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  • Redemption by Sherrilyn Kenyon

    Redemption by Sherrilyn Kenyon

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 30 ratings
    In Redemption, demigod Seth and Were-Hunter/Dream-Hunter Lydia. will see if light can shine through the darkness. .. With new plot and storyline details, the bonus scene should only be read after finishing The Guardian. Bonus Short story available for free on Kenyon's website. It is available in print in Dark Bites.
  • Leopard's Hunt by Christine Feehan

    Leopard's Hunt by Christine Feehan

    Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    In this pulse-pounding novel in the #1 New York Times bestselling Leopard series, animal instinct unites two elite shifters whose heads are at war with their hearts. Gorya Amurov might be known as his family's peacekeeper, but the leopard inside him wants nothing more than to claw to the surface and unleash hell...
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  • Lords of the Underworld Collection Volume 1: An Anthology by Gena Showalter

    Lords of the Underworld Collection Volume 1: An Anthology by Gena Showalter

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    See how the Lords of the Underworld saga began with the first four sizzling stories by New York Times bestselling author Gena Showalter. They dared to open Pandora’s Box, and now must carry an eternal curse. The saga 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...
  • Into the Dark by Gena Showalter

    Into the Dark by Gena Showalter

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 37 ratings
    Three otherworldly tales from the master of paranormal romance and a brand-new Lords of the Underworld bonus guide! The Darkest Fire a Lords of the Underworld prequel. Geryon is the guardian of hell, more monster than man. Kadence is the goddess of Oppression, more angel than woman...
  • Savage by Kelley Armstrong

    Savage by Kelley Armstrong

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    No longer available online - now in the anthology, Men of the Otherworld. Savage is about Jeremy Danvers finding Clay.
  • Blaze of Fury by Annabel Chase

    Blaze of Fury by Annabel Chase

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Welcome to Chipping Cheddar where supernaturals are hidden in plain sight. I’ve had enough. I’ve been at odds with my family for as long as I can remember. And I’ve been at odds with myself. Light and dark. White and black. Good and evil. To hell with the scales of justice, right now I’m willing to use every fury trait at my disposal to right the recent wrong done to my beloved Chief Fox...
  • Wrath by Kristie Cook

    Wrath by Kristie Cook

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Will a mother’s wrath make her cross the line? I didn’t want to cry. For once in my life, tears evaded me. Perhaps because I refused to grieve this loss, because it wasn’t a loss in my eyes, in my heart. It was a call for war, yes. But not a loss. I wouldn’t allow it. Besides, I was too mad to cry, even in my exhaustion, and anger would get me much further...
  • Hexing with a Chance of Tornadoes by Mandy M. Roth

    Hexing with a Chance of Tornadoes by Mandy M. Roth

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    I've been told I'm a force to be reckoned with. That I blow onto the scene like a tornado. At age forty I've stopped caring if that's a compliment or a dig. Now I just wear it like a badge of honor. So when life threw me a curveball and I ended up going from a cushy job in New York City to the tiny Southern town of Grimm Cove I thought I was ready for anything. Ha! Not quite...
  • Glass King by Annabel Chase

    Glass King by Annabel Chase

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    I didn’t ask to be part of a prophecy and I certainly didn’t ask to be held captive by zealots. They may call me a savior, but they treat me like a sacrifice they’re waiting to make to the gods. Not much of a sacrifice given what they think of me. My only saving grace is that I don’t have to face the dangers alone. This time I have an ally in the form of a knight from Britannia City—London Hayes...
  • Plaidypus by R.J. Blain

    Plaidypus by R.J. Blain

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    After a close encounter of the hotspot kind, Nadine’s paws are full figuring out how to feed her thirsty vampire of a brother, trying to convince the CDC she actually can be a shapeshifter infected with the lycanthropy virus, and dodging the pack of crazy women out for her blood—or her brother’s body. She’s not sure if they want her or her brother, but she doesn’t want to find out...
  • Dark Prince by Jen L. Grey

    Dark Prince by Jen L. Grey

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 19 ratings
    There's no escaping betrayal. My life once centered around justice. As a trained warrior for the people of Shadow City, I never questioned what I was taught. .. until now. My preordained mate and I are finally on the same side, with our list of enemies growing. All we have learned has changed our very foundation and put a target on both our backs...
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  • Darkness & Light by Elle Casey

    Darkness & Light by Elle Casey

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    The animosity between Darkness & Light continues to grow, as do Jayne's supernatural, elemental abilities in the Green Forest. Long-lost friends arrive, new friends leave, passion burns, and mysteries abound...
  • New World Order by Elle Casey

    New World Order by Elle Casey

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Will the fae will be able to make the sacrifices they must to survive? Jayne Sparks and her Light Fae changeling friends face off in the final battle against their enemies. But the identify of their true enemies isn't as clear as it once was. Are they the ones breaking down their doors . .
  • Rapture by Jacquelyn Frank

    Rapture by Jacquelyn Frank

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 38 ratings
    Magnus is a man of contradictions - a spiritual leader in a warrior's body. To him, laws are for enforcing and visions must be followed - even if that means freeing a beautiful slave and making her his reluctant handmaiden. Betrayed once before, Magnus can barely bring himself to trust another woman. Yet Daenaira's fiery innocence is drawing them both into a reckless inferno of desire...
  • Like a Fine Magical Wine by Brenda Trim

    Like a Fine Magical Wine by Brenda Trim

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    After a harrowing visit to the Underworld, I finally shifted into my Phoenix. Flying doesn't stop Fate from insisting that I fight for my life, though. All of these brushes with death are for the birds. Catching the local murderer red-handed should have put a stop to the constant danger I'm in...
  • Fear the Darkness by Sherrilyn Kenyon

    Fear the Darkness by Sherrilyn Kenyon

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 49 ratings
    This is a special thank you to readers for all the great years. It’s a small story about Nick’s homecoming to New Orleans after his mother’s death and after Katrina. I knew from the beginning what was going to happen to Nick. I wanted the reader to see the birth of a Dark-Hunter, only to have it with a twist. And even though I knew what was going to happen, I still cried when I wrote the scene...
  • In Other Worlds by Sherrilyn Kenyon

    In Other Worlds by Sherrilyn Kenyon

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 41 ratings
    Together 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. Dragonswan...
  • Maps, Artifacts, and other Arcane Magic by Meghan Ciana Doidge

    Maps, Artifacts, and other Arcane Magic by Meghan Ciana Doidge

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 24 ratings
    One treasure down, two to go …. Three months ago, I nearly lost my best friend while retrieving the first instrument of assassination. I also inadvertently released a rival who was definitely unhinged, way more powerful than me, and obsessed with harnessing the deadly power of the artifacts I’d been tasked by the guardian dragons to collect...
  • Darkblood Prison: Demon Dark Lord by G.K. DeRosa

    Darkblood Prison: Demon Dark Lord by G.K. DeRosa

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Me? A dark lord of the Underworld? Hells no! Unfortunately, my dear old grandfather Lucifer has other plans. After the downfall of my traitorous cousin, the Underworld is in an uproar. Demons are running amuck in the supernatural and human worlds alike as warlords vie for the usurped throne. I shouldn’t care, but I do...
  • Darkness Unleashed by Alexandra Ivy

    Darkness Unleashed by Alexandra Ivy

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 34 ratings
    A scarred recluse, Jagr makes no secret of his disdain for others' company. But now, as a member of Chicago's powerful vampire clan, he has certain obligations to fulfill. The latest: track down a missing were pureblood and return her to her sister. The problem: Regan Garrett has no intention of complying...
  • Dark Bites by Sherrilyn Kenyon

    Dark Bites by Sherrilyn Kenyon

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 42 ratings
    For years, eager fans have been clamoring for an all-in-one collection of #1 bestselling author Sherrilyn Kenyon’s novellas...
  • Darkness Rising by Keri Arthur

    Darkness Rising by Keri Arthur

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 35 ratings
    The sexy, thrilling adventures continue in bestselling author Keri Arthur’s new Dark Angels series, starring half-werewolf/half-Aedh Risa Jones. Risa will go to any lengths to avenge her mother’s murder—even if it means making a pact with the most evil vampire she’s ever met...
  • Witches' Brew by B.R. Kingsolver

    Witches' Brew by B.R. Kingsolver

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Washington, D. C. , has never been boring, but this is ridiculous. Warring witch covens. Werewolf packs fighting for territory. Rumors of Human sacrifice. Minor problems leading up to Beltane, when the portents say the veils between worlds will shred...
  • Bonds and Broken Dreams by Meghan Ciana Doidge

    Bonds and Broken Dreams by Meghan Ciana Doidge

    Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    We had chosen our place, etching our lives into a new land. Then we had defended that land when called upon to do so. And we’d won. We’d maintained our freedom. But magic attracts magic. As they say. So when the sorcerers showed up, holding my recent past hostage — along with a future I had dreamed I might build — it was just as expected...
  • Amber Gambler by Hailey Edwards

    Amber Gambler by Hailey Edwards

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    The other family business at The Body Shop is slow after word gets out that Frankie had clients die—cease to exist? —on her watch. Considering they were dead to begin with, she understands why the news shook the spirit community’s faith in her, but it’s a hard hit to her bottom line. When a spirit appears in her office, ready to sign a contract, she’s eager to please...
  • Game of Witches by Kim Richardson

    Game of Witches by Kim Richardson

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    After 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...
  • Devoured by Darkness by Alexandra Ivy

    Devoured by Darkness by Alexandra Ivy

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 34 ratings
    Tane is a Charon, sworn to hunt and kill rogue vampires. His new assignment seems like a waste of his talents…until he catches up with the Jinn he's been sent to capture. Half human, half demon, Laylah has a vulnerable streak that strikes right through to Tane's cold heart. He should be furious when she uses her powers to bind them together, preventing him from dragging her before the Commission...
  • Caged in Bone by S.M. Reine

    Caged in Bone by S.M. Reine

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Abel Wilder, werewolf Alpha, has gone missing, leaving his mate and the pack in a panic. His captor magicked his scent out of the sanctuary so that his mate can't track him down. Only one witch can cast a spell that powerful. James Faulkner has finally crossed a line that Elise Kavanagh can't ignore...
  • Oaths of Blood by S.M. Reine

    Oaths of Blood by S.M. Reine

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    Werewolves are immune to every illness and can heal any wound. It should be impossible for one to become possessed by a demon. But that's exactly what Seth Wilder is facing: a werewolf gone insane from possession. He has no choice but to deliver her to the only exorcist in America, Elise Kavanagh, who also happens to be a powerful demon known as the Godslayer...
  • Ruled by Steel by S.M. Reine

    Ruled by Steel by S.M. Reine

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Only a demon can save the souls trapped in Hell. Elise Kavanagh failed to prevent the Breaking, and now Hell is spilling onto Earth. Now she's delved deep into the City of Dis in an attempt to stop the infernal armies--but even the legendary Godslayer is unprepared to face Dis's fiercest demons, not to mention the responsibility of liberating the humans they've enslaved...
  • Blood Deep by Lindsay J. Pryor

    Blood Deep by Lindsay J. Pryor

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Bad can feel good, Jessie. Bad can feel as good as it can get. The tattoos covering Eden Reece’s arm tell the tale of a con with an appetite for danger. Even so, arriving at The Circus – the criminal heart of Blackthorn – and demanding an audience with the notorious Pummel, is the sign of a death wish. Jessie knows that Eden is trouble. Serious trouble...
  • Dirty Deeds: An Urban Fantasy Collection ) by Faith Hunter, Diana Pharaoh Francis

    Dirty Deeds: An Urban Fantasy Collection ) by Faith Hunter, Diana Pharaoh Francis

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    When the going gets tough, the tough get their hands dirty. Join NY Times Bestselling author Faith Hunter, USA Today Bestselling author R. J. Blain, and National Bestselling authors Diana Pharaoh Francis and Devon Monk on a wild romp where the damsels bring the distress and what can go wrong will go wrong...
  • Vampire in Atlantis by Alyssa Day

    Vampire in Atlantis by Alyssa Day

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 23 ratings
    The most unexpected of all allies to Poseidon's warriors has proven to be the fiercest-Daniel, a vampire and Night Guild mage. But even the strongest alliance can be destroyed when a vampire's oath crosses paths with a maiden's quest, and an eleven-thousand-year-old desire is reborn...
  • The Alpha Wolf's Shattered Mate by Brittany White

    The Alpha Wolf's Shattered Mate by Brittany White

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    She had to flee her country to escape the shifters who wanted to take her child. The Lion Shifter Teacher. I always longed to be a part of the larger world. While exploring, I met a wonderful mate. Later, I got a teaching degree. We had a beautiful baby cub. But my mate was murdered. Killed in a senseless battle. His parents wanted to steal my child away. They wanted to raise her as their own...
  • Darkness Hunts by Keri Arthur

    Darkness Hunts by Keri Arthur

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 30 ratings
    "New York Times" bestselling author Keri Arthur returns to the enthralling Guardian World--and a twilight realm of danger and desire. .. Risa Jones, half-Aedh/half-werewolf, can enter the realm between life and death. She can speak to the dying and the dead, and she can see the reapers, collectors of souls...
  • Dirty Deeds 2 by Diana Pharaoh Francis, Faith Hunter

    Dirty Deeds 2 by Diana Pharaoh Francis, Faith Hunter

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    When the going gets tough, the tough get their hands dirty. Join NY Times bestselling authors Faith Hunter and Jennifer Estep along with USA Today bestselling authors R. J. Blain, Diana Pharaoh Francis, and Devon Monk on a brand-new romp through magical worlds where the damsels bring the distress, what can go wrong will go wrong, and nothing is as it seems...
  • A Family Affair by Karen Chance

    A Family Affair by Karen Chance

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    "A Family Affair" is a novella connected to the New York Times bestselling Cassandra Palmer series of urban fantasy novels. It is designed primarily as an "added feature" to the series, and is intended for those already reading the books.
  • Spellcasters by Kelley Armstrong

    Spellcasters by Kelley Armstrong

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Witches, Cabels, and Supernaturals. .. oh my! Paranormal superstar and internationally bestselling author Kelley Armstrong's second Otherworld omnibus includes Dime Store Magic and Industrial Magic , along with two short stories, Wedding Bell Hell & Case of the Half-Demon Spy...
  • Lord of Life by Charlene Hartnady

    Lord of Life by Charlene Hartnady

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    I never knew how much I relied on my power until it was gone. Stolen from me. I made a stupid mistake. I spent the night with a woman who was a stranger to me. One-night stands are generally not my thing. I am sure she was the one who took what was mine. My power. There is no other logical explanation. Now I can’t find her. Every lead goes up in smoke. It’s like she never existed...
  • Second Chances by Sherrilyn Kenyon

    Second Chances by Sherrilyn Kenyon

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 32 ratings
    Set in the Dark-Hunter universe. Originally included in the. Dark-Hunter Collectible Booklet and Dark Hunter Companion. This is the short story that was given away with Unleash the Night about Acheron and his brother Styxx. It can be found in Acheron and Dark Bites.
  • Chaotic by Kelley Armstrong

    Chaotic by Kelley Armstrong

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Previously published in the print anthology Dates From Hell. Kelley Armstrong returns to the Otherworld with "Chaotic," where a half-demon tabloid journalist's boring date is saved. .. by a supernatural explosion? She's off to save the day—if only her less-than-stellar date wouldn't tag along! Luckily, the intriguing, infuriating, and just plain sexy werewolf/jewel thief Karl Marsten also appears.
  • Fire Me Up by Katie MacAlister

    Fire Me Up by Katie MacAlister

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 61 ratings
    Aisling Grey is back-and in more trouble than ever. She thought being a courier would be easy. It's not. She thought being a Guardian would come naturally. It doesn't. She thought she could get out of being a wyvern's mate. She can't. And she never thought she'd be irresistible to men. But she is.
  • Cursed Web by Yasmine Galenorn

    Cursed Web by Yasmine Galenorn

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Now that I know where Gretchen Wyre lives--the witch who hexed my great-great grandmother and all her female descendants--it's time to break the curse. I enlist my grandmother Rowan and my grandmother Naomi--who's visiting from Ireland--to help. But just because we know where Gretchen is, doesn't guarantee success...
  • Robert by Shannon Mayer

    Robert by Shannon Mayer

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    **This is Robert's story before he became the Robert you know in the Forty Proof Series. **. In 1876, we were called to Savannah, Georgia to help with an infestation of demons. If we'd known what we, my wife Evangeline, and I, were walking into, we'd have run the other way. As it was, we shared tea with a vampire and stepped into a battle we did not understand until it was too late...
  • Dragon Cyclone by Charlene Hartnady

    Dragon Cyclone by Charlene Hartnady

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 10 ratings
    A dragon shifter series set in the same world as the bestselling Bride Hunt books. It’s been years since he last saw her. Since he inhaled her scent. Since he held her in his arms. Cyclone made some terrible mistakes. Mistakes that cost him the love of his life. He’s lived with regret ever since. Now she’s back. Not only that, she’s on dragon soil and will be staying for the foreseeable future...
  • Night Magic by Jennifer Lyon

    Night Magic by Jennifer Lyon

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    THEIR LOVE IS DESTINED TO RISE AGAIN. Ailish Donovan is a witch ready to do battle. Raised unaware of her powers, she is just sixteen when her mother tricks her into binding with the demon Asmodeus. Pure-hearted Ailish escapes with the connection incomplete but pays a heavy price: For the next eight years, she is shunned by her earth sisters and tormented by Asmodeus’s lust...
  • Night Seeker by Yasmine Galenorn

    Night Seeker by Yasmine Galenorn

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 23 ratings
    Eons ago, vampires tried to turn the dark Fae to harness their magic, only to create a demonic enemy more powerful than they could have imagined. Now, the Vampiric Fae are on the move, hunting anyone in their path. As the war with the vampires ratchets up, Myst, Queen of the Indigo Court, enshrouds New Forest in her chilling grasp...
  • Big Ghosts Don't Cry by Danielle Garrett

    Big Ghosts Don't Cry by Danielle Garrett

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Fresh off my Voodoo-tastic vacation to New Orleans, I find myself presented with the first test of my newly discovered magic. There’s been a murder in the neighboring town of Pine Shoals and the victim has decided she’s not cut out for the spectral life and needs a gentle push into the Otherworld...
  • Sinful Magic by Jennifer Lyon

    Sinful Magic by Jennifer Lyon

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    From rising star Jennifer Lyon comes the fourth novel in her dark, sexy, and thrillingly paced Wing Slayer paranormal romance series. Roxanne “Roxy” Banfield refuses to be like her mother, a fertility witch who uses sex as nothing more than a magical weapon. Roxy rejects that life and is determined to become mortal to pursue her dream of real love and a family...
  • Dark Magic by Adam J. Wright

    Dark Magic by Adam J. Wright

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Zombies on Main Street. Not my finest moment. The police aren’t exactly thrilled with me, but when a cold case heats up and starts to stink of the supernatural, suddenly the sheriff is in my office offering me a job. When the case hits boiling point, I’m dealing with monsters, black magic, and ritual killings. I even have to call on the two craziest witches in town for help...
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