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Compelled by Jaymin Eve
A standalone story in the Shadow Beast Shifters world. Best read after Deserted for storyline continuity. Simone, of the Torma shifters, thought she was finished with the world of supernaturals that existed outside of Earth. She'd been there, done that, and had the near death experience to show for her time.Then a summons back to Valdor-the vampire world- is dropped in her lap... -
Archangel's War by Nalini Singh
Wings of silver. Wings of blue. Mortal heart. Broken dreams. Shatter. Shatter. Shatter. A sundering. A grave. I see the end. I see. . . The world is in chaos as the power surge of the Cascade rises to a devastating crescendo. In furiously resisting its attempts to turn Elena into a vessel for Raphael’s power, Elena and her archangel are irrevocably changed. . -
True Dead by Faith Hunter
Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars · 34 ratingsJane Yellowrock goes back to the city where it all began in the newest installment of this thrilling New York Times bestselling series.Jane used to hunt vampires, but now she’s their queen. She’s holed up in the mountains with the Yellowrock Clan, enjoying a little peace, when a surprise attack on her people proves that trouble is brewing... -
The Magnus Archives: Season 5 by Johnathan Sims
Rated: 4.69 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsThe 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... -
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Reaver by Larissa Ione
WARRIOR OF HEAVEN Reaver is an angel with a past, a record, and a less-than-heavenly attitude. Powerful enough to fight alongside the fiercest battle angels-and crazy enough to risk his wings on a one-way mission to hell-he's agreed to go where no angel has ever gone before...to steal the most seductive and dangerous prize of Satan himself... -
Chosen by Vanessa Nelson
Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsDemons on the loose. Ritual murders. An ancient vampire breathing down her neck.Some days Max just doesn't know where to start. The problems facing her city are piling up, and there seems no end or solution in sight.Max's job used to be dealing with supernatural creatures... -
Called by Vanessa Nelson
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsIn a city full of rising tension, with people going missing or turning up dead, can Max resist the call to help?When Max tries to intervene to prevent an assault and it goes horribly wrong, she wants nothing more than to keep her head down and get on with her job. She does not want to answer calls for help, not even from Bryce, the Order warrior who seems willing to give her a second chance... -
Hunted by Vanessa Nelson
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsUnsolved murders, supernatural creatures and civil unrest. Just another day.Problems keep piling up around Max. No sooner has she dealt with one set of supernatural creatures, than she's called to the city's mortuary to an unusual death. The city's most senior spiritual leader is also trying to get hold of her. On top of that, Bryce cancelled their date and hasn't been seen for days... -
Shadows and Gold by Elizabeth Hunter
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsFailing grades. Misleading wind vampires. And a fortune in forgotten gold. Traveling to the most remote region of China certainly wasn’t what Ben Vecchio had in mind for his summer vacation, but when Tenzin suggested a quick trip, he could hardly turn down a chance to keep her out of trouble and practice the Mandarin he still struggled with in class... -
Midnight Sky by McKenzie Hunter
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsBeing part of the Midwest Pack isn’t easy—especially now.My life has never been simple—and it only keeps getting more complicated. The Alphas, Ethan, and several key players in the otherworld go missing, thrusting me into the position of Elite Alpha and tasking me with finding them. The list of suspects grows as I realize that mating with Ethan has caused allies to become enemies... -
Bishop's Flight: A Paranormal Mystery Romance by Elizabeth Hunter
Rated: 4.68 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsThe sins of the past will burn you.Four nights. Three days. The human son of two powerful vampires has been taken from his home, and if Carwyn and Brigid can’t find him, the delicate balance of power in an immortal haven might just go up in flames. Las Vegas holds a special appeal in the immortal world... -
Forged by Vanessa Nelson
Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsBlood may be thicker than water, but not all families are meant to stay together.Struggling to maintain her independence, and the life she has fought so hard to build, Max finally learns the truth about her own origins and her family.Max has no time to absorb the shocking news... -
The Wicked by L.A. Banks
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsDamali and Carlos have finally tied the knot, but there is no happily ever after on the horizon. Cain, the son of Eve and the new chairman of the Vampire Council is amassing an army of creatures like no one has ever seen before... -
Dark Peril by Feehan C Christine Feehan
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsDominic of the Dragonseeker lineage - one of the most powerful lines the Carpathian people has - infiltrates the heart of the enemy camp to learn their plans. This is a one-way mission: he plans to get in fast, relay the information and go down fighting - an honourable way to end his life. But a complication lies ahead... -
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Evelyn's Enforcer by Stephanie Hudson
Rated: 4.69 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhat do you do when running is no longer an option?When the man hunting you not only found you…But now wanted to make you his prisoner?And worse yet, why did that new title make me squirm and want to give myself to him?My Demon captor.Ryker’s world was so much more complicated than I ever imagined, and discovering my place in it, even more so...Categorized as:
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Twisted Shadows by Allie Therin
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsIn a thrilling alternate-universe Seattle, empaths are disappearing—and it’s up to grumpy Reece and his mysterious protector, Grayson, to investigate. Empath hunter Evan Grayson is the Dead Man, transformed by a dark past into a perfect weapon against corrupted empaths...Categorized as:
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Dark Curse by Christine Feehan
Born into a world of ice, and slave to her evil father, Lara Calladine knew only paralyzing fear as a child—and escaping with her mysterious gifts unbroken would be the only way to survive her great Carpathian heritage as a Dragonseeker. Human, yet mage, she was of the blood of three species yet belonged to none... -
A Broken Contract by Vanessa Nelson
Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsA promise broken. Her future torn up. But she still has a job to do.Betrayed by her blood family, all Hallie's plans for her future are in ruins. She has no time to lick her wounds as Special Investigator Girard wants her help looking for some members of the elite who have gone missing in Hallie's territory... -
A Usual Suspect by Vanessa Nelson
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsShe can see the truth, but when she's accused of murder, no one believes she's innocent.Hallie works as a skip tracer - hunting down people wanted by the law, for one reason or another. It's not glamourous, and it doesn't pay all that well. But it's legal work, and that's hard to come by in the cramped quarters of old town... -
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami, Jay Rubin
Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars · 87 ratingsJapan's most highly regarded novelist now vaults into the first ranks of international fiction writers with this heroically imaginative novel, which is at once a detective story, an account of a disintegrating marriage, and an excavation of the buried secrets of World War II. In a Tokyo suburb a young man named Toru Okada searches for his wife's missing cat... -
Dark Dreamers by Christine Feehan, Marjorie M. Liu
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 38 ratingsDARK DREAM Christine Feehan She’s known him since she was fifteen. Every night, he is with her: his face, his voice. Tonight, Sara Marten will meet the man who is both angel and demon, salvation and temptation: Falcon—the Carpathian, the banished hero. Tonight, Sara will meet the dark-eyed destroyer destined to be her mate. A DREAM OF STONE & SHADOW Marjorie M... -
The Killing Floor Blues by Craig Schaefer
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsNobody has ever escaped from the Iceberg. It's a privately-owned prison deep in the Mojave Desert, staffed by brutal guards and surrounded by desolate wasteland. Inside the walls, gangs and predators are constant threats; outside the walls, there's nothing but a sniper's bullet or a slow death in the desert heat... -
The Bitten by L.A. Banks
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsThe vampire civil war has been averted, deadly were-demons have been beaten back and now it Damali Richards and Carlos Rivera (now a Council level vampire) will finally have the chance to settle in and explore their deeper, sexier love. But Carlos and Damali should know by now that there is no rest for the saviors of the known world...Categorized as:
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Evermore by Lynn Viehl
The NEW YORK TIMES AND USA Today bestselling Darkyn series continues... Jayr is proud to be the only female ever permitted to serve as seneschal to a Darkyn lord. But in her centuries of service to Master Byrne, she has fallen in love with him. Now, Byrne plans to step down and hand over the Jardin to another Kyn lord-a move that threatens not only Jayr's position, but her very life.. -
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A Plain-Dealing Villain by Craig Schaefer
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsIt's hard to make a dishonest buck in Sin City, especially when a rogue FBI agent is gunning for your head. Flat broke and one step ahead of the law, Daniel Faust flees Vegas and lands in Chicago, where a risky heist promises to fill his pockets with cash... -
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... -
Dark Symphony by Christine Feehan
Blinded and scarred in a terrible accident, Antoinetta Scarletti made music that thrilled the world with its beauty and passion. Descended from a long line of psychics, Antoinetta has learned to rely on her other senses to “see” the world around her, but nothing could have prepared her for Byron. He came to her, drawn by her music, and became her secret obsession... -
Home by Stacia Kane
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsAs a Debunker, Chess Putnam is used to investigating reports of suspected hauntings and sending ghosts back to the City of Eternity beneath the surface of the earth. What she isn't used to is having suburban housewives refusing to acknowledge the presence of ghosts in their homes. There are lots of reasons why someone might harbor a spirit, and none of them are good... -
Dark Hunger by Christine Feehan
The New York Times bestselling author's Carpathian classic goes Manga! Christine Feehan has reinvented the vampire novel with her New York Times bestselling Carpathian series. Now she and Berkley take her "out-of-the- ordinary" (Booklist) in a thrilling new direction--and this time it's more graphic than ever... -
After Twilight by Amanda Ashley, Christine Feehan
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 35 ratingsThree of romance's hottest bestselling authors -- Amanda Ashley, Christine Feehan, and Ronda Thompson -- invite you to explore the dark side, to taste the forbidden, to dive into danger with heroes who fire the blood and lay claim to the soul in these striking tales of sensual passion. A man hunts for a woman... -
The Lost Souls by Madeline Sheehan
Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe Lost Souls: A Holy Trinity Novel (Holy Trinity 2.5) Tahyra Petros tried desperately to save herself and her sister, and instead ended up forever changed. Shandor Asenov battled with death, and lost. Hockey Sava, in a valiant attempt at saving his friends, vanished... -
Closer by Dannika Dark
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsKane never believed in things like fate or karma. Not until the night he took a life. Within the human world is a secret society of immortals and gifted supernaturals. Kane is one of them—a Sensor who experiences emotional energy through touch. But despite his good looks and easy-going personality, Kane lives a solitary life. Unlike other Sensors, he is unnaturally hypersensitive...Categorized as:
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The Hunted by L.A. Banks
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsEach millennium brings a new Neteru, a vampire huntress whose mission is to vanquish evil from the world. This millennium's savior has come in the form of Damali Richards, a hip-hop diva with the heart of a warrior and an attitude to match. But a war in Hell has cost Damali both her powers and her past love, Carlos Rivera. Still, Damali can't let her grief stand in her way... -
The Stone Warriors: Dragan by D.B. Reynolds
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsDragan Fiachna, heir to the curse of royal blood, a horror hiding behind a beautiful face . . . you shall remain locked in stone until a maiden, untested and pure, shall find grace in your beast and safety in your nightmare.Dragan Fiachna, born to a life of loneliness, cast into stone by a sorcerer’s curse and imprisoned forever in darkness... -
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Dark Crime by Christine Feehan
Two strangers are bonded by a lust for revenge—and each other—in this short story from Christine Feehan’s “erotic, gripping series that has defined an entire genre.” (J. R. Ward) Blaze McGuire knows who killed her father and she has merciless plans for payback. Until a phone call from a seductive stranger pleads with her to wait. Retribution is in his blood, too... -
Vampyrdreper by Laurell K. Hamilton
Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars · 65 ratings‘I don’t date vampires. I kill them.’My name is Anita Blake. Vampires call me the Executioner. What I call them isn’t repeatable.Ever since the Supreme Court granted the undead equal rights, most people think vampires are just ordinary folks with fangs. I know better. I’ve seen their victims. I carry the scars.. -
Damaged Gods by K.C. Cross, J.A. Huss
When Pie stumbles into a monster’s 2000-year-old curse she has no idea that her life is about to get a bazillion times better. Damaged Gods is a fun, romantic romp through the world of ancient gods and hot monsters where fangs, and horns, and hooves are all part of “the ultimate package”. Now… if only her new monster would put on some pants...Categorized as:
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Even Vampires Get the Blues by Katie MacAlister
Paen Scott is a Dark One: a vampire without a soul. And his mother is about to lose hers too if Paen can’t repay a debt to a demon by finding a relic known as the Jilin God in five days. Half-elf Samantha Cosse may have gotten kicked out of the Order of Diviners, but she’s still good at finding things, which is why she just opened her own private investigation agency... -
Finding Chrissten by N.J. Walters
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsShe escaped hell. Now love must capture her heart. Legacy, Book 5 For eighteen horrific months, Chrissten Lawton was at the mercy of a crazy doctor and his pureblood werewolf flunky. She was subjected to experiments, beaten, mated against her will…and fading fast. Just as she reaches the breaking point, the Haven pack comes to her rescue... -
The Sinner by Amanda Stevens
I am a living ghost, a wanderer in search of my purpose and place… I'm a cemetery restorer by trade, but my calling has evolved from that of ghost seer to death walker to detective of lost souls. I solve the riddles of the dead so the dead will leave me alone. I've come to Seven Gates Cemetery nursing a broken heart, but peace is hard to come by…for the ghosts here and for me... -
Rajmund by D.B. Reynolds
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsRAJMUND GREGOR is a vampire . . . and the undisputed Master of New York City. He bows to no one but his Sire, Krystof, who is the Vampire Lord for the entire Northeastern U.S. Based in Buffalo, NY, Krystof is an old vampire—-too old, it would seem, because he’s slowly losing his mind. Summoned back to Buffalo by his Sire, Rajmund finds his master out of touch and rapidly weakening... -
Dark Side of the Moon by Sherrilyn Kenyon
Half animal, half man, wholly dangerous. Locked in eternal battle, a Were-Hunter knows everything about peril and pain. But the greatest threat is yet to come... Susan Michaels was once the hottest reporter on the Beltway Beat until she walked into a setup that ruined her reputation...Categorized as:
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Ghosted by Karina Halle
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsGhosted is an all-new EIT novella told from Dex's POV. It should be read after Dust to Dust (after Veiled, preferably) and before Came Back Haunted.It's available in the All the Love in the World anthology on Amazon, as well as by itself in paperback, and at Nook, iBooks and Kobo... -
Demon Forged by Meljean Brook
Acclaimed author Meljean Brook returns to the darkly sensual world of the Guardians with the tale of a prophecy, a devilish bargain, and a doomed love... Four centuries ago, Guardians Irena and Alejandro would have succumbed to the need burning between them -- if a demon and a monstrous bargain hadn't shattered the possibility of love... -
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The Burning Bush by Kenya Wright
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAfter Dante Bottelli’s slaughter of Vamp-owned Mixbreeds, Lanore and Zulu execute a well-planned attack that hits Dante where it hurts the most—his pockets. But their attack triggers a chain of unfortunate events, and allows Detective Rivera to blackmail Lanore. Rivera forces Lanore to investigate his case, the Burning Bush Murders. Someone's been tying girls to bushes and setting them on fire...Categorized as:
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Savor by Kate Evangelista
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMature and explicit content. Not recommended for readers below 18-years-old. Yup, you've got to be that old to read my story. Consider yourself warned. I’m Dakota Collins, a tough talking, eye patch wearing, workaholic photography student. Why am I important? Well, maybe because I get to spend an entire month with Vicious, only the sickest indie rock band out there... -
Cheat the Grave: The Fifth Sign of the Zodiac by Vicki Pettersson
Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsBook 5 in the NYT & USA Today Bestselling “Signs of the Zodiac” series.Light. Shadow. Superhero ... Villain.Las Vegas socialite and otherworldly avenger Joanna Archer gave up everything when she sacrificed her extraordinary abilities and embraced mortality to rescue an innocent child … and a city teetering on destruction... -
Haidee by Crea Reitan
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThere’s dissension within my band of brothers. The presence of one girl threatens to tear the already fragile bonds to shreds.The motorcycle clubs of Ash Hollow have been at war for longer than I’ve been alive. With each new generation, the wars get uglier. The body counts get higher. The city falls deeper into darkness and disorder.I have a plan to change all that...Categorized as:
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Violent Demand by Ariana Nash
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCast out and hunted by the Brotherhood, Octavius is on borrowed time. He has one chance to prove his innocence, one chance to put things right, before Mikalis hunts him down and executes him.He must find Saint.But the Brotherhood member-turned-nyk whom they all seem to fear, is unlikely to make it easy. Still, Octavius has nothing left to lose. He will recapture Saint, or die trying...Categorized as:
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Blood of the Gods by Sapir A. Englard
From the creator of the Millennium Wolves series comes the heart-stopping sequel to Cloak of the Vampire, the epic romantasy set in a brutal world of bloodthirsty and power-hungry vampires.Aileen Henderson didn’t choose to die. That choice was stolen from her, brutally, at the hands—and lips—of a monster...Categorized as:
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