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  • Carnage by Shayne Silvers

    Carnage by Shayne Silvers

    Rated: 4.74 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    The gods never should have opened Pandora's Box...Nate Temple has been abducted by Zeus and is thrown into the middle of an Olympian family feud that could very well kick off the Omega War all by itself.There is one weapon that Zeus believes will turn the tide. Pandora's Box. But his neglect left it on earth for far too long, and Pandora has found a new master to serve. Nate Temple...
  • Knightmare by Shayne Silvers

    Knightmare by Shayne Silvers

    Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Nate Temple must die. Mordred—the bastard son of King Arthur—has returned, and he will stop at nothing to utterly destroy everything his father ever created—burning the Arthurian Legend from the history books for good.He’s already defeated Nate Temple once, corrupting the fabled Knights of the Round Table into darker, nigh-invincible, merciless, killing machines—Knightmares...
  • The Evolution of Mara Dyer by Michelle Hodkin

    The Evolution of Mara Dyer by Michelle Hodkin

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 67 ratings
    Mara Dyer knows she isn't crazy. She knows that she can kill with her mind, and that Noah can heal with his. Mara also knows that somehow, Jude is not a hallucination. He is alive. Unfortunately, convincing her family and doctors that she's not unstable and doesn't need to be hospitalised isn't easy. The only person who actually believes her is Noah...
  • Legend by Shayne Silvers

    Legend by Shayne Silvers

    Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    NATE TEMPLE HAS HOLES IN HIS SOUL, BOTH IMAGINED AND REAL…And the only way to patch his soul back together is to go back to where it all began. To where he began. To where a Manling was born…To a dangerous boy named Wylde.Because to have any hope at standing against Mordred—to save Camelot and St. Louis alike—he must learn what it means to be a Catalyst...
  • Ashes to Ashes by Karina Halle

    Ashes to Ashes by Karina Halle

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    It’s been two months since Perry Palomino and Dex Foray’s relationship reached a new turning point, two months since Perry started a new life in Seattle, and two months since their Experiment in Terror show took on a new partner, ex-Wine Babe Rebecca Sims, and found a new level of success. But whenever there is light in their lives, the madness still has a way of coming back in...
  • Salty Dog by Shayne Silvers, Cameron O'Connell

    Salty Dog by Shayne Silvers, Cameron O'Connell

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Abductions rarely go as planned…but this is just ridiculous. Torn from the Faeling Games on the beaches of Scotland, Quinn MacKenna suddenly finds herself doggie-paddling in a turbulent sea of blood with no land in sight.And that’s the highlight of her day so far, because her abductors seem perfectly content to simply leave her in this strange Otherworld...
  • Cosmopolitan by Shayne Silvers, Cameron O'Connell

    Cosmopolitan by Shayne Silvers, Cameron O'Connell

    Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    It’s time for Quinn MacKenna to pay off a debt – to Nate Temple. And New York City will never be the same… Quinn MacKenna is a black-magic arms dealer from Boston, but her world drastically changed after accidentally robbing Nate Temple a few weeks ago...
  • Dead Sky Morning by Karina Halle

    Dead Sky Morning by Karina Halle

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    With the Experiment in Terror show finding some success, amateur ghost hunters Perry Palomino and Dex Foray embark on their most terrifying investigation yet. A tiny, fog-shrouded island in the rough strait between British Columbia and Washington State has held a dark secret for decades: It was a former leper colony where over forty souls were left to rot, die and bury each other...
  • The Faerie Plague by Michelle Madow

    The Faerie Plague by Michelle Madow

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Zombies. The fae realm is overrun with ZOMBIES.Against all odds, I mastered the magic gifted to me by the gods and won the Faerie Games—a twisted, televised game to the death.After winning the Games, I was supposed to be free to return home to Earth. But that was a lie.Now a deadly plague is rampaging the realm. The Otherworld is dying, and I might have the power to save it...
  • The Eternity Cure by Julie Kagawa

    The Eternity Cure by Julie Kagawa

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    In Allison Sekemoto's world, there is one rule left: Blood calls to blood She has done the unthinkable: died so that she might continue to live. Cast out of Eden and separated from the boy she dared to love, Allie will follow the call of blood to save her creator, Kanin, from the psychotic vampire Sarren...
  • Deadly Night by Vanessa Nelson

    Deadly Night by Vanessa Nelson

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Can she serve justice in an unjust world?Newly-promoted Watch Officer Thea March is assigned her very first death investigation. Someone has brutally killed a young woman and dumped her body in an empty warehouse. The only real clue left at the scene points to one of the elite – the Ageless – as being involved...
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    paranormal  dark  family  drama  romance  fantasy  mystery  magic
  • Dust & Decay by Jonathan Maberry

    Dust & Decay by Jonathan Maberry

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    Six months have passed since the terrifying battle with Charlie Pink-eye and the Motor City Hammer in the zombie-infested mountains of the Rot & Ruin. It’s also six months since Benny Imura and Nix Riley saw something in the air that changed their lives...
  • Dead City by James Ponti

    Dead City by James Ponti

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Most kids have enough to deal with between school, homework, extracurricular activities, and friends, but Molly Bigelow isn’t your typical tween. By day, Molly attends MIST—the Metropolitan Institute of Science and Technology—but it’s what she’s learning outside of school that sets her apart from her classmates. Molly is a zombie hunter, just like her mother. This, however, is news to Molly...
  • Loved by P.C. Cast, Kristin Cast

    Loved by P.C. Cast, Kristin Cast

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    It’s Zoey’s eighteenth birthmas and the Nerd Herd has been scattered across the country busily adulting for almost a year when Stark calls them back to Tulsa to surprise Z. But all is not well in T-town...
  • Come Alive by Karina Halle

    Come Alive by Karina Halle

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    It’s one thing to bring the woman you love back into your life. It’s another to try and keep her there. For Dex Foray, con­vinc­ing Perry Palomino to open her­self to their bur­geon­ing rela­tion­ship has been more chal­leng­ing than hunt­ing ghosts, bat­tling demons and stalk­ing Sasquatch com­bined...
  • Cursed Demon by Brogan Thomas

    Cursed Demon by Brogan Thomas

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    She enjoyed life as a demon’s pet. Until the cries of an innocent tore her world asunder… Emma Case is freaking out. Being surrounded by monsters is risky enough without breaking the rules, but when the soft-hearted girl hears a pup in distress, she can’t resist trespassing on forbidden ground...
  • The Bonds of Blood by Becca Andre

    The Bonds of Blood by Becca Andre

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Born without a heartbeat or a soul, James Huntsman has never felt part of the mortal world. It’s an insecurity his abusive brothers reinforced daily, and with his very existence bound to theirs through the alchemically altered blood they share, James has always been at their mercy. All that changed when James found a home within the magical community and fell in love...
  • Unleashed Magic: A Wizard in Bremen Part 2 by Steve Higgs

    Unleashed Magic: A Wizard in Bremen Part 2 by Steve Higgs

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    No one knows about them. No one is ready. The false gods are coming. In seven days, I have to surrender myself to a demon. That was what I agreed to. That was the price to rescue a teenage girl. What would you do with your last week? My plan to drink good whisky and relax got shot to hell within hours when the police, who hate me by the way, begged for my help...
  • Time Shift: Kitsune and Shaman novel by J.L. Weil

    Time Shift: Kitsune and Shaman novel by J.L. Weil

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    She must leave her life behind to keep those she loves safe. Like most sane people, Karina Lang believed the idea of another world was only a thing in the movies. So not true. The Second Moon is full of inconceivable people, including herself. She is a Kitsune...
  • Devils Don't Lie by Kim McDougall

    Devils Don't Lie by Kim McDougall

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Being a working mom chosen to save the world is going to take practice, courage, and a whole crew of creature companions as backup.The forest whispers to Kyra. Something is coming. The creatures are restless. Ash falls on their homestead. And Montreal ward is bursting with refugees.But Kyra doesn’t need omens...
  • Whiskey Ginger by Shayne Silvers, Cameron O'Connell

    Whiskey Ginger by Shayne Silvers, Cameron O'Connell

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Meet Quinn MacKenna, a black magic arms dealer from the mean streets of Boston. ***FIRST 4 BOOKS IN THE SERIES RELEASING BY JULY 10, 2018!*** Everything was going fine for Quinn MacKenna… until she accidentally stole from Nate Temple.She knows how to drink, fight, and steal dangerous magical artifacts – but not for money. For favors...
  • Dark Curse by Kim Richardson

    Dark Curse by Kim Richardson

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    It's important to stay busy in my line of work, and fresh challenges keep me on my toes. I just didn't expect it to happen so soon. Okay, so I accepted the archdemon Lucian's gift in the hopes that it would make me invincible-big mistake. A darkness rises in me that I can't control. It seduces me, offering me the power to make things right again, all the while consuming little pieces of my soul...
  • Shadow Kissed by Veronica Douglas

    Shadow Kissed by Veronica Douglas

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I released the Dark Wolf God. Now he’s using me.Last week, I defeated a monster hellbent on killing us all. I thought I was stopping a prophecy, but it turns out, the dark omens were about me all along.Now I’m destined to steal the souls of the pack—my pack—and help the Dark God bring destruction down on the world...
  • Out for Blood by Alyxandra Harvey

    Out for Blood by Alyxandra Harvey

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Hunter Wild is the youngest in a long line of elite vampire hunters, a legacy that is both a blessing and a curse at the secret Helios-Ra Academy, where she excels at just about everything...
  • The Nowhere Witch by Donna Augustine

    The Nowhere Witch by Donna Augustine

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Getting back to Xest was the easy part. It’s staying here that seems to be the problem.I have three hags, also known as Xest Immigration, hot on my tail trying to deport me back to Salem. The wall I built in the Unsettled Lands is in jeopardy. Hawk, a man who was once my ally, can’t decide if he wants to lead the horde trying to drive me out or kiss me...
  • Tenth Grade Bleeds by Heather Brewer, Z Brewer

    Tenth Grade Bleeds by Heather Brewer, Z Brewer

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 40 ratings
    In Tenth Grade Bleeds, it's another sucky year at Bathory High for Vladimir Tod. The evil vampire D'Ablo is hunting for the ritual that could steal Vlad's powers. His best friend Henry doesn't want to be his drudge anymore. And as if all that weren't enough, it's getting harder for Vlad to resist feeding on the people around him...
  • Redeeming Angel by J.L. Weil

    Redeeming Angel by J.L. Weil

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The war between Hell and Earth is about to commence. But first, Chase must save the girl he loves. Hell should have killed Chase Winters when it had the chance. Now, it’s too late. He is coming for them—all of them. And he won’t stop until he gets what he wants. Angel. Chase will be damned before he lets Hell take the only thing that matters in his life...
  • No Quarter by Michael Todd, Michael Anderle

    No Quarter by Michael Todd, Michael Anderle

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    The rules have changed. Now the Damned can go on vacation, and even hook up. Without Pandora near him, can Calvin get a little action in Cabo? Unfortunately, the general has a different demand of Katie coming from a whole industry. Requested to be in New York, Katie is working a side job or two. Her mercenary skills are useful, and profitable, for other types of hard jobs...
  • Shadows in the Water by Kory M. Shrum

    Shadows in the Water by Kory M. Shrum

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Meet Louie Thorne. They didn't kill her — and they'll soon regret it.When DEA agent Jack Thorne's house is stormed by vengeful drug lords, both he and his wife are shot dead. Only his daughter Louie survives — by using a terrifying power that defies reason.Piecing together a life in his absence, Louie embraces her gift and her rage under the force of a single need: revenge...
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    paranormal  suspense  family  dark  fantasy  mystery  horror  fiction
  • The Pretender by Rob Blackwell

    The Pretender by Rob Blackwell

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A young girl slaughters her entire family in a quiet suburban neighborhood. The police say she snapped, but Soren Chase knows the truth...
  • The Heir of Death by Becca Andre

    The Heir of Death by Becca Andre

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Elysia Mallory has never embraced her magic, not when doing so comes at the price of her sanity. Her family is cursed with bizarre necromantic gifts that have driven each recipient mad, and she doesn’t want to be another dead branch on the family tree...
  • The Final Formula Collection by Becca Andre

    The Final Formula Collection by Becca Andre

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When magic returned almost two decades ago, it found a modern world rooted in science, and those beliefs colored the way new abilities manifested. This New Magic is in sharp contrast to Old Magic, which has always been around, hiding in the dark and forgotten places. Addie isn’t magical, but she can wield power with the best of them...
  • Saint Odd by Dean Koontz

    Saint Odd by Dean Koontz

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    The future is haunting Odd Thomas.The carnival has returned to Pico Mundo, the same one that came to town when Odd was just sixteen. Odd is drawn to an arcade tent where he discovers Gypsy Mummy, the fortune-telling machine that told him that he and Stormy Llewellyn were destined to be together forever.But Stormy is dead and Pico Mundo is under threat once more...
  • Night's Favor by Richard Parry

    Night's Favor by Richard Parry

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Bad hangovers don’t usually come with a pile of bodies.Valentine surfaces after a drunken night to find drug megacorp Biomne has unleashed hired guns to bring Val in: no questions, and no witnesses. A criminally insane Russian's also hungering at his heels. Could one ravening sociopath be worse than an army?Val's newfound strength and speed might not be enough to save him...
  • Unrequited Death by Tamara Rose Blodgett

    Unrequited Death by Tamara Rose Blodgett

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The Graysheets remain ominously quiet during the teen's senior year.When tragedy strikes Tiff, her confidence shatters into a million pieces and the group doesn't know how to pick up the scattered mess of her emotional health...
  • Thicker Than Blood by Shalini Boland

    Thicker Than Blood by Shalini Boland

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Chilling and fast-paced, Thicker Than Blood is the supernatural sequel to Hidden. It combines passion and drama with a historical twist.Aelia lives in 6th century Byzantium. She is sixteen years old and her life is about to change forever. She doesn't yet know it, but she holds the fate of thousands in her hands and her actions will echo across the centuries...
  • Lost Girl by Anne Francis Scott

    Lost Girl by Anne Francis Scott

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Lost Girl - Readers' Favorite Award Finalist in Paranormal FictionRenowned sculptor Allison Weathers doesn't believe in ghosts. But when a tragic twist of fate leads her to the small mountain town of Dawson Mills, Tennessee, she soon learns that the dead don't always stay silent. Shadows begin to shift in the rambling, old Victorian farmhouse she's purchased. Voices come from nowhere...
  • The Kraken King and the Inevitable Abduction by Meljean Brook

    The Kraken King and the Inevitable Abduction by Meljean Brook

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The Kraken King has declared that Zenobia Fox is under his protection—and with her identity revealed, she needs that protection more than ever. But it comes with a price when Ariq demands that Zenobia reveal her secrets in return.Ariq wants nothing more than for Zenobia to trust him, and he knows exactly which sensual tricks will breach her defenses...
  • Sinister: Uncherished by John P. Logsdon, Christopher P. Young

    Sinister: Uncherished by John P. Logsdon, Christopher P. Young

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    And then that happened... Evangeline had finally gotten her team running perfectly. Yes, they are members of the Black Ops Paranormal Police Department, which means they are technically the team of the Directors, but that isn't how it works internally. Even the Directors are bowing to her decisions now...mostly. That's what happens when a hellion begins to grow. She takes over...
  • The White Night by Desmond Doane

    The White Night by Desmond Doane

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Yes, you should be afraid of the dark…A mighty demon sits at the right hand of Satan, and he knows paranormal investigator Ford Atticus Ford by name. Mike Long, too, but what the vile creature covets most lies with little Chelsea Hopper.As Ford wrestles with the uncertain nature of his future, a different kind of evil storms into his world, proving that not all demons are inhuman...
  • The Corpse Whisperer by H.R. Boldwood

    The Corpse Whisperer by H.R. Boldwood

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Welcome to the world of Allie Nighthawk, corpse whisperer and bad ass zombie hunter. “If you raise deadheads, you’d better be able to put ‘em down. Nobody said it was pretty. But in this day, when vampires aren’t just for breakfast anymore, and the dead are disposable pawns for necromancers, someone has to ante up. Looks like I won the lotto. Imagine my delight...
  • Chasing Angel by J.L. Weil

    Chasing Angel by J.L. Weil

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Chase Winters is one of a kind. That doesn’t mean he still doesn’t get on my nerves more days than not, but his arrogance is starting to be sexy. Together our bond grows stronger, and so do we. Just as we hurdle one obstacle, two or three more pop up. Go figure. It isn’t enough that Emma once again hates our guts, now Travis has decided to go all demon-zoid on us...
  • Fugitive of Magic by Linsey Hall

    Fugitive of Magic by Linsey Hall

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    In the city of Magic's Bend, I protect what's mine. No matter what.To the world, I'm a just a Conjurer. To my closest friends, I'm a FireSoul--a dangerous Magica with forbidden powers and a dragon's soul. The downside? If anyone discovers what I am, I'm dead. So I lay low, kicking butt with my weapons, not my magic...
  • Odd Interlude #1 by Dean Koontz

    Odd Interlude #1 by Dean Koontz

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Leading up to the highly anticipated arrival of Odd Apocalypse this summer, catch up with Odd Thomas in Odd Interlude, a special three-part eBook series by #1 bestselling master of suspense Dean Koontz! Here is the spine-tingling 70-page first installment of this super-charged stand-alone Odd adventure.  THERE’S ROOM AT THE INN. BUT YOU MIGHT NOT GET OUT...
  • Ninth Grade Slays by Heather Brewer, Z Brewer

    Ninth Grade Slays by Heather Brewer, Z Brewer

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 40 ratings
    High 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...
  • The Fifth Essence by Becca Andre

    The Fifth Essence by Becca Andre

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Addie Daulton has never backed down from a challenge. After all, doing the impossible is what makes her a master alchemist. So when she learns that her best friend, James Huntsman, has been banished from the mortal world, she believes she can get him back. But finding James isn’t her only problem...
  • Rot & Ruin by Jonathan Maberry

    Rot & Ruin by Jonathan Maberry

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 44 ratings
    In the zombie-infested, post-apocalyptic America where Benny Imura lives, every teenager must find a job by the time they turn fifteen or get their rations cut in half. Benny doesn't want to apprentice as a zombie hunter with his boring older brother Tom, but he has no choice...
  • Dead End by M.R. Forbes

    Dead End by M.R. Forbes

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    SERIES FINALE! Conor Night, the world’s only necromancer, has finally learned what it means to be the world’s only necromancer. It’s a lesson he wishes he had never received, because thanks to him an ancient wizard with an apocalyptic agenda is back in business, ready to finish cleaning house. Even worse? He’s the only one who can stop it...
  • Demon Dawn by William Massa

    Demon Dawn by William Massa

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Over the years, I’ve racked up a pretty interesting resume. Monster Hunter. Demon Slayer. Paranormal Investigator. Now I’m about to add "thief" to the list. The mastermind behind this high-risk heist is Vincent Taske, a billionaire dying of cancer. A man desperate to cheat death no matter what the cost. His plan? Break into the Hagen Bank...
  • Cabal by David Delaney

    Cabal by David Delaney

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    What happens when you accidentally bring one of the world's most powerful blood-mages back from the dead? Orson Reid and his friends are about to find out. But first they'll need to deal with the Paragon Society's ever-growing web of lies, an ancient shape-shifter blood sport and a very unexpected display of magic ability—but not necessarily in that order...
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