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  • Silksinger by Laini Taylor

    Silksinger by Laini Taylor

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    One faerie, the last of her clan, must fight to complete her sacred duty Whisper Silksinger is the last of the secret guardians of the Azazel, one of the powerful Djinn who dreamed the world into being. Relentlessly pursued by bloodthirsty devils, she flees to the city of Nazneen to restore the Azazel to his temple...
  • Judicium by Natalie Bennett

    Judicium by Natalie Bennett

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 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...
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  • Shadows in Bloom: A Dark Romance Anthology by Lola Malone, Jessie Walker

    Shadows in Bloom: A Dark Romance Anthology by Lola Malone, Jessie Walker

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Long summer nights, the rustle of leaves and flowers in full bloom.It’s the perfect time of the year to live life the fullest, plan for tomorrow and forget about yesterday. But what happens when the shadows come out to play?After all…you won’t see it coming until it hits you in the Shadows in Bloom...
  • Bridge of Dreams by Anne Bishop

    Bridge of Dreams by Anne Bishop

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 33 ratings
    Return to New York Times bestselling author Anne Bishop’s Ephemera, a world of strange and magical landscapes connected only by bridges—bridges that may transport you where you truly belong, rather than where you wish to go...
  • The Lighthouse Witches by C.J. Cooke

    The Lighthouse Witches by C.J. Cooke

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    Don’t miss the brand-new chilling gothic thriller from the bestselling author . . .‘Fascinating and enthralling’ Prima‘Wonderfully atmospheric and compelling’ Rosamund Lupton‘A flawless read’ Elizabeth Lee‘Seething with gothic menace’ Caroline LeaUpon the cliffs of a remote Scottish island, Lòn Haven, stands a lighthouse.A lighthouse that has weathered more than storms...
  • Del Diablo by Natalie Bennett

    Del Diablo by Natalie Bennett

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    💀STYGIAN IᔕᒪE💀The devil disguises himself as an angel of light.That illusion doesn’t change who he is—Draven Alistair. The man I’m madly in love with.He presented me with a flawless charade, masquerading as all I ever wanted. But there is nothing hidden that shall not be disclosed, and when the truth is revealed, its too late for me to run...
  • The Voice by Anne Bishop

    The Voice by Anne Bishop

    Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    An original novella from the New York Times bestselling author of Bridge of Dreams… In a small village outside the city of Vision, the people know no sorrow or grief. But this seemingly idyllic community is hiding a terrible secret...
  • The Gathering: The Ivy Blackwood Chronicles by L.A. Fiore

    The Gathering: The Ivy Blackwood Chronicles by L.A. Fiore

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Words like unnatural and impure started the whispers. From the very beginning, Ivy Blackwood was different. She was only a child when she was accused of setting the fire, one she passively watched engulf the small house she had called home. Her fingertips burned and her hair singed. Some who watched her crossed themselves, convinced she was soulless for she showed no emotion at all...
  • Of Death and Darkness by Megan Montero

    Of Death and Darkness by Megan Montero

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 15 ratings
    A woman marked by death.A demon who would send her there himself.A revolution that will change it all.Death comes to us all… or so they say. But they never said that’s what I’d become… death. I’d spent my life taking care of everyone else besides myself. I finally let go for one night. One night of freedom. One night of fun. One night to dance my burdens away...
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    demons  magic  suspense  horror  dark  fantasy  vampires  contemporary
  • 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...
  • Tangled Webs by Anne Bishop

    Tangled Webs by Anne Bishop

    Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 49 ratings
    Anne Bishop's national bestselling and critically acclaimed Black Jewels series has enthralled readers with its lavish blend of "the darkly macabre with spine-tingling emotional intensity, mesmerizing magic, lush sensuality, and exciting action...
  • Winter Be My Shield by Jo Spurrier

    Winter Be My Shield by Jo Spurrier

    Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    A complex, adult epic fantasy from a new Australian author ... original, dramatic, unputdownable ... Sierra has a despised and forbidden gift - she raises power from the suffering of others.Enslaved by the king's torturer, Sierra escapes, barely keeping ahead of Rasten, the man sent to hunt her down...
  • The Final Rule by Adrienne Wilder

    The Final Rule by Adrienne Wilder

    Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    This is the last book in this trilogy. All books are full-length novels and must be read in order. All books are available now. The My Brother's Keeper Trilogy The town of Gilford has a Big and Terrible secret hidden in the ground. Infecting those it touches. Exploiting their darkness. Consuming their souls. It’s hungry. It’s vile. It’s evil. And it wants out...
  • The Way You Break by K.J. Jackson

    The Way You Break by K.J. Jackson

    Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    There are some that want to exploit my powers. There are some that want me dead. Then there is one that just wants me.A shadow world exists. One where gods that aren’t quite gods walk amongst us. One I didn’t know about when I woke up by a cold mountain river…soaked…freezing. With pain cracking my skull in two and no memory of who I was or what I was doing there...
  • Dangerous Dreams by Abbie Roads

    Dangerous Dreams by Abbie Roads

    Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    XanderLove makes you weak and vulnerable. He vowed long ago to never feel that way again. But when he rescues a woman who’s been held hostage, she challenges all his beliefs. The attraction is staggering. The urge to keep her near him, to keep her safe, is overwhelming. No matter how hard he tries, he can’t resist her...
  • The Untold Tale by J.M. Frey

    The Untold Tale by J.M. Frey

    Rated: 3.87 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Forsyth Turn is not a hero. Lordling of Turn Hall, yes. Spymaster for the king, certainly. But hero? That's his older brother's job, and Kintyre Turn is nothing if not legendary. However, when a raid on the kingdom's worst criminal results in the rescue of a baffling woman, oddly named and even more oddly mannered, Forsyth finds his quaint, sedentary life turned on its head...
  • To Be a Heartthrob in a Horror Movie 在恐怖片里当万人迷[快穿] by Jiang Zhi Yu

    To Be a Heartthrob in a Horror Movie 在恐怖片里当万人迷[快穿] by Jiang Zhi Yu

    Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Holographic viewing technology allowed audience members to enter a movie and personally experience it for themselves. Naturally, romance movies were the most popular and well-received, while nobody was interested in horror movies.Su Min was the first of the viewers to experience a horror movie...
  • The Way Evil Does by Amara Draska

    The Way Evil Does by Amara Draska

    Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Rebecca Reis considers abandoning her career as a novelist until she begins writing about convicted serial killer Thomas Eisenbrey. Nicknamed the Hunter because of his penchant for targeting groups of hunters in the forest, Eisenbrey is the worst kind of psychopath. He is crafty, aloof, at times possessing a charm that is almost hypnotizing, and he’s wheedling his way into her mind...
  • Jacked Up: A Bloodthirsty Dark Paranormal Romance by Latrexa Nova

    Jacked Up: A Bloodthirsty Dark Paranormal Romance by Latrexa Nova

    Rated: 3.69 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 8 ratings
    Some people kill for fame and fortune. I'm killing for the chance to bang my Jack-in-the-box. Yes, I mean that literally—but hear me My life blows worse than my ex. The only family member I like just died, my Mom's married to a POS perv, and if you look up 'slum lord' in the dictionary, there's a picture of my property managers...
    Categorized as:
    demons  magic  suspense  paranormal  dark  contemporary  fantasy  humor
  • The House Next Door by Anne Rivers Siddons

    The House Next Door by Anne Rivers Siddons

    Rated: 3.82 of 5 stars
    · 32 ratings
    Their lives would never be the same. Colquitt and Walter Kennedy enjoyed a life of lazy weekends, gathering with the neighbors on their quiet, manicured street and sipping drinks on their patios. But when construction of a beautiful new home begins in the empty lot next door, their easy friendship and relaxed get-togethers are marred by strange accidents and inexplicable happenings...
  • Playing with Shadows (Love is Always Write) by Sasha L. Miller

    Playing with Shadows (Love is Always Write) by Sasha L. Miller

    Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    He was told that everything happened for a reason, that there were things out there that watched your every move. He just never thought that the people telling him this were telling the truth. Until he happened to glimpse something out of the corner of his eye, something that he couldn't explain. And now there are things in the shadows, things that want him...
    Categorized as:
    demons  magic  horror  contemporary  fantasy  dark  paranormal  m-m
  • I Am God's Dagger by K.A. Merikan

    I Am God's Dagger by K.A. Merikan

    Rated: 3.59 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 13 ratings
    “I know what’s been done to you, and I will see you avenged.”Gabriel. Broken. Lonely. Scarred. Delusional?Abaddon. Lord of Locusts. Master of the Bottomless Pit. Angel of Destruction and Vengeance… But is he real?After a psychotic episode in his childhood, Gabriel is left shattered and unable to join society...
    Categorized as:
    mystery  suspense  demons  horror  m-m  dark  fantasy  abuse
  • My Bloody Valentine (Don't Read in the Closet Events) by Andrea Speed

    My Bloody Valentine (Don't Read in the Closet Events) by Andrea Speed

    Rated: 3.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Free short story written for theM/M Romancegroup's "Hot Summer Days" event.----------Genres/Tags:Gay M/M / Paranormal / Supernatural / Blood / Sorcerer / Haunted / Hook-Up / Dark / ViolenceApprox...
    Categorized as:
    magic  horror  dark  contemporary  paranormal  fantasy
  • Love Is Red by Sophie Jaff

    Love Is Red by Sophie Jaff

    Rated: 3.38 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    “Ridiculously entertaining…. Jaff’s woozy supernatural saga is effectively scary and great fun to read. ”— New York Times Book Review This electrifying debut—Book I of the Night Song Trilogy—spins dark suspense and literary fantasy into a mesmerizing story of seduction and survival. Katherine Emerson was born to fulfill a dark prophecy centuries in the making, but she doesn't know it yet...
  • Fear: a Terrifying Love Story by Kathryn Ann Kingsley

    Fear: a Terrifying Love Story by Kathryn Ann Kingsley

    Rated: 3.51 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 18 ratings
    I have always loved fear. And now I know it loves me back.My whole life has been defined by fear. It’s what’s driven everything I’ve ever done. It’s why I’m a firefighter. It’s why I sneak into abandoned buildings. It’s why I drive a motorcycle way too fast...
  • Bluebeard's Castle by Anna Biller

    Bluebeard's Castle by Anna Biller

    Rated: 3.23 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Judith is a successful novelist, but she's a little sensitive. She's from a good family, even if that family favours her more beautiful sister. She loves a drink (or three) but isn't sure if she loves the handsome doctor who is courting her. She yearns for a romance to yield to but remains a virgin. Judith receives visions from the saints...
  • Bluebeard's Castle by Anna Biller

    Bluebeard's Castle by Anna Biller

    Rated: 3.22 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    A subversive take on the famous French fairy tale from the acclaimed director of The Love Witch, and for fans of Jane EyreWhen the successful British mystery writer Judith meets Gavin, a handsome and charming baron, at a birthday party on the Cornish coast, his love transforms her from a bitter, lonely young woman into a romance heroine overnight...
  • The Magnus Archives: Season 5 by Johnathan Sims

    The Magnus Archives: Season 5 by Johnathan Sims

    Rated: 4.69 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    The Magnus Archives is a horror audiobook written by Jonathan Sims, directed by Alexander J. Newall and distributed by Rusty Quill. Sims narrates the stories in-character as the main character, Jonathan Sims, the newly-appointed head archivist of the fictional Magnus Institute; an institution based in London centred on research into the paranormal...
  • Ashes to Ashes by Karina Halle

    Ashes to Ashes by Karina Halle

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · 38 ratings
    It’s been two months since Perry Palomino and Dex Foray’s relationship reached a new turning point, two months since Perry started a new life in Seattle, and two months since their Experiment in Terror show took on a new partner, ex-Wine Babe Rebecca Sims, and found a new level of success. But whenever there is light in their lives, the madness still has a way of coming back in...
  • The Dex-Files by Karina Halle

    The Dex-Files by Karina Halle

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