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Readers who enjoyed Blood Awakening by Kathryn M. Hearst also liked the following books featuring the same tropes, story themes, relationship dynamics and character types.
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Walking The Razor by Orlando A. Sanchez
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe brightest light casts the darkest shadow.Would you kill to save a life?In order to save those closest to him, Tristan has stepped closer to darkness.In order to save Tristan, Simon must do the impossible.When Monty uses blood magic, he enters a schism—which puts him, and everyone close to him, in mortal danger... -
Wicked Lies by Megan Montero
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMy power doesn’t lie but everyone else does…Ever since Beckett Dustwick walked into my life, I’ve only wanted one thing…him. To bad he doesn’t feel the same way. Our soulmate mark tells me we are destined to be together an important fact he lied about. But a broken heart won’t stop me from showing him exactly what I think. He may have started this game, but I will finish it... -
Archmage by Orlando A. Sanchez
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhen Monty and Simon emerged from Hell, they did so possessing the first of the five arcane runes—Mu.Divided between the two of them, the rune is the only way to stand against and defeat a Keeper of the Arcana.Keeper Gault has only one purpose the obliteration of Montague and Strong. After his second, Tellus, failed to capture the rune, Gault finds himself forced to take extreme measures... -
Broken Magic by Orlando A. Sanchez
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsEnergy cannot be created or destroyed, only transformed.Tristan Montague has had his ability to cast magic broken.When his confrontation with Edith and Verity leave him unable to access his magic, he must seek out another technique to regain his access.He must learn the Restoring Palm... -
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Lost Runes by Orlando A. Sanchez
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhat some call lost, others call hidden..By returning to the foundations of the magical sects, Monty and Simon must locate one of the main sources of magic.The lost runes.There’s only one problem. The runes were never lost—they were hidden, kept away from mages and humanity because of the mind-numbing destructive power they contain.The Keepers of Arcana, who hid them, want them to remain that way... -
Blood Lessons by Orlando A. Sanchez
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe hardest lessons are taught in blood..The power unleashed during the Ascendance, lingers.After defeating the Revenant, Monty realizes Simon’s blood has been poisoned—tainted.Simon is slowly transforming. His body is harnessing dark magic in ways thought unimaginable.Now, Monty is faced with the hardest choice... -
Storm Witch by Alys West
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAlthough not a witch herself, magic had always been part of Jenna’s life, guiding and nurturing her childhood. Her mother, Nina was a member of The Order of Spellworkers and Druids, enforcing the laws of the magical community. But six winter solstices ago Nina was murdered. Six winter solstices ago the other members of The Order died or disappeared... -
Blood Mosaic by Elizabeth Hunter
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA ruthless fire vampire. An unsuspecting human. A bargain that will cost them everything.Tatyana Vorona has no idea that she just made a deal with a vampire. When the naïve human bookkeeper offers to help locate embezzled funds for a wealthy CEO, she doesn’t realize she’s being set up as bait. Oleg Sokolov is a fire vampire as ancient as he is vicious...Categorized as:
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The Last by Lynnie Purcell
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe war between Lorian and Darian has ended, but Clare's fight has just begun. She is determined to stop Marcus. With Daniel and the rest of the Saints at her side, Clare searches for answers and starts the fight to bring Marcus down for good. But are they enough to stop the growing storm? The Last is the fourth and final book of The Watchers Series... -
Dead Statues by Tim O'Rourke
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWith the Skin-walkers closing in, Kiera and her friends flee across the English countryside. Learning Potter has been keeping secrets from her, Kiera makes the painful decision to split from the group and leave her friends behind to go in search of her father... -
A Crown of Thorns and Lies by Sloane Murphy
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe Shadow Realm was not what I expected.With it came so many unexpected joys, but also, the worst kind of pain.Back in our Realm once more, new enemies make themselves known, and betrayal is around every corner. It stings the worst when it’s from the ones you thought you could trust with your life.We’ve sacrificed too much and waited too long to let anything stand in our way now... -
Blood Rule by Orlando A. Sanchez
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsShe will teach them the meaning of fear—it will be the last thing they learn.Michiko Nakatomi, an ancient vampire and leader of the Dark Council, is missing. After giving up control of the blood blades—weapons designed to destroy supernaturals—the Dark Council challenged Michiko’s leadership…and her right to exist... -
Hell's Belle by Alex Fox
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsWhen badass bounty hunter Rebel Weston finds herself facing down an Arch Demon, practically daring him to fight, she has to wonder how the hell she got here.It all started when she agreed to do a tracking gig for the Vampire Master of New Orleans. It was supposed to be simple: find a missing telepathic mage, earn a bundle of cash, and walk away.But nothing's simple in The Big Easy... -
Shadowstrut by Orlando A. Sanchez
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSometimes fear of the dark can keep you alive. Grey and Koda have a lead on the supplier of Redrum X—a new strain of the deadly drug that creates UV resistant vampires. Preventing the streets of New York City from being flooded with the mindless creatures was only the first step. Each night as darkness falls, body counts rise. Someone or something has made nights in the city…fatal... -
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Dead Water by Tim O'Rourke
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWith Sam and Kayla missing, Kiera, Potter and Murphy head for the Dead Waters. Here they hope to find their missing friends and the answers to why their flesh keeps cracking like that of a statue. Knowing Potter has lied to her, Kiera is struggling with her feelings for him. Therefore, Kiera tries to keep Potter at a distance, scared that she might get hurt again... -
The Stars Afire: An Elemental Mysteries Anthology by Elizabeth Hunter
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsA new anthology of short fiction featuring your favorite characters from the Elemental Mysteries. In Lost Letters and Christmas Lights, Christmas in Rome wasn’t quite what Giovanni and Beatrice had in mind, until a set of misplaced letters leads them back to their library in the heart of Italy... -
Secrets of Hope by E.M. Knight
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratings~THE VAMPIRE GIFT 6: SECRETS OF HOPE~ Eleira is prophesied to become Queen. But Morgan will not so easily relinquish control... In The Crypts, the King has revealed his true purpose, and Dagan must reconcile his hatred for magic with his loyalty to the monarch. Meanwhile, an evil power is rising in the west, intricately linked to the Black Sorceress, that threatens the entire world.. -
Dead Angels by Tim O'Rourke
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFleeing Hallowed Manor and being hunted by the Skinwalkers, Kiera and her friends take shelter from a storm in a deserted railway station set in a remote valley. As they spend the night hiding from those who are hunting them, Isidor tells his friends a story about how he had come across the word PUSH some years before on his first journeys above ground... -
The Saints by Lynnie Purcell
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAfter the devastating conclusion of 'The Seekers, ' Clare finds herself trapped in a prison. With no way out, uncertain if Daniel is alive or dead, she fights to stay sane and maintain her hope. Her only ally her dwindling hope, Clare fights for survival and searches for a way to end the war once and for all... -
Guilty by Association by E.A. Copen
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsEverything’s bigger in Texas…Including the monsters. When a young werewolf is murdered on the Paint Rock Supernatural Reservation, the local cops think it’s a drug deal gone bad. BSI agent Judah Black knows better. An occult expert, she knows magick is at work from the beginning... -
Family by Cameron Jace
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHow far would you go to save your family? Family stands for 'Gathering' In search of her real family, Alice receives a mysterious invitation to a dark place she thought she'd never visit again. Sometimes for 'Loyalty' Little does she know of those invited along. Now she has to figure out real friends from foes... -
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Deceiving Darkness by Sarra Cannon
Rated: 4.66 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsIn this war, trust is a dangerous game... The Order’s plan to wipe out the Resistance in one massive set of coordinated attacks has Harper on edge, because news of the planned assault comes from the most unlikely source. The ruby priestess, Magda Thorn... -
The Magekiller by Orlando A. Sanchez
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDead bodies are a problem. Dead mages are an invitation…to war. When dead mages appear in the city streets, Ronin must track down the killer. Disavowed from Division 13 and hunted by Tigris, Ronin faces overwhelming odds as the body count keeps rising... -
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Blood Betrayal by Orlando A. Sanchez
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsShe will teach them the meaning of fear—it will be the last thing they learn.Michiko Nakatomi—an ancient vampire and leader of the Dark Council—is missing. After she gave up control of the blood blades—weapons designed to destroy supernaturals—the Dark Council challenged Michiko’s leadership…and her right to exist... -
The Hallowed Knight by Jenn Stark
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe world is full of magical things... With a day job that requires her to hunt down psychics who use their metaphysical gifts as weapons, Tarot-reading Justice of the Arcana Council Sara Wilde has no time for fairy tales. So when her newest case pleads for her assistance against brownies, sprites, and pixie dust, she's more than ready to file it under "not a chance... -
Familiar Trials - Fledgling by Taki Drake
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSlave or partner? Bond or shackles? Dascha swore that she would never become a slave to a Witch, used for energy and reduced to the role of an animated battery. Zhanna never thought that she would have a Familiar since none of the Russian Witches seemed to have them. Now Dascha has found her Witch and Zhanna has found her Familiar... -
The Keeper by Lynnie Purcell
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsClare has woken up in the desert with no memory of her past and no true direction, beyond the impulse to walk west. She has never been more lost.With no clue about the darkness circling her, Clare is on a direct path with Odette... -
Fading Sun by Michelle Madow
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAmber’s sun magic is fading, and time’s running out before it’ll disappear completely.Now, she needs to travel to the Himalayas to find and claim the Solar Scepter—the weapon forged for her by the sun goddess—to kill the Shadow Lord.Unfortunately, she can’t leave Manhattan. The fruit Damien tricked her into eating on her first night in his vampire kingdom bound her inside the city’s borders... -
Blood Ascension by Orlando A. Sanchez
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsShe will teach them the meaning of fear—it will be the last thing they learn. Michiko Nakatomi—an ancient vampire and leader of the Dark Council—is missing. After she gave up control of the blood blades—weapons designed to destroy supernaturals—the Dark Council challenged Michiko’s leadership…and her right to exist... -
The Perfect Cup by Orlando A. Sanchez
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSome things are better off lost and some mysteries shouldn’t be solved. When Tristan receives a cryptic message requesting help, he and Simon must come to the aid of Quan of the White Phoenix. Someone has stolen the Holy Grail and the Order of Calyx--the group tasked with keeping it safe from abuse, and humanity is looking at the Golden Circle... -
Silver Light by J.R. Rain, Matthew S. Cox
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFrom J.R. Rain and Matthew S. Cox, the bestselling duo that brought you New Moon Rising and Convergence, comes Silver Light, the first in a brand-new fantasy series starring Alexis Silver, mermaid detective!For centuries, tales have told of merfolk haunting the seas, strange creatures teasing or helping sailors at their whim, occasionally having them for dinner.And not in a cordial sense... -
Shadows of Mist by E.M. Knight
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratings~THE VAMPIRE GIFT 8: SHADOWS OF MIST~The crown now sits atop Eleira's head. With her new powers as Queen, she can begin the healing process to reunite the Haven's ailing vampires.But a deep betrayal from one close to her heart has undermined all sense of safety. Morgan's lingering spirit continues to overshadow Eleira's rule.Elsewhere, the Forsaken Sisters have received the Blood Gift... -
Prophecies of Light by E.M. Knight
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratings~THE VAMPIRE GIFT 7: PROPHECIES OF LIGHT~ Eleira has inherited the crown. The wards are resurrected, and The Haven is secure.But peace is only temporary. Eleira's deal with the Forsaken Sisters means that all she's done comes at a price of unknown costs... -
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Beyond The Darkness by Sarra Cannon
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWill they find their way back to each other?***The war against the Order of Shadows rages on in this explosive ninth installment of The Shadow Demons Saga with over 350,000 copies sold!!!***Harper Brighton has been through the most terrifying torture of her life. But she's awakened from the nightmare only to realize a new terror has begun. Jackson has a job to do: Free the emerald gates... -
Tarnished by Amber Lynn Natusch
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsSean has a reputation for brutality, and it is well-deserved. Centuries of inflicting pain and punishment on anything and everything he deemed worthy slowly stole whatever light had been in him when he was born. His angelic nature fell victim to the god of war within him, just as Ares had intended.After an enigmatic encounter, a vision of Ruby comes to Sean and changes all of that... -
Hood's Obsession by Marie Hall
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsErualis' time is running out and now Rumpelstiltskin says there are only two who can save him... Lilith Wolf, the daughter of the Big Bad Wolf and Little Red Riding Hood has a problem, she's an unmated female in heat. She has to get away from the males of her village unless she wants to find herself involuntarily hand fasted to the first one to tame her wolf... -
Lucifer by D.B. Reynolds
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsEPIC Award WinnerMontreal, Quebec . . . A charming city on the St. Lawrence River, historic, sophisticated, but beneath it all lies an extensive underground where treacherous vampires are plotting to seize the country.Lucifer Scuderi is a vampire—handsome and charismatic, a powerful hunter of unusual skill—who arrives in Montreal to take on the most important hunt of his life... -
Accidentally...Cimil? by Mimi Jean Pamfiloff
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA novella from New York Times bestseller, Mimi Jean Pamfiloff.(Book 4.5 of The Accidentally Yours Series. Original release date, 2013)DO A POWERFUL KING AND A CRAZY GODDESS STAND A CHANCE?Meet Cimil. Yeah, she's the Goddess of the Underworld, harbinger of all things evil and deadly, yadda yadda . . -
The Graveside Bar and Grill by Darynda Jones
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWhen Donovan St. James’ precocious charge asks him—no questions asked—to tail the doctor who keeps their ragtag team patched up, he wants to refuse. Not because the saucy teen is getting too big for her britches, ordering him around like a mob boss, but because the woman stirs feelings in him he would rather not explore. However, when evil threatens the doc’s life, he realizes he has no choice... -
Thrown to the Wolves and Other Stories by Hailey Edwards
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThis anthology includes several short stories set in the BLACK DOG UNIVERSE, including the all new story, THROWN TO THE WOLVES. ___________________________________________________________ THROWN TO THE WOLVES Zed lost his mate, and it broke his wolf's heart. Now he's got a second chance at a happily-ever-after if he's brave enough to take what he wants... -
Bangers & Mash: Paranormal Investigators of the Arcane by Orlando A. Sanchez
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen it’s all at risk and you’ve lost hope…don’t call them.You’ve been warned.Meet Robert Bangers & Steven Mash, Paranormal Investigators of the Arcane.When danger terrorizes the city, Bangers & Mash take it upon themselves to investigate, despite everyone advising against it.They won’t let common sense and the threat of a horrific creature capable of ripping them to shreds stop them... -
Aftermath by Orlando A. Sanchez
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEnter a new adventure set in the Montague & Strong World! Creatures are roaming the nights of the city and only nulls can face them. Meet Ursula Bjorn, werebear and Director of the Decons and Magical Nulls-Elite Division.When buildings and structures are being destroyed in her city, Ursula thinks it’s the work of Montague & Strong—the local duo of demolition... -
Someone Should Save Her by Robert J. Crane, Lauren Harper
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCassie Howell has had a close encounter with a vampire stalker and barely come out alive. Trauma of the event behind her, she has finally settled into a normal routine – school, homework, friends, dealing with her parents. Until a gang of vampires starts to terrorize her neighbor, Laura... -
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Ravening Hood by Kendrai Meeks
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsRAVENING: To seek or seize, as with prey. To hunt. To devour. I may be relinquished, but I am resigned. I will see the Ravens destroyed. Istanbul harbors the ancient clutch of vampires known as the Ravens, but the city has a thousand shadows and a million secrets. What I find there will be far more than I bargained for, and nothing I could have imagined. Some legends don’t want to be told... -
Rebellious Hood by Kendrai Meeks
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI came to the Black Forest seeking refuge. I will leave seeking revenge. The more I learn about what I really I am, the less I understand who I’m meant to be. Hood? Werewolf? Something else altogether? Figuring that out will have to wait. The fate of the slayers has been forced into my hands, and for their sake and mine, I need to hand them off to someone else ASAP... -
Bone Fairy by D.N. Hoxa
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCaught between a death sentence at home, and a threat of war made by my own father in the fairy realm, the future isn't looking very good for me. Being accused of treason against the paranormal community on Earth, and getting dragged out of my apartment by ECU soldiers was nothing short of what I deserved... -
Broken Wolf by Stacy Claflin
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe wolf essence stone-finding it could free werewolves from the curse of the moon. Or it could kill them all. Victoria has burned with "the fever" to find the stone since hearing about it. Hundreds of werewolves before her have died in the quest. That legacy doesn't deter her, though. She's willing to risk anything to find the stone and break the curse that forces them to shift every full moon... -
A Deadly Duet by Amy Sumida
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe harmony Elaria has found with her consorts is threatened when a black orb pulls her through the Veil to a hidden planet. Once there, she releases a dark god who was imprisoned by the Shining Ones. This god has a claim on Elaria that she can't deny, and his song is too powerful for her to resist... -
The Scent of Legacy by Drina Steinberg
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHave you ever wondered if a dream is not just a dream? If a memory is more than a memory? Whether everyone is the master of their own fate, or everyone’s destiny is written in the stars? Have you ever had the feeling that there are no coincidences and that losing one’s mind is just a way of hiding the truth? Would you dare to explore the secrets the origin of our blood holds? The Scent of...
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