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Wild Side by Shayne Silvers
Rated: 4.59 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsTo become a Godkiller you have to awaken the monster inside you… Almost a year has passed since Nate’s ex-fiancée woke up a Greek god intent on world domination and war. The problem? He doesn’t know which god. And the promised war hasn’t started yet... -
![Tales from the Gas Station: Volume Two by Jack Townsend]()
Tales from the Gas Station: Volume Two by Jack Townsend
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsNightshift clerk and high-functioning insomniac Jack is back to work, trying his best to keep out of trouble. But when his chain-smoking coworker discovers a mysterious radio signal revealing the guarded secrets of their town, Jack will learn that an annoying new dayshift manager is far from the worst of his problems... -
![死亡万花筒 Kaleidoscope of Death by Xi Zi Xu, 西子绪]()
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... -
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Blood is Thicker by Orlando A. Sanchez
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA 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... -
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![Silver Clouds Dirty Sky by Orlando A. Sanchez]()
Silver Clouds Dirty Sky by Orlando A. Sanchez
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsLondon Bridge is falling...but it's not their fault...mostly. Montague and Strong have left the building-in fact, they’ve left the continent. When a teleportation circle sends them to London, The Penumbra Consortium-and older, darker version of the Dark Council requests Montague & Strong look into the murder of the leading demonologist, Mage Nigel Warrenton... -
![The Ring of Solomon by Jonathan Stroud, Simon Jones]()
The Ring of Solomon by Jonathan Stroud, Simon Jones
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 41 ratingsIt is 950 B.C.E., and King Solomon rules Jerusalem with a steely hand; a hand on which gleams a magic ring of immense and unforgiving power. Solomon has just begun work on his marvelous temple, charging Khaba, a formidable magician in his royal court, to oversee its construction. The workforce is an ill-behaved bunch of demons, a particularly unruly djinni named Bartimaeus among them...Categorized as:
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In a Glass Grimmly by Adam Gidwitz
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsMore Grimm tales await in the harrowing, hilarious companion to a beloved new classicTake caution ahead—Oversize plant life, eerie amphibious royalty, and fear-inducing creatures abound.Lest you enter with dread.Follow Jack and Jill as they enter startling new landscapes that may (or may not) be scary, bloody, terrifying, and altogether true.Step lively, dear reader . . -
![Grave Intentions by Nazri Noor]()
Grave Intentions by Nazri Noor
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSomething has stolen the darkling mage’s face. Reports of arcane theft and violence are pouring in from all over Valero. They all have one thing in common: a perpetrator who looks exactly like Dustin Graves. But Dust has been hanging in the hideout, barely out of sight of his bloodthirsty companions... -
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Wander by Orlando A. Sanchez
Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsHe’s not the hero you want. He’s the monster you need. When a new strain of the deadly drug, Redrum creates UV resistant vampires, the streets of New York City are flooded with the mindless creatures searching for blood—human blood. The NYTF and Dark Council refuse to deal with menace and contact the Night Wardens expecting results. What they get is a dark mage with nothing to lose... -
![Blood Moon by Alyxandra Harvey]()
Blood Moon by Alyxandra Harvey
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsWhen the vampire tribes convene for the rare Blood Moon ceremonies, Solange Drake is plunged into a battle with her feral nature. The Drake brothers have been raised knowing that they had to protect their younger sister at all cost. But forbidden magic and a mysterious stranger have put them all in terrible danger... -
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Cocoa and Curses by Julie Nisse
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMix one part divorce, two parts very suspicious murder, and three parts snarky witches for a cocoalicious paranormal women's fiction novel about finding your power after forty!All Liv Kolgrim wanted for her forty-first birthday was a nice dinner with her husband. What she got was divorce papers and the legs knocked out from under her very comfortable life... -
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Dark Harvest by Nazri Noor
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsDustin Graves has three days to live.The darkling mage has found himself in the company of scoundrels. Maybe that's what Dustin deserves: a werewolf, a vampire, and a talking sword for teammates, and a rogue sorcerer as his mentor and master.But a doomsday cult has surfaced. Twelve mutilated bodies are found drowned in blood and in wine... -
![Tombyards & Butterflies by Orlando A. Sanchez]()
Tombyards & Butterflies by Orlando A. Sanchez
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsA Missing Ferryman. An Undead Dilemma. An Immortal Detective. An emissary from the Dark Council has just materialized in the office of the Montague & Strong Detective Agency, and makes Simon Strong an offer he can’t refuse. Charon is missing. The legendary ferryman responsible for transporting sorcerer souls across the river Styx hasn’t been seen in days... -
![Bryony and Roses by T. Kingfisher]()
Bryony and Roses by T. Kingfisher
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsBryony and her sisters have come down in the world. Their merchant father died trying to reclaim his fortune and left them to eke out a living in a village far from their home in the city. But when Bryony is caught in a snowstorm and takes refuge in an abandoned manor, she stumbles into a house full of dark enchantments... -
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![Two Necromancers, an Army of Golems, and a Demon Lord by L.G. Estrella]()
Two Necromancers, an Army of Golems, and a Demon Lord by L.G. Estrella
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsTwo necromancers, an army of golems, and a demon lord – it sounds like a recipe for trouble, and for Timmy, it definitely is. To earn his pardon and avoid horrible torture and/or gruesome execution, Timmy has to complete every mission the Council throws his way, most of which seem to involve extremely scary things trying to kill him. At least he’s got help – sort of... -
![Ninth Grade Slays by Heather Brewer, Z Brewer]()
Ninth Grade Slays by Heather Brewer, Z Brewer
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 40 ratingsHigh school totally bites when you’re half human, half vampire. Freshman year sucks for Vlad Tod. Bullies still harass him. The photographer from the school newspaper is tailing him. And failing his studies could be deadly... -
![A Dirty Job by Christopher Moore]()
A Dirty Job by Christopher Moore
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 67 ratingsCharlie Asher is a pretty normal guy with a normal life, married to a bright and pretty woman who actually loves him for his normalcy. They're even about to have their first child. Yes, Charlie's doing okay—until people start dropping dead around him, and everywhere he goes a dark presence whispers to him from under the streets... -
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Fresh Meat by Alice Henderson
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsA rash of strange deaths in the Tahoe National Forest bring Sam, Dean and Bobby to the Sierra Nevada mountains to hunt a monster with a taste for human flesh. Soon walking corpses, bodies with missing organs, and attacks by a mysterious flying creature lead the trio to a cunning and deadly foe which can assume a human form and will do anything to survive... -
![The Hound of the D'Urbervilles by Kim Newman, Tom Hodgkins]()
The Hound of the D'Urbervilles by Kim Newman, Tom Hodgkins
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsImagine the twisted evil twins of Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson and you have the dangerous duo of Professor James Moriarty—wily, snake-like, fiercely intelligent, terrifyingly unpredictable—and Colonel Sebastian Basher Moran—violent, politically incorrect, debauched. Together they run London crime, owning police and criminals alike...Categorized as:
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![The Gurkha and the Lord of Tuesday by Saad Z. Hossain]()
The Gurkha and the Lord of Tuesday by Saad Z. Hossain
Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsWhen the djinn king Melek Ahmar wakes up after millennia of imprisoned slumber, he finds a world vastly different from what he remembers. Arrogant and bombastic, he comes down the mountain expecting an easy conquest: the wealthy, spectacular city state of Kathmandu, ruled by the all-knowing, all-seeing tyrant AI Karma... -
![The Sign of the Nine by G.S. Denning]()
The Sign of the Nine by G.S. Denning
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratings“If you ever wondered how much better Sherlock would be if people could hurl hellfire at each other, well this one is for you.” Starburst Magazine on A Study in BrimstoneWarlock Holmes may have demons in his head, but now Dr. John Watson has a mummy in his bloodstream... -
![Death Rites by E.A. Copen]()
Death Rites by E.A. Copen
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAccused of murder. Hunted by gods. Low on ramen.After getting out of prison, necromancer and curio shop owner Lazarus Kerrigan has done his best to stay out of trouble. Unfortunately for him, fate has other plans.When a woman is found dead on his doorstep, Laz’s checkered past makes him the prime suspect, especially since he was the last person to see her alive... -
![Organ Grind by E.A. Copen]()
Organ Grind by E.A. Copen
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNo guts, no glory.Being one of the four horsemen sucks. The hours are long, the pay is crap, and every god or monster you meet wants to kill you.For Lazarus Kerrigan, professional necromancer, even helping the police search for some missing internal organs is a welcome relief... -
![Remembrance by Meg Cabot]()
Remembrance by Meg Cabot
Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsYou can take the boy out of the darkness. But you can’t take the darkness out of the boy.All Susannah Simon wants is to make a good impression at her first job since graduating from college (and since becoming engaged to Dr. Jesse de Silva)... -
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![Anima Rising by Christopher Moore]()
Anima Rising by Christopher Moore
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFrom New York Times bestselling author Christopher Moore comes a hilariously deranged tale of a mad scientist, a famous painter, and an undead woman’s electrifying journey of self-discovery.Vienna, 1911. Gustav Klimt, the most famous painter in the Austrian Empire, the darling of Viennese society, spots a woman’s nude body in the Danube canal... -
![Odd Thomas by Dean Koontz]()
Odd Thomas by Dean Koontz
Rated: 3.97 of 5 stars · 73 ratingsThe dead don't talk. I don't know why. But they do try to communicate, with a short-order cook in a small desert town serving as their reluctant confidant. Sometimes the silent souls who seek out Odd want justice. Occasionally their otherworldly tips help him prevent a crime. But this time it’s different... -
![Crane by Stacey Rourke]()
Crane by Stacey Rourke
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe Horseman is unending, his presence shan’t lessen. If you break the curse, you become the legend. Washington Irving and Rip Van Winkle had no choice but to cover up the deadly truth behind Ichabod Crane’s disappearance. Centuries later, a Crane returns to Sleepy Hollow awakening macabre secrets once believed to be buried deep... -
![Something Borrowed by Paul Magrs]()
Something Borrowed by Paul Magrs
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBrenda must face her demons, but first she needs to get to the bottom of the sinister goings-on that threaten to overcome an all-too-quiet seaside town.When poison pen letters start flying around the quiet lanes of Whitby, trouble is in store for Brenda and Effie... -
![The Man From U.N.D.E.A.D. - The Curious Case Of The Kidnapped Chemist by Darren Humphries]()
The Man From U.N.D.E.A.D. - The Curious Case Of The Kidnapped Chemist by Darren Humphries
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe United Nations Department for the Enforcement and Apprehension of Demons is the first, last and only line of defence against the supernatural threats trying to break into a world where magic and technology are uneasy bedfellows.Agent Ward is an agent of U.N.D.E.A.D. and he has just been given the case of a lifetime... -
![Demon Moon by Brad Magnarella]()
Demon Moon by Brad Magnarella
Rated: 3.87 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsEverson Croft here, professor of mythology and behind-the-scenes wizard.Show me an amateur conjurer, and I’ll stop him before he gets himself killed.That’s the idea, anyway. But New York City isn’t what it used to be, and I don’t mean the recent crash.Amateur casters are calling up creatures they shouldn’t be able to... -
![The Infernals by John Connolly]()
The Infernals by John Connolly
Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsSamuel Johnson is in trouble. Not only is he in love with the wrong girl, but the demon Mrs. Abernathy is seeking revenge on him for his part in foiling the invasion of Earth by the forces of evil. She wants to get her claws on Samuel, and when Samuel and his faithful dachshund, Boswell, are pulled through a portal into the dark realm, she gets her chance... -
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![Chasing the Moon by A. Lee Martinez]()
Chasing the Moon by A. Lee Martinez
Rated: 3.81 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsUnspeakable horrors threaten the earth in this fantastic new comic fantasy from the author of Divine Misfortune.Diana's life was in a rut -- she hated her job, she was perpetually single, and she needed a place to live. But then the perfect apartment came along. It seemed too good to be true -- because it was.The apartment was already inhabited -- by monsters... -
![Killer Pizza by Greg Taylor]()
Killer Pizza by Greg Taylor
Rated: 3.79 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsPizza you’ll die for! Toby McGill dreams of becoming a world-famous chef, but up until now, his only experience has been watching the Food Network. When Toby lands a summer job at Killer Pizza, where pies like The Monstrosity and The Frankensausage are on the menu, things seem perfect. His coworkers, Annabel and Strobe, are cool, and Toby loves being part of a team... -
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![Unholy Night by Seth Grahame-Smith]()
Unholy Night by Seth Grahame-Smith
Rated: 3.78 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsFrom the author of the New York Times bestselling Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, comes UNHOLY NIGHT, the next evolution in dark historical revisionism. They're an iconic part of history's most celebrated birth... -
![The Ghoul Next Door by Lisi Harrison]()
The Ghoul Next Door by Lisi Harrison
Rated: 3.78 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsCleopatra de Nile - New pet snake- Has Deuce--the hottest guy in school--all warapped up- Herve Leger bandage dress, strappy gold platforms Cleo was the queen bee of the RADs, the normies, and everyone in between at Merston High. But now it's "Frankie this" and "Melody that" . . . these new girls sure know how to get her lashes in a tangle... -
![Never the Bride by Paul Magrs]()
Never the Bride by Paul Magrs
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsBrenda has had a long and eventful life and she has come to Whitby to run a B&B in search of some peace and quiet. She and her best friend Effie like nothing better than going out for tea at the Walrus and the Carpenter or dinner at Cod Almighty and keeping their eyes open for any of the mysterious goings on in town... -
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Undead and Unwelcome by MaryJanice Davidson
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 24 ratings"Ms. Davidson has her own brand of wit and shocking surprises that make her vampire series on of a kind" (Darque Reviews). And heroine Betsy Taylor has problems that only a suburban vampire-queen housewife could possibly understand, such as...FIFTY THOUSAND ANGRY WEREWOLVES... -
![Sacré Bleu by Christopher Moore]()
Sacré Bleu by Christopher Moore
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 28 ratings“Christopher Moore is a very sick man, in the very best sense of that word.”—Carl Hiassen“[Moore’s novels] deftly blend surreal, occult, and even science-fiction doings with laugh-out-loud satire of contemporary culture.”—Washington Post“If there’s a funnier writer out there, step forward.”—PlayboyAbsolutely nothing is sacred to Christopher Moore...Categorized as:
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![Evil Librarian by Michelle Knudsen]()
Evil Librarian by Michelle Knudsen
Rated: 3.56 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsHe’s young. He’s hot. He’s also evil. He’s…the librarian.When Cynthia Rothschild’s best friend, Annie, falls head over heels for the new high-school librarian, Cyn can totally see why. He’s really young and super cute and thinks Annie would make an excellent library monitor. But after meeting Mr. Gabriel, Cyn realizes something isn’t quite right... -
![Sinful Cinderella by Anita Valle]()
Sinful Cinderella by Anita Valle
Rated: 3.56 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsAnd you thought the stepsisters were wicked.... I'm not who they think I am. A docile girl who meekly obeys her stepmother and stepsisters. Some kind of sick angel who cheerfully bears their mistreatment. That's what I WANT them to think. Because then they won't suspect what I'm really up to.The ball, the prince - it's all part of my plan to come out on top... -
![The Corpse-Rat King by Lee Battersby]()
The Corpse-Rat King by Lee Battersby
Rated: 3.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMarius don Hellespont and his apprentice, Gerd, are professional looters of battlefields. When they stumble upon the corpse of the King of Scorby and Gerd is killed, Marius is mistaken for the monarch by one of the dead soldiers and is transported down to the Kingdom of the Dead... -
![Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter by Seth Grahame-Smith]()
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter by Seth Grahame-Smith
Rated: 3.68 of 5 stars · 66 ratingsIndiana, 1818. Moonlight falls through the dense woods that surround a one-room cabin, where a nine-year-old Abraham Lincoln kneels at his suffering mother's bedside. She's been stricken with something the old-timers call "Milk Sickness.""My baby boy..." she whispers before dying.Only later will the grieving Abe learn that his mother's fatal affliction was actually the work of a vampire... -
![Jane Bites Back by Michael Thomas Ford]()
Jane Bites Back by Michael Thomas Ford
Rated: 3.44 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsTwo hundred years after her death, Jane Austen is still surrounded by the literature she loves—but now it's because she's the owner of Flyleaf Books in a sleepy college town in Upstate New York. Every day she watches her novels fly off the shelves—along with dozens of unauthorized sequels, spin-offs, and adaptations. Jane may be undead, but her books have taken on a life of their own... -
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![Meddling Kids by Edgar Cantero]()
Meddling Kids by Edgar Cantero
Rated: 3.55 of 5 stars · 40 ratings1990. The teen detectives once known as the Blyton Summer Detective Club (of Blyton Hills, a small mining town in the Zoinx River Valley in Oregon) are all grown up and haven't seen each other since their fateful, final case in 1977. Andy, the tomboy, is twenty-five and on the run, wanted in at least two states... -
![What-the-Dickens: The Story of a Rogue Tooth Fairy by Gregory Maguire]()
What-the-Dickens: The Story of a Rogue Tooth Fairy by Gregory Maguire
Rated: 3.33 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThis is a fairy tale with a difference from the bestselling author of "Wicked". When ten-year-old Dinah and her two siblings are trapped by a terrible storm, Cousin Gage keeps their spirits up with an unlikely story - tooth fairies live in warring colonies right in your neighbourhood... -
![Insatiable by Meg Cabot]()
Insatiable by Meg Cabot
Rated: 3.37 of 5 stars · 41 ratingsSick of hearing about vampires? So is Meena Harper. But her bosses are making her write about them anyway, even though Meena doesn’t believe in them. Not that Meena isn’t familiar with the supernatural. See, Meena Harper knows how you’re going to die. (Not that you’re going to believe her; no one ever does...
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