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  • Undying by Steve McHugh

    Undying by Steve McHugh

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A new chapter in the Hellequin Chronicles Saga.Nearly fifty years ago, the small Welsh village of Anfarwol was the scene of a series of brutal murders. Since then, multiple people have met with accidents, or gone missing never to be found, while those responsible have evaded detection for decades...
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    magic  dark  paranormal  fantasy  urban-fantasy  myths  urban  fiction
  • Owned by Magic by Zara J. Black

    Owned by Magic by Zara J. Black

    Rated: 5.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I'll be safe in the prince's bed, from everyone but him.I stole from a brutal street gang, and now they want me dead. There’s only one place they can’t touch me. The palace. But safety comes at the cost of my freedom. I'll sell myself as a courtesan, serve for five years, and leave with enough money to pay my debt...
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    dark  female-mc  gothic  paranormal  adult  book  fiction  horror
  • Blood Mosaic by Elizabeth Hunter

    Blood Mosaic by Elizabeth Hunter

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A ruthless fire vampire. An unsuspecting human. A bargain that will cost them everything.Tatyana Vorona has no idea that she just made a deal with a vampire. When the naïve human bookkeeper offers to help locate embezzled funds for a wealthy CEO, she doesn’t realize she’s being set up as bait.  Oleg Sokolov is a fire vampire as ancient as he is vicious...
  • Dead Statues by Tim O'Rourke

    Dead Statues by Tim O'Rourke

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    With the Skin-walkers closing in, Kiera and her friends flee across the English countryside. Learning Potter has been keeping secrets from her, Kiera makes the painful decision to split from the group and leave her friends behind to go in search of her father...
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    female-mc  magic  paranormal  alpha-mc  book  fiction  horror  mystery
  • Thirst No. 4: The Shadow of Death by Christopher Pike

    Thirst No. 4: The Shadow of Death by Christopher Pike

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    The conclusion to the phenomenally successful Thirst series follows five-thousand-year-old vampire Alisa Perne as she battles a new race of immortals: the Telar. The Telar are a challenging threat. But Alisa is hungry for blood—and thirsty for revenge...
  • Dead Water by Tim O'Rourke

    Dead Water by Tim O'Rourke

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    With Sam and Kayla missing, Kiera, Potter and Murphy head for the Dead Waters. Here they hope to find their missing friends and the answers to why their flesh keeps cracking like that of a statue. Knowing Potter has lied to her, Kiera is struggling with her feelings for him. Therefore, Kiera tries to keep Potter at a distance, scared that she might get hurt again...
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    female-mc  magic  paranormal  alpha-mc  book  fiction  horror  mystery
  • Dead Angels by Tim O'Rourke

    Dead Angels by Tim O'Rourke

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Fleeing Hallowed Manor and being hunted by the Skinwalkers, Kiera and her friends take shelter from a storm in a deserted railway station set in a remote valley. As they spend the night hiding from those who are hunting them, Isidor tells his friends a story about how he had come across the word PUSH some years before on his first journeys above ground...
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    female-mc  magic  paranormal  alpha-mc  book  fiction  horror  mystery
  • Midnight Mage by Chandelle LaVaun, Megan Montero

    Midnight Mage by Chandelle LaVaun, Megan Montero

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    He put a spell on me...Or at least he must have, because none of this makes any sense. None of this can be real. I’m not a mage with magical powers…I’m just me. Ellie Sutton. Your average, everyday seventeen-year-old high school human student. My biggest concerns are bullies, failed exams, and missing the express subway twice in one day...
  • The Faire by Kathryn Ann Kingsley

    The Faire by Kathryn Ann Kingsley

    Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Will Cora break, or will she bend…is this the beginning, or the end?Everything Cora thought she knew about Harrow Faire was a lie.All of it.Now as the lines in the sand are drawn, as a war for the Heart of the Faire builds, she must discover how much she is willing to sacrifice to save the people she has come to think of as Family...
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    dark  female-mc  gothic  magic  paranormal  adult  anti-hero  book
  • The Shadow Court by Jenn Stark

    The Shadow Court by Jenn Stark

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Don’t you forget about me… She’s a Tarot-reading artifact hunter finally willing to own her supernatural abilities. He’s the all-powerful Magician of the Arcana Council who once loved her…but now doesn’t remember her, the result of a battle to defeat a terrifying enemy...
  • Blight by Claire Farrell

    Blight by Claire Farrell

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    As the blight spreads, destroying the land, Cara’s new subjects turn on her, and Brendan and Drake are no longer there to help her. The Darksiders thought she’d be pliable, or maybe even a miracle-worker, and it’s not as easy to scrub away Sadler’s influence as she thought...
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    dark  magic  paranormal  book  fae  fiction  horror  new-adult
  • Sacrifice by Claire Farrell

    Sacrifice by Claire Farrell

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    ~The final book in the Chaos Series.~ As a king’s life hangs in the balance, alliances are made then broken. Only trickery can help Cara protect those she cares about, but when her enemies show their true face, she realises the truth: every distraction feeds Chaos. Cara’s not the only one searching for a legendary treasure, not the only one reaching for power...
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    dark  magic  paranormal  book  fae  fiction  horror  supernatural
  • 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...
  • La nación de las bestias. Leyenda de fuego y plomo by Mariana Palova

    La nación de las bestias. Leyenda de fuego y plomo by Mariana Palova

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Forced to separate from her family, Elisse leaves the spooky city of New Orleans to launch himself into a savage battle across the United States, with the sole purpose of protecting those he loves from the haunting mysteries that surround his existence. But Elisse doesn't travel alone. The monster within him roars loudly, and his pilgrimage takes him to the desert landscapes of Utah...
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    magic  paranormal  gothic  dark  romance  fantasy  lgbtq  horror
  • Red Rain by R.S. Black

    Red Rain by R.S. Black

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Red Rain Pandora has been through hell and back. Literally. She’s been kidnapped and tortured, found freedom, and then lost it all over again. She’s now the newest pawn in the age-old war between Heaven and Hell. The Triad owns her mark, Asher owns her heart, but the demon Wrath might just own her soul. Death—aka Dean—is her constant companion in these final days...
  • The Shadows of Dark Root by April Aasheim

    The Shadows of Dark Root by April Aasheim

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    From The Wandering Witch (circa 1892) In the beginning there was only darkness. And then the Goddess, in her infinite wisdom, gave us light. But in those moments when she separated the light from the darkness, she created shadow. Formed by her divine hands, the shadow grew. And grew. Larger than our own world and without the limitations...
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    dark  magic  paranormal  action-adventure  adult  book  cozy  fiction
  • Mark of Fate by W.J. May

    Mark of Fate by W.J. May

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Mark of Fate is the 9th Book of W.J. May's bestselling series, The Chronicles of Kerrigan. Rae Kerrigan has proven herself a vital asset to the Privy Council and yet, they still question her loyalty. Back in London, Rae returns to find that everything isn't exactly as it seems...
  • Illusion by S.M. Boyce

    Illusion by S.M. Boyce

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The final chapter in the war for Ourea ends with blood. Kara Magari is an icon. A hero. The people love her. The royalty tolerates her. She has everything—an army, allies, and a close circle of chosen family. They believe she will end the war, and they shouldn’t. She’s as scared as they are. She just can’t show it...
  • The Curse of Dark Root: Part One by April Aasheim

    The Curse of Dark Root: Part One by April Aasheim

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I inspected the small glass orb in my hand and read the words engraved upon its mantle: Dark Root, Oregon, 1968. "Jillian, there's nothing inside," I said, shaking the globe.“You must view it before you go to sleep. The memory it contains will come to you in your dreams.” “What will I see?” I asked, staring deep into the crystal ball.“Secrets, Maggie. Secrets that should have come out long ago...
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    dark  magic  paranormal  adult  book  fiction  ghosts  horror
  • Laughter at the Academy by Seanan McGuire

    Laughter at the Academy by Seanan McGuire

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    From fairy tale forest to gloomy gothic moor, from gleaming epidemiologist’s lab to the sandy shores of Neverland, Seanan McGuire’s short fiction has been surprising, delighting, confusing, and transporting her readers since 2009. Now, for the first time, that fiction has been gathered together in one place, ready to be enjoyed one twisting, tangled tale at a time...
  • Sworn to the Night by Craig Schaefer

    Sworn to the Night by Craig Schaefer

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Marie Reinhart is an NYPD detective on the trail of a serial killer. When she sleeps, though, she dreams of other lives; she dreams of being a knight, in strange wars and strange worlds. On the other side of the city, Nessa Roth is a college professor trapped in a loveless marriage, an unwilling prop in a political dynasty...
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    dark  magic  paranormal  adult  book  fiction  horror  lgbtq
  • Ransom by R.K. Ryals

    Ransom by R.K. Ryals

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Vengeance is the path of the Damned. It is not a path taken lightly. For a Naphil, it could mean ransoming his soul.~Bezaliel~Dayton Blainey is caught between two worlds: Heaven and Hell. Bound to a Demon she's beginning to care about, she is thrown into an adventure she may not survive. But she will try...
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    dark  gothic  magic  paranormal  angels  book  contemporary  demons
  • The Only One by Christine Feehan, Susan Grant

    The Only One by Christine Feehan, Susan Grant

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    FOR EACH, THERE COULD BE ONLY ONE This book contains three short stories:1. Dark Descent by Christine Feehan (11 in her Dark Series) an aggressive, multi-talented professional body guard/secret service agent who never lets danger or the unknown stop her becomes the lifemate of a powerful immortal embroiled in a battle with the vampires. 2...
  • Concealed by Vanessa Nelson

    Concealed by Vanessa Nelson

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A fragile peace, a suspicious death, and secrets that could destroy everyone. Oath-bound to the arrogant Erith in exchange for her life, Arrow's freedom is days away when they set her one last task; investigate the death of a high-ranking shape-changer, one of their old enemies. The shape-changers suspect the Erith of murder and Arrow nearly becomes the first victim in a new war between races...
  • Lethal Engagement by Teyla Branton

    Lethal Engagement by Teyla Branton

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Guard, Protect, and Above All, Stay Alive Please note that this story from Mari's point-of-view. Two months after the announcement that rocked the entire world, Mari Jorgenson is going undercover to protect the man who has become the face of the Unbounded...
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    dark  female-mc  magic  paranormal  adult  alpha-mc  book  fiction
  • Smoke Show by D.N. Erikson

    Smoke Show by D.N. Erikson

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Emmy Davis, the world’s most famous fox shifter, went missing two years ago.And I’ve just been hired to find her.If only things were that simple. The cops have no leads. Other PIs haven’t fared any better. The trail is colder than an arctic winter. And to make matters worse, a mysterious creature from Javy Diaz's past has taken an alarming interest in the case...
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    dark  magic  paranormal  adult  book  fiction  horror  supernatural
  • Copiii întunericului by Lavinia Călina

    Copiii întunericului by Lavinia Călina

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    “Tu cât de mult te poți ascunde de magie?”Roxana și Nicol, două adolescente cu personalități aparent diferite, devin cele mai bune prietene după o noapte în care viața li se va schimba complet. Împărtășind același secret, ele vor încerca timp de mai mulți ani să ducă împreună o existență cât mai banală, cotidiană, pentru a se ascunde de cei care le doresc, probabil, moartea...
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    dark  gothic  magic  paranormal  book  drama  fiction  horror
  • Fractured Soul by Rachel McClellan

    Fractured Soul by Rachel McClellan

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Llona will do whatever it takes to protect her new found friends and home, but the dark plot that is threatening Lucent Academy, a school that’s supposed to be a safe place for Auras, may be too powerful for even Llona to defeat...
  • Hereditary Power by Emma L. Adams

    Hereditary Power by Emma L. Adams

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    It's time for the Gatekeeper's final stand... The Lynn siblings might finally be reunited, but now their mother is held captive in Faerie and their family's magic is fading, Ilsa holds the key to saving both realms from total annihilation...
  • Shee Willow by Claudy Conn

    Shee Willow by Claudy Conn

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Willow Lang has been a loner all her young life. She is an artist working in a famous museum in New York City, restoring classic canvas paintings...
  • Usurper by Claire Farrell

    Usurper by Claire Farrell

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    It’s been a year since Cara returned to the human realm with her daughter, and the fae have come knocking again. The game of kings is still being played, power is the ultimate prize, and Scarlet is an asset every court wishes to acquire...
    Categorized as:
    dark  magic  paranormal  adult  book  fae  fiction  horror
  • 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...
  • Dark Dreams:  Daughters of Darkness 2 by Chrissy Peebles

    Dark Dreams: Daughters of Darkness 2 by Chrissy Peebles

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Blair's journey continues with part 2. WARNING: 18+ due to sexual situations and language. This is an adult paranormal romance. Griffin has left her old life as everything crashes down around her. She's leaving the safety of her coven for the first time as bounty hunters chase her down. When she meets a mysterious stranger, she hopes he can hide her from all the immortals chasing her...
  • Witch's Soul by Emma L. Adams

    Witch's Soul by Emma L. Adams

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Being the sole survivor of a notorious witch coven who dealt in forbidden magic isn't as fun as it sounds. I might have stopped an evil spirit from taking over my body, but now another rogue necromancer is on the loose, harnessing power by sacrificing innocent humans...
  • The Zombie Knight -- Volume Two by George M. Frost

    The Zombie Knight -- Volume Two by George M. Frost

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The second volume of the dark serial novel, The Zombie Knight. Includes the 4th, 5th and 6th story arcs. The first volume is available for free at Smashwords.Follows the young Hector Goffe and his grim reaper Garovel as they attempt to prevent the destruction of Hector's home country of Atreya...
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    dark  magic  paranormal  adult  book  fiction  graphic-violence  horror
  • Witching Hour by Bradford Bates, T.S. Paul

    Witching Hour by Bradford Bates, T.S. Paul

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    What would you do if you lost it all? Rebecca was your not so normal everyday college kid. School was almost over, and that meant she would start training to take over her mother's coven. That didn't mean she wanted to, but she had years of brutal training to endure before she would be shackled by that responsibility. Hopefully, years where she wasn't forced to live at home like she was now...
  • Five Down by Stacia Kane

    Five Down by Stacia Kane

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The Downside Ghosts series has been called "gripping and brilliant," "a must-read," and "one of the best paranormal fantasy series available." Now all four previously published short stories set in this world are collected in one place, plus one new, never-before-seen novella...
  • Fates and Furies by Raye Wagner

    Fates and Furies by Raye Wagner

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The Olympian gods cause nothing but chaos… Hope escaped the Underworld with her life, but her memories are as blank as the Book of the Fates she brought back. Still determined to break the curse, she and Xan take an offering to the Olympian temple to solicit the goddess Artemis for aid. But the petition has disastrous results, and now the gods are hunting her...
  • Wicked Betrayal by Chelsea Luna

    Wicked Betrayal by Chelsea Luna

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The clock is ticking. Alex’s time is running out.Spring has hit Hazel Cove and with it, the pressure of Alex’s impending fate as Liam’s sacrifice is weighing upon her every thought. There’s so much to do and so little time. How do you stop an ancient pure blooded witch?But Liam isn’t Alex’s only problem. She must focus on what she can fix in the little time she has left...
  • All Hallows Eve by Chelsea Luna

    All Hallows Eve by Chelsea Luna

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Halloween is fast approaching and, with it, Alexandria’s eighteenth birthday...
  • Wicked Souls by Katie Wismer

    Wicked Souls by Katie Wismer

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Something is wrong with Valerie Darkmore.She may have made it through her initiation into the Marionettes, but she’s quickly learning that was only the beginning. Everything she used to know has changed, including maybe herself.Adjusting to her new reality proves to be the least of her worries when bodies appear all over the city, and the death toll continues to rise...
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    dark  female-mc  gothic  paranormal  adult  alpha-mc  book  dystopia
  • All Hallows Night by Marie Hall, R.S. Black

    All Hallows Night by Marie Hall, R.S. Black

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Secrets and truths, lies and red herrings… which is which? That’s what Pandora’s trying to figure out. Ever since the death of her best, and probably only friend by her own hands, she’s not sure who to trust anymore. The Priest is dead. The Gray Man is… she’s not even sure what. Luc, well, Luc is Luc. The Order has sent her deep into the heart of Mexico to investigate a potential zombie uprising...
    Categorized as:
    dark  gothic  magic  paranormal  adult  angels  book  demons
  • Conjured by Chelsea Luna

    Conjured by Chelsea Luna

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    After the disastrous fallout on Halloween and the tragic events that followed in the Hazel Cove Cemetery, Alexandria is left picking up the pieces of her broken life. Peter is adjusting. James hates her. Grandma Claudia is gone. Emma is incoherent. Victor went rogue. And Gamma still wants her dead.If that wasn't enough to deal with, two burning questions are driving Alex insane...
    Categorized as:
    dark  magic  paranormal  book  female-author  fiction  horror  spooky
  • Of Dreams And Dragons by Karpov Kinrade

    Of Dreams And Dragons by Karpov Kinrade

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The land will burn. Mountains will bleed. An old magic awakens. The day darkness descends into my life begins like any other.Taking care of the kids I call my own. Fighting fires in my small town...
    Categorized as:
    dark  magic  paranormal  adult  book  dragons  fiction  horror
  • Beneath a Waning Moon by Elizabeth Hunter, Grace Draven

    Beneath a Waning Moon by Elizabeth Hunter, Grace Draven

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Two delightfully dark tales of Gothic romance from Elizabeth Hunter and Grace Draven.In A Very Proper Monster, Josephine Shaw spends long nights filling the pages of her Gothic stories with the fantastic and the macabre, unaware that the suitor her father has arranged is one of the dark creatures she’s always dreamed...
  • A Forgery of Roses by Jessica S. Olson

    A Forgery of Roses by Jessica S. Olson

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    From the author of Sing Me Forgotten comes a lush new fantasy novel with an art-based magic system, romance, and murder… Myra has a gift many would kidnap, blackmail, and worse to control: she’s a portrait artist whose paintings alter people’s bodies. Guarding that secret is the only way to keep her younger sister safe now that their parents are gone...
  • The Ravenous Dead by Darcy Coates

    The Ravenous Dead by Darcy Coates

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    He'll never let go...Keira, hired as Blighty Graveyard’s new groundskeeper, lives surrounded by the dead. They watch her through the fog. They wordlessly cry out. They’ve been desperately waiting for help moving on—and only Keira can hear them. But not every restless spirit wants to be saved.Sometimes the dead hate the living too much to find peace...
    Categorized as:
    dark  gothic  paranormal  adult  book  fiction  ghosts  hauntings
  • The Hunted by L.A. Banks

    The Hunted by L.A. Banks

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Each millennium brings a new Neteru, a vampire huntress whose mission is to vanquish evil from the world. This millennium's savior has come in the form of Damali Richards, a hip-hop diva with the heart of a warrior and an attitude to match. But a war in Hell has cost Damali both her powers and her past love, Carlos Rivera. Still, Damali can't let her grief stand in her way...
    Categorized as:
    dark  magic  paranormal  adult  book  dark-fantasy  demons  fiction
  • Darkest Before Dawn by Pippa DaCosta

    Darkest Before Dawn by Pippa DaCosta

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    An alternative cover edition for this ASIN can be found here.“It’s too late to save myself, but I’ll save her, even if it kills me.” When Akil leaves a nine year old half-blood girl on Muse’s doorstep, it’s not long before the demons come hunting, but this time Muse isn’t the target. The Institute, Muse’s immortal brother, and the Princes of Hell, all want a piece of the little half-blood...
  • The Night Dahlia by R.S. Belcher

    The Night Dahlia by R.S. Belcher

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Laytham Ballard once protected humanity as part of the Nightwise, a secret order of modern-day mages dedicating to holding hellish supernatural forces at bay, but that was before a string of sadistic ritual murders shook everything he believed in--and sent him down a much darker path. One that has already cost him most of his soul, as well as everything he once held dear...
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