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  • The Sandman by Steve Higgs

    The Sandman by Steve Higgs

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The paranormal? It’s all nonsense, but proving it might get them killed.Jane is missing.Taken by a serial killer known only as the Sandman, Tempest and friends must unravel the clues to find her before night falls.Why so soon? Because that is when he kills his victims, bringing them dreams as he sings them to sleep, just like in the song...
  • Druid Apprentice by M.D. Massey

    Druid Apprentice by M.D. Massey

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    I'm Colin McCool, world-class trouble magnet and druid apprentice extraordinaire. I survived my final confrontation with the Dark Druid by the skin of my teeth...
  • Lies Ripped Open by Steve McHugh

    Lies Ripped Open by Steve McHugh

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    Over a hundred years have passed since a group of violent killers went on the rampage, murdering innocent victims for fun. But even back then, sorcerer Nate Garrett, aka Hellequin, knew there was more to it than simple savage pleasure—souls were being stolen.Nate’s discovery of the souls’ use, and of those supporting the group’s plan, made him question everything he believed...
  • The Golem by Orlando A. Sanchez

    The Golem by Orlando A. Sanchez

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    It’s uncomfortable between a rock and a hard place. When the NYTF reports that a golem, a large rock creature, is terrorizing parts of the city and destroying hubs of power, Ezra calls on Montague & Strong to investigate and stop the creature.Their first reaction is to refuse.Except there’s one problem.No one refuses Ezra, a personification of Death, without grave consequences...
  • Reaping Wind by Orlando A. Sanchez

    Reaping Wind by Orlando A. Sanchez

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    You reap what you sow, and when you sow death...vengeance comes to collect. The Dark Council threatens everything Simon holds dear. They want to erase Monty, kill Peaches and remove Simon's immortality—permanently. When Michiko goes missing, Simon realizes there is more at stake than he realizes. When Ken, Michiko's brother asks the Montague & Strong Detective Agency to find her...
  • 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...
  • Prison of Hope by Steve McHugh

    Prison of Hope by Steve McHugh

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    Long ago, Olympian gods imprisoned the demon Pandora in a human—Hope—creating a creature whose only purpose was chaos and death. Remorseful, the gods locked Pandora away in Tartarus, ruled by Hades.Now, centuries later, Pandora escapes...
  • Written in Red by Anne Bishop

    Written in Red by Anne Bishop

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 54 ratings
    As a cassandra sangue, or blood prophet, Meg Corbyn can see the future when her skin is cut—a gift that feels more like a curse. Meg’s Controller keeps her enslaved so he can have full access to her visions. But when she escapes, the only safe place Meg can hide is at the Lakeside Courtyard—a business district operated by the Others...
  • Priestess of Storms & Stone by Annie Anderson

    Priestess of Storms & Stone by Annie Anderson

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    If there is one lesson I’ve been taught in my life, it’s that fairies are the absolute worst.Finding a fledgling succubus in Faerie is like locating a needle inside a realm-sized haystack. With a guide I can’t trust and a goal more ephemeral than smoke, my odds of success are tenuous at best. Not to mention, as the last Elemental in existence, I have a giant target painted on my back...
  • Kingdom of Lies by Debra Dunbar

    Kingdom of Lies by Debra Dunbar

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    A gemstone might destroy the world before I get the chance to do it myself.Interdimensional rifts are opening, spilling supernatural creatures into the world of the humans. Locating and closing the gateways takes two—an angel and a demon. It’s the opportunity I’ve been waiting for, the common goal that might allow demons and angels to put aside nearly three million years of hate...
  • 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...
  • Memory and Dream by Charles de Lint

    Memory and Dream by Charles de Lint

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    From World Fantasy Award-winning author Charles de Lint, a tale of love, courage, and the transforming power of imagination Isabelle Copley's visionary art frees ancient spirits. As the young student of the cruel, brilliant artist Vincent Rushkin, she discovered she could paint images so vividly real they brought her wildest fantasies to life...
  • Hunt the Moon by Karen Chance

    Hunt the Moon by Karen Chance

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    Cassandra Palmer recently defeated a god, which you'd think would buy a girl a little time off. But when your job is being Pythia - the world's chief clairvoyant - you don't get a lot of R&R. Cassie is busier than ever, discovering her power, figuring out her complicated relationship with enigmatic and sexy vampire Mircea, and preparing for her upcoming coronation...
  • With Silent Screams by Steve McHugh

    With Silent Screams by Steve McHugh

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    His name is Nathan Garrett, but he’s also known as Hellequin. And murdering one of his friends and trying to blow him up is a good way to get this centuries-old sorcerer’s full attention…An old friend’s dead body, a cryptic note, and an explosion that almost costs him his own life propel Nate headfirst into a mystery involving a new threat from an old foe...
  • Blind Salvage by Shannon Mayer

    Blind Salvage by Shannon Mayer

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    "My name is Rylee, and I am a Tracker."When children go missing, and the Humans have no leads, I'm the one they call. I am their last hope in bringing home the lost ones. I salvage what they cannot. Crossing into Ogre country is dangerous when you're a polite, respectful gal. Which means I already know I'm in for a wild ride, despite the back up I've brought along...
  • Eternal Kiss of Darkness by Jeaniene Frost

    Eternal Kiss of Darkness by Jeaniene Frost

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 48 ratings
    An immortal war has been brewing in the darkness . . . And now one woman has stumbled into the shadows. Chicago private investigator Kira Graceling should have just kept on walking. But her sense of duty refused to let her ignore the moans of pain coming from inside a warehouse just before dawn. Suddenly she finds herself in a world she's only imagined in her worst nightmares...
  • The Neil Gaiman Reader: Selected Fiction by Neil Gaiman, Marlon James

    The Neil Gaiman Reader: Selected Fiction by Neil Gaiman, Marlon James

    Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    An outstanding array—52 pieces in all—of selected fiction from the multiple-award-winning, #1 New York Times bestselling author Neil Gaiman, curated by his readers around the world, and introduced with a foreword by Booker Prize-winning author Marlon JamesSpanning Gaiman’s career to date, The Neil Gaiman Reader: Selected Fiction is a captivating collection from one of the world’s most beloved...
  • Wander by Orlando A. Sanchez

    Wander by Orlando A. Sanchez

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    He’s not the hero you want. He’s the monster you need. When a new strain of the deadly drug, Redrum creates UV resistant vampires, the streets of New York City are flooded with the mindless creatures searching for blood—human blood. The NYTF and Dark Council refuse to deal with menace and contact the Night Wardens expecting results. What they get is a dark mage with nothing to lose...
  • Born of Hatred by Steve McHugh

    Born of Hatred by Steve McHugh

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 34 ratings
    There was a time when Nathan Garrett was feared. When the mention of his name was enough to stop his enemies in their tracks. That time has long since passed.When Nathan’s friend asks for help investigating a pattern of horrific crimes, he reluctantly agrees. But his investigation leads to a serial killer who is something more, or less, than human, a creature of pure malevolence and hatred...
  • Kingdom of Lies by Debra Dunbar

    Kingdom of Lies by Debra Dunbar

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    A gemstone might destroy the world before I get the chance to do it myself.Interdimensional rifts are opening, spilling supernatural creatures into the world of the humans. Locating and closing the gateways takes two—an angel and a demon. It’s the opportunity I’ve been waiting for, the common goal that might allow demons and angels to put aside nearly three million years of hate...
  • The Kill Society by Richard Kadrey

    The Kill Society by Richard Kadrey

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Sandman Slim has been to Heaven and Hell and many places in between, but now he finds himself in an unknown land: the far, far edge of the Tenebrae, the desolate home of the lost dead. Making his way inland with nothing but his unerring instinct for trouble to guide him, he collides with a caravan of the damned on a mysterious crusade, led by the ruthless Magistrate...
  • Immortal Hearts by Ellen Schreiber

    Immortal Hearts by Ellen Schreiber

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Athena "Stormy" Sterling is coming to Dullsville, and Raven is both excited and panicked in anticipation of Alexander's little sister's visit. Alexander tells Raven that she and his sister have a lot in common, but can the mini-Raven be everything she hopes for? Alexander calls her Stormy for a reason. Stormy's visit stirs up the perfect immortal whirlwind...
  • The Undead Next Door by Kerrelyn Sparks

    The Undead Next Door by Kerrelyn Sparks

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    Three signs that something is very different with your mew man:1. He sleeps all day . . . which would be annoying except he's so attentive at night.2. He's attacked by sword-wielding assailants, yet insists he can handle it on his own.3. He never seems to age.Heather Westfield has always lived a quiet life, but that all changes when she helps a very handsome, very mysterious stranger...
  • The Lake of Souls by Darren Shan

    The Lake of Souls by Darren Shan

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 38 ratings
    "If you step through after Harkat, you might never come back. Is your friend worth such an enormous risk?"Darren and Harkat face monstrous obstacles on their desperate quest to the Lake of Souls. Will they survive the savage journey? And what awaits them in the murky waters of the dead? Be careful what you fish for..
  • Curran POV Collection by Gordon Andrews, Ilona Andrews

    Curran POV Collection by Gordon Andrews, Ilona Andrews

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Not short story, novella, or standalone, but collection of scenes written by Gordon Andrews as a companion to our Kate Daniels series of books. These scenes illustrate the point of view of Curran, the Beast Lord of Atlanta and are provided in gratitude to our readers for all of their support...
  • The Getaway God by Richard Kadrey

    The Getaway God by Richard Kadrey

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    Sandman Slim must save himself-and the entire world-from the wrath of some enraged and vengeful ancient gods in this sixth high-octane adventure in the New York Times bestselling seriesBeing a half-human, half-angel nephilim with a bad rep and a worse attitude-not to mention temporarily playing Lucifer-James Stark aka Sandman Slim has made a few enemies...
  • Demon Thief by Darren Shan

    Demon Thief by Darren Shan

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    The second novel in this bonechilling series by Darren Shan, author of the New York Times bestselling Cirque Du Freak series is sure to give you goosebumps. Kernel Fleck has always known he's weird. He sees lights. Strange, multi-colored patches of light, swirling through the air. But it's not until a window opens into a demon world, with horrific consequences, that Kernel discovers his powers...
  • Blood Reign by Tamara Rose Blodgett

    Blood Reign by Tamara Rose Blodgett

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Julia's sworn enemies are safely sequestered in a prison of the fey and her forever mate has been chosen. Not by blood, but by a circumstance shaped from coincidence. However, it's not enough to save Julia and the others who came from Alaska their fate by the hand of the Alaska den, whose reacquisition has come alarmingly full-circle to capture them...
  • Twilight Heart by Adam J. Wright

    Twilight Heart by Adam J. Wright

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    How do you mend a broken heart?...Put it back into the sorceress it came out of.There's only one way to lift Mallory’s death curse and Alec will do anything to save his friend...
  • The War Mage by Orlando A. Sanchez

    The War Mage by Orlando A. Sanchez

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Haunted. Despised. Feared. The Supernaturals are destroying humanity. Meet Tristan Montague. Leader of the elite group of mages known as the Ordarum. The war against the Supernaturals has raged for years and humanity is losing. When the Ordarum is given a suicide mission to recover an artifact that can end the war and hand victory to humanity-Tristan takes it, knowing it may be his last...
  • Bec by Darren Shan

    Bec by Darren Shan

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 35 ratings
    As demonic Fomorii ravage their land, Bec and a band of warrior companions leave their devastated rath to answer a plea for help. An orphaned priestess-in-training, Bec hopes the journey will help her solve the mysteries of her birth. But fighting demons has a steep price..
  • The Perdition Score by Richard Kadrey

    The Perdition Score by Richard Kadrey

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    The request from Thomas Abbot, the Augur of the Sub Rosa council, couldn’t come at a better time for James Stark, aka Sandman Slim. For a man who’s most recently met Death — and death’s killer — a few months of normal life is more than he can handle...
  • Slashback by Rob Thurman

    Slashback by Rob Thurman

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    I stopped and let them circle me, first because it was intriguing and, second, because, honestly, what could they do? Only knives, but all armed, and that made them even more interesting. Interesting. Fun.Playtime…Taking on bloodthirsty supernatural monsters is how Caliban and Niko Leandros make a living...
  • Night Rune by Brad Magnarella

    Night Rune by Brad Magnarella

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Where to turn when all roads lead to ruin? Last night I barely escaped 1776 New York City – now I have to go back. My teammates are trapped in a time catch. Worse, the demon master Malphas is building a gateway there, one that could trigger a full-blown apocalypse. But returning will require new allies: a crabby goblin, a fae princess and former lover, and the demon-vampire Arnaud...
  • The Eye of the Moon by Anonymous

    The Eye of the Moon by Anonymous

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Following a massive rampage that left the streets of Santa Mondega soaked with blood, the elusive supernatural serial killer known only as the Bourbon Kid is now himself being haunted. Hot on his heels are several vampire gangs, the Secret Service, a couple of werewolves, corrupt cops, and the Dark Lord himself, and none will rest until he is dead...
  • Kill City Blues by Richard Kadrey

    Kill City Blues by Richard Kadrey

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 33 ratings
    James Stark, aka Sandman Slim, has managed to get out of Hell, renounce his title as the new Lucifer, and settle back into life in LA. But he's not out of trouble yet. Somewhere along the way he misplaced the Qomrama Om Ya, a weapon from the banished older gods who are also searching for their lost power...
  • Curse the Dawn by Karen Chance

    Curse the Dawn by Karen Chance

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · 40 ratings
    Cassandra Palmer may be the all-powerful Pythia now, but that doesn’t mean people have stopped trying to kill her. Most of the supernatural power players don’t want the independent minded Cassie as chief clairvoyant—and they’ll stop at nothing to see her six feet under...
  • Dark Side of the Moon by Sherrilyn Kenyon

    Dark Side of the Moon by Sherrilyn Kenyon

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 43 ratings
    Also see: Alternate Cover Editions for this ISBN [ACE] ACE #1 Half animal, half man, wholly dangerous.Locked in eternal battle, a Were-Hunter knows everything about peril and pain. But the greatest threat is yet to come...Susan Michaels was once the hottest reporter on the Beltway Beat until she walked into a setup that ruined her reputation...
  • Tempt the Stars by Karen Chance

    Tempt the Stars by Karen Chance

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 32 ratings
    Being a goddess is a lot less fun than you might think. Especially when you’re only a half goddess, and you only found out about it recently, and you still don’t know what you’re doing half the time. And when you’ve just used your not-so-reliable powers to burglarize the booby-trapped office of a vampire mob boss.Yeah, that part sucks...
  • Blackout by Rob Thurman

    Blackout by Rob Thurman

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    When half-human Cal Leandros wakes up on a beach littered with the slaughtered remains if a variety of hideous creatures, he's not that concerned. In fact, he can't remember anything-including who he is.And that's just the way his deadly enemies like it..
  • Blackout by Rob Thurman

    Blackout by Rob Thurman

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    When half-human Cal Leandros wakes up on a beach littered with the slaughtered remains if a variety of hideous creatures, he's not that concerned. In fact, he can't remember anything-including who he is.And that's just the way his deadly enemies like it..
  • Immune by Shannon Mayer

    Immune by Shannon Mayer

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 37 ratings
    Alternate Cover Edition: B00BPD5BY6 “My name is Rylee, and I am a Tracker.” When children go missing, and the Humans have no leads, I’m the one they call. I am their last hope in bringing home the lost ones. I salvage what they cannot. Underestimating demons is a bad idea, and it’s a mistake that may cost me not only my own life, but the life of a missing child...
  • The Black by D.J. MacHale

    The Black by D.J. MacHale

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    At the end of The Light, Book One of the Morpheus Road trilogy, Marshall learned the truth about what happened to his best friend Cooper. Now in Book Two, the POV switches to Cooper and we get to see his side of the mystery. What does his story have to do with Marshall and the journey along the Morpheus Road? It's time to learn more . .
  • End Game by Hailey Edwards

    End Game by Hailey Edwards

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Welcome to the ferocious world of The Foundling, set in an bayou town where men are men - except when they are also dragons, kitties with wings, alligators, and . . . well, Miller.This is the unmissable climax to Hailey Edwards's epic The Foundling series, featuring the fiercest heroine in this world or any other: Luce Boudreau.Orphan. Daughter. Cop. Villain . .
  • A Questionable Client by Ilona Andrews

    A Questionable Client by Ilona Andrews

    Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    In a world beset by magic waves, Kate Daniels works as a mercenary. She is tired, hungry, and there is foul-smelling blood on her boots. All she wants to do is to go home, but when Mercenary Guild offers her a job she can't refuse, she finds herself protecting a man against Russian wizards.This story was originally published in the anthologies Dark and Stormy Knights and Magic Graves...
  • Embrace the Night by Karen Chance

    Embrace the Night by Karen Chance

    Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
    · 40 ratings
    Recently named the world’s chief clairvoyant, Cassandra Palmer still has a thorn in her side. As long as Cassie and a certain master vampire - the sizzling-hot Mircea - are magically bound to each other, her life will never be her own …The spell that binds them can only be broken with an incantation found in the Codex Merlini, an ancient grimoire...
  • Deathwish by Rob Thurman

    Deathwish by Rob Thurman

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    In a nightmarish new york city, life is there for the taking...Half-human Cal Leandros and his brother, Niko, are barely getting by with their preternatural detective agency when the vampire Seamus hires them. He's being followed, and he wants to know by whom. But the Leandros brothers have to do more than they had planned when Seamus turns up dead (or un-undead)...
  • Roadkill by Rob Thurman

    Roadkill by Rob Thurman

    Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    New from the national bestselling author of Deathwish It's time to lock, load, and hit the road... Once, while half-human Cal Leandros and his brother Niko were working on a case, an ancient gypsy queen gave them a good old-fashioned backstabbing. Now, just as their P.I. business hits a slow patch, the old crone shows up with a job...
  • The Fear Institute by Jonathan L. Howard

    The Fear Institute by Jonathan L. Howard

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    Johannes Cabal and his rather inexact powers of necromancy are back once more. This time, his talents are purchased by The Fear Institute as they hunt for the Phobic Animus - the embodiment of fear...
  • Silver-Tongued Devil by Jaye Wells

    Silver-Tongued Devil by Jaye Wells

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    Now that the threat of war has passed, Sabina Kane is ready to focus on the future. Her relationship with Adam Lazarus is getting stronger and she's helping her sister, Maisie, overcome the trauma of her captivity in New Orleans. Even Giguhl is managing to stay out of trouble thanks to the arrival of Pussy Willow and his new roller derby team...
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