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  • Blood of a Phoenix by Shannon Mayer

    Blood of a Phoenix by Shannon Mayer

    Rated: 4.62 of 5 stars
    · 32 ratings
    I thought that going after those who'd destroyed my life would help me move on. At the very least, that it would ease the thirst for vengeance singing in my blood. I was wrong. With my guns at my side, I continue to search for ways to punish the one man who took everything from me. The man who killed my family. Death is far too good for him...
  • The Secret World of Maggie Grey by Granger

    The Secret World of Maggie Grey by Granger

    Rated: 4.66 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 22 ratings
    A vampire, a witch, and a siren get accepted into a magical HBCU. The rest I am not allowed to say but just know there is a talking cat named Quan, a few murders that went cold, and a world that is just below our feet...
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  • Ashes to Ashes by Karina Halle

    Ashes to Ashes by Karina Halle

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    It’s been two months since Perry Palomino and Dex Foray’s relationship reached a new turning point, two months since Perry started a new life in Seattle, and two months since their Experiment in Terror show took on a new partner, ex-Wine Babe Rebecca Sims, and found a new level of success. But whenever there is light in their lives, the madness still has a way of coming back in...
  • Black Sheep by Shayne Silvers

    Black Sheep by Shayne Silvers

    Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    What good is a man when he’s lost his soul?Callie Penrose returns home to find a year has passed, and that everyone believes her long dead.Roland Haviar, once her mentor and now a Master Vampire, has become a bloodthirsty tyrant, fulfilling his vow to bathe the City of Fountains in blood until he avenges her death. And the Vatican Shepherds, once his brothers, stand in his way...
  • The First Family by Granger

    The First Family by Granger

    Rated: 4.76 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    A mysterious murder has been committed at a mythical and magical HBCU campus. Nobody knows who did it.School is covering it up in order to protect the students. Until it happens again..
  • Witches Brew by Shayne Silvers, Cameron O'Connell

    Witches Brew by Shayne Silvers, Cameron O'Connell

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    ***OVER ONE MILLION READERS HAVE BEEN PLEASURED BY THE TEMPLE VERSE NOVELS. NOW IT’S YOUR TURN…*** Fae are missing all over Boston, and apparently, no one else is suicidal enough to look into it. Good thing Quinn MacKenna—black magic arms dealer and Fae half-breed—has been searching for a way to earn back some of Boston’s goodwill after almost destroying the city…twice...
  • Bishop's Flight: A Paranormal Mystery Romance by Elizabeth Hunter

    Bishop's Flight: A Paranormal Mystery Romance by Elizabeth Hunter

    Rated: 4.68 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    The sins of the past will burn you.Four nights. Three days. The human son of two powerful vampires has been taken from his home, and if Carwyn and Brigid can’t find him, the delicate balance of power in an immortal haven might just go up in flames. Las Vegas holds a special appeal in the immortal world...
  • The Chosen by Dannika Dark

    The Chosen by Dannika Dark

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    "Fear is your enemy's feast."The gripping third installment of the Black Arrowhead series.Robyn is desperately searching for a pack, but the odds are stacked against her. Shifters don't accept humans, especially ones with a watchdog. Her fate takes a wild turn when she hitches a ride with a band of rogues who are vying for a spot in a newly formed pack...
  • And With Madness Comes the Light by Karina Halle

    And With Madness Comes the Light by Karina Halle

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 37 ratings
    The Man. The Mystery. The Madness. Dex Foray has never been anyone’s fool – until he missed his chance for happiness with Perry Palomino. Broken and alone, Dex has no choice but to rise from the ashes Perry left behind and find his own path to redemption. But nothing in Dex’s life has ever come easily, especially when there’s a dark madness waiting in the wings...
  • The Facts of Midlife by Robyn Peterman

    The Facts of Midlife by Robyn Peterman

    Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Midlife is sheer madness, and the facts of midlife are not taught in school. Unfortunately, some lessons are hellishly hard to learn.I thought I had it figured out. I was wrong.Proving I’m the Angel of Mercy is turning into a sh*tshow of epic proportions.Not too long ago, I was a forty-year-old gal with a stable and boring life ahead of me. Now? Not so much...
  • Angel's Flight by Ella Summers

    Angel's Flight by Ella Summers

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 34 ratings
    The old saying is true. Knowledge really is power, especially when angels and gods play the game. The original Immortals, masters of magic, once reigned over every world in the known universe—until they suddenly vanished. The gods and demons have been fighting over the remains of their fractured empire ever since...
  • Found by M. Sinclair

    Found by M. Sinclair

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 27 ratings
    Important Note : Found is the final and book 5 in the Silver Falls University series. Readers can find Lost, book 1 of the series, as part of the Kingdom of Wolves Universe Collection. Please note, Lost should be read FIRST before Forgotten, Discovered, and Pursued in order to read the series in proper order. Five broken alphas. One lost wolf. A fate she never expected...
  • The Archangel by Elicia Hyder

    The Archangel by Elicia Hyder

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    The Archangel of Death is the master of taking human life. But keeping mortals alive? Not exactly Azrael's forte. For thousands of years, Azrael’s greatest enemy has been silent. Leaving him in relative peace for the first time since the great angel war...
  • Hellcrossed by McKenzie Hunter

    Hellcrossed by McKenzie Hunter

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    My rules for survival: Never trust a demon or make a deal with one. But trapped in the demon realm, I have no choice but to break both rules if I want to escape.What’s waiting for me on the other side? A bloodthirsty god who wants to kill me—did I mention it’s my mother? An unforgiving fae who doesn’t care that we’re related and wants me gone, at any cost...
  • Psychopomp by Angela Roquet

    Psychopomp by Angela Roquet

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    In war, everyone loses...Reaper Lana Harvey is finding out the hard way. When Grim's new second in command, Jenni Fang, recruits her for a special mission, the biggest victory over the rebels is tainted by a crushing and immediate reprisal. The rebels have a new general working in the shadows of Limbo City, luring gods, reapers, demons, and souls to the dark side...
  • Fury of a Phoenix by Shannon Mayer

    Fury of a Phoenix by Shannon Mayer

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 33 ratings
    I knew the sins of my past would call to collect what was left of my soul. If I'd known the price I'd pay, I would've sacrificed more to stay hidden from the magic. In the middle of Wyoming--away from the abnormals of the world--I thought I was free and clear. I started a new life. Found a love I'd never known in a husband, and a son who was my everything...
  • Duck Duck Ghost by Rhys Ford

    Duck Duck Ghost by Rhys Ford

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Paranormal investigator Wolf Kincaid knows what his foot tastes like. Mostly because he stuck it firmly in his mouth when his lover, Tristan Pryce, accidentally drugged him with a batch of psychotropic baklava. Needing to patch things up between them, Wolf drags Tristan to San Luis Obispo, hoping Tristan’s medium ability can help evict a troublesome spirit haunting an old farmhouse...
  • The Alchemist's Flame by Becca Andre

    The Alchemist's Flame by Becca Andre

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Now that the local hospital is using her burn salve, master alchemist Addie Daulton has become a celebrity. The positive press will go a long way in helping her redeem alchemy’s reputation, but Addie wishes the media would stop calling her the Flame Lord’s alchemist. She doesn’t need his sanction to validate her skills...
  • Ironclad by McKenzie Hunter

    Ironclad by McKenzie Hunter

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    For most of my life, all I wanted was magic. Now I have it. Powerful magic. And I can say with certainty, the cost for it was way too high. My life is in shambles and I've been framed to look as if I betrayed the fae. If I can't fix this, I won't even have to worry about all my other problems...
  • Irregulars by Nicole Kimberling, Josh Lanyon

    Irregulars by Nicole Kimberling, Josh Lanyon

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    "NATO's Irregulars Affairs Division is a secret organization operating in thousands of cities around the globe. Its agents police relations between the earthly realm and those beyond this world, protecting us from terrible dangers as well as enthralling temptations...
  • The Most Wanted Witch by Donna Augustine

    The Most Wanted Witch by Donna Augustine

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    A darkness has settled over Xest, as roaming hordes of grouslies prey on the vulnerable. Witches and warlocks fear walking the streets, as lines are being drawn, and sides are taken. There’s only one way to stop the destruction coming, but tracking down an evil that doesn’t want to be found isn’t easy...
  • Dust to Dust by Karina Halle

    Dust to Dust by Karina Halle

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 37 ratings
    (New to this angsty, sexy, scary romance series? Start with book #1, Darkhouse, FREE on Amazon and other retailers. Warning: this series contains harsh language, violence, gore and sexual scenes of a graphic nature - reader discretion is advised) **The dramatic conclusion to the Experiment in Terror Series.** Perry Palomino and Dex Foray. On their own, they’re uniquely brilliant...
  • Seduce My Heart by Yumoyori Wilson

    Seduce My Heart by Yumoyori Wilson

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The seduction in my blood leads me to my mate, but will it help me open my fragile heart? Being a private secretary to one of the few billionaires in NYC was an interesting experience. Not only did I get the chance to discover the soft side of my boss, Liam Smith, I fell in love with his compassionate self. Everything seemed like it was finally running smoothly...
  • The Sceptic by Lily Morton

    The Sceptic by Lily Morton

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 17 ratings
    As the best friend of a psychic, Will Buchanan can’t help but believe in the dead. It’s the living that he finds to be problematic. However, after a spate of betrayals, he finally has the chance of a new life within his grasp, and he’s not going to risk it for anyone or anything. Staying safe is the name of Will’s game.Jem Dawson defines the word temporary...
  • The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami, Jay Rubin

    The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami, Jay Rubin

    Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
    · 87 ratings
    Japan's most highly regarded novelist now vaults into the first ranks of international fiction writers with this heroically imaginative novel, which is at once a detective story, an account of a disintegrating marriage, and an excavation of the buried secrets of World War II. In a Tokyo suburb a young man named Toru Okada searches for his wife's missing cat...
  • Trial by Fire by Ariana Nash

    Trial by Fire by Ariana Nash

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    The third book in the thrilling Shadows of London series.Action, MM romance and adventure combine on the streets of London. Time is running out for John "Dom" Domenici.It's not just Kempthorne's secrets bubbling to the surface of London's streets ..
  • Bramble and Blood by Ashley Beasley

    Bramble and Blood by Ashley Beasley

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Welcome to St. Louis, home to mythological creatures, magic beings, and necromancer Eve Williams -expert on death and disappointment.Especially disappointment since being fired from a prestigious job a with the Druid Brotherhood - the elite law enforcement of the magical community and the only family she’s ever known...
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    mystery  suspense  urban fantasy  fantasy  paranormal  magic  dark  fae
  • Disassembled Creatures by Albany Walker

    Disassembled Creatures by Albany Walker

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    It all started with a game.It was supposed to be fun, a night with friends. No one was supposed to die, but that’s not what happened.There’s a killer on the loose. People I know are dying, and I think I might be next.We called the boogeyman, and he answered...
  • Fated by Donna Augustine

    Fated by Donna Augustine

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Settling the cosmic score is what Karma was drafted by the Universe to do. But what happens when all the humans start going to the dark side? She’s got to find the source and the most likely suspect is her long time rival, who outclasses her in both power and resources.Luckily, she’s got a new partner, Fate, but he comes with his own set of complications...
  • Dark Whisper by Christine Feehan

    Dark Whisper by Christine Feehan

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 28 ratings
    Embrace the seductive call of the latest novel in Christine Feehan’s #1 New York Times bestselling Carpathian series.   Vasilisa Sidkorolyavolkva is a Lycan of royal blood. She knows what is expected of her, but all she wants is to be out from under her family’s watchful eyes. There is a fire inside her that is building. A restlessness coupled with a sense of growing dread...
  • Drawing Blood by Poppy Z. Brite

    Drawing Blood by Poppy Z. Brite

    Rated: 3.99 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    Robert McGee is a man living under a dark cloud. Acclaimed cartoonist of the underground comic book Birdland, he has moved his family from Texas to New Orleans and finally to Missing Mile, North Carolina. But Robert is unable to escape the drinking and the violence that have become as natural to him as breathing...
  • Sinful Urges by Clarissa Bright

    Sinful Urges by Clarissa Bright

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A priest, a psychiatrist, and a demon hunter walk into a gas station.This is where things get a little weird.Because when they kidnap the beautiful, smart, witty, musically talented gas station attendant, aka moi, the next thing I know I'm waking up tied to a bed and surrounded by the hottest men I've ever seen.I'm sorry, did you think this was a joke?Because I'm not laughing...
  • Were- by Seanan McGuire, Ashley McConnell

    Were- by Seanan McGuire, Ashley McConnell

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Werewolves rule the night in urban fantasy, but everyone knows there are other were-creatures out there just as dangerous and deadly, if not as common, each with their own issues as they struggle to fit into—or prey upon—society...
  • Cheat the Grave: The Fifth Sign of the Zodiac by Vicki Pettersson

    Cheat the Grave: The Fifth Sign of the Zodiac by Vicki Pettersson

    Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Book 5 in the NYT & USA Today Bestselling “Signs of the Zodiac” series.Light. Shadow. Superhero ... Villain.Las Vegas socialite and otherworldly avenger Joanna Archer gave up everything when she sacrificed her extraordinary abilities and embraced mortality to rescue an innocent child … and a city teetering on destruction...
  • The Devil's Reprise by Karina Halle

    The Devil's Reprise by Karina Halle

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Given a second chance, music journalist Dawn Emerson and guitarist Sage Knightly are reunited, only to have their lives threatened again by a demonic bargain. The sequel to THE DEVIL’S METAL, from USA Today bestselling author Karina Halle.When Dawn Emerson got the chance to go on tour with her favorite metal band, Hybrid, she thought she landed the writing gig of the century...
  • Broken Souls by Stephen Blackmoore

    Broken Souls by Stephen Blackmoore

    Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    Sister murdered, best friend dead, married to the patron saint of death, Santa Muerte. Necromancer Eric Carter's return to Los Angeles hasn't gone well, and it's about to get even worse.His link to the Aztec death goddess is changing his powers, changing him, and he's not sure how far it will go. He's starting to question his own sanity, wonder if he's losing his mind...
  • Rajmund by D.B. Reynolds

    Rajmund by D.B. Reynolds

    Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars
    · 32 ratings
    RAJMUND GREGOR is a vampire . . . and the undisputed Master of New York City. He bows to no one but his Sire, Krystof, who is the Vampire Lord for the entire Northeastern U.S. Based in Buffalo, NY, Krystof is an old vampire—-too old, it would seem, because he’s slowly losing his mind. Summoned back to Buffalo by his Sire, Rajmund finds his master out of touch and rapidly weakening...
  • The Sinner by Amanda Stevens

    The Sinner by Amanda Stevens

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 24 ratings
    I am a living ghost, a wanderer in search of my purpose and place…  I'm a cemetery restorer by trade, but my calling has evolved from that of ghost seer to death walker to detective of lost souls. I solve the riddles of the dead so the dead will leave me alone.  I've come to Seven Gates Cemetery nursing a broken heart, but peace is hard to come by…for the ghosts here and for me...
  • Impact Winter by Travis Beacham

    Impact Winter by Travis Beacham

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 32 ratings
    "They came after the impact and the firestorms. When the sun went dark. Like they’d been there all along. Just waiting."From executive producers of The Walking Dead and Travis Beacham, the writer of Pacific Rim, comes a heart-stopping Audible Original featuring a brilliant British cast. It’s the near future and seven years since a comet hit the earth and blotted out the sun...
  • With Dreams of Payne by Gemma James

    With Dreams of Payne by Gemma James

    Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    She saw him in her dreams before she met him...He isn’t real.The stranger with the seductive eyes.The man whose phantom touch ignites me.The guy I’ve seen in my dreams for years.But it turns out he does exist because he’s standing in the bar where I work, sexy and secretive in the flesh. And those mahogany eyes that are as familiar as my own?They’re haunted.Rife with tragedy.Dark with an agenda...
  • Chameleon Assassin by B.R. Kingsolver

    Chameleon Assassin by B.R. Kingsolver

    Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    Libby is a mutant, one of the top burglars and assassins in the world. For a price, she caters to executives’ secret desires. Eliminate your corporate rival? Deliver a priceless art masterpiece or necklace? Hack into another corporation’s network? Libby’s your girl.Climate change met nuclear war, and humanity lost. The corporations stepped in, stripping governments of power...
  • The Nightmare's Kiss by Skyla Gray

    The Nightmare's Kiss by Skyla Gray

    Rated: 3.87 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 18 ratings
    How can a living nightmare bring such sweet dreams?Mara Vance never thought her “useless” psychology degree would lead to studying an actual monster. Subject X-13, aka “The Nightmare,” is armed with sharp teeth, claws, and a constantly shifting form… yet Mara finds the huge shadow creature as intriguing as he is terrifying...
  • Circle of Enemies by Harry Connolly

    Circle of Enemies by Harry Connolly

    Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    Former car thief Ray Lilly is now the expendable grunt of a sorcerer responsible for destroying extradimensional predators summoned to our world by power-hungry magicians. Luckily, Ray has some magic of his own, and so far it’s kept him alive. But when a friend from his former gang calls him back to his old stomping grounds in Los Angeles, Ray may have to face a threat even he can’t handle...
  • Taken by the Night by Kathryn Smith

    Taken by the Night by Kathryn Smith

    Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 25 ratings
    I enjoy carnal pleasures like any mortal man, but six hundred years of existence have taught me loss. Best to stay away from people and save myself the heartache. Then I arrive at the notorious London brothel Maison Rouge, and my life, such as it is, will never be the same again. Ivy Dearing, daughter of the infamous Madam, has requested my assistance...
  • Antonio: Vampires in Europe by D.B. Reynolds

    Antonio: Vampires in Europe by D.B. Reynolds

    Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Porto, Portugal—home to writers and poets, to revolutionaries and dreamers. And down the river to the sea, a grand estate rises on green hills of latticed vineyards—the home of the powerful and deadly vampire who rules Portugal.Darkly handsome and charming, Lord Antônio Silveira is a warrior at heart...
  • Chaos Moon by Richard Amos

    Chaos Moon by Richard Amos

    Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 11 ratings
    **Contains potential spoilers Don't read if you haven't read First Moon****Some problems are sky high. Literally.The moon is stuck all over the globe, not going down at any time of the day. There's zero sunrise anywhere, and no one has a clue what to do. There’s panic in the streets, and the world is holding its breath as if everything is about to go mental...
  • Witches With the Enemy by Barb Hendee

    Witches With the Enemy by Barb Hendee

    Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The national bestselling author of The Mist-Torn Witches returns to a world of princes and power, magic and mystery, where two women have the ability to reveal the future and uncover the past…When seers Céline and Amelie Fawe fled Shetâna under threat of death, they vowed never to return. Yet, less than a year later, they are summoned back—to aid the man who once tried to kill them...
  • Bless Her Dead Heart by Meg Collett

    Bless Her Dead Heart by Meg Collett

    Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The day Loey Grace Keene and her best friends condemned a man to death was the day she knew she’d never leave Righteous, Tennessee. Running her grandparents’ coffee shop and old farm distracts her from the sins of her past. ’Course, that’s until she discovers the town’s preacher impaled in the cemetery’s oldest tree...
  • Devil Take Me by Rhys Ford, Ginn Hale

    Devil Take Me by Rhys Ford, Ginn Hale

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Temptation lurks around every corner in worlds sometimes dark, sometimes lurid. Giving in is both dangerous and satisfying, though never in the ways one expects. While these enticements offer a vast range of benefits and boons, the cost is a soul and the devil expects his due. Sometimes suave and charming or calculating and cruel, these devils have schemes and desires of their own...
  • He Speaks Dead by Adrienne Wilder

    He Speaks Dead by Adrienne Wilder

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Genre: LGBT Paranormal Suspense Charlie Harrington not only speaks with the dead and sees the dead, he can give them form. Lucky for him, because the love of his life, Ethan, is dead. Charlie helps Ethan possess complete strangers so Ethan can use their bodies for sex. Things are good between them until Charlie is accused of murder and Detective Daniel Briggs walks into his life...
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