Books like 'The Darkness: Accursed, Volume 1'

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  • The Neon Boneyard by Craig Schaefer

    The Neon Boneyard by Craig Schaefer

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Daniel Faust has clawed his way from the gutter to a penthouse suite, carving a bloody swath across the Las Vegas underworld. He's buried his enemies and more than a few friends along the way. If there's one thing a modern-day sorcerer knows for certain, though, it's that the past never stays buried forever...
  • The Killing Floor Blues by Craig Schaefer

    The Killing Floor Blues by Craig Schaefer

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Nobody 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...
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    crime  dark  demons  action-adventure  adult  angels  audiobook  book
  • The Castle Doctrine by Craig Schaefer

    The Castle Doctrine by Craig Schaefer

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Out of prison and back on the streets, Daniel Faust returns home to a city on fire. The Chicago mob is making their play for control of Las Vegas, with an army of gunmen and a lethal shapeshifter on their side, while Daniel's friend Jennifer marshals the forces of the Vegas underworld...
  • Matt Archer: Redemption by Kendra C. Highley

    Matt Archer: Redemption by Kendra C. Highley

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    “There’s more to me than you know…”When Matt Archer’s sister, Mamie, said those words to him three years ago, he had no idea how prophetic they were, or what this would mean for his family.Now, he knows. And it changes everything, bringing the war right to Matt’s doorstep.In the epic conclusion to the Matt Archer series, the endgame is near...
  • Stay of Execution by Glynn Stewart

    Stay of Execution by Glynn Stewart

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    The Vampire War is over. The United States is reeling. The Masquerade is fragmenting. The Apocalypse is here… The long and bloody war with the vampires in the United States has finally ended, thanks to the efforts of the vampire Arbiter and ONSET Commander David White—and a nuclear explosion on American soil...
  • The Kill Society by Richard Kadrey

    The Kill Society by Richard Kadrey

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Sandman Slim has been to Heaven and Hell and many places in between, but now he finds himself in an unknown land: the far, far edge of the Tenebrae, the desolate home of the lost dead. Making his way inland with nothing but his unerring instinct for trouble to guide him, he collides with a caravan of the damned on a mysterious crusade, led by the ruthless Magistrate...
  • Matt Archer: Bloodlines by Kendra C. Highley

    Matt Archer: Bloodlines by Kendra C. Highley

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When seventeen-year-old Matt Archer set out on his last mission in the Australian Outback, he thought it would be like every other hunt. Not even close. After only two days on the ground, his best friend is possessed, a long-lost family member has returned and hidden truths have come to the surface...
  • Evil Overlord: The Makening by Michael McClung

    Evil Overlord: The Makening by Michael McClung

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    If evil was easy, everybody would be doing it, and there would be more Dark Lords running around than you could shake a stick at. But the road to Utter Domination isn't easy, smooth or straight, as the boy who will one day become Gar the Pitiless will discover. He may one day rise to rule all he surveys - but first he'll have to survive a world that seems bent on his destruction...
  • Saint Odd by Dean Koontz

    Saint Odd by Dean Koontz

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    The future is haunting Odd Thomas.The carnival has returned to Pico Mundo, the same one that came to town when Odd was just sixteen. Odd is drawn to an arcade tent where he discovers Gypsy Mummy, the fortune-telling machine that told him that he and Stormy Llewellyn were destined to be together forever.But Stormy is dead and Pico Mundo is under threat once more...
  • Untethered Magic: A wizard in Bremen Part 1 by Steve Higgs

    Untethered Magic: A wizard in Bremen Part 1 by Steve Higgs

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    My Name is Otto Schneider and I am a wizard. I think. When a missing person case brings me into contact with the only other supernatural creature I have ever seen, it’s not long before I am ass-deep in trouble. The police don’t like me, there’s a clandestine organisation who want me to join them, and what might be a demon trying to catch me...
  • Binding of a Witch by Suza Kates

    Binding of a Witch by Suza Kates

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A Woman's QuestAs a scientist and a witch, Viv Sakurai understands how crucial it is to solve the riddle she's been given and take the next step toward destiny. She's been called to stand for her coven and battle the Amara for the future of humanity. She can't afford any distractions, and she certainly doesn't need any man getting in her way...
  • A Plain-Dealing Villain by Craig Schaefer

    A Plain-Dealing Villain by Craig Schaefer

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    It'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...
  • Thicker Than Water by Mike Carey

    Thicker Than Water by Mike Carey

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Felix Castor is a freelance exorcist, so dealing with the dead is his stock in trade. Between his private clients and some consulting for the Met, he thinks he's seen it all. But a late-night call out to a South London housing estate proves that he still has a few surprises left. After all, it's not every day you see your own name painted in blood at a a crime scene.But that's only the beginning...
  • Hearthomancy Vol. 1: A Men's Fantasy Adventure by M.E. Thorne

    Hearthomancy Vol. 1: A Men's Fantasy Adventure by M.E. Thorne

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Monsters, mortgages, and madmen – Being a new homeowner can be murder!My name is Brent, and I'm the proud, new owner of Rootwood Manor. Sure, it's a rundown mansion in the middle of nowhere... but that makes it the perfect place for my magical lair. Ever since the System came to Earth I've aspired to be a powerful wizard!Of course, difficulties crop up...
    Categorized as:
    demons  crime  dark  romance  harem  fantasy  urban-fantasy  steamy
  • Angel Town by Lilith Saintcrow

    Angel Town by Lilith Saintcrow

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Jill Kismet is back from the grave in this explosive conclusion to Lilith Saintcrow's urban fantasy series. She wakes up in her own grave. She doesn't know who put her there, she doesn't know where she is, and she has no friends or family. She only knows two things: She has a job to do: cleansing the night of evil. And she knows her name. Jill Kismet...
    Categorized as:
    crime  dark  demons  action-adventure  adult  angels  audiobook  book
  • Twilight Watch by Sergei Lukyanenko

    Twilight Watch by Sergei Lukyanenko

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    The third book in the bestselling Russian trilogy that is part fantasy, part vampire story, and part detective story, tells of an ancient race of humans who have supernatural powers and swear allegiance to either the Dark or the Light. In Twilight Watch, they face their greatest threat yet...
  • Threads of Malice by Tamara Siler Jones, Tambo Jones

    Threads of Malice by Tamara Siler Jones, Tambo Jones

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    In this relentlessly gripping thriller, Compton Crook Award winner Tamara Siler Jones weaves together her unique blend of fantasy, forensics, and suspense to create a world terrorized by a killer out of our darkest nightmares. Now one man must follow a trail of savaged victims to save an innocent life hanging by the slimmest of hopes...
  • Valley of the Soul by Tamara Siler Jones, Tambo Jones

    Valley of the Soul by Tamara Siler Jones, Tambo Jones

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    In the mage wars, Dubric Byerly risked his life–and sacrificed the woman he loved–to catch magic’s darkest killers. Those battles are long over–and the monsters Dubric hunts these days are nothing more than men. Until now. A recent string of grisly crimes has Dubric and his pages scouring the countryside for clues that hint at the worst: that history’s most murderous mage has come to Faldorrah...
  • The Living End by Craig Schaefer

    The Living End by Craig Schaefer

    Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    As the FBI closes in on the Las Vegas underworld, Daniel Faust -- grifter, thief, and sorcerer -- isn't the only one feeling the heat. Half-demon racket boss Nicky Agnelli is fighting to hang onto his empire, leaving a trail of dead informants in his wake, while Daniel's ex-girlfriend Jennifer rallies her forces on the street and aims her sights at Nicky's crown...
  • The Scarlet Throne by Amy Leow

    The Scarlet Throne by Amy Leow

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Binsa is a “living goddess,” chosen by the gods to dispense both mercy and punishment from her place on the Scarlet Throne. But her reign hides a deadly secret. Rather than channeling the wisdom of an immortal deity, she harbors a demon. But now her priests are growing suspicious...
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    demons  dark  fantasy  fiction  high-fantasy  epic  dark-fantasy  gods
  • Redemption Song by Craig Schaefer

    Redemption Song by Craig Schaefer

    Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Daniel Faust, Las Vegas sorcerer and career criminal, has never pulled the trigger on an innocent man. When the infernal Prince Sitri challenges him to do just that, though, he can't walk away. His lover, Caitlin, is Sitri's right hand...and if Daniel refuses the job, he'll never see her again...
  • The Dark Path by Luke Romyn

    The Dark Path by Luke Romyn

    Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    VOTED ONE OF THE TOP 10 HORROR NOVELS OF 2009.TOP 20 BEST SELLING HORROR ON AMAZON.#1 BEST SELLING HORROR ON FICTIONWISE."The 21st Century's Newest Master-of-Horror... Rivaling both Stephen King and Thomas Harris, without doubt, the edgy and provocative Luke Romyn is destined to emerge as the 21st century's newest Master-of-Horror...
  • The Great Bazaar and Other Stories by Peter V. Brett

    The Great Bazaar and Other Stories by Peter V. Brett

    Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    Humanity is nearly extinct after 300 years of hungry demon corelings. A handful of Messengers brave the night between the increasingly isolated populace behind protective wards. Arlen Bales will search anywhere, dare anything, to save the world. Maybe Abban, a merchant in the Great Bazaar of Krasia who purports to sell anything, has the answer...
  • Dämoren by Seth Skorkowsky

    Dämoren by Seth Skorkowsky

    Rated: 3.91 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    In the same vein as SUPERNATURAL, HELLBOY, and BLADE comes...DÄMOREN. A secret society of monster hunters.A holy revolver forged to eradicate demons.A possessed man with a tragic past.A rising evil bent on destroying them all. MATT HOLLIS is the current wielder of the holy weapon, Dämoren. With it, he stalks and destroys demons...
  • Bound by Sorcery by Antara Mann

    Bound by Sorcery by Antara Mann

    Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A supernatural apocalypse is brewing. And only secret magic can defeat it. Alexandra Shaw may be an elemental mage, but she prefers the quiet life, running her struggling occult bookshop. With secrets of her own and a magical lineage shrouded in mystery, she keeps a low profile...
  • Hellbent by Anthony McGowan

    Hellbent by Anthony McGowan

    Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Conor O'Neil is in Hell. No, really. While chasing his dog, he got run over by an ice-cream truck, and now he's sentenced to eternal damnation. He's stuck in a corner of Hell specifically designed for his maximum torture -- lined with bookshelves and droning educational radio programs. Then he realizes that his personal version of Hell might be someone else's idea of Heaven -- and vice versa...
  • The Devil's Due by Jenna Black

    The Devil's Due by Jenna Black

    Rated: 3.85 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Possession was never this much funTrust me or die…That’s the choice Morgan Kingsley, exorcist, is given by the gorgeous rogue demon who’s gotten inside her. The truth is, Morgan has dozens of reasons not to trust anyone, from the violence that torched her house and killed her father to a love life that’s left her questioning her relationship with her erstwhile boyfriend, Brian...
  • Devil's Business by Caitlin Kittredge

    Devil's Business by Caitlin Kittredge

    Rated: 3.77 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Pete Caldecott did everything she could to save Jack from Hell, even reigning in the dark machinations of the Morrigan to help bring him home. Still, Black London has not welcomed Jack back with open arms. . . So when a friend in Los Angeles asks for help tracking a sorcerous serial killer, Pete and Jack decide a change of scenery couldn’t hurt. .
  • The Devil You Know by Jenna Black

    The Devil You Know by Jenna Black

    Rated: 3.82 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    The beautiful. The bad. The possessed.Some people worship them. Some people fear them. And some people—like Morgan Kingsley—go up against them toe-to-toe, flesh to flesh, and power against power. An exorcist by trade, Morgan is one of the few humans with an aura stronger than her possessor, even though her demon can tease her body senseless...
  • The Pale House Devil by Richard Kadrey

    The Pale House Devil by Richard Kadrey

    Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A gripping, snappy creature feature from the master of horror noir about two detectives—one dead, one living—hired by an embittered old landowner to banish a bloody cosmic monster from his ancestral home, perfect for fans of Cassandra Khaw, Charles Stross and Lucy A. Snyder.Ford and Neuland are paranormal mercenaries—one living, one undead; one of them kills the undead, the other kills the living...
  • Hidden Blade by Pippa DaCosta

    Hidden Blade by Pippa DaCosta

    Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    "They call me devil, liar, thief. In whispers, they call me Soul Eater. They’re right. I’m all those things—and more." Kicked out of the underworld and cursed to walk this earth for all eternity, the soul eater known as "Ace Dante" finds solace in helping others avoid the wrath of the gods...
  • Pure Blood by Caitlin Kittredge

    Pure Blood by Caitlin Kittredge

    Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Newer cover edition hereIn the shadows of Nocturne City, witches lurk and demons prowl, and homicide detective Luna Wilder must keep the peace--while living life as a werewolf. Now bodies are turning up all over town, the brutal murders linked by a cryptic message: We see with empty eyes…To make matters worse for Luna, she can't get wolfishly handsome Dmitri Sandovsky out of her mind...
  • The Taste of Night by Vicki Pettersson

    The Taste of Night by Vicki Pettersson

    Rated: 3.77 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    The Second Sign of the ZodiacBeing mortal isn’t easy. Being a superhero is even harder.Even mortal, Joanna Archer was nobody’s idea of a victim. But now, infused with the supernatural power to alter the battle between Shadow and Light forever, what she’s become is a target. And when a toxic virus invades the valley, her allies are targets are well...
  • Servant: The Awakening by L.L. Foster

    Servant: The Awakening by L.L. Foster

    Rated: 3.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Urban paranormal fantasy featuring Gabrielle Cody: Servant. Slayer. Seducer. Gabrielle Cody has the ability to see the demons among us as they really are-and the responsibility to destroy them. She can't allow anyone to get in her way, even the magnetic Detective Luther Cross...
  • The Dirty Streets of Heaven by Tad Williams

    The Dirty Streets of Heaven by Tad Williams

    Rated: 3.73 of 5 stars
    · 32 ratings
    Bobby Dollar is an angel -- a real one. He knows a lot about sin, and not just in his professional capacity as an advocate for souls caught between Heaven and Hell. Bobby's wrestling with a few deadly sins of his own -- pride, anger, even lust.But his problems aren't all his fault...
  • The Spookshow by Tim McGregor

    The Spookshow by Tim McGregor

    Rated: 3.63 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Life used to be normal for Billie Culpepper. Drab even. That all that changed after an accident left her in a coma for three days. That's when the spookshow really began, when Billie realized that she could see the dead.And the dead could see her. Now, they won't leave her alone...
  • The Sweet Scent of Blood by Suzanne McLeod

    The Sweet Scent of Blood by Suzanne McLeod

    Rated: 3.57 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Genevieve Taylor is a Sidhe-one of the noble fae-and she's unusual, even in a London where celebrity vampires, eccentric goblins, and scheming lesser fae mix freely with humanity. But she's about to learn that some magive isn't all its cracked up to be...
  • Hard Spell by Justin Gustainis

    Hard Spell by Justin Gustainis

    Rated: 3.63 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Stan Markowski is a Detective Sergeant on the Scranton PD's Supernatural Crimes Investigation Unit.Like the rest of America, Scranton's got an uneasy 'live and let unlive' relationship with the supernatural. But when a vamp puts the bite on an unwilling victim, or some witch casts the wrong kind of spell, that's when they call Markowski. He carries a badge...
  • Soul Enchilada by David Macinnis Gill

    Soul Enchilada by David Macinnis Gill

    Rated: 3.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Girl meets boy at a car wash."Dog," she says."Dude," he says.And probably this would have been a sweet teen romance. . . .If Beals hadn't been sitting next to her in the car.If Beals hadn't been a supernatural repo man looking to repossess her car.And to possess her.David Macinnis Gill delivers the whole enchilada. With a side of soul...
  • The Scent of Shadows by Vicki Pettersson

    The Scent of Shadows by Vicki Pettersson

    Rated: 3.51 of 5 stars
    · 32 ratings
    When she was sixteen, Joanna Archer was brutally assaulted and left to die in the Nevada desert. By rights, she should be dead.Now a photographer by day, she prowls a different Las Vegas after sunset—a grim, secret Sin City where Light battles Shadow—seeking answers to whom or what she really is . . . and revenge for the horrors she was forced to endure...
  • Tome of the Undergates by Sam Sykes

    Tome of the Undergates by Sam Sykes

    Rated: 3.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Adventurer. The term has long been synonymous with cutthroat, murderer, savage, zealot, and heathen. And Lenk, an errant young man with only a sword and a decidedly unpleasant voice in his head, counts all five among his best and only associates. Loathed by society and spurned by all merciful gods, he and his band are recruited for only the vilest of jobs...
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