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  • Dark-Hunter 3 Book Box Set by Sherrilyn Kenyon

    Dark-Hunter 3 Book Box Set by Sherrilyn Kenyon

    Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Kenyon's bestselling backlist heats up the night and is now available in a sizzling boxed set. The Sherrilyn Kenyon Dark-Hunter Boxed Set #1 contains one copy each of "Night Embrace," "Dance with the Devil" and "Night Pleasures...
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    dark  demons  paranormal  vampires  adult  alpha-mc  audiobook  book
  • Lover Avenged by J.R. Ward

    Lover Avenged by J.R. Ward

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 66 ratings
    Rehvenge has always kept his distance from the Brotherhood—even though his sister is married to a member, for he harbors a deadly secret that could make him a huge liability in their war against the lessers...
  • Shattered Bonds by Faith Hunter

    Shattered Bonds by Faith Hunter

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    Jane Yellowrock must dig deep and find strength within herself if she is to survive in the latest novel in this New York Times bestselling series.Jane Yellowrock is a shapeshifting skinwalker, and vampire killer-for-hire, but her last battle with an ancient arcane enemy has brought her low...
  • Cold Reign by Faith Hunter

    Cold Reign by Faith Hunter

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    Jane Yellowrock is a shape-shifting skinwalker…and the woman rogue vampires fear most. Jane walks softly and carries a big stake to keep the peace in New Orleans, all part of her job as official enforcer to Leo Pellisier, Master of the City. But Leo’s reign is being threatened by a visit from a delegation of ancient European vampires seeking to expand their dominions...
  • Cold Reign by Faith Hunter

    Cold Reign by Faith Hunter

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    Jane Yellowrock is a shape-shifting skinwalker…and the woman rogue vampires fear most. Jane walks softly and carries a big stake to keep the peace in New Orleans, all part of her job as official enforcer to Leo Pellisier, Master of the City. But Leo’s reign is being threatened by a visit from a delegation of ancient European vampires seeking to expand their dominions...
  • Blood Shadows by Tessa Dawn

    Blood Shadows by Tessa Dawn

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Nachari Silivasi is a bright light in a Dark World. As the youngest vampire in a family of warriors, he has studied Magick for four-hundred years and acquired a rare mastery of the universe around him. He is beloved by his family; legendary for his good-looks; and known for his uncommon valor...
  • Blood Possession by Tessa Dawn

    Blood Possession by Tessa Dawn

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Napolean Mondragon is no ordinary soul. He is the sovereign lord of the house of Jadon, the very heart-beat of the Vampyr race, and a fearsome leader who rules with absolute authority and power. While he carries the blood of every vampire in his veins; he also carries a dark secret of shame in his heart…A secret that will soon be used against him by his enemies...
  • Thirst No. 4: The Shadow of Death by Christopher Pike

    Thirst No. 4: The Shadow of Death by Christopher Pike

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    The conclusion to the phenomenally successful Thirst series follows five-thousand-year-old vampire Alisa Perne as she battles a new race of immortals: the Telar. The Telar are a challenging threat. But Alisa is hungry for blood—and thirsty for revenge...
  • The Wicked by L.A. Banks

    The Wicked by L.A. Banks

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    New, deadly enemies of the Vampire Huntress join forces with the old in the battle that will lead to the Armageddon in The Wicked, the eighth installment in L. A. Banks's hot Vampire Huntress seriesDamali and Carlos have finally tied the knot, but there is no happily ever after on the horizon...
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    angels  dark  demons  paranormal  vampires  adult  book  dark-fantasy
  • Thirteen by Kelley Armstrong

    Thirteen by Kelley Armstrong

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    War is coming to the Otherworld. A sinister cult known as The Supernatural Liberation Movement is hell-bent on exposing the truth about supernaturals to the rest of the world. Their violent, ruthless plan has put everyone at risk: from werewolves to vampires, from witches to half-demons.Savannah Levine - fiery and unpredictable - stands at the heart of the maelstrom...
  • Torn by Fury by S.M. Reine

    Torn by Fury by S.M. Reine

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Elise Kavanagh is marching on New Eden, the city angels have built from the bones of human victims. She’s hellbent on making them atone for their sins–no matter the cost.Rylie Gresham has realized that werewolves are the key to defeating angels. They’re apex predators, designed to bring powerful, immortal beings to heel...
  • The Thirteenth by L.A. Banks

    The Thirteenth by L.A. Banks

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    The entire Neteru Guardian team is on the run, having now been labeled as America’s most-wanted terrorists following the gruesome demon battle that felled the Washington Monument and crashed the front doors of the White House. The Antichrist is positioned for emergence, the powers of darkness have released the pale horse of the apocalypse, and half of the Neteru team is pregnant...
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    angels  dark  demons  paranormal  vampires  adult  book  dark-fantasy
  • Deadly Night by Vanessa Nelson

    Deadly Night by Vanessa Nelson

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Can she serve justice in an unjust world?Newly-promoted Watch Officer Thea March is assigned her very first death investigation. Someone has brutally killed a young woman and dumped her body in an empty warehouse. The only real clue left at the scene points to one of the elite – the Ageless – as being involved...
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    paranormal  dark  vampires  angels  romance  fantasy  mystery  magic
  • Blood Trade by Faith Hunter

    Blood Trade by Faith Hunter

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    Jane Yellowrock is a shape-shifting skinwalker who’s always up for a fight—even if it means putting her life on the line... The Master of Natchez, Mississippi has a nasty problem on his hands. Rogue vampires—those who follow the Naturaleza and believe that humans should be nothing more than prey to be hunted—are terrorizing his city...
  • The Cursed by L.A. Banks

    The Cursed by L.A. Banks

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    The Chairman has been killed and now Lilith, Satan’s Consort, sits on the vampire throne as the Vampire Council’s new Chairwoman. She raises all the dark covens, calling every major dark witch and warlock to do her bidding. Her goal is to distract the team members while the unborn heir to the Dark Realms awaits his own birth. All Lilith needs now is Damali’s newly discovered angelic powers...
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    angels  dark  demons  paranormal  vampires  adult  book  dark-fantasy
  • The Darkness by L.A. Banks

    The Darkness by L.A. Banks

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    After the battle at Masada, the Neteru team returns to San Diego believing forty-thousand demons had been eradicated and that Lilith's spawn has been killed. But somehow the treacherous little creature got away. Just as had been prophesized at the dawn of the Armageddon, the anti-Christ has been born and will soon rise to power...
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    angels  dark  demons  paranormal  vampires  adult  alpha-mc  book
  • As Shadows Fade by Colleen Gleason

    As Shadows Fade by Colleen Gleason

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Vampires have met their match with Victoria Gardella, but now the huntress faces an even greater evil as London is besieged by malevolent entities no mortal was ever meant to encounter... Directly descended from the very first vampire hunter in the Gardella family, Victoria knows she must continue the lineage so humanity will have protectors against the undead...
  • Kingdom of Lies by Debra Dunbar

    Kingdom of Lies by Debra Dunbar

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    A gemstone might destroy the world before I get the chance to do it myself.Interdimensional rifts are opening, spilling supernatural creatures into the world of the humans. Locating and closing the gateways takes two—an angel and a demon. It’s the opportunity I’ve been waiting for, the common goal that might allow demons and angels to put aside nearly three million years of hate...
  • Bound by Darkness by Brenda K. Davies

    Bound by Darkness by Brenda K. Davies

    Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Determined to rescue Simone from the vampires who took her, Killean must become one of the things he’s spent his life fighting—a Savage. As he sinks further into a world filled with death, Killean struggles against his growing bloodlust as he vows to do whatever it takes to save Simone from becoming a monster like him...
  • Imp Forsaken by Debra Dunbar

    Imp Forsaken by Debra Dunbar

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Sam is banished to Hel, the bond with her angel, Gregory, broken. Six Elven kingdoms are battling for supremacy, and she’s broken and injured in the middle of the most hostile one. Shooting the top off a royal throne, committing fraud in the completion of a contract, and threatening a high lord hasn’t endeared her to the elves, either...
  • The Forsaken by L.A. Banks

    The Forsaken by L.A. Banks

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    The Chairman of the Vampire Council is dead, and Lilith, the consort of the Unnamed One, and the Unnamed One himself are out for revenge against Damali Richards, the Vampire Huntress, and her lover, Carlos Rivera. A ruthless and carefully planned strategy---one that not even Damali will anticipate---has been developed...
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    dark  demons  paranormal  vampires  adult  book  dark-fantasy  epic
  • Spell Bound by Kelley Armstrong

    Spell Bound by Kelley Armstrong

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 35 ratings
    The #1 "New York Times" bestselling author sets the stage for a battle of epic proportions.Savannah Levine is all grown up. As a witch endowed with an array of spells, she is also a force to be reckoned with. As a paranormal investigator she is finally coming into her own. But her last case tore a family apart, and Savannah swore she'd give up her powers to fix the mess she helped create...
  • Tales of the Otherworld by Kelley Armstrong

    Tales of the Otherworld by Kelley Armstrong

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 35 ratings
    New York Times bestselling author Kelley Armstrong has bewitched audiences with her Otherworld series of supernatural thrillers. Now, in this new collection of shorter fiction, some of Armstrong's most tantalizing lead characters appear alongside her unforgettable supporting players, who step out of the shadows and into the light...
  • Tales of the Otherworld by Kelley Armstrong

    Tales of the Otherworld by Kelley Armstrong

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 35 ratings
    New York Times bestselling author Kelley Armstrong has bewitched audiences with her Otherworld series of supernatural thrillers. Now, in this new collection of shorter fiction, some of Armstrong's most tantalizing lead characters appear alongside her unforgettable supporting players, who step out of the shadows and into the light...
  • Desire Unchained by Larissa Ione

    Desire Unchained by Larissa Ione

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 42 ratings
    Pleasure is their ultimate weapon . . . Runa Wagner never meant to fall in love with the sexy stranger who seemed to know her every deepest desire. But she couldn't resist the unbelievable passion that burned between them, a passion that died when she discovered his betrayal and found herself forever changed...
  • Howler's Night by Marie Hall

    Howler's Night by Marie Hall

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The Priest was back. Her home was safe. And Pandora had even managed to secure a powerful ally in the Zombie Queen. But in one fell swoop none of it mattered. She’s been abducted by a secret organization known only as the Triad, and they’re conducting experiments, treating her like a lab rat: cutting her open, dissecting her, and keeping her hostage. And she’s slowly going mad...
  • Ghost's Whisper by Ella Summers

    Ghost's Whisper by Ella Summers

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The enemy isn’t a monster or a demon this time. It is fear, the destroyer of worlds.Life has never been better for Leda Pandora, the Angel of Chaos. She is married to the archangel Nero Windstriker, the love of her life. And she commands a vast territory, surrounded by her closest friends and family.Everything is perfect—until the Earth’s magic goes haywire...
  • Oaths of Blood by S.M. Reine

    Oaths of Blood by S.M. Reine

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The hordes of Hell are marching, and it's going to take a demon to stop them. Werewolves are immune to every illness and can heal any wound. It should be impossible for one to become possessed by a demon. But that's exactly what Seth Wilder is facing: a werewolf gone insane from possession...
  • Bound by Passion by Brenda K. Davies

    Bound by Passion by Brenda K. Davies

    Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    When Kadence has a vision of a cabin in the woods, Saxon and his friends are determined to find it. He’s beginning to think they’re on a wild goose chase… until he stumbles across the cabin and a horde of Savages.Elyse and her father have spent months imprisoned by Savages. Tortured and brutalized, she has no hope of getting out alive...
  • Kingdom of Lies by Debra Dunbar

    Kingdom of Lies by Debra Dunbar

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    A gemstone might destroy the world before I get the chance to do it myself.Interdimensional rifts are opening, spilling supernatural creatures into the world of the humans. Locating and closing the gateways takes two—an angel and a demon. It’s the opportunity I’ve been waiting for, the common goal that might allow demons and angels to put aside nearly three million years of hate...
  • The Damned by L.A. Banks

    The Damned by L.A. Banks

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    The only way to Heaven is through the gates of Hell…Damali Richards knows all about a blood rush. The kind that happened when she first went skin-to-skin with former vampire Carlos Rivera. Or the kind that happened on the streets of Philadelphia, when her crew took on the devil’s own...
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    dark  demons  paranormal  vampires  adult  book  dark-fantasy  fiction
  • Heart of Darkness by Gena Showalter, Maggie Shayne

    Heart of Darkness by Gena Showalter, Maggie Shayne

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    From the masters of paranormal romance, three brand-new tales of seductionThe Darkest Angel by Gena ShowalterA Lords of the Underworld taleAn iron-willed demon assassin, the angel Lysander has never known lust, until he meets Bianka. Spawned from the bloodline of Lucifer, the beautiful but deadly Harpy is determined to lead the pure-hearted Lysander into temptation...
  • The Bitten by L.A. Banks

    The Bitten by L.A. Banks

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    The Bitten is the fourth daring and pulse-pounding book in L. A. Banks's Vampire Huntress Legend seriesThe vampire civil war has been averted, deadly were-demons have been beaten back, and now it Damali Richards and Carlos Rivera (now a Council level vampire) will finally have the chance to settle in and explore their deeper, sexier love...
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    dark  demons  paranormal  vampires  adult  alpha-mc  book  dark-fantasy
  • The Forbidden by L.A. Banks

    The Forbidden by L.A. Banks

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    The Body of a Goddess...with the Heart of Hell itself.The devil is a dead-beat dad and his consort Lilith couldn't care less. A stolen embryo stirs in Lilith's womb and a plan pulses through her veins: To unleash her child from the gates of hell--as soon as she destroys the only two vampire hunters who can possibly stop her..
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    dark  demons  paranormal  vampires  adult  alpha-mc  book  dark-fantasy
  • No Humans Involved by Kelley Armstrong

    No Humans Involved by Kelley Armstrong

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 39 ratings
    In her acclaimed Women of the Otherworld series, bestselling author Kelley Armstrong creates a present day in which humans unwittingly coexist with werewolves, witches, and other supernatural beings. Now, in this spellbinding new novel, a beautiful necromancer who can see ghosts must come to terms with her power—and with an evil she never thought possible...
  • Blood Reign by Tamara Rose Blodgett

    Blood Reign by Tamara Rose Blodgett

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Julia's sworn enemies are safely sequestered in a prison of the fey and her forever mate has been chosen. Not by blood, but by a circumstance shaped from coincidence. However, it's not enough to save Julia and the others who came from Alaska their fate by the hand of the Alaska den, whose reacquisition has come alarmingly full-circle to capture them...
  • Beyond the Veil by Nicole R. Taylor

    Beyond the Veil by Nicole R. Taylor

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A Collection of Urban Fantasy Adventures Beyond the veil lies a world of magic, mystery, and adventure! From author Nicole R. Taylor comes five full length novels, each a first in a series...
  • Waking the Witch by Kelley Armstrong

    Waking the Witch by Kelley Armstrong

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 35 ratings
    At twenty-one, Savannah Levine-orphaned daughter of a notorious dark witch and an equally notorious cutthroat sorcerer-considers herself a full-fledged member of the otherworld. The once rebellious teen has grown into a six-foot-tall, motorcycle-riding jaw-dropper, with an impressive knowledge of and ability to perform spells...
  • Stormwind by Skye Knizley

    Stormwind by Skye Knizley

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The body of Wade Franks hangs from a gargoyle in Old Town, bathed in the harsh glow of the spring Blood moon. Terrible, bloody wounds cover his body and it’s clear he didn’t give up without a fight. But a fight against who…or what? Detective Raven Storm is assigned to uncover the truth behind Franks’ death, chalking up another ‘unsolvable’ case for the Chicago Police...
  • 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...
  • God Touched by John Conroe

    God Touched by John Conroe

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 37 ratings
    Book 1 of the Demon Accords. Chris Gordon is a rookie with the NYPD - one with a secret. In his spare time Chris is an exorcist without equal with a gift from God. But when he saves a beautiful girl from a demonic attack, he discovers there is more to fear than just demons...
  • Undead on Arrival by L.A. Banks

    Undead on Arrival by L.A. Banks

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Just one month ago, secret government operative Sasha Trudeau thought she'd tasted victory. Orchestrating détente between the warring factions of the supernatural world had nearly cost her life—but it also opened the door to a future with Max Hunter, her mate and fellow Shadow Wolf.Until now. A poisonous virus is wreaking havoc on Hunter's immune system...
  • The Forsaken by Laura Thalassa

    The Forsaken by Laura Thalassa

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Since her Awakening, seventeen-year-old Gabrielle Fiori has known the devil wants her as his own, and that when she dies, he’ll finally lay his claim. Evading death should be easy. But when a prophecy linking her to the lord of the underworld is leaked, supernaturals—both good and bad—come together for one purpose: to kill her, the girl they believe is the anti-Christ...
  • The Darkest Prison by Gena Showalter

    The Darkest Prison by Gena Showalter

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    New York Times bestselling author Gena Showalter has enthralled thousands of readers with her Lords of the Underworld series. Discover a new side of the saga with this novella, The Darkest Prison.Once Atlas, the Titan god of strength, was the Greek goddess Nike's slave. Now he is her master...
  • 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...
  • The Hunted by L.A. Banks

    The Hunted by L.A. Banks

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Each millennium brings a new Neteru, a vampire huntress whose mission is to vanquish evil from the world. This millennium's savior has come in the form of Damali Richards, a hip-hop diva with the heart of a warrior and an attitude to match. But a war in Hell has cost Damali both her powers and her past love, Carlos Rivera. Still, Damali can't let her grief stand in her way...
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    dark  demons  paranormal  vampires  adult  book  dark-fantasy  fiction
  • Reckoning by Lili St. Crow, Lilith Saintcrow

    Reckoning by Lili St. Crow, Lilith Saintcrow

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 35 ratings
    Nobody expected Dru Anderson to survive this long. Not Graves. Not Christophe. Not even Dru. She's battled killer zombies, jealous djamphirs, and bloodthirsty suckers straight out of her worst nightmares. But now that Dru has bloomed into a full-fledged svetocha — rare, beautiful, and toxic to all vampires — the worst is yet to come...
  • Shift Work by J.C. McKenzie

    Shift Work by J.C. McKenzie

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Badass Shifter Andy McNeilly is running on empty. The death of a prominent supernatural being has her reeling. The advent of a new street drug has the police knocking on her door for assistance. And a friend needs her unique skills to help investigate a messy murder...
    Categorized as:
    dark  demons  paranormal  vampires  adult  alpha-mc  assassins  book
  • Carpe Demon by J.C. McKenzie

    Carpe Demon by J.C. McKenzie

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    As an ambassador with the Supernatural Regulatory Division, Andy McNeilly is responsible for acting as the Liaison for the Vancouver Vampire horde. The problem? She detests the Vampire Master, and the SRD can’t discover the beast she keeps locked inside...
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    dark  demons  paranormal  vampires  adult  alpha-mc  book  dark-fantasy
  • Curse of Dracula by Kathryn Ann Kingsley

    Curse of Dracula by Kathryn Ann Kingsley

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Maxine Parker expected to lose her life when the Vampire King swept through her city like a plague. She did not expect to lose her heart to him as well. Caught between her desire to protect the living and her love for Dracula, she suddenly finds herself the enemy of the hunters who had once been her allies...
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    dark  demons  paranormal  vampires  adult  anti-hero  audiobook  book
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