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The Magnus Archives: Season 5 by Johnathan Sims
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe Magnus Archives is a horror audiobook written by Jonathan Sims, directed by Alexander J. Newall and distributed by Rusty Quill. Sims narrates the stories in-character as the main character, Jonathan Sims, the newly-appointed head archivist of the fictional Magnus Institute; an institution based in London centred on research into the paranormal... -
A Collection of Monstrous Short Stories by Lily Mayne
Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsRevisit the Monstrous couples from the first seven novels of the series in this collection of sixteen short stories. Plus, meet a new Monstrous couple in a brand new 20k-word novella, Ruke... -
Global University Entrance Examination 全球高考 by Mu Su Li, 木苏里
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsOne day, You Huo and his famiIy was puIIed into an exam caIIed the GIobaI University Entrance Examination. Going through exams together with other unfortunate examinees, their Iives are put at stake and they can only Iive by passing each exam... -
Mob Sorcery 2 by K.D. Robertson
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsVince finds himself going up in the underworld, but the mafia is far from the only gang in town.The city is abuzz with an international sorcerer's conference, and the mayor is cracking down hard on anything that might make him look bad. But Vince is out to get that bag. That means fulfilling his enforcer contract for the mob, police crackdown be damned... -
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死亡万花筒 Kaleidoscope of Death by Xi Zi Xu, 西子绪
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratings起初的异样,是家里的猫不让抱了。林秋石发现周围的一切都开始变得充满了不协调感。然后某一天,当他推开家中的门,却发现熟悉的楼道变成了长长的走廊。走廊的两头,是十二扇一模一样的铁门。故事由此开始。阮南烛对林秋石说,当你凝视深渊时,深渊也在凝视着你。林秋石听后陷入沉思,然后对着深渊拉下了裤子拉链……阮南烛:“……你把裤子给我好好穿上!”不皮会死病娇攻X一起皮的沉稳受,双皮奶组合,灵异风格升级流。"Kaleidoscope of Death"It started off peculiarly; first, his domestic cat refused to let him cuddle it... -
薄雾 Mist by 微风几许, 微風幾許
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHyperthymesia. Those with this condition can remember every detail of their lives from something as significant as the world’s turning point to something as small and as insignificant as a minor fleeting thought. They cannot forget and their thirst for knowledge allows them to be considered a genius in some senses.Legend has it that Ji Yushi was this kind of genius... -
Mob Sorcery by K.D. Robertson
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn a city where magic is as common as air, Vince receives an offer he can't refuse. The local wolffolk mafia long for their glory days and their alluring don, Alessia Lionetti, wants a powerful enforcer to bring them back. That's Vince. This is his big break from his days as a hired thug.Working for the mafia has a short life expectancy, though... -
Swallowed by Meg Smitherman
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEarth is broken beyond repair. The Planet is our last hope. Humanity's first mission to the Planet ended in tragedy, but botanist Jill Jones won’t let that stop her from joining the second. Perfect climate, perfect terrain, perfect flora and fauna; the Planet has called to Jill all of her life. She knows, with bone-deep certainty, it's home. A new beginning for humanity... -
Wild Wastes 5 by Randi Darren
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBefore 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... -
Mist by 微风几许
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsyperthymesia. Those with this condition can remember every detail of their lives from something as significant as the world’s turning point to something as small and as insignificant as a minor fleeting thought. They cannot forget and their thirst for knowledge allows them to be considered a genius in some senses.Legend has it that Ji Yushi was this kind of genius... -
Welcome to Heathen Row by Logan Jacobs
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsNo one knows why it started, but the monster invasion all began right here, in Heathen Row.Ever since, men all over the world have been on the menu. And women have been at the frontlines, hunting the predators.But in a world where women are over-armed, over-paid, and under-satiated, Chris Hart isn’t staying safe inside while the monsters come out to feast... -
The Ghost and the Darkness Volume 1 by Quil Carter
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsI would say that my life changed as soon as those gunshots went off, but in reality everything changed the moment Leo and Greyson loaded that decapitated body into the truck back in Donnely.Now I am in a place I do not recognize, with people I had once seen as enemies. They are telling me that all of this is up to me, and here I am just wishing I was in my basement with a quil between my fingers... -
Defy the Future by Keira Andrews
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsTo protect their pack, they must risk everything.Adam and Parker are finally safe. As safe as they can be in a world where the zombie-like infected still roam the night. With other survivors, they’ve built a community—a pack. Until that peace is shattered... -
The Ghost and the Darkness Volume 2 by Quil Carter
Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsThe Ghost and the Darkness Vol. 2 continues with Reaver and Elish desperately trying to find Killian and Jade. Forced to work together, they scour the northern greywastes for clues of their whereabouts. Though finding the two boys isn't as simple as following a trail. Something happened to them that no one expected... -
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The Suicide King Volume 2 by Quil Carter
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsAfter being broken in almost every way imaginable, it is now time for the phoenixes to emerge from the flames and take flight. The men who had become shadows of their former selves have resolved the issues that had plagued them, and now it is time to take back what they had lost... -
A God Among Insects Volume 2 by Quil Carter
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThere is no denying it now, something is happening to Elish. Jade doesn’t know what is going on with his husband, he only knows Elish is hiding something from him – and that the new king’s mind is slipping.Too bad there’s nothing Jade can do about it, considering they’re both prisoners of an insane clone named Malachy... -
This Gilded Abyss by Rebecca Thorne
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSergeant Nix Marr is a damn good soldier. She’s also desperate to leave her haunted past deep in the bioluminescent ocean, buried alongside her best friend, Quian. So, when Subarch Kessandra, Valkesh’s favorite royal–and Nix’s loathed ex–requests Nix’s help investigating a massacre in the abyssal city of Fall, Nix refuses. Vehemently.She should have known Kessandra would fight back... -
The Magic of Twelve: Sienna by Pepper North
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn a battle between good and evil, her survival depends on her sorcerer Pappa.Tough and tenacious, Sienna has refused to count on anyone for all of her 22 years. But when she’s swept away to a magical new world full of frights and delights, her stubbornness begins to subside in the arms of the gorgeous sorcerer who claims to be her fated mate... -
Shadows in Bloom: A Dark Romance Anthology by Lola Malone, Garry Michael
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLong summer nights, the rustle of leaves and flowers in full bloom.It’s the perfect time of the year to live life the fullest, plan for tomorrow and forget about yesterday. But what happens when the shadows come out to play?After all…you won’t see it coming until it hits you in the Shadows in Bloom... -
The Suicide King Volume 1 by Quil Carter
Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsAfter months of being separated, Reaver and Killian are finally together; but their happiness is short lived. Unbeknownst to Killian, Reaver is struggling with his own inner demons, demons that threaten to not only rip Reaver apart, but their entire relationship as well.Unfortunately though, it’s not only demons they have to worry about... -
Breaking Jade by Quil Carter
Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsSkyfall, the only city that King Silas spared when he started the Fallocaust. It is a safe haven from the radiation, and a place where there is plant life, electricity, protection; things never seen or felt in the lawless, savage greywastes.In Skyfall lives a teenager named Jade, born and raised in the 'slum district' Moros by an insane mother... -
Severing Sanguine by Quil Carter
Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAfter being exiled from his only home Sami found himself alone in the greywastes at the age of six. From then on it was just him and Barry, his old teddy bear who kept him company and didn't mind that Sami had red eyes and pointed teeth. Though Sami always longed for a real friend, someone who wasn't always telling him to hurt himself and others like Barry sometimes did... -
Murmuration by T.J. Klune
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIn the small mountain town of Amorea, it’s stretching toward autumn of 1954. The memories of a world at war are fading in the face of a prosperous future. Doors are left unlocked at night, and neighbors are always there to give each other a helping hand. The people here know certain things as fact: Amorea is the best little town there is. The only good Commie is a dead Commie... -
Garden of Spiders Volume 1 by Quil Carter
Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen you look at a man’s past, who he is makes sense. Things previously shrouded become clear, and the airs of mystery that once clung so tightly to him, begin to fade away until all that is left is the being he hid like a dark secret.Elish’s beginnings did not start out with a bang, but inside of a peaceful home far from the savage realities of the greywastes... -
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Garden of Spiders Volume 2 by Quil Carter
Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe Dekker family is enjoying the longest stretch of calm they’ve had in years. But at what cost? Elish is a veritable slave with no will of his own, and although his siblings and his sengil wish for the old Elish to return, the man in question is adamant that he’s happier this way... -
Taoree by Michele Notaro
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIf you’re reading this, I hope that means that we’ve survived, but after everything I’ve seen, I’m sure that’s only wishful thinking… This is my story… a story of what happens when you trust an alien race. A race that lived peacefully with humans for over two years, but something suddenly changed... -
A God Among Insects Volume 3 by Quil Carter
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThings have gone from bad to worse. Dr. Bastian Gibel is determined to right the wrong he’d made centuries before, and while the old man works on a way to eradicate immortals once and for all, the threat of the proxy worms grows stronger. Skyfall is in a dire place, but even with their world falling apart around them, the royal family is still fighting amongst themselves... -
Eve of Destruction by Sherrilyn Kenyon
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEve Erixour is a mercenary with a past no one would envy and more enemies than anyone should have. Death stalks her relentlessly. So when she gains the attention of a League assassin, she considers it par for the course.But Jinx Shadowbourne isn’t after Eve. Someone has it in for him and his brethren. High-ranking assassins are falling, and Jinx is convinced one of their own is selling them out... -
The Lie by Mary E. Twomey
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBaird is intent on searching out and destroying more unearthed tyranny, with or without his sister. When a visit from the elusive Everest Sinclair brings more treachery than they could have predicted, Blue knows she must protect both her Vemreaux family and her Wayward family, no matter the cost... -
Renegades: Badlands Next Generation by Natalie Bennett
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOf the devil’s flesh and bone, the prince is ready to claim his throne.I want power.Cam wants penance.I've got a black cult religion backing my decisions.He's got demons hungry for carnage.Everything was going smoothly.Until her.She's the forbidden fruit we're supposed to beware of, but something carnal is growing between us... -
Anubis by Adrienne Wilder
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt was supposed to be over: The Utah Facility discovered, New World Genetics dismantled, and those hunting Luca—dead.Then strangers who call themselves Varu come for Luca for help. They claim he’s a Cana and tell him he’s the only one who can bring back their wolves.Nox doesn’t want to trust them, then he learns people called Mah are responsible for the atrocities committed in the Utah Facility... -
VILE - A Dark Bully Romance by Lulu Waters
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEVERLEE VERA This isn’t the life I’m meant to live—stuck on the arm of a rich asshole while he has a pissing contest with other rich assholes. They’re all puppets, playing a dutiful role that condemns them to hell until death do they part. Hatred pushes me forward. Lust fuels me. And there is only one guy who checks both: Holden Van. My boyfriend’s enemy. The guy who flusters me beyond anything... -
Grouch by Roxy Collins
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHe’s big and green, but he’s not the goblin I’m looking for…A year ago, my world was turned upside down when my missing twin returned - especially because he came with crazy stories of a magical world right under our feet.We’re part of the human bloodline chosen as goblin mates. But I’ve had my fill of big, pushy men for a lifetime... -
Case File Compendium [病案本] by Rou Bao Bu Chi Rou, Meatbun Doesn't Eat Meat
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratings衣冠禽兽疯批攻,爹味冷漠离异受。孤例精神病少年和冷漠医生的故事。The story of an isolated psychopathic teenager and an indifferent doctor... -
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The Magic of Twelve: Marigold by Pepper North
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWill this bookish beauty enjoy life as a Little as much as she always dreamed? The quiet life of a librarian is almost everything Marigold has ever wanted. But she longs for the passion and excitement of a love as true as the ones between the pages of those books. If only she had someone to call Daddy, just like her favorite heroines... -
Until the World Falls Down by Jordan Lynde
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHer freedom or her heart…in forty-eight hours, she'll lose one forever.When a brutal betrayal leaves twenty-eight-year-old Nell heartbroken, she makes a desperate plea for love—offering anything in exchange... -
Replay by Ken Grimwood
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 42 ratingsAt forty-three Jeff Winston is tired of his low-paid, unrewarding job, tired of the long silences at the breakfast table with his wife, saddened by the thought of no children to comfort his old age. But he hopes for better things, for happiness, maybe tomorrow ...But a sudden, fatal heart attack puts paid to that... -
Heathens by Natalie Bennett
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsCobra Wildcard. Sinner. Frequently misunderstood. I can be your best friend or your worst fucking nightmare. The Savages are my family and the Badlands is our paradise. When that’s threatened, no one is safe. Carnage and chaos unfold around me. Loyalties are tested. Truths start to unravel... -
Axxios and Braxxus: Book Six in the Galaxy Gladiators Alien Abduction Romance Series by Alana Khan
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTheir chemistry is off the charts. But Axx can't feel love.Minutes after being kidnapped from Earth, Brianna must breed with sexy gladiator Axxios. Their chemistry is amazing, but he can't feel love for any female.Brianna despairs for a loveless future, but when they rescue Axxios's twin, Braxxus is everything Brianna hoped for in a male. Strong, intelligent, and loving... -
Someone You Can Build a Nest In by John Wiswell
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsShesheshen has made a mistake fatal to all monsters: she's fallen in love. Shesheshen is a shapeshifter, who happily resides as an amorphous lump at the bottom of a ruined manor. When her rest is interrupted by hunters intent on murdering her, she constructs a body from the remains of past meals: a metal chain for a backbone, borrowed bones for limbs, and a bear trap as an extra mouth... -
Fallocaust by Quil Carter
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsOver two hundred and thirty years ago the Fallocaust happened, killing almost everything that lived and creating what is now known as the greywastes. A dead wasteland where cannibalism is a necessity, death your reality, and life before the radiation nothing but pictures in dog-eared magazines... -
A God Among Insects Volume 1 by Quil Carter
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTwo months after what is now known as ‘The Proxy Incident’ has every chimera who was present during Elish’s discipline living in fear. Elish and Jade are taking great joy in personally crafting punishments for the family members that have wronged them, and without Silas to stop the two, they’re free to do whatever they want... -
Pride by K.A. Merikan
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsVolume 2 in the ponyplay erotic romance trilogy: The Copper HorseLondon1907, twenty years into the zombie PlagueAfter being kidnapped into slavery by a powerful crime family member - Erik Dal, Reuben is slowly adjusting to his new life. He is now Copper, Erik’s proud stallion, serving in any way his master might require - from pulling a cart, to pleasures in the bedroom... -
Burning Hope by Kathryn Ann Kingsley
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNero is a madman and a murderer…and now Hope belongs to him.Hope's life as an enslaved priestess in the Temple of Hera is all she has ever known. Born to slavery and the golden chain she wears around her neck, very little ever came as a surprise. But when she meets Nero, the only thing she can trust is that everything is about to change... -
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Ten Simple Tips for Surviving the Apocalypse by Cari Z.
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsDo you have what it takes to survive the apocalypse? Are you sure?Let Javi help!Ten Simple Tips For Surviving The Apocalypse is a handy guide for anyone who wants to weather the end of the world's mayhem, misery, and mutants with flair... -
Between the Devil and the Sea by Chani Lynn Feener
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhat happens when a devil claims a demon?Detective Shadow Yor hates his life.He spends all of his time, day after day, struggling against the demons in his head that tell him he’s a worthless, unlovable person. This doesn’t change when he’s sent on a new assignment with his partner to solve a series of murders. He’s good at his job and will find whoever did it, there’s no doubt there... -
Lady of Hay by Barbara Erskine
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThis masterfully crafted first novel tells the spellbinding story of a contemporary woman who discovers her past life as a 12th-century Welsh noblewoman. Erskine's extraordinary romance has been translated into 17 languages and has sold well over a million copies worldwide...Categorized as:
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The Mirror by Marlys Millhiser
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsOn the eve of her wedding in 1978, Shay Garrett peers into the antique mirror in her family's longtime home, the famous Victorian Gingerbread House on Pearl Street in Boulder, Colorado, and falls unconscious only to wake in the body of her own grandmother Brandy on the eve of her wedding—in 1900. The virginal Brandy, in turn, awakes in Shay's body to discover herself pregnant... -
Owned by the Alpha by Laxmi Hariharan, Scarlette Brooke
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsI am bonded to a monster... Lucy... I know what I am in for the first time he growls his intention. The brooding, tattooed, alphahole who demands my submission! He won't stop until he's ravaged every part of my body. Sucked on every piece of my flesh. Until he's teased me and drawn out my need. Until he's ripped me apart and ruined me... -
Rogan the Gray by Cara Wylde
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhen the orcs invaded the human dimension, no one could stop them. War raged for years, and now the monstrous beasts have agreed to peace on two conditions: one, the human scientists must rebuild the machine that brought them into this world; and two, they must be provided with fertile brides to bear them orc babies.Tara Caraway has been sentenced to death for a crime she didn’t commit...
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