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  • Dragon's Justice 4 by Bruce Sentar

    Dragon's Justice 4 by Bruce Sentar

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Zach and his ladies are packing up for the dragon conclave. He has enough on his hands trying to impress centuries old dragons that he’s their new king.But when a dragon arrives injured, and another dies at the conclave, things grow tense at the conclave. Zach will need to step up as their new king and solve a problem so old it’s been forgotten...
  • Risen by Benedict Jacka

    Risen by Benedict Jacka

    Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Mage Alex Verus has gone from a Camden shopkeeper to one of the most powerful mages in Britain. Now his last and most dangerous battle lies before him.Alex's girlfriend, the life mage Anne, has fallen fully under the control of the deadly djinn she made a bargain with, and it is preparing to create an army of mages subject to its every whim...
  • Fallen by Benedict Jacka

    Fallen by Benedict Jacka

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    For Mage Alex Verus, everything is on the line in the tenth urban fantasy novel from the national bestselling author of Marked.Once Alex Verus was a diviner trying to live quietly under the radar. Now he's a member of the Light Council who's found success, friends...and love. But it's come with a price--the Council is investigating him, and if they find out the truth, he'll lose everything...
  • Double or Nothing by Craig Schaefer

    Double or Nothing by Craig Schaefer

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Daniel Faust – sorcerer, thief, and newly-minted Las Vegas crime boss – has debts to pay. One of those debts has just come due, an IOU to be paid in the form of a high-risk heist, and it’s a job he can’t refuse. The mark? Daniel’s arch-nemesis, a man with a Cheshire smile and the powers of a living god...
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    dark  urban  adult  assassins  audiobook  book  crime  dark-fantasy
  • Dawn and Quartered by Hunter Blain

    Dawn and Quartered by Hunter Blain

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Revenge is mine, so saith the John. After more than 500 years, Commander Godwin is dead and John’s family is finally avenged. Of course, actions have consequences and now those consequences demand payment from debt collectors in the form of demons below, and now, angels above. Great. Super. Could things possibly get any worse? Funny you should ask; yes, yes they can...
  • Metal Up Your Ass by Michael Todd

    Metal Up Your Ass by Michael Todd

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Katie makes an executive decision, and the mere idea is driving Korbin to drink. Pandora wants Katie to learn to fight without her extra “oomph.”For now. The military need support, but few on the merc teams trust them...
    Categorized as:
    dark  urban  action-adventure  adult  alpha-mc  audiobook  book  comedy
  • The Last Witch: Vol 3.5 by M.J. Lawrie

    The Last Witch: Vol 3.5 by M.J. Lawrie

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    It's been six months since Lilly Hooper reunited with her family, friends, and magic.The Arcane Realm offers freedom and safety for all the witches who are rebuilding their lives and healing.But things are not as straightforward or as easy as they all hoped they would be...
  • The 12 Dragons of Albion by Mark Hayden

    The 12 Dragons of Albion by Mark Hayden

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    My name is Conrad Clarke and I claim my reward…You’d think that staying alive and saving the girl would be enough for now.After proving himself in a desperate magickal battle, Conrad is admitted to the King’s Watch.And what does the world of magick do? It laughs in his face.At least Conrad now has a partner with some serious magickal firepower...
  • She Who Waits by Daniel Polansky

    She Who Waits by Daniel Polansky

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The third novel in the brilliant dark fantasy Low Town seriesLow Town: the worst ghetto in the worst city in the Thirteen Lands. Good only for depravity and death. And Warden, long ago a respected agent in the formidable Black House, is now the most depraved Low Town denizen of them all...
  • The Twisted Path: A Twenty Palaces Novella by Harry Connolly

    The Twisted Path: A Twenty Palaces Novella by Harry Connolly

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Ray Lilly has been summoned to the headquarters of the Twenty Palace Society to answer one question: How has he managed to survive mission after mission fighting alongside his boss, Annalise? He doesn't have the power of a full peer of the society. He's a wooden man. An assistant. A diversion. The other peers want to know what's going on, so it's off to Europe for a trip to the First Palace...
  • Death and the Last Vampire: A Complete Vegas Immortals Series by Holly Roberds

    Death and the Last Vampire: A Complete Vegas Immortals Series by Holly Roberds

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Life as a newly made vampire? Complicated. Being the target of Death himself? Outright bonkers. I woke up with fangs, a thirst for blood, and no memories of my past. To add to my confusion, the Grim Reaper is inexplicably hell-bent on ending me...
  • Twisted Fate: An Urban Fantasy Romance by Liz Hambleton

    Twisted Fate: An Urban Fantasy Romance by Liz Hambleton

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    When you touch, the bond awakens, but only for a chosen few.In this world, you're a settler or a searcher. Settlers pick a partner of their choosing, but the searchers spend their lives seeking out the person made for them. Most die without finding the one.Emry Crowe's a settler, and happy in her life with Sebastian...
  • Beloved Vampire by Joey W. Hill

    Beloved Vampire by Joey W. Hill

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Fourth in the "darkly rich"(TwoLips Reviews) Vampire Queen series. Escaping the depraved servitude of a vampire master she killed, Jessica has found her way, with three nomadic guides, to the sun-baked desolation of the Sahara-only to slowly perish...
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    dark  urban  abuse  adult  anthologies  contemporary  dark-fantasy  fae
  • Legion by Robert J. Crane

    Legion by Robert J. Crane

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Midian, Tennessee is under siege. Demons prowl the streets and the underworld is rising, bent on consuming every living thing in the town. The only thing that keeps them back is the Watch; a group of citizens that are dedicated to holding the line against the darkness. They've faced every kind of physical threat imaginable and come out victorious...
  • This time it's Personnel by Heide Goody, Iain Grant

    This time it's Personnel by Heide Goody, Iain Grant

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The Venislarn. Vastly intelligent aliens from another dimension or dribbling insane gods from a distant realm? It’s impossible to tell. What’s certain is that they’re here and they’re going to destroy our world...
    Categorized as:
    dark  urban  adult  anti-hero  audiobook  book  comedy  contemporary
  • Fairy Tale by Shayne Silvers

    Fairy Tale by Shayne Silvers

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A psychotic ginger vampire. A demonic rooster horse. The Brothers Grimm have broken free from their prison, and are thirsty for blood. This wizard learns that buying books can be deadly, and that his childhood Fairy Tales were not just stories, but dire warnings…Free for subscribers to my Newsletter at www (dot) shaynesilvers (dot) com...
    Categorized as:
    dark  urban  adult  audiobook  book  dark-fantasy  fiction  humor
  • Haunting of a Witch by Suza Kates

    Haunting of a Witch by Suza Kates

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Her Troubled PastHayden Wells deals with plenty of ghosts, but she’s never met one who was terrified. Not until now. And the only way to help the dead is to find the living. Unfortunately, the man she seeks is a killer, so she must go to the only ones who can help her, the ones she fears most.His Ominous FutureDetective Trevor Roch knows Savannah, its streets, its people, and its secrets...
  • Marked by Benedict Jacka

    Marked by Benedict Jacka

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    Mage Alex Verus is hanging on by a thread in the ninth urban fantasy novel from the national bestselling author of Burned.When Mage Alex Verus ends up with a position on the Light Council, no one is happy, least of all him. But Alex is starting to realize that if he wants to protect his friends, he'll need to become a power player himself...
  • The Eleventh Hour by Mark Hayden

    The Eleventh Hour by Mark Hayden

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Another Day, Another Scar… Conrad needs a rest, and so does Vicky, his partner in fighting magickal crimes. The universe has other ideas. Conrad had planned the perfect weekend in the English Lake District – tie up some loose ends before spending the night with his girlfriend. Simple. What could possibly go wrong? Everything is the answer...
  • King Bullet by Richard Kadrey

    King Bullet by Richard Kadrey

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    The incredible finale of the page-turning, high-octane Sandman Slim series filled with an explosive ending and intense kick-ass action from New York Times bestselling author Richard Kadrey.It’s been three months since Stark stopped a death cult and a potential ghost apocalypse, and he’s at loose ends. His personal life is a mess. His professional life isn’t much better...
  • Tracking Magic by Shannon Mayer

    Tracking Magic by Shannon Mayer

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    "My name is Rylee, and I am a Tracker." When children go missing, and the Humans have no leads, I'm the one they call. I am their last hope in bringing home the lost ones. I salvage what they cannot. A missing girl and a deadly item belonging to a power-mad demon need to be found before the killing begins. The problem? This is my first salvage. And I have no idea what I’m doing...
  • Cursed Dragon by Brogan Thomas

    Cursed Dragon by Brogan Thomas

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    She’s stuck working a dead-end job in an isolated paranormal community. When they come under attack, can this snarky teen defend those she loves? Kricket Jones is bored. Trapped with her family in a heavily warded enclave because of their dormant dragon DNA, the nineteen-year-old’s biggest adrenaline rush comes from crafting forbidden charms on the sly...
  • Heart of Stone by R.L. King

    Heart of Stone by R.L. King

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    STRANGE ATTRACTIONS With Jason and Verity in southern California, Alastair Stone quickly discovers he misses his best friends and favorite confidants far more than he expected to...
  • Dead Stars - Part One by Ben Galley

    Dead Stars - Part One by Ben Galley

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The sky is falling. The world trembles beneath it.Emaneska is crying out for a saviour. Somebody is hunting down the Written mages in the wilds. Murdering and skinning them alive. Who? A mere girl. A girl who was born to rip the stars from the sky and bring them crashing down to earth. The direst enemy Emaneska has ever faced.In the wake of the Battle of Krauslung, the world has changed...
  • Come Hell or High Water by Sharon Hannaford

    Come Hell or High Water by Sharon Hannaford

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    IS IT WRONG TO FEAR SHADOWS WHEN THOSE SHADOWS HAVE THE POWER TO DESTROY YOU?The City’s supernatural community is still in mourning, but there’s no time to spend licking their wounds. The face of the City has changed forever and now her citizens must keep up or risk succumbing to the darkness...
  • Binding of a Witch by Suza Kates

    Binding of a Witch by Suza Kates

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A Woman's QuestAs a scientist and a witch, Viv Sakurai understands how crucial it is to solve the riddle she's been given and take the next step toward destiny. She's been called to stand for her coven and battle the Amara for the future of humanity. She can't afford any distractions, and she certainly doesn't need any man getting in her way...
  • The Minority Council by Kate Griffin

    The Minority Council by Kate Griffin

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Matthew Swift, sorcerer, Midnight Mayor, is in charge. Or so he'd like to think. London, being London, is having its issues. Drug use is rampant. Teenage vandalism is driving away business. Violent crimes are on the rise. Once upon a time, Matthew Swift wouldn't have cared. Now it's his mess to clean up...
  • Sharpest Sting by Jennifer Estep

    Sharpest Sting by Jennifer Estep

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    The truth won’t set me free—but it will probably get me killed...As Gin Blanco, aka the assassin the Spider, I’m used to having a target on my back. But ever since I started investigating the secret society known as the Circle, that target seems bigger than ever.Still, I’m trying to relax and enjoy the events leading up to my friends’ wedding when I learn that an old enemy has returned to Ashland...
  • The Neon Court by Kate Griffin

    The Neon Court by Kate Griffin

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    War is coming to London. A daimyo of the Neon Court is dead and all fingers point towards their ancient enemy - The Tribe. And when magicians go to war, everyone loses.But Matthew Swift has his own concerns. He has been summoned abruptly, body and soul, to a burning tower and to the dead body of Oda, warrior of The Order and known associate of Swift...
  • Eden Forest by Aoife Marie Sheridan

    Eden Forest by Aoife Marie Sheridan

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Sarajane Anderson is your regular twenty one year old. With family, friends and a normal job. She also happens to be the only person who can save Saskia, a world parallel to earth.When Sarajane is taken to Saskia, she could never have imagined the reality of the world she steps into, a world where magical abilities are in everyone's possession...
    Categorized as:
    dark  urban  angels  book  dark-fantasy  dystopia  fiction  immortality
  • The Night Dahlia by R.S. Belcher

    The Night Dahlia by R.S. Belcher

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Laytham Ballard once protected humanity as part of the Nightwise, a secret order of modern-day mages dedicating to holding hellish supernatural forces at bay, but that was before a string of sadistic ritual murders shook everything he believed in--and sent him down a much darker path. One that has already cost him most of his soul, as well as everything he once held dear...
    Categorized as:
    dark  urban  adult  audiobook  book  cyberpunk  dark-fantasy  fiction
  • The Devil You Know by P.N. Elrod

    The Devil You Know by P.N. Elrod

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    PREVIEW AVAILABLE at vampwriter-dot-com/DevilYouKnowEXCERPT.htmVampire PI Jack Fleming travels to Long Island to attend a funeral.Problem: There's more than one body in the grave.Delving into his past, Jack follows clues leading to an old murder, new betrayals, and a hard look at the man he was vs. the vampire he's become...
  • The Beast Within by Jane Jensen

    The Beast Within by Jane Jensen

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Just as Gabriel Knight is finally settling into his ancestral home in Germany, he is called upon in his role as schattenjagger, or "shadow hunter," to help solve the savage killing of a young girl. The authorities claim it was a wolf escaped from the zoo, but the townspeople say it is a werewolf...
    Categorized as:
    dark  urban  adult  book  dark-fantasy  drama  female-author  fiction
  • First Magic by Raven Steele

    First Magic by Raven Steele

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    “Some things are worse than death.” Keep your head down. Don’t cause a scene. And never make friends.These are the rules I have to live by to survive. After Vykens, mutated and soulless vampires killed my parents, I know they will come for me next.As an Aura, I can manipulate the light within me, the same ancient light Vykens feed on...
  • Starlight by William Stacey

    Starlight by William Stacey

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Black Hawk Down meets the Lord of the Rings!From former army officer William Stacey comes Starlight, the first book in an exciting new blend of urban fantasy and military adventure.Magic is returning.And so are our ancient enemies.When University drop-out Cassie returns to her small rural town, she's certain she’ll spend the rest of her life in the remote wilderness of northern British Columbia...
  • Wicked Memories by Nina Bangs

    Wicked Memories by Nina Bangs

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Return to the Castle of Dark Dreams, where USA Today bestselling author Nina Bangs lures readers into a world of pleasure, adventure, and revenge…Thorn Mackenzie was a young Viking when he met Sparkle Stardust long ago. She used him and then abandoned him. Over a thousand years later, he has finally found a way to repay her...
    Categorized as:
    dark  urban  adult  book  dark-fantasy  fiction  ghosts  historical
  • Heaven Sent by John G. Hartness

    Heaven Sent by John G. Hartness

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    BOOK 5 in the Award-Winning Dark Fantasy Series takes us back to where it all began. He's the immortal magic-wielding child of Jonathan Harker and Mina Murray from the classic novel Dracula. But to him it's not a story, it's family history. Quincy Harker is what you'd get if Constantine were renewed by HBO and taken to the darkest of dark sides...
    Categorized as:
    dark  urban  adult  angels  audiobook  book  dark-fantasy  demons
  • Star of David by Patricia Briggs, Alexander Cendese

    Star of David by Patricia Briggs, Alexander Cendese

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The Star of David is a short story that can be found in Shifting Shadows: Stories from the World of Mercy Thompson (Mercy Thompson #1.5). It features David Christensen.This is a Christmas story about David Christensen, a lone Werewolf who is first introduced to us in Moon Called. It takes place at the end of the first year in “Mercyverse” and should be read after Hunting Ground...
  • Blood Music by Yasmine Galenorn

    Blood Music by Yasmine Galenorn

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    When fun-loving witch Maddy Gallowglass moves to Bedlam to restore an old mansion and turn it into a magical bed-and-breakfast, the last thing she expects is to meet her match in the gorgeous vampire Aegis, a former servant of Apollo. Blood Music is the prequel story to the Bewitching Bedlam series...
  • Deep State by Christopher Farnsworth

    Deep State by Christopher Farnsworth

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    It’s been four years since a new president ascended to the White House. Zach Barrows has not seen Nathaniel Cade, the President’s Vampire, since being fired from his position as Cade’s handler and sent to a small, cramped office in a government building in Nebraska.Once, he and Cade fought a shadow war against the monsters, spies, and demons that threatened the United States...
  • A Wind in the Night by Barb Hendee, J.C. Hendee

    A Wind in the Night by Barb Hendee, J.C. Hendee

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    In her quest to find the Orb of Spirit, Wynn Hygeorht is torn between two men who hate each other—her vampire protector, Chane Andraso, and the elf Osha, who has tender feelings for her. Now a strange series of clues leads them to a remote keep built on the dark cliffs of the coast of Witeny...
    Categorized as:
    dark  urban  adult  book  dark-fantasy  epic  fiction  horror
  • Song in the Dark by P.N. Elrod

    Song in the Dark by P.N. Elrod

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    P. N. Elrod's novels of "The Vampire Files" blend the seductive shadows of classic noir into a sanctuary for a most unusual private investigator-vampire Jack Fleming. In Elrod's newest novel, Jack is under the gun when the New York mafia wants his hide, and the love of his life is wanted for murder...
    Categorized as:
    dark  urban  adult  audiobook  book  dark-fantasy  fiction  historical
  • The Essential Clive Barker: Selected Fiction by Clive Barker, Armistead Maupin

    The Essential Clive Barker: Selected Fiction by Clive Barker, Armistead Maupin

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    "I wonder if the reverse is not also in some way true. That the artist is constantly working on anelaborate and fantasticated self-portrait, but at the end has drawn, unbeknownst, a picture of the world...
  • Cold Streets by P.N. Elrod

    Cold Streets by P.N. Elrod

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Vampire detective Jack Fleming's latest venture-the Lady Crymsyn nightclub-has become the favorite haunt for Chicago's elite. But amongst his patrons lurk a smarmy blackmailer and a dangerous up-and-coming mobster from New York-both unaware how deadly Jack can be when blood is spilled..
    Categorized as:
    dark  urban  adult  audiobook  book  crime  dark-fantasy  fiction
  • Conviction of a Witch by Suza Kates

    Conviction of a Witch by Suza Kates

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The Savannah Coven Series Book #2 The Good Finding out she was a witch was more difficult for Willyn Brousseau than any of the nine women in her newfound coven. She's a mother, a healer, and wears a cross around her neck to proudly declare her religion. Though she and her friends are just learning to master their power, Willyn's time is up...
  • Twenty Palaces by Harry Connolly

    Twenty Palaces by Harry Connolly

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    When Ray Lilly was 13 years old, a handgun accident landed his best friend, Jon Burrows, in a wheelchair and turned Ray into a runaway and petty criminal. Fifteen years later, Ray returns home after a stint in prison; he’s determined to go straight, but he knows he can’t do that without making peace with his old friend...
  • Of Truth and Beasts by Barb Hendee, J.C. Hendee

    Of Truth and Beasts by Barb Hendee, J.C. Hendee

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Young journeyer Wynn Hygeorht sets out with her companions, the vampire Chane Andraso and Shade, an elven wolf, in search of a dwarven stronghold that may well be the last resting place of a mythical orb- one of five such mysterious devices from the war of Forgotten History. And now, a direct descendant of that war's infamous mass murderer-the Lord of Slaughter-is tracking Wynn...
  • Etched in Silver by Yasmine Galenorn

    Etched in Silver by Yasmine Galenorn

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A novella set in NEW YORK TIMES bestselling Yasmine Galenorn’s Otherworld series.Camille D’Artigo, a wicked-good witch and an Otherworld supernatural agent, is on the trail of a sadistic serial killer, when an unexpected—and dangerously seductive—ally comes to her aid, setting in motion a magical ritual that may end up binding them together, body and soul...
    Categorized as:
    dark  urban  adult  anthologies  dark-fantasy  fae  fiction  magic
  • Unearthed by Robert J. Crane

    Unearthed by Robert J. Crane

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    WARNING: Due to extremely disturbing content, this book is intended for MATURE READERS ONLY. The town of Midian, Tennessee is spiraling straight to hell. Demons haunt the streets, people are dying by the hundreds, and the only defenders of the innocent townsfolk have been driven into hiding by a sheriff who doesn't know what he's dealing with...
  • imPerfect Fae by C.N. Rowan

    imPerfect Fae by C.N. Rowan

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Body-jacking a legendary assassin when I’m running on empty. No problem, right?After the last few misadventures, I’m not so much broken as ruined, a shell of my former self. But I can’t stop. The trail of those who betrayed me is getting cold, and if I’m going to get any answers, I need to follow it, and now.Except it leads to Faerie. And the way is barred to all but the Fae...
    Categorized as:
    dark  urban  urban-fantasy  fantasy  humor  supernatural  magic  fae
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