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  • Blood Shadows by Tessa Dawn

    Blood Shadows by Tessa Dawn

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Nachari Silivasi is a bright light in a Dark World. As the youngest vampire in a family of warriors, he has studied Magick for four-hundred years and acquired a rare mastery of the universe around him. He is beloved by his family; legendary for his good-looks; and known for his uncommon valor...
  • Imajica: The Reconciliation by Clive Barker

    Imajica: The Reconciliation by Clive Barker

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    The magical tale of ill-fated lovers lost among worlds teetering on the edge of destruction, where their passion holds the key to escape. There has never been a book like Imajica...
  • Blood Possession by Tessa Dawn

    Blood Possession by Tessa Dawn

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Napolean Mondragon is no ordinary soul. He is the sovereign lord of the house of Jadon, the very heart-beat of the Vampyr race, and a fearsome leader who rules with absolute authority and power. While he carries the blood of every vampire in his veins; he also carries a dark secret of shame in his heart…A secret that will soon be used against him by his enemies...
  • A Long Spoon by Jonathan L. Howard

    A Long Spoon by Jonathan L. Howard

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    You may have heard of Johannes Cabal; he is a necromancer and a little infamous. He is also very sensitive to attempts on his life. When a murder of crows tries to... well, murder him, and the contents of his bath are transmuted into hot nitric acid, he suspects someone may mean him harm. The trail leads to one of the less travelled parts of Hell itself, and there Cabal will need a guide...
  • Welcome To The Jungle by Michael Todd, Michael Anderle

    Welcome To The Jungle by Michael Todd, Michael Anderle

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The weapons are being released, the military is sniffing around, and Katie is bitching up a storm about her lost Ferrari. Stephanie is helping the team move to a new location, and focusing her talents where she feels they will be best used.On the team. In New York, T'Chezz is starting a new effort to acquire information acquisition contacts. Otherwise known as spies and turncoats...
  • Metal Up Your Ass by Michael Todd

    Metal Up Your Ass by Michael Todd

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Katie makes an executive decision, and the mere idea is driving Korbin to drink. Pandora wants Katie to learn to fight without her extra “oomph.”For now. The military need support, but few on the merc teams trust them...
  • Demon's Throne 2 by K.D. Robertson

    Demon's Throne 2 by K.D. Robertson

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Rys is still shaking dust from his hair after a thousand years of sleep, and he already finds himself in a two-front war. The sorcerers of the Malus League are summoning a demon lord, while his northern neighbor marches south. Now that Rys has claimed a kingdom, he needs to keep it.Naturally, he'll expand his territory while crushing his new enemies...
  • The Neon Boneyard by Craig Schaefer

    The Neon Boneyard by Craig Schaefer

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Daniel Faust has clawed his way from the gutter to a penthouse suite, carving a bloody swath across the Las Vegas underworld. He's buried his enemies and more than a few friends along the way. If there's one thing a modern-day sorcerer knows for certain, though, it's that the past never stays buried forever...
  • As Shadows Fade by Colleen Gleason

    As Shadows Fade by Colleen Gleason

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Vampires have met their match with Victoria Gardella, but now the huntress faces an even greater evil as London is besieged by malevolent entities no mortal was ever meant to encounter... Directly descended from the very first vampire hunter in the Gardella family, Victoria knows she must continue the lineage so humanity will have protectors against the undead...
  • The Killing Floor Blues by Craig Schaefer

    The Killing Floor Blues by Craig Schaefer

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Nobody has ever escaped from the Iceberg. It's a privately-owned prison deep in the Mojave Desert, staffed by brutal guards and surrounded by desolate wasteland. Inside the walls, gangs and predators are constant threats; outside the walls, there's nothing but a sniper's bullet or a slow death in the desert heat...
  • The Castle Doctrine by Craig Schaefer

    The Castle Doctrine by Craig Schaefer

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Out of prison and back on the streets, Daniel Faust returns home to a city on fire. The Chicago mob is making their play for control of Las Vegas, with an army of gunmen and a lethal shapeshifter on their side, while Daniel's friend Jennifer marshals the forces of the Vegas underworld...
  • Bound by Darkness by Brenda K. Davies

    Bound by Darkness by Brenda K. Davies

    Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Determined to rescue Simone from the vampires who took her, Killean must become one of the things he’s spent his life fighting—a Savage. As he sinks further into a world filled with death, Killean struggles against his growing bloodlust as he vows to do whatever it takes to save Simone from becoming a monster like him...
  • Matt Archer: Redemption by Kendra C. Highley

    Matt Archer: Redemption by Kendra C. Highley

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    “There’s more to me than you know…”When Matt Archer’s sister, Mamie, said those words to him three years ago, he had no idea how prophetic they were, or what this would mean for his family.Now, he knows. And it changes everything, bringing the war right to Matt’s doorstep.In the epic conclusion to the Matt Archer series, the endgame is near...
  • Legion by Robert J. Crane

    Legion by Robert J. Crane

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Midian, Tennessee is under siege. Demons prowl the streets and the underworld is rising, bent on consuming every living thing in the town. The only thing that keeps them back is the Watch; a group of citizens that are dedicated to holding the line against the darkness. They've faced every kind of physical threat imaginable and come out victorious...
  • Haunting of a Witch by Suza Kates

    Haunting of a Witch by Suza Kates

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Her Troubled PastHayden Wells deals with plenty of ghosts, but she’s never met one who was terrified. Not until now. And the only way to help the dead is to find the living. Unfortunately, the man she seeks is a killer, so she must go to the only ones who can help her, the ones she fears most.His Ominous FutureDetective Trevor Roch knows Savannah, its streets, its people, and its secrets...
  • Howler's Night by Marie Hall

    Howler's Night by Marie Hall

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The Priest was back. Her home was safe. And Pandora had even managed to secure a powerful ally in the Zombie Queen. But in one fell swoop none of it mattered. She’s been abducted by a secret organization known only as the Triad, and they’re conducting experiments, treating her like a lab rat: cutting her open, dissecting her, and keeping her hostage. And she’s slowly going mad...
  • Bound by Passion by Brenda K. Davies

    Bound by Passion by Brenda K. Davies

    Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    When Kadence has a vision of a cabin in the woods, Saxon and his friends are determined to find it. He’s beginning to think they’re on a wild goose chase… until he stumbles across the cabin and a horde of Savages.Elyse and her father have spent months imprisoned by Savages. Tortured and brutalized, she has no hope of getting out alive...
  • The Nightmare by Regine Abel

    The Nightmare by Regine Abel

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    She was his obsession.For years, Zain has stalked Naima until she slipped through his fingers. He longs for the delectable taste of her terror and the divine sound of her screams. She occupies his every thought, and he aches for her. Eager to reclaim the only female that can ever complete him, Zain carefully plans his passage into the Mortal Plane...
  • Matt Archer: Bloodlines by Kendra C. Highley

    Matt Archer: Bloodlines by Kendra C. Highley

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When seventeen-year-old Matt Archer set out on his last mission in the Australian Outback, he thought it would be like every other hunt. Not even close. After only two days on the ground, his best friend is possessed, a long-lost family member has returned and hidden truths have come to the surface...
  • Saint Odd by Dean Koontz

    Saint Odd by Dean Koontz

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    The future is haunting Odd Thomas.The carnival has returned to Pico Mundo, the same one that came to town when Odd was just sixteen. Odd is drawn to an arcade tent where he discovers Gypsy Mummy, the fortune-telling machine that told him that he and Stormy Llewellyn were destined to be together forever.But Stormy is dead and Pico Mundo is under threat once more...
  • Binding of a Witch by Suza Kates

    Binding of a Witch by Suza Kates

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A Woman's QuestAs a scientist and a witch, Viv Sakurai understands how crucial it is to solve the riddle she's been given and take the next step toward destiny. She's been called to stand for her coven and battle the Amara for the future of humanity. She can't afford any distractions, and she certainly doesn't need any man getting in her way...
  • The White Night by Desmond Doane

    The White Night by Desmond Doane

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Yes, you should be afraid of the dark…A mighty demon sits at the right hand of Satan, and he knows paranormal investigator Ford Atticus Ford by name. Mike Long, too, but what the vile creature covets most lies with little Chelsea Hopper.As Ford wrestles with the uncertain nature of his future, a different kind of evil storms into his world, proving that not all demons are inhuman...
  • Undead on Arrival by L.A. Banks

    Undead on Arrival by L.A. Banks

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Just one month ago, secret government operative Sasha Trudeau thought she'd tasted victory. Orchestrating détente between the warring factions of the supernatural world had nearly cost her life—but it also opened the door to a future with Max Hunter, her mate and fellow Shadow Wolf.Until now. A poisonous virus is wreaking havoc on Hunter's immune system...
  • A Plain-Dealing Villain by Craig Schaefer

    A Plain-Dealing Villain by Craig Schaefer

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    It's hard to make a dishonest buck in Sin City, especially when a rogue FBI agent is gunning for your head. Flat broke and one step ahead of the law, Daniel Faust flees Vegas and lands in Chicago, where a risky heist promises to fill his pockets with cash...
  • A Coven of Witches by Joseph Delaney

    A Coven of Witches by Joseph Delaney

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Beware a girl in pointy shoesA girl wearing pointy shoes might be a witch. And the first thing a spook's apprentice learns is never, ever to trust a witch.In this bone-chilling collection of tales, you will learn exactly why that is, as you encounter:a fair and beautiful woman with green scales running down her spine . . . (John Gregory, set before book 1, book 0...
  • Angel Town by Lilith Saintcrow

    Angel Town by Lilith Saintcrow

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Jill Kismet is back from the grave in this explosive conclusion to Lilith Saintcrow's urban fantasy series. She wakes up in her own grave. She doesn't know who put her there, she doesn't know where she is, and she has no friends or family. She only knows two things: She has a job to do: cleansing the night of evil. And she knows her name. Jill Kismet...
  • Angel Fire East by Terry Brooks

    Angel Fire East by Terry Brooks

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    Angel Fire East marks the close of Terry Brooks's Word and Void trilogy, which began with 1997's Running with the Demon. In this book, the story returns to Nest's native Hopewell, where once again Nest and John must face off against the Void...
  • Matt Archer: Legend by Kendra C. Highley

    Matt Archer: Legend by Kendra C. Highley

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When Matt Archer was fourteen, he was chosen—by a magic, spirit-inhabited knife—to hunt monsters with a special paranormal division of the Army. When he was fifteen, he was thrown into a global war the rest of the world didn’t know existed.Now Matt’s sixteen and the war has cost him more than he ever thought it would...
  • Throne of Darkness by Douglas Nicholas

    Throne of Darkness by Douglas Nicholas

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Perfect for fans of Game of Thrones, this novel from acclaimed author Douglas Nicholas continues the gripping dark fantasy series that Kirkus Reviews describes as "a more profound Harry Potter for adults."It's 1215 in northwest England, and mystical Irish queen Maeve and her unlikely band of warriors must protect the region from a chilling fate...
  • Garnet Tongue Goddess by Morgan Blayde

    Garnet Tongue Goddess by Morgan Blayde

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    CAINE IS COERCED BY A TV EXEC INTO GOING ON-SET WHERE A CELEBRITY REALITY SHOW IS BEING FILMED. NOBODY IS WHAT THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO BE. HIS OWN DEMON GUARDS ARE LESS THAN DEPENDABLE. GHOSTLY SPECTERS IN THE HAUNTED SCHOOL WANT EVERYBODY GONE. A TERRIBLE, DARK SECRET HIDES FROM THE LIGHT, AND AN ANCIENT EVIL IS RETURNING TO PREY UPON THE INNOCENT...
  • In the Blood by Nancy A. Collins

    In the Blood by Nancy A. Collins

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Vampire and vampire-hunter Sonja Blue is back, taking out her rage on the demonic blood-drinkers who hide among the living. But her hunt is attracting attention: Morgan, the monster who remade her 20 years ago wants to bring his beloved daughter to heel, and Sonja has found her existence entwined with that of a mortal man...
  • Playing with Darkness by Susan Illene

    Playing with Darkness by Susan Illene

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    There’s no avoiding it. Melena must keep her promise to return the fae device that opens the portal to Purgatory. Except there’s one problem—Kerbasi. How can she go when she has one of heaven’s minions practically attached to her hip? One who will strike fear in the hearts of the fae the moment they realize who he is...
  • A Wild Light by Marjorie M. Liu

    A Wild Light by Marjorie M. Liu

    Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    View our feature on Marjorie Liu’s A Wild Light.For too long Maxine Kiss has felt an inexplicable darkness inside her-a force she channels into hunting the demons bent on destroying the human race. But when she finds herself covered in blood and crouched beside her grandfather's dead body with no memory of what happened, Maxine begins to fear that the darkness has finally consumed her...
  • The Passion by Donna Boyd

    The Passion by Donna Boyd

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    In finely crafted prose and lush detail, Donna Boyd weaves a spell-binding tapestry of romance and suspense set against richly imagined landscapes of sensuousness. An intense saga of love and betrayal, The Passion is a story of those who walk the fine line between man beast...
  • The Vampire's Kiss by Raven Hart

    The Vampire's Kiss by Raven Hart

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    With William fighting the forces of evil in London town, Jack must cope with the monsters who will challenge him for dominance over Savannah's un-human underworld—and protect the citizenry in the process.Along the way, Jack gets reacquainted with a fuzzy former friend—sexy werewolf Seth Walker, who has a powerful history with Jack's lady love, Connie the cop...
  • Towers Fall by Karina Sumner-Smith

    Towers Fall by Karina Sumner-Smith

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    War. Fire. Destruction. Xhea believed that the Lower City had weathered the worst of its troubles—that their only remaining fight would be the struggle to rebuild before winter. She was wrong.Now her home is under attack from an unexpected source. The Central Spire, the City’s greatest power, is intent on destroying the heart of the magical entity that resides beneath the Lower City’s streets...
  • Beyond the Veil by Tim Marquitz

    Beyond the Veil by Tim Marquitz

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Frank's woman kidnapped, a frantic chase across worlds, an inter-dimensional uprising, and all with the surly father-in-law to be in tow.What could be worse?How about being drafted by the Almighty?Trapped on a strange and hostile planet, forced to deal with an alien insurrection, Frank and Longinus scramble to save Karra from the clutches of a rebel overlord bent on revenge...
  • Watcher of the Dark by Joseph Nassise

    Watcher of the Dark by Joseph Nassise

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A spine-tingling new Jeremiah Hunt dark fantasy thriller.New Orleans was nearly the death of Jeremiah Hunt, between a too-close brush with the FBI and a chilling, soul-searing journey through the realm of the dead that culminated with a do-or-die confrontation with Death himself...
  • Ancient Enemies by Matthew Bryan Laube

    Ancient Enemies by Matthew Bryan Laube

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The story of "The Ancient" continues... Joseph Miller and Mike Samson are closing in on one of the Fallen on the busy streets of New York City, with the help of a young woman who just happens to grow fur and fangs. Little do they know someone from Miller's past is hunting them to settle a grudge over a thousand years old...
  • Wings of Hope by Pippa DaCosta

    Wings of Hope by Pippa DaCosta

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    "I am his muse. But not for long..."When Mammon, the Prince of Greed, 'acquires' a half-blood slave known as 'Muse' for three nights, and bespells her with tales of a world where people live like kings and queens among towers of steel and glass, the seed of hope takes root in Muse's soul. But hope, for a half-human half-demon creature like her, is a dangerous thing...
  • In the Blood by Adrian Phoenix

    In the Blood by Adrian Phoenix

    Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    In the bestselling tradition of Laurell K. Hamilton and Patricia Briggs, this thrilling follow-up to the critically acclaimed fantasy debut "A Rush of Wings" is a satisfying and pulse-pounding read, guaranteed to please fans of dark fantasy.DANTE LIVES Vampire. Rock star. Begotten son of the fallen angel Lucien...
  • Redemption by R.K. Ryals

    Redemption by R.K. Ryals

    Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    A fateful car accident, a strange Abbey ruled by an even stranger Abbess, an insane Demon, a world where right and wrong becomes dangerously twisted, and a confident, rebellious teenager . . . .Dayton Blainey is a foul-mouthed, grief-stricken young woman forced to live with a religiously eccentric aunt who favors her moral older sister...
  • Vicious Grace by M.L.N. Hanover

    Vicious Grace by M.L.N. Hanover

    Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    When you're staring evil in the eye, don't forget to watch your back . . . For the first time in forever, Jayné Heller's life is making sense. Even if she routinely risks her life to destroy demonic parasites that prey on mortals, she now has friends, colleagues, a trusted lover, and newfound confidence in the mission she inherited from her wealthy, mysterious uncle...
  • Where Oblivion Lives by T. Frohock

    Where Oblivion Lives by T. Frohock

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    "Frohock has intricately woven a unique reinterpretation of history. Eloquent prose accompanies a lyrical theme amid prewar tensions, enriching this imaginative historical fantasy...
  • By A Thread by Nyna Queen

    By A Thread by Nyna Queen

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Addictive, sexy, and unique! BY A THREAD is the first book in Nyna Queen’s captivating and action-packed paranormal romance trilogy The Trueborn Heirs. "I’m a spider, sugar. My shaper kind doesn’t bear that name for nothing."That's not something Alexis Harper dares to say very often. If she did, it might just get her killed. Not that she is an easy mark, but even fools get lucky once in a while...
  • What Kills Me by Wynne Channing

    What Kills Me by Wynne Channing

    Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    An ancient prophecy warns of a girl destined to cause the extinction of the vampire race.So when 17-year-old Axelia falls into a sacred well filled with blood and emerges a vampire, the immortal empire believes she is this legendary destroyer. Hunted by soldiers and mercenaries, Axelia and her reluctant ally, the vampire bladesmith Lucas, must battle to survive...
  • Zanaikeyros: Son of Dragons by Tessa Dawn

    Zanaikeyros: Son of Dragons by Tessa Dawn

    Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    What would you be willing to sacrifice for a chance to live…and love…forever?From the bestselling author of the BLOOD CURSE SERIES and DRAGONS REALM comes a gripping, sensuous saga, full of danger, vampiric-dragons, and mystic fire: PANTHEON OF DRAGONS by Tessa Dawn...
  • Bite the Bullet by L.A. Banks

    Bite the Bullet by L.A. Banks

    Rated: 3.97 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Sasha Trudeau considers herself a soldier first and a werewolf second. But while her secret government-sanctioned task-force faces its greatest challenge so far, Sasha faces something much more primal: the undeniable pull of the moon—and her own desires...
  • Bound by Alan Baxter

    Bound by Alan Baxter

    Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    "I know your secret." Alex Caine is a martial artist fighting in illegal cage matches. His powerful secret weapon is an unnatural vision that allows him to see his opponents' moves before they know their intentions themselves. When enigmatic Englishman, Patrick Welby, shows Alex how to unleash a breathtaking realm of magic and power, Alex is drawn into a mind-bending adventure beyond his control...
  • Särskild by Nene Ormes

    Särskild by Nene Ormes

    Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Det är festival i Malmö, och festivalen har lockat mer än bara vanliga människor. De sära har kommit till staden för att jaga, slåss och roa sig. Men bakom musiken, de glättiga scenerna och festivalstånden ruvar mörker och hemligheter...
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