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  • The Magnus Archives: Season 5 by Johnathan Sims

    The Magnus Archives: Season 5 by Johnathan Sims

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The Magnus Archives is a horror audiobook written by Jonathan Sims, directed by Alexander J. Newall and distributed by Rusty Quill. Sims narrates the stories in-character as the main character, Jonathan Sims, the newly-appointed head archivist of the fictional Magnus Institute; an institution based in London centred on research into the paranormal...
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    lgbtq  wlw  romance  horror  fantasy  fiction  audiobook  mystery
  • The Dex-Files by Karina Halle

    The Dex-Files by Karina Halle

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    The truth is out there...The Dex-Files is a compilation novel that accompanies the Experiment in Terror Series and is not to be-read as a stand-alone. In the Dex-Files we find a variety of scenes and chapters from the enigmatic Dex Foray's POV from books #1-6 in the series. Some of these scenes have been previously published, albeit from Perry's POV, while other scenes are completely new...
  • The Evolution of Mara Dyer by Michelle Hodkin

    The Evolution of Mara Dyer by Michelle Hodkin

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

    Blood Sins by Kay Hooper, Joyce Bean

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Young, vulnerable, attractive, Tessa Gray made the perfect victim. Which was why Noah Bishop of the FBI’s Special Crimes Unit recruited her to play the role of grieving widow. As the supposed new owner of property coveted by the Church of the Everlasting Sin, she’d be irresistible bait for the reclusive and charismatic Reverend Samuel...
  • Starlet: A Dark Hollywood Mafia Romance by Cora Kenborn

    Starlet: A Dark Hollywood Mafia Romance by Cora Kenborn

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    From USA Today Bestselling Author Cora Kenborn comes a dark and twisted enemies to lovers retelling of Anastasia. They call me America’s Sweetheart. Hollywood royalty. The last of an era. Sole survivor of LA’s most infamous crime. I’m not any of those things. He forced me into the spotlight. The liar with a perfect smile and cold blue eyes. But Alexandra Romanov’s fate won’t be mine...
  • Bianca Torre Is Afraid of Everything by Justine Pucella Winans

    Bianca Torre Is Afraid of Everything by Justine Pucella Winans

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Murder most fowl? In this sardonic and campy YA thriller, an anxious, introverted nonbinary teen birder somehow finds themself solving a murder mystery with their neighbor/fellow anime lover, all while falling for a cute girl from their birding group . . . and trying not to get murdered...
  • The Retribution of Mara Dyer by Michelle Hodkin

    The Retribution of Mara Dyer by Michelle Hodkin

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · 49 ratings
    Mara Dyer wants to believe there's more to the lies she’s been told.There is.She doesn’t stop to think about where her quest for the truth might lead.She should.She never had to imagine how far she would go for vengeance.She will now.Loyalties are betrayed, guilt and innocence tangle, and fate and chance collide in this shocking conclusion to Mara Dyer’s story.Retribution has arrived...
  • Nocticadia by Keri Lake

    Nocticadia by Keri Lake

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A dark, atmospheric tale of deadly secrets and forbidden love.Mortui vivos docent.The dead teach the living.After watching my mother succumb to a mysterious illness, I promised myself two things. I’d find the cure for what ravaged her. And leave the godforsaken city where she abandoned me...
  • The Isle of Sin & Shadows by Keri Lake

    The Isle of Sin & Shadows by Keri Lake

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    This island alone boasts more ghost stories than all of Louisiana combined.And I'm one of them. In the Louisiana swamplands, ghost stories are as much a part of childhood as chasing fireflies and crawfishing. They never much scared me, though, nor the possibility of evil out to do me harm. Until the night I watched shadows come to life and butcher everything I loved...
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    steamy  adult  age-gap  book  contemporary  crime  cults  dark
  • The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer by Michelle Hodkin

    The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer by Michelle Hodkin

    Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars
    · 70 ratings
    Mara Dyer believes life can't get any stranger than waking up in a hospital with no memory of how she got there.It can.She believes there must be more to the accident she can't remember that killed her friends and left her strangely unharmed. There is.She doesn't believe that after everything she's been through, she can fall in love. She's wrong...
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    drama  audiobook  book  contemporary  dark  death  dystopia  fiction
  • Deadly Little Games by Laurie Faria Stolarz

    Deadly Little Games by Laurie Faria Stolarz

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    High school juniors Camelia and Ben have discovered a powerful bond: They both possess the power of psychometry, the ability to see the future through touch. For Ben, the gift is a frightening liability. When he senses a strong threat or betrayal, he risks losing control. Camelia's gift is more mysterious. When she works with clay, her hands sculpt messages her mind doesn't yet comprehend...
  • Sleep With The Lights On by Maggie Shayne

    Sleep With The Lights On by Maggie Shayne

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Rachel de Luca has found incredible success writing self-help books. But her own blindness and the fact that her troubled brother has gone missing have convinced her that positive thinking is nothing but bull.Her cynicism wavers when a cornea transplant restores her sight...
  • The Bones of Others by Vickie McKeehan

    The Bones of Others by Vickie McKeehan

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Some monsters live in your head. Not this one.Brutalized as a young girl by a vile sexual predator, Skye Cree is a survivor. Guided by the visions of her mystical spirit guide to the whereabouts of abducted girls, she uses her unique abilities to turn her horrifying past into a positive force for justice...
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    drama  abuse  action-adventure  adult  book  contemporary  crime  dark
  • Splintered by Tal Bauer

    Splintered by Tal Bauer

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Everything in Ben's life was perfect. He had it all. The good career. The perfect partner, Evan. The happy home. They were even talking about turning the extra bedroom into a nursery.But things start to splinter. Evan begins missing time, not knowing where he was or how he got there...
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    lgbtq  drama  steamy  romance  mlm  dark  paranormal  horror
  • The Death and Life of Charlie St. Cloud by Ben Sherwood

    The Death and Life of Charlie St. Cloud by Ben Sherwood

    Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars
    · 50 ratings
    The Death and Life of Charlie St. Cloud tells the haunting story of a young man who narrowly survives a terrible car wreck that kills his little brother. Years later, the brothers’ bond remains so strong that it transcends the normal boundaries separating life and death. Charlie St. Cloud lives in a snug New England fishing village...
  • Out of Sight by K.C. Wells

    Out of Sight by K.C. Wells

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Detective Gary Mitchell and psychic Dan Porter have a new cold case to tackle, and new leads to research in the hunt for Gary’s brother’s killer. Their life in Boston has settled into a comfortable rhythm...
  • Tuesday's Child by Dale Mayer

    Tuesday's Child by Dale Mayer

    Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    What she doesn't want...is exactly what he needs. Shunned and ridiculed all her life for something she can't control, Samantha Blair hides her psychic abilities and lives on the fringes of society. Against her will, however, she's tapped into a killer-or rather, his victims. Each woman's murder, blow-by-blow, ravages her mind until their death releases her back to her body...
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    drama  adult  book  contemporary  crime  fiction  horror  killer
  • Wicked Masquerade by Kenya Wright

    Wicked Masquerade by Kenya Wright

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Tristan is the Bad Boy of the Art World. A tortured artist with insatiable cravings for beauty, pleasure, and the darker shades of life.When Nova, a Psychology graduate student, enters his orbit, Tristan sweeps Nova off her feet and lures her onto an erotic journey that awakens desires she never knew existed.Danger looms in the background...
  • The Wicker King by K. Ancrum

    The Wicker King by K. Ancrum

    Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    When August learns that his best friend, Jack, shows signs of degenerative hallucinatory disorder, he is determined to help Jack cope. Jack’s vivid and long-term visions take the form of an elaborate fantasy world layered over our own—a world ruled by the Wicker King...
  • Layla by Colleen Hoover

    Layla by Colleen Hoover

    Rated: 3.87 of 5 stars
    · 73 ratings
    From #1 New York Times bestselling author Colleen Hoover comes a novel that explores life after tragedy and the enduring spirit of love.When Leeds meets Layla, he’s convinced he’ll spend the rest of his life with her—until an unexpected attack leaves Layla fighting for her life...
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    drama  audiobook  book  cheating  contemporary  crime  dark  death
  • Persistence of Memory by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes

    Persistence of Memory by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes

    Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Sixteen-year-old Erin Misrahe just wants to be like everyone else in her new school. But Erin has more to worry about than passing AP Chemistry or making friends. In times of stress, she has always been overcome by her alter ego, Shevaun, whose violent behavior wreaks havoc on those around her...
  • The Art of Starving by Sam J. Miller

    The Art of Starving by Sam J. Miller

    Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    More Happy Than Not meets Glory O’Brien’s History of the Future in this gritty, contemporary YA debut about a bullied gay teen boy with an eating disorder who believes he’s developed super powers via starvation.Matt hasn’t eaten in days.His stomach stabs and twists inside, pleading for a meal. But Matt won’t give in...
  • Satan's Affair by H.D. Carlton

    Satan's Affair by H.D. Carlton

    Rated: 3.70 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    Every Halloween, Satan's Affair will come to you. We travel the country, offering terrifying haunted houses, thrilling rides and the tastiest food.And with every passing town, I cleanse this world, one execution at a time.I hide within the walls, casting my judgement for those that reek of evil, singing lullabies to their rotting souls...
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    steamy  abuse  adult  angst  book  contemporary  crime  dark
  • Into the Darkness by V.C. Andrews

    Into the Darkness by V.C. Andrews

    Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    As lovely as one of the precious gems at her parents' jewellery store, Amber Taylor is shy and introspective--qualities misread by others as being stuck-up and superior. Facing a long, lonely summer working at the family shop, Amber's world lights up when the Matthews family suddenly moves in to the house next door, a property that has stood neglected for the longest time...
  • Dangerous Boy by Mandy Hubbard

    Dangerous Boy by Mandy Hubbard

    Rated: 3.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A modern-day retelling of The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde with a chilling twist Harper has never been worried about falling in love, something she is skeptical even exists. But everything changes when Logan moves to town, and to Harper's shock, the two tumble into an intense romance. It's everything she never thought she wanted...
  • The Girl in a Swing by Richard Adams

    The Girl in a Swing by Richard Adams

    Rated: 3.52 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    A shy young man meets a beautiful woman in the company of a young girl. He finds himself swept off of his feet and married to her, bringing her with him to live in his family home. She is his erotic dream come true; she does everything she can to bind him to her and join him in his comfortable life.Soon, however, odd things begin to happen...
  • Glimmer by Phoebe Kitanidis

    Glimmer by Phoebe Kitanidis

    Rated: 3.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    When Marshall King and Elyse Alton suddenly wake up tangled in each other's arms with zero memory of how they got there or even who they are, it's the start of a long journey through their separate pasts and shared future.Terrified by their amnesia, Marshall and Elyse make a pact to work together to find the answers that could restore their missing memories...
  • The House by Christina Lauren

    The House by Christina Lauren

    Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Delilah and Gavin’s new love is threatened by a force uncomfortably close to home in this haunting novel from New York Times bestselling duo Christina Lauren, authors of Beautiful Bastard.His shirt is black, jeans are black, and shaggy black hair falls into his eyes. And when Gavin looks up at Delilah, the dark eyes shadowed with bluish circles seem to flicker to life...
  • Wink Poppy Midnight by April Genevieve Tucholke

    Wink Poppy Midnight by April Genevieve Tucholke

    Rated: 3.25 of 5 stars
    · 35 ratings
    Every story needs a hero.Every story needs a villain.Every story needs a secret.Wink is the odd, mysterious neighbor girl, wild red hair and freckles. Poppy is the blond bully and the beautiful, manipulative high school queen bee. Midnight is the sweet, uncertain boy caught between them. Wink. Poppy. Midnight. Two girls. One boy...
  • The Summer Hikaru Died, Vol. 2 by Mokumokuren, モクモクれん

    The Summer Hikaru Died, Vol. 2 by Mokumokuren, モクモクれん

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    When Yoshiki struggles to accept the new Hikaru, he’s given a glimpse of what’s lurking inside his best friend...
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