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Immortal Death by Lauretta Hignett
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsImogen is on the brink of getting everything she ever wanted: love, safety, answers. Her father. Mortality.And just like that, a stranger comes to town and rips everything apart. Turns out, the darkest thing Imogen's ever had to face isn't a blood witch, or a vampire, or even a demon.It's a mundane, petty human woman.It's just like they say: Be careful what you wish for... -
House of Whispers by J.L. Bryan
Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsThe luxurious Lathrop Grand Hotel is a Savannah institution that has entertained guests for more than a century and a half, offering some of the finest accommodations in the city. Famously haunted, the hotel draws tourists from around the world eager to encounter its numerous ghosts... -
Midnight Awakening by Lara Adrian
With a dagger in her hand and vengeance on her mind, Darkhaven beauty Elise Chase prowls Bostons streets in search of retribution against the Rogue vampires who took from her everything she cherished. Using an extraordinary psychic gift, she tracks her prey, well aware that the power she possesses is destroying her...Categorized as:
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Artifacts, Dragons, and Other Lethal Magic by Meghan Ciana Doidge
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsI wasn’t even remotely interested in collecting the third instrument of assassination. It was far better for everyone involved — and for Warner, specifically — if I just let it be. And since I was the only one who could retrieve the artifacts, I figured it was my call to make. I was wrong. And though that wasn’t unusual, I was just so … so … wrong … about everything... -
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The Graveyard Shift by Darynda Jones
Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsGuarding a precocious five-year-old who is half-human, half-god, and 100% destined to save the world is no easy feat.Garrett Swopes was the ultimate skeptic until he met a certain hellion and her husband. They vanished after stopping a catastrophic event and left him, a mere mortal, in charge of protecting their gift to mankind... -
For I Have Sinned by Darynda Jones
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 48 ratingsDarynda Jones revisits the sexy, suspenseful world of supernatural shenanigans she created in her Grave series with For I Have Sinned. In this Charley Davidson story, Charley helps a woman find out how she died and gives her the closure she needs to pass through to the other side...Categorized as:
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In Other Worlds by Sherrilyn Kenyon
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 41 ratingsTogether for the first time in one volume... Three dazzling stories of magic and fantasy from the #1 New York Times bestselling author. Three of the author's most thrilling stories in one fabulous volume... Fire and Ice On the run, a beautiful virgin crosses paths with a sexy ex-assassin. Knightly Dreams The dashing hero of a novel comes to life...Categorized as:
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The Darkest Seduction by Gena Showalter
At long last, New York Times bestselling author Gena Showalter unveils the story of Paris, the darkest and most tormented Lord of the Underworld…. Possessed by the demon of Promiscuity, immortal warrior Paris is irresistibly seductive—but his potent allure comes at a terrible price. Every night he must bed someone new, or weaken and die...Categorized as:
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Don't Let it Snow in Deadwood by Ann Charles
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 25 ratings"I laughed (a lot), cried (a little), and wanted to stab a certain family member... -
Fire and Earth by A.D. Starrling
Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsL.A. is teeming with demons. Only one man and his ragtag team of supernatural misfits can stop them. Three weeks have passed since Artemus Steele discovered that he is part angel, brother to a twin he knew nothing about, and now technically the unwitting leader of a gang of freaks... -
Poison Promise by Jennifer Estep
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 41 ratingsGin Blanco is hard-nosed, sexy, and lethal. Nicknamed “The Spider,” she’s a stone elemental assassin who brings her unique mix of magic and tact to every assignment, no matter the target. There’s a new drug on the streets of Ashland, and its name “Burn” sums up the potent effect it has on its users...Categorized as:
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Living Nightmare by Shannon K. Butcher
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsView our feature on Shannon Butcher’s Living Nightmare. For nine years, the Sentinel Nika has had one goal-to save her younger sister from the Synestryn who hold her captive. Now, the psychic bond Nika forged with her sibling on that terrible night is fading, and time is running out. But the one man who can unlock the power inside her may be the greatest danger to her...Categorized as:
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Game of Witches by Kim Richardson
Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAfter dealing with Rifts and demons, I thought I’d get a few days off. But I was wrong. Guests avoid The Twilight Hotel like the plague after the teeny-weeny demon invasion. To keep the hotel from financial ruin, management decides to host a Casino Week to get things going again. Sounds great. There’s just one problem. People in our paranormal community turn up dead... -
Alterant by Sherrilyn Kenyon, Dianna Love
In this explosive new world of betrayals and shaky alliances, the only Alterant not incarcerated faces an impossible task -- recapture three dangerous, escaped creatures before they slaughter more humans . . . or her. The way Evalle Kincaid sees it, saving mankind from total destruction should have cleared her name... -
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Haunting Charlie by Wendy Wang
Ignoring the dead can get you killed...All Charlie Payne wants is to lead a normal life and to be a good mom. But Charlie’s not exactly normal. She's from a long line of witches and she can see the dead. Which sometimes makes even going to the bathroom awkward as ghosts have no boundaries.Susan Tate has inherited a beautiful old southern mansion on the coast... -
The Curse by Sherrilyn Kenyon, Dianna Love
Evalle Kincaid will fight to the death for her supernatural friends... -
The Darkest Facts (Lords of the Underworld) by Gena Showalter
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsI, Cronus, King of the Titans, powerful warrior god, defender of the people, hereby command you to read and enjoy this Lords of the Underwold guide. I am not mentioned nearly enough, but that is neither here nor there... -
East of Ecstasy by Laura Kaye
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsAnnalise Fallston made peace with postponing her big-city dreams to care for her ill father, but lately she’s been filled with a restlessness not even her beloved painting dispels. Worse, the colors don’t speak to her as they always have, and all her efforts produce dark, foreboding images of a dangerous man and a terrifying future... -
Lords of the Underworld Collection 1: The Darkest Night / The Darkest Kiss / The Darkest Pleasure by Gena Showalter
Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThey dared to open Pandora's Box, and now must carry an eternal curse. New York Times bestselling author Gena Showalter's incredible Lords of the Underworld series begins in a remote fortress in Budapest, where six immortal warriors, each more dangerously seductive than the last, are bound by an ancient curse none has been able to break... -
Blood Shadows by Tessa Dawn
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsNachari Silivasi is a bright light in a Dark World. As the youngest vampire in a family of warriors, he has studied Magick for four-hundred years and acquired a rare mastery of the universe around him. He is beloved by his family; legendary for his good-looks; and known for his uncommon valor... -
Destiny by P.T. Michelle
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsWhen destiny is on the line, will love be enough to light the way? In order to save Ethan, Nara gets pulled deeper into his dark world, where everything she thought she knew about Ethan and herself turns on its head... -
Enforcer's Redemption by Carrie Ann Ryan
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsAdam Jamenson has suffered through the worst loss known to man. The only reason he lives day-to-day is to ensure the safety of his Pack. As the Enforcer of the Redwood Pack, it is his job to protect all in his path, though he was unable to protect the ones he held dear. The war with the Centrals is heating up and Adam must try and grit through it in order to survive...Categorized as:
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All Spell Breaks Loose by Lisa Shearin
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsMy name is Raine Benares—and it sucks to be me right now. I’m a seeker who found the Saghred, a soul-stealing stone that gave me unlimited powers I never wanted. Now I’ve lost the rock—and the magic it gave me—to a goblin dark mage whose main goals are my death and world domination... -
Angel Betrayed by Cynthia Eden
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsWhen you betray an angel, there is hell to pay.Sammael. His name is whispered. He is feared. Once upon a time, Sammael—Sam to his enemies—was the most powerful angel of death in heaven. But he went rogue and was cast down to live with humans. Since Sam is well acquainted with sin, he enjoys being earthbound. He’s a supernatural powerhouse, the baddest of the bad, and he always gets what he wants... -
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Second Chance Spirit by Carrie Pulkinen
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHe'll give her his heart...if the ghost doesn't take it first. Trent Austin is a successful, big-city lawyer. The last thing he needs is the burden of a run-down house in the suburbs. But when his crazy uncle dies and leaves his estate to Trent, he soon learns he's inherited a lot more than a Victorian mansion... -
Eternal Kiss by Laura Wright
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsSacrifice will be their downfall. And their resurrection. Family is blood. His father unknown, his mother dead, Nicholas Roman was raised by the vampire Breed with one wish: to live as a normal vampire...Categorized as:
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Fury of the Demon by Diana Rowland
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 33 ratingsWho can Kara Gillian trust? That’s what she’d like to know. Demon summoner and now a consultant for the FBI, Kara Gillian has spent the past several months in the demon realm training while recovering from the treachery of the demonic lord Rhyzkahl. Yet though the torment and betrayal she suffered at his hands continues to plague her, she’s not about to let that slow her down...Categorized as:
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Twilight Fulfilled by Maggie Shayne
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsUtanapishtim has paid dearly for the sin of creating the vampire race—imprisoned in a living death for centuries, driven to near madness. With a single white-hot glance, he immolates his descendants…and the vampire Armageddon begins.Beautiful and deadly Brigit Poe, not wholly vampire but fiercely loyal to that shared bloodline, is called into action...Categorized as:
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Blood of the White Witch by Lacey Weatherford
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsWhen love came knocking on the door of novice witch, Portia Mullins, in the form of handsome bad boy, Vance Mangum, she had no idea how quickly the attraction between them would escalate. Now she finds her relationship with Vance taken to a whole new level, in a way she had never dreamed possible at this point and time of her life... -
The Grave Robber by Darynda Jones
Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsEric Vause is done.Done with ghosts. Done with hellhounds. And definitely done with asshole demons, mostly because he’d been possessed by one. Even now, five years later, the rage he absorbed from the creature has yet to wane, so he decides a road trip is in order. Surely some cool air, great scenery, and a case of Dos Equis will shake things loose... -
Storm Kissed by Jessica Andersen
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsDez is no angel. The former gangbanger spent years in jail and alienated the love of his life, Reese Montana. Now he has a second chance to join forces with the Nightkeepers and master the Triad magic. Even better, Reese is back—taken on as the Nightkeepers' sexy bounty hunter. But this time, the stakes are even higher for Dez and Reese... -
On the Hunt by Gena Showalter, Shannon K. Butcher
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsNew York Times bestselling author Gena Showalter, Shannon K. Butcher, Jessica Andersen, and Deidre Knight present a steamy collection of all-new novellas featuring sexy paranormal hunters. With shadowy creatures, intoxicating magic, vivdly imagined worlds, and sizzling passion, this is an anthology no fan of paranormal romance will want to miss... -
Avenging Angel by Cynthia Eden
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsEarthly DelightsWith a messed up family background and a tendency to grow claws and fangs, Tanner Chance isn’t exactly the boy next door. But he’s a decent cop, and he keeps himself on the side of the good guys. Convenient, because when he rescues a survivor of a horrific shifter attack he finds himself instantly smitten—with an honest-to-goodness angel, as innocent as she is irresistible...Categorized as:
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Rush of Darkness by Rhyannon Byrd
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsDESTINED TO BE ENEMIES... Raine Spenser is on the brink. Held prisoner because of her abilities, Raine—a powerful psychic as well as vampire desperately needed a savior. But the last one she expected was the green-eyed soldier who’d once hunted her kind...Categorized as:
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The Amazon's Curse by Gena Showalter
Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars · 37 ratingsDon't miss this brand-new, eBook exclusive tale of Atlantis, Gena Showalter's mythical world of immortals, magic and dark seduction! Zane, a fierce vampire warrior, has been enslaved by the Amazons. Nola, a lovely Amazon soldier, has been cursed with invisibility. Now, these two stubborn enemies must overcome the pasts that haunt them and embrace a love that can set them free..Categorized as:
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Charade by Cambria Hebert
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsDying at the hands of a psycho was a shock. Having my life returned to me by an angel was incredible. Being named a Supernatural Treasure and being given Sam as my guard was pretty darn awesome. Acquiring a debt for it all - well, I should have seen it coming... -
Seduce Me in Shadow by Shayla Black
Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsThe next book in the Doomsday Brethren series, Seduce Me in Shadow, is coming your way early this Fall! Reserve yours TODAY! Caden is determined to deny his coming magic—and the nosy human reporter threatening to expose them all. Too bad she just happens to be his mate…... -
Skykeepers by Jessica Andersen
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsIn this sexy series based around the Mayan doomsday prophecy, a group of magic- wielding warrior heroes called the Nightkeepers are ready to fight the demon creatures of the underworld to prevent annihilation... When prominent Mayanist Ambrose Ledbetter goes missing, his daughter Sasha tracks his remains down to an ancient temple. Before she can recover from the shock, she is kidnapped... -
Mark of the Sylph by Rosalie Lario
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHalf-demon Taeg is desperate to free his pregnant sister-in-law, who is spellbound to an indestructible book that will create an army of the undead. He is convinced that an ancient sword can destroy the book and the spell forever, but this relic has been hidden for a millennia by a powerful glamour... -
Cursed Demon by Brogan Thomas
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsShe enjoyed life as a demon’s pet. Until the cries of an innocent tore her world asunder… Emma Case is freaking out. Being surrounded by monsters is risky enough without breaking the rules, but when the soft-hearted girl hears a pup in distress, she can’t resist trespassing on forbidden ground... -
Heaven's Most Wanted by Erin Bedford
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsJane's life had never been ordinary. Why should it start now? When she found out she could make the angels she saw become corporeal, there was no way she could stop at just one, not when she could have all of them. It's hard to juggle three angels in her life and in her bed, but between her wits and their powers, Jane's detective agency has never done better... -
Book of the Just by Dana Chamblee Carpenter
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsDespite Mouse’s power, her father always wanted a son—and now, at long last, he has him. And Mouse has a brother, someone else in the world just like her. Though she’s never met him, the hope of what they might mean for each other tugs at her soul, even as it terrifies her lover, Angelo... -
Touch of the Angel by Rosalie Lario
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAfter months of no work, interdimensional bounty hunter Ronin Meyers jumps at the chance to locate an incubus who’s using succubi as murder weapons. Faced with deportation to hellish Infernum if he fails, Ronin will stop at nothing to take out the incubus and anyone else involved... -
Vampire Princess Rising by Jami Brumfield
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSavannah Winters went from homecoming queen to vampire princess in one terrifying night. Now she must find a way to survive the dark world she lives without letting the anger and depression overwhelm and destroy her. Maintaining a balance between her supernatural identity and human cover is more difficult then she could ever imagine... -
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Brookland Security by Clara Kendrick
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDive into this sexy five-book series that follows five shifter security professionals in their quest for both justice and unexpected romance. Lots of suspense, mystery, and romance. No cliffhangers! Protecting Faun When Faun moves away from the big city to start up her very own cafe in the middle of nowhere, she thinks she's left her stalker behind her... -
Her Fallen Angel by Felicity Heaton
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsAn angel accused of a crime he didn’t commit, Lukas has been cast out of Heaven and sentenced to live in the mortal world. For three years, he’s searched for a way to prove his innocence, and for three years, he’s been falling for a beautiful mortal female. When Heaven strips him of his wings, Lukas seeks solace in alcohol, but finds it in Annelie’s arms...Categorized as:
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The Curse Breakers by Denise Grover Swank
Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsFor more than four hundred years, the Curse Keepers guarded the barrier between the human and spirit realms. All that changed the day Ellie Lancaster met Collin Dailey. Prophecy demanded they defend the world from evil?even as it ignited a passion that threatened to consume them both... -
West of Want by Laura Kaye
Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsBetrayal is all he's ever known, but in her, he'll find a love strong enough to be trusted... When Marcella Raines' twin brother dies, she honors his request to be buried at sea, never expecting the violent storm that swamps her boat. Though she's gravely injured--and still emotionally damaged from her recent divorce--Ella fights to survive...Categorized as:
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Along Came a Spider by Kate SeRine
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAlong came a spider… When Trish Muffet is attacked at a grisly crime scene, the last person she expects to come to her rescue is Nicky “Little Boy” Blue. But since walking away from everything two years before, Nicky’s been doling out vigilante justice as “The Spider,” taking on the vicious predators of the night in hopes it’ll lead him to his ultimate target – Vlad Dracula...Categorized as:
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Demonically Tempted by Stacey Kennedy
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTess Jennings, now a member of the Memphis Police Department, is on her first cold case. The suspected suicide of Lizbeth Knapp ten years ago isn’t a theory her family accepts—they believe she was murdered. But the case is only one of Tess’s worries. Ghosts are talking, and word of her abilities rapidly spreads...
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