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The Undead Uproar by Amanda M. Lee
Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsCharlie Rhodes is living the high life … at least for her. She lucked into a new apartment, her boyfriend Jack is attentive and sweet, and she’s about to head to the Big Easy to hunt for zombies.Yes, a multitude of dreams are about to come true.Charlie has never been to New Orleans and she’s in awe of everything she sees... -
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College Arcane by John Conroe
Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsBook 8 of the Demon Accords. College. A time of transition from youth to young adulthood. New lessons, new responsibilities, new distractions. A period of life treasured by most. Unless you happen to attend an institute of higher learning where the bullies are werewolves, the teachers are sadists, and the pretty girls are all deadly... -
![Snake Eyes by John Conroe, James Patrick Cronin]()
Snake Eyes by John Conroe, James Patrick Cronin
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsLas Vegas. Sin City. What happens in Vegas...could kill most of the human race.When all trails lead Chris, Tanya, and their entire team to the desert gambling mecca, the stakes become the highest possible... -
![Gray Days by Hailey Edwards]()
Gray Days by Hailey Edwards
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBlack Hat Bureau, Book 9The Black Hat compound is rubble on the ocean floor, the director hasn’t been seen since the explosion that demolished his life’s work, and old enemies have decided it’s open season on the remaining agents. Oh. And Arden has decided now is a great time for a surprise visit to force a confrontation with Rue... -
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![Blood Drawn by John Conroe]()
Blood Drawn by John Conroe
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsDemon Accords number 17. Chris Gordon and Tanya Demidova are the world's top close quarters battle experts. As fast and powerful as elder vampires, with supernatural weapons that match their supernatural speed, strength and senses... -
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Darkkin Queen by John Conroe
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsBook 16 of the Demon Accords. Tatiana Demidova - natural born vampire, Coven royalty, fighter, CEO, mate of the God Hammer, Fallen Angel... mother. She wears many hats, balances diverse duties, multi-tasks like any other woman, except most of those don't face demons from Hell, monsters from Fairie, alien invaders, or pissy world leaders... -
![Undeading Bells by Drew Hayes]()
Undeading Bells by Drew Hayes
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsAfter surviving countless perils and dangers, including an examination by the Blood Council, Fred is preparing to take on his most important adventure to date: marrying Krystal. That is, if he can get everything handled in time. Visiting Boarback, hiring new staff, clearing out his schedule for a honeymoon; there’s no shortage of tasks to check off before the big day arrives... -
![What the Hell by Hunter Blain]()
What the Hell by Hunter Blain
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn the last place John ever thought he would find himself, reside the scrolls of the prophecy. Armed only with the celestial key provided by the Archangel Gabriel, John must travel to Hell where no creature of Heaven can follow to unlock a box no denizen of Hell can open... -
![Forgotten Darkness by Sarra Cannon]()
Forgotten Darkness by Sarra Cannon
Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsCan love forget?The battle against the emerald priestess turned the peace at Brighton Manor into ashes. Lea and Aerden are prisoners in the King’s City. Jackson is out of his mind with grief and anger. And Harper—the one who once united them all—is gone... -
![Chapter and Curse by Nancy Warren]()
Chapter and Curse by Nancy Warren
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA quiet Irish village? Not so much!An ancient curse seems to be causing bad luck in the charming village of Ballydehag, Ireland—witch Quinn Callahan’s new home. When someone is murdered is it the curse? Or is there a very human murderer on the loose? Moving to a small Irish village was supposed to keep the middle-aged witch out of trouble. Yeah, that didn't happen... -
![The Demon Accords Compendium, Volume 2: Stories from the Demons Accords Universe by John Conroe]()
The Demon Accords Compendium, Volume 2: Stories from the Demons Accords Universe by John Conroe
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsVolume 2. Four more stories set in Amazon bestselling author John Conroe's Demon Accords universe: the mind of a mind reader, babysitting the supernatural, packing up, and what's it like to be a queen. More fun for fans of the Accords with set up for the series story arc... -
![Death Mage by Brad Magnarella]()
Death Mage by Brad Magnarella
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsPlaying fast and loose with the Order’s rules has finally caught up with me. Sentenced to hunt down a cagey insurgent known as the Death Mage, I’m not feeling overly optimistic. Wizards with far more experience have tried and, well … died. But overmatched or not, I want this assignment. The Death Mage killed my mother—he might also be my father. I can’t lose my head, though... -
![Divine Hunter by C.N. Crawford]()
Divine Hunter by C.N. Crawford
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAll’s fair in love and magic. Rosalind is preparing for all-out war with Drew, who wields gods-magic with terrifying skill. But now Rosalind is learning to harness gods-magic, too. When she next encounters her cousin, she wants to destroy him completely. Unfortunately for her, Drew launches a surprise attack on the vampire city... -
![Jack Kursed by Glenn Bullion]()
Jack Kursed by Glenn Bullion
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe victim of a witch’s curse, Jack has been awake for two hundred years. Unable to die, unable to sleep, he’s trapped in a state of existence that no one can relate to, not even his vampire best friend Victoria.Using his unique condition, he has helped Victoria in keeping the supernatural world at bay. Evil vampires, werewolves, and monsters have all died at their hand... -
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![The Witchstone by Henry H. Neff]()
The Witchstone by Henry H. Neff
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAn unforgettable, high-stakes, laugh-out-loud funny novel, The Witchstone blends the merciless humor of The Good Place with the spellbinding fantasy of Neil Gaiman’s American Gods.Meet Laszlo, eight-hundred-year-old demon and Hell’s least productive Curse Keeper. From his office beneath Midtown, he oversees the Drakeford Curse, which involves a pathetic family upstate and a mysterious black stone... -
![Lost in Prophecy by S.M. Reine]()
Lost in Prophecy by S.M. Reine
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsElise Kavanagh is too busy liberating slaves in the City of Dis to worry about what’s happening on Earth. She hasn’t even noticed that more than three thousand people have gone missing—not until an anonymous client hires her organization, The Hunting Club, to rescue them. The man asking for help doesn’t seem to exist... -
![Chasing Darkness by Laken Cane]()
Chasing Darkness by Laken Cane
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratings"I love this series! If you are a fan of Laurell K. Hamilton's "Anita Blake" series, you will most definitely like Rune Alexander!"~Niya Rune Alexander captured a dangerous prisoner and turned her over to the Annex, unaware of the trouble that act would unleash on her Crew... A small, dangerous group has slipped into River County, determined to retrieve Lee Crane from the Annex... -
![Hexes and Exes by Sarina Dorie]()
Hexes and Exes by Sarina Dorie
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsYou think you know the world of magical boarding schools? Not from a teacher’s perspective at a school for at-risk youth. The series WOMBY’S SCHOOL FOR WAYWARD WITCHES is a whimsical urban fantasy set in a contemporary subculture of magical beings and monsters. The ghosts of boyfriends past are haunting Clarissa Lawrence, the most unmagical teacher at Womby’s School for Wayward Witches... -
![Strange Days by Rick Gualtieri]()
Strange Days by Rick Gualtieri
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAt the edge of chaos, one geek stands tall. Five years ago, dateless dork Bill Ryder somehow saved the world, banishing magic and monsters to the shadows. He thought it was over, that he was finished with that life. Too bad for him, shit’s about to get surreal again. Now the impossible has happened... -
![Destroyer Rising by Eric R. Asher]()
Destroyer Rising by Eric R. Asher
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIt's been three years since we failed Vicky, the child once known as Elizabeth Gray. Three years she's lived as something not quite alive, but far from dead. Her path grows darker, even as she spreads light and hope through a tortured world. The Destroyer has come to claim her, and I can’t fail her again. I won't. Elizabeth's fate lies in the Burning Lands, and we will storm the gates... -
![Rattle the Bones by Eric R. Asher]()
Rattle the Bones by Eric R. Asher
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMuch has been lost in the conflict with the Fae king and his allies, a conflict we hadn’t known we were in until one of our own fell at his hand. And while a great Seal between realms may have been rebuilt, dark things slipped through in the chaos, creatures who would overrun this world. Our allies are many. Our enemies are terrible... -
![Vengeance of a Witch by Suza Kates]()
Vengeance of a Witch by Suza Kates
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA WARRIOR FIGHTING HER FATE Paige Reilley is ready for combat, with the evil Amara, their army of demons, and above all . . . the unwanted love her coven’s prophecy has planned for her. As former military, she’s no stranger to war, but the arrival of a new man in her life brings a much greater threat than potential romance... -
![Suffering of a Witch by Suza Kates]()
Suffering of a Witch by Suza Kates
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSHE WON'T GIVE UP Kylie Worthington is in love with a man who doesn't return the sentiment. She's thrown away her pride and all attempts at pretense, yet Quinn St. Germaine still pushes her away. With the arrival of her trial, she will go where Fate dictates and is destined to fall in love. At least she'll finally find the man she was meant for. Whether she likes it or not... -
![Ransom by R.K. Ryals]()
Ransom by R.K. Ryals
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsVengeance is the path of the Damned. It is not a path taken lightly. For a Naphil, it could mean ransoming his soul.~Bezaliel~Dayton Blainey is caught between two worlds: Heaven and Hell. Bound to a Demon she's beginning to care about, she is thrown into an adventure she may not survive. But she will try... -
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![Demon's Doorway by Glenn Bullion]()
Demon's Doorway by Glenn Bullion
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAlex has a good life. Being a unique half demon, he’s used his powers to conquer feral vampires, the darkness inside him, and help ghosts in need. But there’s one more challenge that will be his strongest. Marrying Cindy, the love of his life.Jack has been cursed by a witch’s magic for two hundred years. Unable to sleep, unable to die, his only hope for peace lies with young Kevin, a pure witch... -
![Otherworld Chills by Kelley Armstrong]()
Otherworld Chills by Kelley Armstrong
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe final anthology from the #1 New York Times bestselling Otherworld series Embrace the obscure. New York Times bestselling author Kelley Armstrong once again opens the gates to the Otherworld. This collection of rare and never-before-published novellas and short stories brings the clever wit, dark twists, and intense suspense Otherworld readers have come to expect... -
![Death Rejoices by A.J. Aalto]()
Death Rejoices by A.J. Aalto
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsMarnie Baranuik is back, and this time, the Great White Shark of psychic investigations has “people skills” and a new assistant who seems to harbor an unhealthy curiosity about Harry, her revenant companion. Together, they've got a whole lot of questions that need answering... -
![Vampire Princess Rising by Jami Brumfield]()
Vampire Princess Rising by Jami Brumfield
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSavannah Winters went from homecoming queen to vampire princess in one terrifying night. Now she must find a way to survive the dark world she lives without letting the anger and depression overwhelm and destroy her. Maintaining a balance between her supernatural identity and human cover is more difficult then she could ever imagine... -
![The Paramedic's Hunter by Jamie Davis]()
The Paramedic's Hunter by Jamie Davis
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsParanormal paramedic Dean Flynn doesn't know he's being hunted by demons. Demon hunter Jaz Errington hunts the creatures he heals? In this case opposites do not attract.When paramedic and hunter are thrown together on a quest to rescue a kidnapped angel, who also happens to be Dean's missing girlfriend, sparks fly... -
![Something Wicked by A.J. Myers]()
Something Wicked by A.J. Myers
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWelcome back to the World of Weird! I’m Ember Blaylock, and I’ll be your guide through this treacherous—sometimes downright deadly—world I call my own. Because if you thought our last trek through my reality was a rollercoaster ride, you ain’t seen nothing yet.I thought I was going to get my life back. I swore off all things witchy. I lied to everyone I cared about... -
![Crown of Darkness by J.L. Weil]()
Crown of Darkness by J.L. Weil
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen the struggle between love and vengeance becomes a deadly battleground, is there any hope for salvation? Lexi Winters’ world is falling apart. Damaged. Scarred. And Vengeful. Retaliation consumes her heart. Night and day, all she can think about is exacting her retribution for Colin’s death, the boy she once loved. Her guilt and resentment fuel her choices to hunt. Fate has other plans... -
![Then Came Wanda...With A Baby Carriage by Dakota Cassidy]()
Then Came Wanda...With A Baby Carriage by Dakota Cassidy
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThere’s almost nothing Wanda Jefferson wants more than a family to call her own, and she’s almost got it all with her husband Heath, a beautiful home in the suburbs, and her soul-satisfying work with her best friends as part of OOPS—a paranormal crisis hotline. Yet still, there’s a tiny hole in Wanda’s heart she longs to fill with a baby... -
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Legacy Academy Year Four by M. Guida
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsI’m supposed to be starting my fourth year of school, but Legacy’s in deep trouble.Ryker has taken everything from me, and I want revenge.The Defenders are scattered. Lucien’s missing.And I am alone.My heart’s broken, but I’m not defeated.I have to rely on my training and on my dragon to gather back the Defenders and find Lucien.A final showdown is coming between me and Ryker... -
![The Children of the Sun by Christopher Buecheler]()
The Children of the Sun by Christopher Buecheler
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIt's been two and a half years since the American council defeated the Burilgi rebel Aros Kreskas and restored order to their world. With the Children of the Sun, the militaristic cult of vampire hunters, in a period of apparent dormancy, the vampires of North America have enjoyed a time of relative peace... -
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![Grave Matters by Jana Oliver]()
Grave Matters by Jana Oliver
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA Demon Trappers NovellaA legendary Demon Trapper, Riley Blackthorne frequently battles with Hell’s minions. So when she travels to Scotland to meet up with her hunky boyfriend, and celebrate her eighteenth birthday, she’s thrilled at the chance to leave Atlanta and its troubles behind... -
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Witchcraft by Emma Mills
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsJess is no ordinary vampire. Protected by the Manchester vampire clan, and initiated by her family’s east coast American coven, she is sought after by every dark witch and warring vampire faction. Jess must fight if she wants to keep hold of her friends, her sanity and finally her existence... -
![A Witch to Live by Glenn Bullion]()
A Witch to Live by Glenn Bullion
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsKevin always had one ability that set him apart from everyone else. Healing. He healed his classmate Rachel when they were six years old, even though it almost exposed him.He lost his parents after starting high school. Now a senior, he struggles to stay out of his sister’s way as she takes care of both of them. He sleeps on the couch in their one-bedroom apartment and walks to school... -
![Buried Magic by T.J. Green]()
Buried Magic by T.J. Green
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWitchcraft, dark secrets, and demons. No one is safe in White Haven.White Haven has a history of witchcraft, but the locals don't know that there are real witches living among them, and Avery is one of them... -
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Chaotic by Kelley Armstrong
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsKelley Armstrong returns to the Otherworld with "Chaotic," where a half-demon tabloid journalist's boring date is saved...by a supernatural explosion? She's off to save the day—if only her less-than-stellar date wouldn't tag along! Luckily, the intriguing, infuriating, and just plain sexy werewolf/jewel thief Karl Marsten also appears... -
![Ballistic Kiss: A Sandman Slim Novel by Richard Kadrey]()
Ballistic Kiss: A Sandman Slim Novel by Richard Kadrey
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 25 ratings"I loved where Kadrey started with this series, but I love where he's going even more."-- NYT Bestselling author Cory DoctorowSandman Slim is back in Los Angeles and kicking more supernatural ass in this inventive, high-octane page-turner—the next to last volume in the popular and acclaimed fantasy adventure series from New York Times bestselling author Richard Kadrey... -
![How Torie Got Her Hex Back by M.J. Caan]()
How Torie Got Her Hex Back by M.J. Caan
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThere is never a good time for a witch to lose her powers.But to lose your magic just when you and your friends need it to survive might be the worst timing of all.But even in her despair, Torie Bliss has noticed some strange goings-on in Singing Falls. The supernatural community seems to be at war with itself, and the human inhabitants of the community are not exactly acting like normal humans... -
![Defying Fate by S.M. Reine]()
Defying Fate by S.M. Reine
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsElise Kavanagh has exorcised demons, slain gods, and come back from the dead. And she's done it all with the help of James Faulkner: a powerful witch, and the only person Elise has ever loved or trusted.But now the worst has happened. The Treaty protecting humanity from war between angels and demons has fallen. Elise has been taken by her greatest enemy and imprisoned in madness... -
![Taste of Wrath by Matt Wallace]()
Taste of Wrath by Matt Wallace
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWith seven books for seven sins, Taste of Wrath is the adrenaline-fuelled finalé to the Sin du Jour series, which Chuck Wendig calls “a raucous, riotous tale of culinary madness”!Bronko and his team of crack chefs and kitchen staff have been serving the New York supernatural community for decades. But all that could be about to change... -
![Boys' Night Out by Suza Kates]()
Boys' Night Out by Suza Kates
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDr. Michael Black’s world has seen a lot of changes over the past year, and falling for a witch who chats with his animal patients has been the best one by far. He’s decided to make it official, so the men associated with the coven insist on helping him celebrate... -
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![Ibenus by Seth Skorkowsky]()
Ibenus by Seth Skorkowsky
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAfter surviving a demon attack, disgraced police detective Victoria Martin tracks down the Valducans in search for answers. Recognizing her potential, and despite the warnings of the other knights, Allan Havlock, protector of Ibenus, takes her in as his apprentice... -
![Hell on Heels by John G. Hartness]()
Hell on Heels by John G. Hartness
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsYou think your family has baggage? Quincy Harker has to not only deal with his uncle's psychotic vampire ex-minion Augustus Renfield, but there's a new Vampire Hunter in town, and her name is Van Helsing! It's not a good day for a foul-mouthed magic-using demon hunter, and it gets worse when the original Renfield kidnaps the current Renfield to lure Harker and his Uncle Luke (you can call him... -
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Heaven Sent by John G. Hartness
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBOOK 5 in the Award-Winning Dark Fantasy Series takes us back to where it all began. He's the immortal magic-wielding child of Jonathan Harker and Mina Murray from the classic novel Dracula. But to him it's not a story, it's family history. Quincy Harker is what you'd get if Constantine were renewed by HBO and taken to the darkest of dark sides... -
![Straight to Hell by John G. Hartness]()
Straight to Hell by John G. Hartness
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsQuincy Harker is back, and the stakes are higher than ever. The fate of the world rests on the shoulders of a swearing, drinking, misanthropic half-vampire with a bad attitude and an itchy trigger finger. Harker and his team of misfits have just a few days to prevent the actual end of the world, as a group of fanatics have kidnapped a young man thought to possess the power to open the Seven Seals... -
![My Link in Time by S.L. Baum]()
My Link in Time by S.L. Baum
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsGirl meets boy, falls in love, becomes engaged, and walks down the aisle. Oh, if only life were that simple. When an Immortal girl meets a Mortal boy, life is a little more complicated.When Charity accepted Lincoln's marriage proposal, she thought they could handle anything that came their way... Link’s newly acquired lust for blood became the first problem to tackle... saying “I do” came next... -
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Deadly Hearts by S.M. Reine
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsDead divorcees. Demonic possession. Elise Kavanagh stabbing things and...baking cookies? It's just another bloody Valentine's Day in the life of a demon hunter and her witchy partner.This is a short story about the length of two chapters in my other books (9000 words), which takes place before the events of Death's Hand...
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