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  • Wild Side by Shayne Silvers

    Wild Side by Shayne Silvers

    Rated: 4.59 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    To 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...
  • Kingdom of the Wicked by Derek Landy

    Kingdom of the Wicked by Derek Landy

    Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars
    · 35 ratings
    The seventh instalment in the biggest, funniest, most thrilling comedy-horror-adventure series in the universe…Magic is a disease.Across the land, normal people are suddenly developing wild and unstable powers. Infected by a rare strain of magic, they are unwittingly endangering their own lives and the lives of the people around them...
  • Tiny Gods by Shayne Silvers

    Tiny Gods by Shayne Silvers

    Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    Power is patient, power is kind… No, wait. That’s not right. Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely… Just ask Nate’s ex-fiancée. It’s almost this wizard’s birthday, so, he can cry if he wants to...
  • Brief Cases by Jim Butcher

    Brief Cases by Jim Butcher

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 38 ratings
    Brief Cases is the sequel anthology of Side Jobs, and will be released before Peace TalksSet to include the following stories:An exclusive novellette from the perspective of Maggie and Mouse.“Curses” — from The Naked City, edited by Ellen DatlowTakes place between Small Favor and Turn Coat...
  • Between Family by W.R. Gingell

    Between Family by W.R. Gingell

    Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    When someone tries to threaten me by telling me they know my name, I take that personally.G’day. I’m not really a pet anymore, but you might as well keep calling me Pet. It’s not like I’m gunna tell you my name anyway. And if I sound stroppy, well, I am. First, I was threatened. Now, someone has cut off my house from the human world and left my emotional support vampire on the human side...
  • Relight My Fire by C.K. McDonnell

    Relight My Fire by C.K. McDonnell

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Some comebacks can be murder . . .Stella is enjoying life as an almost student, or at least she is until a man falls from the sky right in front of her, leaving a big old hole in the pavement for Manchester Council to fill. The obvious question of how he ended up in the sky in the first place has no obvious answers, which is where The Stranger Times come in...
  • Out of House and Home by Drew Hayes

    Out of House and Home by Drew Hayes

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    With his wedding behind him, Fred is looking forward to nightly life finally settling down. Unfortunately, someone from his past has other, far less peaceful, plans in mind. Finding his clan under attack, Fred must scramble to discover who is working against him and how to fight back...
  • Monster Hunter Nemesis by Larry Correia

    Monster Hunter Nemesis by Larry Correia

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 32 ratings
    #5 in multiple New York Times bestseller Larry Correia's Monster Hunter series. Agent Franks of the U.S. Monster Control Bureau is a man of many parts—parts from other people, that is. Franks is nearly seven feet tall and all muscle. He's nearly indestructible. Plus he’s animated by a powerful alchemical substance and inhabited by a super-intelligent spirit more ancient than humanity itself...
  • Beast Master by Shayne Silvers

    Beast Master by Shayne Silvers

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Nate's To-Do List: De-pants Ganesh. Shut down a Monster Circus. Rescue a Chimera. And host Friendsgiving for his guests - an Angel, Achilles, and Death, just to name a few... Easy-Peasy... The Beast Master has come to town, and he's kidnapping shifter kids for his show.But the Queens of Fae also want a little deep-fried wizard for the holidays...
  • Deadly Assessments by Drew Hayes

    Deadly Assessments by Drew Hayes

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    After several years as a vampire, starting a business, founding his own clan, and proposing to his girlfriend, Fred is finally beginning to settle into life as an undead accountant. Unfortunately, not everyone is happy about his continued survival, or the dangerous friends he’s made along the way...
  • Blood is Thicker by Orlando A. Sanchez

    Blood is Thicker by Orlando A. Sanchez

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    A 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...
  • Side Jobs by Jim Butcher

    Side Jobs by Jim Butcher

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 52 ratings
    Here, together for the first time, are the shorter tales from Jim Butcher's DRESDEN FILES series — a compendium of cases that Harry and his cadre of allies managed to close in record time. The tales range from the deadly serious to the absurdly hilarious. Also included is a new, never-before-published novella that takes place after the cliff-hanger ending of the new April 2010 hardcover, Changes...
  • The Fangs of Freelance by Drew Hayes

    The Fangs of Freelance by Drew Hayes

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    When Fred formed his own parahuman clan out of necessity, he understood that it was going to come with new responsibilities. Much as he hoped those tasks would center around extra paperwork and perhaps the occasional mandatory class, enough time around the supernatural has taught him to be ready for anything. Or so he thought...
  • Forbidden Nights with a Vampire by Kerrelyn Sparks

    Forbidden Nights with a Vampire by Kerrelyn Sparks

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    The Best Things in Life Are Always ForbiddenVanda Barkowski is in trouble. As the owner of a hot nightclub, she's more unconventional than most of her fellow vampires, and if some think her a little out of control, then so be it. But after three former employees filed a complaint about her temper, Vanda is sentenced to an anger management class. Worse, Phil Jones agreed to be her sponsor...
  • Undeading Bells by Drew Hayes

    Undeading Bells by Drew Hayes

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    After 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...
  • Silver Tongue by Shayne Silvers

    Silver Tongue by Shayne Silvers

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    My resume is pretty full: I’ve cow-tipped the Minotaur, decimated a gang of weredragons, sucker-punched an Angel, and eaten pancakes with the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse… I’ve kidnapped one of the most powerful wizards on the planet, and slaughtered the Brothers Grimm. I’m kind of a big deal...
  • Hell for the Holidays by D.M. Guay

    Hell for the Holidays by D.M. Guay

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The tree is trimmed. The mistletoe is hung. The eggnog is spiked. It’s time to celebrate the merriest, most heart-warming Christmas ever! Or not? No. Definitely, absolutely not. This Christmas won’t be cheerful. It’ll be more like Ash vs Evil Dead meets National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation. Because the Wallace family’s annual Christmas Eve party is about to skid off the rails...
  • Bloody Acquisitions by Drew Hayes

    Bloody Acquisitions by Drew Hayes

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    The third book in Drew's outrageously adventurous and satirical series, including THE UTTERLY UNINTERESTING AND UNADVENTUROUS TALES OF FRED, THE VAMPIRE ACCOUNTANT (Book 1) and UNDEATH & TAXES (Book 2).With a thriving parahuman accounting practice, a steady relationship, and a circle of trusted friends, Fred’s undead life has become more enjoyable than his normal one ever was...
  • Blood Debts by Shayne Silvers

    Blood Debts by Shayne Silvers

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    An alternative cover edition for this ASIN can be found here.A Wizard, an Angel, and a Horseman of the Apocalypse walk into a bar…The ancient pact between mankind, Heaven, and Hell has been broken. And Nate Temple’s quest for vengeance may have just kicked off Armageddon. So, time to grab a stiff drink…or maybe four...
  • Power Game by Brad Magnarella

    Power Game by Brad Magnarella

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Creatures, conjurers, and … cosplay? Protect Sefu. On paper it looks simple. Only I have no idea who Sefu is, much less how to find him or her. And my magic’s not talking. But with demons on the hunt, and fiendish whispers of Sefu being some sort of ultimate weapon, failure could spell apocalypse...
  • Grimm by Shayne Silvers

    Grimm by Shayne Silvers

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    The Brothers Grimm – legendary supernatural assassins – have escaped their prison, and their first day in St. Louis could be Nate Temple’s last…Sharing a beer with Death – one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse – really put a few things into perspective for this foul-mouthed, billionaire wizard. Like finally strapping on the boots to propose to his girlfriend...
  • Monster Hunter Legion by Larry Correia

    Monster Hunter Legion by Larry Correia

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    Monster Hunter International might be the premier monster eradication company in the business, but they’ve got competition. When hunters from around the world gather in Las Vegas for a conference, a creature left over from a World War Two weapons experiment wakes up and goes on a rampage across the desert...
  • Death Mage by Brad Magnarella

    Death Mage by Brad Magnarella

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Playing 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...
  • Silver Clouds Dirty Sky by Orlando A. Sanchez

    Silver Clouds Dirty Sky by Orlando A. Sanchez

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    London 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 Stranger Times by C. K. McDonnell, Brendan McDonald

    The Stranger Times by C. K. McDonnell, Brendan McDonald

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    There are Dark Forces at work in our world (and in Manchester in particular) and so thank God The Stranger Times is on hand to report them. A weekly newspaper dedicated to the weird and the wonderful (but more often the weird) of modern life, it is the go-to publication for the unexplained and inexplicable...At least that’s their pitch. The reality is rather less auspicious...
    Categorized as:
    humor  paranormal  shapeshifters  urban  adult  audiobook  book  comedy
  • Monster Hunter Vendetta by Larry Correia

    Monster Hunter Vendetta by Larry Correia

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 38 ratings
    Owen Pitt never met a gun he didn’t like, or a monster he couldn’t shoot. But now, the monsters are shooting back . . .Accountant turned professional monster hunter, Owen Zastava Pitt, managed to stop the nefarious Old One’s invasion plans last year, but as a result made an enemy out of one of the most powerful beings in the universe...
  • Working for Bigfoot by Jim Butcher

    Working for Bigfoot by Jim Butcher

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 33 ratings
    "B is for Bigfoot" takes place between Fool Moon and Grave Peril. "I Was a Teenage Bigfoot" takes place circa Deadbeat. "Bigfoot on Campus" takes place between Turn Coat and Changes.Chicago wizard-for-hire Harry Dresden is used to mysterious clients with long hair and legs up to here...
  • Monster Hunter Alpha by Larry Correia

    Monster Hunter Alpha by Larry Correia

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 37 ratings
    #3 in the break-out, best-selling Monster Hunter series. Earl Harbinger, head of Monster Hunter International, faces down an old nemesis -- a very nasty former KGB werewolf who is working to create a new, unstoppable breed. Dirty Harry meets Twilight. #3 in the break-out series and a follow-up to Monster Hunter International and Monster Hunter Vendetta...
  • Shadow Duel by Brad Magnarella

    Shadow Duel by Brad Magnarella

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Beware the shadow of many faces, but fear the master of many places…It’s Monday morning, and I’ve recovered a strange glyph-covered chest from a landfill. By Monday afternoon, someone’s stolen it from my warded loft.Before I can suss out who, why, and most importantly, how, I’m neck-deep with the NYPD on a murder case...
  • Investigation, Mediation, Vindication by Chris Tullbane

    Investigation, Mediation, Vindication by Chris Tullbane

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The stakes are real. The mediator isn't."Investigation, Mediation, Vindication." That's how the Yellow Pages ad starts, and if it sounds like the sort of thing a drunk teenager might come up with... well, you'd only be wrong about the teenager part. John Smith owns San Diego's smallest private investigation firm, but he doesn't know the first thing about mediation. Or vindication...
  • Oblivion Heart by Nazri Noor

    Oblivion Heart by Nazri Noor

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A massacre, a manuscript, and a demonic midnight bargain. Dustin Graves goes on a rare night out with the boys from the Boneyard, but things go horribly wrong. Over a hundred revelers drop dead at a pop diva’s concert, bleeding from their eyes and their ears. Miraculously, Dustin and his undead associates survive.But the troubles have just begun...
  • Undeath and Taxes by Drew Hayes

    Undeath and Taxes by Drew Hayes

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    The sequel to the Amazon bestseller THE UTTERLY UNINTERESTING AND UNADVENTUROUS TALES OF FRED, THE VAMPIRE ACCOUNTANT. After discovering just how filled with magic, intrigue, and adventure the parahuman world of being an Undead American can be, Fredrick Frankford Fletcher did exactly what was expected--he became a certified parahuman accountant...
  • Grave Intentions by Nazri Noor

    Grave Intentions by Nazri Noor

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Something 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...
  • Revenge of the Furballs by D.M. Guay

    Revenge of the Furballs by D.M. Guay

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    One loser, one talking cockroach, and one karate-chopping bombshell stand between YOU and a menacing army of...fat, adorable hamsters? Wait. Back up.Lloyd Wallace has been through a lot these past few months. He's stopped the zombie apocalypse, fought off demonic possession by the deadly sin of sloth, and helped the grim reaper get his job back...
  • Secret Life of a Vampire by Kerrelyn Sparks

    Secret Life of a Vampire by Kerrelyn Sparks

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    Nothing'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...
  • The Vampire and the Virgin by Kerrelyn Sparks

    The Vampire and the Virgin by Kerrelyn Sparks

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    Olivia's packing list:1. Sunscreen2. Bathing suit3. Flip-flopsFBI psychologist Olivia Sotiris was looking for a cool ocean breeze, sand between her toes, and a break from her crazy, chaotic, and sometimes all-too-dangerous life. But when she escaped to the small Greek island of Patmos, all she got were meddling grandmothers trying to marry her off...
  • Black Luck by Brad Magnarella

    Black Luck by Brad Magnarella

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    ’Cause sometimes luck ain’t enoughIn the year since the Whisperer’s attack, I’ve been busting my hump to become my best wizard, like my father. Now I’m ready for a test.When a dark mage starts planting infernal bags around New York City, I get my wish. Like time bombs, the bags detonate without warning, spawning demonic beings that rip the souls of innocents from their bodies...
  • This time it's Personnel by Heide Goody, Iain Grant

    This time it's Personnel by Heide Goody, Iain Grant

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The Venislarn. Vastly intelligent aliens from another dimension or dribbling insane gods from a distant realm? It’s impossible to tell. What’s certain is that they’re here and they’re going to destroy our world...
    Categorized as:
    dark  humor  paranormal  urban  adult  anti-hero  audiobook  book
  • The Accidental Vampire by Lynsay Sands

    The Accidental Vampire by Lynsay Sands

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 35 ratings
    Ever since an accident turned her into a knockout vamp, Elvi Black's been catching her z's in a coffin, staying out of the sun, and giving up garlic. She knows there's more to being undead than what she saw in Dracula, but she can't very well ask her mortal friends about proper biting etiquette...
    Categorized as:
    humor  paranormal  suspense  vampires  adult  alpha-mc  audiobook  book
  • Be Still My Vampire Heart by Kerrelyn Sparks

    Be Still My Vampire Heart by Kerrelyn Sparks

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    If it was still beating. Angus MacKay has been undead for almost five hundred years and it's not often something, or someone, surprises him. Until Emma Wallace. The sight of this luscious agent from the CIA's elite Stake-Out team was enough to stop Angus in his tracks. But then he discovers that she's a vampire slayer, intent on killing the "monsters" who killed her parents...
  • All I Want for Christmas is a Vampire by Kerrelyn Sparks

    All I Want for Christmas is a Vampire by Kerrelyn Sparks

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 35 ratings
    Toni Davis's Christmas wish list1. Springing my best friend from the psych ward.2. Living somewhere that doesn't have coffins in the basement. Occupied coffins.3. Finding Mr. Right. Please make him tall, dark, handsome, and alive.This Christmas isn't so merry for Toni...
  • Tales from the Gas Station, Vol. 1 by Jack Townsend

    Tales from the Gas Station, Vol. 1 by Jack Townsend

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Working at a dead-end retail job in the middle of nowhere can be hard. The long hours. The helpless customers. The enormous eldritch horror living deep below the building… As the only full-time employee at the twenty-four hour gas station at the edge of town, Jack has pretty much seen it all...
    Categorized as:
    dark  humor  paranormal  urban  zombies  adult  anthologies  audiobook
  • Must Love Lycans by Michele Bardsley

    Must Love Lycans by Michele Bardsley

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Since the moment Damien showed up-gloriously naked-Kelsey Morningstone has been having a hard time keeping her relationship with the clinic's latest amnesiac patient strictly professional. Even with her empathy abilities Kelsey's not sure she can get past Damien's anger to find the cause of his delusions...
  • Single White Vampire by Lynsay Sands

    Single White Vampire by Lynsay Sands

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 39 ratings
    SWM - "Lucern." Successful biographer of family, books recently categorized as "paranormal romance." Something of a recluse. Hates crowds, aggressive women. Doesn't like sunbathing, garlicky dinners or religious symbols. Likes old-fashioned values; spicy Mexican dishes; warm, nice-smelling neck; and plump red lips. Stronger than ten men and can vanish in the blink of an eye...
  • Grave New World by John P. Logsdon

    Grave New World by John P. Logsdon

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The Council Gods Are Brutal. The Lesser Gods Are Worse. I'm All That Stands Between Them...You won't find me in the lore of the gods, but I'm there, hidden between the lines. Whenever the lesser gods torture humanity, creating armies of supernatural beasts to rain hell down on the innocent, it's my job to stand against the tidal wave of pain and death.I like my job...
    Categorized as:
    paranormal  humor  vampires  urban  dark  magic  urban-fantasy  gods
  • Dark Harvest by Nazri Noor

    Dark Harvest by Nazri Noor

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Dustin 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...
  • London Growl by John P. Logsdon, Christopher P. Young

    London Growl by John P. Logsdon, Christopher P. Young

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    London Bridges Falling Down...and werewolves, too!Power, struggle, and misery fill the Netherworld factions living in London. Their history is vast and their connections are made of steel. In particular, the werewolves have built up a stronghold that has stood the test of time...
  • Blood Bane Tower by John P. Logsdon, Christopher P. Young

    Blood Bane Tower by John P. Logsdon, Christopher P. Young

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Multiple dragons and a trip through hell...what could go wrong?Ian Dex is no stranger to dealing with death, destruction, and mayhem. But there's something entirely different about chasing a fang-wielding vampire and staring down the throat of a dragon.Even worse is when that dragon is hovering over you on the edge of the Badlands, right next to the entrance of hell...
  • Paper Cuts by Dave Turner

    Paper Cuts by Dave Turner

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Older cover edition of ASIN B0128G90GIGetting the work/life balance correct is tricky when you're employed by Death. Dave Marwood is starting to realise that relationships are a lot easier when they don't involve the undead. Caught between the demands of the afterlife and spending time with his new girlfriend, he tries to find the answers to some difficult questions...
  • Untethered Magic: A wizard in Bremen Part 1 by Steve Higgs

    Untethered Magic: A wizard in Bremen Part 1 by Steve Higgs

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    My Name is Otto Schneider and I am a wizard. I think. When a missing person case brings me into contact with the only other supernatural creature I have ever seen, it’s not long before I am ass-deep in trouble. The police don’t like me, there’s a clandestine organisation who want me to join them, and what might be a demon trying to catch me...
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