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  • Dungeon Diving 301 by Bruce Sentar

    Dungeon Diving 301 by Bruce Sentar

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 23 ratings
    Ken and company come back from summer break after arduous training for their third year at Haylon. No longer are they the fresh adventurers that once didn’t know the right end of the sword. Instead they have settled into Star City among the Orkai and are thriving deep within the dungeon and even locating trails for the class to get powerful new abilities. Things in the dungeon are never so simple...
  • Papa Noel by Nikki Landis

    Papa Noel by Nikki Landis

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    They call me Papa. A tough and rugged old biker that's never been tamed by any woman. I live by the code of my club and stand by it. No matter what. Hell, I'd die for my brothers and the MC we fought so hard to build. In fact, I nearly did. Loss has tarnished my soul and left me a bitter man. I’ll never be anything else. When a young kid goes missing and his single mother shows up on my doorstep,...
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  • Transcend by Jewel E. Ann

    Transcend by Jewel E. Ann

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 47 ratings
    “In another life, she was my forever. ”. An unexpected tragedy leaves Professor Nathaniel Hunt a widower alone with a newborn baby. He hires a nanny. She’s young, but well-qualified, with a simple life, a crazy name obsession, and a boyfriend she met at the grocery store...
  • Santa Biker by Nikki Landis

    Santa Biker by Nikki Landis

    Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 13 ratings
    Diablo:. I’m a savage and a killer. A man with nothing to lose. As the cleaner for the Royal Bastards, I do the dirty work for the club. When I’m called in, it’s my job to ensure nothing is left behind. But it’s the blood that speaks to me, revealing hidden secrets and exposing the truth. Blood contains all the agony of my past, and I can’t escape it...
  • The Core by Peter V. Brett

    The Core by Peter V. Brett

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 43 ratings
    For time out of mind, bloodthirsty demons have stalked the night, culling the human race to scattered remnants dependent on half-forgotten magics to protect them. Then two heroes arose—men as close as brothers, yet divided by bitter betrayal...
  • Be My Sinner by A.L. Maruga

    Be My Sinner by A.L. Maruga

    Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 6 ratings
    From the mind of A. L Maruga comes this dark enemy to lovers, gothic, why choose romance guaranteed to bring you to your knees. 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑳𝒐𝒓𝒅 𝒊𝒔 𝒎𝒚 𝒔𝒉𝒆𝒑𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒅; 𝑰 𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕. F*&k that; all I do is want. I want v! violence. I want to be consumed by r*ge...
  • Wicked Little Games by A.R. Breck

    Wicked Little Games by A.R. Breck

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 8 ratings
    When you spark a match in hell, 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘣𝘶𝘳𝘯? Some wonder how deep the curse runs through Castle Pointe. I never realized the malevolent roots are embedded into every fiber of this town. A simple game turned into devastation, wreaking havoc upon us, spreading it’s wickedness through our veins. Haunting us around every turn. Death rises. Evil corrupts. Fear consumes us...
  • Feral as a Cat by Kendra Moreno

    Feral as a Cat by Kendra Moreno

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Weapons don’t weep…. Calypso is only trying to make it through life, raising her little brother and taking care of her ailing mom. She doesn’t have time for fairytales or pipe dreams, so when two men show up at her door talking about Wonderland, she sends them on their way. But life has a way of taking trips down rabbit holes…...
  • Finding Gabriel by Rachel L. Demeter

    Finding Gabriel by Rachel L. Demeter

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Colonel Gabriel de Laurent departed for the war intending to die. After a decade of bloodstained battlegrounds while fighting in Napoleon's army, Gabriel returns to the streets of Paris a shattered and haunted soul. Plagued by inner demons, he swallows the barrel of his flintlock pistol and pulls the trigger. But fate has a different plan. Ariah Larochelle is a survivor...
  • Venus by Marilena Barbagallo

    Venus by Marilena Barbagallo

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Ho guardato a lungo quella fotografia, chiedendo a me stessa cosa potrei mai offrire a un uomo come Taurus Leclerc. La sua anima è troppo oscura. La mia luce non basta per combattere le tenebre da cui proviene. A quanto pare, mi sono illusa di poter essere speciale per lui. E adesso, con le lacrime agli occhi e il cuore straziato, ho il dispiacere di invitarvi al mio matrimonio...
  • Desecrated Reign by Shauna Mairéad

    Desecrated Reign by Shauna Mairéad

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 6 ratings
    All your sunsets, Free Bird. Those were the last words I heard before my world exploded into ravenous flames. Consumed by grief, the old me died the night that bomb went off—and the destruction it left behind made sure she’d never come back. But here’s the thing, broken hearts breed revenge, and those responsible will pay for everything they took from me and my family...
  • Judicium by Natalie Bennett

    Judicium by Natalie Bennett

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 8 ratings
    Tick tock…it’s time for judgment. The blood we spilled came after the riddles. Betrayal followed by those we trusted. There are so many things we could have done differently, saving ourselves from future heartache. Now, it’s too late to recast the die. By everything tainted and maleficent, we’re forever bonded. Every tragedy has an origin. This is where ours begins...
  • The Curse of Redwood by Jaclyn Osborn

    The Curse of Redwood by Jaclyn Osborn

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Secrets lie within the walls of Redwood Manor. The murders, alleged curse, and ghost stories have fascinated Carter ever since he moved to Ivy Grove. After attending a Halloween ball at the mansion and meeting a man almost too beautiful to be real, Carter is captivated even more. But the man disappears after that, leaving Carter with nothing but the memory of a kiss...
  • Dance of the Phoenix by Sapir A. Englard

    Dance of the Phoenix by Sapir A. Englard

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    In a tantalizing follow-up to Blood of the Gods, author Sapir A. Englard returns underground to the dangerous world of vampires, where war looms on the horizon and jealousy courses through cold veins. Aileen Henderson is still finding her bearings among the vampires...
  • One Fateful Night Bleeding Hearts, #2 by Michelle B.

    One Fateful Night Bleeding Hearts, #2 by Michelle B.

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    AMAZON TOP 30 BEST SELLER! He was everything my mom neglected to warn me about, and I was everything he hated about his mother. I spent one reckless, lust filled night in the back of a man’s SUV in the alley behind my job on a whim. A revenge tryst in retaliation against my husband for his brutal sins against me turned into more as the hours passed between us. Months later, we met again...
  • Wicked Vampire Mate by Bella Klaus

    Wicked Vampire Mate by Bella Klaus

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 8 ratings
    I’m caught in the worst kind of trap, and there’s no way out. When I double-crossed Draco, I hadn’t him to retaliate. But now I’m stuck, and my only chance of ever seeing home is to use the black magic I despise.
  • Insatiable Hunger by C. Hebert

    Insatiable Hunger by C. Hebert

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    When a group of friends investigate the rumored ghost hauntings of a notorious cemetery, the band of complicated friends never expected their late night adventures would lead them to stumble into the hunting grounds of an ancient evil lurking nearby, enslaved by an unnatural fleshly craving. Everything and everyone that they know is not as they seem. .
    Categorized as:
    suspense  horror  dark  paranormal  fantasy  witches  monsters
  • Violence in the Void by Alice Stanco

    Violence in the Void by Alice Stanco

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 6 ratings
    That day at the Armantrea market was the same as any other, until a tall, beautiful stranger appeared and snapped his fingers. In an instant, my world disappeared, replaced by his strange land. I’m suddenly surrounded by foreign accents, mysterious, magic-wielding Astrales like Xander, and powers I never knew existed. Except, in Xander’s eyes, I belong here...
  • Ruse by Siobhan Davis

    Ruse by Siobhan Davis

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    This is a companion prequel short story to Cruel Intentions. Only available via a link in the back of Cruel Intentions. This book will not be published on Amazon or any other retail store. Although it's a prequel story it gives spoilers to the main story hence why it is listed as #1. 5 in the series as it should only be read AFTER reading Cruel Intentions.
  • Twisted Truths by P. Rayne, Sabastian York

    Twisted Truths by P. Rayne, Sabastian York

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    My life changed forever the day I saved Obsidian Voss from drowning in the ocean. When my father lands himself in trouble, I take a job working for Obsidian, one of the country’s most famous billionaires. It doesn’t take long for me to realize that there’s more behind the façade he presents to the world—a darker, more dangerous side. Still, I’m drawn to him...
  • Cruelly Bitten by Lexi C. Foss

    Cruelly Bitten by Lexi C. Foss

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Once upon a time, humankind ruled the world while lycans and vampires lived in secret. This is no longer that time. Ismerelda:. The male I’m forever bonded to is now a monster. A cruel beast. A vampire without remorse and no memories of our previous existence together. He has no idea who I am. What I mean to him. Who we used to be together. But I’m not giving up. He will remember me...
  • Ruined by the Dragon by Meg Xuemei X

    Ruined by the Dragon by Meg Xuemei X

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The final book in the Crown of Thorns and Sins duet. Ryder. I thought the gods’ curse made me feel this insatiable bloodlust that turns my heart black. I assume I live only for the next hunt. But all this time, I’ve been looking for her, waiting for her, and craving her...
  • Buried Destiny by Anne Malcom

    Buried Destiny by Anne Malcom

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 9 ratings
    Death. For everyone, even immortals, there is nothing after death. No takebacks, no comebacks. It's a full stop. The end of a story. The end of everything. For Sophie, it's little more than a comma. A prelude. A footnote in her true destiny. She was fated to die. Many times. To know what lay beneath in the underworld. To bring the darkness back with her...
  • Circle of Freaks by Delilah Croww, Carmen Rosales

    Circle of Freaks by Delilah Croww, Carmen Rosales

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Since I was a little girl, I fell in love with the circus. It's all I ever wanted to see up close or be a part of. There was no room for things like that where I grew up. There was no room for anything except bad memories and bad expectations. Every year around Devil's Night, since we moved to Stockbridge, the Circle of Freaks paranormal circus comes to town...
  • Blood Traitor by Kim Loraine

    Blood Traitor by Kim Loraine

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 8 ratings
    Cashel Blackthorne took me captive. I hated him. I wanted him. I fell for him. Then everything I knew changed. I got away from the Blackthorne vampires, but they still want my blood. Living a nomadic life with a band of hunters, I learned how to fight and how to defend myself...
  • Monster Of Ruin by Marlowe Mack

    Monster Of Ruin by Marlowe Mack

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 7 ratings
    Elliott Knight is a hunter. And I’m his prey. He’s obsessed. I’m his addiction. He won’t stop until he’s made me his. He’s decided I’ll be his no matter what. He makes the rules. And I can only live by them. He stalks me. He calls me his flower. Every bit of him is dark. Haunted. Possessed. Elliott is an evil man, a real-life nightmare. The kind your mother warns you to stay away from...
  • Bite of Vengeance by Kay Riley

    Bite of Vengeance by Kay Riley

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 5 ratings
    I am either the dark or the light. Those few words trapped me in a life that I didn’t know existed. A life that my enemies are very aware of. I am the key to the war between the humans and vampires. Both sides plan to use me by bending me to their will. Then there’s Zan. He saved me. Then broke me. And now he’s doing everything in his power to convince me to let him back in...
  • Stitches by Amanda Meuwissen

    Stitches by Amanda Meuwissen

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 11 ratings
    Created by the alchemist Braxton, Levi was “born” fully grown and spends his early days learning about the monster-filled kingdom he calls home. Even though he is just a construct pieced together from cloned parts, Levi longs to fit in with his mythical neighbors, but more than that, he wishes he could say two words to the Shadow King without stuttering...
  • Selah Gothic by Kat Blackthorne

    Selah Gothic by Kat Blackthorne

    Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    From bestselling author of occult sensation The Halloween Boys, comes a sinfully fictional religious & dystopian story of naughty exorcism and sinful desires steeped in gothic mystery and lore. Dark priests and an even darker romance. Now I lay me down to sleep. Impure thoughts sent me spiraling toward my fate. I was the holy daughter of Lady of Sorrows Church...
  • Bad Moon Rising by Katie May, Steffanie Holmes

    Bad Moon Rising by Katie May, Steffanie Holmes

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I’m Lily Dean, and all I want is a normal life. Prom night is approaching, and I’m trying to build up the courage to ask my two best friends—Jackson and Orion, the dark and mysterious Bellua twins. We grew up next door to each other, and even though the rest of the town thinks they’re freaks because their parents were killed during some spooky occult ritual, I love hanging out with them...
  • The Wolf in the Watchtower by Sue Wilder

    The Wolf in the Watchtower by Sue Wilder

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 10 ratings
    Before my mother died, she warned me about these things. Werewolves would always hunt me. Sentinel Falls held a trap I wouldn't see. And I should not - no matter how romantic or inevitable I thought the idea was - believe in fate. Because Grayson Devante believed in fate. And if he has his way, I'll probably end up dead...
  • Bleed for Cupid by Aiden Pierce

    Bleed for Cupid by Aiden Pierce

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 9 ratings
    Roses are red, violets are blue. Hide your heart, little bird. Cupid’s Arrow is coming for you. Callum is more than the CEO of Cupid Inc. , the company that manufactures “love” potions and sells them to mateless supernaturals who want to take “fate” into their own hands. He’s an angel. Literally. But even the devil came from Heaven...
  • Mating Games by Nikki Jefford

    Mating Games by Nikki Jefford

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    * Nominated Best Romance Novel of 2018 by Penned Con. *. When resistance turns to desire, all bets are off. Beautiful and vivacious wolf shifter, Jordan spurns the match her father is pushing between her and the swaggering mammoth, Raider. She'd happily let one of her fawning sisters have him, but her packmates are taking bets on who Raider will ultimately claim...
  • Love Like Gilded Bones by Cyran Faringray

    Love Like Gilded Bones by Cyran Faringray

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    *This standalone novella is a character-driven, slow burn dark villain romance set in an original fantasy universe. *. River Anderson finally snapped. Now she’s on the run, the stench of copper clinging to her fingers like the phantom smell of sin...
  • My Heart Still Beats by Helen Hardt

    My Heart Still Beats by Helen Hardt

    Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    From #1 New York Times bestselling author Helen Hardt comes a deeply emotional tale of being lost, until light—and love—brings you back to shore…. Some days I can almost see the person I used to be. See the version of myself that felt joy, even passion. But she's gone. .. just out of reach...
  • The Hidden Prince by Lyra Thornton

    The Hidden Prince by Lyra Thornton

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 5 ratings
    Revised Edition - October. In a world where magic and religion clash, the Realm faces the aftermath of a near-catastrophic event. The once revered Royal Family falls under the sway of an emerging religion that glorifies the non-magical - the Barren - guided by the self-professed Vita Archon...
  • Hunted by the Pack: A Dark Whychoose Paranormal Omegaverse Romance: Their Celestial Witch Book 1 by Kat Bethel

    Hunted by the Pack: A Dark Whychoose Paranormal Omegaverse Romance: Their Celestial Witch Book 1 by Kat Bethel

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    The fearless alpha that hates my kind may be my only hope. Without magic, I may be powerless, but this witch doesn’t give up. Especially if my daughter’s life depends on it. Dirus Morales is a fierce opponent, but he made for a better ally. He just wants to do his job and go home. I want to earn two seats to go with him. Whatever the price may be...
  • Love and Formaldehyde by C.M. Guidroz

    Love and Formaldehyde by C.M. Guidroz

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Love and Formaldehyde is a Horror Romance novel. If you have ever been in love then you know it can get pretty horrific and doesn’t come with a trigger warning. Lucky for you this story does, so if you are triggered by the following please do not read this book. Love. Death of a Parent. Addiction. Sexual Abuse. Violence. Necrophilia. Murder. Love and Formaldehyde is for ages 18+ readers...
  • Conquering the Renegade Omega by M.D. Pentacles

    Conquering the Renegade Omega by M.D. Pentacles

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    He's a Feral Alpha drunk on the hunt for the Omega female he dares to call mate. .. Nothing will stop him from claiming her. Not her opinions. Not her neglected, abandoned pack. Not the scent of other males still clinging to her skin. Nothing. The Renegade Omega will submit to his rule. They will ALL submit. ..
  • Blood Harvest by S.J. Bolton

    Blood Harvest by S.J. Bolton

    Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    She's been watching us for a while now. .. Now you see her. Gillian is haunted by the disappearance of her little girl two years ago. A devastating fire burned down their home, but she remains convinced her daughter survived. Now you don't. Ten year old Tom lived by a neglected church...
  • Curse of the Mourning Ring by M.A. Cobb

    Curse of the Mourning Ring by M.A. Cobb

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 6 ratings
    Alice, a reclusive author, has spent her life hiding behind her computer and only writing about love. But her hopes soon falter as she stumbles upon a little wooden box beneath the twisted roots of a fallen oak tree. Inside she finds a long forgotten heirloom. A ring bound to a fierce man who had died a hundred years ago. A ring that pulls his dark, tortured soul to her. She can hear him...
  • Scarlet by Kayleigh Hilton

    Scarlet by Kayleigh Hilton

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Thinking I was free was a mistake. .. I have spent the last six years running, hiding, and thinking I would never be found. Scarlet was the creation of pure evil, where everyone was numbered, tattooed, and categorized like animals for slaughter and assigned a place within the programme...
  • A Density of Souls by Christopher Rice

    A Density of Souls by Christopher Rice

    Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    “Fear cannot touch me, it can only taunt me. It cannot take me, just tell me where to go…”. The words Stephen shares with his childhood pals in a stormy New Orleans cemetery give them courage. But once they enter the prestigious Cannon School, everything changes. Brandon and Greg rise in popularity by bullying Stephen mercilessly...
    Categorized as:
    new adult  suspense  paranormal  dark  m-m  mystery  fantasy  queer
  • The Truth Between by Bri Blackwood

    The Truth Between by Bri Blackwood

    Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Curiosity has its consequences. .. Westwick University conceals the truth in its ancient walls. Some will do whatever it takes to keep it buried. That includes Soren Grant. My stalker. My professor. I never expected things to end up this way,. But I should have done my research. After all, no one knows what really happened to his wife. Now I’m trapped in nothing more than a glided cage,...
  • Baby by J.K. Accinni

    Baby by J.K. Accinni

    Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    A gripping psychological thriller on the inherent greed and evil of man, dooming the planet...
  • False Idols by Darcy Dahlia

    False Idols by Darcy Dahlia

    Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    He’s going to make me pay. My name is Nevaeh Santiago and for the past fifteen years my hometown has been a living hell. Bloom, Kansas is a quiet college town where nothing bad should ever happen, but it has a deadly secret. The Reaper. He’s a sadistic serial killer and no one is safe when he chooses his prey...
  • The Omega's Prophecy by M.U. Skar

    The Omega's Prophecy by M.U. Skar

    Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    REEDITION 07/20/2020. A world of power-hungry Alphas, centuries-old traditions and avenging Gods! Kiara, the youngest daughter of a powerful leader, knows to make the most of every minute spent with her clan. For in the realm of the south, the fate of an Omega is in the hands of the ruling Alpha. An army of warriors about to invade the realm and a convent plotting in the darkness. Invaders...
  • His Doll by Rainelyn

    His Doll by Rainelyn

    Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    A haunting love that knows no boundaries. But will it last? -Her-. My life wasn’t easy. It had never been. Being dragged away from the only person I could trust, and sent to a house far away from society, taught me something; never trust anyone. They took me to a place filled with nightmares and terrors, a place where children were forced to behave like dolls...
  • Reckoning by Ellie Sanders

    Reckoning by Ellie Sanders

    Rated: 3.78 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    They broke me. Abused me. Treated me like trash and left me to die…. A dark, sexy, revenge romance. I survived everything they put me through and when my brother came back from the dead, I thought it was over. I thought I could move on. Except they’re still here, in Verona, they’re still living free and with every day that passes I feel that insult more and more...
  • Cinere by Yolanda Olson

    Cinere by Yolanda Olson

    Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Cinere is not a standalone. It's advised to read Inferno before reading this novella. I've always thought of myself as a damn good father. The first three shouldn't define what you think about me. It's not my fault that they were fuck ups; I did my best with what I was given and I almost got it right. I think I've learned enough from those mistakes to know that I'll do better this time...
    Categorized as:
    age difference  suspense  dark  horror  abuse  incest  rape  breeding
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