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Godsgrave by Jay Kristoff
Mia Corvere has found her place among the Blades of Our Lady of Blessed Murder, but many in the Red Church hierarchy think she's far from earned it. Plying her bloody trade in a backwater of the Republic, she's no closer to ending the men who destroyed her familia; in fact, she's told directly that Consul Scaeva is off limits... -
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The Ghost and the Darkness Volume 2 by Quil Carter
The Ghost and the Darkness Vol. 2 continues with Reaver and Elish desperately trying to find Killian and Jade. Forced to work together, they scour the northern greywastes for clues of their whereabouts. Though finding the two boys isn't as simple as following a trail. Something happened to them that no one expected... -
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![System Overclocked 2 by Randi Darren]()
System Overclocked 2 by Randi Darren
Wrench is a Fixer.Someone born to maintain, fix, and correct any and every issue that could go wrong in the Habitat that he lives in. To make sure he and his fellow humans can remain on display and entertain their owners as any good human pet would.Or at least, that’s what he was born to be... -
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The Suicide King Volume 2 by Quil Carter
After being broken in almost every way imaginable, it is now time for the phoenixes to emerge from the flames and take flight. The men who had become shadows of their former selves have resolved the issues that had plagued them, and now it is time to take back what they had lost... -
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![Severing Sanguine by Quil Carter]()
Severing Sanguine by Quil Carter
After being exiled from his only home Sami found himself alone in the greywastes at the age of seven. From then on it was just him and Barry, his old teddy bear who kept him company and didn't mind that Sami had red eyes and pointed teeth. Though Sami always longed for a real friend, someone who wasn't always telling him to hurt himself and others like Barry sometimes did... -
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Crisped + Sere by T.J. Klune
Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsTwenty-one days.In a world ravaged by fire and descending into madness, Cavalo has been given an ultimatum by the dark man known as Patrick: return Lucas to him and the cannibalistic Dead Rabbits, or the town of Cottonwood and its inhabitants will be destroyed...Categorized as:
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![The Suicide King Volume 1 by Quil Carter]()
The Suicide King Volume 1 by Quil Carter
After months of being separated, Reaver and Killian are finally together; but their happiness is short lived. Unbeknownst to Killian, Reaver is struggling with his own inner demons, demons that threaten to not only rip Reaver apart, but their entire relationship as well.Unfortunately though, it’s not only demons they have to worry about... -
![薄雾 Mist by 微风几许, 微風幾許]()
薄雾 Mist by 微风几许, 微風幾許
Hyperthymesia. Those with this condition can remember every detail of their lives from something as significant as the world’s turning point to something as small and as insignificant as a minor fleeting thought. They cannot forget and their thirst for knowledge allows them to be considered a genius in some senses.Legend has it that Ji Yushi was this kind of genius... -
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The Ghost and the Darkness Volume 1 by Quil Carter
I would say that my life changed as soon as those gunshots went off, but in reality everything changed the moment Leo and Greyson loaded that decapitated body into the truck back in Donnely. Now I am in a place I do not recognize, with people I had once seen as enemies... -
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High Stakes by Delta James
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA Mafia don that’s not afraid to get his hands dirty to find the truth, and the reporter that can’t resist his dark charms.Killian O’Neill controls the pulse of the vibrant horse racing world in the Finger Lakes region of New York. He also has ties to a powerful Syndicate in Ireland. Carlyn Murphy is the investigative reporter who took comfort in his arms for one night and then walked away...Categorized as:
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![Wrong Place Wrong Time by Gillian McAllister]()
Wrong Place Wrong Time by Gillian McAllister
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 93 ratingsNew York Times bestselling author Gillian McAllister has created a thriller unlike any other in this endlessly clever, twisty story of a mother who must move backward through time to prevent tragedy from striking at the heart of her family... -
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The Queen's Bargain by Anne Bishop
POWER HAS A PRICE. SO DOES LOVE.Return to the dark, sensual, and powerful world of the Black Jewels in this long-awaited new story in the New York Times bestselling fantasy sagaAfter a youthful mistake, Lord Dillon’s reputation is in tatters, leaving him vulnerable to aristo girls looking for a bit of fun. To restore his reputation and honor, he needs a handfast—a one-year contract of marriage... -
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Silent Ground Part 2 by Quil Carter
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsAt one point in time, Sasha thought that just being told he wasn’t crazy would be good enough for him. After years of thinking he was losing his mind, being understood and accepted seemed like a pipe dream. But now, Sasha’s living with two men with abilities like him, Kheva and Kel Swift, two men who know what he’s going through. However, this lakeside house is no vacation... -
![Mask of Poison by Kathryn Ann Kingsley]()
Mask of Poison by Kathryn Ann Kingsley
Darkness has come to consume the world, and only Ember knows the true depths of its horror.As a hunter, Ember’s life was spent saving humanity from the flesh-starved corpses eager to devour them. Then, a fresh evil clawed its way to the surface, leaving Ember feeling she traded one apocalypse for another.Rxa gave his life to protect his kingdom. But now he’s back, undead and untethered... -
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![Burning Hope by Kathryn Ann Kingsley]()
Burning Hope by Kathryn Ann Kingsley
Nero is a madman and a murderer…and now Hope belongs to him.Hope's life as an enslaved priestess in the Temple of Hera is all she has ever known. Born to slavery and the golden chain she wears around her neck, very little ever came as a surprise. But when she meets Nero, the only thing she can trust is that everything is about to change... -
![Devil May Fall by Chani Lynn Feener]()
Devil May Fall by Chani Lynn Feener
A Devil of Vitality always courts chaos. Aneski Kendricks wants to know what happened to his brother. And why he was so brutally tossed aside by the one person who should have stuck by him after Russ’s death. It took three years of hard work climbing the ladder to gain leadership of the Shepard gang, but he's finally in a position to demand answers. Even from the devil himself... -
![The Best Bad Things by Jay Crownover]()
The Best Bad Things by Jay Crownover
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsVesper Bell is a good girl. At least, that’s what everyone keeps telling her.She was the perfect daughter. A straight-A student. The very best friend. And an adoring potential girlfriend.However, when her life took an unexpected detour into darkness, suffering, and betrayal, Vesper realized being good hadn’t gotten her anywhere... -
![Blood Song by Hollee Mands]()
Blood Song by Hollee Mands
She owes her blood. He’ll pay with his life.Ruthless assassin Gabriel has little fear and even fewer scruples. Every head has a price, and every hunt is a thrill. He saunters through life on a tightrope, mocking fate and defying death with every step. So when he’s forced to hunt down and deliver a prophesied blood sacrifice, Gabriel has no reason to expect trouble... -
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King of Air by D.N. Hoxa
Being stuck in a time loop sucks, especially when I die on the same day, at the hands of the same man, over and over again. But in Life Number Seven, I'm determined to change my fate.You'd think being the princess of all shifters would come with benefits and glamour and freedom--it doesn't. It comes with isolation, constant fear, and a fabric over my head the whole damn time... -
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Broken World by Kate L. Mary
Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsA story of survival and horror, friendship and prejudice, Broken World will take you on an emotional journey that will leave you wanting more! When a deadly virus sweeps the country, Vivian Thomas sets out for California in hopes of seeing the daughter she gave up for adoption. But when her car breaks down she’s faced with a choice: give up or accept a ride from redneck brothers, Angus and Axl... -
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Starfighter Chapter 4 by Hamlet Machine
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsWhile en route to the assault on the Colteron shipyard, Cain's troubled past comes back to haunt him when he is forced to confront the feelings he has developed for Abel... -
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Mercury's Orbit by Lia Black
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratings“New alternate cover”.Sometimes, falling in love means falling apart.Mercury Fie is a freak of many natures, created in a lab. Driven by desires and the imaginary fairies in his brain, he is directed by a moral compass set in the land of make-believe. Feared by criminals, hated by cops, and adored by the public, Mercury rules his illegal empire with a velvet fist and violent temper... -
![Hunted by the Alien Vampire by A.M. Griffin]()
Hunted by the Alien Vampire by A.M. Griffin
He refuses to die…The Hunter. When Bounty Hunter Fanian Uldri is contracted to hunt a human female for a wealthy client in a game called The Hunt, he believes it will be the easiest credits he’s ever made. An ordinary human wouldn’t stand a chance against him. Easy, right?Wrong. The human he has in mind is proving to be more than he anticipated...Categorized as:
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![A Dark Heart by Margaret Foxe]()
A Dark Heart by Margaret Foxe
A Dark Heart Book Two in The Elders and Welders Chronicles London, 1897: Lady Christiana Harker once committed a grave sin against her kind when she saved Inspector Elijah Drexler's life by turning him into a vampire. Christiana's bold act has only driven Elijah deeper into an impenetrable darkness, fueled by morphine, nightmares, and a constant thirst for blood...Categorized as:
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![Wraeththu by Storm Constantine]()
Wraeththu by Storm Constantine
Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsIn this powerful and elegant story set in a future Earth very different from our own, a new kind of human has evolved to challenge the dominion of Homo sapiens. This new breed is stronger, smarter, and far more beautiful than their parent race, and are endowed with psychic as well as physical gifts. They are destined to supplant humanity as we know it, but humanity won't die without a struggle... -
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Generation One by Elizabeth Stephens
Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsAbel should have let me die. Jack should have killed me.Abel had no business resurrecting my corpse. Now I'm tormented by ghosts of monsters, including the one I've become, as I trudge through the hellscape that is Population. Only this time, I'm part of Abel's band of misfits trying to rebuild civilization.Among the cheery idiots are alien allies and humans too stupid to live... -
![Call of Fire by Beth Cato]()
Call of Fire by Beth Cato
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsWhen an earthquake devastates San Francisco in an alternate 1906, the influx of geomantic energy nearly consumes Ingrid Carmichael. Bruised but alive, the young geomancer flees the city with her friends, Cy, Lee, and Fenris... -
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People Collide by Isle McElroy
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFrom the acclaimed author of The Atmospherians —“a Fight Club for the Millennial Generation” (Mat Johnson)—a gender-bending, body-switching novel that explores marriage, identity, and sex, and raises profound questions about the nature of true partnership... -
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Warrior by Holly S. Roberts
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe electromagnetic pulses were just the beginning. In their wake came the hellhounds; vicious, relentless creatures that tried to finish what the bombs started and tore through most of humanity. Marinah lost everything when her father died. Once loyal to the Federation, she believed in their mission until their lies shattered her trust...Categorized as:
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![Judged by Cari Silverwood]()
Judged by Cari Silverwood
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsThey took me. Now they’re going to make me theirs.I left the safety of my city hoping to study the wreckage of a crashed satellite, but I ended up carried off by three Mauleon warriors instead, and these fearsome beasts aren’t interested in my knowledge of long lost technologies...Categorized as:
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The Last Girl Scout by Natalie Ironside
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe past lies like a nightmare over the world.Two hundred years after the War when atomic fire rained from the skies and burned the world to cinders, human civilization has had time to rebuild within the burned-out husk of Old America. But the old terrors of the past still persist, and while some work to build a better world, others still dream of reclaiming the glory of the Old World... -
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The Game Warden's Mate by A.M. Griffin
The Hunter. As the new Game Warden, Xrez Ym’ihla brings patrons from across the galaxy to track prey in a game built to enslave the weak and mate the strong. The business is a long running family legacy and Xrez is determined to succeed as his father had before him. He hadn’t meant to let one human occupy his thoughts, mind, and body...Categorized as:
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![Don't Let Me Go by Chani Lynn Feener]()
Don't Let Me Go by Chani Lynn Feener
Hunter Thorn did the unthinkable. He's fallen for the enemy. He may have told himself he did it to survive, but there's no denying the chemistry between him and Odin, even if they're still on uneven ground. When someone from his past returns, everything he thought he knew is thrown to the wind, and he's forced to finally come to grips with his feelings and make a decision...Categorized as:
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![Winter Plague by Quinn Blackbird]()
Winter Plague by Quinn Blackbird
If you tried to run, you know what would happen, Winter.I would hunt you down and burn the world to find you...The world has gone to shit.All that's left are a few bands of rogue survivors, more dangers than ever, those violence-loving rotters, and me and my dog, Cleo. Well, it should just be Cleo and me. And it was, until--I found them.A group of mercenaries in this plagued, wintery world...Categorized as:
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![Xperiment by Dan Skinner]()
Xperiment by Dan Skinner
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMonsters aren't born... they're engineered. For nineteen-year-old, socially awkward Geoff Markham, the promise of a miracle pill to make him into the person he’d always wanted to be was everything he could have hoped for. At first, the experiment delivered on that promise. Geoff began to change, becoming more confident, stronger, even fearless. People began to admire him and find him attractive... -
![Sanctuary's Warlord by Nikita Slater]()
Sanctuary's Warlord by Nikita Slater
Rated: 3.87 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA dystopian dark romance by International Bestselling Author Nikita Slater. Only the strongest can survive in a hostile world ravaged by a disease that turns humans into primitives. She is the Desert Wren, a rebel bent on providing safe passage to illegal refugees entering into her Sanctuary city... -
![Hunted by E.M. Raegan]()
Hunted by E.M. Raegan
We’ve stumbled into a situation I’m not sure we’ll find our way out of. We’ve done something that may result in the end of our race across the country. Our race to safety. But safety is an elusive dream. I can’t see it or touch it. I’m not sure it exists. But what else are we to do? What else is there to reach for? The ravaged have taken over our home and threatened our survival... -
![Hunted By The Lich by Nina Siren]()
Hunted By The Lich by Nina Siren
Rated: 3.60 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsWe all belong to the Lorpa......Now they've chosen to play with me.I avoided the call for many years. But they finally came for me. Summoned me to be tribute.All young women live with the fear. The dread. That one day, they will be gifted to the demon Lorpa.I'm sent to the wilderness to them. To survive - or die - on my own.I find out that they use us as sport. So that they can hunt us... -
![The Ruin of Kings by Jenn Lyons]()
The Ruin of Kings by Jenn Lyons
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 40 ratingsKihrin is a bastard orphan who grew up on storybook tales of long-lost princes and grand quests. When he is claimed against his will as the long-lost son of a treasonous prince, Kihrin finds that being a long-lost prince isn't what the storybooks promised.Far from living the dream, Kihrin finds himself practically a prisoner, at the mercy of his new family's power plays and ambitions... -
![The Sea of Zemira by D.L. Blade]()
The Sea of Zemira by D.L. Blade
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsIn the land’s heart of Zemira lives a king—a wicked king who despises magic.For the past twenty years, Nola has watched the king destroy everything she holds dear, and the only magic left in their kingdom is bound to the enchanted crystal of his crown. She’s tired of watching him use his power to charm and coerce all those who oppose him... -
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The Moon Represents My Heart by Pim Wangtechawat
Rated: 3.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA lush, buoyant novel for fans of The Immortalists and Everything I Never Told You, The Moon Represents My Heart follows a Chinese-British family of time travelers as they seek connections over borders―both national borders and those created by time.A love lost in time. An eternity to find it. The Wang family are hiding a secret―they all have the ability to time travel... -
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Down by Ally Blue
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSeven thousand meters below the ocean’s surface, the crew of the BathyTech 3 mineral mining facility has found something a rock-like sphere of unknown material and origin.For Mo Rees, the discovery calls to his inner explorer and adds color to his dull miner’s life. Even better than the promise of new knowledge is the unexpected connection he forges with Dr... -
![Dante's End by Ariana Nash]()
Dante's End by Ariana Nash
Monsters are made, not born... Most called him the Jailor. Some called him a monster. If he had a name, nobody had survived meeting him long enough to tell it. They said he sat atop a mound of skulls and marked each death on his throne, like notches on a bedpost. Some tales told of how he had wings as dark as night, and of how he wore a crown of razor wire woven around four horns... -
![Riley's Punishment: A Survivor's Submission by Harley Laroux]()
Riley's Punishment: A Survivor's Submission by Harley Laroux
Rated: 3.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsStrict discipline for a naughty thief, courtesy of two very dominant brothers... Riley has no problem stealing food from other survivors. After the fall of humanity, it's a cruel world and she will do whatever it takes to survive, even if it means others will go hungry. Then Riley is caught stealing from the Owens Brothers: two Southern boys who believe in good old-fashioned discipline... -
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![Patricia Wants to Cuddle by Samantha Allen]()
Patricia Wants to Cuddle by Samantha Allen
On this season of The Catch, contestants must compete for love. And their lives.When the final four women in competition for an aloof, somewhat sleazy bachelor’s heart arrive on a mysterious island in the Pacific Northwest, they prepare themselves for another week of extreme sleep deprivation, invasive interviews, and, of course, the salacious drama eager viewers nationwide tune in to devour... -
![The Eidolon's Conquest by Yamila Abraham, Klaus von Hohenloe]()
The Eidolon's Conquest by Yamila Abraham, Klaus von Hohenloe
The elite Eidolons were genetically engineered to have a lust for conquest, but after decades of war, peaceful trade with their enemy is now required for their survival. Since they have the upper hand, the Eidolons demand the custodianship of particular enemy soldiers to ensure the terms of their truce will not be violated... -
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Beyond by Chantal Fernando
Olivia Reynolds lives a sheltered life. Daughter of the leader of their small community, she is treated like a princess, never allowed beyond the safety of the walls. When her father decides she must marry, she chooses the man she has secretly lusted after ever since she first laid eyes on him. Dane Mitchell... -
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Silk Fire by Zabé Ellor
Rated: 2.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSet in a planet-sized matriarchal city where magic and technology freely bleed together, a male courtesan’s quest for vengeance against his aristocrat father draws him into an ancient struggle between dragons, necromancers, and his home district’s violent history.In the world-sized city of Jadzia, magic and ancient science merge into something dark and wondrous...
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