Books like 'Purgatori, Volume 1: Hell and back'
Readers who enjoyed Purgatori, Volume 1: Hell and back by Aaron Gillespie & Nei Ruffino also liked the following books featuring the same tropes, story themes, relationship dynamics and character types.
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Anghellic by Shayne Silvers
Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsCallie Penrose has taken over Castle Dracula all for herself, finally feeling like she has time to take a breath and relax. Until she learns that her new real estate acquisition comes with a few unsavory job perks, Nate Temple has been abducted, and Darling and Dear—the mysterious Armorers of the Apocalypse—have been hiding much more than even she suspected... -
God Hammer by John Conroe
Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsBook 9 - Summer in the Big Apple. Eight million stories of excitement and adventure... plus one. Declan O'Carroll is ready to start his summer internship at the hottest new company on the planet, Demidova Incorporated... -
Summer Reign by John Conroe, James Patrick Cronin
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsFaced with writing college papers, prepping for tests, and teaching testy witches, Declan O'Carroll has enough on his plate. Not to mention the magical withdrawal of leaving his very own magical kingdom behind on Fairie. But when he and his friends are attacked from creatures out of folklore and fable it seems the Queens of Summer and Winter aren't done with him yet... -
Monsters Everywhere by Steve Higgs
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTempest Michaels has a vampire problem.He’s an old hat at this game and dealing with cases like this are his speciality. Except this time …… the vampires are his clients.When someone starts targeting members of the local vampire Live Action Role Play club, there’s only one person they can think of to turn to – their old nemesis, Tempest Michaels... -
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Demon Divine by John Conroe
Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsSomething unholy is hunting the streets of Burlington, Vermont, stalking the campus of the local university. Chris Gordon and his contingent of demon hunters is drawn to the northern Vermont city by a brutal murder of hellish proportions, ready to banish it from Earth... -
Darkkin Queen by John Conroe
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsBook 16 of the Demon Accords. Tatiana Demidova - natural born vampire, Coven royalty, fighter, CEO, mate of the God Hammer, Fallen Angel... mother. She wears many hats, balances diverse duties, multi-tasks like any other woman, except most of those don't face demons from Hell, monsters from Fairie, alien invaders, or pissy world leaders... -
Forced Ascent by John Conroe
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsChris Gordon has never had an easy relationship with the White House. Now, after rescuing his goddaughter from a secret base in New Hampshire, it’s reached a new low. You drop one little asteroid onto the continental United States and the entire government goes crazy. On top of that Halloween is fast approaching and demons are popping through into our world every which way... -
Ebony's Legacy: Year One by M. Guida
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWant more Legacy? This is Raven’s sister’s story! Watch the legacy continue!!!Ebony: I’m stuck at Legacy Academy, trying to live down my big sister’s reputation.I’m not Raven. But try telling this to the other girls who want my head on a platter. I’m not special. In fact, I’m a big, fat mess. I didn’t want to go to school. I wanted revenge, but like my sister before me, I can’t control my powers... -
Brutal Asset by John Conroe
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsBook 3 of the Demon Accords. Partnered in an uneasy alliance with federal law enforcement, Chris Gordon has been hunting down the outlaw gang, Loki's Spawn, who attacked his vampire girlfriend. But when he finds unexpected hostages who trigger his baser instincts, Chris is thrown into a search for answers to dark questions... -
Sinners by Larry Correia, John Ringo
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsNIGHTMARE 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... -
Duel Nature by John Conroe
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsChris and Tanya have been assigned as Coven Rovers, traveling the country and trouble shooting the supernatural community. It's a job that's part cop and part auditor, one that should be long periods of boredom mixed with small parts of action... -
Stolen Paradise by Mila Young, Harper A. Brooks
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThese monsters rule the city... and I've become their newest obsession.I've been caught in a war between the three most powerful gangs in the city... and I'm trapped with the most dangerous of them all.The Kings.With each passing day, they lurk closer, their darkness pulling me a bit deeper. They push me, demanding everything I have when my world is falling apart... -
Night Wedding by Lisa Carlisle
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMy vampire boyfriend is acting strange.Is it the seven-month itch?We’ve passed that milestone, but maybe our relationship has become routine. My best friend thinks I should spice things up. That might be easy for a half-siren, but I’m a witch. I can master spells, not seduction.My awkward attempt proves it. I'll stick to dancing in clubs rather than my bedroom...Categorized as:
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Bobby Singer's Guide to Hunting by David Reed
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsMy name is Bobby Singer. In twenty-four hours I’m gonna lose my memory. So here’s everything you need to know.Monsters, demons, angels, vampires, the boogeyman under your bed: I’ve seen it, I’ve hunted it, I’ve killed it. I’m not the only hunter out here, but there aren’t as many as there used to be. Not near as many as there need to be... -
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Bangkok Warlock by John P. Logsdon, Noah K. Sturdevant
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhy sell your soul when you can rent it? Mark Vedis is an average cop. Average for a mage in the Paranormal Police Department (PPD), anyway. After years of doing the jobs nobody else wanted, his career, and life, seemed to be on hold... -
Revenge of the Furballs by D.M. Guay
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsOne loser, one talking cockroach, and one karate-chopping bombshell stand between YOU and a menacing army of...fat, adorable hamsters? Wait. Back up.Lloyd Wallace has been through a lot these past few months. He's stopped the zombie apocalypse, fought off demonic possession by the deadly sin of sloth, and helped the grim reaper get his job back... -
Legacy Academy: Year Two by M. Guida
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhew, my first year at the academy is over--what a ride.I found a magical orb that showed me Mom is alive, but I don't know where she is. The only way to find her is for me to master my powers, but I'm failing. If I don't pass, I'll be kicked out of school. Without my powers, I won't be strong enough to defeat the Dark Demons and rescue Mom. My two handsome princes are still with me... -
Legacy Academy Year Three by M. Guida
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsI barely survived my second year at Legacy Academy, and I have more crazy powers that are hard to control.But I have to, right?Unfortunately, the dark demons want me and last time almost got me if it weren’t for Lucien and the Defenders.To make matters worse, there’s a reason why I’m different from all the other dragons... -
Matt Archer: Bloodlines by Kendra C. Highley
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen 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... -
Kings of Eden by Mila Young, Harper A. Brooks
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI'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... -
Bound By Blood: Volume 1 (Bound By Blood, #1) by Shane K.P. O'Neill
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratings“A war rages on around us every day. The struggle to save all mankind. The ultimate evil.”As his moment of death looms Dracula suffers the ultimate betrayal. The champion of the Catholic faith in Eastern Europe realises it is Lucifer who is coming to claim him. However, Lucifer does not want his soul. Instead he bites into Dracula’s neck and then offers his own blood to drink... -
Wicked Devouring by Sarah Piper
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCruel dark fae bent on revenge. Ancient, power-hungry demons. Corrupt mages eager to swear fealty to the darkness…Enemies lurk in every shadow, and they’ll stop at nothing to claim the one thing they believe stands in their way of world domination:Me... -
The Curse of Monsters by Mia Hartson
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAn unbreakable bond. An ancient curse. A monster to ruin kingdoms.We survived the outliers, but now Kade, Asher, Darian, Locke, and I are in the fae kingdom with a tortured prince in our grasp. The fae hold the secrets to breaking the curse over Katakin, and I intend to find out what they are... -
Bloodline Sorcery by Lan Chan
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBlood might be thicker than water, but my blood only spells trouble. It’s a new semester at Bloodline Academy but I’m the same old Sophie Mwansa. I’m still the low-magic kitchen witch at the bottom of the totem pole. The rare human in a school full of shifters, Nephilim, Fae and vampires. And they look at me like I’m their worst nightmare... -
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Wicked Awakening by Sarah Piper
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsA witch with no power captured by four vicious, possessive, sinfully hot gargoyles…Not exactly the makings of a happy ending.Yet here in the arms of New York’s most brutal monsters, I’ve never felt so safe. So cherished... -
A Drop of Anguish by Stacey Trombley
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsI 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... -
Pop Art by Joe Hill
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsImogene is young and beautiful. She kisses like a movie star and knows everything about every film ever made. She's also dead and waiting in the Rosebud Theater for Alec Sheldon one afternoon in 1945. . . .Arthur Roth is a lonely kid with big ideas and a gift for attracting abuse. It isn't easy to make friends when you're the only inflatable boy in town. . . .Francis is unhappy...Categorized as:
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Legacy Academy Year Four by M. Guida
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsI’m supposed to be starting my fourth year of school, but Legacy’s in deep trouble.Ryker has taken everything from me, and I want revenge.The Defenders are scattered. Lucien’s missing.And I am alone.My heart’s broken, but I’m not defeated.I have to rely on my training and on my dragon to gather back the Defenders and find Lucien.A final showdown is coming between me and Ryker... -
Stone Will: Obsidian Angels MC by Albany Walker
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTread lightly, for what you awaken, even the demons fear.Leadership is a mantle I never wanted, but when the responsibility is foisted upon me, I have no choice but to take the reins, at least until I can find a worthy replacement.Even with newly found alliances that alter my very existence, I have every intention of returning to the shadows when my job is done... -
Demon Wars by Mark Tufo
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFollow along in this explosive conclusion to the Lycan and Demon Fallout series. Angels, demons, lycan, vampires, witches and one very psychotic clown all battle for Maker’s earth. Some to destroy it, some to claim it as their own and still others just to preserve it... -
All Hallows Night by Marie Hall, R.S. Black
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSecrets and truths, lies and red herrings… which is which? That’s what Pandora’s trying to figure out. Ever since the death of her best, and probably only friend by her own hands, she’s not sure who to trust anymore. The Priest is dead. The Gray Man is… she’s not even sure what. Luc, well, Luc is Luc. The Order has sent her deep into the heart of Mexico to investigate a potential zombie uprising... -
Ebony's Legacy: Year Two by M. Guida
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe Unseelie are one step ahead of us and I should be focusing on stopping them…But my mind is focused on the one guy who doesn’t want anything to do with me.One kiss turned my world upside down, but if I don’t get back into the game, the enemy will win... -
God Touched by John Conroe
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 37 ratingsBook 1 of the Demon Accords. Chris Gordon is a rookie with the NYPD - one with a secret. In his spare time Chris is an exorcist without equal with a gift from God. But when he saves a beautiful girl from a demonic attack, he discovers there is more to fear than just demons... -
A Beautiful Evil by Kelly Keaton
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsMyth and mayhem inhabit a richly reimagined New Orleans in this sequel to Darkness Becomes Her.After the epic graveyard battle at the end of Darkness Becomes Her, Ari and her friends know what they’re up against: Ari is facing the Medusa curse and is haunted by the image of what she will become... -
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Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Script Book Season One Vol. 1 by Joss Whedon
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThis volume contains the first six scripts from the first season of the television programme Buffy the Vampire Slayer. These scripts are the shooting drafts, and contain production notes, cut dialogue and different scenes... -
Voluntary Committal by Joe Hill
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFrom the New York Times bestselling author of NOS4A2 and Horns comes this e-short story—from Joe Hill’s award-winning collection 20th Century Ghosts.Imogene is young and beautiful. She kisses like a movie star and knows everything about every film ever made. She's also dead and waiting in the Rosebud Theater for Alec Sheldon one afternoon in 1945. . . -
Matt Archer: Legend by Kendra C. Highley
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen 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... -
Monster Roommate by Amanda Aggie
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA witty heroine and a sexy, alpha-hole hero.I'm Nora and in my entire afterlife, I never expected to be roommates with a possessive, cocky, sexy-as-sin vampire. Since I've been dead, no one has been able to see me, but that changed the second he stepped through the front door of my internal prison--aka my old house from before I flew the coop... -
A Taste of Torment by Stacey Trombley
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsA magical prince wants to date me, but there's one big problem.This prince has claws.Everyone at Shadow Hills Academy desires the dark and powerful Jarron Blackthorn. But I'm the only one who has seen the terrifying beast beneath his magical façade... -
Chosen by Nancy Holder
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBIGGEST BADDEST BUFFY OF THEM ALL The First has come to Sunnydale and set its sights on taking down the Slayer. On the side of the White Hats: Buffy, Xander, Willow, Anya, Dawn, Giles, Spike, Faith, Angel, and an assortment of young, innocent, untried Potentials... -
American Monsters by Derek Landy
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe epic conclusion in the mind-blowing supernatural thriller from bestselling author DEREK LANDY, creator of international sensation Skulduggery Pleasant.Bigger, meaner, stronger, Amber closes in on her murderous parents as they make one last desperate play for power... -
Desolation by Derek Landy
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsReeling from their bloody encounter in New York City at the end of Demon Road, Amber and Milo flee north. On their trail are the Hounds of Hell – five demonic bikers who will stop at nothing to drag their quarries back to their unholy master... -
Don't Say My Name by Helen Scott, Lacey Carter Andersen
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsSay my name...They tell you I bring death and carnage. They believe I'm a curse, one that's contagious.But they're wrong.I was locked away for protecting the innocent. And while my name does bring violence and bloody destruction, it's only to those whose very souls are corrupted by the violence and hatred they harbor within.So say my name if you need my help... -
The Supernatural Book of Monsters, Spirits, Demons, and Ghouls by Alexander C. Irvine
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsTwenty-three years ago, Sam and Dean Winchester lost their mother to a demonic supernatural force. Following the tragedy, their father, John, set out to teach his boys everything about the paranormal evil that lives in the dark corners and on the back roads of America . . . and how to kill it... -
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With Teeth by Brian Keene
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFor a group of middle-aged friends, the trip into the forest was supposed to be simple. All they had to do was find a place to set up their criminal enterprise, and all of their financial problems would be solved. But now, night is falling, and with the darkness comes something else. Something fast. Something ferocious. Something... with teeth... -
Down in the Hollow by Timothy Hobbs
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIt all begins with a decapitated head found at the bottom of a dark well. Bertram Stone is a former Texas Ranger running from the changes of an ever-evolving world. Horses were being replaced by cars. Laws were changing how Bertram could deal justice. Wanting to live out his golden years in peace, Stone flees to the quiet town of Hamilton, Texas where he becomes the local sheriff... -
Best New Horror by Joe Hill
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsImogene is young and beautiful. She kisses like a movie star and knows everything about every film ever made. She's also dead and waiting in the Rosebud Theater for Alec Sheldon one afternoon in 1945. . . .Arthur Roth is a lonely kid with big ideas and a gift for attracting abuse. It isn't easy to make friends when you're the only inflatable boy in town. . . .Francis is unhappy... -
Demons: Encounters with the Devil and His Minions, Fallen Angels, and the Possessed by John Skipp, Neil Gaiman
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratings2011 BRAM STOKER WINNER for Superior Achievement in an Anthology!This mind-blowing anthology cracks open the lid on demonic lore, from the possessed to fallen angels and the Devil himself. The next book in Black Dog's supernatural series, Demons presents thirty-six terrifying, tantalizing tales in which evil spirits wreak havoc on the world... -
Monster by Juliann Whicker
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDreams can be deadly, even when your fated mate is a dark fae prince the monsters fear.Rule #1 Don't talk to your hallucinations.Rule #2 Don't let anyone know your fears.Rule #3 Don't let anyone get too close.I’m El Adams, Eleanor if you want to get fancy. Our family moves around a lot... -
Storberry by Dan Padavona
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDo You Miss the Days when Vampire Novels were Scary?Haunted by the demons of his childhood, Evan Moran returns to Storberry, Virginia, to find a greater evil threatens the town. Across town, teenager Jen Barrows is frightened by the strange noises which come from her garage crawlspace after nightfall, despite the assurances of friend Tom Kingsley that there is nothing to fear...
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