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Princess of Death by Penelope Barsetti
The Death Series continues with the next generation of dragons and Rothschilds...the ultimate enemies-to-lovers romance.Twenty four years have passed since Talon and Calista defeated Barron and his sons. The dragons were freed of their mental imprisonment and now they soar proudly in the skies above the Southern Isles.Twenty four years of peace...Categorized as:
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Flynn by Nyssa Kathryn
Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsSome pasts are harder to escape than others.When Carina Murphy is accused of a crime she didn’t commit, a fresh start in a new town is her only option. Unfortunately, Cradle Mountain may not be the safe haven she’d thought. The son of her new patient may be tall, dark and handsome…but he also knows all about her past.Keeping her job should be the hardest part...Categorized as:
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Age of Vampires: The Complete Series by Caroline Peckham, Susanne Valenti
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsFrom the Wall Street Journal and Amazon #1 bestselling authors of Zodiac Academy, Caroline Peckham & Susanne ValentiThe cold-hearted vampire prince rules America now. And this is the United States of goddamn hell.There’s only one way out of the blood farm my twin sister and I are enslaved to.The Testing...Categorized as:
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Credo by Nashoda Rose
Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsNew York Times & USA Today Best Selling Author Nashoda Rose brings a fresh twist to the paranormal romance world with 'the Scars'. An unrequited love. A tortured past. An unbreakable bond. Their love was well-known throughout the immortal world. The powerful Taldeburu Waleron and his Delara. But tragedy struck and tore them apart for years. One believing the other was dead... -
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Warrior by S. Massery
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEverything that could go wrong—did. Kade’s loyalties are tangled in something far more treacherous than any of us realized. Reese seems desperate to make amends, and I hate to say, he’s growing on me. And Artemis…. Well, she won’t wake up. According to Gabriel, she might not ever. There has to be a cure—but only if I keep a level head...Categorized as:
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Lovely Wicked Things by Trisha Wolfe
The third and final installment of the Hollow's Row series. Halen: I’ve created a monster. When past and present collide, the fallout feels like the death of my morality. Every time I look into Kallum’s clashing, feverish eyes, I see a dark omen—the threat of what we’ll do to each other if our desires run wild. While the Hollow’s Row case comes to a head, a new heinous player enters the scene...Categorized as:
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Killing Emma by Annie Wild
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsI abided by one rule, and one rule only... Show no mercy. Not to anyone. Not even my closest friends. So, when I was tasked with hunting Emma down and taking her life, it was just another day on the job. However, I couldn’t have been more wrong. She’s not like the others. She tangles with me without fear of the devil she might discover...Categorized as:
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Wicked Little Games by A.R. Breck
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen you spark a match in hell, 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘣𝘶𝘳𝘯?Some wonder how deep the curse runs through Castle Pointe.I never realized the malevolent roots are embedded into every fiber of this town.A simple game turned into devastation, wreaking havoc upon us, spreading it’s wickedness through our veins.Haunting us around every turn.Death rises. Evil corrupts. Fear consumes us... -
Starve by A.J. Merlin
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAll it took was one time.One breakdown and I ended up behind the locked doors of Bluebone Ridge Sanitarium.Something is wrong here.It whispers through the cracked windows, coils beneath the floorboards, and breathes in the frozen Washington air that never truly warms, even in the summer.Something hungry.At night, the screaming starts. I’m locked in like prey, and the dark watches with hollow eyes... -
Viciously Mine by Nikki Landis
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsA dual perspective mc romance from twin brothers Rael & Chrome.Chrome:Everything is finally falling into place.I’ve reunited with my twin. The woman I love has become my wife.And to top it off? I’m now patched into the RBMC in Tonopah.With my ol’ lady Cameron, I move to Nevada to start our new life together... -
The Harsh Bite: Codename: Spithra by Candice M. Wright
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMy gift has always felt more like a curse. Standing up and speaking the truth when nobody wants to hear it is terrifying. But the truth doesn’t erase the horrors I’ve seen It doesn’t silence the whispers, Or blind me to the fingers pointed my way...Categorized as:
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The Forsaken Vampire by Penelope Barsetti
My task is simple—kidnap Princess Rolfe. But the second I lay eyes on her…I realize she’s anything but simple.Rancor, Leader of the Teeth, has commanded I fetch her in exchange for the Golden Serpent venom. But my plan is immediately derailed when I feel it. When I feel how much she wants me…I’ve had many lovers in my lifetime, but her passion puts them all to shame... -
Blood Ecstasy by Tessa Dawn
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsJulien Lacusta is a troubled soul, born into tragic circumstances, and raised in a violent time. Despite being a Master Warrior in the house of Jadon, and one of the most elite trackers the Vampyr have ever seen, he is damaged to the core: tormented by endless shadows, haunted by unseen ghosts... -
The Devil's Masquerade: The Poison by Jennifer Loren
Nick Jayzon has battled many enemies, and has defeated them all. But now he faces the ultimate evil. A brutal Savage of his own blood who will stop at nothing to control him, to Poison Nick, and to harden his heart forever. Many have tried to stop Asmodeus and many have died in the process. But now, he will try, and he isn't coming alone. They won't all survive... -
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Hawk by Patricia A. Rasey
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsKaleb “Hawk” Tepes, as president of the Sons of Sangue and descendant of Vlad III, needs to keep his head focused on club business. Trouble is someone wants to divest him of it for a crime he committed against his vampire predecessors. He can’t afford distractions, especially those that come in the form of a five-foot-two sprite named Suzi, who once belonged to his nephew... -
Desecrated Reign by Shauna Mairéad
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAll your sunsets, Free Bird.Those were the last words I heard before my world exploded into ravenous flames.Consumed by grief, the old me died the night that bomb went off—and the destruction it left behind made sure she’d never come back.But here’s the thing, broken hearts breed revenge, and those responsible will pay for everything they took from me and my family... -
Brutal Kings I Complete Series by Mya Grey
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIf you like twisted, forbidden love, dark mafia collection, enemies to lovers dark romance series. You'll love this sizzling hot story of Dario & Nikki with more than 100k ++ words in a complete box set collection. The main character is a villain. If you’re looking for redemption, enemies-to-lovers, and a bad guy and good girl dark romance, you will find it on these pages...Categorized as:
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Jaded Hollow: The Complete Collection by Alex Grayson
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsNow you can get the entire Jaded Hollow Series in ONE Complete Collection!Dark memories, horrific events, brutal kidnappings, and heartbreaking lies and deceit. Welcome to Jaded Hollow, where you’ll learn just how jaded love can be.Bailey’s running from her abusive past, while Jaxon stops at nothing to save her from the terrifying monster committed on destroying her...Categorized as:
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Ruse by Siobhan Davis
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsThis is a companion prequel short story to Cruel Intentions. Only available via a link in the back of Cruel Intentions. This book will not be published on Amazon or any other retail store.Although it's a prequel story it gives spoilers to the main story hence why it is listed as #1.5 in the series as it should only be read AFTER reading Cruel Intentions...Categorized as:
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A Drop of Blood by Charlene Hartnady
I should’ve known better than to trust a stranger.Twelve years ago, our realm was thrust into perpetual darkness. The fae kings abandoned their posts and left us to her . Snow is our self-proclaimed queen and an evil dictator. Once a human herself, she’s turned into something else. Something vile. She hates humans. Perhaps we remind her too much of what she once was... -
A Storm of Smoke and Flame by Marion Blackwood
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhat would you do to protect your home? Lie? Manipulate? Kill?War awaits across the sea. In order to ensure their survival, the Oncoming Storm and a band of misfits set sail for the land beyond the horizon... -
Cruelly Bitten by Lexi C. Foss
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsOnce upon a time, humankind ruled the world while lycans and vampires lived in secret. This is no longer that time. Ismerelda: The male I’m forever bonded to is now a monster. A cruel beast. A vampire without remorse and no memories of our previous existence together. He has no idea who I am. What I mean to him. Who we used to be together. But I’m not giving up. He will remember me. I vow it... -
Claiming the Beast by Holly Roberds
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsI’ll claw down the walls around her heart, if it’s the last thing I do.My angel of death succeeded in killing me, but I didn’t count on her bringing me back to life. My resurrection unleashed every monster and god ever slain by the Blade of Bane, including my immortal enemy...Categorized as:
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Wicked Vampire Mate by Bella Klaus
I’m caught in the worst kind of trap, and there’s no way out. When I double-crossed Draco, I hadn’t him to retaliate. But now I’m stuck, and my only chance of ever seeing home is to use the black magic I despise... -
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Gluttony by January Rayne
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsA Wildes witch cursed me for the massacre my coven was responsible for. I can only drink the blood of the descendants my coven murdered because of bloodlust.Even on the brink of death, I cannot die.I wish for death.I hope for it.And then my beloved finally appears, and he is the very last descendant of the family my own kind killed... -
The Choice by V.P. Nightshade
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratings“No, i psychí mou. I am not a dream.” He told her softly, touching the bare skin of her arms and his eyes widened in wonder and discovery.As he ran his warm, soft, but slightly calloused hands cautiously up her arms, she was shocked into a state of apperception, and went quite still. Her teal-colored eyes widened also and locked with his amber ones... -
A Myrmaid's Kiss by Ashleigh Bello
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA 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... -
His in the Dark by Willow Winters
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThere are two things I’ve always known:Magic is real.The Gods have no mercy for women like me. I was born into power although what little I have is dying. Nonetheless, I’ve been protected all my life. There are myths and tales that say one day I will come to a fork in a long, long path. Either the light will take me or the dark...Categorized as:
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Her Vampire Master by Maren Smith
I take my pleasure where and when I please. But nothing’s sweeter than the taste of a submissive woman--one who wants revenge. She’s smart, brazen, fearless when she ought not to be. I’ll teach her the monster living in the shadows can and will hunt her back.But the creatures who killed her sister want to take her from me.I won't allow it. She belongs to me now.Only by me.Forever... -
The Broken Prince by Penelope Barsetti
I never should have saved her.Harlow is smart and fierce, and I should have known that she would cross me. Now I'm a prisoner under the castle--and once her father returns I'm as good as dead. I've heard tales of the king's ferocity, and I know he'll burn me alive with just his stare.But before he can kill me, I make a proposal. If he lets me live, I'll pledge the vampires to fight in this war...Categorized as:
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A Slow Cruel Descent by SenLinYu
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsDraco/HermioneThe war grinds on and Hermione Granger is captured. Unable to crack her through interrogation without risking her mind, Voldemort conceives a cruel method of breaking her that involves Draco Malfoy. “He stared at her in disgust. She looked— broken. The fire she’d still had when she was dragged in was now extinguished. Her eyes were locked on his face like she were memorizing him... -
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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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... -
Marked by Masks and Secrets by Maggie Sunseri
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsEvieSomeone is watching me. A vampire. A monster who wears a mask. He’s the embodiment of everything I hate most—the darkness I can’t escape. Violence circles, and his shadows tease. Worse than his cruelty are his beautiful words, his comforting touch, his gentle care. I have to resist him, or he will ruin everything I love.Now when I run, he hunts...Categorized as:
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Doing It To Death by Kaia Bennett, Eden Connor
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsI savor my life of blood and power and I’ve never wanted more. Until the night a witch forced her pathetic human needs into my mind. My prey made me want her, made me relish her pain, and ensnared me with pleasure. Made me want things I didn’t understand. I couldn’t break her. I failed to kill her. Now, I can't hunt, can't feed, and can't sleep for the bitch whispering in my head... -
Blood Moon Sanctum by Zian Schafer
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 5 ratings‘Daughter of the Blood Moon’ they call her. ‘The winner of the war’ they said. ‘The princess that will bring the gods back’ they claim.War is waging between the Black Bloods and the Paragon Dawn. The time has come for the other kingdoms to pick a side...Categorized as:
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Haunted Field of Love : Part 1 by Des Sweet, Tasha Creed
The Scarecrow doesn’t just walk at midnight. Don’t run little bird, he loves a good chase through the cornfield. Come a little closer and he just might steal your heart...Categorized as:
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Haunted Field of Love Part 2 by Des Sweet, Tasha Creed
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The Gathering: The Ivy Blackwood Chronicles by L.A. Fiore
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsWords 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... -
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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Nicodemus by D.B. Reynolds
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsIt was a time when gods walked the earth, when armies fought not for bits of land, but for the very existence of humanity. On such a battlefield, five formidable warriors stood against an evil greater than any the earth had ever seen. But evil is not an honorable foe... -
Boneyard Tides by Amo Jones, Wander Aguiar
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsPicture this…you’re sitting by the ocean, sipping your favorite cocktail. The sun is setting over your skin, and the sound of waves crashing against the sand offers the perfect background music for the mellow reggae tunes that play through the salty air. Life is good...Categorized as:
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Her Vampire Rebel by Zara Zenia
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsI'M KEEPING HER. The sweet psychology student with a troubled past. Her ex is stalking her, but I won't let him hurt her again. I'll finish him if he even tries. Because I love the way she submits. Her sweet soft yes, sirs. The way she gives herself over to me. I should let her go--she has her whole life ahead of her. But I can't. I'm buying her a collar and making her mine. Mine alone... -
Crow: A dark romance by Amanda Mackey
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsI am a menace to society who takes lives without blinking. I was bred this way by the devil himself, by the man who raised me. When the time comes, I’ll bury him too, but until then, the little starling feeding the birds in the park has my full attention... -
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The Lost Princess by Raven Storm
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI was the diamond of my father's court, and his most prized possession--his 'gift from the gods'. My shimmering skin and pale complexion set me apart from the other nobles of the court. I was cherished. I was loved.Until I wasn't. My father sold me north to settle his debts, and I was shipped off to a strange kingdom...Categorized as:
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The Vampire’s Prey by Vivian Murdoch
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEvangeline Two rules of The Family: 1. Pray without ceasing. 2. Guard your heart. The moment I stepped foot into Club Toxic, I knew I would be put to the test. What I didn’t know was that I would have my own personal tormentor sent straight from the depths of hell.I try to run from him. I try to hide who I really am. Every step I take, he’s right there with me... -
Love in a Time of the Zombie Apocalypse by Rizzle
Draco/HermioneAfter Voldemort, there was this. The clock is ticking to create a cure to the unimaginable horror that currently grips the world. Hermione finds herself unwillingly allied with the most hated man in Wizarding Britain... -
Darkly, Madly Duet by Trisha Wolfe
From USA Today best-selling author Trisha Wolfe comes her most dark and dangerous psychological thriller yet that readers say "deliciously twisted"Born, DarklyHe challenged her sanity.She shattered his reality.They dared each other...to the brink of madness... -
Venom by Dee Garcia
Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars · 12 ratings-Tink- From the moment I befriended him, I set a conspiracy in motion. A revolution. Kill Peter Pan. And I was their ultimate weapon. I was also none the wiser, falling hopelessly and irrevocably in love with him as the years went by. Just as they hoped I would...Categorized as:
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Ocean of Sin and Starlight by Karina Halle
PRIEST. PIRATE. MONSTER.From New York Times bestselling author Karina Halle comes Ocean of Sin and Starlight, a dark-fantasy romance with morally gray pirates and monstrous sirens, a standalone spinoff of A Ship of Bones and Teeth.I wasn’t always a monster.Once upon a time I had a family, a home, dreams...
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