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The Shadow Queen by Anne Bishop
From the national bestselling author? the new novel set in the ?darkly fascinating world?("SF Site") of the Black Jewels. Dena Nehele is a land decimated by its past. Once it was ruled by corrupt Queens who were wiped out when the land was cleansed of tainted Blood. Now, only one hundred Warlord Princes stand?without a leader and without hope... -
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... -
Dreams Made Flesh by Anne Bishop
The national bestselling Black Jewels trilogy established award-winning Anne Bishop as an author whose "sublime skill...blends the darkly macabre with spine-tingling emotional intensity, mesmerizing magic, lush sensuality, and exciting action."* Now the saga continues-with four all-new adventures of Jaenelle and her kindred... -
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... -
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Devil by Kat Blackthorne
From international bestselling author Kat Blackthorne comes the highly anticipated and epic conclusion to the worldwide sensation The Halloween Boys. Book four, Devil, is an occult reimagining of Hades and Persephone with all the Halloween charm and heart readers have come to expect from this hit series... -
Cottonmouth by Naomi Lucas
Ever since humans arrived, my world has changed. Tensions are high as we quarrel over territory, reforming our fractured clans.I will have none of it. I did not capture a bride.But then my world goes dark—and she appears.A female so lovely she possesses my mind, a bride who blushes every time she catches my eye.She is sweet.She is young.She is everything I am not.Except nothing is as it seems... -
Of Elves and Embers by Elle Madison, Robin D. Mahle
A princess bound in flames.A king living in shadows.A forgotten vow written in the stars.When I jetted off to Vegas for a reluctant girls’ weekend, the last thing I expected was to tumble through a portal into an alternate reality... -
The Oracle's Queen by Lynn Flewelling
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 42 ratingsUnder the rule of a usurper king, the realm of Skala has suffered famine, plague, and invasion. But now the time for the rightful heir has come, a return to the tradition of warrior queens. And the Lightbearer’s prophecy is to be upheld at last: so long as a daughter of the royal line defends and rules, Skala will never be subjugated... -
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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A Drop of Blood by Charlene Hartnady
I should’ve known better than to trust a stranger.Twelve years ago, our realm was thrust into perpetual darkness. The fae kings abandoned their posts and left us to her . Snow is our self-proclaimed queen and an evil dictator. Once a human herself, she’s turned into something else. Something vile. She hates humans. Perhaps we remind her too much of what she once was... -
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... -
The Blood of Doves by Melissa McSherry
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsAs an orphan, Kasia was raised in the slums of Lethe, forced to steal and kill to survive, but somehow always managed to evade the law. Her luck eventually runs out when she finds herself on the brink of death. A handsome stranger rescues her, bringing her back to his realm. Once there, he informs her of her past, a past she refuses to believe to be true... -
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... -
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Feral is the Beast by Nisha J. Tuli
The Feral King thinks he'll break me. But I will break him first.I’m a 400-year-old witch covered in tattoos—the source of my magic—but I’ve been hiding them for years, trying to escape my past.After spending centuries at the mercy of royals who thirst only for power and the desire to make up for their less impressive "assets," I refuse to be used as a tool for evil ever again...Categorized as:
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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... -
Half Truths: Then by Elena M. Reyes
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI’M A BEAST. UNTAMED. WILD. I have no need for a mate, much less a witch. Her kind is untrustworthy and cruel, yet this one beckons me and the pull is near volatile. My wolf thirsts for her pinned beneath us while my teeth break flesh—mark her as ours. Rejecting her is right, but at what cost? It’s the first time the animal and I are at odds. A KING does not bend the knee...Categorized as:
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Craving Darkness by R. Sullins
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsThe long awaited sequel to Lovely Darkness by USA Today Bestselling author R Sullins! Kallista had always known she was different. The shadows had always called to her. She craved to be held safe in their cool depths. To escape her parent's methods of attempting to rid her of her demons.Valen was destruction. Everything he touched crumbled. Everywhere he went, pain followed... -
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... -
Claimed by the Creature by Sarah Spade
I’m used to getting all sorts of fan mail — but a spellbook? After an in incident on tour leaves me cooped up in my penthouse apartment, on vocal rest for the unforeseen future, with only my grumpy pet cat for company, I’m desperate for a distraction. At my manager’s suggestion, I do something I haven’t done in ages: I go through my fan mail... -
Shadows and Light by Anne Bishop
Rated: 3.99 of 5 stars · 39 ratingsNational bestselling author Anne Bishop’s novels have been hailed as “genuine gems” (SF Site) and “lavishly sensual” (Library Journal). In her highly anticipated second book in the Tir Alainn Trilogy, she weaves a dazzling tale of romance, high adventure, and thrilling fantasy... -
Belladonna by Anne Bishop
Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars · 44 ratingsIn this follow-up to Sebastian, the Eater of the World casts its shadow over Ephemera. Only Glorianna Belladonna possesses the ability to thwart the Eater--but she is not alone. In dreams, a call has traveled beyond the Landscapes and reached Michael, a man with mysterious powers... -
Sebastian by Anne Bishop
Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars · 48 ratingsA world of shifting lands connected only by bridges, Ephemera has been kept stable by the magic of the Landscapers. In one land where night reigns and demons dwell, the half-incubus Sebastian revels in dark delights. But then in dreams she calls to him: a woman who wants only to be safe and loved-a woman he hungers for while knowing he may destroy her... -
Crossing Acheron by H.G. Birde
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsMalachy Donovan was born human. But after waking up in a pool of his own blood, he knew that fact, which once felt so certain, had been changed forever.After being freed from imprisonment by Acheron and his elite unit of bodyguards, Malachy quickly learns the truth of his condition: he is a dhampir, a rare and powerful creature born half-human, half-vampire... -
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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... -
The Wolf King's Chosen by Milly Taiden
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratings“It’s hard to believe that the agreement between myself and her father was forged so long ago. Tonight I am bringing my bride home, regardless of what anyone has to say about it.” There was a pause in the conversation. “You know, boss, there will be other people who will want to talk to and dance with Lexi tonight. It is her 21st birthday ball... -
The Sight of Flames by A.J. Merlin
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFour hundred years ago, my ancestor led an uprising against the Witch’s Council. And failed miserably. Now her descendants and those of her supporters must serve as Wardens to help protect witch-kind, though we’re relegated to being second best and the first ones thrown into danger. The Disgraced, as we’re called, are meant to suck it up and be grateful... -
A Vampire's Submission by L.E. Wilson
She deserves a hero. Too bad she found a villain instead. Humans are only good for food…or entertainment. And after jumping from a plane and crash landing in the desert, vampire Dante Gabor desperately needed the former. Without large prey to feed on, his injuries would never heal. Then he found her. Laney Moss should’ve been nothing more than a sweet meal... -
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... -
Enticed by Sylvia Mercedes
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsFive years ago, she devastated his world.Now, he needs her to help him save it. A short story set in the Prince of the Doomed City series, tells certain events from the Prince's point-of-view . . -
On the Prowl by Cynthia Eden
Rated: 3.87 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsTime to embrace your inner evil. Rose Kinley never intended to be one of the most feared creatures to walk the earth. Once upon a time, she was a human—one who fell in love with a mysterious stranger. But when she got caught in a paranormal war, she lost her humanity and died…only to wake later as a vampire. Now Rose has a choice... -
Hunted in Holly: A Dark Fantasy Christmas Romance by Leann Belle
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsI'll never let him catch meThe King of the North Pole was supposed to be an ally. He wasn't supposed to burn my kingdom in the South Pole to the ground and destroy everything I knew and loved. As the new Queen, I'll take my revenge no matter what it costs me.But Nicholas, the immortal Saint, is far more powerful than I ever imagined...Categorized as:
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Tangled Webs by Anne Bishop
Anne Bishop's national bestselling and critically acclaimed Black Jewels series has enthralled readers with its lavish blend of "the darkly macabre with spine-tingling emotional intensity, mesmerizing magic, lush sensuality, and exciting action... -
Baneful Magick by Suki Rose
Greywood Conservatory for the Arcane.Welcome Home.No one really understood my obsession for poison and deadly plants, so when I was offered a spot at Greywood Conservatory, I thought I'd found acceptance.I should have remembered appearances can be deceiving.The professor who delivered my invitation haunts my thoughts... -
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Keeping Her Close by Luna Knight
Rated: 3.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAndreaI committed treason.Now I'm on the run from my old pack, denying my wolf her freedom in the process. Unsure of what my next move will be, I fall into this new life. That is, until he enters my life and makes me question everything. Now I have to know...will I see him again? And why does he affect me the way he does?DamienI was sent here on a job.To hunt down a woman and erase her... -
High Demand by Michaela Jackson
Rated: 3.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIt starts with an interview. It ends with a cultist determined to make her his. Res Lauressa Kleen left a cult when she was seventeen and has spent the last ten years resisting all attempts by her family to drag her back in. So she knows better than to fall for all Jaxson Devine’s manipulations and lies to get her to join him in The Sovereignty, no matter how charming and handsome he is...Categorized as:
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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... -
Untamed Mate by Callie Rose
Warning: the blurb below contains spoilers for the first book in the series. If you haven't started the series yet, begin with Rejected Mate. *They broke the bond.But they didn’t break me.Although they left me with a gaping hole in my chest, Kian, Malix, and Frost did me a favor when they shattered our bond and left me alone in the mountains.For a moment there, I'd started to trust them... -
White as Snow (The Fairy Tale Series) by Tanith Lee, Terri Windling
Rated: 3.77 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsOnce upon a time there was a mirror. . . . So begins this dark, unusual retelling of the story of Snow White by the writer reviewers have called “the Angela Carter of the fantasy field”—a whole novel based on a beloved story, turning it into a dark and sensual drama full of myth and magic. Arpazia is the aging queen who paces the halls of a warlord’s palace... -
Bedtime Story for a Stolen Child by Anna Mayle
Rated: 3.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsStolen away from his cradle as a child, Leinad has been a plaything of the Faerie for thirty years. He has been broken and put back together so many times that he cannot even remember what he used to be. He has given up all hope of escape, until a soft breeze through his cell leads him home, only to find out that home has gone on without him... -
To Love a God by Evie Kent
I spent my whole life training to become a ballet dancer—a soloist, a star. Today, I’m a toy, a plaything, a distraction…An offering.A sacrifice to a caged god, to the Norse trickster.Loki.Trapped in a cave for the sins of his past, he waits for the end of days. Modern worshippers curry favor with gifts and trinkets, spilled blood—and women like me.Women who resemble his long-dead wife... -
Creation's Captive by Melody Joanne
The day I started seeing ghosts - my life went to shit. Too bad the Fates don’t hand out gift receipts because respectfully, I’d like a refund. Unfortunately, those meddlesome hags aren’t even close to being done with me.A powerful, destructive creature is on the prowl and threatens the existence of the universe. The only way to stop the creature is with equal destructive power... -
Bond by Darcy Rose
Rated: 3.58 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsApparently rejecting me was not enough heartache to put me through. All I’ve ever wanted was to have a peaceful life. Why can’t he just leave me alone and go back to his precious pack? He wants me to embrace the bond between us, but I’m not ready to forgive him for what he did, and part of me thinks I never will... -
Fear: a Terrifying Love Story by Kathryn Ann Kingsley
I have always loved fear. And now I know it loves me back.My whole life has been defined by fear. It’s what’s driven everything I’ve ever done. It’s why I’m a firefighter. It’s why I sneak into abandoned buildings. It’s why I drive a motorcycle way too fast... -
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