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Paladin of the Shield by Marvin Knight, Marvin Whiteknight
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsBeneath the Sacred Seas, demons are stirring.An ancient evil rises. An army from the depths of hell comes with her.In the heavens above, a seraph with more ambition than the heavens can contain is coming to confront her.The Sacred Seas have become a playground for forces beyond their power to contend with. In the war between the Heavens and the Hells, only one man can stand for humanity... -
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Heretic Spellblade 6 by K.D. Robertson
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAs the world plunges into chaos, Nathan knows that he has only one shot to save it. He barely fended off the demonic Messenger Artemis, but now Trafaumh faces an invasion from without and open rebellion from within. If it falls, all of Doumahr goes with it.But saving a country comes with hard decisions. He's turned a blind eye to Trafaumh's atrocities in the past... -
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![Lucifer Reborn 3 by Dante King]()
Lucifer Reborn 3 by Dante King
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsI’ve been Dual Enrolled in both the Celestial and Infernal Academies for a few weeks. Things are going as you might expect. Lots of training. Lots of learning. Lots of late night sessions in my subspace with my girls.But this brief period of normalcy couldn’t last long.Now, I’m setting off to the Fae Realm again, with my girls and some new additions... -
![Can't Ride Around It by Ann Charles, Sam Lucky]()
Can't Ride Around It by Ann Charles, Sam Lucky
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSome things you just can't ride around ... Jack “Rabbit” Fields knew a good thing when he saw it, whether it was a sound horse, a sure bet, or a pretty sage hen. When it came to locking horns with any curly wolves he ran into along the trail, he tended to shoot first—a notion that had saved his hide more times than he could count. But that was before he came to Deadwood... -
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![Lucifer Reborn 2 by Dante King]()
Lucifer Reborn 2 by Dante King
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTurns out that being the only human candidate for the next Archlord of Hell means I'm kind of special. Sure, there are some good things (a whole lot of good things, if I'm honest), but now I'm attending not only one supernatural academy but two.Twice the classes. Twice the antics. Twice the women.Celestial Academy here we come. . -
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Lucifer Reborn by Dante King, Lewis Alexander
Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars · 13 ratings* Duration: 10 hours and 11 minutes *The devil paid me a visit and said I was going to one day rule his demonic kingdom.The catch: I have to attend the Infernal Academy, located in none other than Hell itself.Thankfully, I won’t be doing it alone. I’m going to surround myself with powerful demonesses (and maybe an angel or two as well)... -
![The Woods All Black by Lee Mandelo]()
The Woods All Black by Lee Mandelo
The Woods All Black is equal parts historical horror, trans romance, and blood-soaked revenge, all set in 1920s AppalachiaLeslie Bruin is assigned to the backwoods township of Spar Creek by the Frontier Nursing Service, under its usual mandate: vaccinate the flock, birth babies, and weather the judgements of churchy locals who look at him and see a failed woman... -
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Haunted by Kat Martin
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn this spine-tingling tale the New York Times bestselling author melds love story with historical mystery as past meets present in Jerome, Arizona.1898: Robbery, prostitution, and violence are commonplace in the fabulously rich copper mining city of Jerome. But a brutal murder sets the stage for a series of strange events that will echo far into the future... -
![The Room to the West by Lauren Biel]()
The Room to the West by Lauren Biel
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSometimes to go forward, you must go back.So what if I’m jaded? No one ever asks me how I feel, anyway. They just use me.My clients call me Hannah. I’m an escort, but I refuse to work in a brothel. I always followed the law until I strolled alongside the lawless. I never wanted to be with a man until I met this one... -
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Bear by Delta James
Rated: 3.84 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsA Dark Shifter Romance For centuries he roamed the mountains, restless and wild. Then he chose me as his mate.He was a man once, long ago. Now people say he is nothing more than a myth, a legend, a story locals tell one another around the campfire. The tale of the mountain man who became a bear.But I know better. He saved my life, and he watches over me still. Because I belong to him... -
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Bewitching the Devil by Sara Faulkner
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratings600 years ago, Lucifer learned of the cracks forming in the walls of his kingdom. He assumed things were hopeless until an old hag informed him of the one destined to save them. For centuries, Lucifer, Levi, and Nox searched for the woman that would be Hell’s salvation. When they finally found her, everything went up in flames... -
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Dungeon Master by Eric Vall
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsWhat would you do if you were the most powerful dungeon deity in the world and the bindings keeping you trapped within your dungeon were broken? Would you escape? Would you acquire a party of beautiful female minions? Would you use your new minions to conquer other dungeon deities, consume their magic, and grow even more powerful? Would you take over the world? Would you then take over the... -
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Donners of the Dead by Karina Halle
Rated: 3.79 of 5 stars · 27 ratings***A Standalone Horror Romance*** A note about this book: Donners of the Dead is set in 1851 – couples were often thrust into marriage together with short courtships, racism was widespread and not overly frowned upon, and women had little to no rights. What wouldn't fly in today's day and age was unfortunately the norm back then - it is worth keeping that in mind when reading this book... -
![Fostering Faust 3 by Randi Darren]()
Fostering Faust 3 by Randi Darren
((Minor Spoiler and Warning at the bottom of the blurb. Please read all the way through.)) The war with Gaelis has gone poorly for Alex’s foes and well for his allies. He’s enriched himself, empowered his county with that coin, and built his county ever higher. The war swings in favor of his Duchess. Yet the war still goes on... -
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![Cracked Blue Sky by Shiloh Sloane]()
Cracked Blue Sky by Shiloh Sloane
Cracked Blue Sky is an enemies-to-lovers, pitch dark romance about a werewolf cowboy and a hellbent detective, set in 1950s Wyoming.A quiet ranching town in the mountains is plagued by brutal murders... -
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Death Valley by Karina Halle
Take Yellowstone and add in the White Walkers from Game of Thrones and you have Death Valley. Morally grey cowboys, menacing wilderness, and deadly zombies await in this dark western horror romance from NYT bestselling author Karina Halle. Three years ago Aubrey Wells’ sister disappeared in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. Since then, Aubrey’s life has crumbled around her... -
![The Russian Cage by Charlaine Harris]()
The Russian Cage by Charlaine Harris
#1 New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author Charlaine Harris is at her best in this alternate history of the United States where magic is an acknowledged but despised power in this third installment of the Gunnie Rose series... -
![Vampires of El Norte by Isabel Cañas]()
Vampires of El Norte by Isabel Cañas
Vampires and vaqueros face off on the Texas-Mexico border in this supernatural western from the author of The Hacienda.As the daughter of a rancher in 1840s Mexico, Nena knows a thing or two about monsters—her home has long been threatened by tensions with Anglo settlers from the north... -
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All the Dead Shall Weep by Charlaine Harris
#1 New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author returns with the fifth installment in the bestselling Gunnie Rose series as sisters Lizbeth Rose and Felicia as well as brother Eli and Peter, are reunited in Texoma only to break apart before the Wizard’s Ball held in San Diego, which will determine all their fates... -
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Trail of Lightning by Rebecca Roanhorse
Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars · 54 ratingsWhile most of the world has drowned beneath the sudden rising waters of a climate apocalypse, Dinétah (formerly the Navajo reservation) has been reborn. The gods and heroes of legend walk the land, but so do monsters.Maggie Hoskie is a Dinétah monster hunter, a supernaturally gifted killer. When a small town needs help finding a missing girl, Maggie is their last—and best—hope... -
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Steel Demons MC: Books 1-3 by Crystal Ash
The Collapse changed everything. Good men became killers. Strong women became property. And I’ve been captured by the most ruthless men of them all…I’m a healer trying to survive in a violent, lawless land. Being captured by the infamous Steel Demons MC was never part of the plan. The MC president wants me to be the club’s new medic… and have me in his bed... -
![A Rope of Thorns by Gemma Files]()
A Rope of Thorns by Gemma Files
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsThe second book in the “top-notch horror-fantasy saga,” following A Book of Tongues , is “a spectacular blend of Aztec religion and Western gunslinging ( Publishers Weekly ). Welcome to Hex City. magicians. Thanks to hexslinger “Reverend” Asher Rook, sorcerers now have a sanctuary where they can live and work in peace. But a storm is coming—a tempest known as Chess Pargeter... -
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Quick to the Hunt by Cameron Dane
Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsGenre: LGBT Contemporary Western Series: Hawkins Ranch Previous Book: Becoming Three War veteran Hunter Tennison returns home physically and emotionally scarred. Unable to bear feeling anything, Hunter uses pain to quiet the chaos and to keep his emotions from destroying him. Hunter dare not risk falling in love. He can't let anyone get close enough to see the violence inside him... -
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Blood Red Road by Moira Young
Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars · 60 ratingsSaba lives in Silverlake, a wasteland ravaged by constant sandstorms where her family scavenge from landfills left by the long-gone Wrecker civilization. After four cloaked horsemen kidnap her beloved twin brother Lugh, she teams up with daredevil Jack and the Free Hawks, a girl gang of Revolutionaries. Saba learns that she is a fierce fighter, an unbeatable survivor, and a cunning opponent... -
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![Cowboys & Vampires by Hank Edwards]()
Cowboys & Vampires by Hank Edwards
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsIn the frontier town of Belkin’s Pass, as a vampire quietly feeds on the local saloon girls and their customers, a tragedy teaches resident Josh Stanton he has the ability to raise the dead. Knowing he is now a wanted man, Josh flees into the arid plains of Venom Valley... -
![The Gravedigger's Brawl by Abigail Roux]()
The Gravedigger's Brawl by Abigail Roux
Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsDr. Wyatt Case is never happier than when he’s walking the halls of his history museum. Playing wingman for his best friend at Gravedigger’s Tavern throws him way out of his comfort zone, but not as much as the eccentric man behind the bar, Ash Lucroix. Ash is everything Wyatt doesn’t understand: exuberant, quirky, and elbow deep in a Gaslight lifestyle that weaves history into everyday life... -
![Treasure, Darkly by Jordan Elizabeth]()
Treasure, Darkly by Jordan Elizabeth
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsSeventeen-year-old Clark Treasure assumes the drink he stole off the captain is absinthe… until the chemicals in the liquid give him the ability to awaken the dead. A great invention for creating perfect soldiers, yes, but Clark wants to live as a miner, not a slave to the army—or the deceased. On the run, Clark turns to his estranged, mining tycoon father for help... -
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Saving Symphony by Ashley Amy
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAn endless loop played inside of my mind, but it wasn’t from the haunting music Bently forced me to hear. This one consisted of the troubling outcome dealing with my future. Anxiety crippled those of us who were trying to find a healthy path after such a toxic and damaging past... -
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Succubus Hunter by Daniel Pierce, Teddy Hamilton
Rated: 3.56 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsThe Succubus is beautiful, deadly, and prowling the night for victims as their leader creates a plan to take New York City for her own dark purposes. But Kurt is there, and by freeing Succubi from their ancient curse, he will build a team of elite killers who will stalk the night with revenge on their minds... -
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Wilder's Mate by Moira Rogers
Rated: 3.52 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsWilder Harding is a bloodhound, created by the Guild to hunt down and kill vampires on America’s frontier. His enhanced abilities come with a high price: on the full moon, he becomes capable of savagery beyond telling, while the new moon brings a sexual hunger that borders on madness...
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