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House of Crimson Curses by Ruby Roe
Once upon a time, a hunter broke a vampire’s heart… As the trials for Sangui City's throne reach their climax, Red finds herself at the centre of a millennia-old prophecy. As the newly awakened dhampir, she holds the power to reshape the future – or destroy it. Octavia Beaumont, driven by her quest for acceptance, must confront the painful truths of her past to secure her place as ruler... -
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Nevermore by Kit Trace
There is nothing definitive about life after death, except the involuntary enrollment at the mysterious Nevermore Academy. Now Lenore and Annabel Lee must begin their curriculum to recover the memories of their tragic demise... -
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![Black Mirror: A Cait Reagan Novel by Aoibh Wood]()
Black Mirror: A Cait Reagan Novel by Aoibh Wood
Terror stalks from beneath the Streets of Boston.Detective Cait Reagan, forever changed by her relationship with Marcella Carson, has survived the opening of the Black Gate and the vampire curse. Now, seemingly cured, Cait has a new lease on her mortal life, but difficulties beset her at every turn... -
![Gillette Park by Gerri Hill, Nicol Zanzarella]()
Gillette Park by Gerri Hill, Nicol Zanzarella
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsGillette Park, a sleepy town nestled in the Rocky Mountains, harbors a secret.Twenty-three years ago, a young girl went missing. Three days later her body was found lodged beneath the footbridge over Gillette Creek. The murder shook the town but they soon found it was only the beginning. A serial killer hides among them—a serial killer who strikes twice, sometimes three times a year... -
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![Dark Haven by Brey Willows]()
Dark Haven by Brey Willows
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsEven vampires get tired of playing with their food…Running an off-grid community for vampires is serious business, and Remy Winslow gives it her all. Weary of the world and its noise, she’s content to live at Dark Haven and away from the public eye after all the work she did to help vampires come into the light, so to speak, so humans and vampires could live side by side... -
![Demons are Forever by Kim Baldwin, Xenia Alexiou]()
Demons are Forever by Kim Baldwin, Xenia Alexiou
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsVeteran Elite Operative Landis “Chase” Coolidge’s latest mission requires every bit of her considerable tracking skills because she has to locate a colleague kidnapped by a brilliant scientist responsible for the deaths of tens of thousands. Former op Phantom is along for the ride, desperate to find her missing lover. By day, Heather Snyder works in the New York fashion industry... -
![Among Gods and Monsters by S.D. Simper]()
Among Gods and Monsters by S.D. Simper
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 7 ratings"Look at you, as sweet as springtime, your heart and soul both. Would you destroy all of that to bring about your lost love's return?" The dead lay gone but not forgotten. War has sparked in the demonic realm of Sha’Demoni, ignited by the wrath of a vengeful goddess seeking recompense for her daughter’s death – and she deems Flowridia responsible... -
![Necrobane by Daniel M. Ford]()
Necrobane by Daniel M. Ford
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsAelis de Lenti, Lone Pine's newly assigned Warden, is in deep trouble. She has just opened the crypts of Mahlgren, releasing an army of the undead into the unprotected backwoods of Ystain.To protect her village, she must unearth a source of immense Necromantic power at the heart of Mahlgren... -
![Soldier of Dorsa by Eliza Andrews]()
Soldier of Dorsa by Eliza Andrews
Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsA war is brewing in the Empire.Not the War in the East — that is a war everyone already knows about, the war that some wanted to end so badly that they murdered an Emperor to stop it. No, this is a different war. A war between the Shadowlands and the mortal world, a war between light and darkness. A war the Brotherhood of Culo has warned about for generations. But no one wanted to listen... -
![How to Flirt with a Witch by Tiana Warner]()
How to Flirt with a Witch by Tiana Warner
STEP 1: Realize you have a unique ability to detect curses.STEP 2: Bring cursed objects to your local (heart-stoppingly gorgeous) witch.STEP 3: Accidentally catch the attention of a murderous family who will stop at nothing to acquire magical objects... -
![Prayers By Night by Danielle Parker]()
Prayers By Night by Danielle Parker
Things are on the mend for Harper and Emerson After their violent encounter with Holt, things couldn’t get much worse… or could they? New challenges arise every day. Like separation anxiety, going to work, and pampering the world’s worst werewolf patient. They’re also still trying to hide the truth about what happened to Holt from the snoopy Sheriff... -
![Waiting for Eternity by Alyson Root, Tara Sullivan]()
Waiting for Eternity by Alyson Root, Tara Sullivan
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsErin Hanson thought the hardest part was behind her...With Amelia by her side, Erin finally has a chance at the eternal love they once thought impossible. But as Erin’s thirtieth birthday approaches—and with it, the deadline for her transformation from human to vampire—the certainty of their future starts to unravel... -
![Hungerstone by Kat Dunn]()
Hungerstone by Kat Dunn
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsHungerstone is a thrillingly seductive sapphic romance for fans of S.T. Gibson’s A Dowry of Blood and Emilia Hart’s Weyward.For what do you hunger, Lenore?Lenore is the wife of steel magnate Henry, but ten years into their marriage, the relationship has soured and no child has arrived to fill the distance growing between them... -
![Balance of Forces: Toujours Ici by Ali Vali]()
Balance of Forces: Toujours Ici by Ali Vali
Kendal Richoux’s life began during the reign of Egypt’s only female pharaoh. After accepting the opportunity to drink the elixir of the sun, Kendal becomes immortal and the Genesis Clan’s slayer. History has taught her the dangers of getting too close to anyone who hasn’t harnessed the power of time. After many years, she returns to New Orleans to finish a job she’s trained for all her life... -
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![Warmer, Colder by Alexia Onyx]()
Warmer, Colder by Alexia Onyx
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn this seductive sapphic ghost dark romance, the homoerotic yearning of Jennifer’s Body meets the possessive witchiness of The Craft, all wrapped in the sharp commentary on girlhood from Mean Girls and the suspense of Pretty Little Liars.There’s nothing more dangerous than the truth, except the pretty little lies we tell ourselves.StasiBecca Murphy was always meant to be mine...Categorized as:
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![Precious Red Pearls: A Dark Sapphic Captivity Romance by Holly Hawthorne]()
Precious Red Pearls: A Dark Sapphic Captivity Romance by Holly Hawthorne
Tonight, I find myself craving her wrath just as much as I do her pleasure...Being bought as a blood slave for Roseshire’s vampire elite is Pearl’s greatest fear—and the only thing she’s been raised to be.So when she’s purchased by the county’s most elusive and feared vampiress, Lady Veilthorn, and sequestered to her gothic manor on a night, Pearl has no doubt her young life is over... -
![Eternal Captive by Elle Mae]()
Eternal Captive by Elle Mae
romance between a cruel vampire princess and a cold hunter who come face to face after a prophecy foretells the princess's death by the hunter's hands.VesperMy entire life had been decided by a prophecy.Born into a family proficient in killing every type of supernatural being on the planet, there was only one path for me...Categorized as:
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![Like Pizza and Beer by Elle Parker]()
Like Pizza and Beer by Elle Parker
Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsDino Martini Mysteries, #1 Working for his ex and his boyfriend, Dino’s past and present cross. Dino is caught off guard when his ex shows up out of the blue asking for help. His current lover, Seth, is pushing him to find dirt on his sister’s boyfriend... -
![Deadly Kiss by Ariel Marie]()
Deadly Kiss by Ariel Marie
A vampire princess. A human. One drop of blood changed their lives forever.Vampires had taken everything from Quinn Hogan during the war. She had spent her entire life hiding from them. The last thing Quinn wanted in life was to be matched to one. Each human was required by law to enter the draft. Her name was randomly picked for submitting her blood sample... -
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Venandi by KC Luck
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsThe dark and mysterious Saxon Montague is Hollywood’s most sought after movie director. Savvy and brilliant, she is a rising talent—and secretly a two-hundred-year-old vampire. When circumstances force her to fulfill her studio contract and make one more film, she is not happy with the script. In fact, a vampire thriller is the last thing she wants to direct... -
![The Consciousness: When love never dies by Claire Highton-Stevenson]()
The Consciousness: When love never dies by Claire Highton-Stevenson
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThey’ve walked among us for centuries, but you’d never know.Plasmadians hide in plain sight, long since outliving the myths and rumours about vampires and Dracula.On a dark and lonely street, Journalist Ruth Evan’s finds herself in trouble, until she is rescued by a man with a story to tell, a story she will help him keep secret... -
![Under the Midnight Cloak by S.Y. Thompson]()
Under the Midnight Cloak by S.Y. Thompson
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLee Grayson is a nature photographer whose father is a senator in New York. She's never felt close to him and her faith in people as a whole is lacking. She moves to the town of Harmon deep in the Adirondack Mountains after inheriting her great aunt's estate, but the local townspeople seem a little...off... -
![Spirit of the Law by Carsen Taite]()
Spirit of the Law by Carsen Taite
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe first time Summer Byrne met hard-nosed prosecutor Owen Lassiter, Summer was the jury forewoman who delivered the verdict that ruined Owen’s winning streak... -
![The Wolf's Consort by Max Ellendale, Victoria Miller]()
The Wolf's Consort by Max Ellendale, Victoria Miller
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsWhen reporter Mack Parker accepted the task of an exclusive article about suspicious activity at a local hospital, she never expected to stumble into a preternatural world hidden in plain sight. A near-death rescue launches Mack into the arms of Zara Weston; a grumpy, reclusive police officer who impedes Mack's investigation at the brink of every discovery... -
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![The Sea by K.L. Hughes]()
The Sea by K.L. Hughes
Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsLiterature professor Louise Richards has a secret. She isn’t human. Her evergreen body harbors a weathered soul, jaded and no longer thriving. That is, until fascinating student Nicole Stark walks into her classroom and awakens something within.Nicole is different and alluring in ways Louise can’t quite put her finger on... -
![The Dance Tree by Kiran Millwood Hargrave]()
The Dance Tree by Kiran Millwood Hargrave
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 31 ratings"An intriguing, haunting novel pulsing with raw, beautiful emotion. Kiran Millwood-Hargrave effortlessly intertwines the stories of women tenderly and sympathetically, creating a novel in which female courage and resilience shines brightly against a brilliantly evoked backdrop of claustrophobic horror... -
![The Protector by Bridget Essex]()
The Protector by Bridget Essex
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhat would you do if the woman you loved was the one person you could never be with? Elizabeth Grayson doesn't want a bodyguard. She's worked hard for her normal life and her job as a violinist in the Boston Philharmonic Orchestra, and the last thing she needs is a reminder of how much power her father still has over her... -
![Kiss of the Immortal by Meghan Jones]()
Kiss of the Immortal by Meghan Jones
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSurvive. Humanity lost the war and now vampires rule while the defeated live between being second-class citizens and livestock. Some live as slaves to their immortal masters, others are free, traitors to their own kind while a few refused to be oppressed and began fighting back... -
![Hunger for You by Jenny Frame]()
Hunger for You by Jenny Frame
Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsBeing Principe of an ancient vampire dynasty comes with difficult choices. For Byron Debrek that means putting the good of her clan and innocent mortals over her own desires. When she falls for the first woman to set her blood on fire in centuries, Byron must harden her heart and walk away... -
![Her Wolf in the Wild by Rien Gray]()
Her Wolf in the Wild by Rien Gray
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Hounds of God MC live outside the law and protect their own. They only have three rules:(1) look out for each other(2) obey the club president(3) never show a human your werewolf form.Christiana Arjean needs to get out. She tried to fix her relationship, but making a break for it is her only shot... -
![The Clinic by Cate Culpepper]()
The Clinic by Cate Culpepper
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBrenna has achieved the most prestigious assignment a City medic could hero for -- working with the renowned scientist Caster in The Clinic's top-secret Military Research Unit. That her new duties include monitoring the health of tortured political prisoners shouldn't faze Brenna -- such humanistic concerns have long been dismissed by an oppressive City Government... -
![Carmilla: A Gothic, Vampire story Like No Other by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, Van Isle Publishing]()
Carmilla: A Gothic, Vampire story Like No Other by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, Van Isle Publishing
Rated: 3.85 of 5 stars · 66 ratingsLaura and the seduction by the mysterious Carmilla. Read this epic vampire tale, published 26 years before Dracula, this tale of lust and lost innocence still stands today as a must read for all Gothic-Horror Vampire lovers. A cult classic that inspired all the following vampires’ story’s like Dracula and the great Vampire Chronicles by Ann Rice... -
![The Balance of Fates by RAQUEL RAELYNN]()
The Balance of Fates by RAQUEL RAELYNN
Rated: 3.74 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsFAMILY OR LOVE? When her grandmother falls ill, Lucia Dol'Auclair has to leave her sheltered life and travel to Eirini Academy of Mystics to compete in the Triune.In three events, she will compete against vampires and werewolves to take her grandmother's place as the guardian vessel of a destructive celestial of magic and prove her worth as heir to her royal coven... -
![Dark Dreamer by Jennifer Fulton]()
Dark Dreamer by Jennifer Fulton
Rated: 3.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBest selling horror author Rowe Devlin has had two flops in a row and keeps falling in love with straight women. Seeking inspiration and a fresh start, she abandons life in Manhattan for an old Victorian house in Maine. But Dark Harbor Cottage is a far cry from the tranquil writing environment she envisioned. For a start, the place is haunted, and the ghost is none too friendly... -
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![Dead Woman's Pond by Elle E. Ire]()
Dead Woman's Pond by Elle E. Ire
Rated: 3.57 of 5 stars · 7 ratings2022 Goldie Award Finalist - Paranormal/Occult/Horror No matter how Flynn Dalton tries to avoid it, the supernatural finds her.At first it’s not so bad. Flynn’s girlfriend, Genesis, is a nationally known psychic, which makes Flynn uncomfortable for both paranormal and financial reasons, but she can handle it. As long as no one makes her talk about it... -
![Dark Dreamer by Jennifer Fulton]()
Dark Dreamer by Jennifer Fulton
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBest selling horror author Rowe Devlin has had two flops in a row and keeps falling in love with straight women. Seeking inspiration and a fresh start, she abandons life in Manhattan for an old Victorian house in Maine. But Dark Harbor Cottage is a far cry from the tranquil writing environment she envisioned. For a start, the place is haunted, and the ghost is none too friendly... -
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Bloodline by Jenn Alexander
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsJenn Alexander introduces readers to a different kind of romance—think Buffy the Vampire Slayer in a coffee shop with lesbians, vampires, and a wide selection of coffinated beverages.Still reeling from the unexpected loss of her parents, Edie McLean doesn’t have time to grieve. She’s the 4th-generation owner of the McLean Family Coffee Shop, her family’s legacy... -
![Affinity by Sarah Waters]()
Affinity by Sarah Waters
An upper-class woman recovering from a suicide attempt, Margaret Prior has begun visiting the women’s ward of Millbank prison, Victorian London’s grimmest jail, as part of her rehabilitative charity work. Amongst Millbank’s murderers and common thieves, Margaret finds herself increasingly fascinated by one apparently innocent inmate, the enigmatic spiritualist Selina Dawes... -
![Witchbound: Book One by Sable Cross]()
Witchbound: Book One by Sable Cross
Rated: 3.00 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsA forbidden book…A forbidden spell...A forbidden love…Strawberry has always struggled for recognition, among her magical superiors, hindered by her unconventional talents and her family’s disgraced legacy... -
![The Bone Way by Holly J. Underhill]()
The Bone Way by Holly J. Underhill
Rated: 3.28 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTeagan’s wife, Cressidae, is missing. She has left for the Shadow Realm, a kingdom of the dead filled with untold nightmares—and the only place that can save Teagan from a lethal poison that’s killing her slowly. It is ruled by a princess said to make powerful deals with those brave enough to find her, and Cressidae has gone to bargain for Teagan’s life... -
![Eros/Psyche by Maria Llovet]()
Eros/Psyche by Maria Llovet
Rated: 3.00 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsFrom the artist of the bestselling Faithless series...comes Eros/Psyche.La Rosa's female boarding school is paradise for young girls...but only if you follow the rules. Because, if you disobey them, you can end up expelled, or even worse, dead.Sara and Silje are two students learning the rules of the school, which includes classes by day...and the casting of curses and spells by night... -
![The First Taste is Free by Zephyr Indigo]()
The First Taste is Free by Zephyr Indigo
EPISODE ONE - Where Felicia learns that Pixies may be able to cure her vampirism, if she’s willing to pay the price. If you like magical quests and sex in the snowy dark of night, then read on…- - - - - -Felicia is a vampire. Serious, sexy… and maybe even suicidal. She finds her need to feed on the life of others abhorrent, but is the victim of her own desires.Mint is a Pixie... -
![Hex by Rebecca Dinerstein Knight]()
Hex by Rebecca Dinerstein Knight
Rated: 3.27 of 5 stars · 23 ratings'Wise, funny, suspenseful' JONATHAN SAFRAN FOER 'Reads like a botanist's cross-breeding of The Secret History and Department of Speculation' Emma Straub Nell Barber, an expelled PhD candidate in Biological Science, is exploring the fine line between poison and antidote, working alone to set a speed record for the detoxification of poisonous plants. Her mentor, Dr...
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