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  • The Magnus Archives: Season 4 by NOT A BOOK

    The Magnus Archives: Season 4 by NOT A BOOK

    Rated: 4.88 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    The Magnus Archives is a horror audiobook written by Jonathan Sims, directed by Alexander J. Newall and distributed by Rusty Quill. Sims narrates the stories in-character as the main character, Jonathan Sims, the newly-appointed head archivist of the fictional Magnus Institute; an institution based in London centred on research into the paranormal...
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    lgbtq  mlm  dark  romantic-love  horror  fantasy  fiction  mystery
  • The Magnus Archives: Season 3 by Jonathan Sims

    The Magnus Archives: Season 3 by Jonathan Sims

    Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    The Magnus Archives is a horror audiobook written by Jonathan Sims, directed by Alexander J. Newall and distributed by Rusty Quill. Sims narrates the stories in-character as the main character, Jonathan Sims, the newly-appointed head archivist of the fictional Magnus Institute; an institution based in London centred on research into the paranormal...
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    lgbtq  mlm  dark  romantic-love  horror  fantasy  fiction  mystery
  • The Magnus Archives: Season 1 by Jonathan Sims

    The Magnus Archives: Season 1 by Jonathan Sims

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    The Magnus Archives is a horror audiobook written by Jonathan Sims, directed by Alexander J. Newall and distributed by Rusty Quill. Sims narrates the stories in-character as the main character, Jonathan Sims, the newly-appointed head archivist of the fictional Magnus Institute; an institution based in London centred on research into the paranormal...
  • Relic of the Gods by Philip C. Quaintrell

    Relic of the Gods by Philip C. Quaintrell

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    The Echoes of Fate have been heard. After a thousand years, the prophecy has almost come to pass... The final days of hope have come and gone. The kingdoms of Illian stand on the edge of ruin, threatened by the armies of Valanis. As evil spreads across the land, too few are left to hold the line. A world away, the children of fire and flame may be the only hope for the realm...
  • A Practical Guide to Evil VII by ErraticErrata

    A Practical Guide to Evil VII by ErraticErrata

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
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  • A Practical Guide to Evil III by ErraticErrata

    A Practical Guide to Evil III by ErraticErrata

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
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    lgbtq  epic  dark  romantic-love  fantasy  young-adult  fiction  magic
  • A Soul to Steal by Opal Reyne

    A Soul to Steal by Opal Reyne

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    All Gideon wanted was a friend.After waking up in the afterlife to discover he died, Gideon has nowhere to go. The world around him feels strange, utterly false, and he struggles to let go of the past he was ripped away from.Gideon never expects his new, monstrous friend to nibble his way into his heart, or give him purpose in death...
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    mlm  lgbtq  dark  romance  fantasy  monsters  paranormal  demons
  • The Revolution Will Not Be Civilized by ErraticErrata

    The Revolution Will Not Be Civilized by ErraticErrata

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The southern half of Callow is in open rebellion against the Empire.As she had a hand in starting that fire, it’s only fitting that Catherine’s own legion is being sent into the fray. The Lone Swordsman and his posse of heroes are out for her head on a pike but her most dangerous enemy might just be on the same side: the Heiress has escalated their rivalry to a new level of deadliness...
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    lgbtq  epic  dark  fantasy  fiction  young-adult  magic  humor
  • Imajica: The Reconciliation by Clive Barker

    Imajica: The Reconciliation by Clive Barker

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    The magical tale of ill-fated lovers lost among worlds teetering on the edge of destruction, where their passion holds the key to escape. There has never been a book like Imajica...
  • Сказания Меекханского пограничья. Восток - Запад by Robert M. Wegner, Роберт М. Вегнер

    Сказания Меекханского пограничья. Восток - Запад by Robert M. Wegner, Роберт М. Вегнер

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Восток Меекханской империи – край неспокойный. Здесь пролегает граница с побежденным, но не сломленным государством воинственных кочевников, здесь во множестве встречаются Урочища, проклятые места, где можно столкнуться с невероятными чудовищами...
  • Tear the World Apart by S.D. Simper

    Tear the World Apart by S.D. Simper

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    “I will not go out as a candle in the dark—I am The Endless Night, and the whole world will remember it soon. If I must drown this kingdom in blood, so be it.”The God of Order marches on, approaching victory with every stride...
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    dark  epic  lgbtq  adult  book  dark-fantasy  death  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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    dark  epic  adult  angels  book  dark-fantasy  demons  fiction
  • His Holy Bones by Ginn Hale

    His Holy Bones by Ginn Hale

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    When John opens a letter addressed to his missing roommate, Kyle, he expects to find a house key, but instead he is swept into a strange realm of magic, mysticism, revolutionaries and assassins. Though he struggles to escape, John is drawn steadily closer to a fate he share with Kyle—to wake the destroyer god, the Rifter, and shatter a world...
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    dark  epic  lgbtq  mlm  action-adventure  adult  angst  book
  • The Forsaken by L.A. Banks

    The Forsaken by L.A. Banks

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    The Chairman of the Vampire Council is dead, and Lilith, the consort of the Unnamed One, and the Unnamed One himself are out for revenge against Damali Richards, the Vampire Huntress, and her lover, Carlos Rivera. A ruthless and carefully planned strategy---one that not even Damali will anticipate---has been developed...
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    dark  epic  adult  book  dark-fantasy  demons  fiction  horror
  • Carl Perkins' Cadillac by John G. Hartness

    Carl Perkins' Cadillac by John G. Hartness

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Where do you go when you've saved the world but given up everything and everyone you love in the process? The home of the blues, of course! Quincy Harker has retreated to Memphis to lick his wounds and get started on building a new life for himself. He's determined to be a normal guy (almost) living a (mostly) normal life working as a bouncer in a (not even a little bit) normal bar...
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    dark  mlm  romantic-love  adult  angels  audiobook  book  dark-fantasy
  • Matt Archer: Redemption by Kendra C. Highley

    Matt Archer: Redemption by Kendra C. Highley

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    “There’s more to me than you know…”When Matt Archer’s sister, Mamie, said those words to him three years ago, he had no idea how prophetic they were, or what this would mean for his family.Now, he knows. And it changes everything, bringing the war right to Matt’s doorstep.In the epic conclusion to the Matt Archer series, the endgame is near...
  • The Sea of Time by P.C. Hodgell

    The Sea of Time by P.C. Hodgell

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Book #7 in the popular Kencyrath Saga. The Past Returns . . . Kothifir:  a land where time shifts and the past can circle around to the present and vice versa at any moment.  Here Jame, Kencyrath heir doomed to stalk the gods, joins the Southern Host to find that the past is infringing on the present and eating away at the foundations of the city state itself...
  • Infernal Sin by Ariana Nash

    Infernal Sin by Ariana Nash

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    An angel and a demon fell in love, and the world went to war...Branded a traitor by his own kind, Severn knows winning demons back will not be easy, but when High Lord Luxen steals Mikhail from his grasp, he has no choice. He’s going to need all the help he can get to find Mikhail, unseat Luxen as High Lord, and build a force to rival the vicious Guardian Angel Remiel’s...
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    dark  lgbtq  mlm  action-adventure  adult  angels  angst  book
  • Dark Rise by C.S. Pacat

    Dark Rise by C.S. Pacat

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 45 ratings
    The ancient world of magic is no more. Its heroes are dead, its halls are ruins, and its great battles between Light and Dark are forgotten. Only the Stewards remember, and they keep their centuries-long vigil, sworn to protect humanity if the Dark King ever returns.Sixteen-year-old dock boy Will is on the run, pursued by the men who killed his mother...
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    dark  epic  lgbtq  mlm  action-adventure  audiobook  bisexuality  book
  • Imajica by Clive Barker

    Imajica by Clive Barker

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 39 ratings
    Imajica is an epic beyond compare: vast in conception, obsessively detailed in execution, and apocalyptic in its resolution. At its heart lies the sensualist and master art forger, Gentle, whose life unravels when he encounters Judith Odell, whose power to influence the destinies of men is vaster than she knows, and Pie 'oh' pah, an alien assassin who comes from a hidden dimension...
  • Witches' Blood by Ginn Hale

    Witches' Blood by Ginn Hale

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    When John opens a letter addressed to his missing roommate, Kyle, he expects to find a house key, but instead he is swept into a strange realm of magic, mysticism, revolutionaries and assassins. Though he struggles to escape, John is drawn steadily closer to a fate he share with Kyle—to wake the destroyer god, the Rifter, and shatter a world...
  • Incendiary by Carole Cummings

    Incendiary by Carole Cummings

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    "Book 4 of Wolf's-own"Fen Jacin-rei finds himself again on the run after discovering the reality of what he is and why the gods won't let him go. His one source of support, Kamen Malick, is suddenly unavailable, and now hounded and chased by ghosts who want to drive him into insanity and keep him there, Fen will have to face life all alone.Or maybe not...
  • Claimed Beauty by Meraki P. Lyhne

    Claimed Beauty by Meraki P. Lyhne

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Daniel was an Untouchable destined to be trained as a companion to a high-ranking Cubus. A red-eyed Incubus screwed all that up at a dinner party, and Daniel is now a confused Changeling with a libido far exceeding anything he could ever have dreamed off. Seldon failed in keeping the Untouchable under his care safe, and he accidentally dosed the too young human...
  • Awakening / Spellbound by Cate Tiernan

    Awakening / Spellbound by Cate Tiernan

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The second three Sweep books bound into one gorgeous edition at a fabulous price! Morgan Rowlands is a blood witch, the last of a long line of ancient and powerful witches and the holder of an unfathomable power. With the help of her love, her soul mate, Cal, she has realized her true self-but at a price...
  • Violent Demand by Ariana Nash

    Violent Demand by Ariana Nash

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Cast out and hunted by the Brotherhood, Octavius is on borrowed time. He has one chance to prove his innocence, one chance to put things right, before Mikalis hunts him down and executes him.He must find Saint.But the Brotherhood member-turned-nyk whom they all seem to fear, is unlikely to make it easy. Still, Octavius has nothing left to lose. He will recapture Saint, or die trying...
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    mlm  lgbtq  dark  epic  romance  vampires  paranormal  fantasy
  • The Pillars of Sand by Mark T. Barnes, Nick Podehl

    The Pillars of Sand by Mark T. Barnes, Nick Podehl

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The epic conclusion of the Echoes of Empire trilogy.Prophecy declared that corrupt politician Corajidin would rule the Shrīanese Federation, even become its new Emperor and sinister magic has helped him defy death in order to do it. But his victory is not assured, thanks to clashing rival factions that hinder any attempts to unify the nation...
  • Charmed by Nicholas Bella

    Charmed by Nicholas Bella

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    "Just when I think I'm getting a better understanding of what I am, something else comes by and knocks me on my ass." My morning started very eventful. A rendezvous with Adriel is more than a notion. He literally wore me out, but he also made me come to terms with a lot about myself I was still trying to deny. Truth is, I wanted Raphael-powerfully so...
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    dark  lgbtq  mlm  adult  age-gap  audiobook  book  crime
  • Hijinks by Nicholas Bella

    Hijinks by Nicholas Bella

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    "I've just discovered a few secrets about this new world I'm now a part of that both frightens and excites me." I just woke up from one hell of a night. My body was still tingling all over from the mind-blowing experience of what I went through. Unfortunately, I didn't have time to reflect on that... or even bask in it...
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    dark  lgbtq  mlm  adult  age-gap  audiobook  book  dark-fantasy
  • The Foxglove King by Hannah F. Whitten

    The Foxglove King by Hannah F. Whitten

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    When Lore was thirteen, she escaped a cult in the catacombs beneath the city of Dellaire. And in the ten years since, she’s lived by one rule: don’t let them find you. Easier said than done, when her death magic ties her to the city...
  • The Prison of Angels by David Dalglish

    The Prison of Angels by David Dalglish

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    "This world is not safe. Your angels have done great things, but I fear their illusion of safety has been more damaging than they can possibly understand. The ancient evils may be gone, but new ones have replaced them."----Five years have passed since the death of the war god, and now angels watch over the land. It should be a time of peace and prosperity. It is not...
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    dark  epic  adult  audiobook  book  dark-fantasy  demons  fiction
  • The Broken Pieces by David Dalglish

    The Broken Pieces by David Dalglish

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    “Trust, lies, truth, and sanity no longer matter when you deal with a fanatic. Don’t pretend to understand Valessa. Don’t think you know why she does what she does. She’s not just unfinished; she’s a broken thing, and it’s the broken pieces that are most likely to cut when you touch them...
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    dark  epic  adult  audiobook  book  dark-fantasy  fiction  gods
  • Desolation by Megg Jensen

    Desolation by Megg Jensen

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Tressa's army won the battle, but at a terrible cost. So many lives lost. So many lovers torn asunder. And that was just the beginning. An ancient beast rumbles beneath the Dragonlands, thirsting for blood. Dragon blood. Setting aside her heartbreak, Tressa ventures beyond the Dragonlands to the mysterious realm of Desolation, searching for allies and answers...
  • La Nación de las bestias 3: Luna de hueso (3) (Nación de las Bestias/ Beast Nation) by Mariana Palova

    La Nación de las bestias 3: Luna de hueso (3) (Nación de las Bestias/ Beast Nation) by Mariana Palova

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Tras los fatídicos eventos ocurridos en Stonefall y de la casi aniquilación de la tribu Red Buffalo, Elisse nos arrastra a una nueva sombría y aventura a través del norte de Estados Unidos, en búsqueda de los orígenes de Wéndigo, con la esperanza de encontrar la forma de separarse de él...
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    dark  lgbtq  romance  fantasy  dark-fantasy  horror  magic  young-adult
  • Tevinter Nights by John Epler, Brianne Battye

    Tevinter Nights by John Epler, Brianne Battye

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    An anthology of original stories based on the dark fantasy, role-playing video game series from Bioware.Ancient horrors. Marauding invaders. Powerful mages. And a world that refuses to stay fixed.Welcome to Thedas...
  • The Black Shriving by Phil Tucker

    The Black Shriving by Phil Tucker

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    When invasion looms...After a harrowing battle Lady Kyferin and her stalwart followers have earned themselves a brief respite from Lord Laur's fury. They know, however, that the next assault will be impossible to resist. Their sole hope of survival lies in forging an alliance with the only force capable of resisting the empire's might: the Agerastian heretics themselves.But time is running out..
  • Death's Master by Tanith Lee

    Death's Master by Tanith Lee

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Death's Master, winner of the August Derleth Award for Fantasy, is the second book of the stunning arabesque high fantasy series Tales from the Flat Earth, which, in the manner of the One Thousand and One Nights, portrays an ancient world in mythic grandeur via connected tales...
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    dark  epic  lgbtq  mlm  20th-century  adult  audiobook  book
  • Reign of Darkness by Ariana Nash

    Reign of Darkness by Ariana Nash

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    "Know your place, Nikolas." "Under the heel of your boot, Your Highness?"After a terrible inferno destroys the Caville palace, and with the people of Loreen turned against him, Prince Vasili is left with no choice but to flee his ancestral home, leaving Amir to proclaim himself king. But the prince's life isn't the only one left in ashes...
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    dark  epic  lgbtq  mlm  abuse  action-adventure  adult  anti-hero
  • Dissolution by Richard Lee Byers

    Dissolution by Richard Lee Byers

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    While their whole world is changing around them, four dark elves struggle against different enemies. Yet their paths will lead them all to the most terrifying discovery in the long history of the drow, and set them on a quest to save not only Menzoberranzan but the entire dark elf race from Dissolution.The War of the Spider Queen begins here...
  • Honor's Paradox by P.C. Hodgell

    Honor's Paradox by P.C. Hodgell

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The sequel to Bound in Blood and exciting sixth entry in the Godstalker Chronicles by epic fantasy world-builder extraordinaire, P.C. Hodgell. A droll heroine born to one day battle a world-destroying god  fights her way through deadly plots and challenges at a warrior’s academy to graduate and move forward to her destiny...
  • The Lord of the Sabbath by Mariana Palova

    The Lord of the Sabbath by Mariana Palova

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    The abyss watches him. Nightmares hunt him. And now, a battle begins.Terrifying creatures, unseen to all around him, have tormented Elisse since he was a little boy. These “night terrors” and the cruel life as a young Westerner in a refugee camp have left him isolated and alone...
  • Spirits of Vengeance by Rob J. Hayes

    Spirits of Vengeance by Rob J. Hayes

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    He'll die as many times as it takes.The Ipian Empire was once a land that welcomed dragons and spirits alike, but a century of war and bloodshed saw them all but vanish. Now, the lost things are returning and the Onryo have gathered. Five legendary spirits with mysterious powers, bent on freeing an ancient evil that would wreak havoc on humanity...
  • The Master by Louise Cooper

    The Master by Louise Cooper

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Chaos stalks the Realm of Order. The fate of a world hangs on one woman's life. In Conclave grave the Lords of Light will summon their God to battle. Adept of Chaos, sworn to the Law, the Master rides to confront his terrible destiny. This is the tale of his decision. This is Book III in the Master trilogy...
  • 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...
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    dark  mlm  adult  book  dark-fantasy  drama  female-author  fiction
  • Guardian Of Magick by Jessica Wayne

    Guardian Of Magick by Jessica Wayne

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Captured.Tortured.Persecuted.  Sienna isn't sure how much longer she can hang on to the shred of humanity left within her.Not when her only chance at escape would be to destroy what is left of her soul. Daxon is hell-bent on tearing apart the realm in order to find the Sage who has saved his life more times than he can count...
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    dark  epic  adult  book  dark-fantasy  fiction  magic  magical-realism
  • Judgement Day by Joseph Nassise

    Judgement Day by Joseph Nassise

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Cade Williams’ worst nightmare has come true. The Necromancer’s black magick has not only released the Adversary from the infernal realms where Cade imprisoned it, but allowed the fallen angel to possess the body of Cade’s beloved wife, Gabrielle, in the process. When the Templars interrupt the ritual and kill the Necromancer, the Adversary sprouts wings and escapes into the darkness...
    Categorized as:
    dark  epic  adult  angels  audiobook  book  dark-fantasy  demons
  • Two Worlds and in Between: The Best of Caitlin R. Kiernan, Volume One by Caitlín R. Kiernan

    Two Worlds and in Between: The Best of Caitlin R. Kiernan, Volume One by Caitlín R. Kiernan

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Caitlín R. Kiernan’s short fiction was first published in 1995. Over the intervening decade and a half, she has proven not only one of dark fantasy and science fiction’s most prolific and versatile authors, but, to quote Ramsey Campbell, “One of the most accomplished writers in the field, and very possibly the most lyrical.” S. T...
  • Pathfinder Tales: Lord of Runes by Dave Gross, Steve West

    Pathfinder Tales: Lord of Runes by Dave Gross, Steve West

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The aristocratic Pathfinder Varian Jeggare and his hellspawn bodyguard Radovan (Pathfinder's answer to Sherlock Holmes and Watson) return for their fifth standalone novel...
  • Blood of Gods by David Dalglish, Robert J. Duperre

    Blood of Gods by David Dalglish, Robert J. Duperre

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Brothers and gods, Karak and Ashhur created Dezrel to be a paradise of ageless humans. But mortal hubris aroused one god’s wrath, and forced the other to shield the young world’s rebellious denizens from his brother’s murderous retribution. Now, the bloody war between mortal nations and their immortal overlords has reached its tipping point...
  • City of Storms by Kat Ross

    City of Storms by Kat Ross

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    For the Shadow is a tight passage, a narrow door, whose painful constriction no one is spared who goes down the deep well . . .After decades of civil war, the Via Sancta has declared victory over humanity’s basest instincts. Anger, hatred and greed are suppressed by intricate Marks on the skin. Wards have tamed the wild psychic magic of the ley...
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    dark  epic  romance  fantasy  paranormal  magic  urban-fantasy  fiction
  • Taken by the Lord of the Nocturne Court by K.A. Merikan

    Taken by the Lord of the Nocturne Court by K.A. Merikan

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    “I am yours, and I can be your prince as well as your beast.”Luke I’m your typical small-town loser stuck in a dead-end job. Single, because dating is for well-adjusted human beings, not traumatized gay boys with trust issues. All I want is to leave my past behind and finally start living.My wish comes true in the most bizarre way imaginable...
    Categorized as:
    mlm  dark  lgbtq  romance  fantasy  paranormal  magic  fae
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