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  • Inseparable by Auryn Hadley

    Inseparable by Auryn Hadley

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    DISASTER! THE BLACK BLADES DISBANDED, AN ALLIANCE IN TURMOIL... The intersecting worlds of the iliri, grauori, and men collide when an alliance is declared, and the humans renege. In the midst of offering an olive branch to other races, they seem secretly hellbent on destroying them all—and they begin by putting Sal on trial and disbanding the Black Blades...
  • Angel's Flight by Ella Summers

    Angel's Flight by Ella Summers

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    The old saying is true. Knowledge really is power, especially when angels and gods play the game. The original Immortals, masters of magic, once reigned over every world in the known universe—until they suddenly vanished. The gods and demons have been fighting over the remains of their fractured empire ever since...
  • Master Class by Annabelle Hawthorne, Virgil Knightley

    Master Class by Annabelle Hawthorne, Virgil Knightley

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The Demon Lord is dead.The System is broken.Somehow, Elias Hearthsong is neither of these things, despite being at the final battle of the Demon Wars. He is a Master Enchanter, perhaps the last one alive. Determined to keep a promise, he crosses the continent to protect his dead friend's legacy: a crumbling orphanage run by a beautiful kitsune...
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    paranormal  steamy  war  action-adventure  adult  book  dark  fiction
  • Of Blood and Bone by Nora Roberts

    Of Blood and Bone by Nora Roberts

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 44 ratings
    The #1 New York Times bestselling author of the epic Year One returns with a new tale of terror and magic in a brand new world.They look like an everyday family living an ordinary life. But beyond the edges of this peaceful farm, unimaginable forces of light and dark have been unleashed...
  • Wild Wastes 5 by Randi Darren

    Wild Wastes 5 by Randi Darren

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Before world war two could reach its conclusion, the world suffered what could only be defined as a cataclysm.Legend has it that an experiment failed. Catastrophically so. And when it failed, the center of the United States, from the Sierra Nevada to the Mississippi river became "The Waste", where everything changed.Except it didn't only happen in North America...
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    war  military  steamy  lgbtq  apocalyptic  paranormal  romance  fantasy
  • The Fractured Dark by Megan E. O'Keefe

    The Fractured Dark by Megan E. O'Keefe

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Dying planets, dangerous conspiracies, and secret romance abound in the second installment of the Devoured Worlds trilogy by award-winning author Megan E. O'Keefe. Naira and Tarquin have escaped vicious counter-revolutionaries, misprinted monsters, and the pull of a dying planet...
  • World After by Susan Ee

    World After by Susan Ee

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 70 ratings
    In this sequel to the bestselling fantasy thriller, Angelfall, the survivors of the angel apocalypse begin to scrape back together what's left of the modern world.When a group of people capture Penryn's sister Paige, thinking she's a monster, the situation ends in a massacre. Paige disappears. Humans are terrified. Mom is heartbroken...
  • The Rise of Magicks by Nora Roberts

    The Rise of Magicks by Nora Roberts

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 41 ratings
    Nora Roberts, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Year One and Of Blood and Bone concludes her stunning new trilogy praised as "A match for end-of-the-world classics like Stephen King's The Stand" with The Rise of Magicks.After the sickness known as the Doom destroyed civilization, magick has become commonplace, and Fallon Swift has spent her young years learning its ways...
  • The Bound Worlds by Megan E. O'Keefe

    The Bound Worlds by Megan E. O'Keefe

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Worlds will collide and fates will be rewritten in the thrilling conclusion to the Devoured Worlds space opera trilogy by award-winning author Megan E. O’Keefe. Naira and Tarquin have found a new home on Seventh Cradle. But the peace they’ve built is short-lived as mysterious assailants ambush the settlement and Naira is haunted by visions of a monstrous future...
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    lgbtq  war  romance  sci-fi  space-opera  fantasy  fiction  space
  • The Wicked Within by Kelly Keaton

    The Wicked Within by Kelly Keaton

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Ancient lore leads to present danger in the final book in the dark and sexy paranormal romance trilogy about a descendent of Medusa, set in a richly reimagined New Orleans.Her fate is not set in stone.Having temporarily defeated Athena, Ari races to break the gorgon curse that has plagued the women in her family for centuries...
  • Angelfall by Susan Ee

    Angelfall by Susan Ee

    Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
    · 71 ratings
    It's been six weeks since angels of the apocalypse descended to demolish the modern world. Street gangs rule the day while fear and superstition rule the night. When warrior angels fly away with a helpless little girl, her seventeen-year-old sister Penryn will do anything to get her back.Anything, including making a deal with an enemy angel...
  • Dragons Don't Eat Meat by Kim McDougall

    Dragons Don't Eat Meat by Kim McDougall

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Someone is killing dragons. And the killings point to a civil war brewing among the fae.When Kyra finds an abandoned baby dragon, she doesn’t want to bring him home. But until she can hunt down his thunder and stop the dragon killers, she’s on babysitting duty...
  • Soul Eater by Lily Mayne

    Soul Eater by Lily Mayne

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 35 ratings
    M/M Fantasy Romance. Twenty years ago, monsters rose on earth and began a new age of civilization. One where humans live in military-controlled, cramped and dirty cities along the coasts, and the majority of the United States is known as the Wastes. A lawless, desolate and dangerous place, teeming with monsters that have claimed the land for their own. Including Wyn the Soul Eater...
  • End of Days by Susan Ee

    End of Days by Susan Ee

    Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
    · 54 ratings
    End of Days is the explosive conclusion to Susan Ee’s bestselling Penryn & the End of Days trilogy. After a daring escape from the angels, Penryn and Raffe are on the run. They’re both desperate to find a doctor who can reverse the twisted changes inflicted by the angels on Raffe and Penryn’s sister...
  • Wings by Elizabeth Richards

    Wings by Elizabeth Richards

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Following the cliffhanger ending of Phoenix, Natalie finds herself separated from Ash and unexpectedly reunited with her parents, including the father she thought was dead. But she can only think of Ash. She hasn't heard a word of him since she and Elijah were brought to the underground headquarters of the Sentry Rebellion. But she vows to find him...
  • The Girl with the Gray Eyes by L.V. Lane

    The Girl with the Gray Eyes by L.V. Lane

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    *Part one of a trilogy. Slow burn with a Cliffhanger ending.I was an omega—an anomaly in a world of betas. A throwback, or so the kindly doctor told me.Then she offered me a form of chemical sterilization to take away my 'unnatural' urges.I didn't take her up on the offer, although I was too young to understand at the time.But I didn't fit in and never would...
  • Skyhunter by Marie Lu

    Skyhunter by Marie Lu

    Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    In a world broken by war, a team of young warriors is willing to sacrifice everything to save what they love.The Karensa Federation has conquered a dozen countries, leaving Mara as one of the last free nations in the world. Refugees flee to its borders to escape a fate worse than death—transformation into mutant war beasts known as Ghosts, creatures the Federation then sends to attack Mara...
  • Lawe's Justice by Lora Leigh

    Lawe's Justice by Lora Leigh

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    In Lora Leigh's scorching new Breed novel, two adversaries are destined to explore the only thing they have in common: an irresistible mating heat...Diane Broen's lived to protect her younger sister Rachel from harm...
  • After Daybreak by J.A. London

    After Daybreak by J.A. London

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Our last hope lies with our oldest enemies.When we lost the war with the vampires, our world changed. The Old Family overlords trapped us in a few scattered cities and demanded our blood. Then Victor- the first vampire I've ever trusted, ever loved- came to power, and I hoped for peace between our kinds...
  • The Dark Defiles by Richard K. Morgan

    The Dark Defiles by Richard K. Morgan

    Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    The final part of Richard Morgan's fast-moving and brutal fantasy brings Ringil to his final reckoning and sees the world tipping into another war with the dragon folk. And, most terrifying of all, the prophecy of a dark lord come to rule may be coming true very close to home ..
  • The Pearl of the Soul of the World by Meredith Ann Pierce

    The Pearl of the Soul of the World by Meredith Ann Pierce

    Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    All the world’s wisdom and magic resides within the iridescent depths of a small white pearl. “All my sorcery,” the Ancient Ravenna had said of the pearl. “It is left to you to save the world...
  • Token Huntress by Kia Carrington-Russell

    Token Huntress by Kia Carrington-Russell

    Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Perfect for fans of Kristin Cashore and Sarah J. Maas, this first book in a tainted and action-packed new series is impossible to put down!Esmore is one of the best; a Token in her Hunter Guild. After leading her team into the rubble remains of San Francisco and into an ambush, Esmore admitted her own sacrifice and defeat to protect her people...
  • I Dream of Danger by Lisa Marie Rice

    I Dream of Danger by Lisa Marie Rice

    Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    They are the Ghost Ops: a covert squad of super-elite soldiers. After their team was betrayed and massacred, the three surviving members went underground and built Haven, a community of misfits and geniuses. Now they're at a cross-roads, facing a new threat capable of destroying everything they hold dear...
  • The Scarlet Dagger by Krystle Jones

    The Scarlet Dagger by Krystle Jones

    Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The strength of Sloane’s heart is about to be put to the ultimate test.After the Eclipse – the night vampires began openly slaughtering human victims – everything changed. Out of fear, the government salvaged what remained of the human population and enclosed them in massive, security-laden cities called White Sectors, while marking the vampire infested territory as Red Sectors...
  • The Flame Never Dies by Rachel Vincent

    The Flame Never Dies by Rachel Vincent

    Rated: 3.84 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    One spark will rise.Nina Kane was born to be an exorcist. And since uncovering the horrifying truth—that the war against demons is far from over—seventeen-year-old Nina and her pregnant younger sister, Mellie, have been on the run, incinerating the remains of the demon horde as they go...
  • Breaking Danger by Lisa Marie Rice

    Breaking Danger by Lisa Marie Rice

    Rated: 3.70 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Only one man and one woman can stop a deadly new virus in this thrilling final volume of the series.Beautiful, brilliant Dr. Sophie Daniels was imprisoned and has escaped, but is now trapped in her San Francisco home with the only antidote to a deadly, engineered virus that destroys the brain. The virus is spreading like wildfire, turning people into violent monsters...
  • Dead Things by Meredith Russell

    Dead Things by Meredith Russell

    Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A deadly virus rages indiscriminately across the American States and then beyond. The survivors face a new terror -- the walking undead-monsters created in the wake of the infection.Devin Reid is part of a group surviving out of a high-security penitentiary near Kansas City. Resources are limited and it's down to a handful of people like Devin to meet the demand on food and supplies...
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    apocalyptic  dystopia  lgbtq  military  mlm  paranormal  war  zombies
  • The Stars Never Rise by Rachel Vincent

    The Stars Never Rise by Rachel Vincent

    Rated: 3.72 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Sixteen-year-old Nina Kane should be worrying about her immortal soul, but she's too busy trying to actually survive. Her town's population has been decimated by soul-consuming demons, and souls are in short supply. Watching over her younger sister, Mellie, and scraping together food and money are all that matters. The two of them are a family. They gave up on their deadbeat mom a long time ago...
  • The Veil by Chloe Neill

    The Veil by Chloe Neill

    Rated: 3.70 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    Seven years ago, the Veil that separates humanity from what lies beyond was torn apart, and New Orleans was engulfed in a supernatural war. Now, those with paranormal powers have been confined in a walled community that humans call the District. Those who live there call it Devil's Isle...
  • Crusade by Nancy Holder, Debbie Viguié

    Crusade by Nancy Holder, Debbie Viguié

    Rated: 3.63 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    The ultimate battle. The ultimate love.For the past two years, Jenn has lived and trained at Spain’s Sacred Heart Academy Against the Cursed Ones. She is among the few who have pledged to defend humanity or die trying. But the vampires are gaining power, and the battle has only just begun...
  • The Veil by Chloe Neill

    The Veil by Chloe Neill

    Rated: 3.68 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    Seven years ago, the Veil that separates humanity from what lies beyond was torn apart, and New Orleans was engulfed in a supernatural war. Now, those with paranormal powers have been confined in a walled community that humans call the District. Those who live there call it Devil's Isle...
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