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Blood Mosaic by Elizabeth Hunter
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA ruthless fire vampire. An unsuspecting human. A bargain that will cost them everything.Tatyana Vorona has no idea that she just made a deal with a vampire. When the naïve human bookkeeper offers to help locate embezzled funds for a wealthy CEO, she doesn’t realize she’s being set up as bait. Oleg Sokolov is a fire vampire as ancient as he is vicious... -
![Rebel Bitten by Lexi C. Foss]()
Rebel Bitten by Lexi C. Foss
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsOnce upon a time, humankind ruled the world while lycans and vampires lived in secret.This is no longer that time. WillowRun, run, run!They're chasing me, even into my dreams.And when I awake, I see him. Striking blue eyes with a hint of the devil inside. He's my savior and my worst nightmare combined.Because he owns me.He found me.He saved me.But I don't want to be owned. I want to be free... -
![Blood Dark by Lindsay J. Pryor]()
Blood Dark by Lindsay J. Pryor
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratings‘There are guardian angels, and there are monsters with wings’ Caitlin Parish should have been the last person to fall for a vampire. A member of the Vampire Control Unit, her relationship with master vampire Kane Malloy had explosive consequences. Caitlin’s colleagues count her as the enemy. And now she’s going back... -
![A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire (Part 1 of 2) [Dramatized Adaptation] by Jennifer L. Armentrout]()
A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire (Part 1 of 2) [Dramatized Adaptation] by Jennifer L. Armentrout
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIs Love Stronger Than Vengeance?A Betrayal...Everything Poppy has ever believed in is a lie, including the man she was falling in love with. Thrust among those who see her as a symbol of a monstrous kingdom, she barely knows who she is without the veil of the Maiden. But what she does know is that nothing is as dangerous to her as him. The Dark One. The Prince of Atlantia... -
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![The Stars Afire: An Elemental Mysteries Anthology by Elizabeth Hunter]()
The Stars Afire: An Elemental Mysteries Anthology by Elizabeth Hunter
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsA new anthology of short fiction featuring your favorite characters from the Elemental Mysteries. In Lost Letters and Christmas Lights, Christmas in Rome wasn’t quite what Giovanni and Beatrice had in mind, until a set of misplaced letters leads them back to their library in the heart of Italy... -
![From Blood and Ash (Part 1 of 2) [Dramatized Adaptation] by Jennifer L. Armentrout, Khaya Fraites]()
From Blood and Ash (Part 1 of 2) [Dramatized Adaptation] by Jennifer L. Armentrout, Khaya Fraites
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsCaptivating and action-packed, From Blood and Ash is a sexy, addictive, and unexpected fantasy perfect for fans of Sarah J. Maas and Laura Thalassa.A Maiden...Chosen from birth to usher in a new era, Poppy’s life has never been her own. The life of the Maiden is solitary. Never to be touched. Never to be looked upon. Never to be spoken to. Never to experience pleasure... -
![The Forbidden Wolf King by Leia Stone]()
The Forbidden Wolf King by Leia Stone
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAxil Moon broke my heart when I was fifteen and I’ve dreamed of getting revenge ever since.So when he becomes the king of all Wolven and summons me to compete for his hand inmarriage in the deadly Queen Trials, I gladly accept. I want nothing more than to defeat thecompetition and leave him cold and alone when I slam the bedroom door in his face everynight... -
![Secrets Bound By Sand by T.A. White]()
Secrets Bound By Sand by T.A. White
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsWhen the past forms the future, how does a woman with few memories survive? No longer nameless or alone, Tate has put down roots in the city of Aurelia. She’s found a home, friends and a misfit family. When an assassination attempt leads to a dangerous loss of control over her dragon, Tate is sent to the farthest reaches of the empire on a mission she can’t refuse... -
![Siren's Tribute by Sedona Ashe]()
Siren's Tribute by Sedona Ashe
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDon’t touch my stuff. Not my mates, not my city, and not my last nerve- I’ll hurt you.Rescuing my mates needed to be done.Raining my fury on the one who took them…Well, that was for pleasure.The one who dared take them? He’s sleeping with the fishes now... -
![Unsphere the Stars by CocoArtist]()
Unsphere the Stars by CocoArtist
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen you can't change time, but you can't go forward, what is left? Hermione learns how to be the protagonist of her own story... -
![Lost You Forever by Tong Hua]()
Lost You Forever by Tong Hua
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLife is the encounter and separation, is the starting time and oblivion, but there are always things that once happened, will leave traces, and always have a person, once appeared, will not be forgettable... -
![The Vampire's Captive by Kay Elle Parker, Tabitha Black]()
The Vampire's Captive by Kay Elle Parker, Tabitha Black
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsViennaIn the space of one night, my world is thrown into the air and dropkicked into a new dimension. Sounds dramatic, right? Probably because it is. I’m no stranger to drama, but this… this takes the award for Best Dramatic Bombshell.It all starts with a carjacking on a dusty highway twenty miles outside Tucson, Arizona.That’s the normal part of that night, I guess... -
![Red Rain by R.S. Black]()
Red Rain by R.S. Black
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsRed Rain Pandora has been through hell and back. Literally. She’s been kidnapped and tortured, found freedom, and then lost it all over again. She’s now the newest pawn in the age-old war between Heaven and Hell. The Triad owns her mark, Asher owns her heart, but the demon Wrath might just own her soul. Death—aka Dean—is her constant companion in these final days... -
![Defeating Wicked Blaze by M. Sinclair]()
Defeating Wicked Blaze by M. Sinclair
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsI couldn’t remember what life was like before Wicked Blaze Correctional. The place had left a permanent imprint on my brain. A bloody, savage tattoo that seemed to shade everything in dark, cynical colors. Jaded.That was the lens I viewed the world through. Any rose-colored glasses I once owned had been dropped and stepped on, ground into the cold, hard floor of my cell... -
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![Escape From The Green by Jessica Gadziala]()
Escape From The Green by Jessica Gadziala
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAmethyst Determined not to be a pawn in my mother’s game any longer, I finally decided to take my destiny into my own hands. But I had made a promise to myself many years ago when I used to dream about running away. If I was getting my freedom, he was getting his too… Drake Imprisoned. Enslaved. That was my life for longer than I cared even to admit, beaten and humiliated for what I was... -
![Nightingale by Helen Harper]()
Nightingale by Helen Harper
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAll across Scotland, the resistance movement is growing in both strength and numbers. For the first time in five generations, the Mages are afraid - and it’s all because of one woman.But Mairi knows where the real power lies and that it is the Mages who maintain control of the country. She has become the poster girl for the resistance and her magic is growing stronger by the day... -
![The Memories of Merrick by Kylie Snow]()
The Memories of Merrick by Kylie Snow
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThese are the forty‑three missing days that rewrite the meaning of everything you thought you knew. Set during the 43 unaccounted days at the heart of The Sins of Silas, this pivotal installment returns to the Valley of Awakening, a realm that reveals not only truth, but desire.Trapped in isolation and uncertainty, Merrick and Erabella are forced to rely on each other to survive... -
![Storm Bear by Harmony Raines]()
Storm Bear by Harmony Raines
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsCurvy girl Chrysi hikes into the mountains with her fiancé. In no time at all, she realizes he is not the man for her, as his façade slips. What she did not expect, apart from a whiny man in place of the charming guy she fell in love with, is an attempted kidnapping... -
![Lachlan by D.B. Reynolds]()
Lachlan by D.B. Reynolds
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsScotland—sweeping forests, tumbling waterfalls. . .and towering highlands where vampire warriors have ruled for centuries.Lethal and charismatic, vampire Lachlan McRae woke on his first night to death and devastation—his clan slaughtered, his fortress destroyed... -
![Illusion by S.M. Boyce]()
Illusion by S.M. Boyce
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe final chapter in the war for Ourea ends with blood. Kara Magari is an icon. A hero. The people love her. The royalty tolerates her. She has everything—an army, allies, and a close circle of chosen family. They believe she will end the war, and they shouldn’t. She’s as scared as they are. She just can’t show it... -
![The Hunt 2 by Susan A. Bliler]()
The Hunt 2 by Susan A. Bliler
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTyson BloodMoon has a monster inside him. Yeah, the rest of his brothers have wolves in them too but not like his. Monster is different. He doesn’t need bonds, he doesn’t need anyone, and there isn’t anything he can’t get for himself with brute strength and lethal force…until he meets her. Tyson’s mission is to watch his Alpha’s new sister-in-law. Watch! But, Monster has other plans... -
![Lucifer by D.B. Reynolds]()
Lucifer by D.B. Reynolds
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsEPIC Award WinnerMontreal, Quebec . . . A charming city on the St. Lawrence River, historic, sophisticated, but beneath it all lies an extensive underground where treacherous vampires are plotting to seize the country.Lucifer Scuderi is a vampire—handsome and charismatic, a powerful hunter of unusual skill—who arrives in Montreal to take on the most important hunt of his life... -
![Blood Ecstasy by Tessa Dawn]()
Blood Ecstasy by Tessa Dawn
Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsJulien Lacusta is a troubled soul, born into tragic circumstances, and raised in a violent time. Despite being a Master Warrior in the house of Jadon, and one of the most elite trackers the Vampyr have ever seen, he is damaged to the core: tormented by endless shadows, haunted by unseen ghosts... -
![Thrown to the Wolves and Other Stories by Hailey Edwards]()
Thrown to the Wolves and Other Stories by Hailey Edwards
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThis anthology includes several short stories set in the BLACK DOG UNIVERSE, including the all new story, THROWN TO THE WOLVES. ___________________________________________________________ THROWN TO THE WOLVES Zed lost his mate, and it broke his wolf's heart. Now he's got a second chance at a happily-ever-after if he's brave enough to take what he wants... -
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![Ravening Hood by Kendrai Meeks]()
Ravening Hood by Kendrai Meeks
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsRAVENING: To seek or seize, as with prey. To hunt. To devour. I may be relinquished, but I am resigned. I will see the Ravens destroyed. Istanbul harbors the ancient clutch of vampires known as the Ravens, but the city has a thousand shadows and a million secrets. What I find there will be far more than I bargained for, and nothing I could have imagined. Some legends don’t want to be told... -
![Fractured Soul by Rachel McClellan]()
Fractured Soul by Rachel McClellan
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLlona will do whatever it takes to protect her new found friends and home, but the dark plot that is threatening Lucent Academy, a school that’s supposed to be a safe place for Auras, may be too powerful for even Llona to defeat... -
![Revelations by Eve Newton]()
Revelations by Eve Newton
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBOOK IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE DUE TO A RE-PUBLISH. PLEASE SEE "REVELATION"Book 3 in the Forever Series, sees Liv gaining control of her true powers, in a surprise that changes her entire sense of identity. Revelations come about that she pushed for but realises she never really wanted to know and an ugly past returns... -
![Kathy by T.L. Haddix]()
Kathy by T.L. Haddix
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWomen's Fiction Romance Life changed forever for Kathy Browning one tragic, fateful day in 1960 when her husband murdered their children, another man, and himself in front of her. Three years later, she's battling serious depression, still trying to pick up enough shattered pieces of what's left to continue living... -
![Bewitched by the Alpha: Bite of the Moon by Bryce Evans]()
Bewitched by the Alpha: Bite of the Moon by Bryce Evans
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA Heartbreaking Tragedy, can bring a weary soul New Hope After a lifetime of guilt over his mother's death, Arden Dixon has grown weary of the push and pull on his soul as the Alpha of the Dixon Pack. It seems he's forever playing peacemaker, and protecting the innocent. When he finds a beautiful woman in the midst of a painful transition, he realizes that his fate lies in her hands... -
![Trapped by Claudy Conn]()
Trapped by Claudy Conn
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAlternate cover for this ASIN can be found hereTrapped-Legend is the 3rd book in the Legend series, although each of the first three books stand on their own.Magical powers, a castle, and a charming prince sound like the ingredients for a fairy-tale life, but for BJ Mulroy, reality turns out to be a whole lot more complicated... -
![Death of a Succubus by Kim Schubert]()
Death of a Succubus by Kim Schubert
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOlivia is an exceptionally talented killer with a dark past and a questionable future. As the lead executioner for the Supernatural Council of the eastern United States, she patrols her territory delivering justice and death without remorse.Olivia has been betrayed by her closest ally and fellow leader of the Supernatural Council, Grams... -
![Ancient Desire by N.J. Walters]()
Ancient Desire by N.J. Walters
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNothing was supposed to wake half dragon, half human Lucius from his Deep Sleep. Nothing. And yet something, or rather someone has. The unexpectedly attractive human not only touched him. She kissed him. Now Lucius is awake, and more powerful than he has ever been in his 4,000 years of existence... -
![House of Wyn by Crea Reitan]()
House of Wyn by Crea Reitan
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMonsters were real. And they were evil.My husband had me convinced that we were ridding the world of those monsters. The horrors that prey on the innocent. The darkness that shouldn’t exist.But then I saw that the true monster was my husband, and I ran.I was brought to a safe house called The Harem Project. Here I found it in the five men of the House of Wyn. Five men who weren’t men at all... -
![Dr. Luna by J.M. Snap]()
Dr. Luna by J.M. Snap
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLilly Strummer never wanted to find her mate. She had been ostracized by her pack and knew that her mate would likely reject her too. No one would want someone like her. She was different. With no social life she decided to enter college at a young age to study to become a doctor.Then everything changed one day when she heard the word MATE.A secret to bare and some truths yet to be learned... -
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![Warlock and the Bear by Mina Carter]()
Warlock and the Bear by Mina Carter
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHe's wanted Lilly Braun since the moment he saw her, but she won't give him the time of day. Morgan Jones, ex-soldier and warlock extraordinaire, is hiding a secret. And it's not his awesome abilities in the sack... It's the fact he's had the hots for the Beauty Clan's head enforcer, Lilly Braun, since he met her... -
![The Forest Where the Phoenix Sleeps by Brooke Marley Jones]()
The Forest Where the Phoenix Sleeps by Brooke Marley Jones
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWalking home late one night, burned-out barista Nell accidentally incinerates someone.Whoopsie!Now, if this tale began in a fantastic, far-away land, or Nell were, perhaps, a wizard, such a mishap might make some kind of sense. But this is not a wondrous, fantasy world. This is real life, and Nell just wanted to go home and eat macaroni... -
![The Blood of Gods and Monsters by Lucinda Dark, Lucy Smoke]()
The Blood of Gods and Monsters by Lucinda Dark, Lucy Smoke
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsGreed is lethal. Blood is honest. Between the blood of gods and monsters, I am both killer and healer.The Darkhavens were once my obstacle. Now, they may be the only safe haven I have left.The Gods are lying to us all.They are not Gods at all, but creatures that came from another world to rule over ours... -
![Aden by D.B. Reynolds]()
Aden by D.B. Reynolds
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsShe was seeking revenge. What she found was a vampire who swept her into the darkest depths of passion.Chicago, Illinois... the windy city. Home to football greats, dinosaurs named Sue, and, when the sun goes down... powerful vampires battling for the right to rule the city and beyond... -
![Solstice at Stonewylde by Kit Berry]()
Solstice at Stonewylde by Kit Berry
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsYul stands at the threshold between life and death. Poisoned at the festival of the dead, his life now hangs by a thread. More than his own will to survive, it's his fellow Stonewylders who must save him. But will they, when Magus has done so much to undermine Yul and turn the people against him? Yet there are cracks in Magus' following... -
![Bellis by Susan A. Bliler]()
Bellis by Susan A. Bliler
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBellis StCroix, Skin Walker Assassin, only comes out of the shadows when he’s called to duty. The reason? Because he is a shadow himself. Pitch black skin, silky ebony hair, and inky wells for eyes, Bellis’ looks have set him apart from his kind his entire life. Because he’s so different there will never be hope for an Angel in his future. Angels don’t exist in hell... -
![Midnight Coven by Tara Brown]()
Midnight Coven by Tara Brown
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratings"Wake up, Lorelei . . ." Icy words, whispered upon her lips in the night, used to scare Lorelei Huntington. But that was before. Before her mother tried to have her killed, before her world went back 50 years, before the magic of the swap found its way into Lorelei's blood. Now she finds the whispers and the cold breath of the dead a comfort... -
![Moondance of Stonewylde by Kit Berry]()
Moondance of Stonewylde by Kit Berry
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe cracks are beginning to show in the idyllic Stonewylde community. As Yul and Sylvie's forbidden friendship grows into something deeper, Magus' true nature starts to emerge through his charming facade. Ever since Yul defied him at the Summer Solstice, his power has been waning, and his mood darkening. Yul is the problem - and Magus is going to deal with him... -
![Wicked Betrayal by Chelsea Luna]()
Wicked Betrayal by Chelsea Luna
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe clock is ticking. Alex’s time is running out.Spring has hit Hazel Cove and with it, the pressure of Alex’s impending fate as Liam’s sacrifice is weighing upon her every thought. There’s so much to do and so little time. How do you stop an ancient pure blooded witch?But Liam isn’t Alex’s only problem. She must focus on what she can fix in the little time she has left... -
![The Time A Vampire Saved Christmas by D.B. Reynolds]()
The Time A Vampire Saved Christmas by D.B. Reynolds
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThis is the vignettes with Cyn and Raphael... -
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![The Jaguar Tycoon by Bianca D'Arc]()
The Jaguar Tycoon by Bianca D'Arc
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIt all started at dinner… Mark is the larger-than-life billionaire Alpha of the secretive Jaguar Clan. Business tycoon and man about town, he’s the guest of honor at a huge society dinner in lower Manhattan. Shelly is at the dinner to network and possibly find some clients for her architectural design business... -
![His Choice by Carrie Ann Ryan]()
His Choice by Carrie Ann Ryan
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAs the youngest son of Lucifer, Fawkes has long since known what paths his future could take. He could follow his father’s footsteps, stealing the souls of humans and slowly lose his own, or starve himself and wither away until he finds his true half and forms a bond that can not only save his life, but his soul.Leslie Masterson’s life has been one torment after another... -
![The Iron Sword by Jocelyn A. Fox]()
The Iron Sword by Jocelyn A. Fox
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTess O’Connor has never fought in a duel, ridden a Fae steed descended from a dragon, or touched taebramh, the magical substance that gives mortals dreams. She has never faced down a garrelnost or traveled the hidden mysterious pathways between the mortal world and the realm of the Fae... -
![The Shadow Queen by Bertrice Small]()
The Shadow Queen by Bertrice Small
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMourn me but briefly.Then find your destiny, Lara, my love, my life.Now let me go.With those words, the spirit of Magnus Hauk, Dominus of Terah, leaves his body--and thus the fate of a nation rests upon the faerie woman Lara's shoulders.While Lara's son Prince Taj is well loved by the people of Terah, he is too young to rule, and Lara must obey Magnus's dying command and govern in his stead... -
![The Enticement of an Earl by Chasity Bowlin]()
The Enticement of an Earl by Chasity Bowlin
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSpencer, Lord Wolverston and newly named Earl of Kinraven, has found peace in the wilds of Scotland. Free from the torment of seeing the woman he desires above all things but can never have, he’s slowly finding his footing in the world again as he attempts to restore the impoverished estate... -
![A Crown of Chains by Erin Phillips]()
A Crown of Chains by Erin Phillips
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBecoming queen is not the end of a fairytale; it is the beginning of a nightmare.When the queen is exiled, every beautiful young woman in Florencia is forced to become kingsmaids - royal concubines - but one lucky girl from those gathered will be chosen as queen.Or maybe not so lucky...
![A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire (Part 1 of 2) [Dramatized Adaptation] by Jennifer L. Armentrout](https://48f-1.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/books/small/67b460d71c0a7402dd3072ef.jpg)
![From Blood and Ash (Part 1 of 2) [Dramatized Adaptation] by Jennifer L. Armentrout, Khaya Fraites](https://48f-1.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/books/small/67b460be1c0a7402dd307252.jpg)
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