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  • Souls by Ednah Walters

    Souls by Ednah Walters

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    WARNING: This is CORA'S story: This book may be considered NA (new adult) because it contains some swearing, violence and sex scenes: Suitable for ages 17 and up. A Clean Version will also be available on Amazon. Eighteen-year-old Cora Jemison knows what it’s like to date a soul reaper. There are no Friday night movies, no school dances, and no stolen kisses between classes...
  • Redemption by S.J. West

    Redemption by S.J. West

    Rated: 4.59 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    In the final installment of The Redemption Series, Anna must face the challenges of retrieving the rest of the seals from the Princes of Hell. As her relationship with Lucifer grows stronger, she learns more about not only her father’s past but also her own. Helena uses her growing influence to strengthen her dominion over Hell and tempt Anna’s dark side into joining forces with her...
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  • Darkness Unleashed by Stephanie Rowe

    Darkness Unleashed by Stephanie Rowe

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    The New York Times bestselling author of the Order of the Blade series, Stephanie Rowe, returns to the haunted recesses of the Underworld, where the most dangerous and unpredictable Calydon of all must face his darkest past and the sensual woman who is hiding a secret that he can't afford to discover...
  • Roar and Order by Milly Taiden

    Roar and Order by Milly Taiden

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Romance is the name of the game in this new...
  • Vital by Jamie Magee

    Vital by Jamie Magee

    Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Willow’s journey continues in VITAL, the fourth book in the INSIGHT series. Combating a crumbling family life, a circle of suddenly inconsiderate friends who seem determined to anger her, and a plethora of emotional trials too numerous to withstand, Willow feels overwhelmed. She has pushed herself beyond her own limits and in so doing has closed her mind. Dreams are no longer coming to her...
  • Her Second Chance Wolf by Ariana Hawkes

    Her Second Chance Wolf by Ariana Hawkes

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Elinor Back in high school, Blake Waldgrave was my nemesis. Now he’s back in my life. Hotter than ever, and… interested in me??? I had a rocky past—dumped in a cardboard box by my family, and so broken I’d never be able to shift. But I’ve got my sh*t together now. I’m no longer the strange little bird that nobody wanted...
  • Rogue by Patricia A. Rasey

    Rogue by Patricia A. Rasey

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    ROGUE Sons of Sangue: Book 4 Vampire MC member Anton “Rogue” Balan, aka Blondy, has turned his back on the powerful Sons of Sangue, betraying the brotherhood he once considered his family. Or so his vampire brethren think. Changing his appearance, his persona, and signing up with rival gang, the Devils, Rogue has gone deep undercover to catch the La Paz Cartel’s kingpin...
  • My Demon Assistant by Stella Rainbow

    My Demon Assistant by Stella Rainbow

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Demons made great assistants. I'd know, I had one... When I first met my new assistant, I thought he was a little strange, but ultimately a good employee.He was on-time everyday, brought me homemade cookies, and did his work diligently. While he had a tendency to get his phrases and words mixed up, he was ultimately a good assistant...
    Categorized as:
    demons  office  m-m  magic  fantasy  queer  paranormal  contemporary
  • Darkness Arisen by Stephanie Rowe

    Darkness Arisen by Stephanie Rowe

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Darkness Hunts Him. Calydon warrior Ian Fitzgerald refuses to die. Cursed by black magic, he has stayed alive through sheer force of will and unyielding commitment to a mission he is sworn to complete. There is only one thing that can defeat him…and she has just found him. Desire Torments Her...
  • In Bed with the Vampire by Milly Taiden

    In Bed with the Vampire by Milly Taiden

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    New SeriesNew HellNew Level of Funnyand New Romance!In this fun installment of Hellscape Holidays, the devil and his BFF are up to no good with their antics. They set their sights on a new couple at Hellscape Holidays and making sure everyone is getting jiggy with it. Not gonna lie, I kinda feel bad for these people...not really...
  • The Enchanted: Council of Seven Shifter Romance Collection by Juniper Hart

    The Enchanted: Council of Seven Shifter Romance Collection by Juniper Hart

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A HOT-AS-SIN romance collection that will take you on a wild ride! Read all 16 books in the Council of Seven world! This is the first time all books have ever been published together in one collection. ***** One night at an Enchanted bar changed my entire world forever… I should have just let him have the drink and run. I didn’t. Toby's eyes sucked me in—almost as fast as his lips...
  • Striping Hot by Milly Taiden

    Striping Hot by Milly Taiden

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A reporter and a tiger shifter are about to learn that you never know what will happen at one of Gerri Wilder’s famous bachelor auctions!Hard-nosed and clever reporter, Gianna Lee, has dreamed of finding the scoop of a lifetime. She just never knew that she’d stumble across it at the same time she catches the eye of a hunky billionaire tiger shifter...
  • Perfect Match 3: Captain's Conquest by I. T. Lucas

    Perfect Match 3: Captain's Conquest by I. T. Lucas

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 8 ratings
    Working as a Starbucks barista, Alicia fends off flirting all day long, but none of the guys are as charming and sexy as Gregg. His frequent visits are the highlight of her day, but since he’s never asked her out, she assumes he’s taken. Besides, between a day job and a budding music career, she has no time to start a new relationship...
  • Deviled Eggs with a Sprinkle of Sin by Cara Wylde

    Deviled Eggs with a Sprinkle of Sin by Cara Wylde

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 6 ratings
    I knew attempting to cook something from scratch was a bad idea. All I wanted was to impress my friends with some homemade deviled eggs. Now there’s a seven-foot-tall creature of Hell in my kitchen who’s saying I’m a powerful witch and that I summoned him. He’s more than happy to… ahem… devil my eggs, if that’s my wish and command.No...
  • Stripe Poker by Milly Taiden

    Stripe Poker by Milly Taiden

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The bets turn serious when their hearts are on the line.Opal Hayes is a tiger shifter who’s dedicated her life to making life better for the senior citizens in her hometown. She’s intrigued when Gerri Wilder suggests a poker tournament for her next fundraiser. When she sets eyes on a smoking hot poker champion, she wonders what Gerri’s up to...
  • No Harm No Howl by Milly Taiden

    No Harm No Howl by Milly Taiden

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Gia Dodson fell on hard times when she got laid off. When Gerri Wilder told her about an opening for her dream job, it sounded too good to be true. It’s the job Gia always wanted, but does Gerri have an alternative motive of the tall, handsome and growly kind? Russ Waters is tired of being alone. He wants his mate, and he wants her now...
  • Ryan by Milly Taiden

    Ryan by Milly Taiden

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A lioness rescued from an underground ring takes on a whole new opponent: a cute geek she just can't resist.Nikita is struggling to adapt to her new life now that she's started working for Nick's protection agency. She meets her match when she falls for Ryan, a skinny geek with a heart of gold who's trying to find his lost friend...
  • Darkest Temptation by Rachel Van Dyken

    Darkest Temptation by Rachel Van Dyken

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    I'm a werewolf King who chose to step down out of grief for my mate. For centuries I've been alone, choosing to live a life of modesty despite the wealth surrounding me. I deserve to be punished. I crave things I have no business craving. And it is manifesting itself in a way I'm terrified I won't be able to control any longer. Especially since she arrived. Vampire. Orphan...
  • Always, Angel by Heather Killough-Walden

    Always, Angel by Heather Killough-Walden

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    From the "New York Times "bestselling author of the Big Bad Wolf paranormal romances, a brand-new novella in the world of the Lost Angels. For millennia, the archangels have searched for their destined mates on earth. Now they are beginning to unite, but for Angel, it is a time of danger and fear...
  • A Beginner's Guide to Christmas Miracles by Shannon Mae

    A Beginner's Guide to Christmas Miracles by Shannon Mae

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Nachielus (not Nicholas) may have gotten into a bit of trouble over unsanctioned miracles, ending up on the upstairs’ naughty list. Sure, maybe he’d gotten a little carried away with the whole Christmas thing, but he hadn’t meant to become a part of folklore, and surely that wasn’t a reason to bury him in centuries of paperwork...
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    fated-mates  demons  angels  fantasy  queer  m-m  paranormal  magic
  • Forever in Darkness by Stephanie Rowe

    Forever in Darkness by Stephanie Rowe

    Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    **This is a novella approximately 60 pages in length** Cursed to die for a choice his ancestor made, Ian Fitzgerald has spent six hundred years fighting the curse and trying to restore honor to his family's name. But his time to die has finally come, and his doom is in the guise of the one woman he cannot walk away from: his soul mate...
  • Valefar Vol. 1 by H.M. Ward

    Valefar Vol. 1 by H.M. Ward

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    The VALEFAR VOLUMES tell the story of Collin Smith and other Valefar. It's 369 days before Ivy loses her soul to a demon kiss. And, Collin Smith, the most powerful Valefar this side of Hell, wants his soul back. He thinks he'll get it too, until a bargain with a powerful demon proves to be more costly than he hoped...
  • Alpha & Omega by K. Webster

    Alpha & Omega by K. Webster

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    One smile. One damn beautiful smile infected my heart and soul with such a force that I nearly exploded. All hopes of afterlife and the eagerness to leave this one vanished with that one handsome smile. Thump. My heart gave one painful thud and began beating for the first time in its life. And then he spoke. The beautiful smile had an even more beautiful voice...
  • Rose Moon by Heidi Adams

    Rose Moon by Heidi Adams

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    What secrets do we keep to protect the one we love? What lies do we tell, and what are we willing to sacrifice?Karter Quint has the perfect life: star athlete, gifted pianist, straight A-student, handsome and charismatic, he seems fated for success. What nobody knows is that he has battled debilitating episodes during which a strange force invades his mind and body...
  • Off-Limits To The Grizzly: An age-gap fated mates romance by Ariana Hawkes

    Off-Limits To The Grizzly: An age-gap fated mates romance by Ariana Hawkes

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    When I told my BFF that I thought her dad was kinda hot, she totally freaked.Fast forward ten years, and she’s gone from my life, and I’m trying (failing) to make it in the big city.But when I crash and burn, Mr Johnson is right there, ready to catch me.To take me back to his little log cabin, deep in the forest.And keep me safe from the blizzard...
  • Inferno of Darkness by Stephanie Rowe

    Inferno of Darkness by Stephanie Rowe

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Many centuries ago... A brutal betrayal. Fatally wounded by his father, Dante Sinclair has only hours left to destroy his family's tainted legacy before he succumbs to the poison coursing through him. Rigidly focused on his goal, he has no time for anything else, until he meets a sensual, tormented woman that calls to his soul in ways that strip him raw and derails him from his mission...
  • Elfemies to Lovers by Jennifer Chipman

    Elfemies to Lovers by Jennifer Chipman

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    The daughter of a runaway Christmas Elf. The son of Santa Claus. A whole lot of Christmas Magic. What could go wrong?Ivy WintersAs the head elf at Santa’s Christmasland, I never expected to be butting heads with the new executive—or going on a date with him. But when he asked me to go home with him for Christmas, I surprised myself by saying yes.Oh, and he’s from the North Pole...
  • A Dangerous Hunger by J.S. Scott

    A Dangerous Hunger by J.S. Scott

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Dr. Talia Maris had lived her entire life as a freak—a too tall, too plain, too odd woman who sees and senses the presence of otherworldly entities. A total recluse, Talia spends all of her time on her research, living a contented, quiet life with only her loyal feline companion for company. Until that sedate existence comes crashing down around her when she starts being pursued by demon Evils...
  • The Acropolis by R.K. Ryals

    The Acropolis by R.K. Ryals

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    "We have a new assignment for you, Mr. Reinhardt." These words are not comforting to me. At eighteen, I am a gargoyle who has been demoted because I broke the rules. Now I have a new mission, a new mark to protect. But I don't expect Emma Chase. I don't expect to question my own race. I don't expect to care for my own mark. And I am not prepared for what I find at The Acropolis...
  • Melancholia by Elle Casey

    Melancholia by Elle Casey

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Malcolm's had a problem for as long as he can remember. No matter where he goes or what he does, he leaves misery in his wake. Sadness and negativity are his constant companions, influencing others around him until they cannot bear to live. But then Rae shows up in his life, and everything changes. Darkness cleaves to light. Anger yields to joy...
  • Hear No by Lizzy Ford

    Hear No by Lizzy Ford

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    It's only the end of the world ... Nathan's job for the past three thousand years has been to clean up supernatural messes. Jaded, ruthlessly effective and selfless, he's seen it all and can handle anything - demons, homicidal angels, even bad bosses. His latest challenge: A creature named Shadowman is seeking out the three keys it believes will open portals between earth and hell...
  • Howl of the Wolf by N.J. Walters

    Howl of the Wolf by N.J. Walters

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Hell’s last chance could mean their last breath. Hades’ Carnival, Book 4 When artist and tarot reader Sabrina Wolfe runs across an old carousel wolf in an antique shop, she can’t resist buying the compelling symbol of her totem animal, her protector. But she isn’t prepared when the wooden animal comes to fang-flashing life—and shifts into a darkly sexy man...
  • Pride of the Lion by N.J. Walters

    Pride of the Lion by N.J. Walters

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    "Once upon a time, a writer woke up in the middle of her own book " "Hades Carnival, Book 3" Araminta Davenport has arrived. After giving up her librarian job to be a full-time writer, all those lonely nights alone with her cat and her keyboard have paid off. She s been invited to participate in one of the biggest reader appreciation weekends as a professional author...
  • The Fire Within by Dana Marie Bell

    The Fire Within by Dana Marie Bell

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    She will set his world ablaze. Detective Dante Zucco has been tasked with bringing a Shemyaza to justice. As a seris Nephilim, his inner fire comes in handy in battle, but not in love. He's been burned before, but maybe this time he'll find a blaze that matches his own. One of the families of the human victims has hired Elizabeth Rand, PI, to investigate the murders...
  • Awaken by Lori Adams

    Awaken by Lori Adams

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The thrills continue in Lori Adams’s addictive New Adult series of paranormal romance—the Soulkeepers—featuring the hottest love triangle in this life . . . or the next.   Sophia St. James has every reason to be happy: she survived the kiss of death from the seductive Demon Knight Dante and is free to be with Michael, her sexy Guardian Angel...
  • A Sky Full Of Stars: A Brother’s Best Friend Sports Romance by Katherine Jay

    A Sky Full Of Stars: A Brother’s Best Friend Sports Romance by Katherine Jay

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    My name is Lainey Bennett, and I’m hopelessly in love with my older brother's best friend—rising star quarterback, Thomas Kelly.He’s popular and out of my league, but even if he wasn’t, there’s an invisible sign on my forehead telling him I’m “off-limits.”But when he accidentally stumbles into my bedroom during one of my brother’s obnoxious parties, all that changes...
  • Rose Moon by Heidi Adams

    Rose Moon by Heidi Adams

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    What secrets do we keep to protect the one we love? What lies do we tell, and what are we willing to sacrifice?Karter Quint has the perfect life: star athlete, gifted pianist, straight A-student, handsome and charismatic, he seems fated for success. What nobody knows is that he has battled debilitating episodes during which a strange force invades his mind and body...
  • Secret Twins for the Alien Noble by Athena Storm

    Secret Twins for the Alien Noble by Athena Storm

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    I've got a secret that will change everything…And it comes in a pair.I lived a simple life as a bartender on a war-torn planet. Until a Kaleidian mercenary walked in and shattered it. His charm was irresistible, and I let myself give in to him.Big mistake.Suddenly, he was gone, leaving me with more than just a broken heart…Now, Drex is back...
  • Bossed by the Boggart by Wendi Guff, Amy Hall

    Bossed by the Boggart by Wendi Guff, Amy Hall

    Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Bossed by a monster—sounds overbearing, right?It is, and this guy's not just any monster. He's a Boggart—the literal being of nightmares—and I swear his sole mission in life is to make mine a bad dream come true.Every time I turn around, he's there. Bedazzling me. Bewitching me. Befriending me.But I won't back down, not even when Mr. Ettin proposes a friendly little bet...
  • The Alpha's Second Chance by Melody Tyden

    The Alpha's Second Chance by Melody Tyden

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 13 ratings
    Serena Baker is just an ordinary woman living an ordinary life. She works as a medical resident, has a little house of her own and a close group of friends. The closest thing she has to a man in her life is the portrait that hangs on her bedroom wall that she talks to when she's on her own...
  • The Dragon’s Mail Order Bride by Ruby Knoxx

    The Dragon’s Mail Order Bride by Ruby Knoxx

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    I needed to get away from home. Desperately.So I took the first chance I got.I signed up to become a mail order bride.I’m getting married to a complete stranger.So now I’m here, staring at this absolutely unbelievable guy.Muscular chest. Hard stomach.Fantastic kiss.Probably too good to be true. Is he?It’s like there’s a secret fire in him.Something smokey, something more than just hot...
  • Mark of the Bear by N.J. Walters

    Mark of the Bear by N.J. Walters

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    When the devil wants a deal, there's no bowing out gracefully. At twenty-nine, Hollywood scream queen Kellsie Morris is acutely aware the clock is ticking on her career. Luckily, the one big role she needs to pad her retirement fund has just come through-the story of an immortal, shape-shifting warrior trapped in a carnival run by the Devil's minions...
  • Held by a Monster by Kenzie Kelly

    Held by a Monster by Kenzie Kelly

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 9 ratings
    On the run for my life, I stumbled into a monster's arms.A bunch of sick, rich jerks take women no one will miss and set them loose to hunt in a twisted game. But they aren’t the only monsters in the woods.Drym is a creature straight out of my worst nightmares—complete with horns, tail, and a killer physique. A beast who might just be the bodyguard I need to keep me safe from the men hunting me...
  • Angel Unborn by Andris Bear

    Angel Unborn by Andris Bear

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Hell has literally come to Earth for one mortal and what’s worse, she is expected to leave behind all hope for a family of her own to stand in defense of humanity against the darkest forces of Hell. But when Satan offers her the normal life she covets, Joey must decide if the price of mankind’s salvation is worth her own damnation...
  • King Of The Damned by Juliana Stone

    King Of The Damned by Juliana Stone

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    With darkness all around him, The League of Guardians is his only means of redemption… Azaiel, the fallen, has been given a second chance to atone for the sins of his past. With demons gathering and threatening the league, he must find out if their circle has been breached. What he doesn’t foresee is a woman—a fierce warrior—who will turn his world upside down and awaken his tortured soul...
  • My Cruel Billionaire by Laura Olsen

    My Cruel Billionaire by Laura Olsen

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I got pregnant, dumped and fired......by my ruthless billionaire boss.I thought I could delete him from my life and move on.And yet I still see him every time I look at my son.Our son.Five years later Michael Wallace returns into my life and turns everything upside down.He is still ten years older than me, infinitely richer than me and insanely hot...
  • Saving Helena by Haven Fox

    Saving Helena by Haven Fox

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Maddox The day I joined the Iron Brotherhood MC and set eyes on her, I knew I needed to stay far away from her. She was too young, too beautiful, and completely untouchable.I might have indulged in stalking her while she was away, but who could blame me? Those were empty years without her …, and I needed my fix.Now, she had returned to where it all began, to her home with the Iron Brotherhood MC...
  • Love's Prophecy by Brenda Dyer

    Love's Prophecy by Brenda Dyer

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Librarian's note: This is an alternate cover edition of ASIN B00702YWF0. Dark warriors of might... Mel is a vampire warrior sworn to hunt and kill demons in the dark streets of Vancouver. But he's burdened with a new assignment: find the meaning behind the Vampire Prophecy...
  • Keltor by Jennifer Sage

    Keltor by Jennifer Sage

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Keltor is a Guardian of the light even though he exists nearly in Shadow, haunted by his past. His world, the world of the Guardians, is a dark reality that coexists in modern day with ours. Behind the warm veils of our lives a war rages against the Shadow Demons and the Guardians protect as much of humanity as they can, still believing in us as a race...
  • Celestial Beginnings by Rebekah Daniels

    Celestial Beginnings by Rebekah Daniels

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Being a descendant of a fallen angel, nephilim Malachi Starkman, is all about his duty in protecting mankind and preventing Satan’s army from growing any further. He leads a squad of talented warriors on this quest to preserve humanity, but as leader, he feels every aspect is his responsibility...
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