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  • Killing Emma by Annie Wild

    Killing Emma by Annie Wild

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    I abided by one rule, and one rule only... Show no mercy. Not to anyone. Not even my closest friends. So, when I was tasked with hunting Emma down and taking her life, it was just another day on the job. However, I couldn’t have been more wrong. She’s not like the others. She tangles with me without fear of the devil she might discover...
  • Dark Lovers by Elle Boon

    Dark Lovers by Elle Boon

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Raina wanted what every female wanted… As the only daughter of the vampire king, and a wolf shifter she was given everything she could ask for. Sheltered her entire life. Until her world was turned upside down as she was kidnapped to become Satan’s consort. Creed was equal parts good and bad, or so he said… Being the son of Satan and an angel, he lived a life filled with death and battle...
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  • Sleepwalkers by Daniel May

    Sleepwalkers by Daniel May

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 12 ratings
    My immortal ex was the last person I wanted to be stuck in a coffin with, and yet here we were.Broken up for over a century, I stayed in touch with Bonifacio out of necessity only. An amoral horndog and possessive leech, Bonifacio was toxic beyond words, but there was no one better at eradicating vampire hunters. I needed him...
  • Dangerous As Sin by J.L. Beck, L.K. Shaw

    Dangerous As Sin by J.L. Beck, L.K. Shaw

    Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    When you love a villain, do you become one too?In a world of black and white, the gray in between just got more inviting. Laws are easily broken when you know how to bend them to your will, and so are we at the hands of these dangerous as sin men...
  • Alexander by Karla Nikole

    Alexander by Karla Nikole

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Alexander Kendrick has been dumped. Everyone knows, and the humiliation is nothing compared with the heartbreak and disappointment. Eden’s most eligible purebred vampire is back on the market. Broken.Daniel Lim hates purebred vampires. He would be perfectly content to never interact with another purebred again—even if it means existing in subpar health for the rest of his life...
  • Jaded Hollow: The Complete Collection by Alex Grayson

    Jaded Hollow: The Complete Collection by Alex Grayson

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Now 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...
  • Ruse by Siobhan Davis

    Ruse by Siobhan Davis

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    This is a companion prequel short story to Cruel Intentions. Only available via a link in the back of Cruel Intentions. This book will not be published on Amazon or any other retail store.Although it's a prequel story it gives spoilers to the main story hence why it is listed as #1.5 in the series as it should only be read AFTER reading Cruel Intentions...
  • Of Elves and Embers by Elle Madison, Robin D. Mahle

    Of Elves and Embers by Elle Madison, Robin D. Mahle

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 15 ratings
    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...
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  • The Vicious King by Gina L. Maxwell

    The Vicious King by Gina L. Maxwell

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 12 ratings
    "...nothing short of epic, standing equally among those from the likes of Rebecca Yarros and Sarah J Maas. Gina has earned her place among them several times over with the Verran Kings." ~The British Bibliophile IN A WAR WHERE SHADOWS AND LIGHT COLLIDE, ONLY THE VICIOUS WILL EMERGE VICTORIOUS..
  • Claiming the Beast by Holly Roberds

    Claiming the Beast by Holly Roberds

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    I’ll claw down the walls around her heart, if it’s the last thing I do.My angel of death succeeded in killing me, but I didn’t count on her bringing me back to life. My resurrection unleashed every monster and god ever slain by the Blade of Bane, including my immortal enemy...
  • Cursed Shadows 1 by Quinn Blackbird

    Cursed Shadows 1 by Quinn Blackbird

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 9 ratings
    "I will destroy you. I’ll see you on your knees, and you will weep at my feet. You will beg. And when all that is done, you will meet my dagger. This is a fae's promise."Welcome to the brutal world of the light and the dark fae—and their ruthless love.Nari is a foolish little halfling.She went and gave her heart to a dark fae.And then she broke his..
  • Her Vampire Master by Maren Smith

    Her Vampire Master by Maren Smith

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 16 ratings
    I take my pleasure where and when I please. But nothing’s sweeter than the taste of a submissive woman--one who wants revenge. She’s smart, brazen, fearless when she ought not to be. I’ll teach her the monster living in the shadows can and will hunt her back.But the creatures who killed her sister want to take her from me.I won't allow it. She belongs to me now.Only by me.Forever...
  • Buried Destiny by Anne Malcom

    Buried Destiny by Anne Malcom

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Death.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...
  • Dark Flame by M.L. Philpitt

    Dark Flame by M.L. Philpitt

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 5 ratings
    HarlowI’m the last witch of my bloodline. Since the night my parents were killed, my magick ceases to function, shadows torment me, and a stranger’s voice in my head is driving me to lose what little will to survive I’m clinging to. I’m about ready to hand myself over to the vampires who stalk me when one appears in my bedroom—one who sounds identical to the voice in my head...
  • Rise of the Cinder Fae by Whitney Dean

    Rise of the Cinder Fae by Whitney Dean

    Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Born and raised in the forgotten and broken kingdom of Ashbury, Elora has spent years resenting the royals of Pumpkin Hollow, the kingdom that forced the fall of Ashbury and procured the town as its own...
  • Her Vampire Rebel by Zara Zenia

    Her Vampire Rebel by Zara Zenia

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I'M KEEPING HER. The sweet psychology student with a troubled past. Her ex is stalking her, but I won't let him hurt her again. I'll finish him if he even tries. Because I love the way she submits. Her sweet soft yes, sirs. The way she gives herself over to me. I should let her go--she has her whole life ahead of her. But I can't. I'm buying her a collar and making her mine. Mine alone...
  • Crossing Acheron by H.G. Birde

    Crossing Acheron by H.G. Birde

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Malachy 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...
  • A Vampire's Submission by L.E. Wilson

    A Vampire's Submission by L.E. Wilson

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 5 ratings
    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...
  • Fortune Fae Academy: Book Four by J.R. Thorn

    Fortune Fae Academy: Book Four by J.R. Thorn

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    “Touch her and die.” That’s the last thing Rowan said in my defense before I left.Before I gave myself to my Alphas.There’s a reason an Omega is only supposed to have one Alpha in her mate-circle. Taking two changed me in unexpected ways.I can’t stop thinking about them.I can’t stop desiring them.To the expense of everything and everyone else, including my beloved Betas...
  • Enticed by Sylvia Mercedes

    Enticed by Sylvia Mercedes

    Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Five 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 . .
  • Soulless by T. Baggins

    Soulless by T. Baggins

    Rated: 3.76 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    A Man of Science Nicholas Robinson is a chemist decades ahead of his time. Crippled by a riding accident and embittered by his injuries, he shuns the world, focusing on his laboratory and experiments. But when the sale of his country estate, Grantley, leads to an encounter with a vampire, Nicholas realizes there is more in heaven and earth than he ever dreamed possible...
  • Queen of the Dome by Amizah R

    Queen of the Dome by Amizah R

    Rated: 3.79 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Cade was born on the outside.His life was simple, monotonous, until he lands himself in the Dome and on trial for a crime he didn't commit.He expected death, he was ready for it, but the harsh Queen had something else in store for him.Deianira had been Queen of the Dome for over a hundred years and her experience had taught her many things. Like when there is rebellion on the horizon...
  • King of Fire and Flames by Juno Heart

    King of Fire and Flames by Juno Heart

    Rated: 3.57 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 7 ratings
    Arrowyn Ramiel, the King of Storms and Feathers. Fae scum. Liar. Unforgivable betrayer and breaker of fragile hearts.... Or is he? LEAF: Trapped in the Sun Realm, I have no choice but to accept King Azarn’s offer and fight for a chance to survive. Only then can I turn my vengeful eye upon the fae who crushed my heart—the betrayer, Arrowyn Ramiel...
  • White as Snow (The Fairy Tale Series) by Tanith Lee, Terri Windling

    White as Snow (The Fairy Tale Series) by Tanith Lee, Terri Windling

    Rated: 3.78 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    Once 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...
  • Hunted in Holly by Leann Belle

    Hunted in Holly by Leann Belle

    Rated: 3.70 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 21 ratings
    I'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...
  • Bedtime Story for a Stolen Child by Anna Mayle

    Bedtime Story for a Stolen Child by Anna Mayle

    Rated: 3.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Stolen 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...
  • The Countess by Rebecca Johns

    The Countess by Rebecca Johns

    Rated: 3.48 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Was the “Blood Countess” history’s first and perhaps worst female serial killer? Or did her accusers create a violent fiction in order to remove this beautiful, intelligent, ambitious foe from the male-dominated world of Hungarian politics?   In 1611, Countess Erzsébet Báthory, a powerful Hungarian noblewoman, stood helpless as masons walled her inside her castle tower, dooming her to spend...
  • Compelled by Jaymin Eve

    Compelled by Jaymin Eve

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 59 ratings
    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...
  • Circle of the Moon by Faith Hunter

    Circle of the Moon by Faith Hunter

    Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars
    · 35 ratings
    Set in the same world as Faith Hunter's New York Times bestselling Jane Yellowrock novels, the fourth Soulwood novel stars Nell Ingram, who channels her power from the earth.Nell can draw magic from the land around her, and lately she's been using it to help the Psy-Law Enforcement Division, which solves paranormal crimes...
  • Dark Possession/Dark Curse by Christine Feehan, Phil Gigante

    Dark Possession/Dark Curse by Christine Feehan, Phil Gigante

    Rated: 4.62 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Dark Possession:Manolito De La Cruz knew he was dangerously close to turning into a vampire. The last thing he expected after being called back to his Carpathian homeland by Prince Mikhail was to catch the scent of his destined lifemate in MaryAnn Delaney. A dedicated counselor for battered women, MaryAnn has a fulfilling life with no room for someone like Manolito...
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