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  • Anghellic by Shayne Silvers

    Anghellic by Shayne Silvers

    Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Callie Penrose has taken over Castle Dracula all for herself, finally feeling like she has time to take a breath and relax. Until she learns that her new real estate acquisition comes with a few unsavory job perks, Nate Temple has been abducted, and Darling and Dear—the mysterious Armorers of the Apocalypse—have been hiding much more than even she suspected...
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    dark  demons  myths  paranormal  retellings  vampires  adult  audiobook
  • Hurricane by Shayne Silvers, Cameron O'Connell

    Hurricane by Shayne Silvers, Cameron O'Connell

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    What’s a goddess to do?After being lost at sea and taken prisoner by yet another denizen of the Titan realm, Quinn finds herself cold, wet, miserable, and very much alone. Until a familiar and unexpected face steps back into her life to remind her who she is—and has always—been: a fighter...
  • Halo Breaker by Shayne Silvers

    Halo Breaker by Shayne Silvers

    Rated: 4.76 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    The White Rose marches for war. The angels will weep, the devils will cry, and mankind may die.Callie Penrose wields the Spear of Destiny and wears Envy’s Halo—the corrupting power of darkness balanced by the legendary blade of light...
  • River Marked by Patricia Briggs

    River Marked by Patricia Briggs

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 67 ratings
    Mercy Thompson: Mechanic, Shapeshifter, Fighter.Car mechanic Mercy Thompson has always known there was something different about her, and not just the way she can make a VW engine sit up and beg. Mercy is a shapeshifter, a talent she inherited from her long-gone father. And she's never known any others of her kind. Until now...
  • Blood is Thicker by Orlando A. Sanchez

    Blood is Thicker by Orlando A. Sanchez

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    A Broken Pact. An Ancient Enemy. A Bitter Betrayal. What does a vampire fear more than sunlight? The Cazadoras Sangrientas-Blood Hunters. Michiko Nakatomi has led the Dark Council for over a century, maintaining the uneasy truce between humanity and the supernatural. But when an ancient enemy returns the delicate balance is shattered and vampires start dying...
  • Mobius by Garon Whited

    Mobius by Garon Whited

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Faced with war and the end of the world, Eric--or Halar the First, King of Karvalen--must find a way to stop a godlike entity bent on his destruction. His quest will be no easy thing, not a straight line to his goal, but even he can't anticipate just how far it will lead him on this epic journey...
  • Ocean of Blood by Darren Shan

    Ocean of Blood by Darren Shan

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    Before Larten Crepsley was a vampire general...Before he was Darren Shan's master... Before the War of Scars...Larten Crepsley was a teenager. And he was sick of the pomp and circumstance of fusty old vampires telling him what to do. Taking off on his own with his blood brother, Wester, Larten takes off into the world to see what his newly blooded vampire status can get him in the human world...
  • Magic Immortal by Ella Summers

    Magic Immortal by Ella Summers

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Spirit Warrior and supernatural enforcer Naomi Garland has fought hell beasts and magical miscreants. She has thwarted warlords’ schemes and plunged into the deeper reaches of hell. None of that has prepared her for this. Following a mass demon breakout from hell, Naomi and her Dragon Born lover set out to hunt them down. But this time, it isn’t just about saving the world...
  • Night Wedding by Lisa Carlisle

    Night Wedding by Lisa Carlisle

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    My vampire boyfriend is acting strange.Is it the seven-month itch?We’ve passed that milestone, but maybe our relationship has become routine. My best friend thinks I should spice things up. That might be easy for a half-siren, but I’m a witch. I can master spells, not seduction.My awkward attempt proves it. I'll stick to dancing in clubs rather than my bedroom...
  • Bobby Singer's Guide to Hunting by David Reed

    Bobby Singer's Guide to Hunting by David Reed

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    My name is Bobby Singer. In twenty-four hours I’m gonna lose my memory. So here’s everything you need to know.Monsters, demons, angels, vampires, the boogeyman under your bed: I’ve seen it, I’ve hunted it, I’ve killed it. I’m not the only hunter out here, but there aren’t as many as there used to be. Not near as many as there need to be...
  • Mortimer by Neven Iliev

    Mortimer by Neven Iliev

    Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Armageddon Day. That is how history will remember the date when two Overlords clashed amidst the war-torn streets of New Whitehall. The disastrous duel its explosive conclusion wreaked heavy casualties on the two armies present, rendering both the Ishigar Republic and the Lodrak Empire unable to continue to fight. And yet, it was no stalemate...
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    dark  demons  humor  myths  paranormal  retellings  adult  ai
  • The Last Coven by Rick Gualtieri

    The Last Coven by Rick Gualtieri

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    There are reasons we fear the night. He might finally be one of them. A goddess returned, a war between primal powers, and a prophecy to fulfill. That's a lot of crap to heap on anyone's plate, much less a former game programmer from Brooklyn. But that's exactly what Bill Ryder - gamer, geek, and legendary vampire - has to deal with...
  • Kill All Angels: The Vicious Circuit, Book Three by Robert Brockway

    Kill All Angels: The Vicious Circuit, Book Three by Robert Brockway

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The concluding volume in the humorous punk rock adventure that began with The Unnoticeables and The Empty Ones. After the events of the first two books of the Vicious Circle series, Carey and Randall reached LA during the early '80s punk scene, which was heavily mixed up with Chinatown...
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    demons  humor  myths  retellings  adult  audiobook  book  comedy
  • Revenge of the Furballs by D.M. Guay

    Revenge of the Furballs by D.M. Guay

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    One loser, one talking cockroach, and one karate-chopping bombshell stand between YOU and a menacing army of...fat, adorable hamsters? Wait. Back up.Lloyd Wallace has been through a lot these past few months. He's stopped the zombie apocalypse, fought off demonic possession by the deadly sin of sloth, and helped the grim reaper get his job back...
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    humor  paranormal  demons  vampires  dark  fantasy  horror  fiction
  • The Wicked Dead by Rick Gualtieri

    The Wicked Dead by Rick Gualtieri

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    There are reasons we fear the night. Now he must become one of them.Bill Ryder has a powerful destiny. He just never expected it to involve an amnesiac bloodsucker, a bunch of D&D dorks, and a hormonal witch. It's time for the gamer, geek, and legendary vampire to embrace his fate...
  • Spirit Magic by Ella Summers

    Spirit Magic by Ella Summers

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Naomi Garland, a half-fairy with the power to navigate realms, divides her time between earth and hell. On earth, she is a supernatural enforcer, charged with upholding the peace. In hell, she is the insurgent Spirit Warrior who fights demonic overlords and has turned the entire underworld on its head...
  • Witches of the Deep by C.N. Crawford, Carlos Quevedo

    Witches of the Deep by C.N. Crawford, Carlos Quevedo

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Fiona and her friends are on the run from the ruthless witch-hunters, seeking refuge in the werewolf city of Dogtown. But sadly for Fiona, no sanctuary awaits them there. Plagued by its inhabitants and her own twisted past, Fiona is searching for one thing: a way out. Her only hope is to complete a series of grueling tasks set forth by a gorgeous—but terrifying—sea-demon...
  • 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...
  • Lourdes & the Mafia by Aleera Anaya Ceres

    Lourdes & the Mafia by Aleera Anaya Ceres

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Lourdes Rivera has spent her entire life relying on others. From friends, to family, to mediocre boyfriends. Now that her best friend Naomi is moving in with the Kraken Motorcycle Club, this is Lourdes’s chance to prove her independence once and for all. But after putting up an ad online, the last thing she expected when she greeted her new roommate was to be stabbed and left for dead...
  • In Death We Part by M. Bonnet

    In Death We Part by M. Bonnet

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    My routine was simple - classes, work, repeat - then an unearthed family secret changed everything. Four mysterious men shattered my life and stomped on the pieces until I had nothing left. They were strangers to me, but I was no stranger to them. They had been watching me… waiting until the time was right to strike...
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    paranormal  dark  demons  myths  humor  romance  reverse-harem  fantasy
  • A Drop of Anguish by Stacey Trombley

    A Drop of Anguish by Stacey Trombley

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    I might be a magicless human, but I won't be easy prey.Everyone at Shadow Hills Academy thinks they know who I am. Canadice Montgomery, a weak magicless human whose only claim to power was her relationship with the demon prince, Jarron.The girl who's so desperate for power, she'd be willing to kill her peers in a deadly competition...
  • Sunset Strip by Rick Gualtieri

    Sunset Strip by Rick Gualtieri

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    My name is Sally.For over thirty years I've prowled the night, one of the undead. In that time I've walked amongst you - a wolf in sheep's clothing - doing unspeakable things, killing countless people.Now, on the eve of Armageddon, a chance for redemption presents itself. My past has come looking for me, beckoning me back to the city of my rebirth...
  • The Graveyard Shift by D.M. Guay

    The Graveyard Shift by D.M. Guay

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A frightfully funny novel for fans of Tom Holt and Christopher Moore.Lloyd Wallace is the most clueless crossing guard the intersection of hell and earth has ever seen. So clueless, that he doesn't even realize the beer cave in the corner store where he works is the gateway to hell.The gate needs a hero, but Lloyd's a zero, a loser with a capital L...
  • Crack the Sky: Preternatural Chronicles Book 8  (The Preternatural Chronicles) by Hunter Blain

    Crack the Sky: Preternatural Chronicles Book 8 (The Preternatural Chronicles) by Hunter Blain

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    In the heart of darkness... do what must be done. Depweg is lost in time, unwittingly finding himself in a stream of reality that has broken off from the single river our universe safely resides upon. John has no choice but to do the impossible and retrieve his best friend or risk the two parallel timelines crashing into one another...
  • The Triumph of Death by Jason Henderson

    The Triumph of Death by Jason Henderson

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Within months of discovering he’s next in a long line of vampire hunters, Alex Van Helsing has already defeated two powerful vampire leaders. Not bad for a fourteen-year-old.But when a newly risen vampire queen threatens the fate of the world, Alex faces his deadliest challenge yet...
  • Necroscope: The Plague-Bearer by Brian Lumley

    Necroscope: The Plague-Bearer by Brian Lumley

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Harry Keogh is moving on. Though the search for his missing wife and child continues, his heart now lies in Edinburgh with Bonnie Jean--a beautiful Scottish werewolf whose friendly pack and flourishing pub have given him a place he can almost call home...
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    dark  paranormal  vampires  adult  audiobook  book  fiction  gothic
  • The Ammonite Violin & Others by Caitlín R. Kiernan

    The Ammonite Violin & Others by Caitlín R. Kiernan

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    In Caitlí­n R. Kiernan's The Ammonite Violin & Others, one of contemporary dark fantasy s most bewitching and distinctive voices is back with another banquet of the weird and unexpected. In his introduction, Jeff VanderMeer (City of Saints and Madmen, Finch) writes, Kiernan creates her own light in this remarkable collection, and shines it on dark places...
  • Fairy Magic by Ella Summers

    Fairy Magic by Ella Summers

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Half-fairy mercenary Naomi Garland has spent her whole life caught between two worlds. She’s learned to depend on her sword instead of her weak magic. But when a mission to save kidnapped supernaturals in Munich goes horribly wrong, she discovers an ancient fairy magic she never knew she had: the power to navigate realms...
  • American Monsters by Derek Landy

    American Monsters by Derek Landy

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The epic conclusion in the mind-blowing supernatural thriller from bestselling author DEREK LANDY, creator of international sensation Skulduggery Pleasant.Bigger, meaner, stronger, Amber closes in on her murderous parents as they make one last desperate play for power...
  • Demon Road by Derek Landy

    Demon Road by Derek Landy

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    The mind-blowing new supernatural thriller from bestselling author DEREK LANDY, creator of international sensation Skulduggery Pleasant.Full of Landy’s trademark wit, action and razor-sharp dialogue, DEMON ROAD kicks off with a shocking opener and never lets up the pace in an epic road-trip across the supernatural landscape of America...
  • Vampire: The Masquerade Revised by Mark Rein-Hagen, Phil Brucato

    Vampire: The Masquerade Revised by Mark Rein-Hagen, Phil Brucato

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    They stalk in the shadows, moving gracefully and unseen among their prey. They are the blood-drinking fiends of whispered legends - Kindred, Cainites, the Damned. Above all, they are vampires. Their eternal struggle, waged since the nights of Jericho and Babylon, plays itself out among the skyscrapers and nightclubs of the modern world...
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    dark  paranormal  vampires  adult  book  dark-fantasy  fiction  horror
  • Desolation by Derek Landy

    Desolation by Derek Landy

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Reeling from their bloody encounter in New York City at the end of Demon Road, Amber and Milo flee north. On their trail are the Hounds of Hell – five demonic bikers who will stop at nothing to drag their quarries back to their unholy master...
  • Ghoulfriends Forever by Gitty Daneshvari

    Ghoulfriends Forever by Gitty Daneshvari

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Ghoulfriends Forever is a brand-new Monster High series, introducing three new monster characters. As new students, the trio must navigate the bewildering array of cute monster boys, established cliques, and monster-rific subjects like Mad Science, G-ogre-phy, and Physical Deaducation. As if that weren't hard enough, something strange and sinister seems to be happening at the school...
  • Vampirina Ballerina by Anne Marie Pace

    Vampirina Ballerina by Anne Marie Pace

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Oh, to be a ballerina! It's a challenge for any little girl, but even more so if you happen to be a vampire like Vampirina. First of all, you have to find a class that meets at night...
  • Creature by Hunter Shea

    Creature by Hunter Shea

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The monsters live inside of Kate Woodson. Chronic pain and a host of autoimmune diseases have robbed her of a normal, happy life. Her husband Andrew’s surprise of their dream Maine lake cottage for the summer is the gift of a lifetime. It’s beautiful, remote, idyllic, a place to heal. But they are not alone...
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    dark  myths  retellings  adult  audiobook  book  fiction  horror
  • Shining Fury by Rick Gualtieri

    Shining Fury by Rick Gualtieri

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    HELL HATH NO FURY...At first glance, most see only a shy girl from New York, but to the denizens of the night -- vampires, witches, and their ilk -- I am a nightmare given flesh, born to raze their kind from this very Earth. I am the Icon, the Shining One, the last defender of humanity against the oncoming tide of darkness...
  • Monster Needs a Costume by Paul Czajak

    Monster Needs a Costume by Paul Czajak

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    It’s almost Halloween, and Monster needs to decide what he’s going to be. With so many options — a fireman, a ballerina, a cowboy, a ninja—how will he ever decide? In this playful, rhyming story, Monster shows young readers that sometimes being creative and daring to try something new are the best solutions...
  • Voice of the Undead by Jason Henderson

    Voice of the Undead by Jason Henderson

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Now that Alex is in the know about the deadly vampires that live—and hunt—around his boarding school, everything is different. Putting his talents to use, Alex is training with the Polidorium to become a vampire hunter, just like his Van Helsing ancestors. Sure, he’s only fourteen, but c’mon: This runs in his blood.But Alex is wondering if he’ll live long enough to succeed...
  • Tears of the Furies by Christopher Golden, Thomas E. Sniegoski

    Tears of the Furies by Christopher Golden, Thomas E. Sniegoski

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Behind the facade of a stately Boston brownstone, humanity's last defenses are being marshaled. Called to action by the enigmatic, brilliant man known only as Mr. Doyle, they hail from all planes of existence and are born from an array of supernatural and otherworldly backgrounds and bloodlines..
  • Substitute Creature by Charles Gilman

    Substitute Creature by Charles Gilman

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When a giant nor’easter dumps a blanket of snow on the village of Dunwich, Massachussetts, Robert Arthur and his friends find themselves marooned inside Lovecraft Middle School. The kids have no choice but to spend the night—while snacking on cafeteria food, sleeping on classroom floors, and facing off against a mysterious substitute teacher who may have a sinister secret...
  • Savages by Greg F. Gifune

    Savages by Greg F. Gifune

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    It began as a vacation to the Cook Islands. But when seven friends are lost in the South Pacific after their boat goes down in a storm, they must survive at sea for several days in a small raft. Blown miles off course from their original position, and deep into open waters, they eventually encounter a small uncharted island...
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    dark  demons  myths  retellings  adult  book  fiction  graphic-violence
  • Reign of Ruin by Jennifer Bene

    Reign of Ruin by Jennifer Bene

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    'The priests want me to thank God, but the only thing I pray for is death.'There is nothing before Eden. Just flashes of a time before Danielle woke up in chains, in hell, to be violated and broken.Over, and over, and over.They say that God honors those who serve, that each baptism is a gift, but all Danielle wants is to die.Eden has other plans...
    Categorized as:
    dark  myths  paranormal  retellings  vampires  abuse  adult  book
  • Ancient Enemies by Matthew Bryan Laube

    Ancient Enemies by Matthew Bryan Laube

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The story of "The Ancient" continues... Joseph Miller and Mike Samson are closing in on one of the Fallen on the busy streets of New York City, with the help of a young woman who just happens to grow fur and fangs. Little do they know someone from Miller's past is hunting them to settle a grudge over a thousand years old...
  • A World Full of Spooky Stories by Angela McAllister

    A World Full of Spooky Stories by Angela McAllister

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Get ready for Halloween with this child-friendly collection of spooky stories from all over the world. Feel your pulse race and your skin tingle as you read about the fearsome witch Baba Yaga, the serpent woman from Spain, the rescue of Tam Lin from the bewitching Queen of the Fairies, how Father Death gets caught in the Enchanted Apple Tree, and the waterdwelling Bunyip from Australia...
  • Dweller by Jeff Strand

    Dweller by Jeff Strand

    Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Toby was just a boy the first time he saw the creature in the woods. His parents convinced the terrified child it was only his imagination. The next time Toby saw the creature he was a lonely, unhappy teenager without friends. But the creature would be his friend. It would be there when Toby needed someone to talk to. And it would take care of the bullies who wouldn't leave Toby alone...
    Categorized as:
    dark  humor  myths  paranormal  retellings  audiobook  book  bullying
  • Tremble  (Vampire Romance) by Kristen Middleton, Cassie Alexandra

    Tremble (Vampire Romance) by Kristen Middleton, Cassie Alexandra

    Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Previously titled ShiverWritten by NY Times Bestselling Author, Kristen Middleton.Duncan goes missing after a confrontation with Ethan, who claims to be innocent. Nikki doesn't know what to believe but knows that things aren't adding up. Meanwhile, a new club has opened in town and the owner is holding some deadly secrets...
    Categorized as:
    dark  myths  paranormal  vampires  book  fiction  horror  monsters
  • The Narrows by Ronald Malfi

    The Narrows by Ronald Malfi

    Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The town of Stillwater has a very unwelcome resident. The town of Stillwater has been dying - the long and painful death of a town ravaged by floods and haunted by the ghosts of all who had lived there. Yet this most recent flood has brought something with it - a creature that nests among the good folks of Stillwater...and feeds off them...
  • The Mistwalker by Regine Abel

    The Mistwalker by Regine Abel

    Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    To be loved by a shadow in the Mist.Every month, for three days, a mysterious fog filled with demonic creatures swallows the world. Since its first appearance a decade ago, I’ve diligently secured my home against the danger. Today, my sister’s negligence has allowed something in. A Mistwalker. A part of him now resides inside of me, his brand on my chest a constant reminder of his presence...
  • Anoka by Shane Hawk

    Anoka by Shane Hawk

    Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Welcome to Anoka, Minnesota, a small city just outside of the Twin Cities dubbed “The Halloween Capital of the World” since 1937. Here before you lie several tales involving bone collectors, pagan witches, werewolves, skeletal bison, and cloned children. It is up to you to decipher between fact and fiction as the author has woven historical facts into his narratives...
  • A Tear in the Sky by Joseph Nassise

    A Tear in the Sky by Joseph Nassise

    Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    He said he'd go to Hell and back to save her. Now he'll get his chance! Knight Commander Cade Williams is having a bad day. A message from a once-powerful enemy reveals the unthinkable...
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