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  • Sacrifice of the Septimus, Part 1 by Stephanie Hudson

    Sacrifice of the Septimus, Part 1 by Stephanie Hudson

    Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    ‘Together we stand and together we fall.’ Because this time, what is asked of the Chosen One, she cannot do alone. Keira finds herself enlisting the help of her friends as she goes beyond the realms of sanity and steps into a world the likes of no other. One that is filled with personal demons she has no choice but try and tame...
  • Vampire Academy: The Ultimate Guide by Michelle Rowen, Richelle Mead

    Vampire Academy: The Ultimate Guide by Michelle Rowen, Richelle Mead

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 41 ratings
    Prepare to be Tested.The story that kicked off the international #1 bestselling Vampire Academy series is NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE...
  • The Blood by Z.W. Taylor

    The Blood by Z.W. Taylor

    Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    It took one bite to change her life forever. Now Charlotte has found herself in the middle of a war that has been brewing for longer than anyone could have imagined. And it's all in the blood...Join them as they race against time to try and solve the mystery that could destroy or deliver them from this horrible bloody mess...
  • Dead Witches Tell No Tales  (The Hollows, #3-4) by Kim Harrison

    Dead Witches Tell No Tales (The Hollows, #3-4) by Kim Harrison

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Even in the Holllows - Cincinnati's home to all supernatural folk - vampires and werewolves can make strange bedfellows. Just ask Rachel Morgan, private investigator and witch. First her never-do-well boyfriend disappears into the night. Then the hunky protege of vampire crimelord Piscary starts eyeing her curves... not to mention her throat...
  • Dark Power by Kristie Cook

    Dark Power by Kristie Cook

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The Amadis are preparing for war. So what are my orders? Return to Florida to relax and regenerate my powers. Puh-lease. Yes, I’m pretty drained after the last several months, but still. Fortunately, I don’t have a chance to become bored. My task list grows quickly—establish a new safe house, learn the art of conversion, find my AWOL protector, help a desperate fan, and protect my son...
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    magic  paranormal  royalty  vampires  angels  book  dark  demons
  • Vampire Hollows by Tim O'Rourke

    Vampire Hollows by Tim O'Rourke

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    With nowhere else to run to but the Hollows, Kiera Hudson finds herself in a world like no other. Entrusted with a secret, she has to make her way to the mysterious Light House set hundreds of miles beneath the Earth. As she makes her journey, Kiera’s companions are being murdered one by one...
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    magic  paranormal  vampires  angels  audiobook  book  fiction  ghosts
  • Forged by Vanessa Nelson

    Forged by Vanessa Nelson

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Blood may be thicker than water, but not all families are meant to stay together.Struggling to maintain her independence, and the life she has fought so hard to build, Max finally learns the truth about her own origins and her family.Max has no time to absorb the shocking news...
  • Bound by Angela M. Hudson, Angela M. Hudson

    Bound by Angela M. Hudson, Angela M. Hudson

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Never turn your back on a ghost, just in case it's not actually a ghost.Introducing the first book in the Bound series, a dark, powerful romance based on the author's best-selling vampire series, Dark Secrets. Elora can talk to the dead, but she's a beacon for the undead...
  • The Thirteenth by L.A. Banks

    The Thirteenth by L.A. Banks

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    The entire Neteru Guardian team is on the run, having now been labeled as America’s most-wanted terrorists following the gruesome demon battle that felled the Washington Monument and crashed the front doors of the White House. The Antichrist is positioned for emergence, the powers of darkness have released the pale horse of the apocalypse, and half of the Neteru team is pregnant...
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    magic  paranormal  vampires  adult  angels  book  dark  dark-fantasy
  • Strange Fate by L.J. Smith

    Strange Fate by L.J. Smith

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Sarah Strange is a normal teenager with annoying siblings and a crush on two boys, Mal and Kierlan, who happen to be her best friends. But Sarah also has visions of a place where dragons darken the sky and feast on humans. When Sarah confides in Mal and Kierlan about her visions, she discovers her friends are not who they seem. They are part of the Night World...
  • The Sacred Veil by Christopher Pike

    The Sacred Veil by Christopher Pike

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    It's no dream.At last the truth of what happened during those hellish days has come back to her.In her five thousand years as a vampire, Alisa - or Sita, as she was originally called - has experienced the equivalent of fifty lifetimes. Every moment of her immortal life is seared deep into her being. Every person she has loved, every victim she has killed - their faces are forever part of her...
  • Wolf Games: Island of Shade by Caroline Peckham

    Wolf Games: Island of Shade by Caroline Peckham

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    After the foundering of IDAHO's cruise ship, the survivors are washed up on a deadly island off the coast of northern Africa. But in a jungle of shade, it's not just the Reapers lurking in the forest that pose a danger...Journeying to an underground institute at the heart of the island might be Cass and Jameson's only hope...
  • 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...
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    magic  paranormal  vampires  adult  audiobook  book  fiction  ghosts
  • Shadow Web by Yasmine Galenorn

    Shadow Web by Yasmine Galenorn

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The holidays are here, and this year, they’re deadly…It’s my first Thanksgiving back in Moonshadow Bay, and everything is hunky-dory until the Witches Guild assigns me a research project for the upcoming Winter Solstice Festival. Not only do I melt down my computer, but I download a demon who ends up stuck in my house...
  • Stalker by Letty Frame

    Stalker by Letty Frame

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Healing is important to help you overcome grief. But it’s impossible to heal when there’s still a fight for survival.Lottie and her men went through a terrible ordeal, but they’re desperate to not let it tear them apart. Between Warren’s newfound powers, River’s lack of wolf, and Theo’s refusal to complete his bond with Lottie, things are tenuous at best...
  • Shifter's Moon by Luanne Bennett

    Shifter's Moon by Luanne Bennett

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Hell hath no fury like a shifter scorned. Savannah has just been invaded by a pack of dangerous bikers—killer cats with greed and vengeance on their minds. Jackson Hunter’s past has finally caught up to him. So has the woman who refuses to let him go—a cat with some sharp claws. Katie Bishop is starting to wonder if she knows her boyfriend at all...
  • Dark Nightingale by Luanne Bennett

    Dark Nightingale by Luanne Bennett

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Three vampires walk into a tattoo shop… Some people would welcome their long-lost family. But when your father is a ruthless, ancient vampire, it’s best to run in the opposite direction. Emmaline is a demure witch with a heart of gold. She’s also more powerful than all of Blackthorn Grove’s witches combined...
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    magic  paranormal  vampires  adult  book  dragons  fiction  horror
  • Elemental Flame by Phaedra Weldon

    Elemental Flame by Phaedra Weldon

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    "I love you, Sam. I will always love you." When Elemental Witch Samantha Hawthorne discovers her lover, Crwys Holliard, is missing, she vows to find him. With the help of her friends and an Alpha Werewolf who just won't take no for an answer, Sam follows clues that point them in the direction of the realm of Faerie, a place Sam swore she would never return to...
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    magic  paranormal  vampires  book  dark  dragons  epic  fae
  • The Vampire War by Michelle Madow

    The Vampire War by Michelle Madow

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Find the Holy Grail. Win the war. Save the world.A lot has changed for Annika since being kidnapped by vampires to become a blood slave in their hidden kingdom of the Vale. Not only has she learned she’s a Nephilim—a race that’s supposedly extinct—but she’s found herself on a dangerous quest for the Holy Grail...
  • Zombie's Bite by Karen Chance

    Zombie's Bite by Karen Chance

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    When Dorina Basarab, half human, half vampire, assassin-for-hire, hits New Orleans, she thinks it's for a typical job: take out a mad master vamp before he can wreak havoc on the city. But when the elusive master suddenly shows up at her hotel, things get complicated, especially when Dory realizes that the murder he has in mind is his own! And that the Big Easy is about to get a whole lot harder...
  • The Forbidden by L.A. Banks

    The Forbidden by L.A. Banks

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    The Body of a Goddess...with the Heart of Hell itself.The devil is a dead-beat dad and his consort Lilith couldn't care less. A stolen embryo stirs in Lilith's womb and a plan pulses through her veins: To unleash her child from the gates of hell--as soon as she destroys the only two vampire hunters who can possibly stop her..
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    magic  paranormal  vampires  adult  alpha-mc  book  dark  dark-fantasy
  • 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...
  • Vampire Princess Rising by Jami Brumfield

    Vampire Princess Rising by Jami Brumfield

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Savannah Winters went from homecoming queen to vampire princess in one terrifying night. Now she must find a way to survive the dark world she lives without letting the anger and depression overwhelm and destroy her. Maintaining a balance between her supernatural identity and human cover is more difficult then she could ever imagine...
    Categorized as:
    magic  paranormal  vampires  angels  book  demons  fiction  horror
  • Into the Shadows by Jayda Marx

    Into the Shadows by Jayda Marx

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    An ancient evil has resurfaced. For the first time in nearly seven hundred years, ghouls are roaming the earth again. And this time, they're not alone. Head Elder Abel of the Fairview Vampire Coven has made a pact with the creatures; to join their strengths and take control of the world by fear and force...
  • A Dream Before Dawn by K.C. Kingmaker

    A Dream Before Dawn by K.C. Kingmaker

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The academy intrigue, supernatural sexiness, and dark mysteries just keep coming... and so do I. Going into Briarwitch Academy, I wasn’t a big fan of supernaturals. But I learned to appreciate something: Other than their magic and unreasonable attractiveness (seriously, it’s not fair), they’re not so different than humans. There are good ones and bad ones.Currently, I have a bad one locked away...
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    dystopia  magic  paranormal  vampires  adult  book  comedy  fae
  • 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...
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    dystopia  magic  paranormal  vampires  adult  apocalyptic  book  demons
  • Awakened: Hidden Series Book Four by M. Lathan

    Awakened: Hidden Series Book Four by M. Lathan

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    After killing the biggest threat to their family and the world, Christine and Nathan are eager to move on with their lives, but Christine is sensing death stronger than she’s ever sensed it before. With Nate constantly threatened with losing himself again and a deranged girl with a motive to kill on the loose, a number of things can drive their happily ever after painfully out of reach...
  • Mask of Poison by Kathryn Ann Kingsley

    Mask of Poison by Kathryn Ann Kingsley

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Darkness has come to consume the world, and only Ember knows the true depths of its horror.As a hunter, Ember’s life was spent saving humanity from the flesh-starved corpses eager to devour them. Then, a fresh evil clawed its way to the surface, leaving Ember feeling she traded one apocalypse for another.Rxa gave his life to protect his kingdom. But now he’s back, undead and untethered...
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    dystopia  magic  paranormal  royalty  vampires  adult  alpha-mc  book
  • Black Magic Voodoo by Nikki Landis

    Black Magic Voodoo by Nikki Landis

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Mystic Hallows HaremBox Set, Episodes 1 & 2Ep. 1: Black Magic VoodooEp. 2: Toil & TroubleCassie Howe is a descendant of the infamous Salem witches.Tasked with protecting the veil and the sleepy little town of Mystic Hallows, she begins the Festival of the Dead and the month-long celebration of Samhain...
  • One Girl in All the World by Kendare Blake

    One Girl in All the World by Kendare Blake

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    New York Times best-selling author Kendare Blake takes us back to the demon capital of the world in this highly anticipated sequel to In Every Generation, set in the world of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Frankie Rosenberg is coming to terms with the fact that she’s the newest slayer, but that doesn’t mean she has it all figured out just yet...
  • Companion Pieces by Melissa F. Olson

    Companion Pieces by Melissa F. Olson

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Stories from the Old World and BeyondFrom California to Colorado, the Old World is filled with complicated women, volatile creatures, and nulls with attitude. This unmissable collection includes the stories that run in between and alongside the Old World novels, allowing readers to catch up with favorite characters and find clues about the future of this bestselling series...
  • Witchcraft by Emma Mills

    Witchcraft by Emma Mills

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Jess is no ordinary vampire. Protected by the Manchester vampire clan, and initiated by her family’s east coast American coven, she is sought after by every dark witch and warring vampire faction. Jess must fight if she wants to keep hold of her friends, her sanity and finally her existence...
    Categorized as:
    magic  paranormal  vampires  angels  book  demons  fiction  horror
  • Vanquished by Nancy Holder, Debbie Viguié

    Vanquished by Nancy Holder, Debbie Viguié

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Following the “globetrotting supernatural adventure” (Publishers Weekly) of Damned, the riveting conclusion to the Crusade trilogy pushes the power of love to its limits.Hope is in short supply, but courage runs deep as the Salamancan hunters recover from a devastating loss. Jenn knows she must rally her team against the Cursed Ones, but her focus is shattered...
  • Reckless by Selene Charles

    Reckless by Selene Charles

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The day Flint DeLuca moved to Whispering Bluff, TN she thought her life was over...until she met the dark, brooding, and seriously hot Cain. And then things were epic. Until they weren't...
    Categorized as:
    dystopia  magic  paranormal  vampires  book  contemporary  dark  demons
  • The Vampire Fate by Michelle Madow

    The Vampire Fate by Michelle Madow

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The vampire queen is dead.Annika shouldn’t have been able to kill the vampire queen Laila—such a task can only be done by the Nephilim, whose race is extinct. But somehow, she did kill the queen. Now she’s the number one target on multiple hit lists, and she’s only alive because she’s a fugitive at the neutral kingdom of the Haven...
  • Unbreakable by C.C. Hunter

    Unbreakable by C.C. Hunter

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    He isn’t everything he says he is. He’s even more…Who is Chase Tallman, the newest member of Shadow Falls? What made him into the sexy, mysterious vampire he is today? And what led him to Della Tsang?Step back in time and unearth the secrets that haunt him. The secret of how he became a vampire—and how he knows so much about being reborn...
  • The Vampire Prince by Michelle Madow

    The Vampire Prince by Michelle Madow

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    To destroy the enemy, she will become the enemy.Everything has been taken from Annika — her family, her friends, and even her freedom — by the vampires who enslaved her in the hidden kingdom of The Vale. But now she possesses a magical ring that contains Geneva, the most powerful witch in the world, and she’s ready for revenge...
  • A Witch to Live by Glenn Bullion

    A Witch to Live by Glenn Bullion

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Kevin always had one ability that set him apart from everyone else. Healing. He healed his classmate Rachel when they were six years old, even though it almost exposed him.He lost his parents after starting high school. Now a senior, he struggles to stay out of his sister’s way as she takes care of both of them. He sleeps on the couch in their one-bedroom apartment and walks to school...
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    magic  paranormal  vampires  book  demons  fiction  horror  male-mc
  • Hyde by T.L. Brown

    Hyde by T.L. Brown

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Hanna is a victim. Of what she doesn't know. Waking in the trunk of a moving car in tattered clothes, she can only assume the worst. Taken to her father's Tudor Mansion she learns of his treachery and of the monster he holds captive inside of himself. Discovering who her parents really were means finding answers about herself, answers she never imagined possible...
    Categorized as:
    magic  paranormal  vampires  age-gap  audiobook  book  demons  fiction
  • Darkness Breaks by Jessica Sorensen

    Darkness Breaks by Jessica Sorensen

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Kayla made her choice and now she has to live with it. She stays with the Day Takers, hiding in the city, staking vampires. But fighting vampires as a human is difficult.Sylas constantly pressures Kayla to choose the life of a Day Taker. But until Kayla knows what Monarch is planning, she can’t make her choice. Plus there’s Aiden. No matter how hard she tries, she can’t stop thinking about him...
  • The Asylum by L.J. Smith, Kevin Williamson

    The Asylum by L.J. Smith, Kevin Williamson

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    The fifth book in the New York Times bestselling series by L.J. Smith.The Asylum is the fifth book in L.J. Smith’s bestselling Stefan’s Diaries series, which reveals the backstory of brothers Stefan and Damon from The Vampire Diaries series. This paperback features cover artwork from the hit CW TV series The Vampire Diaries, starring Nina Dobrev, Paul Wesley, and Ian Somerhalder...
  • Empire of Night by Justin Somper

    Empire of Night by Justin Somper

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    After the surprising revelation of the Tempest family history, twins Connor and Grace face a newly-defined future marked by their Vampirate roots. Meanwhile, Sidorio's evil Vampirate Empire continues its expansion, making it tragically apparent that no ship is safe. As for the pirates, they have a new mission: wipe out the vampirates...
  • 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:
    magic  paranormal  vampires  adult  book  dark  dark-fantasy  demons
  • Dark Craving by Veronica Wolff

    Dark Craving by Veronica Wolff

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    WE'VE FOLLOWED ANNELISE DREW'S JOURNEY AS SHE'S FOUGHT TO SURVIVE THE ISLE OF NIGHT. NOW IT'S TIME TO HEAR RONAN'S SIDE OF THE STORY. Tracer Ronan has cared for only one person in his life: Charlotte, his sister. With her death, a consuming desire for revenge and destruction ignited in his heart. But when new recruit Annelise Drew arrives on the island, Ronan finds he craves more than revenge...
  • The Devil You Know by Marie Castle

    The Devil You Know by Marie Castle

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Cate Delacy isn’t thrilled to be volunteered as a finder of lost bodies, but she’s not immune to Gemini Roskov’s grief and righteous desire to claim her father’s remains. It means a confrontation with the hostile Council of Supernatural Beings that controls far too much of New Orleans’ darker mysteries and…personalities...
    Categorized as:
    magic  paranormal  vampires  adult  book  demons  fiction  horror
  • A Tithe of Blood and Ashes by Alyxandra Harvey

    A Tithe of Blood and Ashes by Alyxandra Harvey

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Lucy has survived her vampire best friend's mysterious illness, her first term at the Helios-Ra vampire hunting academy, dating one of the Drake brothers, and an all out vampire-human war. She considers herself lucky...
  • Princess by Ariel Marie

    Princess by Ariel Marie

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Nadira Olaru, a vampire princess, has longed for one thing--to find her mate. She has her sights on a human, but her family does not approve. Vampire law insists because she is of the royal bloodline, she should mate with their kind.But their laws cannot change who fate has chosen for her. Zac Cooper was destined to be hers.The pull to be with him is too strong to ignore...
  • Thirst for Vampire by D.S. Murphy

    Thirst for Vampire by D.S. Murphy

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Vampires destroyed my world. Now I'm going to destroy theirs.I took it all for granted. I grew up protected in an elite compound, waiting for the day I'd be claimed by an elite and taken to the citadel of lights to begin my training. But after barely surviving my trials, the king discovers I'm renitent - a rare human that can resist his compulsion...
  • The Return by Nicole R. Taylor

    The Return by Nicole R. Taylor

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Zac's afterlife is just going from bad to worse. He grew a heart only to have it torn out by the founding vampire, Arturius.Nobody is sure what he wants, but Zac doesn't want to know. He's more interested in finding a way to end him for good. But, it might just be that he's after Gabby, who's harbouring a secret of her own, one that Arturius would do anything for...
  • Taste of Vampire by D.S. Murphy

    Taste of Vampire by D.S. Murphy

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A vampire prince. A beautiful rebel. A love that could topple the kingdom. The covenant protects both races. Without the elite, the infection from the poisonous ash would turn us into monsters. Without the humans, the bloodlust from the elixir would drive the elite mad. I've always been a loyal citizen. I've always believed the lies they tell us...
    Categorized as:
    dystopia  paranormal  royalty  vampires  book  dark  fiction  horror
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