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The HellBeast's Sacrifice by Stephanie Hudson
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Blood of the Moon by S.D. Simper
Successful in her quest, Flowridia returns to Staelash for a joyous affair—the long awaited wedding of Marielle and Zorlaeus, an event promising to seal her kingdom and Nox’Kartha as allies. But the price of Ayla’s return, and the sacrifice it demands, weighs heavily on her heart. To do nothing means to live a life of loneliness, but to act would condemn her eternal soul... -
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House of Chaos and Gilded Dream by Meg Xuemei X
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsKillian. They took her. The one thread holding my chaos together. My mate. Now the dragon is unleashed. Let the realm panic. Let them call me a villain. Their fear is the fuel I will use to burn their world down. The oracle says she must sacrifice herself and our bond to save them all. F*uck. No. Prophecy is a sham. Fate is a chain I will break. If armies stand in my way, they become ash... -
When Fate is Cruel: A Short Story Collection by L.J. Andrews
Rated: 4.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhat if the villain in every tale is fate itselfWelcome to a special short story collection from the worlds of LJ Andrews. Part 1: The Ever SeasErik Bloodsinger never wanted to live in a cruel kingdom that was desperate to shape their scarred, young king into someone ruthless. But fate is cruel sometimes... -
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The Hellbeast's Queen: The Final Book In The Series by Stephanie Hudson
Hope can be a dangerous thing. It can be all consuming. Can be the only thing you think about. The only comfort you have when locked to the darkness of your own mind. The hope to find light at the end of the tunnel. A guiding hand to led you out of the nightmare. But what of love? For Ella it is the thing she clings onto when all that hope is lost. A love that is always worth fighting for... -
Tear the World Apart by S.D. Simper
“I will not go out as a candle in the dark—I am The Endless Night, and the whole world will remember it soon. If I must drown this kingdom in blood, so be it. ”. The God of Order marches on, approaching victory with every stride... -
The Seven Virtues by Thesehunprint
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsSECOND BOOK OF THE SEVEN DEVILS. One year and a half after her departure, Varya Petrov is still fighting against time itself. With Grindelwald's attacks on Hogwarts becoming more and more aggressive, there is only a matter of time before the war is lost. Varya has been assigned one task- find the remaining Deathly Hallows and protect them from Grindelwald... -
Queen of Serpents and Shadows by Alexis Calder
Hope might not be enough this time. The fae king continues to claim victories and Nyx is awake. As if that wasn’t bad enough, the gods are after us and we’re running out of time. The Fae King has power he shouldn’t from a sorceress who holds the key. To defeat him, we have to go through her. But the gods are hunting us, and Nyx asked for me personally... -
Don’t Look Back by Onyx_and_Elm
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Fatal Instincts by Shelby V. Painter
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOn the run from her haunting past, Alyssa Barnes doesn't expect too much when she strolls into the small town of Kettle's Bell, Kansas. It's just another temporary place full of temporary people that she'll never let close enough to see the lost girl hiding beneath her tough facade. She's done this all before, she'll do it all again... -
Dark Lovers by Elle Boon
Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsRaina wanted what every female wanted… As the only daughter of the vampire king, and a wolf shifter she was given everything she could ask for. Sheltered her entire life. Until her world was turned upside down as she was kidnapped to become Satan’s consort. Creed was equal parts good and bad, or so he said… Being the son of Satan and an angel, he lived a life filled with death and battle... -
Blade of Demons by Sara C. Roethle
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 18 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 Powerless Witch by J.S. Hart
Great power comes from pain. But pain is powerless in the face of love. Robbed of her power by a wound that not even the strongest witch can heal, Celeste is forced to make another dangerous bargain. She must venture into the Fae realm with nothing but the help of its enigmatic prince, where enemies lurk behind the lethal beauty of its court... -
Their Wicked Wolf by Elle Boon
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsShe’d lost her happily. ever after once. She won’t do it again. Sky knew what it meant to hurt thanks to a sadistic alpha,. but what she went through at the hands of a madman had her welcoming death,. instead of suffering anymore pain. They’d do anything to save their mate. Raydon and River thought. they’d never find a mate that would love them, until they found their one true love. Not... -
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Claimed by the Rival Alpha by Lindsey Devin
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI’ve always been the outsider. Human in a world of wolves. Found and raised by the woman who loved me as her own—but never accepted by the pack she called family. Now Troy, my childhood bully, is Alpha. He chains me. Breaks me. Promises I won’t survive his reign. Until Night takes me. The rival Alpha. My enemy. The wolf who calls me mate. Troy wants me back and broken... -
Crown of the Dunes by S.C. Grayson
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsWar brought them together. Forging peace could tear them apart. Back in Kelvadan after narrowly escaping death, former exile Keera is now hailed as a hero for protecting the Great City against the lord of the clans. Forced to lie low as her injuries heal, she discovers the city’s position is more precarious than ever... -
Dance of the Phoenix by Sapir A. Englard
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn 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... -
Bite Me: A Vampire Anthology by Addison Cain, Zoe Blake
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsFrightening and sensual, passionate and thrilling. I have a confession to whisper at your ear. That shadow caressing your body in the dark, that tingle which draws you to arch your spine… it tempts me to ruin. You’re beautiful when you sleep. Everything I long for. All I ask is a sip, a taste of the life coursing through those delicate veins. Just one little bite... -
Murder on Hunter's Eve by Morgan Stang
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsA werewolf terrorizes the city of Lamplight! It's the week of Hunter's Eve, a yearly celebration of monsters, ghosts, and things that go bump in the night. But for Huntress Isabeau Agarwal, the event is a stark reminder that in her line of work, there is never a day's rest. Murders rock the city, and Isabeau is charged with solving them before the killer strikes again... -
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... -
Reign of Betrayal: The Prince and the Prisoner Series by Amber Bowe
A Dark Romantasy! Enemies to lovers. Tantalizing slow burn. Forbidden lovers. Packed full of banter and yearning. Found family. Toucher her and die, gruesomely. One bed. Traumatized shadow daddy. Strong and vengeful FMC. A cursed kingdom. Spice. This book has some dark themes so please check trigger warnings...Categorized as:
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Insatiable Hunger by C. Hebert
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsInsatiable Hunger - Living Nightmares Book Two. 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... -
A Myrmaid's Kiss by Ashleigh Bello
A MYRMAID WITH A THIRST FOR BLOOD. A HUMAN WITH A TASTE FOR FIRE. When their worlds collide, there can be only one survivor. Eloise has been kissed by the Sea, blessed with extraordinary magic and immortality—she is now a myrmaid of Olleb-Yelfra who feasts on the blood of men at night... -
The Briar Book of the Dead (Sourdough Universe) by A.G. Slatter
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsSet in the same universe as the acclaimed All the Murmuring Bones and The Path of Thorns (one of Oprah Daily's Top 25 Fantasy Novels of 2022), this beautifully told Gothic fairy tale of ghosts, witches, deadly secrets and past sins, will be perfect for fans of Hannah Whitten and Ava Reid. Ellie Briar is the first non-witch to be born into her family for generations... -
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Vampire Bait: A Fated Mates Reverse Harem Vampire Romance by Romy Lockhart, Hybrid Shifters
Witch for hire Roxy isn’t used to feeling lost or being alone, but that’s where she is when she accepts her sister Kelly’s new life is on the other side of the world. A visit to Kelly for her birthday only makes it worse. Turning to alcohol and magic as ways to fill the emptiness, Roxy awakens with an unhealed vampire bite and no memory of how it happened...Categorized as:
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A Vow of Shadow and Blood by Charlene Antrobus
Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsAn enemies-to-lovers romantic fantasy perfect for fans of Penn Cole, Sable Sorensen, and Rebecca Yarros. In the Kingdom of Kalyn, humans are good for two things. Hunting and owning. Adina Barron was bred to serve the ruling-class vampires. Owned from birth by Blackwood House, her only desire has been to keep herself and her sister safe. But Adina harbors a dark secret... -
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... -
Buried Destiny by Anne Malcom
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... -
What Beats Within the Tunnels by Ashley O'Donovan
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsCan the man who shattered her heart also be the key to saving her soul? Lyra has endured far more than any woman her age should. She has a heart full of scars and a mind teeming with questions that can only be answered in Zomea, the alleged realm of the dead. To get there, she must complete the last ceremony to open a bridge... -
Shadows of the Gods by Shay Taylor
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn Valynth, fourth-borns are forbidden by the gods. Morrigan, as a fourth-born, is a direct violation of their law—one they’ll erase if they discover her. Raised in the shadows of the Nightfall Court, Morrigan has always lived as an outcast. But in a realm drained of magic, she holds a haunting power: the ability to see death before it comes—and to collect the souls it leaves behind... -
Tangled Fates by Mandy Muse
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsI’ve been hiding all my life. My power is rare and everyone wants it. People are willing to pay for it, even kill for it. I live in a tower with my cat surrounded by mountains and a magical barrier to keep me safe. Mother has kept me safe for almost two hundred years but the loneliness is eating me alive. It’s happened once before... -
Blood Red Hex by Blake Gallows
“I told myself I would never return to this godforsaken city, to a family who couldn’t care less about me, but here I am. ”. Sloan tried to escape her family and their business as the nefarious mafia witches of Evrose Bay, and after five years of thinking she got away, one text changed everything—her twin brother found trouble...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... -
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...Categorized as:
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The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories by Angela Carter
Rated: 3.95 of 5 stars · 62 ratingsAngela Carter was a storytelling sorceress, the literary godmother of Neil Gaiman, David Mitchell, Audrey Niffenegger, J. K. Rowling, Kelly Link, and other contemporary masters of supernatural fiction... -
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...Categorized as:
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Death Do We Part: Raven's Duet by Ashley Amy
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsEveryone knows. My secret is out. Saving them, I had to unmask who I am. Now that I've been outed, things keep spiraling out of control. The new threats lurk in places we can’t see. When an unknown enemy comes, I’m the only thing that can stop it. As Death, I have to learn my name doesn’t just mean dying. With my known generals at my side, I knew I had a circle I could trust... -
Of Blood and Roses by Samantha Ziegler
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDive into a world where love clashes with betrayal, and dark desires awaken. Forced into hiding, Elyse battles with her guilt. She cannot leave the security of her new home, which feels more like a prison than a place to heal. Killian spends his days hunting down Elyse, honing his magic, and trying to forget that he's been dishonorably removed from the Royal Guard... -
Once Upon a Forbidden Desire: Fairy Tales and Other Stories by Zoey Ellis, Kathryn Ann Kingsley
When 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...Categorized as:
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Escaping Hallow Hill Academy by A.K. Koonce, Aleera Anaya Ceres
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsI’m the last of my kind. The final devout witch of my Holy Lady of Death. Or so I thought…. A mysterious Academy beneath the veil of this city is hiding one of my own within their institute. He’s nothing like I thought he’d be. An asshole. He’s a total witchy asshole. And now we’re both school property. As is the blood sucking vampire bound to my beating heart...Categorized as:
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Moonflower by Shaina Anastasi
MOONFLOWER by author Shaina Anastasi is a horrantasy novel, book one of the Script of Serun series. It blends horror, fantasy, and a splash of romance in a dystopian setting. The goddess of Kepler vanished fifty-seven years ago, taking the light with her. Since then, darkness has consumed the world, and creatures of the night have emerged from the shadows to take control... -
Viciously Bitten by Lexi C. Foss
Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsA Blood Alliance short story, best enjoyed after reading Rebel Bitten. Once upon a time, humankind ruled the world while lycans and vampires lived in secret. This is no longer that time. This is not a love story. This is about desire. No, not even that. It’s about f*cking. Harsh, hot, violent f*cking. There’s blood. There’s biting. There’s a heck of a lot of moaning. Some screaming, too... -
Crow by Candace Robinson, Amber R. Duell
Revenge 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... -
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... -
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The Crimson Road (Sourdough Universe) by A.G. Slatter
Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsA captivating dark gothic fantasy set in the same universe as the award-winning author's All The Murmuring Bones, The Path of Thorns and The Briar Book of the Dead. A tale of vampires, assassins, ancient witches and broken promises. Violet Zennor has had a peculiar upbringing... -
The Sun Child by J.M. Failde
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA child of man, with hair like day meeting night, will guide the vampire back into the sunlight. Lila Bran has been here before, she has been the mouse in the Vipers’ game. But this time, she’s stronger. This time, she has power, the safety of her brother, and—most importantly—she has Ambrose Draven... -
Their Thief by xoDirtyLove, D.R. Knight
Rated: 3.79 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsTheirs series book #1. A 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: 3.79 of 5 stars · 7 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... -
Rosen Blood, Vol. 4 by Kachiru Ishizue, 石据カチル
Rated: 3.81 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAfter a horrific carriage accident, Stella Violetta awakens in a Gothic mansion to find that her saviors are gorgeous young men. The manor’s residents let her stay as a maid, but Stella soon realizes that their allure hides a savage thirst. Desperate for Stella’s affection, Yoel stabs Levi, who reconsiders his desire to protect the other nonhumans... -
Rejected and Regretted by Louise Clément
Rated: 3.78 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsI've always been the pack's outcast - an omega, unwanted by my own parents and seen as worthless by everyone around me. On my eighteenth birthday, things got even my mate, the alpha heir, cruelly rejected me and forced me into exile. But the wilderness became my sanctuary, where I found my strength. I rose from the ashes of my past, becoming the fierce leader of a rogue pack...Categorized as:
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