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The Shadow Queen by Anne Bishop
From the national bestselling author? the new novel set in the ? darkly fascinating world? ("SF Site") of the Black Jewels. Dena Nehele is a land decimated by its past. Once it was ruled by corrupt Queens who were wiped out when the land was cleansed of tainted Blood. Now, only one hundred Warlord Princes stand? without a leader and without hope... -
Dreams Made Flesh by Anne Bishop
The national bestselling Black Jewels trilogy established award-winning Anne Bishop as an author whose "sublime skill. .. blends the darkly macabre with spine-tingling emotional intensity, mesmerizing magic, lush sensuality, and exciting action. "* Now the saga continues-with four all-new adventures of Jaenelle and her kindred. -
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Silksinger by Laini Taylor
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsOne faerie, the last of her clan, must fight to complete her sacred duty. Whisper Silksinger is the last of the secret guardians of the Azazel, one of the powerful Djinn who dreamed the world into being. Relentlessly pursued by bloodthirsty devils, she flees to the city of Nazneen to restore the Azazel to his temple... -
How to Marry a Lich by Lizzie Strong
Fans of The Addams family, Mary Shelley, and eldritch horror will gobble up this deliciously gothic monster romance. For the last five years, Dahlia Grayskull has sought solace in the shadows of the decrepit, and supposedly abandoned, Rosemont Manor. She's been hiding from her reputation as the shrew of King's Fall, her wicked stepfather, and the shadow of something much more deadly...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...Categorized as:
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Siren by Measha Stone
My father demands I give up my dreams to follow the path he’s set for me, but I want more. And I won’t settle. In exchange for a small favor, my aunt helps get me started on a new path. My path. But I should have known life isn’t that easy. One of my father’s most trusted men catches up with me, and he’s brought a friend... -
Jaded Hollow: The Complete Collection by Alex Grayson
Now 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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Claiming the Beast by Holly Roberds
I’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... -
Hex: An MC Romance by K.L. Savage
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWe’re all going to die one day. But I’m not dying today. I’m choosing to live. New Orleans is full of spirits, but now something sinister has settled over the city. The ghosts are all gone or hiding from me. I have to find a way to help. Track down any spirit willing to talk. When I meet Juliana, she catches me off guard. I feel seen for the first time... -
Zephyr by Amara Rae
Greer and Aleksandr's story. Blurb coming soon. Note: Zephyr is a deliciously dark and steamy paranormal romance. It features fated mates (rejected mate, knotting), a dirty-talking and alpha shifter hero, and a badass heroine who brings him to his knees. Each book in the Immortal Coven series has an HEA for the couple, but the series has an overarching plot.Categorized as:
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Entangled Realms by Madilyn DeRose
In a world as seemingly normal as it can get, there lives a dark secret in the bowels of the city. Dragged into a sketchy club as her best friend’s third wheel, Kiera finds herself face to face with a man that exudes power and eloquence...Categorized as:
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Bump in the Night by Cassie Mint
He’s smart, handsome, and we have an instant connection. Pity all these ghosts keep interrupting our moments…. All my life, I’ve wanted a ghostly encounter. It’s my greatest dream, and it’s never happened for me—not even in Belladonna Bay, where every other building is haunted...Categorized as:
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Sebastian by Anne Bishop
Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars · 48 ratingsA world of shifting lands connected only by bridges, Ephemera has been kept stable by the magic of the Landscapers. In one land where night reigns and demons dwell, the half-incubus Sebastian revels in dark delights. But then in dreams she calls to him: a woman who wants only to be safe and loved-a woman he hungers for while knowing he may destroy her... -
Bloody Bargain by Etta Pierce
Ancient, enslaved, a hunger worse than death. .. D'abel has been trapped for centuries by the time a human woman kills his guard. And the moment he sees her, he needs her. Her flesh within his python fangs, her blood on his scales, her tongue tangled with his. .. He will have all of her. Her violence, her hate, and her soul. Compulsive, dangerous, a ticking time bomb. . -
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Belladonna by Anne Bishop
Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars · 45 ratingsIn this follow-up to Sebastian, the Eater of the World casts its shadow over Ephemera. Only Glorianna Belladonna possesses the ability to thwart the Eater--but she is not alone. In dreams, a call has traveled beyond the Landscapes and reached Michael, a man with mysterious powers. -
Frankie's Funhouse by Beatrix Hollow
Desperation for cash has led me down a rainbow painted hallway to Frankie’s Funhouse—a children’s gambling casino. Or as my boss likes to call it, a pizza arcade. The coworkers are strange, the patrons are disturbing, and the animatronics are possessed. Which I was willing to put up with until my boss died. Well, he was murdered, actually...Categorized as:
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Wild Heart by C.R. Jane, Mila Young
Real Wolves Bite continues. .. I ran from my fated mate. I drove to the middle of nowhere, where I thought I’d be safe. And somehow, I ended up here. Amarok has secrets. And it’s a town filled with shifters. The very thing I’ve been trying to get away from. My arrival has shattered the fragile peace this town's had for the last century... -
Unleashing Chaos by Crystal J. Johnson, Felicity Vaughn
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsDesideria is looking for true love…. When your father, the king of demons, tells you to find an eternal partner in ninety days, you do it―because the alternative is worse. Jace’s heart is shattered and guarded…. All I asked for was a quiet roommate to help with the bills instead I got a sassy demon princess. Cannon wants everyone to be happy, but …...Categorized as:
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A Vampire's Submission by L.E. Wilson
She deserves a hero. Too bad she found a villain instead. Humans are only good for food…or entertainment. And after jumping from a plane and crash landing in the desert, vampire Dante Gabor desperately needed the former. Without large prey to feed on, his injuries would never heal. Then he found her. Laney Moss should’ve been nothing more than a sweet meal...Categorized as:
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Sloth by Talli Wyndham
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsThe inherent draw of the supernatural always brings humans into our orbits, ensuring we never have to fight to have playthings come to us. Moths to a flame, fascinated into their own destruction. Quinn Lee works long hours at her law firm trying to establish a place for herself. She was finding success until she caught the eye of her neighbor, the extremely lazy Sal... -
The Taking by Erin McCarthy
My Immortal and Fallen showed Erin McCarthy at her provocative best. .. Now she takes paranormal romance one step further with The Taking. Heiress Regan Henry knows that passion can be an illusion, and she keeps her emotions in check-until she falls under the spell of the beguiling Felix LeBlanc... -
Death, Unwinding by Sarah Bailey
It started when I died. Not many people can say they woke up dead. Even fewer people wake up as ghosts. Guess I’m the unlucky one since no one can see or hear me, and I have no recollection of how I ended up like this. I thought I’d spent the afterlife alone… until him. The solitary man who stumbled across me during my restless wandering of the Scottish Highlands. He doesn’t want me around... -
Tangled Webs by Anne Bishop
Anne Bishop's national bestselling and critically acclaimed Black Jewels series has enthralled readers with its lavish blend of "the darkly macabre with spine-tingling emotional intensity, mesmerizing magic, lush sensuality, and exciting action... -
The Way You Break by K.J. Jackson
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThere are some that want to exploit my powers. There are some that want me dead. Then there is one that just wants me. A shadow world exists. One where gods that aren’t quite gods walk amongst us. One I didn’t know about when I woke up by a cold mountain river…soaked…freezing. With pain cracking my skull in two and no memory of who I was or what I was doing there... -
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Chaos Unlocked by Lana Kole
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA CURSE BROKEN, A BLOODLINE FAILED. .. Some might know her as a moody bitch. Which is understandable. Daria Locke earned that title when her mother died and passed down the maternal legacy—Pandora’s box. She puts a new meaning to split personality disorder. It’s hard enough starting the day without coffee, never mind creation's most dangerous secrets whispering in her ear...Categorized as:
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On the Prowl by Cynthia Eden
Time to embrace your inner evil. Rose Kinley never intended to be one of the most feared creatures to walk the earth. Once upon a time, she was a human—one who fell in love with a mysterious stranger. But when she got caught in a paranormal war, she lost her humanity and died…only to wake later as a vampire. Now Rose has a choice...Categorized as:
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Wild Girl by C.R. Jane, Mila Young
A Rejected Mate Romance. Real Wolves Bite continues. .. -Release Date Will be Moved Up! !! Books should be read in this order:. Wild Moon. Wild Heart. Wild Girl. -
A Sensual Summoning by Rachel J. Roman
Spellbinding seduction is only a page away. .. When exiled witch Faye Kyteler discovers a spell book hidden in the ceiling of her home, she never expected to accidentally summon the Daemon held prisoner within its' pages. Now bound to her, the sullen, cantankerous Rafael is anything but what she expected an incubus to be when he demands she find a way to free him, or else. But something is wrong... -
A Demon's Soul by Marie Mistry
The Syndicate is defeated, but Nelly’s troubles have just begun. The Strange God now walks the world in a stolen body after being stuck in the shadow realm for eternity. He’s claimed a new name, a new life, and a new mate—her. Nelly should be focusing on coming to grips with her new reality, but instead her bargain compels her to follow him to his icy fortress in the mountains... -
Sinful Demon King by Nikki St. Crowe
The Demon King crossed over to our world looking for something. What he found was me. Apparently I possess part of the Demon King’s lost power and now he wants it back. He’s willing to do anything for it. .. including seducing me. The entire world wants a piece of Wrath and I’m the one who gets him every night in my bed. I shouldn’t want him as badly as I do but being around him is. .. consuming...Categorized as:
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The Broken And Sinned by G. Bailey
There is no place for love in a world of vampires who own your soul. On Riona Dark’s eighteenth birthday, being kidnapped by strangers in the night was not the surprise party she was expecting. Riona is taken to the hidden world of vampires, a remote island called The Onyx, where being human means you are less than nothing... -
The Devil's Sacrifice by Autumn Thorne
Sage’s whole life has been meant for one thing, to be the virgin sacrifice given to the Devil to keep her coven in power. It’s a position of honour that only the lucky get chosen for-. “Wait, hold up, this is not a position of honour. Only the unlucky get chosen to do this. And, ding ding ding, now it’s my bloody turn, I’m going to tell my story my way. ”...Categorized as:
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Magpie by Parker A. Garner
Some houses don’t just haunt you—they claim you. Maggie isn’t sure when she started to feel it—that slow drift into numbness. Her passions feel like distant memories. Her friendships are fading. Her own life feels like something she’s watching from outside her body...Categorized as:
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The Cursed And Desired by G. Bailey
There’s no love in a world of witches and war. Riona Dark’s plan to escape The Onyx, and the vampire she left behind there, all went up in smoke the moment the witches revealed their true intent. On the witches’ island, The Quartz, Riona finds it’s full of more horrors than she could imagine... -
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Per Sanguinem by Ashlyn Drewek
Vampires don't get a happily ever after. Over the centuries, Eric Collins learned that the hard way, which is why he has sworn off the idea of companionship and throws himself into his job as a detective. But his plan for a peaceful, solitary existence is disrupted the night he saves Chase Turner, a fellow cop, from being murdered...Categorized as:
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A Deal For a Kiss by W. Winters
From USA Today Best selling author Willow Winters, comes a spicy novella, that takes us deep into the underworld. Nothing could hide her from me. The darkness is everywhere and it moves about in the mortal realm…. And then there’s her. Bright and so easily seen. Mine. She calls to me like I prayed to the Gods she would. I should feel guilt for what I’m going to do. What I must do... -
The Unwanted by Shiloh Walker
Rated: 3.56 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsA Novella Of The FBI Psychics. She doesn’t want him. He doesn’t need her. Like hell…. Destin Mortin’s psychic gift comes with an ugly twist—she excels at tracking down violent rapists. But it’s rough on relationships. Once, her partner Caleb was her everything: filter, shield, rescuer, lover. The only man who didn’t think her a freak. Then he walked away... -
Dark Prince by Callie Rose
My new billionaire boss is hot as sin. He also happens to be the devil himself. And there’s only one thing he wants…. Me. I never meant to get caught stealing a priceless artifact from Lucas Hale, Los Angeles’s most notorious playboy billionaire. And I definitely never expected him to offer me a job as a way to pay off my debt... -
Jacked Up by Latrexa Nova
Some people kill for fame and fortune. I'm killing for the chance to bang my Jack-in-the-box. Yes, I mean that literally—but hear me. My life blows worse than my ex. The only family member I like just died, my Mom's married to a POS perv, and if you look up 'slum lord' in the dictionary, there's a picture of my property managers... -
Claimed by the Demon Lord: A Dark Paranormal Romance by Iris Amador
He’s the monster that keeps her awake at night. She’s the nightmare he’s always dreamed of. I’m one of the most powerful demons, and when I met Sylvia, I knew I was going to keep her. I would do anything to have her by my side. And I mean anything. After all, one doesn’t become a Lord of Hell without playing a little dirty. Hell doesn’t run on mercy and kindness... -
Fairest by Mairi MacMillan
Rated: 3.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA dark mafia retelling of Snow White. Perfect for fans of H D Carlton, Emily McIntire and Penelope Douglas. RED AS BLOOD. I never wanted to be part of his life. I am the law, and he is everything I’ve vowed against. But every time I see him, I can’t help but imagine what I want him to do to me. He has a reputation. A dark possessive side. I know he’d hurt me. But maybe that’s what I want…... -
Kiss of the Necromancer by Kathryn Ann Kingsley
Memento Mori. Remember that you will die. Too bad that death is all Marguerite can recall. Marguerite has no problem remembering death. She can remember dying again, and again, and again. The issue is that the impossible visions of her life coming to gruesome and terrible ends are the only things she can remember...Categorized as:
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Hunted in Holly by Leann Belle
I'll never let him catch me. The King of the North Pole was supposed to be an ally. He wasn't supposed to burn my kingdom in the South Pole to the ground and destroy everything I knew and loved. As the new Queen, I'll take my revenge no matter what it costs me. But Nicholas, the immortal Saint, is far more powerful than I ever imagined...Categorized as:
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Possession by Liliana Carlisle
She’s in the wrong place at the wrong time. He uses it to his advantage. They tell her to stay away from the Alphas. There’s a reason they're kept in the hands of the government. It’s better this way, they tell her. You're safe without them. Alphas are brutal and ruthless with the promise of chaos if they’re ever set free. Omegas are precious, fragile, and too breakable under an Alpha’s hands... -
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Claimed by the Demon & Dragged to Hell by Harpie Alexa
Looking for a short, anti-hero romance? She's his to take, his to rule and his to claim. And he will. Amy. Something's wrong with me. Something deep, dark and terrible. It leaves me feeling hollow and stranded in madness. I'm desperate for passion. Desperate for release. But endless lonely nights is all I have. That is. .. until he arrives. Leviathus. A demon. A king of the underworld... -
Demon Mine by Marina Simcoe
They are big, strong and silent. Their faces are hidden behind masks, and their bodies are enclosed in armor suits. They took me from my home in the middle of the night and have been holding me in isolation for months. I don’t fully understand the purpose of my captivity. No one explains anything to me. No one even talks to me...Categorized as:
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Fear: a Terrifying Love Story by Kathryn Ann Kingsley
I have always loved fear. And now I know it loves me back. My whole life has been defined by fear. It’s what’s driven everything I’ve ever done. It’s why I’m a firefighter. It’s why I sneak into abandoned buildings. It’s why I drive a motorcycle way too fast... -
Dragged Under by D.E. Chapman
A Dark Reverse Harem Omegaverse Romance. Warning: This short story contains three wicked demons and a fearless female. It’s a dark reverse harem paranormal omegaverse book where the main character ends up with more than one mate at the end of the book. Trigger warning for those sensitive to dark content.Categorized as:
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Lich's Love by Celeste King
Rated: 3.09 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsMy mate is up for sale… And I won’t let anyone else have her. My cold heart awakens at the sight of Vanessa… Something I never thought possible. It can only mean one thing. I must have her. There is no other option. She’s mine. She might be damaged… But I’m the only one that can fix her. I’ll be her shield. Her protector. The one that can make her whole. No one will ever touch her again...
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