a vessel for Raphael’s power, Elena and her archangel are irrevocably changed. .Categorized as:
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Escaping Destiny by Amelia Hutchins
I thought things couldn't get worse. I was wrong. I found out what I really wanted and was forced to give him up. Just as I found out who I really am, I was presented to the elusive Horde King as a gift. This was the mystical being I was hidden from for more than twenty years...Categorized as:
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Ashes to Ashes by Karina Halle
Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsIt’s been two months since Perry Palomino and Dex Foray’s relationship reached a new turning point, two months since Perry started a new life in Seattle, and two months since their Experiment in Terror show took on a new partner, ex-Wine Babe Rebecca Sims, and found a new level of success. But whenever there is light in their lives, the madness still has a way of coming back in... -
Death Before Dawn by Amelia Hutchins
Rated: 4.59 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsHello Diary, Not sure when I will have a chance to write again, so I’ll have to make this fast. The search for my brother has been a long one and what I have seen along the way makes me question everything I was taught to believe about people and reinforces what my father said might happen if an apocalyptic event were to occur... -
Taunting Destiny by Amelia Hutchins
I thought things were bad and weird before – hold on – it’s getting worse. Adam and I are both going through identity crises of epic proportions as we Transition from who we were, and discover who we were meant to be. More Fae are dying, and I feel as if time is running out for us to find all of those responsible and put an end to the killings... -
Queen of Chaos by Amelia Hutchins
From USA Today and WSJ Bestselling Author, Amelia Hutchins comes a tale of love, war, and betrayal. A queen in chaos . . . A kingdom left in ashes . . . A fate that may turn to ruins . . . A king who continually stokes her flames…. What’s a girl to do? Some women rise from their ashes, Aria tends to be the one making the ashes nowadays...Categorized as:
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Glamoured by Jaymin Eve
A standalone story in the Wall Street Journal bestselling Shadow Beast Shifters world. Best read after Compelled for storyline continuity.Samantha, of the Clarity shifters, has a secret. And it’s going to cost her everything.To save the most important person in her life, Samantha promises to form a mate bond with her pack’s future leader... -
Reborn by Jaymin Eve
The epic conclusion to the Shadow Beast Shifters.I finally have the life I always dreamed of. So why does it taste like ash on my tongue?Growing up in Torma, the strongest of the shifter packs, I wanted nothing more than to find my true mate and live my best life. Of course, that dream existed before my father betrayed the pack and turned me into their punching bag... -
Glitter by Shannon Mayer
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsI thought that my biggest problem was a curse that turned me into a golden retriever instead of a wolf. Then I accidentally took on a second curse that bound my fate to that of the world’s. If I die, everyone else goes down in flames too. Ragnarök is now in my hands. Great. Talk about pressure I don’t need. Did I mention everyone trying to kill me? My mate. My brothers. My mother...Categorized as:
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Jared by Teresa Gabelman
The VC Warriors are an elite group of vampire who protect innocents, whether human or those of their own race. Jared Kincaid, along with other Warriors, are shocked when a fiery red head with a gun and attitude, bring news of young teens being turned into an army of half-breed vampires capable of taking out all VC Warriors...Categorized as:
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Dark Lycan by Christine Feehan
The erotic, gripping series that has defined an entire genre” (J. R...Categorized as:
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Dark Peril by Feehan C Christine Feehan
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsDominic of the Dragonseeker lineage - one of the most powerful lines the Carpathian people has - infiltrates the heart of the enemy camp to learn their plans. This is a one-way mission: he plans to get in fast, relay the information and go down fighting - an honourable way to end his life. But a complication lies ahead... -
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Surge by M. Sinclair
Find out what happens next in Surge - the 3rd book in The Storm Dragons' Mate... -
The Only One by Christine Feehan, Susan Grant
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 38 ratingsFOR EACH, THERE COULD BE ONLY ONE This book contains three short stories: 1. Dark Descent by Christine Feehan (11 in her Dark Series) an aggressive, multi-talented professional body guard/secret service agent who never lets danger or the unknown stop her becomes the lifemate of a powerful immortal embroiled in a battle with the vampires. 2... -
Dark Storm by Christine Feehan
Return to the seductive world of Christine Feehan's New York Times bestselling Carpathian novels as roiling passions collide in a perfect storm of dangerous desire that only a precious few can hope to outrun . . . Awakening after all this time in a world of absolute darkness and oppressive heat, Dax wonders in how many ways the world above must have changed... -
Dark Possession by Christine Feehan
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 37 ratingsA Carpathian event-the new hardcover from the phenomenal New York Times bestselling author.Christine Feehan returns to the sensual Carpathian world that has earned her a reputation as "the queen of paranormal romance" (USA Today) in a new novel of true love and the unnatural forces that could destroy it... -
Dark Obsession by Sarah Piper
A vicious demonic plot. A curse decades in the making. An epic love that burns hotter than the very fires of hell…Charlotte...All Charley’s nightmares are real.Demons. Dark witches. Her murderous uncle.With her soul bound to an ancient demon lord and her sister taken captive by a monster, hope is in short supply.But Charley will not go down without a fight... -
Deception by Zoe Parker
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe Dark is angry… Jameson went off chasing boobs so now I’m chasing a boob, too—him. Every road so far, ends at a dead end or with someone dead at the end. Mostly the latter. My patience is growing short and so is time. As Phobe blithely reminds me with his sharp smile, there’s a reason the Sidhe chose me and that reason leaves me covered in blood... -
Dark Peril by Christine Feehan
Dominic of the Dragonseeker lineage, one of the most powerful lines the Carpathian people has, ingests vampire blood laces with parasites in order to be able to go the very heart of the enemy camp and learn their plans. It is a one way mission. He knows he has little time once the parasites and the blood go to work...Categorized as:
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Dark Desire by Christine Feehan
They were masters of the darkness, searching through eternity for a mistress of the light... The stranger silently summons her from across the continents, across the seas. He whispers of eternal torment, of endless hunger...of dark, dangerous desires. And somehow American surgeon Shea O'Halloran can feel his anguish, sense his haunting aloneness, and she aches to heal him, to heal herself...Categorized as:
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Came Back Haunted by Karina Halle
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsA lot can change in three years.For Perry and Dex Foray, it’s been a step in the right direction, a step toward living a normal life. They’re happily married, they have their own media company, they’ve done what they can to leave their sordid and scary past behind them.But something has changed recently. Perry’s biological clock is ticking.Her sister, Ada, is going down the same path she once did... -
Bound by Blood by Brenda K. Davies
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsForced to deal with the aftermath of her parents’ murders, Caro isn’t expecting an ambush of Savages—or salvation to come from a man as frightening as the monsters hunting her.Determined to destroy the demons, Saber realizes his mission is over when he learns that Charles, the man who could help him, is dead...Categorized as:
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The Throne Of Broken Gods by Amber Nicole
"Then, Samkiel, you will know this is how the world ends." But it was not this world. No, it was mine. It was Dianna. The world quakes in fear as the last shred of Dianna's humanity is ripped from her. As it should. Grief consumes Dianna, burning away any semblance of good within her and threatening the budding relationship between her and Liam... -
Shadow of Doubt by Hailey Edwards
Hadley Whitaker is a liar, a killer, and a chocoholic, but she’s getting better about the first two. Or maybe she’s just getting better at them. Some days it’s hard for her to tell fact from fiction, but only one truth matters. Goddess willing, she’s going to be the next Potentate of Atlanta... -
The Phantom: A Paranormal Romance by Gena Showalter
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 17 ratings"One of the premier authors of paranormal romance. Gena Showalter delivers an utterly spellbinding story!"—Kresley Cole, #1 New York Times bestselling authorNew York Times bestselling author Gena Showalter delivers The Phantom , the third book in her pulse-pounding Rise of the Warlords series, featuring a vengeful harpy and a callous torture master locked in a battle to the death...Categorized as:
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Conquering the King of Storms by Lola Glass
A few months ago, I woke up in a world full of fae with a sexy king who called me his mate.I've managed to avoid him for the most part, if you don't count the way his magic is constantly whispering dirty things in my ears. His power makes him pretty much insane unless I kiss him, which simplifies the avoidance... -
Black Onyx by Nikita Parmenter
The fae realm is notoriously dangerous, whereas most supernaturals don’t get thrown into the more dangerous side of fae life until they’re twenty-five thanks to her tyrant father, Farren’s been dealing with it since she was sixteen, brutally trained and punished; she knows her way around a blade...Categorized as:
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The Gathering by Vanessa Nelson
Scarred by a brutal past, she has sworn to help those in need.As one of the Hundred, Yvonne cannot ignore a plea for help, even if all she wants is a quiet life, somewhere safe for her adopted children to grow into adulthood.Safety is in short supply. Young people, some of them children, are going missing in large numbers, leaving bewildered and grieving families behind...Categorized as:
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Dark Seduction by Sarah Piper
Betraying the vampire king has deadly consequences. But what if you crave the punishment?Charlotte...Get in, get the intel, get out. And above all, don’t get noticed.As a master thief, Charley D’Amico lived by those rules... until she screwed up and fell in love with her mark—a sexy, commanding vampire king whose cravings are as dark as his secrets.She should be running for her life...Categorized as:
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Stalk the Dark by Debbie Cassidy
A Vampire King without a heart needs a watcher who guards hers dearly, but I didn’t expect that watcher to be me.The Order of Helsing have protected the innocent from the Vampire King’s ravenous hunger and cruel games for centuries.He can’t be killed.He can’t be stopped.Because this ancient being has no master...Categorized as:
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Reluctant Queen: A Hellscape Novel by Kira Stanley
Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsYou think your parents are bad? Try having the devil as your father.I'd had enough of all the expectations and rules that come with being the next in line for Hell’s throne. I was tired of the constant fight over my so-called duty. There was only one answer - to run away to the human realm...Categorized as:
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Rival Magic by Ella Summers
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsThe alternate cover edition for this book can be found here.From San Francisco to Munich to Las Vegas and beyond, mercenary mage Sera Dering faces her biggest challenge yet in this final installment of the bestselling Dragon Born Serafina series. After twenty-four years of pretending to be human, Sera is adjusting to her new life with magic and a deepening relationship with dragon shifter Kai... -
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Refugee by Erica Stevens
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 42 ratingsWhispers, rumors, and horror stories abound about The Barrens and the strange creatures that lurk within them. Determined to find the remaining vampires that stood against his father in the war, Braith knows that it’s dangerous to enter the inhospitable land, but that they must if they are to have a chance at gaining allies to help overthrow the king...Categorized as:
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Aisling: Breath of the New Creature by A.E. Jürgens
Bound by both her duty to her clann and all the Isles of Rinn Dúin, Aisling is handfast to one of the twelve fae sovereigns: she, a fragile symbol of peace between mortals and fair folk... -
A Game of Fate by Scarlett St. Clair
This book is A Touch of Darkness told from Hades POV. Hades, God of the Underworld, is known for his inflexible rule, luxurious night clubs, and impossible bargains. Used to control, he is not prepared to discover the Fates have chosen his future wife and Queen—Persephone, Goddess of Spring... -
Dark Hunger by Christine Feehan
The New York Times bestselling author's Carpathian classic goes Manga! Christine Feehan has reinvented the vampire novel with her New York Times bestselling Carpathian series. Now she and Berkley take her "out-of-the- ordinary" (Booklist) in a thrilling new direction--and this time it's more graphic than ever... -
For King and Corruption by Kel Carpenter
After five months of journeying across the continent with her sister, Quinn is finally ready to return to the king she swore to serve.But war has been brewing over Norcasta in her absence. While Lazarus may reign as king, there are those that would see the blood heirs in power instead...Categorized as:
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Crypts and Crimes by Scarlett Dawn
Through time and crime,The crocodiles cried tears.Furious hearts will not die,Run away, my dears.Once were charmed,Forever enslaved.Rage! Rage!The Fae cannot change.The heart has no mercy... King Athon is a shifter prick.If only my dastardly soul mate was a little less intelligent...Categorized as:
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For the Power by Debbie Cassidy
Take the journey, find the lock that fits the key and get some damn answers.Get from point A to point B. Stick to the mapped-out route and take shelter at the pre-planned times. It sounds simple enough, now if only we’d factored in getting attacked by djinn and having to take a detour through The Wilds...Categorized as:
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Scales and Skeletons by Scarlett Dawn
The bones of the kinsman tell no lies,A Fae shadow now mars the noon skies.Fly, fly as fast as you can,Fly, fly and flee the crowned man.Strong and terrible, mighty in rage,Fear Fae in your days, marked true by the sage. What in the realm have I gotten myself into this time?I thought it would be a splendid idea to sneak into the Shifter Kingdom...Categorized as:
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Blood Magic by Ella Summers
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsThe alternate cover edition for this book can be found here.Branded as an abomination, Dragon Born mage Alex Dering has spent her whole life hiding what she is—a secret her father died to protect. Eight years after his death, Alex finally gets the chance to track down the mage responsible... -
The Wolf and the Wildflower by Ella Fields
A standalone fantasy romance about the healing yet deadly power of fate and love.When I was young, I was told that my true love would be a faerie king. I didn’t heed the warning.I tumbled into love as soon as our eyes first met, unaware that he wasn’t what he seemed.My king wanted marriage, power, devotion, and a family... -
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Bewitched by Laura Thalassa
From bestselling indie author and TikTok favorite Laura Thalassa comes a witch fantasy set in the world of the Bargainer series.At age twenty, Selene Bowers desperately hopes to be accepted into Henbane Coven, an academy for young witches. Since one of the requirements for entry is to connect with her powers via a quest through the wilderness, Selene books a trip to South America...Categorized as:
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Dark Crime by Christine Feehan
Two strangers are bonded by a lust for revenge—and each other—in this short story from Christine Feehan’s “erotic, gripping series that has defined an entire genre.” (J. R. Ward) Blaze McGuire knows who killed her father and she has merciless plans for payback. Until a phone call from a seductive stranger pleads with her to wait. Retribution is in his blood, too... -
Love and Chaos by S.M. Soto
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsHell is risingPeople are dying… all in the name of love... -
Cursed Shadows 2 : Dark Fae Romance by Quinn Blackbird
“Look how easily you submit; how easily you cry; how quickly you beg... I wonder Nari, when I'm through with you... How softly you'll die?”Welcome to the brutal world of the light and the dark fae—and their ruthless love. To break a dark fae’s heart is a death wish.A fatal slight, one Nari will pay for in her blood—And Daxeel comes to collect...Categorized as:
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The Sin of Saints by Lauren M Leasure
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsFor fans of Sarah J. Maas, Jennifer L. Armentrout, and Raven Kennedy...Growing up in Eserene's slums, Petra's life is marred by unimaginable tragedy. Things finally begin to look up when she meets Calomyr, member of the Royal Guard and keeper of just as much heartache as Petra... -
Fated by Donna Augustine
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsSettling the cosmic score is what Karma was drafted by the Universe to do. But what happens when all the humans start going to the dark side? She’s got to find the source and the most likely suspect is her long time rival, who outclasses her in both power and resources.Luckily, she’s got a new partner, Fate, but he comes with his own set of complications...Categorized as:
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