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  • Broken by Jex Lane

    Broken by Jex Lane

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    Vampire. Incubus. Demigod. Weapon. Matthew has many names, but none as distressing as pet. A slave to incubus High King Malarath, Matthew is tired. Tired of fighting. Tired of losing those he loves. Tired of the torture. And, in his despair, his body begins to decay around him...
  • Sire by Jex Lane

    Sire by Jex Lane

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · 32 ratings
    “Because love is the easiest way to control someone and I needed a way to control you.” Still mending a broken heart, Matthew has spent a year avoiding incubi and their army of hunters. Now he has a new goal: lift the shroud on his past...
  • Draakenwood by Jordan L. Hawk

    Draakenwood by Jordan L. Hawk

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Someone is killing members of the old families…and the evidence points to Whyborne. Widdershins has been unusually quiet for months. But now a mysterious creature from the Outside is on the loose, assassinating members of the town’s old families by draining their blood...
  • Fangs by Katie May

    Fangs by Katie May

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    So, here's the deal.I got locked up for a crime I totally committed. Yup. Your girl stabbed a ho...or four. Stabbed, maimed, ate, slaughtered. You get the picture.Not what you expected to hear from me, huh?But everything changes when I'm broken out of Prodigium Academy by the exact man I've been trying to hide from: Lucifer. Aka, my sperm donor. Aka, the man who tried to kill me as a baby...
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    demons  mlm  paranormal  vampires  adult  book  comedy  fated-mates
  • Shaker of Earth by Jordan L. Hawk

    Shaker of Earth by Jordan L. Hawk

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Charleston is reeling beneath the onslaught of demons unleashed by the vampire spirit Drugoy and his human host Yuri. Alone and drained almost to the point of death, Gray and Caleb must make their way across a city gone mad in hopes of putting an end to Yuri and Dru. But the other drakul isn’t the only enemy they have to worry about...
  • Chance: Episode Seven by Nicholas Bella

    Chance: Episode Seven by Nicholas Bella

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    “Just when I thought I had enough on my plate... fate, or the cosmos or whatever, decides I'm not stressed enough and pours on another helping of what the hell!” My failure to prevent a particularly nasty demon from completing a ritual to open a portal may have doomed us all unless I can stop what came through. That, of course, is easier said than done...
  • Circus Creeps by Aiden Pierce

    Circus Creeps by Aiden Pierce

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Welcome to Sinner’s Sideshow, the most obscene, blood-pumping, skin-crawling creep show this side of Hell. As a circus brat, show biz is in my blood. And as a half-succubus, I was made for Sinner’s Sideshow—the only circus made to entertain the most depraved of monsters.When I’m plunged into a dark world of death, darkness, and corpse-ridden carnivals, I meet them…The demonic ringmaster...
  • Silent Omen by Ashley Amy

    Silent Omen by Ashley Amy

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Book Summary What had I gotten myself into? This game wasn’t just for show on a board. No. These monsters played something I was foreign to. I didn’t know the rules when I started, but I didn’t know this was what the game would turn into. Still, I keep trying. I have nothing left. I’ll play until it’s done because I can’t let them win...
  • Nephilim the Reckoning by Elizabeth Blackthorne

    Nephilim the Reckoning by Elizabeth Blackthorne

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Move over Angel of Vengeance!Those that betrayed me had better run because when I catch up to them, they will wish they were burning in Hell!Just as we were coming together, our team of Guardians has been ripped apart and I will stop at nothing to getting the demon I love back home where he belongs.Leaving a trail of blood and carnage behind him, Shemyaza is seeking something...
  • Vampire Trinity by Joey W. Hill

    Vampire Trinity by Joey W. Hill

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Vampire hunter Gideon Green never intended to become a vampire's servant. But when Anwyn, a woman with whom he shared an unforgettable night, is turned by a vampire pack, Gideon is forced into an uneasy alliance with one of the most terrifying vampires he's ever encountered: the mysterious Daegan Rei.Daegan has a vested interest in Anwyn...
  • Agent Bayne by Jordan Castillo Price

    Agent Bayne by Jordan Castillo Price

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Victor Bayne is through with the Chicago PD. Can he handle the FPMP?After years of frustration as a PsyCop, Victor Bayne reports for duty at the Federal Psychic Monitoring Program. As a fledgeling agent, he’s ready to smoke out a few ghosts and be home each night in time for dinner...
  • Destroyer of Worlds by Jordan L. Hawk

    Destroyer of Worlds by Jordan L. Hawk

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    After becoming possessed by the vampire spirit Gray, telekinetic Caleb Jansen thought his situation couldn’t get any worse. But that was before Graham Forsyth, head of SPECTR’s sinister Research Division, took him into custody.Forsyth claims he can exorcise Gray before the forty-day time limit runs out. But once at RD, Caleb and Gray find themselves ensnared in a web of lies...
  • Summoner of Storms by Jordan L. Hawk

    Summoner of Storms by Jordan L. Hawk

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Federal exorcist John Starkweather’s life is in tatters. His best friend Sean betrayed him. SPECTR, the agency he viewed more as a surrogate family than an employer, wants him dead. His only allies are members of the mysterious organization called the Vigilant, whose motives remain in question...
  • Say Your Prayers by Crystal Ash, Kathryn Moon

    Say Your Prayers by Crystal Ash, Kathryn Moon

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Hell has taken over. And Earth’s last sanctuary doesn’t stand a chance.A young woman with horns was the last person Father Stavros expected to see approaching his gate, begging for sanctuary. As a man of God, he learned to never turn away someone in need, especially after Hell’s Rising. But the sinful cravings that follow him and his fellow priests are a whole new obstacle...
  • The Hellbeast's Queen by Stephanie Hudson

    The Hellbeast's Queen by Stephanie Hudson

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Hope can be a dangerous thing.It can be all consuming.Can be the only thing you think about.The only comfort you have when locked to the darkness of your own mind.The hope to find light at the end of the tunnel.A guiding hand to led you out of the nightmare.But what of love?For Ella it is the thing she clings onto when all that hope is lost.A love that is always worth fighting for...
  • Bringer of Night by Jordan L. Hawk

    Bringer of Night by Jordan L. Hawk

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The vampire spirit Gray and his human host Caleb have sworn never to drink from a human again. But when a woman from one of Caleb’s tour groups is murdered by what appears to be a vampire, Caleb is arrested as the prime suspect. Not only does she have a bite mark on her throat, but security camera footage reveals her murderer looks exactly like Caleb, down to the clothes he was wearing that night...
  • Raven's Song by Charlie Nottingham

    Raven's Song by Charlie Nottingham

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A morally gray necromancer, a playful fae, and a kindhearted vampire: all bound by one witch.When a vengeful demon burned her house down, Rain Carter had no choice but to move into the haven of Copperfield House with her boyfriend, Graham, her other boyfriend, Ezra, and his partner, Warren.She wants to believe she's safe here, but considering Warren's a murderer for hire..
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    demons  lgbtq  mlm  paranormal  vampires  adult  angels  book
  • Curse of Seduction by C.R. Robertson

    Curse of Seduction by C.R. Robertson

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    An evil queen cursed the princes of Purgatory to claim their magic. Only their fated witch mate can save them, but a blood sacrifice is required that demands the highest emotional cost.Ilana has spent two hundred years believing she is a defective vampire, until the day she bumps into the incubus Ezekiel. Her witch powers finally awaken as they sense the presence of her mate...
  • All Your Bloody Lies by M.L. Burns

    All Your Bloody Lies by M.L. Burns

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Xeraphine Nora:For a decade, revenge has consumed my every waking thought. My sole desire? To mete out even a fraction of the suffering inflicted upon me by those five individuals. They believed they could silence me forever, burying me alive and leaving me for dead. Little did they know, it takes more than mundane means to kill a demon.I’m coming for you all… my sweets...
  • Mayhem by Nicholas Bella

    Mayhem by Nicholas Bella

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    "I don't think I've ever been so terrified of my future as I am right now." With less than seventy-two hours on the clock and Xora still evading King Adriel's forces, time is running out for everyone. I don't want to think about a world overrun by demons who could care less about saving humanity. I'm doing everything in my power to track this evil thing down, but I'm not having much luck...
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    demons  lgbtq  mlm  paranormal  steamy  adult  age-gap  book
  • Havoc by Nicholas Bella

    Havoc by Nicholas Bella

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    “As if chasing down a seriously dangerous demon that's killing people like that's the thing to do at night, I've got even more romance trouble brewing!” I think I'm seriously in over my head at this point. First off, we're nowhere close to finding Xora, the hell demon that's killing more people than the morgue has room for. On top of that, I've found my other mate...
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    demons  lgbtq  mlm  paranormal  steamy  adult  age-gap  book
  • Breaker of Chains by Jordan L. Hawk

    Breaker of Chains by Jordan L. Hawk

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Caught between the worlds of human and drakul, Caleb and Gray must make a fateful choice.Big changes are afoot at SPECTR. John Starkweather, once a hotshot field agent, is now benched. Instead of chasing down demons during Charleston’s biggest outbreak, he’s stuck interviewing exorcists about a previous case...
  • Bound by the Vampire Queen: A Vampire Queen Series Novel by Joey W. Hill

    Bound by the Vampire Queen: A Vampire Queen Series Novel by Joey W. Hill

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Sworn to obedience, compelled by loyalty, and threatened with damnation for betrayal, Jacob entered Lady Lyssa’s servitude as a human servant...
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    lgbtq  mlm  paranormal  steamy  vampires  adult  book  contemporary
  • Inferno by J.B. Trepagnier

    Inferno by J.B. Trepagnier

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Where no hope is left, is left no fear My familiar brings us word. Another one of my mates has their life on the line with this deadly game with the Hellhounds and the mysterious Prince of Hell. They don’t seem to know Lilith is on our side. We have our secrets too. The game strikes a little too close to home and I’m in a fighting mood. It’s time to fight back...
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    demons  paranormal  steamy  vampires  adult  book  dark  fiction
  • Deadly Omen by Ashley Amy

    Deadly Omen by Ashley Amy

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Book Summary The game has changed. More secrets are coming out. They don’t think I’m equipped or smart enough to keep up… Too bad I’m still playing the game my bullies thought they already won. I’ll play my part while I study their movements. Strategy is equal parts planning and acting. It might be an impossible task to learn what’s going on, but I will over time...
  • Drinker of Blood by Jordan L. Hawk

    Drinker of Blood by Jordan L. Hawk

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    An outbreak of demon attacks across Charleston has worn SPECTR agent John Starkweather to the bone. Now a new threat faces his team: a demon with bullet—and bite—proof skin, which can’t be stopped by ordinary means. John’s only solace comes in the form of his lovers: Caleb Jansen and the vampire spirit Gray. Caleb and Gray have their own problems, however...
  • Nephilim the Summoning by Elizabeth Blackthorne

    Nephilim the Summoning by Elizabeth Blackthorne

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A creature born of darkness and sin. I am Nephilim. The discovery of what I am has left me reeling, but it has also left me with some amazing powers, a gorgeous pair of black wings and four hot guys in my bed. You’ve got to look on the bright side...
  • Irregulars by Nicole Kimberling, Josh Lanyon

    Irregulars by Nicole Kimberling, Josh Lanyon

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    It’s a secret international organization operating in cities on every continent. It polices relations between the earthly realm and those beyond this world, enforcing immigration laws, the transfers of magical artifacts, and crimes against humanity.The agents who work for the NATO Irregular Affairs Division can’t tell anyone what they do, or how hard they work to keep us safe...
  • Captive by Jex Lane

    Captive by Jex Lane

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 32 ratings
    Matthew Callahan has spent seven years struggling against the insatiable hunger for blood consuming him. Unable to stop the vampire inside from preying on humans, he keeps himself confined to a lonely existence. Everything changes the night he is lured into a trap and taken prisoner by High Lord General Tarrick—a seductive incubus who feeds off sexual energy...
  • Nikolai by S.L. Jennings

    Nikolai by S.L. Jennings

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    From New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Author S.L. Jennings We met Nikolai in The Dark Prince (Dark Light #2). Now learn his story... Two centuries ago, I clawed my way into a world of immorality, filth and destruction. A world seething with secrets and lies, both mortal and immortal. Complete and utter Darkness...
  • Captive by Jex Lane

    Captive by Jex Lane

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    Matthew Callahan has spent seven years struggling against the insatiable hunger for blood consuming him. Unable to stop the vampire inside from preying on humans, he keeps himself confined to a lonely existence. Everything changes the night he is lured into a trap and taken prisoner by High Lord General Tarrick—a seductive incubus who feeds off sexual energy...
  • Stalker of Shadows by Jordan L. Hawk

    Stalker of Shadows by Jordan L. Hawk

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Some stones are better left unturned… John Starkweather feels restless. Though still technically an agent for SPECTR, his only job now seems to be hanging out with his boyfriends, Caleb and the vampire spirit Gray, and binge-watching TV in their New Orleans apartment. The inactivity comes to an abrupt end when a rougarou attacks John’s estranged grandfather...
  • 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...
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    lgbtq  mlm  paranormal  steamy  vampires  action-adventure  adult  book
  • Kings of Eden by Mila Young, Harper A. Brooks

    Kings of Eden by Mila Young, Harper A. Brooks

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I've danced for some powerful and deadly men. But lately, instead of dollars, I'm collecting death warrants. I’ve always played with danger. And as long as I followed the rules, I told myself I’d always be safe.One night is all it took, one mistake, and now every damned mafia criminal in the Black Spades gang is after me.But so are the Kings of Eden...
  • The Duke's Demon by Iris Foxglove

    The Duke's Demon by Iris Foxglove

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Devon Chastain has always been angry. He burns with it, is consumed by it, lashing out at friend and foe alike and securing his reputation as a difficult noble son for all to see...
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    angst  demons  lgbtq  mlm  paranormal  steamy  adult  audiobook
  • Harvester of Bones by Jordan L. Hawk

    Harvester of Bones by Jordan L. Hawk

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Federal exorcist John Starkweather is consumed by the search for the truth about his past. A new lead takes him away from New Orleans, to confront the twisted man who experimented on him as a teen.Left behind yet again, Caleb and Gray throw themselves into the hunt for a murderous demon lurking deep in the swamp...
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    angst  demons  law-enforcement  lgbtq  mlm  paranormal  vampires  abuse
  • Seeker of Truth by Jordan L. Hawk

    Seeker of Truth by Jordan L. Hawk

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Federal agent John Starkweather’s parents are dead. Or at least—the people he remembered as his parents. With his very identity in question, John must look elsewhere for answers.The now-defunct Center for Loving Redemption may provide the clues he needs. But as John’s true memories begin to resurface, the answers prove worse than he ever imagined...
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    demons  law-enforcement  lgbtq  mlm  paranormal  vampires  abuse  adult
  • Unholy by Morgan Brice

    Unholy by Morgan Brice

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A cycle of ritual murders. A coven of dark warlocks, drawing their immortality from the magic of their dead master. Two men sworn to stop the deaths, destroy the warlocks, and avenge the victims. Except this time, the killer flips the script. Seth Tanner swore vengeance on the dark witches who killed his brother, Jesse...
  • Mastered: Teagan by Krystal Shannan

    Mastered: Teagan by Krystal Shannan

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Nobody could fix her or claim her.She belonged to nobody.Pain was her game.Self-deprecating and guilt-ridden she-wolf, Teagan Rourke, has been to hell and back. Now, all she wants is agony to reinforce what she already knows--she doesn't deserve happiness. Frequenting Castle, a local BDSM club, and succumbing to a sadist's wishes is the only "happily ever after" she's looking for...
  • Bloody Wishes by Brea Alepoú

    Bloody Wishes by Brea Alepoú

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    They are his enemies, not his desires.Hyde has a secret. He’s a necromancer: a witch that plays with the dead.Necromancers have been hunted to near extinction by the vampires. So naturally, Hyde falls for the vampire prince—A man with pretty light green eyes Hyde can’t manage to look away from...
  • The Fixer: The Supernatural Syndicate by Amelia Hutchins

    The Fixer: The Supernatural Syndicate by Amelia Hutchins

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Scandal meets True Blood.Chevelle Reed had no idea her life was about to be turned upside when she strolled into the women’s artillery dining room. Nothing prepared her for Raithe Dravyn. He was known for his savagery and brutal response to anyone who opposed him or his syndicate. When he offered her the job of a lifetime, Chevelle turned it down...
  • Night Trials by Richard Amos

    Night Trials by Richard Amos

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Secrets are like hot coals—you can’t hold onto them for long. And my big secret just burned right through my hands.Damn.Things have really turned sour. I’d been looking for answers, but then along came the biggest plot twist of my life, with me as the star. Core-shaking stuff, details I would’ve been happy to never know.Sometimes it’s good to be left in the dark.Damn...
  • Her Sinful Saints by Ginna Moran

    Her Sinful Saints by Ginna Moran

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I didn’t think life could get any worse. Once you’ve gone to Hell, things should only look up, right? Wrong. Looking up is figuratively where my enemies wait to smite me. The angelic army might have stopped Hell from creating another level, but it’s not over. They haven’t won.And now they know it...
  • A Drop of Anguish by Stacey Trombley

    A Drop of Anguish by Stacey Trombley

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    I might be a magicless human, but I won't be easy prey.Everyone at Shadow Hills Academy thinks they know who I am. Canadice Montgomery, a weak magicless human whose only claim to power was her relationship with the demon prince, Jarron.The girl who's so desperate for power, she'd be willing to kill her peers in a deadly competition...
  • Heart of Thorns by Sarah Piper

    Heart of Thorns by Sarah Piper

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Gabriel… They say Gabriel Redthorne is the most ruthless royal vampire of all.They say he tore out a man’s throat just for spilling his bourbon.They say his heart is so cold, the women he beds turn to ice.Good. Let them talk.The vampire prince has always known it’s better to be feared as a monster than loved as a fool, no matter how cold his bed is.But then he meets her...
  • Elixir by Jordan Castillo Price

    Elixir by Jordan Castillo Price

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Wild Bill and Michael might have thought they made it out of the subterranean vampire nest unscathed, but in her anger, Silk left Michael a taste of her wrath that's impossible to shake.It's a race against time to cure Michael of a bizarre affliction, and though the hunter and his favorite vamp have few enough friends, Bill can't ash a cigarette without burning another bridge...
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    lgbtq  mlm  paranormal  steamy  vampires  action-adventure  adult  book
  • The Sinner and the Gunslinger by Lana Pecherczyk

    The Sinner and the Gunslinger by Lana Pecherczyk

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The age of sin is here…Chased by evil her whole life, Leila was accused of lighting the fire that killed her beloved foster brother Zeke. Now she’s one of the badass assassins fated to wield holy relics that will stop the apocalypse...
  • Mocker of Ravens by Jordan L. Hawk

    Mocker of Ravens by Jordan L. Hawk

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Caleb has spent the last six months adjusting to life possessed by the vampire spirit Gray. Unfortunately, after the events of Fort Sumter, the other agents of SPECTR view him more as a ticking time bomb than a co-worker. The one bright spot is Caleb and Gray’s boyfriend, federal exorcist John Starkweather. But John has problems of his own...
  • Dancer of Death by Jordan L. Hawk

    Dancer of Death by Jordan L. Hawk

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Revenge. Murder. Ballet?Vampire spirit Gray wants to hunt demons. Unfortunately, the foolish mortals at SPECTR have put his host, Caleb, their lover John, and their partner Zahira on desk duty. Gray longs to leave Charleston with John, but if they flee, SPECTR will make them the hunted.A series of paranormal murders returns the team to the field, at least temporarily...
  • Eternal Demon by Laura Wright

    Eternal Demon by Laura Wright

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    When Erion’s son is kidnapped by the evil vampire Cruen, Erion vows to stop at nothing to find his hideaway—including intercepting the traveling party of Cruen’s beautiful bride-to-be. But instead of a vulnerable caravan, Erion is met by a feral band of female demons that includes Hellen, the bride—a creature of dark magic and darker passion...
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