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  • The Ghoul of Christmas Past by Steve Higgs

    The Ghoul of Christmas Past by Steve Higgs

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Twas the day before Christmas and Michael Michaels is about to upset his wife.Recent adventures with his son, Tempest, have piqued his need for a little more action in his life …… but when he finds himself facing off against a giant ghoul a few hours later, he begins to think he should have listened to Mary and stayed at home...
  • Herne Bay Howlers by Steve Higgs

    Herne Bay Howlers by Steve Higgs

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Some people like to flirt with danger. These guys kick it in the balls and then shag its sister.When two bikers are found half-eaten, the coroner’s report records an animal attack. But England doesn’t have any large predators …… unless you count werewolves...
  • Forged by Benedict Jacka

    Forged by Benedict Jacka

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Alex Verus faces his dark side in this return to the bestselling urban fantasy series about a London-based mage.To protect his friends, Mage Alex Verus has had to change--and embrace his dark side. But the life mage Anne has changed too, and made a bond with a dangerous power. She's going after everyone she's got a grudge against--and it's a long list...
  • Lord Loss by Darren Shan

    Lord Loss by Darren Shan

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 39 ratings
    The first novel in a chilling new series by Darren Shan, author of the New York Times bestselling Cirque Du Freak series, will keep readers turning page after horrifying page. Grubbs Grady has stiff red hair and is a little big for his age, which means he can get into R-rated movies. He hates history and loves bacon, rats, and playing tricks on his squeamish older sister...
  • Silver Clouds Dirty Sky by Orlando A. Sanchez

    Silver Clouds Dirty Sky by Orlando A. Sanchez

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    London Bridge is falling...but it's not their fault...mostly. Montague and Strong have left the building-in fact, they’ve left the continent. When a teleportation circle sends them to London, The Penumbra Consortium-and older, darker version of the Dark Council requests Montague & Strong look into the murder of the leading demonologist, Mage Nigel Warrenton...
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    dark  humor  male-mc  action-adventure  adult  audiobook  book  comedy
  • Dust to Dust by Karina Halle

    Dust to Dust by Karina Halle

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    (New to this angsty, sexy, scary romance series? Start with book #1, Darkhouse, and work your way up through all the slow-burn spookiness) Perry Palomino and Dex Foray. On their own, they’re uniquely brilliant. Together, they’re an unstoppable team. Until now. Because after everything the duo has encountered, they haven’t come across an evil quite like this...
  • Hell's Heroes by Darren Shan

    Hell's Heroes by Darren Shan

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 33 ratings
    Beranabus and Dervish are gone. Bec has formed an unholy alliance with Lord Loss. Kernel is blind, held on Earth against his will. Grubbs is mad with grief and spinning out of control. The demons are crossing. The Disciples are falling. The Shadow is waiting. Welcome to the end...
  • Chosen by Benedict Jacka

    Chosen by Benedict Jacka

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 37 ratings
    I don’t publicly advertise that I’m a mage, but I don’t exactly hide it either, and one of the odd things I’ve learnt over the years is just how much you can get away with if you’re blatant enough. Hide something behind smoke and mirrors and make people work to find it, and they’ll tear the place down looking for what’s there...
  • Trick or Treat by Derek Landy

    Trick or Treat by Derek Landy

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Short story published on Derek Landy's blog; fits in best between Death Bringer and Kingdom of the Wicked...
  • Sparks in the Darkness - A Novella. Also featuring Big Apple Pie, a Patricia Fisher/Apple Orchard crossover story by Steve Higgs, Chelsea Thomas

    Sparks in the Darkness - A Novella. Also featuring Big Apple Pie, a Patricia Fisher/Apple Orchard crossover story by Steve Higgs, Chelsea Thomas

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Fire.Every creature fears it.Except one.When a call late one evening leads Jane to Buckingham Palace, she holds no concern the dragon they want her to investigate is real.Until she gets there, that is...
  • Wander by Orlando A. Sanchez

    Wander by Orlando A. Sanchez

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    He’s not the hero you want. He’s the monster you need. When a new strain of the deadly drug, Redrum creates UV resistant vampires, the streets of New York City are flooded with the mindless creatures searching for blood—human blood. The NYTF and Dark Council refuse to deal with menace and contact the Night Wardens expecting results. What they get is a dark mage with nothing to lose...
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    dark  humor  male-mc  action-adventure  adult  assassins  book  comedy
  • The Dragonfly Effect by Gordon Korman

    The Dragonfly Effect by Gordon Korman

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The government has promised to protect Jax Opus and his family from enemies that want to use his hypnotic power to bring more evil into the world. Jax has reluctantly agreed to be protected. But protection has its price -- and soon Jax learns that if the government is going to help him, it's going to want some help in return...
  • Tenth Grade Bleeds by Heather Brewer, Z Brewer

    Tenth Grade Bleeds by Heather Brewer, Z Brewer

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 40 ratings
    In Tenth Grade Bleeds, it's another sucky year at Bathory High for Vladimir Tod. The evil vampire D'Ablo is hunting for the ritual that could steal Vlad's powers. His best friend Henry doesn't want to be his drudge anymore. And as if all that weren't enough, it's getting harder for Vlad to resist feeding on the people around him...
  • Hidden by Benedict Jacka

    Hidden by Benedict Jacka

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 38 ratings
    Alex Verus is a diviner who can see probable futures - a talent that's gotten him and his friends out of many a tough scrape. But what happens when someone doesn't want Alex's help?Alex's friend, the life mage Anne, distanced herself from him when she found out about his past as a Dark apprentice. Now she's in serious trouble, but wants nothing to do with him...
  • A Proper Hellhound by Orlando A. Sanchez

    A Proper Hellhound by Orlando A. Sanchez

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    When your hellhound needs training, you hire the best trainer for the job…Death. While in London, Peaches, Simon’s faithful hellhound manages to grow to the size of a small bus, shocking Monty & Simon with his new transformation. Realizing the danger of a Peaches XL, the Montague & Strong Detective Agency take steps to control these growth spurts...
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    humor  male-mc  action-adventure  adult  book  fiction  mystery  myths
  • Immortal Nights by Lynsay Sands

    Immortal Nights by Lynsay Sands

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Abigail Forsythe’s life hasn’t been easy lately. Still, if there’s one thing guaranteed to take her mind off an empty bank account and abandoned dreams, it’s a naked man locked in a plane’s cargo hold. A very big, incredibly gorgeous naked man...
  • Wolf Island by Darren Shan

    Wolf Island by Darren Shan

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 33 ratings
    Free Delivery if order value from the seller is greater than 399. Used Book in good condition. No missing/ torn pages. No stains. Note: The above used product classification has been solely undertaken by the seller. Amazon shall neither be liable nor responsible for any used product classification undertaken by the seller. A-to-Z Guarantee not applicable on used products...
  • Darkside of the Moon by Jodi Vaughn

    Darkside of the Moon by Jodi Vaughn

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    As a high ranking Guardian in the Arkansas Pack, Zane Steele, doesn’t have time for nonsense. He lives a life of control and discipline. But during a drug takedown of a rogue pack, Zane is injected with something and he no longer can control when he shifts...
  • Duck Duck Ghost by Rhys Ford

    Duck Duck Ghost by Rhys Ford

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Sequel to Fish and GhostsHellsinger: Book Two Paranormal investigator Wolf Kincaid knows what his foot tastes like.Mostly because he stuck it firmly in his mouth when his lover, Tristan Pryce, accidentally drugged him with a batch of psychotropic baklava...
  • Veiled by Benedict Jacka

    Veiled by Benedict Jacka

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 34 ratings
    REBEL NO MOREAlex Verus is a mage who can see the future, but even he couldn't have seen this day coming. Alex has agreed to join the Keepers, the magical police force, to protect his friends from his old master, the Dark Mage Richard Drakh.Going legit was always going to be difficult for an outcast like Alex, and there are those in the Keepers who aren't keen to see an ex-Dark mage succeed...
  • Taken by Benedict Jacka

    Taken by Benedict Jacka

    Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
    · 39 ratings
    Mage apprentices have been vanishing without a trace—and someone on the council might be involved. Alex Verus has no evidence, no witnesses, and no suspects. All he knows is that someone is keeping tabs on him. And after assassins target his own apprentice’s classmate, Alex sees that he doesn’t know the half of it—and that he could be the next to disappear..
  • Touch of Rapture by Suzanne Wright

    Touch of Rapture by Suzanne Wright

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Rulers of vampirekind Sam Parker and Jared Michaels are enjoying the current peace that’s fallen among their species … until it abruptly shatters. A vampire unlawfully attempting to Turn unwilling humans is somehow inadvertently killing them. It makes no sense, just like the strange brand on his palm and the fact that he boasts multiple vampiric gifts...
  • I’m Glad You’re Dead by Hunter Blain

    I’m Glad You’re Dead by Hunter Blain

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    After helplessly witnessing the execution of his family, John is approached by a strange man that promises the power of revenge, for a price; his life for the ability to walk the mortal plane for eternity. Fast forward several hundred years where John finds himself with an unlikely ally, Father Thomes Philseep...
  • Cadaver Lab: A Romantic Comedy... With Corpses by Cat Johnson

    Cadaver Lab: A Romantic Comedy... With Corpses by Cat Johnson

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    He's a former Army medic. She owns a book and wine shop. It's all the makings of one steamy small-town romance… except he runs a cadaver lab and she sees dead people. Strange things are happening at the Once Upon a Vine Book & Wine Shop in Mudville, New York...
  • Murder in the Dark by Simon R. Green

    Murder in the Dark by Simon R. Green

    Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The sudden appearance of a sinister black hole in the English countryside leads to a baffling murder investigation for Ishmael Jones. "The past is England's dreaming, and not all of it sleeps soundly..."Ishmael Jones and his partner Penny have been despatched to assist a group of scientists who are investigating a mysterious black hole which has appeared on a Somerset hillside...
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    dark  humor  male-mc  action-adventure  adult  aliens  audiobook  book
  • Resurrection by Tim Marquitz

    Resurrection by Tim Marquitz

    Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Armageddon averted, the world returns to business as usual. Unfortunately for Frank "Triggaltheron" Trigg, business as usual sucks.His night out interrupted by a horde of kidnapping zombies, what could possibly be worse? The resurrection of the Anti-Christ, that's what...
  • Cold Fire by John Passarella

    Cold Fire by John Passarella

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    A brand-new Supernatural novel that reveals a previously unseen adventure for the Winchester brothers, from the hit CW series! While replacing sections of his rotten wooden fence, Dave Holcomb, a new homeowner in Braden Heights, Indiana hears a baby’s cry from behind his utility shed, and investigates. Hours later, his wife returns home to find his eyeless corpse...
  • The Usual Sacrifices by Yvonne Navarro

    The Usual Sacrifices by Yvonne Navarro

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    When Sam and Dean head to Kentucky to investigate a rash of unexplained disappearances in a town close to Mammoth Cave, they’re told local folk tales about the mysterious cave, and the sacrifices it requires to ensure the town’s prosperity...
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    dark  male-mc  action-adventure  adult  book  fiction  horror  monsters
  • The Unhappy Medium by T.J. Brown

    The Unhappy Medium by T.J. Brown

    Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    ASIN moved from less recent edition hereWhen even the laws of physics let you down, the absurd, the ludicrous and the frankly impossible may be all you have leftDr Newton Barlow has everything a scientist could desire – a glittering career in the lab and on television, a beautiful family, and best of all, the opportunity to promote his rock-solid certainty that supernatural and religious beliefs...
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    dark  humor  action-adventure  adult  book  cozy  fiction  ghosts
  • The Hunted by Arthur Slade

    The Hunted by Arthur Slade

    Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Amber Fang enjoys life's simple pleasures. A perfect evening for her includes a good book, a glass of wine and, of course, a great meal, preferably straight from the jugular.Raised to eat ethically, Amber dines only on delicious cold-blooded killers. But confirming that her chosen victims deserve to die takes time. And patience. So it's a good thing Amber is studying to be a librarian...
  • Blood Follows by Steven Erikson

    Blood Follows by Steven Erikson

    Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    All is not well in Lamentable Moll. A sinister, diabolical killer stalks the port city's narrow, barrow-humped streets, and panic grips the citizens like a fever. Emancipor Reese is no exception, and indeed, with his legendary ill luck, it's worse for him than for most. Not only was his previous employer the unknown killer's latest victim, but Emancipor is out of work...
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    dark  humor  action-adventure  adult  book  comedy  dark-fantasy  epic
  • Draculas by Blake Crouch, J.A. Konrath

    Draculas by Blake Crouch, J.A. Konrath

    Rated: 3.81 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    A DYING MAN’S GREATEST TREASURE…Mortimer Moorecook, retired Wall Street raider, avid collector, is losing his fight against cancer. With weeks to live, a package arrives at the door of his hillside mansion—an artifact he paid millions for…a hominoid skull with elongated teeth, discovered in a farmer’s field in the Romanian countryside...
  • Fated by Benedict Jacka

    Fated by Benedict Jacka

    Rated: 3.87 of 5 stars
    · 40 ratings
    Alex Verus is part of a world hidden in plain sight, running a magic shop in London. And while Alex's own powers aren't as showy as some mages, he does have the advantage of foreseeing the possible future--allowing him to pull off operations that have a million-to-one-chance of success...
  • Harrison Squared by Daryl Gregory

    Harrison Squared by Daryl Gregory

    Rated: 3.73 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    From award winning author Daryl Gregory comes a thrilling and colorful Lovecraftian adventure of a teenage boy searching for his mother, and the macabre creatures he encounters. Harrison Harrison—H2 to his mom—is a lonely teenager who’s been terrified of the water ever since he was a toddler in California, when a huge sea creature capsized their boat, and his father vanished...
  • Pennies for the Ferryman by Jim Bernheimer

    Pennies for the Ferryman by Jim Bernheimer

    Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    My name is Mike Ross. I'm a Ferryman. I help people with ghost problems, or ghosts with people problems. Funny thing, no one ever helps me with my problems. Civil War ghosts bent on killing me, Skinwalkers who just want my body, and a vindictive spirit linked both to my bloodline and my destiny..
  • Eat, Brains, Love by Jeff Hart

    Eat, Brains, Love by Jeff Hart

    Rated: 3.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Two teenage zombies search for brains, love, and answers in this surprisingly romantic and laugh-out-loud funny debut novel with guts.Jake Stephens was always an average, fly-under-the-radar guy. The kind of guy who would never catch the attention of an insanely popular girl like Amanda Blake-or a psychic teenage government agent like Cass. But one day during lunch, Jake's whole life changed...
  • Staked by J.F. Lewis

    Staked by J.F. Lewis

    Rated: 3.64 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    UNREPENTANT. UNIMPRESSED. AND TOTALLY UNDEAD.Eric's got issues. He has short-term and long-term memory problems; he can't remember who he ate for dinner yesterday, much less how he became a vampire in the first place. His best friend, Roger, is souring on the strip club he and Eric own together, and his girlfriend, Tabitha, keeps pressuring him to turn her so she can join him in undeath...
  • How I Learned to Fly by R.L. Stine

    How I Learned to Fly by R.L. Stine

    Rated: 3.56 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    They're baa-ack! Make way for the bestselling children's series of all time! With a fresh new look, GOOSEBUMPS is set to scare a whole new generation of kids. So reader beware--you're in for a scare!He's got his head in the clouds. For real . . .Wilson Schlame loves to make Jack Johnson feel like a total loser. And Jack's had it. That's how he ended up down at the beach...
  • Firefly Rain by Richard Dansky

    Firefly Rain by Richard Dansky

    Rated: 3.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A riveting supernatural mystery like you've never read before.The prodigal son leaves the big city to return to his dearly departed parent's house in North Carolina only to find, now that he's home, that something is trying to make damn sure he stays there--even if it means burying him out back...
  • Monster Blood II by R.L. Stine

    Monster Blood II by R.L. Stine

    Rated: 3.44 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    They're baa-ack! Make way for the bestselling children's series of all time! With a fresh new look, GOOSEBUMPS is set to scare a whole new generation of kids. So reader beware--you're in for a scare!It's Baaack . . . .Evan Ross can't stop thinking about Monster Blood and what happened last summer. It was so horrible. So terrifying. Too bad Evan's science teacher doesn't believe him...
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