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  • Quest of Stone by Stephanie Hudson

    Quest of Stone by Stephanie Hudson

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    When taking this journey into the past,I never expected to find what I did.It wasn’t only the time-period the Fates got wrong,It was the husband I found there waiting for me. A man of regal yet deadly grace,And one that wanted to possess me.To make me his in every way possible.But that was going to be a problem,Especially when I had a mission to complete...
  • Roots Of Rage by Stephanie Hudson

    Roots Of Rage by Stephanie Hudson

    Rated: 4.62 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    The plan had sounded simple,Step into Hell and save a Tree.That was all I had needed to do.However, that plan was becoming more complicated by the minute and that list was growing eternally bigger.Like killing demonic Queens,Removing Claiming HexesOutrunning hungry beastsAnd mainly, trying not to piss off Vampire boyfriends, any more than being constantly kidnapped down in Hell is likely to do...
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    angels  dark  demons  immortality  paranormal  adult  afterlife  book
  • Knights of Past by Stephanie Hudson

    Knights of Past by Stephanie Hudson

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The dust of Battle has settled over the Land.War cries of victory are Echoed throughout Hell.And now I can get back to my life of Lego and Star Trek,With one big difference,I now have a King to share it with.But it seems as if Fate had a different idea for me,And any plans for peace are shattered with the strength of my dreams,Nightmares of one last foe I must face...
  • The HellBeast's Claim by Stephanie Hudson

    The HellBeast's Claim by Stephanie Hudson

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    It started as a HellBeast’s Mistake that ended in me making my own.And now I am paying for it.Now I am running from it.But I am soon to discover how foolish that was.Because you didn’t run from the HellBeast King.Not when that King still wanted you.Not when that King wasn’t ready to let you go.So now I am being hunted and soon he will find me.I know this.Of course, he won’t have far to look...
    Categorized as:
    dark  demons  paranormal  adult  book  fiction  shapeshifters  steamy
  • September Moon by Trina M. Lee

    September Moon by Trina M. Lee

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Death is coming for Alexa O’Brien. Alexa must stop Shya from claiming Lilah’s vacant throne. If the demon succeeds all hell will break loose. Forming alliances is a challenge. The vampires hate her and the wolves don’t trust her. Rebellious vampire activity creates tension between Alexa and the FPA. It gets ugly when the covert government operation learns that Shya needs her as a sacrifice...
  • War Angel Contingent by S.J. West

    War Angel Contingent by S.J. West

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When Jules Grace comes face to face with the physical embodiment of Hell itself, she sees a reflection of her own tortured soul. As a bounty hunter on the planet Sierra, Jules knows tracking down the most elusive and powerful creature in the universe will set her up for life and possibly quell her own inner demons for a while with the distraction of the hunt...
  • The Archangel: An Azrael Story by Elicia Hyder

    The Archangel: An Azrael Story by Elicia Hyder

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The Archangel of Death is the master of taking human life. But keeping mortals alive? Not exactly Azrael's forte. For thousands of years, Azrael’s greatest enemy has been silent. Leaving him in relative peace for the first time since the great angel war...
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    angels  dark  demons  paranormal  adult  book  female-author  fiction
  • Apocalyptic by Trina M. Lee

    Apocalyptic by Trina M. Lee

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Light and dark. Good and evil. Life and death. Power joins the twin flames. A power that will destroy them. Alexa alone stands a shred of a chance at repairing the shattered fragments of a bond as old as time. Provided she and Arys don't kill each other first. This has been a long time coming... This  gritty  urban fantasy series is a walk to the dark and wild side...
  • The Wicked by L.A. Banks

    The Wicked by L.A. Banks

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    New, deadly enemies of the Vampire Huntress join forces with the old in the battle that will lead to the Armageddon in The Wicked, the eighth installment in L. A. Banks's hot Vampire Huntress seriesDamali and Carlos have finally tied the knot, but there is no happily ever after on the horizon...
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    angels  dark  demons  paranormal  adult  book  dark-fantasy  fiction
  • 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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    angels  dark  demons  paranormal  adult  book  dark-fantasy  epic
  • Darker by Trina M. Lee

    Darker by Trina M. Lee

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Alexa O’Brien is fighting a losing battle with the dark power growing inside her as she struggles to cope with the absence of her wolf mate, Shaz. There’s no time to feel sorry for herself. She must find a way to stop Lilah, a demon queen hell bent on forcing Alexa to willingly surrender her blood to break a centuries old curse. With her power bound, Lilah is ready to play dirty...
  • Hellfire and Brimstone by Angela Roquet

    Hellfire and Brimstone by Angela Roquet

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The end is nigh...Lana Harvey is on top of the world-the underworld, that is. With the war fallout tapering off, she finds herself reduced back to mundane soul harvesting. It's not a fancy gig, and the pay isn't thrilling, but that hardly matters now that she's shacking up with her retired demon consort, Beelzebub...
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    angels  demons  paranormal  adult  audiobook  book  fiction  humor
  • The Cursed by L.A. Banks

    The Cursed by L.A. Banks

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    The Chairman has been killed and now Lilith, Satan’s Consort, sits on the vampire throne as the Vampire Council’s new Chairwoman. She raises all the dark covens, calling every major dark witch and warlock to do her bidding. Her goal is to distract the team members while the unborn heir to the Dark Realms awaits his own birth. All Lilith needs now is Damali’s newly discovered angelic powers...
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    angels  dark  demons  paranormal  adult  book  dark-fantasy  fiction
  • The Darkness by L.A. Banks

    The Darkness by L.A. Banks

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    After the battle at Masada, the Neteru team returns to San Diego believing forty-thousand demons had been eradicated and that Lilith's spawn has been killed. But somehow the treacherous little creature got away. Just as had been prophesized at the dawn of the Armageddon, the anti-Christ has been born and will soon rise to power...
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    angels  dark  demons  paranormal  adult  alpha-mc  book  dark-fantasy
  • Death Wish by Trina M. Lee

    Death Wish by Trina M. Lee

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Somebody wants Alexa O’Brien dead. A dangerous werewolf, she’s got a shady reputation due to the immense power and unbreakable bond she shares with vampire, Arys Knight. It’s a union that joins light to darkness and life to death. A bond that threatens to consume them both. As Alexa evades attempts on her life, she discovers the source of her power and the torment that lies ahead...
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    angels  demons  immortality  paranormal  adult  book  fiction  magic
  • The Shadows by L.A. Banks

    The Shadows by L.A. Banks

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    The Dark Realms are taking cover after an angel onslaught from On High. The Antichrist has been injured and the fourth biblical seal has been broken. Yonnie and Val, a strange combination of a daywalker and an angel hybrid, have joined Damali and Carlos's team. And the two new Council-level vamps, Elizabeth Bathory and Lucrezia Borgia, are still in recovery from their last mission...
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    angels  dark  demons  paranormal  adult  book  dark-fantasy  fiction
  • Fallen Academy: Year Three And A Half by Leia Stone

    Fallen Academy: Year Three And A Half by Leia Stone

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    When Brielle was taken by the prince of darkness, a large part of me died inside. How can I move on? How can I accept that she's gone? I can't. After searching every possible way to bring her back, I finally accept that she may be gone... forever. If that's the case, then I can't stay in Angel City any longer...
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    angels  dark  demons  paranormal  audiobook  book  fiction  magic
  • The Sins of Desire by Auryn Hadley

    The Sins of Desire by Auryn Hadley

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    An alternative cover edition for this ASIN can be found here.We're taught that people are sinners or saints. Who says I can't be both?See, I'm a bad, bad girl. The kind who loves Satan. Falling in bed with the demon of seduction, befriending the demon of knowledge, being guarded by Beelzebub, and making deals with Lucifer? This is what I call a normal day...
    Categorized as:
    angels  dark  demons  paranormal  adult  book  dragons  fiction
  • Requiem by Sophia Stafford

    Requiem by Sophia Stafford

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Book 3 Lilliah was gone, dead. And he had been the one to kill her. The Devil had made him his puppet, forcing him to do the unthinkable. Now Azrael was left with the devastation and a world crumbling around him. With Lucifer’s army getting stronger, now wasn’t the time to mourn. Now was the time to fight. He’d once again go up against Lucifer, this time finishing what Lilliah started...
  • Forget About Midnight by Trina M. Lee

    Forget About Midnight by Trina M. Lee

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Alexa's struggle with the turn has sent her straight into the arms of the one man who feeds her madness: Kale Sinclair. Together they wreak havoc on the city and discover why they are so wrong for one another. When Alexa's sister, Agent Juliet O'Brien, gets busted covering up Alexa's kills, she's arrested by the government op she works for. They offer Alexa a deal...
  • Dire Destiny of Ours by John Corwin

    Dire Destiny of Ours by John Corwin

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    THE END IS NIGH The last battle with Daelissa took a tremendous toll on the resistance. Elyssa is hanging onto life with the help of a preservation spell and Daelissa has new elite troops ready to conquer Eden. Justin realizes the only way to save the woman he loves and his home realm is to travel to Seraphina and ask the Darklings for help...
  • Guardians: Short Stories by Lola St. Vil

    Guardians: Short Stories by Lola St. Vil

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    (THIS BOOK HAS SPOILERS, SO IT IS BEST READ AFTER BOOK 1 (The Girl))Please note this is a book of short stories about the Guardians and their lives before the mission. This book is 20k words long and has nine short stories including *Julian's Core*Rio's secret crush*Julian & Femi's first meeting*The days & nights of Tony-Toneand more..
  • Deidre's Death by Lizzy Ford

    Deidre's Death by Lizzy Ford

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Two women caught in a struggle between Death and the Dark One...Gabriel – Death – is winning the ground war against demons in the mortal realm. But a rebellion is brewing among his army of grim reapers in the underworld he still can’t access...
  • A Demon's Wings by Marie Mistry

    A Demon's Wings by Marie Mistry

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Vice College for Young Demons; it's beautiful, complicated and downright dangerous for Lilith. The Syndicate, the Assembly, the Rebels; all of them want their share of the new Lady Carazor, and it's getting hard to tell who is on her side. But Lilith has other problems too: Bane's actions have created a rift between her mates and a scar on her heart...
  • A Demon's Gifts by Marie Mistry

    A Demon's Gifts by Marie Mistry

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Vice College for Young Demons; It’s beautiful, deadly and filled to the brim with Lilith's problems. Finding her mates was just the start of the Strange God’s plan for her and, between the seven of them, they might just drive her insane before she can take her end of year exams. Her new mate, Enzo, is as mad as he is deadly, and he’s set his sights on anyone who might cause her harm...
  • Death Wish by Angela Roquet

    Death Wish by Angela Roquet

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Lana Harvey’s been through hell and back. As a reaper, it’s all part of the job, but the afterlife has been more turbulent than usual. The Second War of Eternity is underway, and the streets of Limbo City are heavy with the scent of carnage and betrayal. With the recent death of a dear friend, a lover-turned-spy, and temperamental gods breathing down her neck, Lana’s days seem numbered...
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    angels  dark  demons  paranormal  adult  audiobook  book  fiction
  • Lucifer's Queen by Skye Wilson, Roxie Ray

    Lucifer's Queen by Skye Wilson, Roxie Ray

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    I was born to give the devil his due. When I woke up naked next to the hottest man I’ve ever met, I had no idea just how much my life was about to change. And I had no clue the man was the devil himself. Literally. I promised to be his for all eternity, and so far, it’s going well. Luke will give me anything to keep me happy: jewels, food, days in bed, and more...
    Categorized as:
    paranormal  angels  demons  dark  myths  urban-fantasy  steamy  fiction
  • Blessed by Brandi Elledge

    Blessed by Brandi Elledge

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    I have been touched by angels. Blessed. Seven simple words that changed my world forever. Now, forced to enroll at the Academy of Seraph, I soon realize that my enemies could be anywhere, including behind the very walls that are supposed to protect me. And, thanks to my hidden abilities, I know it’s only a matter of time before I’m forced into a war that I inherited but did not choose...
  • Darkyn's Mate by Lizzy Ford

    Darkyn's Mate by Lizzy Ford

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Caught between Fate and the Dark One ...Stuck in Hell, human-Deidre struggles to hold onto her hope that she can change the course of events that landed her as the mate of Darkyn, the Dark One. The chances of her leaving Hell plummet when the Dark One takes a drastic step to ensure he never loses his latest possession and blood binds her in an ancient rite from the time-before-time...
    Categorized as:
    angels  dark  demons  paranormal  alpha-mc  book  dangerous-mc  fiction
  • The Devil's Plaything by Claire Marta

    The Devil's Plaything by Claire Marta

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Lust, sex, lies. I fell in love. l bled and broke for him. I foolishly played his game and woke to find he's not done with me yet. He's dead set on stripping everything I am bare. I'm nothing but his plaything and he's pulling my strings. But things are going to be different. I'm more than an assassin, a monster with a pretty face. I'm his undoing. I will rise. Seek my revenge...
  • Baleful Betrayal by John Corwin

    Baleful Betrayal by John Corwin

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    PAYBACK IS HELL After the crystoid incident nearly destroyed all magic in Eden and killed a dear friend, Justin Slade wants payback. That means invading the angel realm, Seraphina, and squashing the usurper, Cephus, like a bug. Unfortunately, another crystoid in Seraphina is preventing the Alabaster Arch from opening a portal into the realm...
  • Curse of Shadows and Light by Penelope King

    Curse of Shadows and Light by Penelope King

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Book #3 in the Demonblood Series. A new town. New friends. And old enemies. It's time for the ultimate battle. Read the first book, "A Demon Made Me Do It" (it's free). Then read the second, "Fire with Fire"...
  • Destined by Ali Cross

    Destined by Ali Cross

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The fate of Midgard will be decided. The goddess of Helheimer is bent on reclaiming what once was hers. The nine worlds are drawn into war, over Hell, over Earth, with innocent humans as collateral. When all seems lost, Desi discovers the meaning of the spark that lives within her and is offered her final choice: eternal peace or the weight of Thor's Hammer in the battle for Midgard...
  • Death Scream by S.M. Reine

    Death Scream by S.M. Reine

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Elise Kavanagh has been hired to exorcise a castle in Ireland. Easy job. But her partner, James Faulkner, thinks they aren't dealing with a demon -- and if he's right, then what they're facing is far rarer and more dangerous than anything they've fought before..
    Categorized as:
    dark  demons  paranormal  adult  book  fiction  magic  supernatural
  • Whisper to a Scream by Trina M. Lee

    Whisper to a Scream by Trina M. Lee

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A prostitute who can’t afford to love. An angel who can’t afford not to. A tragic love story.Willow knows well the wicked lure of temptation. An angel with an important job to do, he has been consistent in his resistance. Until now. A chance meeting with Christina puts his strength to the test. It’s dangerous to love a human. It is forbidden...
  • Twisted Fate  (#5, Rhyn Eternal): Volume 5 by Lizzy Ford

    Twisted Fate (#5, Rhyn Eternal): Volume 5 by Lizzy Ford

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Rhyn Eternal Series: love, betrayal, power. It’s like reality TV – with Immortals. Stranded as a mortal after Karma decided to balance him, Fate faces the challenge of living out life as one of the humans he normally mocks. His first problem: all the other deities, demons and Immortals who want payback for him messing with their futures now know he’s vulnerable...
  • Torn by L.P. Swalheim

    Torn by L.P. Swalheim

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A year has passed since seven-teen-year-old Ariel Sullivan suffered the deaths of two of the most important people in her lives. As she grapples with discovering what role she plays in the coming Armageddon, a new love enters her life. One with the power to change her very soul...
  • Wings & Destruction by G.K. DeRosa

    Wings & Destruction by G.K. DeRosa

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    First the vampires attacked. Then the angels came. Humans thought they were saved. They were wrong. In less than a year, the Vampire and Angel War ravaged the country and decimated the human population, razing lands in golden fire and pools of crimson blood...
  • Tainted by Claire Farrell

    Tainted by Claire Farrell

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    ~Best read after the original Ava Delaney series~The backdrop may be grim, but Dublin city has become the centre of change. And as the humans and supernaturals figure out how to live in each other’s worlds, the person who forced that change has quietly stepped aside for a peaceful life...
    Categorized as:
    angels  dark  demons  paranormal  book  fae  fiction  horror
  • Bond of Passion by Larissa Ione

    Bond of Passion by Larissa Ione

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    He was an assassin. She was his lover.And his victim.Now, years later, she’s back from the dead and looking for vengeance.Thanks to an unexpected and fortuitous disaster, Tavin’s contract with the underworld’s Assassin Guild was broken decades early. But instead of freedom, he’s suffocated by guilt and regret. In many ways, he’s more trapped than he was before...
  • Demonic Mayhem by Isa Medina

    Demonic Mayhem by Isa Medina

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Nothing like demons and mayhem to liven up one’s day, I say.Frenzied demons are crossing into Mortality left and right, leaving a trail of destruction.The Hunters are blaming the part-demons, and the part-demons think I’m the perfect person to fix this mess—I used to be a Hunter, after all, and should know how to deal with them. Hopefully, before everyone’s businesses get shut down...
  • Knight's Retribution by Sherilee Gray

    Knight's Retribution by Sherilee Gray

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Rocco thought he knew pain and sacrifice... until demons dragged his female to the depths of Hell. Knowing he failed to protect her — and that her fate is in the hands of pure evil — is driving him to madness. With time running out, he'll do anything to bring her home; even embrace the unrelenting inner darkness he's fought his entire life...
    Categorized as:
    paranormal  demons  angels  dark  romance  fated-mates  multi-pov  gods
  • Paramour of Sin by Lexi C. Foss

    Paramour of Sin by Lexi C. Foss

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A dead conquest.A succubus signature.An edict sending the culprit back to Hell.The culprit being me.My name is Gwen, and I’m a succubus with a control problem. Except I didn’t create this mess.Now I have ten days to prove my innocence.Not a problem.Well, minus one minor detail–the two hot demons hellbent on helping me prove my case...
  • Midnight Storm by Melody Anne

    Midnight Storm by Melody Anne

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Phoenix and Sadie are suddenly living in an America that is no longer a nation. Rebel troops and corrupt government have goals of building a New World. They must exterminate the old America and those who lived in it before they can rebuild.Cities are nothing but ghost towns as Americans have either been taken prisoner, gruesomely killed or are in hiding...
  • Ventura Hellway by Debra Dunbar

    Ventura Hellway by Debra Dunbar

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Beware the devils who promise miracles.When an old flame asks Eden to help find his younger brother, she initially refuses. Searching for Anton will put her smack in the middle of the Disciples—as well as on the radar of the demon who might own her soul. But a sense of obligation (plus the promised payout), overrides her instincts for self-preservation, and Eden takes the job...
    Categorized as:
    angels  dark  demons  paranormal  adult  book  dystopia  fiction
  • Fire with Fire by Penelope King

    Fire with Fire by Penelope King

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    It's been over two months since Lucky and Liora decided their fate outside the cave. Over two months since Kieron left to finish his mission. So why hasn't he returned?Crushed and confused, Liora finds comfort with a mysterious stranger, a guy whose motives include more than just healing Liora's broken heart. Meanwhile, Lucky finds herself in the arms of an old friend..
    Categorized as:
    angels  dark  demons  paranormal  book  contemporary  fiction  horror
  • All Hallows Night by Marie Hall, R.S. Black

    All Hallows Night by Marie Hall, R.S. Black

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Secrets 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...
    Categorized as:
    angels  dark  demons  immortality  paranormal  adult  book  fiction
  • Infernal Father of Mine by John Corwin

    Infernal Father of Mine by John Corwin

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    EVERYBODY HAS DADDY ISSUESJustin's reunion with his father starts with a punch to the face and their capture by Exorcists, a cult branch of the Templars supposedly disbanded centuries ago. The Exorcists banish Justin and his father, David, to the Gloom.Fighting to escape exile, Justin discovers everything he knows about his father is a lie...
  • Charade by Cambria Hebert

    Charade by Cambria Hebert

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Dying at the hands of a psycho was a shock. Having my life returned to me by an angel was incredible. Being named a Supernatural Treasure and being given Sam as my guard was pretty darn awesome. Acquiring a debt for it all - well, I should have seen it coming...
  • Midnight Moon by Melody Anne

    Midnight Moon by Melody Anne

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    In the second exciting book in the Rise of the Dark Angel Series, Phoenix comes to terms with the fact that the world isn’t what she always believed it to be. Jayden, who she’s fallen in love with, is a Dark Angel. He fell from the light, and followed Vyco through the darkest of places...
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