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  • Graveyard: An MC Romance by K.L. Savage

    Graveyard: An MC Romance by K.L. Savage

    Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Helping the sick and the defenseless is my calling, it’s why I became a doctor. My club and my career are everything. I never expected her.She walks into my hospital with her sister in tow. She’s a rare beauty but clearly burdened with problems I can’t imagine.Something tugs at my conscience. It’s her wild hair and piercing eyes. I know her but don’t know.She haunts me, and I have to find out why...
  • Pocus: A Ruthless Kings MC Novel by K.L. Savage

    Pocus: A Ruthless Kings MC Novel by K.L. Savage

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Darkness is all I know. But she might just be what brings me into the light... or throws me into a deeper darkness than I’ve ever known.My past is a black spot that I can never fully outrun no matter how hard I try. The secret I keep, the anger I harbor is best left to slumber, but an old rival I know nothing about could be my undoing.He wants to take away our home and destroy our lives...
    Categorized as:
    bad boys  m-f  new adult  paranormal  dark  bikers  contemporary
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  • The Monster of Hotel No. 7 by K.V. Rose

    The Monster of Hotel No. 7 by K.V. Rose

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 11 ratings
    LITTLE SUNI am the princess of Writhe, a secret society slithering with evil. But I have everything I could ever want… except him. Sullen Rule disappeared two years ago from Ritual Drive, our shared, private street. After sending off dozens of unanswered letters in hopes they may one day reach him, I have nearly given up on ever seeing the boy of shadows again. But one night at Hotel No...
  • Illicit Monster by Maggie Cole

    Illicit Monster by Maggie Cole

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 12 ratings
    My father sold me to his enemy. He stole my innocence—right after he dressed me in white and made me vow to be his for all of eternity. Now I’m cut off from my family. Subjected to my husband’s warped rules and laws. At the mercy of a tyrant who leers at me with green heated eyes until I beg him for things I shouldn’t...
  • Killer Heart by Eva Chance, Harlow King

    Killer Heart by Eva Chance, Harlow King

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 20 ratings
    Sins of the father... or the daughter?I've discovered the family I was stolen from in the most unexpected place possible.It's hard to believe I belong with them. A lifelong assassin mixing with people who campaign against criminals? There's no way in hell they'd accept the real me, let alone the brutal men who've welcomed me into their lives and their beds...
  • MONOMANIAC by Raphaella Carver

    MONOMANIAC by Raphaella Carver

    Rated: 3.40 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 5 ratings
    In this gothic, dark romance, Raphaella Carver weaves the tale of a love that transcends Life and Death.A woman with a gothic soul consorting with the dead.A man with an untamable spirit executing his revenge.What will come into existence when his obsession meets her absolution?Throughout the entirety of her life, Ophelia Grimes has been familiar with death...
  • Archangel's Heart by Nalini Singh

    Archangel's Heart by Nalini Singh

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 83 ratings
    New York Times bestselling author Nalini Singh takes us into a dangerous and exhilarating world where a deadly, beautiful archangel and his once-mortal consort are caught in a fury of twisted darkness… One of the most vicious archangels in the world has disappeared. No one knows if Lijuan is dead or has chosen to Sleep the long sleep of an immortal...
  • Embers by Suzanne Wright

    Embers by Suzanne Wright

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 116 ratings
    Harper and Knox are back and better than ever! The fourth book in Suzanne Wright's globally bestselling The Dark in You series is not to be missed. The final horseman awaits . . . and the stakes have never been higher. With the birth of their son, Asher, Harper and Knox are both more powerful and more vulnerable than they've ever been before...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  alpha male  magic  demons  bad boys  male-pov  m-f  vengeance
  • Revenant by Larissa Ione

    Revenant by Larissa Ione

    Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 49 ratings
    HELL HATH NO FURY . . . For five thousand years, Revenant believed he was alone in the world, a fallen angel beyond any redemption. Now he finds he has a twin brother who had all the light and love Revenant was denied...
  • The Frozen Witch by Chandelle LaVaun

    The Frozen Witch by Chandelle LaVaun

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    My magic runs ice cold.I am Judgement.I’ve gone from human to witch…to now Coven member. It’s amazing, awesome, and entirely overwhelming. I’m scared out of my mind right now. I shouldn’t be, I know that. I finally have real magic. I have elemental magic. I have ice at my fingertips and its the deadliest weapon I’ve ever seen.But now I can’t run from Joseph...
  • Queen of the Darkness by Anne Bishop

    Queen of the Darkness by Anne Bishop

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 83 ratings
    Jaenelle Angelline now reigns as Queen-protector of the Shadow Realm. No longer will the corrupt Blood slaughter her people and defile her lands. But where one chapter ends, a final, unseen battle remains to be written, and Jaenelle must unleash the terrible power that is Witch to destroy her enemies once and for all. Even so, she cannot stand alone...
    Categorized as:
    demons  magic  m-f  contemporary  fantasy  urban fantasy  dark  witches
  • Circle of the Moon by Faith Hunter

    Circle of the Moon by Faith Hunter

    Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars
    · 33 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...
  • Evildoer by Dannika Dark, Nicole Poole

    Evildoer by Dannika Dark, Nicole Poole

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Betrayal. Vengeance. Loyalty. Dark forces are at work in the epic conclusion of the USA Today bestselling Crossbreed series.Raven has come a long way since joining Keystone. She embraced her Vampire side, learned to work with others, and even fell in love...
  • The Dex-Files by Karina Halle

    The Dex-Files by Karina Halle

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 41 ratings
    The truth is out there... The Dex-Files is a compilation novel that accompanies the Experiment in Terror Series and is not to be-read as a stand-alone. In the Dex-Files we find a variety of scenes and chapters from the enigmatic Dex Foray's POV from books #1-6 in the series. Some of these scenes have been previously published, albeit from Perry's POV, while other scenes are completely new...
  • King of Me by Mimi Jean Pamfiloff

    King of Me by Mimi Jean Pamfiloff

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 44 ratings
    “You’re asking me to love you?” asked Mia.He slowly scratched his thick black stubble. “I suppose I am...
  • 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...
  • Kye by Nyssa Kathryn

    Kye by Nyssa Kathryn

    Rated: 4.59 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 24 ratings
    Sometimes it’s in the depths of hell, that one finds their angel.Samantha Jacobs thought she was aiding her government. She believed the chip she created, the one that could change the world, would be used for the good of mankind. But it was all a lie…and she discovered the truth too late. Now, Samantha will suffer dearly for her mistake...
  • The Savior by J.R. Ward

    The Savior by J.R. Ward

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 64 ratings
    In the venerable history of the Black Dagger Brotherhood, only one male has ever been expelled—but Murhder’s insanity gave the Brothers no choice. Haunted by visions of a female he could not save, he nonetheless returns to Caldwell on a mission to right the wrong that ruined him. However, he is not prepared for what he must face in his quest for redemption. Dr...
  • Taunting Destiny by Amelia Hutchins

    Taunting Destiny by Amelia Hutchins

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 175 ratings
    I thought things were bad and weird before – hold on – it’s getting worse. Adam and I are both going through identity crises of epic proportions as we Transition from who we were, and discover who we were meant to be. More Fae are dying, and I feel as if time is running out for us to find all of those responsible and put an end to the killings...
  • It's A Hard-Knock Midlife by Robyn Peterman

    It's A Hard-Knock Midlife by Robyn Peterman

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Midlife is supposed to be messy, but this is a full-on catastrophic crisis.Just when I thought life might be getting back to normal—normal being a relative word—I couldn’t have been more wrong.Marriage proposal from the Grim Reaper? Yes.Beautiful healthy baby? Yes.Friends and family safe? Yes.Ghost of my worst enemy sitting on my front porch? OMG. Yep...
  • Shalador's Lady by Anne Bishop

    Shalador's Lady by Anne Bishop

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 49 ratings
    View our feature on Anne Bishop’s Shalador's Lady. Return to the "intense...erotic...and imaginative" (Nancy Kress) world of the national bestselling Black Jewels novels in this sequel to The Shadow Queen...
    Categorized as:
    demons  magic  m-f  contemporary  urban fantasy  fantasy  dark  witches
  • Dark Slayer by Christine Feehan

    Dark Slayer by Christine Feehan

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 57 ratings
    A rumor has persisted in the vampire world of a dark slayer—a woman—who travels with a wolf pack and any among the vampires who meets her is slain. Mysterious, elusive and seemingly impossible to kill, she is the one hunter who strikes terror into the hearts of the vampires...
  • Flynn by Nyssa Kathryn

    Flynn by Nyssa Kathryn

    Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Some pasts are harder to escape than others.When Carina Murphy is accused of a crime she didn’t commit, a fresh start in a new town is her only option. Unfortunately, Cradle Mountain may not be the safe haven she’d thought. The son of her new patient may be tall, dark and handsome…but he also knows all about her past.Keeping her job should be the hardest part...
  • Archangel's Shadows by Nalini Singh

    Archangel's Shadows by Nalini Singh

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 86 ratings
    Return to New York Times bestselling author Nalini Singh’s sensual and painfully beautiful Guild Hunter world in her new novel of sacrifice, loyalty, and the choices of love that can shatter the heart...
  • Ecstasy Unveiled by Larissa Ione

    Ecstasy Unveiled by Larissa Ione

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 85 ratings
    A DEMON ENSLAVED Lore is a Seminus half-breed demon who has been forced to act as his dark master's assassin. Now to earn his freedom and save his sister's life, he must complete one last kill. Powerful and ruthless, he'll stop at nothing to carry out this deadly mission. AN ANGEL TEMPTED Idess is an earthbound angel with a wild side, sworn to protect the human Lore is targeting...
  • The Darkest Whisper by Gena Showalter

    The Darkest Whisper by Gena Showalter

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 97 ratings
    New York Times bestselling sensation Gena Showalter returns with her long-awaited next installment of the Lords of the Underworld series… He is the keeper of Doubt and his entire world’s about to be rocked. Bound by the demon of Doubt, Sabin unintentionally destroys even the most confident of lovers...
  • Reborn by Jaymin Eve

    Reborn by Jaymin Eve

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 97 ratings
    The epic conclusion to the Shadow Beast Shifters.I finally have the life I always dreamed of. So why does it taste like ash on my tongue?Growing up in Torma, the strongest of the shifter packs, I wanted nothing more than to find my true mate and live my best life. Of course, that dream existed before my father betrayed the pack and turned me into their punching bag...
  • The Shadow Queen by Anne Bishop

    The Shadow Queen by Anne Bishop

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 50 ratings
    From the national bestselling author? the new novel set in the ?darkly fascinating world?("SF Site") of the Black Jewels. Dena Nehele is a land decimated by its past. Once it was ruled by corrupt Queens who were wiped out when the land was cleansed of tainted Blood. Now, only one hundred Warlord Princes stand?without a leader and without hope...
    Categorized as:
    demons  magic  m-f  contemporary  fantasy  mystery  dark  witches
  • Dreams of a Dark Warrior by Kresley Cole

    Dreams of a Dark Warrior by Kresley Cole

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 182 ratings
    From #1 New York Times bestseller Kresley Cole comes this gripping tale of a battle-maddenend warrior driven by revenge and the Valkyrie temptress who haunts his dreams. He Vowed He'd Come For Her... Murdered before he could wed Regin the Radiant, warlord Aidan the Fierce seeks his beloved through eternity, reborn again and again into new identities, yet with no memory of his past lives...
  • 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...
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