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For Love and Blood and Fury: a sapphic paranormal romance by J.J. Arias
A ruthless vampire. A powerful witch. A healer with a hidden legacy. A searing paranormal romance that proves three hearts can beat as one.Elena, the head of Miami’s vampire cartel, never expected her ex-girlfriend Zuri—a powerful witch—to storm back into her life demanding help with a rival coven... -
Shadows in Bloom: A Dark Romance Anthology by Lola Malone, Jessie Walker
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLong summer nights, the rustle of leaves and flowers in full bloom.It’s the perfect time of the year to live life the fullest, plan for tomorrow and forget about yesterday. But what happens when the shadows come out to play?After all…you won’t see it coming until it hits you in the Shadows in Bloom... -
First Light by Liz Kerin
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFirst Light, the riveting sequel to Liz Kerin’s Night's Edge, is about seizing a brighter future by confronting the shadows of our past.“I came all this way to watch you burn.”It's been nine months since the catastrophe in Tucson sent Mia fleeing from her home... -
Feast While You Can by Mikaella Clements, Onjuli Datta
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFor readers of Nightbitch and We Ride Upon Sticks, this strange and sexy novel of queer love in a small town is an unsettling reminder that the horrors of modern life is a monster ready to possess us all. In the valley at the intersection of three towering mountains sits Cadenze, an ugly, remote town with little to its name... -
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Saint, Sorrow, Sinner by Freydís Moon
An exploration of religious mythos, Brujería, and spiritual ascension… Sophia De’voreaux never expected to escape Haven, but after a bloody confrontation in the Gideon Preserve, she finds herself under the protection of a rogue witch, her menacing guard, and their cautious friends... -
Every Exquisite Thing by Laura Steven
A feminist YA horror-thriller-romance retelling of The Picture of Dorian Gray by the TikTok sensation and author of The Society for Soulless Girls… Penny Paxton is the daughter of an icon. Her supermodel mother has legions of adoring fans around the world, and Penny is ready to begin her journey to international adoration, starting with joining the elite Dorian Drama School... -
Feast While You Can by Mikaella Clements, Onjuli Datta
For readers of Nightbitch and We Ride Upon Sticks, this strange and sexy novel of queer love in a small town is an unsettling reminder that the horrors of modern life are monsters ready to possess us all.In the valley at the intersection of three towering mountains sits Cadenze, an ugly, remote town with little to its name... -
The Wronged Omega: An FFF Omegaverse by Sullyn Shaw
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOur future was as bright, all thanks to the Omega who had been wronged in so many ways.Meddling, it’s a vice of mine, one I never gave up even with the curse looming over me every step of the way. When someone was in need, I stepped in, forgetting the damage I could cause, and this time, saving Ellie, well, it wasn’t like the others... -
My Darling Dreadful Thing by Johanna van Veen
In a world where the dead can wake and walk among us, what is truly real?Roos Beckman has a spirit companion only she can see. Ruth—strange, corpse-like, and dead for centuries—is the only good thing in Roos’ life, which is filled with sordid backroom séances organized by her mother... -
Poison Ivy: Thorns by Kody Keplinger
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsNew York Times bestselling author of The DUFF Kody Keplinger and artist Sara Kipin reimagine an iconic DC antihero with a gothic-horror twist.There's something unusual about Pamela Isley—the girl who hides behind her bright red hair. The girl who won't let anyone inside to see what's lurking behind the curtains. The girl who goes to extreme lengths to care for a few plants... -
All That Consumes Us by Erica Waters
Rated: 3.84 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsEveryone knows the students in Corbin College’s elite academic society, Magni Viri, have it all—free tuition, inspirational professors, and dream jobs once they graduate. So when Tara is offered a chance to enroll, she takes it. But once she’s settled into the gorgeous Victorian dormitory the academy calls home, something strange starts to happen... -
Bloom by Delilah S. Dawson
A sweet sapphic romance takes a deadly dark turn in this sharp-as-a-knife novella from the New York Times bestselling author.Rosemary meets Ash at the farmers’ market. Ash—precise, pretty, and practically perfect—sells bars of soap in delicate pastel colors, sprinkle-spackled cupcakes stacked on scalloped stands, beeswax candles, jelly jars of honey, and glossy green plants... -
My Dearest Darkest by Kayla Cottingham
Rated: 3.79 of 5 stars · 33 ratingsWILDER GIRLS meets THE CRAFT in this Sapphic horror debut that asks: What price would you be willing to pay to achieve your deepest desires?Finch Chamberlin is the newest transfer student to the ultra-competitive Ulalume Academy... but she's also not what she seems. Months before school started, Finch and her parents got into an accident that should have left her dead at the bottom of a river... -
Pack Deception: Part Two (Passion Pack Series) by Wren White
They are my pack. My fated mates. Four people destined to love me no matter what.That’s what the Goddess blessed me with. Mates to love me as much as I love them.Maverick, Hudson, Mason, and Brooklyn.Despite our bump in the road, life hasn’t been this great in as long as I can remember.But everyone’s past catches up to them... -
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The Restless Dark by Erica Waters
Rated: 3.48 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsEnter Cloudkiss Canyon at your own risk.The Cloudkiss Killer is dead. Now a true-crime podcast is hosting a contest to find his bones.Lucy was almost the serial killer’s final victim. Carolina is a true-crime fan who fears her own rage. Maggie is a psychology student with a little too much to hide.All of them are looking for answers, for a new identity, for a place to bury their secrets... -
Plain Bad Heroines by Emily M. Danforth, Sara Lautman
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 41 ratingsOur story begins in 1902, at The Brookhants School for Girls. Flo and Clara, two impressionable students, are obsessed with each other and with a daring young writer named Mary MacLane, the author of a scandalous bestselling memoir. To show their devotion to Mary, the girls establish their own private club and call it The Plain Bad Heroine Society... -
Girls of Paper and Fire by Natasha Ngan, James Patterson
Each year, eight beautiful girls are chosen as Paper Girls to serve the king. It's the highest honor they could hope for...and the most demeaning. This year, there's a ninth. And instead of paper, she's made of fire.In this richly developed fantasy, Lei is a member of the Paper caste, the lowest and most persecuted class of people in Ikhara... -
White is for Witching by Helen Oyeyemi
Rated: 3.54 of 5 stars · 37 ratingsIn a vast, mysterious house on the cliffs near Dover, the Silver family is reeling from the hole punched into its heart. Lily is gone and her twins, Miranda and Eliot, and her husband, the gentle Luc, mourn her absence with unspoken intensity... -
A Little Sin by Rawnie Sabor
It can take time to feel proud of who you are.Violet Kane is perfect. At least, that’s what people are supposed to think. She has the perfect career, the perfect presentation, and, until recently, she was engaged to the perfect man. To everyone around her, she's perfectly happy. But pretending to be happy is difficult when you're breaking apart at the seams... -
Unshaken by Dreia Wells
I was supposed to be a Light Guardian.My whole life was mapped out and I was going to proudly follow my ancestor's footsteps. So why did the Angels reject me? I trained for years to become one of the Elite in the Angels fight against the forces of evil. When the time came for me to attend Caelum Academy, my invitation never came... -
A Cruel and Fated Light by Ashley Shuttleworth
Half-fae Arlo becomes entangled in the courtly intrigue at the Seelie Summer palace as danger for ironborns mounts in this “beautifully written and deliciously complex” (Nicki Pau Preto, author of the Crown of Feathers trilogy) sequel to A Dark and Hollow Star that’s The Cruel Prince meets City of Bones... -
Door of Bruises by Sierra Simone
𝐓𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐠𝐨, 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐟𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚 𝐤𝐢𝐬𝐬.We are all, for better or worse, doomed to love each other until death do us part. My heart belongs to Proserpina and St. Sebastian—even if he no longer wants it. Even if she has left it behind to follow him.Delphine’s fled back home, and Becket’s holy calling is in peril... -
The Invocations by Krystal Sutherland
From the author of New York Times bestseller House of Hollow comes a darkly seductive witchy thriller where, though both men and demons lurk in shadows, girls refuse to go quietly into the night.AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERThree girls, one supernatural killer on the loose . . -
Dimitri's Forbidden Submissive by Ann Mayburn
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsAs the daughter of an outlaw biker, Rya DeLuca is used to living a wild life, but nothing could prepare her for the danger of falling in love with Dimitri Novikov... -
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Some Desperate Glory by Emily Tesh
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 35 ratingsA thrillingly told queer space opera about the wreckage of war, the family you find, and who you must become when every choice is stripped from you, Some Desperate Glory is Astounding Award Winner Emily Tesh’s highly anticipated debut novel. While we live, the enemy shall fear us. Since she was born, Kyr has trained for the day she can avenge the murder of planet Earth... -
Always Running by Calliope Stewart
Is it finally time to stop running?Tibby Sinclair is the queen of messy beginnings. Raised for fourteen years in a religious cult before being tossed into the San Francisco Omega Academy, Tibby never had a chance. That didn't stop her though. She toughened up and became someone that would protect herself... -
The Dead and the Dark by Courtney Gould
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsCourtney Gould’s thrilling debut The Dead and the Dark is about the things that lurk in dark corners, the parts of you that can’t remain hidden, and about finding home in places―and people―you didn’t expect.The Dark has been waiting for far too long, and it won't stay hidden any longer. Something is wrong in Snakebite, Oregon... -
Falling for the Fugitive by Lila Gwynn
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsThree months have passed since fairy bounty hunter Olympia Carter chose herself at her vampire lover’s expense. Leandra’s kill bounty has been listed for so long that it’s about to go international, and when top bounty hunter Allie Godden comes to Olympia with a proposal to find the vampire together before someone else does, it’s hard to refuse... -
Lesser Known Monsters by Rory Michaelson
Being the chosen one isn’t always a good thing...Oscar Tundale is not a hero. Anxious, indecisive, and awkward, he can barely get through a normal day. Now he’s about to find out monsters are real. Oscar’s friends: brave, stubborn Zara, and hyperactive, paranoid Marcus, might help discover what hunts him, and unravel the truth about the handsome doctor he pines for... -
Camp Damascus by Chuck Tingle
From beloved internet icon Chuck Tingle, Camp Damascus is a searing and earnest horror debut about the demons the queer community faces in America, the price of keeping secrets, and finding the courage to burn it all down.Welcome to Neverton, Montana: home to a God-fearing community with a heart of gold...
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