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The Blackened Blade by Isla Davon
Not many people get a second chance, let alone a second life.I died. Burning in a prison cell I spent years of my life rotting away in.I had been beaten, battered and bruised beyond repair...but not broken.Never broken.By whatever miracle, I’ve been brought back ten years into my past and before I was locked away...But to a different kind of hell…Wensridge Academy...Categorized as:
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![Savage Bonds by J. Bree]()
Savage Bonds by J. Bree
With my gift coursing through my veins, the tables have turned on the Draven Campus. I’m no longer the Giftless reject, no longer the girl who’s fair game to the other students for daring to run away from my Bonds. But there are bigger problems heading my way. With destiny pushing me closer and closer to each of my Bonds, I’m fighting tooth and nail against nature to keep my distance...Categorized as:
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![Tragic Bonds by J. Bree]()
Tragic Bonds by J. Bree
Nothing will ever be the same again. Our Bonded Group has been torn apart, and the monsters are now the prey. But we’re not going to just wait around for our enemy to strike; the blood on his hands is unforgivable, and the god living inside of me wants her revenge paid in blood. And a thousand souls... -
![Blood Bonds by J. Bree]()
Blood Bonds by J. Bree
After three years on the run, I’m back in a Resistance camp, chained to a chair as the resident monster. Everything I ran from, all of the villains of my past, they’re all here to take another bite out of me. But this time, I’m not alone. With my Bonds desperately trying to reach me and new friendships I never expected, I start to believe that maybe I won't become the weapon they want me to be... -
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![Caged Wolf by Caroline Peckham, Susanne Valenti]()
Caged Wolf by Caroline Peckham, Susanne Valenti
What do you do when the guy you’ve loved since you were fourteen is sent to the most dangerous prison in Solaria for saving your life?Okay, so maybe he doesn’t love me back. And maybe getting sent down would seem insane to some, but I’m Rosalie Oscura, champion underground cage-fighter and alpha werewolf from the infamous Oscura Clan... -
![Alpha Wolf by Caroline Peckham, Susanne Valenti]()
Alpha Wolf by Caroline Peckham, Susanne Valenti
I came here with a single goal in mind.An aim.A purpose.I will break out of Darkmore Penitentiary.But I was a fool to think that it would be so simple.And now with more and more Fae relying on me to get them out of this slice of hell, I find myself unable to do a damn thing.Mason Cain stabbed me in the back and left me to rot in the dark... -
![Forced Bonds by J. Bree]()
Forced Bonds by J. Bree
They say to keep your friends close but your enemies closer; What if they’re one and the same? The stable foundation I thought I’d built in the Sanctuary has been ripped away, and I find myself on the front lines of the war against the Resistance. I might have my Bonds on my side, but there are darker schemes in motion... -
![Relever by Jane Washington]()
Relever by Jane Washington
All that glimmers is not gold, but nothing glows quite like the gilded cage of Ironside Academy. The Ironside Show is back. Bigger than ever, and shinier, too. To the audience, it’s a glorious spectacle, but to Isobel Carter and the Alphas of Dorm A, it’s a trap. A maze...Categorized as:
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![Three Trials by Kristy Cunning]()
Three Trials by Kristy Cunning
So, I've checked off some life goals and added a few new ones to my list. Goal #5: Get out of hell's belly without letting my ungrateful charges die. Goal #6: Get a new name that's more badass. Goal #7: Stop wasting my breath on lectures and start annoying the quad hell squad every time they annoy me. Fight fire with fire. Ha! Another hell pun. Goal 8: Find out who the hell killed me... -
![Assembly by Erica Woods]()
Assembly by Erica Woods
Some secrets are unforgivable, some betrayals cut too deep. And this time… This time I may lose them forever. I spent eighteen years as a victim. Eighteen years where I was broken, shattered, pried apart and carelessly thrown back together...Categorized as:
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![Knight Awakened by B.M. Clemton]()
Knight Awakened by B.M. Clemton
Coming to Black Veil University irreversibly changed my life.Meeting Daxton Pierce flipped it on end and made me question everything I know.My memories and my family had been ripped from me. I have been stalked, tortured, abandoned, and betrayed… but I’m not broken...Categorized as:
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![Loving Demons by Katie May, Quinn Arthurs]()
Loving Demons by Katie May, Quinn Arthurs
Nothing worth getting is ever easy.I think that’s how the saying goes.I could definitely do with a little easy right now, though it doesn’t seem to be in the cards.Surrounded by murder, espionage, and men far too sexy for their own good, every day is a whirlwind. Even my newfound powers may not be enough to help as enemies slither from the shadows... -
![Deal with the Demon by Meg Anne, K. Loraine]()
Deal with the Demon by Meg Anne, K. Loraine
Roslyn Blackthorne is dead.Technically.I faked my death to get out of a loveless marriage but that was only half the battle. To ensure my vampire duke can never find me, I have to run far and fast enough he can’t catch me. Because if he does, it’s over. Not just my life—for real this time—but my entire family’s...Categorized as:
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![Laurell K. Hamilton's Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter: Guilty Pleasures vol 1 by Laurell K. Hamilton]()
Laurell K. Hamilton's Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter: Guilty Pleasures vol 1 by Laurell K. Hamilton
New York Times bestselling author Laurell K. Hamilton brings Anita Blake to the world of graphic novels. Anita Blake lives in a world where vampires, zombies and werewolves have been declared legal citizens of the United States. Anita Blake is an "animator" - a profession that involves raising the dead for mourning relatives... -
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![Four Psychos by Kristy Cunning]()
Four Psychos by Kristy Cunning
I'm not so different from most people. Like everyone else, I have life goals. Goal #1: Become a real girl instead of this invisible ghost thing I currently am. Goal #2: Convince the four men I've been haunting for the past five years to pick me to be their new toy after goal one is complete...Categorized as:
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![Twisted Ties by Hannah Haze]()
Twisted Ties by Hannah Haze
Secret memories locked in my head, an assassin on my tail, and strange powers I shouldn't possess are the least of my problems. Because now I'm bonded to a man I barely know.My body may be pulled towards him, but my heart can't forgive his betrayal.And he isn't the only one.I'm sick of being treated this way and I'm sick of not knowing who I really am.No more secrets. No more lies...Categorized as:
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![Broken Bonds by J. Bree]()
Broken Bonds by J. Bree
After the death of my mother and her Bonded, I was relieved to find my own Bonds.I was sure everything would be okay if I had them.It wasn’t.The fate of our people is in my hands and I know we’re better off if I’m alone.After five years on the run, I’m caught and dragged back to face the men I ran away from.I thought I was doing the right thing.Now, I’m not so sure...Categorized as:
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![Seeing Sound by Albany Walker]()
Seeing Sound by Albany Walker
I’m starting over.Moving to a new town to start college, where I can try to be normal. Or at least pretend I am.I’m willing to fake it, because I’m tired of trying to get better. Tired of spilling my guts to doctors and therapists to understand why I’ve heard voices since I was a child.The meds are working… for now, but if they stop, I’ll never tell...Categorized as:
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Heartless by Crystal Ash
"You're going to get your heart broken.And not just by one man." Hope is blooming in Four Corners. A family, torn apart for years, has been reunited. I’m falling in love again. The Steel Demons are finding a sense of home and purpose in their new surroundings.More is at stake now than ever before. We don’t just have our club to protect, but our new friends, family members, and neighbors...Categorized as:
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![Circus Creeps by Aiden Pierce]()
Circus Creeps by Aiden Pierce
Welcome to Sinner’s Sideshow, the most obscene, blood-pumping, skin-crawling creep show this side of Hell. As a circus brat, show biz is in my blood. And as a half-succubus, I was made for Sinner’s Sideshow—the only circus made to entertain the most depraved of monsters.When I’m plunged into a dark world of death, darkness, and corpse-ridden carnivals, I meet them…The demonic ringmaster...Categorized as:
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![The Redemption Saga Box Set by Kristen Banet]()
The Redemption Saga Box Set by Kristen Banet
A Reverse Harem Urban Fantasy Series Enjoy the full story of the assassin once called Shadow now! Sawyer ‘Shadow’ Matthews knows how to put one foot in front of the other, to keep moving while the nightmares haunt her, and her own failures taunt her. She's become a master at doing awful things with good intentions, terrible things for the sake of those who need her...Categorized as:
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![Enemy Panther Next Door by Roxie Ray]()
Enemy Panther Next Door by Roxie Ray
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsHe’s a powerful panther shifter who needs my rejection…Returning home to help my sick father and finding out that I’m fated to Blayne Walker must be the universe’s idea of a cruel joke.Especially because the stubborn panther shifter with the hard look in his blue eyes is the reason I left Lily Valley in the first place...Categorized as:
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![Silent Omen by Ashley Amy]()
Silent Omen by Ashley Amy
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsBook Summary What had I gotten myself into? This game wasn’t just for show on a board. No. These monsters played something I was foreign to. I didn’t know the rules when I started, but I didn’t know this was what the game would turn into. Still, I keep trying. I have nothing left. I’ll play until it’s done because I can’t let them win... -
![Don't Rush Me by Jackie May]()
Don't Rush Me by Jackie May
Most humans have no idea that a dark and deadly underworld, filled with magic and monsters, exists. They wander through life blissfully ignorant of the supernatural world around them. Nora Jacobs is different. Nora knows exactly what kinds of hellish creatures haunt the streets of Detroit... -
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![Black Onyx by Nikita Parmenter]()
Black Onyx by Nikita Parmenter
The fae realm is notoriously dangerous, whereas most supernaturals don’t get thrown into the more dangerous side of fae life until they’re twenty-five thanks to her tyrant father, Farren’s been dealing with it since she was sixteen, brutally trained and punished; she knows her way around a blade...Categorized as:
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![Lies of the Fae by M.J. Lawrie]()
Lies of the Fae by M.J. Lawrie
Monster. Liar. Thief. Killer.I’ve been called it all and so much worse.And they’re not wrong.I’ve been running my whole life. Hiding from the monsters who haunt my dreams and who will tear me apart again and again if they ever find me. I live off whatever I can steal, trapped inside a fae prison city filled with pollution, sin and poverty. Humans have captured the Fae. We belong to them now... -
![Wicked Beauty by Katee Robert]()
Wicked Beauty by Katee Robert
She was the face that launched a thousand ships,The fierce beauty at the heart of Olympus,And she was never ours to claim.*A scorchingly hot modern retelling of Helen of Troy, Achilles, and Patroclus that's as sinful as it is sweet.*In Olympus, you either have the power to rule...or you are ruled...Categorized as:
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![Kiss the Dawn by Debbie Cassidy]()
Kiss the Dawn by Debbie Cassidy
A hidden heritage, a bounty hunter, and an impossible choice.When it rains in Dracul territory, it pours...Categorized as:
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![Blood and Magick by Sarah Piper]()
Blood and Magick by Sarah Piper
After a heartbreaking loss leaves them reeling, Haley and her monsters must find a way to fight through their grief, defeat their brutal enemies, and save Midnight from the chaos and destruction closing in all around them..Categorized as:
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![All Shot to Hell by Mila Young, Harper A. Brooks]()
All Shot to Hell by Mila Young, Harper A. Brooks
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsPlaying devil's advocate with three demons? There's no way I am ever going to win.Things were finally going right for us. We got the relics back. We defeated the dragon. I thought we’d won. But we’ve ended up losing so much more…Cain’s severely wounded, and I don’t know how to save him. Losing him shouldn’t bother me, but it does. A lot...Categorized as:
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![Devoured by Monsters by Katie May, Ann Denton]()
Devoured by Monsters by Katie May, Ann Denton
Monsters rule the world. And now, they rule me.After an attempt on my life, I find myself saved by an unlikely ally. Injured, confused, and faced with emotions I don’t know how to deal with, I hunker down in a monster’s safe house.But I refuse to stay hidden.With threats coming at us from all angles, I must learn to put my trust in the very monsters I swore to hate.The Grotesque. The Creeper...Categorized as:
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![Blood and Reign by Rumer Hale]()
Blood and Reign by Rumer Hale
It’s time…Time to end this once and for all.With my mates by my side, I know we can get through anything…even if the world burns around us.It all started with King, and it will end with him too.Even if that means I have to hunt him to Hell to finish this.One way or another…One thing’s for sure.King’s reign will end…That I can promise you...Categorized as:
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![The Ruin of Souls by Sloane Murphy, Lily Wildhart]()
The Ruin of Souls by Sloane Murphy, Lily Wildhart
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsNot all monsters are what they seem.“Our families are different. We are Nephilim. Elite beings descended from Angels, created to help keep the balance in the five factions of our world. We are the peacekeepers, the enforcers, and the protectors. We do not know a true death, and this isn’t your first life.”In that instant my entire life changed...Categorized as:
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![Raze by A.L. Rook]()
Raze by A.L. Rook
What do you do when everything you thought you knew turns out to be a lie?Walk it off and keep moving forward.At least, that was my plan. Until I'm forced into hiding with the four guys from my childhood, who range from wanting me dead to wanting more from me than I'm willing to give... -
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![Worshipped By Monsters by Katie May, Ann Denton]()
Worshipped By Monsters by Katie May, Ann Denton
Monsters destroyed the world. But I won’t allow them to destroy me. My Four Terrors have ruled the Ebony Kingdom with an iron fist for years now. However, a new player threatens to change the world as we know it. Barnabas—Creep’s malicious father—is back from the dead, and he’s out for blood... -
![For the Power by Debbie Cassidy]()
For the Power by Debbie Cassidy
Take the journey, find the lock that fits the key and get some damn answers.Get from point A to point B. Stick to the mapped-out route and take shelter at the pre-planned times. It sounds simple enough, now if only we’d factored in getting attacked by djinn and having to take a detour through The Wilds...Categorized as:
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![Reap the Night by Debbie Cassidy]()
Reap the Night by Debbie Cassidy
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsStay close or leave.Unfortunately, the choice is no longer mine.Orina’s story continues in Reap the Night...Categorized as:
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![Boom by Helene Gadot]()
Boom by Helene Gadot
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIt's been two months since Ridley and the Legion squad put away the man experimenting on marvels. It's been two months since they've seen each other. But new information on the murder of Maddox's brother brings them back together.Find out what new adventure Ridley and her guys will go on in this new installment of a reverse harem romance series filled with superpowers and villains...Categorized as:
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![Wolves of Hawthorne Cove: The Complete Series by Debbie Cassidy]()
Wolves of Hawthorne Cove: The Complete Series by Debbie Cassidy
A Lycan that can’t shift is no use to anyone.I’ve made it my mission to be useful to my pack. As pack enforcer, I’m fast and strong, but when the time comes to bond with my mate, it isn’t enough.Rejection means lone wolf status and isolation from the pack. But when a package arrives with an unexpected inheritance, the pack that wants to shun me, suddenly has a new use for me... -
![Supernatural Villain by Avery Song, Veronica Agnus]()
Supernatural Villain by Avery Song, Veronica Agnus
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsWhen it comes to my life, fate’s favorite game is torment. Why else would it have reunited me with my supernatural bros, only to strike them — and many innocent bystanders — down on the day of my funeral? I stood and watched it happen, but instead of mourning, I laughed in the face of my enemies... -
![The Kiss of Death by Auryn Hadley]()
The Kiss of Death by Auryn Hadley
I always imagined Death's final kiss would be cold. It wasn't. Four years later, I can still remember the exact shade of his skin: a blue so pale it looked like moonlight. I dream of his touch. Mostly, I paint the man under the heavy cowl, including those perfect lips which ruined mine for anyone else. I'm obsessed with him...Categorized as:
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![When Monsters Love by Debbie Cassidy]()
When Monsters Love by Debbie Cassidy
The Golden City awaits, and it's time to put my acting skills to the test.It's time to trick a bunch of celestials.It's time to lie.Rue's journey continues in When Monsters Love. There's action, sizzle and multiple love interests for our lucky heroine in this paranormal fantasy romance...Categorized as:
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![Dead City by Debbie Cassidy]()
Dead City by Debbie Cassidy
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsHow many times can you cheat death? I’m not sure but I have a feeling I’m about to be tested.First there were thirteen and now there’s only one. But the responsibilities don’t lessen. Bring the Harvest in, they say, take the soul orb to Haven, they order.One of me, and too many places to be. Like hell am I putting my ass on the line without back up...Categorized as:
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![Lightbringer by Laken Cane]()
Lightbringer by Laken Cane
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFinal book in the Silverlight series.Death, rebirth, change...and Darkness.Trinity struggles with her new reality, but her biggest challenge isn't the tug-of-war within.She must mature quickly to face a formidable opponent--a powerful man known as Darkness--before he destroys everything and everyone she cares about.He has one target in mind.The dragon...Categorized as:
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![Blood Debt by Callie Rose]()
Blood Debt by Callie Rose
I’ve dedicated my life to slaying vampires. Now I’m about to offer up my blood.When my brother gets into some serious trouble with the Vampire Clan of Baltimore, there’s only one thing I can do to save his ass.I’ll offer myself up as a blood tribute, infiltrate their underground palace, and find a way to get him out... -
![Seduce My Heart by Yumoyori Wilson]()
Seduce My Heart by Yumoyori Wilson
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsThe 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 Rise of Monsters by Brianna Jean]()
The Rise of Monsters by Brianna Jean
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 11 ratings“What do you do when the world hardens you? When looking in the mirror becomes too painful and using your fists to let the anger breathe isn’t enough anymore? You either drown and die in your own bullshit or you fight to survive.” Annalise. Lanier. Cabe. Quint. One fought underground to make money in the slums of New York City. One lived with crippling guilt, swimming in self-hatred... -
![Mysterious Omen by Ashley Amy]()
Mysterious Omen by Ashley Amy
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsBook Summary Somewhere, deep inside of me… I still exist. The girl that I was… She still wants to fight and show everyone what I’ve got… But after everything I was put through, how do I overcome this? My mask had been impenetrable before, but I’m not fooling anyone with it anymore. Tears are shed in a long shower, touches are rejected, and words no longer leave my mouth... -
![The Search by L.L. Frost]()
The Search by L.L. Frost
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsAddie is less than amused to find herself trapped in a haunted house. Especially since Kellen let her walk right into it... -
![Fae's Torment by Atlas Rose, Kim Faulks]()
Fae's Torment by Atlas Rose, Kim Faulks
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHate. Retribution. Revenge.It burns in my veins and keeps me awake at night, hunting Crown City’s streets like the ones who took from me.But it’s not these streets where I want to spill blood. It’s over there, across the bridge. Where the shadows of this world cloak their sick, foul secrets…and where they trade magic for mortal lives. I can’t get across there. Can’t walk in their world...
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