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  • Packing Serious Magical Mojo by Brenda Trim

    Packing Serious Magical Mojo by Brenda Trim

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Paranormal Women's FictionWhat happens when six middle-aged sisters with a party planning business buy a cursed plantation? Add one ghoul, the Queen of Voodoo, and a dash of unlocked dormant magic and find out!When Dani convinces her five sisters to sink everything they have into purchasing a dilapidated old plantation, it seems like a great idea at the time...
  • Shadow in the Mine by Steve Higgs

    Shadow in the Mine by Steve Higgs

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Called to investigate a mystery at a local gypsum mine, paranormal detective, Tempest Michaels, expects to find a rational explanation for the strange events …… instead, he discovers a body and a horrified staff.Recent earthworks exposed something ancient, twisted, and above all evil. It has claimed one life already and the staff are terrified for who might be next...
  • 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...
  • Four Horsemen by Dave Turner

    Four Horsemen by Dave Turner

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    December 1874 The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse are looking forward to a traditional Christmas with plenty of food, alcohol and the odd duel. But then Death meets Elizabeth, a young girl with unusual gifts, who needs their protection...
  • Witch Is Why The Wolf Howled by Adele Abbott

    Witch Is Why The Wolf Howled by Adele Abbott

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Absence makes the… Cometh the hour, cometh a stranger with a story which Jill doesn’t want to hear. …custard cream taste even better...
  • Beginnings by Kelley Armstrong

    Beginnings by Kelley Armstrong

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Book One: Bitten Where it all began. Elena is leading the normal life she has always dreamed of, including a stable job as a journalist and a nice apartment shared with her boyfriend. As the lone female werewolf in existence, only her secret midnight prowls and her occasional inhuman cravings set her apart. An erotically charged thriller, Bitten will awaken the voracious appetite of every reader...
  • What the Hell by Hunter Blain

    What the Hell by Hunter Blain

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    In the last place John ever thought he would find himself, reside the scrolls of the prophecy. Armed only with the celestial key provided by the Archangel Gabriel, John must travel to Hell where no creature of Heaven can follow to unlock a box no denizen of Hell can open...
  • Dead Push by Tim O'Rourke

    Dead Push by Tim O'Rourke

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    When two enemies push back together!“…Most of them just sit as if waiting for someone to join them on their impending journey. Others are rushing for their train as if late for some important meeting. They can’t wait to board one of those trains below ground...
  • Dead Night - Potter's Secrets by Tim O'Rourke

    Dead Night - Potter's Secrets by Tim O'Rourke

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    When Potter disappears from Hallowed Manor for twenty-four hours, he goes in search of the only person he thinks will be able to give him answers as to why the world has been pushed. That person is his first love, Sophie. But Sophie has been pushed, too, and is running for her life. In a world where wolves live amongst humans, Potter must save Sophie while trying to search for answers...
  • Moon Angel by J.R. Rain

    Moon Angel by J.R. Rain

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Amazon's #1 bestselling vampire detective is back!In Moon Angel, vampire private investigator Samantha Moon must save her telepathic daughter from the devil. When Tammy is tricked into a pact with the evil one, he invades her mind, pulling every secret from it. Except the one he wants most...Sam vows to destroy the devil, but she's going to need supernatural help...
  • Dead Flesh by Tim O'Rourke

    Dead Flesh by Tim O'Rourke

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    When Kiera and her friends return from the dead, they soon realise that the world is not the same – it has been pushed. Returning to Hallowed Manor, Kiera soon learns that it’s not only the world that has changed, she is changing, too...
  • Blood Gamble by Melissa F. Olson

    Blood Gamble by Melissa F. Olson

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    If there is one city that Scarlett Bernard hates, it’s Las Vegas. But when the cardinal vampire of Los Angeles convinces her to go investigate a new vampire-themed stage show, Scarlett quickly finds herself shoulder-deep in sequins, slot machines, and Old World intrigue.The show’s creators are vampire celebrities Arthur and Lucy Holmwood, who once inspired characters from the original Dracula...
  • Jack Kursed by Glenn Bullion

    Jack Kursed by Glenn Bullion

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The victim of a witch’s curse, Jack has been awake for two hundred years. Unable to die, unable to sleep, he’s trapped in a state of existence that no one can relate to, not even his vampire best friend Victoria.Using his unique condition, he has helped Victoria in keeping the supernatural world at bay. Evil vampires, werewolves, and monsters have all died at their hand...
  • Rise of the Werewolf by Mark Tufo

    Rise of the Werewolf by Mark Tufo

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The world of man was brought to its knees with the zombie apocalypse. A hundred and fifty years have passed since man has clawed and climbed his way from the brink of extinction. Civilization has rebooted, man has begun to rebuild, to create communities and society.It is on this fragile new shaky ground that a threat worse than the scourge of the dead has sprung...
  • Sinners by Larry Correia, John Ringo

    Sinners by Larry Correia, John Ringo

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    NIGHTMARE IN THE BIG EASYWith New Orleans out of control, Chad Oliver Gardenier, one of Monster Hunter International’s premier hunters, has been dispatched from Seattle to reinforce the beleaguered members of MHI'S Hoodoo Squad in their fight against the darkness. Chad had once taken a werewolf while wearing only jogging gear...
  • Autumn's Bane by Yasmine Galenorn

    Autumn's Bane by Yasmine Galenorn

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The Father of Dragons has returned to the world and all hell is breaking loose. A group of vrykolakas is running loose, threatening to spread plague through Seattle. A shadow dragon has his sights set on destroying the Wild Hunt. And in the midst of the chaos, Ember’s facing a major decision brought on by a twist in her status with the Queen of Dark Fae...
  • Infinite Moon by J.R. Rain, Matthew S. Cox

    Infinite Moon by J.R. Rain, Matthew S. Cox

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Book #20 in the bestselling "Vampire for Hire" series!Dealing with one's greatest nemesis can be frustrating, but Samantha Moon is literally beside herself.From the moment Elizabeth escaped her mind prison, Sam and her family braced for the worst. With the plan now set in motion, only two things are known for sure: the plan is big, and it's going to be horrible...
  • Sinister: Unsacred by John P. Logsdon

    Sinister: Unsacred by John P. Logsdon

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Turns out that mind-control drugs really suck... It was bad enough for Evangeline to spend a year running for her life. Now, she was stuck between the Houses who were hunting for her, the hellion-run mob, and an army of normals who are on a power-drug. Oh, and let's not forget the team of Directors controlling the Black Ops Paranormal Police Department..
  • Chasing Darkness by Laken Cane

    Chasing Darkness by Laken Cane

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    "I love this series! If you are a fan of Laurell K. Hamilton's "Anita Blake" series, you will most definitely like Rune Alexander!"~Niya Rune Alexander captured a dangerous prisoner and turned her over to the Annex, unaware of the trouble that act would unleash on her Crew... A small, dangerous group has slipped into River County, determined to retrieve Lee Crane from the Annex...
  • Requiem by S.J. West

    Requiem by S.J. West

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    In the final installment of the Vampire Conclave series, Sarah delves further into her family’s dark and stormy past, unlocking a disturbing truth surrounding her ancestor, Thallan Moonshade. With the help of an unexpected ally, Sarah comes across a secret so shocking from Thallan’s life that it makes her even more determined to thwart his malevolent plans...
  • Sage and Spirited by Viola Grace

    Sage and Spirited by Viola Grace

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Doing a family favour before a wedding is nerve-wracking at the best of times, clearing out the haunted venue is a nightmare.Hecate’s social life is looking up. Her sister is getting married, the new brother-in-law-to-be is a really good guy, and his family is helping Hecate fill in the gaps of her knowledge of what the hell she is...
  • Singapore Spirits by John P. Logsdon, Noah K. Sturdevant

    Singapore Spirits by John P. Logsdon, Noah K. Sturdevant

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Mark Vedis has everything he's ever wanted, which means he's got everything to lose. Pity to anyone who tries to take it from him...After a long chase, Mark Vedis and his team had finally won a major victory against the supernatural organization known as the Shaped. The fight wasn't over, but things had finally started to work out for him and his allies...
  • Hell of a Party by John P. Logsdon, Noah K. Sturdevant

    Hell of a Party by John P. Logsdon, Noah K. Sturdevant

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Bert’s wedding checklist: Get the cake - check; hire a band – check; avoid being murdered by demonic assassins...working on it. Bert is getting married, whether he likes it or not. As crown prince of the demons, he’s been promised to a dragon named Samantha Cho. His marriage has the potential to strengthen relations between demons and dragons, and bring a sliver of peace to Hell...
  • 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...
  • Lost Moon by J.R. Rain, Matthew S. Cox

    Lost Moon by J.R. Rain, Matthew S. Cox

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    In the next highly anticipated installment of J.R. Rain’s bestselling supernatural mystery series, Samantha Moon finds herself stranded on a distant planet of dragons . . . and confronted with a powerful demon hellbent on destroying worlds. Samantha Moon spent the past thirteen years fighting the evil trying to consume her, but at least she knew where it lurked...
  • Destroyer Rising by Eric R. Asher

    Destroyer Rising by Eric R. Asher

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    It's been three years since we failed Vicky, the child once known as Elizabeth Gray. Three years she's lived as something not quite alive, but far from dead. Her path grows darker, even as she spreads light and hope through a tortured world. The Destroyer has come to claim her, and I can’t fail her again. I won't. Elizabeth's fate lies in the Burning Lands, and we will storm the gates...
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    ghosts  humor  paranormal  urban  vampires  zombies  adult  audiobook
  • Sunset to Sunrise by Trina M. Lee

    Sunset to Sunrise by Trina M. Lee

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The absence of the two biggest power players in the city puts Kale Sinclair in a tough position. Maintaining control of The Wicked Kiss isn’t easy for one barely holding together delicate fragments of sanity.When word reaches Kale of a growing vampire rebellion, he laughs it off. Until he learns that their target is Arys Knight. Kale would love to take a shot at Arys...
    Categorized as:
    ghosts  paranormal  shapeshifters  vampires  adult  book  dark  demons
  • The Witch's Daughter by Laken Cane

    The Witch's Daughter by Laken Cane

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    In book seven of the Rune Alexander series, Rune meets new allies, enters a bizarre and vaguely familiar world, and realizes all over again that she can never really trust anyone. Except, maybe, the one she lost... Sucked into Skyll by the echoes of Wormwood, she must complete a very important task in order to return to the world in which she belongs...
  • Sparks in the Darkness - A Novella. Also featuring Big Apple Pie, a Patricia Fisher/Apple Orchard crossover story by Steve Higgs, Chelsea Thomas

    Sparks in the Darkness - A Novella. Also featuring Big Apple Pie, a Patricia Fisher/Apple Orchard crossover story by Steve Higgs, Chelsea Thomas

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Fire.Every creature fears it.Except one.When a call late one evening leads Jane to Buckingham Palace, she holds no concern the dragon they want her to investigate is real.Until she gets there, that is...
  • This Broken World by Eric R. Asher

    This Broken World by Eric R. Asher

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Vesik, Book 4 An ocean of darkness lives in the journal of Philip Pinkerton. Ancient things with no place in our world are rising from the Abyss. Ezekiel, the arrogant, mad god has called us into battle. Does he think we can't touch him, or does he know we can't? I wish I knew...
    Categorized as:
    ghosts  humor  paranormal  urban  vampires  zombies  adult  audiobook
  • The Black Wolves of Boston by Wen Spencer

    The Black Wolves of Boston by Wen Spencer

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Book One in a new saga by the Romantic Times Sapphire award winning author of the Internationally Best-Selling Elfhome series.REBUILD A LIFE, SAVE A CITY Silas Decker had his world destroyed when he was attacked by vampires outside of New Amsterdam. He rebuilt his life a dozen times in the last three hundred years—each time less and less successfully...
  • Wolf House - Potter's Story by Tim O'Rourke

    Wolf House - Potter's Story by Tim O'Rourke

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    "O'Rourke certainly knows how to deliver twists that the reader never sees coming and that will leave him/her reeling for days on end. Five stars." A Book Vacation Book Reviews.As Potter leaves Kiera and his friends to go in search of Luke, he makes a lonely journey across the snow-capped mountains of Cumbria...
  • Demon's Doorway by Glenn Bullion

    Demon's Doorway by Glenn Bullion

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Alex has a good life. Being a unique half demon, he’s used his powers to conquer feral vampires, the darkness inside him, and help ghosts in need. But there’s one more challenge that will be his strongest. Marrying Cindy, the love of his life.Jack has been cursed by a witch’s magic for two hundred years. Unable to sleep, unable to die, his only hope for peace lies with young Kevin, a pure witch...
    Categorized as:
    ghosts  paranormal  shapeshifters  urban  vampires  adult  book  demons
  • Bad Moon Rising by Jonathan Maberry

    Bad Moon Rising by Jonathan Maberry

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    FROM A FUNFEST...Each year, the residents of Pine Deep host the Halloween Festival, drawing tourists and celebrities from across the country to enjoy the deliciously creepy fun. Those who visit the small Pennsylvania town are out for a good time, but those who live there are desperately trying to survive..
  • Vampire Destiny by J.R. Rain, Matthew S. Cox

    Vampire Destiny by J.R. Rain, Matthew S. Cox

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Samantha Moon isn’t prepared to handle the scariest moment of her life—her daughter’s turning eighteen.Facing the truth her children are powerful in their own right is the door to a scary new reality, worse than her dread of what Elizabeth is planning. The dark masters are still out there, but it almost feels trivial compared to having an empty house… at least until the phone rings..
  • Fury Awakened by Yasmine Galenorn

    Fury Awakened by Yasmine Galenorn

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    My name is Kaeleen Donovan. I’m a Theosian—a minor goddess. They call me Fury. By day, I run the Crossroads Cleaning Company, and I also read fortunes and cast hexes at Dream Wardens, a magical consulting shop. But by night, I'm oath-bound to Hecate, goddess of the Crossroads...
  • Killing Land by Laken Cane

    Killing Land by Laken Cane

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Ravaged by unfamiliar emotions and regretful of the choices she made, Rune Alexander begins life over back in River County, a place as harsh in its own way as the dark edge of hell from which she has returned. She must now fight in a changed world where the Others have been nearly obliterated and the humans are on the hunt to wipe out those who remain...
  • Dahlia by Tabitha Barret

    Dahlia by Tabitha Barret

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Little girls are supposed to draw pictures of rainbows and unicorns, so when I started drawing monsters in the shadows, people acted as if something was wrong with me. They didn't know I could predict the future. As I got older, I adapted and became a tattoo artist who gave helpful advice to skeptics...
  • Then Came Wanda...With A Baby Carriage by Dakota Cassidy

    Then Came Wanda...With A Baby Carriage by Dakota Cassidy

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    There’s almost nothing Wanda Jefferson wants more than a family to call her own, and she’s almost got it all with her husband Heath, a beautiful home in the suburbs, and her soul-satisfying work with her best friends as part of OOPS—a paranormal crisis hotline. Yet still, there’s a tiny hole in Wanda’s heart she longs to fill with a baby...
  • Beneath the Skin by Jonathan Maberry

    Beneath the Skin by Jonathan Maberry

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Sam Hunter is a PI in the big bad city. When he takes a new case it’s like he’s accepting the client into his ‘pack’. And Sam will do anything to protect the members of his pack. Dogs are like that. So are wolves. And so, too, are werewolves. Like Sam.Sam is a benandanti, an ancient race of werewolves who fight evil. And evil comes in all shapes and sizes; it comes at people from all directions...
  • 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...
  • Dead Red by M.R. Forbes

    Dead Red by M.R. Forbes

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Conor Night, the world’s only surviving necromancer, is used to having bad days. After all, he’s spent the last few years as a minor pawn in the Game of Houses while keeping one foot planted firmly in the grave. But between the job offer he can’t refuse from a wizard he doesn’t trust, and the appearance of a cult bent on sending him to the afterlife, his days are about to get a whole lot worse...
  • Real Vampires Don't Wear Size Six by Gerry Bartlett

    Real Vampires Don't Wear Size Six by Gerry Bartlett

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    After Glory St. Clair kicked out the demon that had set up shop in her body, she had a serious fallout with longtime lover Jeremy Blade. But before Glory can win him back, she has some issues of the hellish variety to deal with. When Lucifer himself offers Glory the ultimate temptation-work for the devil and he'll make her a size six-the curvy vampire's not sure if she can resist...
  • Whispering by Amanda M. Lee

    Whispering by Amanda M. Lee

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Things are going from bad to worse for Zoe Lake. Actually, if there's something beyond worse - she's pretty sure that's the world she's living in these days. Between threats from hometown werewolves, visits from sarcastic ghosts and the eternal struggle of what shoes to wear to a party, Zoe can't fit much more on her plate. Covenant College was supposed to be a new beginning...
  • The Monster Hunter Files by Larry Correia, Bryan Thomas Schmidt

    The Monster Hunter Files by Larry Correia, Bryan Thomas Schmidt

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    For well over a century, Monster Hunter International has kept the world safe from supernatural threats small and large—and in some cases very, very large. Now, join us as MHI opens their archives for the first time...
  • Vampire Wake by Tim O'Rourke

    Vampire Wake by Tim O'Rourke

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Since escaping from The Ragged Cove and finding herself suspended from the police force, Kiera Hudson is hired by the mysterious Lady Hunt to protect her 16-year-old daughter from a stranger she believes is lurking on the moors. But little does Kiera know that it is she who will need protecting...
  • Dead Moon by J.R. Rain, Matthew S. Cox

    Dead Moon by J.R. Rain, Matthew S. Cox

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    America's favorite vampire detective is back! Book 17 in the bestselling “Vampire for Hire” series! Samantha Moon once considered being turned into a vampire as the single greatest upheaval of her life—but she'd been wrong...
  • Grunge by Larry Correia, John Ringo

    Grunge by Larry Correia, John Ringo

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    When Marine Private Oliver Chadwick Gardenier is killed in the Marine barrack bombing in Beirut, somebody who might be Saint Peter gives him a choice: Go to Heaven, which while nice might be a little boring, or return to Earth. The Boss has a mission for him and he's to look for a sign. He's a Marine: He'll choose the mission. Unfortunately, the sign he's to look for is "57...
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