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Skin Game by Jim Butcher
Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars · 63 ratingsHarry Dresden, Chicago's only professional wizard, is about to have a very bad day…Because as Winter Knight to the Queen of Air and Darkness, Harry never knows what the scheming Mab might want him to do. Usually, it’s something awful.He doesn’t know the half of it…Mab has just traded Harry’s skills to pay off one of her debts... -
![The Hanged Man by K.D. Edwards]()
The Hanged Man by K.D. Edwards
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsThe last member of a murdered House tries to protect his ward from forced marriage to a monster while uncovering clues to his own tortured past. The Tarot Sequence imagines a modern-day Atlantis off the coast of Massachusetts, governed by powerful Courts based on the traditional Tarot deck... -
![Ashes to Ashes by Karina Halle]()
Ashes to Ashes by Karina Halle
Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsIt’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... -
![The Butcher's Masquerade: Dungeon Crawler Carl Book 5 by Matt Dinniman]()
The Butcher's Masquerade: Dungeon Crawler Carl Book 5 by Matt Dinniman
Rated: 4.74 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsAttention. Attention. The gates are down. The hunters are loose.Run, Run, Run. A lush jungle teeming with danger. Savage dinosaurs seeking blood. A fallen princess intent on vengeance. A mysterious, end-of-floor celebration for the top crawlers, dubbed “The Butcher’s Masquerade.” The sixth floor. The Hunting Grounds.As the remaining crawlers battle for their lives, a new, terrible threat looms... -
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![Vortena by Neven Iliev]()
Vortena by Neven Iliev
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWhat happens when one takes a murderous psychopath and forces them to team up with a cowardly tinkerer? Though not a question that Jeremiah ever expected to ponder, he is nevertheless looking forward to seeing what the aforementioned duo will cook up. Success or failure does not matter to Richard, only that the journey be entertaining... -
![Creepy Pair of Underwear! by Aaron Reynolds]()
Creepy Pair of Underwear! by Aaron Reynolds
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsJasper Rabbit is NOT a little bunny anymore. He’s not afraid of the dark, and he’s definitely not afraid of something as silly as underwear. But when the lights go out, suddenly his new big rabbit underwear glows in the dark. A ghoulish, greenish glow. If Jasper didn’t know any better he’d say his undies were a little, well, creepy... -
![Tanith Low in the Maleficent Seven. From the World of Skulduggery Pleasant by Derek Landy]()
Tanith Low in the Maleficent Seven. From the World of Skulduggery Pleasant by Derek Landy
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsA brilliant, hilarious one-off novel in the Skulduggery Pleasant universe, from number-one-bestselling author Derek Landy – now in paperback.This time, the bad guys take the stage... -
![A Mind Full of Murder by Derek Landy]()
A Mind Full of Murder by Derek Landy
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA bone-shaking new trilogy begins – the latest adventure in the bestselling Skulduggery Pleasant seriesSIX YEARS AGO, THE UNIVERSE ENDED.When it restarted, blinking back into existence, it brought with it a darkness that remains hidden from the mortal population.A week ago – fuelled by unimaginable hatred and unstoppable rage – a masked sorcerer killed one of those mortals. Then he killed another... -
![Fizzlesprocket by Neven Iliev]()
Fizzlesprocket by Neven Iliev
Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsThings are not well within the Lodrak Empire. An entire city goes up in smoke and ash, and an entire province is slowly being consumed by an ever-expanding cloud of death. But while the humans rally to contain the fallout of this disaster, they are much quicker to pin the blame for it on their elven neighbors to the north... -
![Midnight by Derek Landy]()
Midnight by Derek Landy
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsSkulduggery Pleasant and Valkyrie Cain are back in their most gripping story yet, as book 11, Midnight, picks up where Resurrection left off – and runs.For years, Valkyrie Cain has struggled to keep her loved ones safe from harm, plunging into battle – time and time again – by Skulduggery Pleasant’s side, and always emerging triumphant... -
![Secret Life of a Vampire by Kerrelyn Sparks]()
Secret Life of a Vampire by Kerrelyn Sparks
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsNothing's sexier than an man who can keep a secret.A typical bachelor party is all about beers and beautiful women. A vampire bachelor party is no different -- except the men are drinking Blissky (whiskey-flavored synthetic blood). And no one can throw a party quite like Jack, the illegitimate son of the legendary Casanova... -
![Duncton Quest by William Horwood]()
Duncton Quest by William Horwood
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWhen Tryfan, son of Bracken and Rebecca, returns to the sacred Burrows of Uffington, he finds dreadful signs of death and destruction. For out of the chilly North have swarmed the grikes, a fanatical tribe of warrior moles bent on destroying all believers in the powers of the Stone...Categorized as:
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![Duncton Found by William Horwood]()
Duncton Found by William Horwood
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe first trilogy of the Duncton Chronicles now reaches an inspiring and triumphant conclusion… Under the ruthless leadership of Henbane of Whern, the grikes have taken over moledom. Soon their ascendancy is to be consolidated by Lucerne, her son by Tryfan, and the last followers of the Stone rooted out and killed...Categorized as:
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![Gilda Joyce: The Bones of the Holy by Jennifer Allison]()
Gilda Joyce: The Bones of the Holy by Jennifer Allison
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhen Gilda Joyce's mother announces her engagement to a man from St. Augustine, Florida, Gilda is appalled. She hasn't even given him the "Joyce Family Application" yet! But as the wedding preparations get under way, Gilda realizes she has much bigger concerns. Why does her soon-to-be stepdad keep calling Mrs. Joyce by his ex-wife's name? And why is Mrs... -
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![Nightmares! The Sleepwalker Tonic by Jason Segel]()
Nightmares! The Sleepwalker Tonic by Jason Segel
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsNightmares! The Sleepwalker Tonic is the sequel to the hilariously scary New York Times bestselling novel Nightmares! by multitalented actor Jason Segel and bestselling author Kirsten Miller. You thought the nightmares were over? You better keep the lights on! Charlie Laird has a dream life. 1) He has a weirdo stepmom who runs an herbarium... -
![Night Terror by John Passarella]()
Night Terror by John Passarella
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAlerted to strange happenings in Clayton Falls, Colorado, Bobby sends the boys to check it out. A speeding car with no driver, a homeless man pursued by a massive Gila monster, a little boy chased by uprooted trees — it all sounds like the stuff of nightmares... -
![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... -
![Downfall by Rob Thurman]()
Downfall by Rob Thurman
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsI let it go—all of it. Everything I’d been saving up all my life, building and growing inside me, too much to hold in one half-human body. It pushed and fought to be free with a force that turned me into a bomb with a timer vibrating on zero. I was free... -
![Crown of the Queen by Katerina Martinez]()
Crown of the Queen by Katerina Martinez
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBook 3 in the upcoming WARDBREAKER series. For those of you who want to make sure you don't want to miss the exciting sequel from the author who brought you the Obsidian Order series. Crown of the Queen will pick the story up where Soul of the Storm left off, a full synopsis will be available after book 2 in the series releases... -
![The Total Eclipse of Nestor Lopez by Adrianna Cuevas]()
The Total Eclipse of Nestor Lopez by Adrianna Cuevas
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA Cuban American boy must use his secret ability to communicate with animals to save the inhabitants of his town.All Nestor Lopez wants is to live in one place for more than a few months and have dinner with his dad.When he and his mother move to a new town to live with his grandmother after his dad’s latest deployment, Nestor plans to lay low... -
![The Final Reckoning by Robin Jarvis]()
The Final Reckoning by Robin Jarvis
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsRobin Jarvis's thrilling finale to the Deptford Mice Trilogy is now available in paperback. Back from the dead, the spirit of Jupiter-the evil cat who was once Lord of the sewer rats-wreaks more destruction than ever. The Deptford Mice Feel his chilling grasp everywhere they turn and know they face the most desperate struggle of their lives... -
![Malamander by Thomas Taylor]()
Malamander by Thomas Taylor
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsNobody visits Eerie-on-Sea in the winter... -
![Scorch by Gina Damico]()
Scorch by Gina Damico
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsSixteen-year-old Lex Bartleby is a teenage grim reaper with the bizarre ability to damn souls. That makes her pretty scary, even to fellow Grims. But after inadvertently transferring her ability to Zara, a murderous outlaw, Lex is a pariah in Croak, the little town she calls home.To escape the townspeople’s wrath, she and her friends embark on a wild road trip to DeMyse... -
![Gold, Babies and the Brothers Muldoon by Derek Landy]()
Gold, Babies and the Brothers Muldoon by Derek Landy
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA jolt of Skulduggery Pleasant action for free.Midnight. Valkyrie Cain approaches an old, ramshackle church to make a delicate deal with a trio of ugly, hairy goblins. To her absolute non-surprise, the goblins have no intention of honouring that deal- but not to worry. Skulduggery Pleasant is standing by to deliver a surprise of their own.Things, however, don’t go exactly according to plan... -
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![Pocket Apocalypse by Seanan McGuire]()
Pocket Apocalypse by Seanan McGuire
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsEndangered, adjective: Threatened with extinction or immediate harm.Australia, noun: A good place to become endangered.Alexander Price has survived gorgons, basilisks, and his own family—no small feat, considering that his family includes two telepaths, a reanimated corpse, and a colony of talking, pantheistic mice... -
![Coyote's Kiss by Christa Faust]()
Coyote's Kiss by Christa Faust
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsA truck full of illegal Mexican immigrants slaughtered with supernatural force is found by the side of a road. Trying to find answers, Sam and Dean are plunged into the dangerous world that exists along the Mexican border. They encounter a tattooed, pistol-packing bandita on a motorcycle who seems be everywhere they go before they get there... -
![Return to Howliday Inn by James Howe, Victor Garber]()
Return to Howliday Inn by James Howe, Victor Garber
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIn this sequel to "Howliday Inn, " the Monroe family pets are again boarded at Chateau Bow-Wow, where some spooky goings-on serve as a distraction from the kennel's poor food... -
![From Hell with Love by Simon R. Green]()
From Hell with Love by Simon R. Green
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIt's no walk in the park for a Drood, a member of the family that has protected humanity from the things that go bump in the night for centuries. They aren't much liked by the creatures they kill, by ungrateful humans, or even by one another. Now their Matriarch is dead, and it's up to Eddie Drood, acting head of the family, to figure out whodunit... -
![Winter's Gifts by Ben Aaronovitch]()
Winter's Gifts by Ben Aaronovitch
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsWhen retired FBI Agent Patrick Henderson calls in an ‘X-Ray Sierra India’ incident, the operator doesn’t understand. He tells them to pass it up the chain till someone does.That person is FBI Special Agent Kimberley Reynolds. Leaving Quantico for snowbound Northern Wisconsin, she finds that a tornado has flattened half the town – and there’s no sign of Henderson... -
![The Crystal Prison by Robin Jarvis]()
The Crystal Prison by Robin Jarvis
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThis terrifying second novel of the Deptford Mice Trilogy is now in paperback. When the Deptford Mice flee to the countryside, they never expect to find themselves embroiled in a series of murders. The country mice suspect that headstrong city mouse, Audrey, is the culprit. But the truth is far more sinister-for Jupiter now reaches vengefully from the dead... -
![Monster Madness by Dean Lorey]()
Monster Madness by Dean Lorey
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIt's the monster hunters' last chance to stop an all-out monster war!We're under attack! The last of the mega-monsters known as the Named are fighting their way into our world, and only a mysterious being known as the Guardian can help—but the Guardian is dying... -
![Carved in Flesh by Tim Waggoner]()
Carved in Flesh by Tim Waggoner
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsAfter Sam and Dean Winchester lost their mother to a mysterious supernatural force as young children, their father taught them how to hunt and destroy the paranormal evil that exists in the dark corners of America. After their father’s demonic death, they discovered that they are descended from a long line of hunters and chose to continue their mission... -
![Dead Boy by Laurel Gale]()
Dead Boy by Laurel Gale
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA darkly funny and literary debut novel about a dead boy named Crow who has a chance at friendship - and a chance at getting his life back Crow Darlingson isn’t like other kids. He stinks. He’s got maggots. His body parts fall off at inopportune moments. (His mom always sews them back on, though.) And he hasn’t been able to sleep in years. Not since waking up from death... -
![Ghostsitters by Angie Sage, Jimmy Pickering]()
Ghostsitters by Angie Sage, Jimmy Pickering
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAraminta Spookie 5: Ghostsitters Chapter One Slugs My uncle Drac says some funny things. Last week he said, "There is always a slug in the lettuce sandwich of life, Minty." I had to think for a while until I understood what he meant. You see, Uncle Drac loves lettuce sandwiches, but even he does not like slugs... -
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![The House in Poplar Wood by K.E. Ormsbee]()
The House in Poplar Wood by K.E. Ormsbee
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFor as long as the Vickery twins can remember, they’ve only ever been able to leave the house together once a year, on Halloween. The rest of the year, Lee and his mother serve Memory, while Felix and his father assist Death. This is the Agreement.But one Halloween, Gretchen Whipple smashes her way into their lives... -
![School's Out by Jamie Thomson]()
School's Out by Jamie Thomson
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAfter acclimating to the inane customs of the blathering human fools, Dirk Lloyd has managed to make contact with his home in the Darklands. Unfortunately, his powers have betrayed him yet again. His new, and dare he say it, good friend Sooz has been transported to his Iron Tower of Despair, where she awaits what is sure to be a slow and painful end... -
![Grimm: The Chopping Block by John Passarella]()
Grimm: The Chopping Block by John Passarella
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA cache of bones is found in a shallow grave in local woods... Meanwhile missing persons cases in Portland seem to be on the increase. As more bones are discovered, Portland homicide Detective Nick Burkhardt and his partner Hank Griffin investigate - but there seems to be no connection between the victims... A brand-new original story set in the Grimm universe... -
![Soul of the Storm by Katerina Martinez]()
Soul of the Storm by Katerina Martinez
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsI have an exceptional talent, and it's going to get me killed. Let's be honest, things haven't exactly gone well from me ever since I stole from Becket, the red-eyed Demonologist. You could almost say that single act of dumbassery started this whole mess. But even though I'm a mage, I can't exactly reverse the course of time, so here we are. We're hiding... -
![Dead Man's Quill by Jordan Castillo Price]()
Dead Man's Quill by Jordan Castillo Price
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt's all fun and games until someone loses a hand.Dixon has been dying to introduce Yuri to Uncle Fonzo, the Hand of his family, and now he'll finally get that chance. All they need to do is meet him at a traveling carnival with an unused piece of Spellcraft. Easy peasy, right? Not even a little. And even worse, they might encounter a clown... -
![A Grimoire for Gamblers by Amanda Creiglow]()
A Grimoire for Gamblers by Amanda Creiglow
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMagic may be secret, but it’ll kill you anyway.Small town mayor’s assistant Elizabeth has enough on her plate grieving her father’s suicide. She doesn’t need his stash of magical knowledge in the attic. She doesn’t need the hidden supernatural subculture of monsters it pulls her into... -
![My Life is not a Horror Movie, Derek by DiscontentedWinter]()
My Life is not a Horror Movie, Derek by DiscontentedWinter
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSterekStiles keeps dreaming of people in robes with knives.With chanting. In Latin.And he mentioned the knives, right?That can't be good... -
![Samuel Blink and the Forbidden Forest by Matt Haig]()
Samuel Blink and the Forbidden Forest by Matt Haig
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAunt Eda's Rule #9: NEVER-UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES- GO INTO THE FOREST. Samuel and Martha have just moved to Norway to live with their aunt Eda, and she's taking some getting used to. She has too many rules, no TV, and insists that they eat local delicacies like brown cheese and reindeer soup. And then there's the most peculiar thing about her-her irrational fear of her own backyard... -
![Tardy Bells and Witches' Spells by Sarina Dorie]()
Tardy Bells and Witches' Spells by Sarina Dorie
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsNerdy high school outcast, CLARISSA LAWRENCE, has always felt like she didn't belong in this world. More than anything, she wants magic to be real--and not just because she's obsessed with Harry Potter and tries to go to Narnia by reading fantasy novels in her wardrobe. Yet, when she stumbles upon real magic, and fairy tales come true, she doesn't expect to be the evil villain in her own story... -
![The Best Thing You Can Steal by Simon R. Green]()
The Best Thing You Can Steal by Simon R. Green
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWelcome to London, but not as you know it. A place where magics and horror run free, wonders and miracles are everyday things, and the dark streets are full of very shadowy people . . . Gideon Sable is a thief and a con man. He specializes in stealing the kind of things that can't normally be stolen. Like a ghost's clothes, or a photo from a country that never existed... -
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![A Babysitter's Guide to Monster Hunting by Joe Ballarini]()
A Babysitter's Guide to Monster Hunting by Joe Ballarini
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe Last Kids on Earth meets Goosebumps in this hilarious new series about a secret society of babysitters who protect kids from the monsters that really do live under their beds!When middle schooler Kelly Ferguson’s Halloween plans switch from party-going to babysitting, she thinks the scariest part of her night will be the death of her social life... -
![Half-Off Ragnarok by Seanan McGuire]()
Half-Off Ragnarok by Seanan McGuire
Rated: 3.97 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsWhen Alex Price agreed to go to Ohio to oversee a basilisk breeding program and assist in the recovery of his psychic cousin, he didn't expect people to start dropping dead. But bodies are cropping up at the zoo where he works, and his girlfriend—Shelby Tanner, an Australian zoologist with a fondness for big cats—is starting to get suspicious... -
![Howliday Inn by James Howe]()
Howliday Inn by James Howe
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsHarold and Chester can hardly believe it -- the Monroe family is going on vacation without them! No sooner have Harold and Chester settled into their bungalows at the Chateau Bow-Wow than Louise, a French poodle involved in a messy love triangle, disappears... -
![Poison City by Paul Crilley]()
Poison City by Paul Crilley
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe name's Gideon Tau, but everyone just calls me London. I work for the Delphic Division, the occult investigative unit of the South African Police Service. My life revolves around two things - finding out who killed my daughter and imagining what I'm going to do to the bastard when I catch him.I have two friends... -
![Nightmare Ink by Marcella Burnard]()
Nightmare Ink by Marcella Burnard
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFrom “smoking-hot talent”* Marcella Burnard comes a dangerous and captivating new novel that will get under your skin.With her art and magic, Isa Romanchzyk has the power to create or destroy. In her tattoo shop, Nightmare Ink, Isa helps those in need by binding the power embedded in their Live Ink—the magical tattoos that can enhance the life of the wearer, or end it... -
![Gap Year in Ghost Town by Michael Pryor]()
Gap Year in Ghost Town by Michael Pryor
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLet's get this straight - ghosts are everywhere. I can see them. You can't. And, see them or not, they're dangerous. This is why my family has hunted ghosts for hundreds of years to protect people like you.The Marin family are outcasts of the ghost hunting world. They run a two-man operation in inner city Melbourne. Anton has the Ghost-sight, but his father does not...
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