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The HellBeast's Sacrifice by Stephanie Hudson
Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsBook 6 in The HellBeast King seriesFull Blurb coming soon... -
Dark Song by Christine Feehan
Two Carpathians find hope in the bond that ties their souls in this passionate novel in Christine Feehan’s #1 New York Times bestselling series. Stolen from her home at a young age and tormented for centuries, Elisabeta Trigovise is scared to show herself to anyone... -
Blood Moon (Noc City- Book Two) by Penn Cassidy
Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsI've been beaten...I've been humiliated...I've been shackled...I've peered behind the masks and uncovered a world of secrets and evil I never knew existed, and now it's time to choose my side. These men are ruthless, powerful leaders who have seen things I could only dream of. They're cunning, sinister and too alluring for their own good... -
Devil by Kat Blackthorne
From international bestselling author Kat Blackthorne comes the highly anticipated and epic conclusion to the worldwide sensation The Halloween Boys. Book four, Devil, is an occult reimagining of Hades and Persephone with all the Halloween charm and heart readers have come to expect from this hit series... -
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Fallen Reign by S.L. Jennings
Yesterday, I had the audacity to imagine a future. One that didn’t include hunting demons hellbent on destroying humanity or being used as a pawn for my father’s revenge. One comprised of a home and a family and all the things I’d longed for as a broken child. Then in the blink of a silver speckled eye, my foolish hope was extinguished, and my world came crumbling down. We stood strong... -
Blood and War by Belle Walker
Loyalty and love can ruin you. But hope is the deadliest of all. For ten years Demitria Collins has fought the creatures of nightmares to protect the one person she has left. With a rising string of demon attacks on the forefront, she knows it’s only a matter of time until they’re next... -
Blade of Demons by Sara C. Roethle
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsWhen another ancient is murdered, Lyssandra alone cannot resist Asher’s call. Aiding him means going against the Potentate’s direct orders, and she won’t bring Steifan and Tholdri down with her.But the murder isn’t the only problem. Mysterious shadows stalk a nearby village, and ghouls are roaming free... -
The Bonds That Break Us by Erin Mainord
She wants revenge.He wants her.After learning of Sin’s dark deceptions, Wren travels to The Feral Vale where she is introduced to the rustic land of the elves. She vows to protect her family at all expense, even if that means keeping the Black Art’s treacherous secret...Categorized as:
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Wicked Vampire Prince by Bella Klaus
Four years ago, a Vampire Prince abducted me. I wiped his memory with a voodoo doll, escaped, and tried to forget him.A magical disaster struck, breaking my curse, and he’s back.And he’s furious.Tall, dark, and utterly deadly, he’s determined to make me his. Even though I despise blood-suckers, I can’t resist his allure... -
Seduce My Soul by Yumoyori Wilson
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsThe seduction in my blood leads me to find not one, but two mates. Will it help me discover where I stand between love and war? Being a private secretary to two NYC billionaires is a rewarding experience. Not only do I gain a position where I keep my independence, but I'm also given the chance to get closer to the two very opposite Smith brothers... -
Seer by Hettie Ivers
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTen years ago, seers across the globe were wiped out, thrusting the supernatural world into figurative darkness. When word spreads that the first new seer in a decade has been found, powerful forces will hunt her. The dead will unite to defend her. And a repressed sadist werelock will abandon his century-long vow of celibacy to claim her as his own... -
Darkest Sin: Books 1-3 by Mila Young, Harper A. Brooks
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsThey say never make a deal with a demon…but what if I didn’t have a choice?On my eighteenth birthday, my soul was traded to three sin demons as payment for my foster-father’s gambling debts.Little did I know that being with them would unleash my own desires and Hell on Earth.Literally.But these tempting devils aren’t the only ones with ungodly powers because I’m no angel myself... -
Rise of the Alpha by Cassie Lein, Bre Rose
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe following has been instilled in me from the day I was born…1) Our pack is the best2) Everyone else is inferior and beneath us.3) Women are purely for producing powerful male pups and sexual gratificationI hate it, the whole mentality of the Exodus Pack repulses me.When a rare opportunity presents itself to escape the confines and everyday scrutiny of the pack I loathe, I pounce on it... -
Stolen Destiny by C.R. Jane, Mila Young
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsWhat is a siren without her power?I'm about to find out, and I have no problems embracing the darkness to do so.I was thrown into a literal hell, and every day feels like it could be my last.But amid such darkness, I thought I found light with three men who've shown me happiness is possible even in a place like this.Except, maybe I was too quick to trust and give my heart away... -
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Buried Destiny by Anne Malcom
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsDeath.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...Categorized as:
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Of Death and Darkness by Megan Montero
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... -
The World Undone by Gray Holborn
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsI’d spent months convincing each of my bond-mates that hurting them was the last thing I’d ever do. And, as a twisted and cruel fate would have it, it would be. Lucifer's plan for saving the world requires three key components: my power, the nexus, and the stone. We only have the first...and absolutely no idea where the other two might be hiding... -
Princess of Bael by Lexi C. Foss
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA standalone enemies-to-lovers paranormal romance.A lifetime of vengeance and decades of pain…He abandoned her in Hell. She’s returned to make him pay.KayOnce upon a time, I fell for an Archangel’s trick.He bonded me to him for eternity.Then left me in Hell to survive alone.I’m no longer the woman I was before.I’m stronger. Faster. Harder. And lethal.It’s my turn to deliver justice where it’s due... -
The Curse of Sins by Kate Dramis
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsStay anchored in the light, they told her. But what had the light ever done for her? After discovering she's prophesied to save the realm, Aya's duty should be clear: return home with once-sworn enemy Will to serve their queen in the coming war against a rival kingdom…one whose pursuit of dark magic could bring the realm to its knees... -
The Wolf in the Watchtower by Sue Wilder
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsBefore 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... -
Assassins Series Books 1-4 by Stacey Brutger
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsThis bundle contains books 1-4 in the Academy of Assassins Series. Academy of Assassins ONLY ONE THING STANDS BETWEEN HUMANS AND THE DEADLY SUPERNATURAL WORLD…THE ACADEMY OF ASSASSINS... -
Another Damned Pirate by Myka Bound
The trip home should have been the end of my little adventure.I was supposed to settle back into my life, work on getting Matty through school, and try like hell to put the memories of the world I barely escaped and my brooding pirate behind me.Petra had a different ending in mind. That wicked, soul-stealing demon sent something back to the human realm in my magical wake... -
Stake-Out: An Urban Fantasy Romance by Lily Luchesi
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEnter the Underworld of Chicago. Detective Danny Mancini is on a case, following a murder suspect. When he catches him, he finds out that the perp isn't even he's a two hundred-year-old rogue vampire. The Captain doesn't believe him, and puts him on early retirement, despite his many years of service to the Chicago Police Department, which sends him into a downward spiral... -
Omega Captured by Romy Lockhart
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsThere’s no escaping the clutches of a true immortal, and my master already has me firmly in his grasp. It only takes breaking down the barrier to our hidden town for him to reach me. We can’t stop him. We can’t kill him. We’re all out of options. The secretive plan of a demon who wants me for his mate is the only thing that might save us... -
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Ruthless War by R.L. Caulder, M. Sinclair
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsNo one will ever make me bow to him again.For years, a small kernel of hope for my freedom was all that kept me alive while imprisoned by the brutal Thaician Emperor, Malakai. Now, those wishing to return me to him threaten everything I’ve fought so desperately for.This time is different, though, because they’ve underestimated me... -
Song of the Dark Wood by Sheila Masterson
For centuries, the people of remote Ballybrine have kept the peace with their gods by sacrificing a Red Maiden to ferry souls from the Mother’s realm of the living, through the Dark Wood, to the Wolf’s realm of the dead. Soon it will be Rowan’s turn... -
Once Upon a Forbidden Desire: Fairy Tales and Other Stories by Zoey Ellis, Kathryn Ann Kingsley
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsWhen it comes to true love, rules are meant to be broken …Dark forests and locked doors, poisoned apples and forbidden lovers ... Bold heroines and swoon-worthy heroes break all the rules in this enchanting anthology of the fairy tales you thought you knew.Once Upon A Forbidden Desire features 20 enticing fairy tale retellings by a diverse selection of fantasy romance authors... -
Academy For The Fallen: Year One by Avery Song
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsI lived, fought, and died in the battle between good and evil. But not as a hero… After falling in battle, Lilith, known as Queen Merciless to foe and friend alike, expects to wake up in the toasty halls of hell —not the depths of the Underworld as a candidate for entry into the Academy for the Fallen...Categorized as:
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Eternal Damnation by Stacy Reid
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHeavy is the crown of darkness…Lachlan Ravenswood lives in cold, emotionless exile lest he tempts the demon within him to rise. For centuries he’s denied its darkest urgings, his duty to the realm as a shadow assassin the only call to which he responds. Until her... -
Auctioned to the Orc Lord by Lyra Atlas
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsI was kidnapped and auctioned to an orc lord. Now I’m his new slave.He says he likes plus-size humans because it takes longer to break them.But I refuse to let him break me. Nor will I believe what my visions show me.Because if I do, then I will have the orc lord’s baby...He says that he’ll unbind me if I obey him.I hate him for thinking that he owns me completely... -
The Dread Descendant by Lauren Cate Leake
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 5 ratings“Maeve crossed the hall between them with confidence. In three short steps, she stood before his throne. A decaying skull broach appeared on his breast pocket. The final piece of his Dread Mark. She and Abraxas were the mouth and the sword. He was Death incarnate.”Maeve Sinclair is the only witch with the ability to jump through minds... -
Wraith Captive by Lacey Carter Andersen
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsNo one believes I was at the wrong place at the wrong time...Grant it, I kind of get it. I have been found around an abnormally large amount of dead people lately. The thing is, I'm not the dangerous murderer they think I am. If I could tell the truth about my not-so-human father, they'd understand.But I can't... -
The Tangleroot Palace by Marjorie M. Liu
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsNew York Times bestseller and Hugo, British Fantasy, Romantic Times, and Eisner award-winning author of the graphic novel, Monstress, Marjorie Liu leads you deep into the heart of the tangled woods. In her long-awaited debut story collection, dark, lush, and spellbinding short fiction you will find unexpected detours, dangerous magic, and even more dangerous women... -
Crow by Candace Robinson, Amber R. Duell
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsRevenge to take...He was banished to a cornfield. She was cursed to destroy Oz. Together they will seek revenge.Reva spent the last twenty years in her own purgatory, first as the Wicked Witch of the West, then banished to eternal darkness. Now that she’s returned from oblivion, Reva’s out for blood against the witch who destroyed her life... -
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Untamed Mate by Callie Rose
Warning: the blurb below contains spoilers for the first book in the series. If you haven't started the series yet, begin with Rejected Mate. *They broke the bond.But they didn’t break me.Although they left me with a gaping hole in my chest, Kian, Malix, and Frost did me a favor when they shattered our bond and left me alone in the mountains.For a moment there, I'd started to trust them... -
Haunted Sanctuary by Moira Rogers
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe shadows of her past could destroy their future. Green Pines, Book 1 Eden Green can’t remember a time she didn’t believe in monsters—her cousin was born one. Her family’s dark past casts a long shadow, making it hard to make friends and harder to commit to a lover. She lives a quiet life in small-town Clover, Tennessee, but she’s always waiting for the other shoe to drop... -
Beyond Those Gilded Walls by Jessica S. Taylor
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn a kingdom drowning in blood, all Odyssa Duhiva wants is to save her family. But the price of salvation may be higher than she ever imagined.The kingdom of Veressia has been forsaken by its prince, who has chosen instead to drown out the screams of the dying... -
Reaper Hospital: Code Stubborn Doctor by Lacey Carter Andersen
Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsThere are worse things than death…With my possessive god, my hot shifter, and my stubborn vampire, I felt a kind of safety and peace I never imagined in this life. We began to feel like a family.But all of that is gone now.They hate my kind. If they learn the truth about what I am, they’ll kill me. And if I can’t stop the other reapers from killing a shifter alpha, my wolf is dead... -
A Bite Of Hate by T. St. James
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHave you ever had a position snatched from under you? Pay years of service to a company just to have the CEO position handed over to an outsider? To hate that outsider so much, you start tormenting him?LayleeWhen the eerie new guy with gorgeous blue eyes stole my CEO position, I became a complete brat. Unfortunately, August had other plans... -
Her Dark Enchantments by Rosalyn Briar
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe Wicked Fairy. The Mistress of All Evil. The villain of Sleeping Beauty goes by many names, but where did she come from?Myravelle Spinner grew up in a tower with only spiders, spindles, and stone walls for friends while her mother spun gold for the king... -
Their Thief by xoDirtyLove, D.R. Knight
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTheirs series book #1A thief who dresses like a man to be safe. Three brothers, half-werewolf and half-vampire, the strongest supernatural creatures to ever exist.What happens when these three brothers find their mate but think...she's a he?* * *"No. Fucking. Way!" yelled Jace, grabbing his head... -
Curse of the Fae Prince: The Spring Court: Crowns of Magic by Ashley McLeo
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA standalone, steamy fae and witch romance novel.I’m a dark artifacts hunter, but now I’m the one being hunted. After I tumble into Faerie, dark beasts begin to follow, lurking in the shadows, killing anyone in sight. The monsters are changing the kingdom into something it shouldn’t be, something wrong . They dim the very stars above and freeze the land below. At first, I want out... -
The Book of G by Lily Archer
A classic villain tells his own story .I have a glorious past full of achievement and renown. I mean, I feel like I must, right? The problem is, I can’t remember it. I can’t even remember my own name. I was found in a river, body mangled and face scarred, with nothing to identify me besides a single embroidered letter...Categorized as:
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A Thread of Fate by J.A. Good
Rated: 3.60 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsShe will turn his power into his downfall no matter the cost.Irina Petrov is the next in a long line of healer's to the king. Their only job is to serve him. When a rebellion leaves her life in ruins she finds herself bound to a king who she hates. In an attempt to avoid fulfilling her duty as healer, Irina soon finds that the gods demand service... -
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Hated by my Mate by Nathalie Hooker
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAn Alpha and Omega mated by the moon goddess... -
Curse of the Fae Prince by Ashley McLeo
Rated: 3.43 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsI’m a dark artifacts hunter, but now I’m the one being hunted. After I tumble into Faerie, dark beasts begin to follow, lurking in the shadows, killing anyone in sight. The monsters are changing the kingdom into something it shouldn’t be, something wrong . They dim the very stars above and freeze the land below. At first, I want out . I want to return to my ailing mother...
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