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  • Endless by Jessica Shirvington

    Endless by Jessica Shirvington

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    Love will kill us all.Angels are real. They aren't always kind. Violet Eden is certain of all this because she is Grigori - part angel, part human. She has felt the influence of both light and dark. When Hell unleashes its worst, Violet must embrace every facet of her angel self to save the people she cares about and the world as she knows it...
  • Dark Secrets Resurgence by I.T. Lucas

    Dark Secrets Resurgence by I.T. Lucas

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    On a sabbatical from his Stanford teaching position, Professor David Levinson finally has time to write the sci-fi novel he’s been thinking about for years.The phenomena of past life memories and near-death experiences are too controversial to include in his formal psychiatric research, while fiction is the perfect outlet for his esoteric ideas...
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    angels  demons  paranormal  adult  book  fated-mates  fiction  ghosts
  • Dark Secrets Unveiled by I.T. Lucas

    Dark Secrets Unveiled by I.T. Lucas

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    When Professor David Levinson accepts a friend’s invitation to an old Scottish castle, what he finds there is more fantastical than his most outlandish theories. The castle is home to a clan of immortals, their leader is a stunning demigoddess, and even more shockingly, it might be precisely where he belongs...
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    angels  demons  paranormal  adult  book  fated-mates  fiction  ghosts
  • Dark Haven Illusion by I.T. Lucas

    Dark Haven Illusion by I.T. Lucas

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Welcome to Safe Haven, where not everything is what it seems.On a quest to process personal pain, Anastasia joins the Safe Haven Spiritual Retreat.Through meditation, self-reflection, and hard work, she hopes to shed the shackles of society, free herself of her father’s crippling expectations, and most importantly, make peace with the voices in her head.This is where she belongs...
  • Devil Days in Deadwood by Ann Charles

    Devil Days in Deadwood by Ann Charles

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Violet Parker knows better than to play with devils. They always cheat, especially when lives are at stake. Deadwood’s charming, troublemaking, and soul-sucking devils are no different, and they’re biting at her heels.But the clock is ticking and Violet has no choice—she must risk her life to save her treasured Aunt Zoe...
  • Venom Of God by Stephanie Hudson

    Venom Of God by Stephanie Hudson

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    Amelia… Foresight is a great thing. It would have come in handy. Like when I decided to try and steal from an angry Vampire King. Nope, probably wasn’t one of my better ideas. And now he’s decided he’s done waiting, whatever that means. He tells me I have pushed the limits of his patience for the last seven years and now it is time to claim what is rightfully his...
  • Never Say Sever in Deadwood by Ann Charles

    Never Say Sever in Deadwood by Ann Charles

    Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    All Violet Parker wants is a day off. Better yet, just a “normal” day. But things never go as planned, especially in Deadwood.Someone—or rather something—broke into the local taxidermy shop and took bites out of the critter displays before racing off into the dark. But this is no random crime and Violet knows it...
  • The Ghost Files 2 by Apryl Baker

    The Ghost Files 2 by Apryl Baker

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    At seventeen, Mattie Hathaway has survived her mother attempting to kill her, multiple foster homes, and a serial killer. Oh, and she sees ghosts on a regular basis too. You’d think Fate would give her a break right? Umm…nope, not Mattie.Dan Richards is the only person in the entire world Mattie trusts, but then the boy goes and breaks her heart...
  • Afterlife by Dannika Dark

    Afterlife by Dannika Dark

    Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    Another addicting installment of the USA Today bestselling Crossbreed series.Only a week after solving their last case, Raven is itching for a new assignment. In her downtime, she’s focusing on the two most important men in her life: her father and Christian. But there’s no rest for the wicked.When an old friend seeks Raven’s expertise on a delicate matter, Viktor reluctantly accepts the case...
  • Midnight Spells by Kim Richardson

    Midnight Spells by Kim Richardson

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Get ready for this heart-pounding and laugh out loud magical adventure!Just when I thought I’d finally gotten my life back on track, the unexpected happens.It’s the annual Night Festival in Hollow Cove, a paranormal festival extravaganza that lasts for five nights and features a multitude of powerful faces in our paranormal circles.There’s only one little problem. Someone ends up dead...
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    angels  demons  paranormal  suspense  adult  audiobook  book  comedy
  • Dragon Rising by Linsey Hall

    Dragon Rising by Linsey Hall

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    The epic finale to this hit series!Acius, the darkest fallen angel in the world, knows what I am. And he wants me—to be his queen, to be his puppet. He’ll stop at nothing, which leaves me with only one choice.Kill him.Normally, my prey run from me. But he’s the hunter too. When he delivers word of his plan to destroy Magic’s Bend with an enormous serpent, it’s obviously a trap meant to ensnare me...
  • Demons Forever by Sarra Cannon

    Demons Forever by Sarra Cannon

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    This is an alternate cover edition for B00ARI22MY Harper has come so far from her life as a foster child. She never imagined what her future would hold when she was first brought to the small town of Peachville. Since that day she’s faced great evil, found some of the answers she’s been looking for, and fallen deeply, madly in love...
  • The Sacrifice by Elicia Hyder

    The Sacrifice by Elicia Hyder

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    "Hello, Praea." There's only one being on Earth who calls Sloan Jordan by that name—her biological mother, a demon named Kasyade. So why did she answer Sloan’s best friend’s phone? When Sloan reaches Adrianne Marx’s apartment to investigate, all she finds is a half-written list of things to do before Sloan’s wedding: 1. Order booze for the reception.
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  • The Gravedigger’s Son: A Charley Davidson Novella by Darynda Jones

    The Gravedigger’s Son: A Charley Davidson Novella by Darynda Jones

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The job should have been easy.Get in. Assess the situation. Get out. But for veteran tracker Quentin Rutherford, things get sticky when the girl he’s loved since puberty shows up, conducting her own investigation into the strange occurrences of the small, New Mexico town...
  • Practical Hexes by Kim Richardson

    Practical Hexes by Kim Richardson

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Never in my thirty years did I think my new normal would be a gig as a soul collector’s assistant—slave really—where I help stockpile souls from the miserable mortals who sell them to him. The demon thinks he can control me, but I plan on doing things differently… my way. But we all know it’s never that easy or that simple, especially in my life.Surprisingly, things get off to a good start...
  • Guarding Eden by Cameo Renae

    Guarding Eden by Cameo Renae

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Tucked away at an upscale, private boarding school in Brindle Hollow, Washington, seventeen-year-old Eden East comes face to face with a hideous creature on her walk back to her dorm. Shaken to her core, she's left questioning the world around her, and soon finds herself entering a friendship with a hot, new student named Alexander...
  • Rival Demons by Sarra Cannon

    Rival Demons by Sarra Cannon

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    An alternate cover edition can be found here.After narrowly escaping death at the hand of the Order of Shadows, Harper finds herself thrust into the strange and beautiful world of the shadow demons. But crossing through the portal doesn't mean she is safe. The Order of Shadows is determined to bring her home and transfer the Prima line to the Harris family...
  • Freak Show by Trina M. Lee

    Freak Show by Trina M. Lee

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Alexa’s arrival in Sin City is greeted with a warning: leave town or be forced out.The return of her lover, Arys, has the Vegas vampires on edge. The Wicked Kiss Las Vegas location has changed in his absence. Werewolf death fights and vampire performance art takes it to a whole new level of crazy. The new club owner, Jenner, shares Arys’s bloodline and a few bad memories...
  • Brotherhood of Dragons by Sarah J. Stone

    Brotherhood of Dragons by Sarah J. Stone

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    My life is in grave danger. And he’s the only one who can save me. Jason Crane. A high-profile bodyguard. Strong, mesmerizing, and hard as steel. I want to run my fingers all over his chiseled chest. On paper, he’s perfect. Normal. But he has a secret. He’s been alive for over four centuries. A dragon shifter. And I’ve been thrown into a safe house with him...
  • Fashionably Hotter Than Hell by Robyn Peterman

    Fashionably Hotter Than Hell by Robyn Peterman

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    What does a frustrated Vampyre do when the woman he’s chased for two hundred years is still trying to get away? He plays dirty, that’s what. Welcome to my own personal Hell.  Name: Heathcliff. Occupation: Vampyre Warrior—one of the deadliest in the world. I plan. I fight. I win. Always.  However, it’s never taken me this damned long to get what I want before...
  • Shadows & Surrender by Deborah Wilde

    Shadows & Surrender by Deborah Wilde

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Ash wanted a career filled with challenging mysteries.She should have specified she didn’t mean her family.When a murder scene reveals a connection to Ash’s father who abandoned her when she was thirteen, she's stunned. He may be the key to stopping Chariot from achieving immortality. The catch? He could be hiding anywhere in the world...
  • Shadows of Bourbon Street by Deanna Chase

    Shadows of Bourbon Street by Deanna Chase

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    From USA Today bestselling author, Deanna Chase, the fifth book in the Jade Calhoun series. Starting a new job is tough...especially when your boss thinks nothing of interrupting your wedding. After a year of battling ghosts and demons, white witch Jade Calhoun is finally marrying the man of her dreams...
  • The Taken by Elicia Hyder

    The Taken by Elicia Hyder

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Sloan Jordan’s days are numbered. She has 139 to be exact. In that time, there’s a lot to do: a missing friend to find, a wedding to plan, and her own murder plot to overthrow. When a lead takes the crew back to Chicago, the truth they uncover is more shocking than they ever imagined—to fight the enemies of the present, they must first face the demons from the past...
  • Revenge & Rapture by Deborah Wilde

    Revenge & Rapture by Deborah Wilde

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Ash is tightening the noose on her enemies…… and losing her grip on reality.Ash’s revenge plans for Chariot and Isaac Montefiore take a surreal turn when Isaac’s wife hires Ash to retrieve an item that Isaac is obsessed with finding. Ash takes the job, but this quest throws her back into Levi’s path and puts Rafael in grave danger...
  • Supernatural Slayer Squad by G.K. DeRosa

    Supernatural Slayer Squad by G.K. DeRosa

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Welcome to the Supernatural Slayer Squad!  Our task is simple. Kill all the demon baddies before they wreak havoc on the human realm and destroy the fragile peace between our two worlds. Easy peasy, right? Well, if I can’t figure out how to get this devil’s mark off my chest, the demons won’t stop coming for me. Luckily, my long lost father has shown up promising to help me get rid of it...
  • Shadow Demons by Sarra Cannon

    Shadow Demons by Sarra Cannon

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    An alternate cover edition can be found here. Book 4 of the Peachville High Demons series:In Peachville, there's a fine line between good and evil.That line is about to be crossed...
  • Wilde Fire by Jenn Stark

    Wilde Fire by Jenn Stark

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    It's the end of the world as we know it... The war on magic is here, and Mistress of the House of Swords Sara Wilde has done everything she can to prepare. The Arcana Council has recalled its most powerful members to hold the line, and the Houses of Magic are frantically strengthening their defenses. Then the first volley hits: a plague of demons freed to ravage the earth...
  • Ember by Liz Schulte

    Ember by Liz Schulte

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Holden told Olivia it was only a matter of time before Hell came for them. After all, one doesn’t just walk away from the life he lived unscathed, but the longer Hell waited, the more Olivia let down her guard. She believed maybe happily ever after was possible—he knew it wasn’t. But when Baker shows up beaten and bloody on their doorstep with a message, all hope evaporates...
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    angels  demons  paranormal  alpha-mc  book  female-mc  fiction  magic
  • The Rise of Fortune and Fury by Sawyer Bennett

    The Rise of Fortune and Fury by Sawyer Bennett

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    It’s time to meet my destiny. Kymaris has everything she needs to bring down the veil between Earth and the Underworld. If she’s successful in completing the ritual, Earth will be darkened by evil. Demons will swarm our lands and the human race will be decimated.It’s up to me to stop her. My fate is to thwart the prophecy, but I’m not sure what to do...
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    angels  demons  paranormal  suspense  adult  book  contemporary  fae
  • The Grave Robber by Darynda Jones

    The Grave Robber by Darynda Jones

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Eric Vause is done.Done with ghosts. Done with hellhounds. And definitely done with asshole demons, mostly because he’d been possessed by one. Even now, five years later, the rage he absorbed from the creature has yet to wane, so he decides a road trip is in order. Surely some cool air, great scenery, and a case of Dos Equis will shake things loose...
  • Roots of Insight by Breeana Puttroff

    Roots of Insight by Breeana Puttroff

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Quinn Robbins has just returned from spending ten days in Eirentheos, a world she had never known existed. Trying to settle back into her familiar life and establish a relationship with her new boyfriend, Zander, is more of a challenge than she ever dreamed it would be...
  • SSS: Year Three by Avery Song

    SSS: Year Three by Avery Song

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    When being different leads to the best years of your life. After a party goes horribly wrong, Silver Spell Solange wakes up to some surprising news that changes everything she grew up believing. The thread of betrayal runs deep, making her question her very identity...
  • Jade Calhoun Series Boxed Set by Deanna Chase

    Jade Calhoun Series Boxed Set by Deanna Chase

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    From USA Today bestselling author, Deanna Chase, the first three books in the Jade Calhoun series The boxed set of the first three books in the Jade Calhoun Series. Includes: Haunted on Bourbon Street Witches of Bourbon Street Demons of Bourbon Street. Book 4, Angels of Bourbon Street is available now!  amazon...
  • Otherworld Chills by Kelley Armstrong

    Otherworld Chills by Kelley Armstrong

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The final anthology from the #1 New York Times bestselling Otherworld series Embrace the obscure. New York Times bestselling author Kelley Armstrong once again opens the gates to the Otherworld. This collection of rare and never-before-published novellas and short stories brings the clever wit, dark twists, and intense suspense Otherworld readers have come to expect...
  • Lucid by P.T. Michelle

    Lucid by P.T. Michelle

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Once Nara combines her prophetic ability with Ethan’s power to outsmart Fate at his own deadly cat-and-mouse game, she’s more determined than ever to help Ethan learn the meaning behind the raven sword tattoo that suddenly appeared on his back after their confrontation with Fate...
  • Dead and Gone by Annie Anderson

    Dead and Gone by Annie Anderson

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    There are few things worse than being on the Arcane Bureau of Investigation’s naughty list.To keep herself out of hot water, Darby Adler has made a deal with the devil—using her skills as a grave talker to help the ABI solve some very cold cases...
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    angels  demons  paranormal  suspense  adult  audiobook  book  fae
  • Lion on the Job by Milly Taiden

    Lion on the Job by Milly Taiden

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Remy Leandros is busting his fur to make the Lakeside Pride stronger than ever. It's as easy as one, two, three. Or so he thought. He’s afraid if something doesn’t change soon, their numbers may decrease. What he doesn’t count on is his mate coming to his rescue. Wait. Mate? He doesn’t want a sexy, sensual, smart mate staying in his guest room. Much less saving his ass...
    Categorized as:
    angels  demons  paranormal  adult  book  fiction  humor  insta-love
  • Unholy Pleasures by Debra Dunbar

    Unholy Pleasures by Debra Dunbar

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Amber’s summer internship is dying on the vine. Dozens of different diseases and pests have suddenly infected the California winery’s grapes in a biblical-scale blight. The warmonger she thought was a one-night stand has shown up uninvited with an indecent proposal...
  • City of Lust by Debra Dunbar

    City of Lust by Debra Dunbar

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Italy is for lovers—unless those lovers are on opposite sides of a 900-year-old family feud. Mastering the intricacies of winemaking isn't the only challenge Amber is facing on her and Irix's trip to Northern Italy. Two prominent families with secrets of their own are on the edge of war, and a young romance might be the spark that ignites their hostilities into flame...
  • Spellbound by Ava Marie Salinger

    Spellbound by Ava Marie Salinger

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Can Cassius and Morgan overcome an elusive enemy and save a young girl’s life?Eden Monroe has spent her entire existence believing she has no magic. Shunned by her mother Brianna and the magical bureau Hexa, she runs away from home when she is forced to embrace a future she never chose, only to fall into the hands of ghastly monsters from the Nine Hells...
  • Ascension by Stacey Rourke

    Ascension by Stacey Rourke

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    From best selling and award winning author Stacey Rourke comes the heart-pounding continuation of the acclaimed Gryphon Series. The turning point of the Gryphon saga is at hand ... Battle looms. Three unstoppable forces prepare to clash in a colossal explosion that could wipe Gainesboro off the map...
  • Sacrifice by Stacey Rourke

    Sacrifice by Stacey Rourke

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Celeste Garrett has finally found a happy balance in her life as the Chosen One, thanks in large part to a certain hunky Irishman. But if there's any lesson she should heed since receiving her calling it's that everything can change in the blink of an eye...
  • Valiant Light by Jana Oliver

    Valiant Light by Jana Oliver

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    With her wedding fast approaching, as well as her fiancé's investiture as grand master, Master Demon TrapperRiley Blackthorne is just trying to keep Atlanta safe from Hellspawn. When she meets a high-level fiend who claims to be free of Lucifer's control, and allows him to remain at large, she knows there will be consequences...
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    angels  demons  paranormal  book  dystopia  female-mc  fiction  magic
  • Les anges voient rouge by Sophie Jomain

    Les anges voient rouge by Sophie Jomain

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    " Je n’ai jamais été une grenouille de bénitier, mais je me souviens très bien des grandes lignes de la religion qui affirment que Dieu est omnipotent, omniscient, omniprésent et… immense. Sauf qu'à en croire l’individu petit, chauve et rabougri qui se tient devant moi, il doit y avoir erreur sur la marchandise...
  • The Mercenary: A Warren Parish Story by Elicia Hyder

    The Mercenary: A Warren Parish Story by Elicia Hyder

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Sergeant Warren Parish is a dangerous man—in more ways than his military training would explain. Nowhere in the world is this more clear than war-torn Iraq, where his “special skill set” is crucial on more than one deadly occasion...
  • Thrax by Christina Bauer

    Thrax by Christina Bauer

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    "The fourth book in the series is a must read! From the nonstop action, to the snark, to the comical antics of Myla's tail, to Myla's hot-and-heavy (and frequently interrupted) inner lust demon..
  • The Book of Lies by Melissa McShane

    The Book of Lies by Melissa McShane

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    For over seventy years, the use of familiars—monsters bound by magic to fight beside humans in the Long War—divided magery into two factions. Now, the monsters strike back.As Helena prepares for the Conference of Neutralities, reports of familiars breaking their bonds to attack and kill their masters raise tensions between the factions to an unprecedented high...
  • Spirits of Bourbon Street by Deanna Chase

    Spirits of Bourbon Street by Deanna Chase

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    From New York Times bestselling author Deanna Chase, Spirits of Bourbon Street. It’s Halloween on Bourbon Street, and white witch Jade Calhoun is ready to party. But when a sexy spirit traps everyone in the past, she’s forced to forgo the cocktails in order to save those she loves...again. This is a shorty story. Approx 11K words...
    Categorized as:
    angels  demons  paranormal  adult  book  cozy  fiction  ghosts
  • Ghost Market by Angela Roquet

    Ghost Market by Angela Roquet

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    In the wake of a thwarted war, Lana Harvey is more than ready for an extended vacation on the new houseboat she shares with the Lord of the Flies, but when the leaderless rebels begin poaching souls and selling them on the Ghost Market, Lana is tasked with heading up a new reaper unit to stop them...
    Categorized as:
    angels  demons  paranormal  adult  audiobook  book  dark  fiction
  • The Evolution of Fae and Gods by Sawyer Bennett

    The Evolution of Fae and Gods by Sawyer Bennett

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Evil is coming.A dark malevolence the likes of which this world has never seen, and it comes straight from the depths of Hell. Darkness meant to destroy. A prophecy I am fated to fulfill but will most likely not survive. Through it all, Carrick Byrne has stood strong by my side...
    Categorized as:
    angels  demons  paranormal  adult  book  contemporary  fae  fiction
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