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  • Psycho Academy: Aran's Story by Jasmine Mas

    Psycho Academy: Aran's Story by Jasmine Mas

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 136 ratings
    Fight like a man...or a girl disguised as one.I'm a princess disguised as a boy at a supernatural academy. But this isn't any normal school, we're training to be assassins.All I have to do is survive.I didn't count on the 7 foot tall warriors who call themselves Kings. Covered in strange tattoos, gorgeous, and powerful they're like no men I've ever met.They think I'm a pretty boy...
  • Four Psychos by Kristy Cunning

    Four Psychos by Kristy Cunning

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 306 ratings
    I'm not so different from most people. Like everyone else, I have life goals. Goal #1: Become a real girl instead of this invisible ghost thing I currently am. Goal #2: Convince the four men I've been haunting for the past five years to pick me to be their new toy after goal one is complete...
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  • Vicious Souls by K.C. Kean

    Vicious Souls by K.C. Kean

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 61 ratings
    They say the Gods don’t give you more than you can handle, which is probably why I’m sinking in drama. As a God myself, I guess I’m not included in that little speech. But it’s about time they address me as who I am. Rhea. WIth my intentions questioned, and my battle far from over, the list of my enemies continues to grow. The Hex, Zellus, and what seems like the entire supernatural world...
  • Midnight Fae Academy: Book Four by Lexi C. Foss

    Midnight Fae Academy: Book Four by Lexi C. Foss

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 41 ratings
    Welcome to the Midnight Fae world.It’s bloody.Dark.And led by an ancient vampire who needs to die.My days as a pawn in this war are over. I’m taking over as queen on this board, and in my version of the game, everyone bows to the queen. Even Constantine Nacht.He thinks he’s clever by roping me into these ascension trials, all meant to kill me and my mates.But I’m going to prove him wrong...
  • Knight Awakened by B.M. Clemton

    Knight Awakened by B.M. Clemton

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 41 ratings
    Coming to Black Veil University irreversibly changed my life.Meeting Daxton Pierce flipped it on end and made me question everything I know.My memories and my family had been ripped from me. I have been stalked, tortured, abandoned, and betrayed… but I’m not broken...
  • Laurell K. Hamilton's Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter: Guilty Pleasures vol 1 by Laurell K. Hamilton

    Laurell K. Hamilton's Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter: Guilty Pleasures vol 1 by Laurell K. Hamilton

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 41 ratings
    New York Times bestselling author Laurell K. Hamilton brings Anita Blake to the world of graphic novels. Anita Blake lives in a world where vampires, zombies and werewolves have been declared legal citizens of the United States. Anita Blake is an "animator" - a profession that involves raising the dead for mourning relatives...
  • Devotion by Meg Anne, K. Loraine

    Devotion by Meg Anne, K. Loraine

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 14 ratings
    SPOILER THIS NOVELLA TAKES PLACE APPROXIMATELY ONE AND A HALF YEARS AFTER THE EVENTS OF TEMPTATION AND INCLUDES SPOILERS FOR THE MATE PESTILENCE AND DEATH. IF YOU HAVE NOT READ THOSE SERIES, YOU MAY WANT TO STOP HERE AND DO THAT FIRST.Turns out happily ever after isn’t what the storybooks promised.We thought it was over, that we’d earned a peaceful life filled with love and tender moments...
  • Queen's Crusade by Joely Sue Burkhart

    Queen's Crusade by Joely Sue Burkhart

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 12 ratings
    Shara Isador’s back for justice… and Blood.Her first match with the queen of Rome might have temporarily ended in a draw, but she has plenty of other battles brewing. Taking her seat at the Triskeles Triune brings immense new power to House Isador.And for a vampire queen, with great power comes great hunger.To sustain and feed her new power, she needs more Blood. Desperately...
  • Charged by Serenity Ackles

    Charged by Serenity Ackles

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 21 ratings
    They called me Battery, but as soon as I’m fully charged, they’re going to discover how much power I wield.My path of vengeance took a detour when I was rescued by the gargoyles of Castle Viegls. For several months I allowed myself to become settled with these men; to think I could have a life when once I didn’t...
  • Unbroken by Dreia Wells

    Unbroken by Dreia Wells

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 15 ratings
    I died.They thought they could break me. I remain Unbroken.Lives hang in the balance. I was told it’s up to me to set things right. And when God himself tells me to save the world, then I guess I need to pull my big girl pants up and get the job done. If I fail, we all lose, not just the battle, but our lives.I’m a part of a game I didn’t ask to play. The board is set, and war is about to erupt...
  • Silent Omen by Ashley Amy

    Silent Omen by Ashley Amy

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Book Summary What had I gotten myself into? This game wasn’t just for show on a board. No. These monsters played something I was foreign to. I didn’t know the rules when I started, but I didn’t know this was what the game would turn into. Still, I keep trying. I have nothing left. I’ll play until it’s done because I can’t let them win...
  • Wolf Outcasted by Avery Song

    Wolf Outcasted by Avery Song

    Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    "You've completed your task, Willow, and it's time for the world to acknowledge that what was once rejected now deserves a new role. A position of power that no one will be able to steal from you."When the world proclaimed me an outcast, I fought against that role and destroyed everything — and everyone — that tried to belittle me...
  • Enemy Panther Next Door by Roxie Ray

    Enemy Panther Next Door by Roxie Ray

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    He’s a powerful panther shifter who needs my rejection…Returning home to help my sick father and finding out that I’m fated to Blayne Walker must be the universe’s idea of a cruel joke.Especially because the stubborn panther shifter with the hard look in his blue eyes is the reason I left Lily Valley in the first place...
  • Wolf Domination by Avery Song

    Wolf Domination by Avery Song

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A paranormal mafia...
  • Loving Demons by Katie May, Quinn Arthurs

    Loving Demons by Katie May, Quinn Arthurs

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 35 ratings
    Nothing worth getting is ever easy.I think that’s how the saying goes.I could definitely do with a little easy right now, though it doesn’t seem to be in the cards.Surrounded by murder, espionage, and men far too sexy for their own good, every day is a whirlwind. Even my newfound powers may not be enough to help as enemies slither from the shadows...
  • In The Devil's Shadow by M. Bonnet

    In The Devil's Shadow by M. Bonnet

    Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 13 ratings
    Alive or dead?Hunted or the hunter?Hide, stand, or run?Satan wants me dead. Someone unknown wants me taken alive. Why am I so special? I don’t even know what I am. My survival depends on finding out, which means finding my father–a man who abandoned me before I was born...
  • Devoured by Monsters by Katie May, Ann Denton

    Devoured by Monsters by Katie May, Ann Denton

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 33 ratings
    Monsters rule the world. And now, they rule me.After an attempt on my life, I find myself saved by an unlikely ally. Injured, confused, and faced with emotions I don’t know how to deal with, I hunker down in a monster’s safe house.But I refuse to stay hidden.With threats coming at us from all angles, I must learn to put my trust in the very monsters I swore to hate.The Grotesque. The Creeper...
  • All Shot to Hell by Mila Young, Harper A. Brooks

    All Shot to Hell by Mila Young, Harper A. Brooks

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    Playing devil's advocate with three demons? There's no way I am ever going to win.Things were finally going right for us. We got the relics back. We defeated the dragon. I thought we’d won. But we’ve ended up losing so much more…Cain’s severely wounded, and I don’t know how to save him. Losing him shouldn’t bother me, but it does. A lot...
  • Black Onyx by Nikita Parmenter

    Black Onyx by Nikita Parmenter

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 39 ratings
    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...
  • Bad Blood by L.C. Davis, Joel Abernathy

    Bad Blood by L.C. Davis, Joel Abernathy

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 33 ratings
    The bitch is back.It's me. I'm the bitch. And thanks to my traitorous bestie Sarah's vampire cult having a funny definition of "virgin sacrifice," I'm back from the dead rather than back from a much-needed vacation in Cancun.Now I'm possessed by their snarky deity, and my afterlife depends on keeping it a secret from her cult of four reincarnated vampire lovers...
  • Reluctant Queen: A Hellscape Novel by Kira Stanley

    Reluctant Queen: A Hellscape Novel by Kira Stanley

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    You 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...
  • Circus Creeps by Aiden Pierce

    Circus Creeps by Aiden Pierce

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 37 ratings
    Welcome to Sinner’s Sideshow, the most obscene, blood-pumping, skin-crawling creep show this side of Hell. As a circus brat, show biz is in my blood. And as a half-succubus, I was made for Sinner’s Sideshow—the only circus made to entertain the most depraved of monsters.When I’m plunged into a dark world of death, darkness, and corpse-ridden carnivals, I meet them…The demonic ringmaster...
  • Worshipped By Monsters by Katie May, Ann Denton

    Worshipped By Monsters by Katie May, Ann Denton

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 18 ratings
    Monsters destroyed the world. But I won’t allow them to destroy me. My Four Terrors have ruled the Ebony Kingdom with an iron fist for years now. However, a new player threatens to change the world as we know it. Barnabas—Creep’s malicious father—is back from the dead, and he’s out for blood...
  • Ill Will by Cate Corvin

    Ill Will by Cate Corvin

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Mercilessly beautiful cruel. Relentlessly sensual vicious. Utterly delicious vile. Marrying into the famous Godalming slayer-clan was supposed to be my family’s big break. Our clan is fractured, my brother is dead, and my mother’s spirit was broken by the ordeal. I’d do anything to make her proud and see her truly smile again...
  • Wicked Awakening by Sarah Piper

    Wicked Awakening by Sarah Piper

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 13 ratings
    A witch with no power captured by four vicious, possessive, sinfully hot gargoyles…Not exactly the makings of a happy ending.Yet here in the arms of New York’s most brutal monsters, I’ve never felt so safe. So cherished...
  • Blood Passage by Connie Suttle, Traci Odom

    Blood Passage by Connie Suttle, Traci Odom

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    "The sight of three naked, bloody men wandering into the clearing with moonlight clouding their eyes would probably send anyone else running for their life. I just sighed and watched them walk toward me."As the first female vampire successfully turned in 700 years, Lissa finds herself in demand by the Vampire Aristocracy...
  • The Ruin of Souls by Sloane Murphy, Lily Wildhart

    The Ruin of Souls by Sloane Murphy, Lily Wildhart

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Not all monsters are what they seem.“Our families are different. We are Nephilim. Elite beings descended from Angels, created to help keep the balance in the five factions of our world. We are the peacekeepers, the enforcers, and the protectors. We do not know a true death, and this isn’t your first life.”In that instant my entire life changed...
  • Wolves of Hawthorne Cove: The Complete Series by Debbie Cassidy

    Wolves of Hawthorne Cove: The Complete Series by Debbie Cassidy

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 7 ratings
    A Lycan that can’t shift is no use to anyone.I’ve made it my mission to be useful to my pack. As pack enforcer, I’m fast and strong, but when the time comes to bond with my mate, it isn’t enough.Rejection means lone wolf status and isolation from the pack. But when a package arrives with an unexpected inheritance, the pack that wants to shun me, suddenly has a new use for me...
  • Bound in Blood by Sadie Kincaid

    Bound in Blood by Sadie Kincaid

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 22 ratings
    The final installment of the bestselling paranormal/urban fantasy romance from Sadie Kincaid comes Bound in Blood.But if the chosen one can slay the three-headed dragon—If the untamable beast does kneel at its new master’s feet,and the light is tempted back from the darkness,then they shall awaken the protector of man...
  • When Monsters Love by Debbie Cassidy

    When Monsters Love by Debbie Cassidy

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 11 ratings
    The Golden City awaits, and it's time to put my acting skills to the test.It's time to trick a bunch of celestials.It's time to lie.Rue's journey continues in When Monsters Love. There's action, sizzle and multiple love interests for our lucky heroine in this paranormal fantasy romance...
  • Dead City by Debbie Cassidy

    Dead City by Debbie Cassidy

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    How many times can you cheat death? I’m not sure but I have a feeling I’m about to be tested.First there were thirteen and now there’s only one. But the responsibilities don’t lessen. Bring the Harvest in, they say, take the soul orb to Haven, they order.One of me, and too many places to be. Like hell am I putting my ass on the line without back up...
  • Lightbringer by Laken Cane

    Lightbringer by Laken Cane

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Final book in the Silverlight series.Death, rebirth, change...and Darkness.Trinity struggles with her new reality, but her biggest challenge isn't the tug-of-war within.She must mature quickly to face a formidable opponent--a powerful man known as Darkness--before he destroys everything and everyone she cares about.He has one target in mind.The dragon...
  • For the Power by Debbie Cassidy

    For the Power by Debbie Cassidy

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 27 ratings
    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...
  • Bury Me by Annie Anderson

    Bury Me by Annie Anderson

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    The world ended the night I was born. Coincidence? I think not. Stuck living in the catacombs beneath what used to be NYC, I’ve managed to stay hidden. Alive. Safe…ish.The Supernatural Syndicates that rule the city have been looking for someone powerful enough to give them an edge against each other.Insert me: A rare female dragon shifter that’s lived underground my entire life...
  • Mysterious Omen by Ashley Amy

    Mysterious Omen by Ashley Amy

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Book Summary Somewhere, deep inside of me… I still exist. The girl that I was… She still wants to fight and show everyone what I’ve got… But after everything I was put through, how do I overcome this? My mask had been impenetrable before, but I’m not fooling anyone with it anymore. Tears are shed in a long shower, touches are rejected, and words no longer leave my mouth...
  • Dead Sea by Debbie Cassidy

    Dead Sea by Debbie Cassidy

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    When war knocks on the door, burying your head in the sand won’t make it leave.Death called and I answered. Now Genesis is coming for us. But with the council making every excuse not to listen to my warnings, there’s no other option but to plot behind their backs.Time is limited.The sea kingdom awaits, and the sea king isn’t the kind of man to accept a rain check...
  • New Regime by Laken Cane

    New Regime by Laken Cane

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Rune and her people have been taken under the mysterious wing of the Annex, an agency that works toward Other equality.But with the new regime comes changes and some monstrous enemies the Annex seems to have brought with it.The crew finds themselves up against a group called the Shop, whose leader cares only about his lab and the monsters he creates there...
  • Stolen Paradise by Mila Young, Harper A. Brooks

    Stolen Paradise by Mila Young, Harper A. Brooks

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    These monsters rule the city... and I've become their newest obsession.I've been caught in a war between the three most powerful gangs in the city... and I'm trapped with the most dangerous of them all.The Kings.With each passing day, they lurk closer, their darkness pulling me a bit deeper. They push me, demanding everything I have when my world is falling apart...
  • Syndicate Princess by Kira Stanley

    Syndicate Princess by Kira Stanley

    Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 37 ratings
    They call themselves The Syndicate. The werewolf Rossey clan, the mage Winstale clan, the fae Glovefox clan, the demon Devil clan and vampire Desmond clan. The five paranormal families who rule the criminal underground. Being a vampire boss's daughter was a lot of work. Being the only girl heir from the five families, I’ve always had to work harder, fight dirtier, care less...
  • Death Warden: Grave Spirits MC by Debbie Cassidy

    Death Warden: Grave Spirits MC by Debbie Cassidy

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Death waits for no one, unless you’re a necromancer, in which case he might stop for a cup of tea and a chat.I didn’t ask to be a necromancer, and I certainly didn’t ask to be saddled with a magical amulet holding an ancient big bad at bay.I got both.All I want to do is steer clear of trouble, write horror novels, and hang with my talking cat...
  • The Rise of Monsters by Brianna Jean

    The Rise of Monsters by Brianna Jean

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    “What do you do when the world hardens you? When looking in the mirror becomes too painful and using your fists to let the anger breathe isn’t enough anymore? You either drown and die in your own bullshit or you fight to survive.” Annalise. Lanier. Cabe. Quint. One fought underground to make money in the slums of New York City. One lived with crippling guilt, swimming in self-hatred...
  • Demons and Debts by Kyra Alessy

    Demons and Debts by Kyra Alessy

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 28 ratings
    A neurodivergent waitress being hunted. An Incubi MC who can help. But will their price be more than she can pay?When I was fourteen, a woman I called mom was murdered … and it was my fault.I’ve been on the run ever since, but someone’s chasing me. I don’t know who they are or what they want. The only thing I’m sure of is that I need to keep moving or more people will die...
  • The Curse of Monsters by Mia Hartson

    The Curse of Monsters by Mia Hartson

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    An unbreakable bond. An ancient curse. A monster to ruin kingdoms.We survived the outliers, but now Kade, Asher, Darian, Locke, and I are in the fae kingdom with a tortured prince in our grasp. The fae hold the secrets to breaking the curse over Katakin, and I intend to find out what they are...
  • The Inquest by L.L. Frost

    The Inquest by L.L. Frost

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Adie helped to take down the Dreamer and is now ready for life to return to normal, whatever that is. But the demonic higher-ups have other ideas, and Adie soon finds herself landed in the hot seat. Will she be able to answer for her actions, or will she see everything she’s fought for taken away?Part 3 of Succubus Trials...
    Categorized as:
    demons  magic  paranormal  humor  fantasy  reverse harem  poly  witches
  • Kissed by Death by Harper Frey

    Kissed by Death by Harper Frey

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Nothing in my life is as it seems.The four men who saved me have been keeping secrets—big ones—and their revelations shake my world to its foundation. They tell me I'm not who I think I am, I'm not what I think I am, but there's more to the story; I know there is.We're bound together in ways I don't fully understand, but it's becoming clear they're not only my future but my past, too...
  • Paradise Entombed by Loren Huxley

    Paradise Entombed by Loren Huxley

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    “I have no doubt that Malin will be the death of me. Except I’ll never die. I’ll live in this nightmare forever as his prize.”Princess Ezrah Varren has only ever wanted three things—freedom, adventure, and ship Captain Tristan Fontaine. For a while, she has them too, but a Varren can’t stay hidden for long...
  • When Monsters Rise by Debbie Cassidy

    When Monsters Rise by Debbie Cassidy

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 11 ratings
    When an unexpected betrayal steals our sanctuary, only unity will save us.I trusted Michael and he betrayed us. With our sanctuary destroyed, we’re on the run. Again.Shem and his watchers’ step into the role of protectors once again but keeping a whole colony safe topside won’t be easy.New threats stalk both day and night. The rules have changed.Time is running out...
  • Mark Me by Mila Young

    Mark Me by Mila Young

    Rated: 3.99 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 20 ratings
    I’m marked…but I won’t be tamed.Loss has scarred my life. I’ve trained relentlessly, endured unimaginable pain for one goal—to face the beast who watched me, who came for me. But took my family instead.There’s nothing I won’t do for vengeance...
  • Fighting Spirits Part 1 by Sam Hall

    Fighting Spirits Part 1 by Sam Hall

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    Old cover & title edition of ASIN B09MCVJDNJWhat would you do if dark figures slid into your dreams every night? Creatures that know your every desire and strive to fulfil every single one of them...
    Categorized as:
    monsters  magic  demons  reverse harem  fantasy  paranormal  bdsm  m-m
  • Dead End by Debbie Cassidy

    Dead End by Debbie Cassidy

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    When death starts taking liberties, it’s time to fight back.The council’s word means nothing to me. Their refusal to open their eyes no longer matters. I have a job to do and no one will get in my way.Lie, cheat, deceive, I’ll do what it takes to save the people I love, and avenge the ones I’ve lost. I won’t be doing it alone. My guys are with me; by my side every step of the way.No more excuses...
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