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Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter Collection 1-4 (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, #1-4) by Laurell K. Hamilton
Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsNow available in this special boxed set--the first four volumes of Hamilton's "New York Times" bestselling Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter novels. Includes "Guilty Pleasures, The Laughing Corpse, Circus of the Damned, " and "The Lunatic Cafe." Original... -
A Very Proper Monster by Elizabeth Hunter
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsPower, passion, and politics collide in an Elemental World that is ruled by the ancients.In Victorian-era Dublin, Josephine Shaw spends long nights filling the pages of her Gothic stories with the fantastic and the macabre, unaware that the suitor her father has arranged is one of the dark creatures she's always dreamed... -
The Silent by Elizabeth Hunter
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsThey are called kareshta, the silent ones.But the silent are waking.Kyra has lived her life in the shadow of a powerful Grigori brother. She’s ignored her own desires for the good of her family. But an unexpected request from Thailand sends her on a mission that could change her life and alter the fate of free Grigori all over the world... -
Unclaimed Mate: Lethal Legacy Vampire Series by D.M. Mortier
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsRe-released... Luka Petrov refused to let the brutal legacy of his Slavic vampire father and the unsavory legacy of his human mother define him. As Dhampirs, he and his brothers had vampiric powers and wealth that ensured that they were feared and revered in both the immortal and human worlds. Fate gave him a mate he neither wanted nor needed... -
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The Bronze Blade by Elizabeth Hunter
Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsLibrarian Note: Previous cover can be found here."You may call me Tenzin, if you like."A girl. A mother. A slave. A monster. A survivor. Descended into madness. Forged in fire and darkness, she became one of the fiercest warriors the immortal world had ever known.But in the beginning, there was a girl.THE BRONZE BLADE is a novella of approximately 100 pages... -
A Winter's Rose by Tanya Anne Crosby
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIt has been five years since King Stephen took the English throne. The border lands are fraught with tensions. Loyalties are uncertain. Only the strong will hold their lands, and behind every strong man is an even stronger woman... -
Child of the Phoenix by Barbara Erskine
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsBorn in a burning castle in 1218, Princess Eleyne is brought up to support the Celtic cause against the English. She is taught to worship the old gods and to "scry" into the future and the past. Eleyne's second sight, however, involves her in the destinies of England, Scotland and Wales... -
Releasing the Watcher by Kim Loraine
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe final installment in the Fallen Angel Trilogy concludes the epic tale of Heaven vs. Hell and the consequences of forbidden love. She was forbidden, and I gave everything to be with her.My grace.My wings.My place in Heaven.But still, she was taken from me.Now, thousands of years later, I’ve found her in another life, but she doesn’t know me and her heart belongs to another... -
Pure Providence by Aja James
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAll my existence, I have loved one woman.But she was never meant to be mine.I loved her when she was the intended bride for another.I betrayed him too.I loved her after they married. I took what wasn’t mine.I paid my penance by dying in his stead.But it wasn’t enough to restore the Balance... -
Destroyer of Light by Rachel Alexander
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsThe marriage of Hades and Persephone blossoms and their mysterious grove in the world below thrives……while the sunlit world withers.Demeter holds out in Eleusis, pushing both mankind and the gods to frozen starvation in order to reclaim her daughter... -
Haunting Mr. Darcy - A Spirited Courtship by KaraLynne Mackrory
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhat happens to the happily ever after when the ever after has already happened? A "spirited" courtship indeed! Jane Austen's much adored Pride and Prejudice is transfigured in this Regency adaptation. That fickle friend Fate intervenes when an unexpected event threatens the happily ever after of literature's favorite love story... -
Love Beyond Belief by Bethany Claire
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsUSA TODAY Bestselling Author Bethany Claire continues her Morna's Legacy Series beautifully with Love Beyond Belief The best surprises are the ones you never see coming. All Sydney Pearce needs is some time away from the stress and chaos of running her own restaurant. Maybe then she’ll be able to remember why it was such a dream come true to open the place...Categorized as:
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The Vampire King by Kenya Wright
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsEscape into the Vampire King—a steamy, high-octane paranormal.As a human domina, Camille's only purpose in life is to birth vampire children for the powerful the Quiet King. Trapped within the castle walls under strict rules and constant surveillance by guards, Camille has spent the last two years, witnessing the brutal slaughter of innocent babies and insurmountable atrocities to other women... -
The All Souls Real-Time Reading Companion by Deborah Harkness
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA richly illustrated real-time reading guide that brings to life the world created by Deborah Harkness in A Discovery of Witches and Shadow of Night, retracing the events of the bestselling novels with illuminating behind-the-scenes details A world of witches, vampires, and daemons. A manuscript that holds the secrets of their past and the key to their future... -
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Infinity by Maggie Shayne
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFor five centuries, Immortal High Witch Nicodimus has been suspended in an eternity of darkness. His heart was stolen away in the ultimate betrayal by his love Arianna... Now Arianna discovers a way to bring him back. But the power that returns Nicodimus to her arms also summons an ancient enemy. To fight this dark danger, they must confront the past--and reclaim infinity.. -
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Sensing Danger by Wendy Vella
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsFrom USA Today Bestseller Wendy Vella comes an exciting Regency series about legend, love and destiny, with a hint of magic ... Legend says the Sinclairs heightened senses are a result of a long ago pact between them and the powerful Raven family. To Honor and Protect is their creed, but the current Duke of Raven doesn't make their task easy...Categorized as:
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A Vampire's Claim by Joey W. Hill
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsBook III in the Vampire Queen Series. Lady Daniela has never taken a full human servant. At two hundred years, she’s always put it off, having a bachelor’s attitude toward bonding with another, even an inferior human... -
Evading by K.L. Kreig
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratings"Let me obliterate each and every last beast that's holding that beautiful mind captive, Giselle." It's no secret Detective Mike Thatcher wasn't a fan of the blood drinkers. They stole his life, his woman, his future when they kidnapped his college sweetheart. So of course Fate paired him with the one thing he'd spent the past eleven years hating...a vampire. But Giselle isn't just any vampire... -
Bound By Blood: Volume 1 (Bound By Blood, #1) by Shane K.P. O'Neill
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratings“A war rages on around us every day. The struggle to save all mankind. The ultimate evil.”As his moment of death looms Dracula suffers the ultimate betrayal. The champion of the Catholic faith in Eastern Europe realises it is Lucifer who is coming to claim him. However, Lucifer does not want his soul. Instead he bites into Dracula’s neck and then offers his own blood to drink... -
The Moon that Embraces the Sun 1 by Jung Eun-gwol
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLee Hwon mulai menyelidiki penyebab kematian Yeon Woo, yang ternyata menyimpan berbagai keganjilan. Semua bukti menunjukkan bahwa Yeon Woo dibunuh, tapi yang lebih mencengangkan, ada dugaan bahwa Yeon Woo sebenarnya belum meninggal. Tanpa disadari, penyelidikan Hwon pun berujung pada pengungkapan identitas Wol... -
White Wolf by Lauren Gilley
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsNYPD homicide detective Trina Baskin is having nightmares. Vivid ones. Full of blood, and snow, dead wolves…and a young man with pale hair who howls like an animal. She chalks them up to stress and an overactive imagination, too many Old Country stories from her Russian father who, when he’s had too much vodka, starts to rave about dark forces and things that look like men…but aren’t...Categorized as:
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Tempting Fate by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsEurope 1920s. Fifth [published] in the Saint-Germain series, Tempting Fate finds the count as guardian to a Russian war orphan during the Russian Revolution and the end of World War I... -
Destiny by Maggie Shayne
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsShe is Nidaba—a immortal High Witch so ancient, so legendary, that for thousands of years she has been the ultimate prize, relentlessly pursued by Dark Witches. She has eluded all who would kill her… until a mother’s grief makes her reckless and she is captured by a madman. After endless physical and mental torment, she escapes, but her captivity has damaged her spirit as well as her body... -
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The King's Executioner by Donna Fletcher
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe King of the Pict has entered into an agreement with Cathbad, Overlord of the Western Region to wed his daughter Anin. Blyth, Anin’s mother, has given her husband four fine sons and King Talon hopes Anin will do the same for him. Unfortunately, Anin’s mother wants no part of the agreement. She intends for her daughter to pick a husband of her own choosing as the women of her tribe do...Categorized as:
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John Eyre: A Tale of Darkness and Shadow by Mimi Matthews
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFrom USA Today bestselling author Mimi Matthews comes a supernatural Victorian gothic retelling of Charlotte Brontë's timeless classic.Yorkshire, 1843. When disgraced former schoolmaster John Eyre arrives at Thornfield Hall to take up a position as tutor to two peculiar young boys, he enters a world unlike any he’s ever known... -
Wolf Bride by T.S. Joyce
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWerewolves meet the Wild West in this captivating new shifter romance series from T. S. Joyce. Kristina Yeaton is running from her past as a working girl at a Chicago brothel. Determined to start fresh in the wilds of Colorado, she answers an advertisement in the paper for a wife... -
In The Darkest Midnight by Grace Draven
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsThe mark Jahna Uhlfrida was born with has made her a target of the cruel and idle all her life. During the long, crowded festivities of the winter holiday known as Delyalda, there's nowhere to escape and no one to save her from the taunts and mockery.Until a handsome swordmaster promises to teach her how to save herself... -
Grimm Curiosities by Sharon Lynn Fisher
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsIn Victorian England, a young woman inherits her father’s curiosity shop and all its ghostly secrets in a bewitching novel by the author of Salt & Broom.It’s 1851 in old York. Lizzy Grimm struggles to save her late father’s charmingly creepy yet floundering antique shop, Grimm Curiosities. Then, during a particularly snowy December in this most haunted city in England, things turn…curiouser... -
The Story Collector by Evie Gaughan
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratings"Evie Gaughan has skillfully created a magical, original novel. Beautifully written and steeped in folklore - this suspenseful story is told with warmth, wit and charm." Niamh Boyce (The Herbalist) A beautiful and mysterious tale from the author of The Heirloom and The Mysterious Bakery On Rue De Paris...Categorized as:
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Midnight Captive by Arial Burnz
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI'm betrothed to a dagger-toting hellionShe was a doe-eyed, freckle-faced girl when I left seven years ago.Had I known she held such fire, I would have rushed home to be in her arms much sooner.I adored her then…I ache to have her now.But the supernatural world that surrounds her may be our undoing.She's bound and determined to take her father's enemy head-on... -
The Stalker by Lauren Gilley
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsRain fell against the roof and the windowpanes, sealing them in together in their den of antiques and crumbling books and the nail polish bottles lined up in the dormer ledges. It was all so ordinary and human; the only monsters were them, just the way he liked it... -
Keeper of My Heart by Laura Landon
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratings1494 Scotland M�iri MacBride had one desire-to escape to a convent and hide her gift from the world that would rather see her dead than exercising her second sight. It wasn't as if she could see events that would happen in the future. Her gift was much simpler than that. With a look or a touch, she could detect evil intent and deception. And for that, even her father wanted her dead... -
The White Lily by Juliette Cross
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTo the north of the Varis empire, a mysterious faction spreads propaganda against the vampire monarchy. Friedrich Volya, the Duke of Winter Hill, seeks to discover who they are before his uncle finds them first. King Dominik will punish the traitors with brutal force... -
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Souls to Heal by Tilly Wallace
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCan an injured wolf and a broken witch heal each other . . . Alice Sheffield tore her soul into pieces and hid them to escape a soul-eating demon... -
The Legacy by Jill Rowan
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen Fallady Galbraith accepts the legacy of an isolated house on the Welsh borders as a means of escaping from London, she soon discovers that the house conceals a number of secrets including, apparently, two household ghosts who act as cook and gardener... -
Rising Dark by A.D. Koboah
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen the newly married Reverend Avery Wentworth embarks on a journey to the Americas to begin a new life, he foresees only joy ahead of him. But along with the shocking evils prevalent in a world of slavery, he comes against a much older, darker evil that steals his soul and turns him into a creature of the night. Cut off from humanity, he wanders through a wilderness of despair... -
An Elusive Dragon by E.B. Wheeler
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEliza Prescott's father has a plan for her and her dragon magic. He wants to see her married to a titled gentleman who can advance their family fortunes. But Eliza has her own plan to show her father the folly of his ambitions: engage herself to the most obnoxious, dandified lord possible. Then, her father might free her to chart her own course...Categorized as:
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Lady Avely's Guide to Truth and Magic by Rosalie Oaks
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA Regency widow shouldn’t be hunting spectres all night. Lady Judith Avely’s magical gift for divining the truth makes her prodigiously good at lying. To absolve a guilty secret, she travels to the exiled Duke of Sargen’s estate, but the last thing she expects is to run into the duke himself, who is lamentably now even more attractive than in his volatile youth... -
A Ghostly Guardian by H.P. Mallory, Fiction
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLondon, 1880I’ve returned to London with my proverbial tail between my legs.After the death of my beloved husband, I took my broken heart and retreated to Paris, where I’ve been living for the last year.But finally deciding I need to face the ghosts of my past, I’ve returned.And now find myself sitting in a jail cell in Scotland Yard, the precinct of the London police... -
Bound By Sin by Jenna Maclaine
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAs the Civil War rages among mortal men, Cin Craven is locked in an epic battle of her own—fighting the renegade vampires whose unquenchable appetites she knows all too well. At her side are the immortal warriors of The Righteous—among them her husband, her lover, her soul-mate Michael. With a passion bordering on possession, Cin’s love for Michael knows no bounds... -
Her Loving Husband's Curse by Meredith Allard
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHow far will you go to protect the one you love?Finally, after many long and lonely years, James Wentworth’s life is falling into place. Together with his wife, Sarah, the only woman he has ever loved, he has found the meaning behind her nightmares about the Salem Witch Trials, and now they are rebuilding the life they began together so long ago.But the past is never far behind for the Wentworths... -
Curse of the Gypsy (Lady Anne Addison Mysteries) by Victoria Hamilton
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFans of the Lady Julia Grey Mysteries will love these Georgian historical mysteries. Finally home in Kent after her recent adventures in Yorkshire and Cornwall, Lady Anne Addison is shocked to spy her erstwhile suitor, the Marquess of Darkefell, skulking around the gypsy camps near her property... -
Blood Games by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThis is a tale of love and horror set during the last chaotic days of Nero's Rome - a time marked by excesses of high living, cruel violence and intricate political intrigue... -
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Time Without End by Linda Lael Miller
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFrom his first passionate encounters with love and death in the dark days of the fourteenth century to his dazzling fame as master of illusion in modern-day Las Vegas, Valerian could never escape the joys and anguish of human desire. It was his fate from the beginning.. -
Wild Highland Magic by Kendra Leigh Castle
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAs soon as she laid eyes on him, her animal instincts took over. For generations, the MacInnes werewolves have been guarding the portal between Earth and the Drakkyn realm. Bastian and his sister came through the portal from Drakkyn, seeking sanctuary in the beautiful Scottish Highlands and relief from the curse that haunts him... -
The Haunting at Hawke's Moor by Camille Oster
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsVictorian London shows little mercy when divorce leaves Anne Kinelly destitute and abandoned by her husband. Her bleak future is avoided when the merciful actions of her solicitor results in a stroke of luck, finding a house forgotten and left in probate by previous generations... -
Never Been Bit by Lydia Dare
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIn desperation, a man will do terrible things...The glittering world of high society is the playground for the rich, titled, and reluctantly undead...Alec MacQuarrie's after-life has become an endless search for pleasure in an effort to overcome his heartbreak and despair... -
Let the Night Begin by Kathryn Smith
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA vampire will not rest until he satisfies his hunger…And what I, Reign, hungered for most of all was Olivia Gavin. I have never met a woman more beautiful, more tantalizing, and so I made her my bride. She promised me her heart and soul…in return, I plundered her flesh, and bound her to me for all eternity. Then, terrified of what I’d made her, she fled... -
The Immortal Collection by Eva García Sáenz
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsWhen Adriana, a brilliant young archaeologist, accepts a position at the Museum of Archaeology in her hometown of Santander, Spain, she never imagines that her new boss has lived through the history she can only study.Iago, the charismatic technical director of the museum, is more than ten thousand years old but appears to be only thirty-five...
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