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  • Carrie / 'Salem's Lot / The Shining by Stephen King

    Carrie / 'Salem's Lot / The Shining by Stephen King

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 35 ratings
    Stephen King is a unique and powerful writer without equal for millions of horror fans. His incredible narrative drive ensnares the reader in a web of everyday surroundings, believable situations and recognizable characters that are eventually caught up in a terrifying noose of monumental evil...
  • Silence in the Shadows by Darcy Coates

    Silence in the Shadows by Darcy Coates

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The stark world continues to change. Each passing day twists it further, pushing the surviving humans closer to the brink of extinction. But, for the first time, there is hope. Clare and Dorran have set their sights on returning home to Winterbourne Hall. It's a daunting journey, but vital...
  • Mist by 微风几许

    Mist by 微风几许

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    yperthymesia. Those with this condition can remember every detail of their lives from something as significant as the world’s turning point to something as small and as insignificant as a minor fleeting thought. They cannot forget and their thirst for knowledge allows them to be considered a genius in some senses.Legend has it that Ji Yushi was this kind of genius...
  • Elemental Soul by Phaedra Weldon

    Elemental Soul by Phaedra Weldon

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Time is running out... It's the calm before the storm, and Sam knows Dionysus is coming for her. Spirit is the only way to defeat him—the one Element she hasn't mastered...
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    dark  epic  paranormal  action-adventure  book  dragons  fae  fiction
  • We're Alive: A Story of Survival, the Third Season by K.C. Wayland

    We're Alive: A Story of Survival, the Third Season by K.C. Wayland

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A small riot in LA has spread past its containment. Three reserve soldiers are called to their deserted duty station. Believed to be the last remaining armed servicemen in the area, Michael, Angel, and Saul witness the true cause of the riot; people are starting to change and attack each other...
  • Wolf Mate by M. Guida

    Wolf Mate by M. Guida

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The final battle is here. I have to prove that I'm worthy of the crown.Everything rests on me.But I'm willing to accept the challenge.I want justice for my parents' murder and my demon wolves' enslavement.My enemy doesn't play fair, and I know it's an ambush.Bring it on, dude. Win or lose, I'm ready...
  • Witches of the Deep by C.N. Crawford, Carlos Quevedo

    Witches of the Deep by C.N. Crawford, Carlos Quevedo

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Fiona and her friends are on the run from the ruthless witch-hunters, seeking refuge in the werewolf city of Dogtown. But sadly for Fiona, no sanctuary awaits them there. Plagued by its inhabitants and her own twisted past, Fiona is searching for one thing: a way out. Her only hope is to complete a series of grueling tasks set forth by a gorgeous—but terrifying—sea-demon...
  • Yes, Master by Simon Archer

    Yes, Master by Simon Archer

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    What if you had a genie who wanted your every last desire to come true? What if you had two? And what if they were competing to see who could do a better job?What would you wish...
    Categorized as:
    dark  paranormal  adult  book  fiction  harem  horror  monsters
  • Sea of Shadow by Sarah K.L. Wilson

    Sea of Shadow by Sarah K.L. Wilson

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Though shadow sweeps over the land, light will not relent.Intense. Delightful. Unrelenting. A no-nonsense heroine, a sword of questionable origin, and a plot that sinks its claws in and does not let go. Grab a reading buddy and buckle in...
  • Cold Sanctuary by Anthony M. Strong

    Cold Sanctuary by Anthony M. Strong

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The bogeyman is real. In a tunnel deep beneath an Alaskan mountain, a man is brutally murdered. Just one in a series of grisly deaths, it is not long before whispers grow that the Qalupalik, a terrifying creature born from centuries of superstition and fear, has come to wreak havoc on the small coastal town of Shackleton, Alaska...
  • Death's Awakening by Sarra Cannon

    Death's Awakening by Sarra Cannon

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    An alternative cover edition for this ASIN can be found here. I never dreamed the world would end this way... Sixteen-year-old Parrish Sorrows is nothing special. She lives in the shadow of her prodigy sister, ignored by her parents and shunned as an outsider at her private school.But today, everything changes.Today, on the other side of the country, a portal to another world opens...
  • Dragon Emperor 17 by Eric Vall

    Dragon Emperor 17 by Eric Vall

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Evan continues his quest for power in an effort to defeat the Demon King of the Underworld, but things aren’t easy when you’re a dragon lord.Especially when his quest for the Nobel Swords takes him outside of Rahma and into a neighboring kingdom.Evan’s met a host of different races while in Inati, but he’s never encountered the elves before...
  • 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:
    dark  paranormal  zombies  adult  angels  book  demons  fiction
  • The Dark Citadel: The Complete Series by Michael Wallace

    The Dark Citadel: The Complete Series by Michael Wallace

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    After Darik is sold into slavery upon the collapse of his family’s fortunes, he vows to escape to freedom in the barbarian lands over the western mountains. The city is under threat from a sorcerer and his armies, and Darik plans to use the chaos to escape...
    Categorized as:
    dark  epic  paranormal  adult  book  dragons  fiction  high-fantasy
  • The Devil's Shallows by Debra Castaneda

    The Devil's Shallows by Debra Castaneda

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Eight miles of mystery. One night of terror.Residents trapped in a remote neighborhood confront the unimaginable in this horror novel from award-winning author Debra Castaneda.The salt marsh at Devil’s Landing is home to a terrifying urban legend.Adam Gray knows the old stories about the Slough Devil, the missing children, and the mutilated animals...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  paranormal  dark  horror  fiction  mystery  animals  survival
  • The Numbing by Flint Maxwell

    The Numbing by Flint Maxwell

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    A Supernatural Apocalypse NovelEvil awaits.After the devastating events on Prism Lake, Grady and the other survivors head south, hoping to find safety in one of the rumored "Cities of Light."But as they embark on their journey, they quickly discover the monsters aren't the only things out in the snow they must fear.They may not even be the worst things..
  • Empire of Night by Kelley Armstrong

    Empire of Night by Kelley Armstrong

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    SISTERS MORIA AND ASHYN ARE THE KEEPER AND SEEKER OF EDGEWOOD.OR AT LEAST, THEY WERE.Their village is gone. Their friends have betrayed them. And now, they are all but prisoners in court, forced to watch and wait while the Emperor decides whether to help the children of Edgewood, who remain hostages of the treacherous Alvar Kitsune...
  • Smoke on the Water by Craig Halloran

    Smoke on the Water by Craig Halloran

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The unexpected never rests … Now that she's no longer an FBI agent, Sidney is restless. She drops Megan off at Grandma and Grandpa's so she can have some adult time, and then she goes to the shooting range. An old guy called Big Jake out-shoots her and then saves Sid from two huge goons who smell like the Drake. And then Big Jake turns up dead...
  • Blood and Rain by Glenn Rolfe

    Blood and Rain by Glenn Rolfe

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Gilson Creek, Maine. A safe, rural community. Summer is here. School is out and the warm waters of Emerson Lake await. But one man's terrible secret will unleash a nightmare straight off the silver screen. Under the full moon, a night of terror and death re-awakens horrors long sleeping...
  • Inferno Park by J.L. Bryan

    Inferno Park by J.L. Bryan

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Carter was only twelve when he witnessed the disaster that killed more than a hundred people at Starland Amusement Park. Five years later, Carter’s hometown is no longer a busy Florida panhandle resort, but a slowly dying town full of empty motels and attractions rusting behind chains and padlocks.Now something evil stirs in the ruins of the old amusement park..
    Categorized as:
    paranormal  suspense  zombies  book  fiction  florida  ghosts  horror
  • Issaura's Claws by Katharine E. Wibell

    Issaura's Claws by Katharine E. Wibell

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    “According to legend, when the world was young, the goddess Issaura appeared among men. Those who treated her with kindness received the gift of the gods—the ability to transform into an animal form. This was a great honor but one that separated this race from other humans. Before Issaura departed the mortal realm, she promised to return if her people were ever at the point of destruction...
  • A God of Wrath & Lies by K.M. Moronova

    A God of Wrath & Lies by K.M. Moronova

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Important Notice - Some of the content in this book may be triggering for some readers. Reader discretion is advised.Trauma is haunting. Twisted.It can take everything we have... can't it? All that we are.Well, at least mine did.Since my dog died, I've been cursed with dreams of blood and cries. Things that were once so clear are now foggy. Why have the gods plagued my life? With loss and rot...
  • This Is Halloween by Melody Rose

    This Is Halloween by Melody Rose

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Margo was just your normal Christmas elf, and sure maybe she had a bit too much Christmas cheer, but hey, if starting to decorate for Christmas in July was wrong, she didn't want to be right.At least, until the three lords of Halloween decide to kidnap her and bring her back to Halloweenland.There’s Jack, the hopelessly sexy and tall King of Halloween, who’s harboring a monster inside of him...
  • The Dark Winter by Flint Maxwell

    The Dark Winter by Flint Maxwell

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Can you survive the cold?After the initial series of summer blizzards, the snowfall has decreased, but the temperatures continue to drop, the icy wind still blows, and with each passing day, the darkness lasts longer and longer.It is in the darkness the monsters thrive...
  • The Devil by Name by Keith Rosson

    The Devil by Name by Keith Rosson

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    No one expected the apocalypse would be broadcast via phone call...
  • The Twelve by Justin Cronin

    The Twelve by Justin Cronin

    Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars
    · 66 ratings
    In his internationally bestselling and critically acclaimed novel The Passage, Justin Cronin constructed an unforgettable world transformed by a government experiment gone horribly wrong. Now the scope widens and the intensity deepens as the epic story surges forward with The Twelve. In the present day, as the man-made apocalypse unfolds, three strangers navigate the chaos...
  • Vampire: The Masquerade Revised by Mark Rein-Hagen, Phil Brucato

    Vampire: The Masquerade Revised by Mark Rein-Hagen, Phil Brucato

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    They stalk in the shadows, moving gracefully and unseen among their prey. They are the blood-drinking fiends of whispered legends - Kindred, Cainites, the Damned. Above all, they are vampires. Their eternal struggle, waged since the nights of Jericho and Babylon, plays itself out among the skyscrapers and nightclubs of the modern world...
    Categorized as:
    dark  paranormal  adult  book  dark-fantasy  fiction  horror  monsters
  • Zero Tolerance by Jonathan Maberry, Ray Porter

    Zero Tolerance by Jonathan Maberry, Ray Porter

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    This sequel to Patient Zero brings Joe Ledger back into action.Zero Tolerance picks up a few weeks after the close of Maberry’s action-thriller Patient Zero. Dropping back into the world of former Baltimore cop Joe Ledger, the Department of Military Sciences, and flesh-eating zombies, fans of the series will finally see the tying up of a few loose ends...
    Categorized as:
    zombies  paranormal  suspense  dark  horror  audiobook  fiction  sci-fi
  • Immortal Origins by Taryn Knightly

    Immortal Origins by Taryn Knightly

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    “Champions are fated. Not even the gods can interfere. Once a name has been given, it can’t be taken back.”Born into servitude to the warrior kingdom of Eltoria, Ambrose has spent her entire life confined within the palace walls. Forced to train in secret, she’s a shadow among the warriors that are the pride of the empire...
    Categorized as:
    epic  dark  suspense  paranormal  romance  fantasy  dragons  fiction
  • Of Masques and Martyrs by Christopher Golden

    Of Masques and Martyrs by Christopher Golden

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Led by Peter Octavian, the Shadows must drink blood. Yet they do not steal life. New Shadows are created only by individual choice. Peace is their only hunger. The minions of Hannibal have a different goal: the enslavement of humanity. They kill for pleasure and for thirst. They indiscriminately create more of their own. And they embrace the title of terrible legend: vampire. Shadows and vampires...
  • The Book of Bad Things by Dan Poblocki

    The Book of Bad Things by Dan Poblocki

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    One kid's trash is another kid's terror in this spooky supernatural mystery.When Cassidy Bean leaves New York to spend the summer upstate, she's disappointed to find that Whitechapel is not the quiet, pleasant suburb she remembers. Ursula Chambers, the strange old hermit at the end of the cul-de-sac, has passed away under mysterious circumstances...
  • Grave Girl by Amy Cross

    Grave Girl by Amy Cross

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    When Sam Marker ran away from her old life, all she needed was a job and somewhere to live. Anything would do. And then, one fateful day, she saw that the town of Rippon was looking for a new gardener...Unfortunately for Sam, the 'garden' is actually a cemetery, and it just so happens to contain the deadliest grave in the world...
    Categorized as:
    dark  paranormal  zombies  adult  book  fiction  ghosts  gothic
  • Callis Rose by Mark Tufo

    Callis Rose by Mark Tufo

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Callis Rose is a girl blessed with a gift from above or cursed with a ruthless power she barely understands, it’s really just a matter of degrees. As her family life is turned asunder she is thrown into an indifferent Social Services program where she defends herself the only way she knows how. Callis is moved from home to home until she finally settles at the Lowries...
  • With Teeth by Brian Keene

    With Teeth by Brian Keene

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    For a group of middle-aged friends, the trip into the forest was supposed to be simple. All they had to do was find a place to set up their criminal enterprise, and all of their financial problems would be solved. But now, night is falling, and with the darkness comes something else. Something fast. Something ferocious. Something... with teeth...
  • Goetia by Mel Odom

    Goetia by Mel Odom

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The trilogy that began in Exodus continues: 2024: Four years after the Demons opened the planar rift known as the Hellgate, mankind's desperate struggle to survive continues. Simon Cross, expatriate of the secret Templar order, works to find and transport survivors out of the ruined city...
    Categorized as:
    dark  paranormal  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  horror  monsters
  • In the Devil's Own Words by Elizabeth Wixley, E.M.G. Wixley

    In the Devil's Own Words by Elizabeth Wixley, E.M.G. Wixley

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Note: Alternate/new cover for ASIN# B00B8XQF66.Moving house has become a way of life for fifteen year old Isobel Miller; her father is an Army Major, her mother, a middle aged, pregnant, chain smoking alcholic! but the move to the village of Langham could be the straw that broke the camels back! To the truculent teenager it might as well have been to 'Timbuktu'...
  • Tuesday: A Dark Monster Romance by Adrian Blue

    Tuesday: A Dark Monster Romance by Adrian Blue

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Tuesday's Child is Full of GraceDr. Christina Blackwood moved to a small town for a slower pace of life. But when a child goes missing, it throws the community into a panic. All eyes immediately turn to Ashcroft Estate, whose reclusive and mysterious owner is known for fiercely protecting his privacy. But the estate is protecting far more than that. William Ashcroft has a secret...
  • Prowlers by Christopher Golden

    Prowlers by Christopher Golden

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    LONG HAVE THE PACKS LACKED A GREAT LEADER. SCATTERED FAR AND WIDE, THEY HAVE HUNTED AS BEST THEY COULD IN THE HARD LANDS, IN PLACES WHERE THEIR PREDATIONS COULD BE PASSED OFF AS THE WORK OF TRUE WOLVES. INSTEAD OF PROWLERS When nineteen-year-old Jack Dwyer's best friend Artie is murdered, he is devastated...
  • The Awakening by T.W. Piperbrook

    The Awakening by T.W. Piperbrook

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    **Special $.99 cent launch price for one week only!** Missed Outage 1? Get it here at: amazon.com/dp/B00L2KZH3W Tom Sotheby has escaped the forest, but he is far from safe. His wife has been butchered. The town he once knew is a barren white wasteland. And the beasts won't rest until he's dead. His only hope is to get to town, to safety he isn't sure exists..
  • Diary of the Displaced - Omnibus by Glynn James

    Diary of the Displaced - Omnibus by Glynn James

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    There is a place where nightmares are real. A dark and terrifying place that is hidden from the world we know, by borders that only the most unfortunate of souls will ever cross...
  • Smoke and Mirrors by Craig Halloran

    Smoke and Mirrors by Craig Halloran

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Unexpected twists ... With John Smoke now free from prison, Sidney Shaw's life doesn't get any easier. No longer an FBI agent and with the bills stacking up, she takes up the Bounty Hunter business. Together, her and Smoke, go after another villainous fiend on the Black Slate. Success quickly turns to failure as Congressman Wilhelm is shot and video evidence reveals John Smoke as the shooter...
  • The Hunted by Mike Dellosso, Michael Dellosso

    The Hunted by Mike Dellosso, Michael Dellosso

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    After learning of the disappearance of his nephew, Joe Saunders returns to his childhood home of Dark Hills. With rumors spreading of a rogue lion roaming the woods, he embarks on a mission to learn the truth. As he peels away the layers of Dark Hills, he discovers a secret that has been shrouded for three generations in a deadly code of silence...
  • Ancient Enemies by Matthew Bryan Laube

    Ancient Enemies by Matthew Bryan Laube

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The story of "The Ancient" continues... Joseph Miller and Mike Samson are closing in on one of the Fallen on the busy streets of New York City, with the help of a young woman who just happens to grow fur and fangs. Little do they know someone from Miller's past is hunting them to settle a grudge over a thousand years old...
  • Stolen Tongues by Felix Blackwell

    Stolen Tongues by Felix Blackwell

    Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    A romantic cabin getaway doesn’t go exactly as planned. High up on the windswept cliffs of Pale Peak, Faye and Felix celebrate their new engagement. But soon, a chorus of ghastly noises erupts from the nearby woods: the screams of animals, the cries of children, and the mad babble of a hundred mournful voices. A dark figure looms near the windows in the dead of night, whispering to Faye...
  • Dust Devils by Jonathan Janz

    Dust Devils by Jonathan Janz

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Beware when the vampires come to town! When traveling actors recruited his wife for a plum role, Cody Wilson had no idea they would murder her. Twelve-year-old Willet Black was just as devastated the night the fiends slaughtered everyone he loved. Now Cody and Willet are bent on revenge, but neither of them suspects what they’re really up against. For the actors are vampires...
    Categorized as:
    dark  paranormal  suspense  adult  audiobook  book  fiction  historical
  • Wednesday: A Dark Monster Romance Novella by Adrian Blue

    Wednesday: A Dark Monster Romance Novella by Adrian Blue

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    When Carmen takes a night security job at Oakwood Cemetery, she's desperate enough to overlook the warnings about previous guards who left without notice. The position comes with housing—a small cottage on the grounds—and after weeks of living in her car, she can't afford to be picky...
    Categorized as:
    paranormal  dark  suspense  romance  monsters  horror  steamy  fantasy
  • Sweet Azalea: A Short and Spicy Monster Romance by Adrian Blue

    Sweet Azalea: A Short and Spicy Monster Romance by Adrian Blue

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Working the graveyard shift at a roadside diner, Willa Grace has grown numb to her dead-end life. But everything changes the night she discovers something monstrous has been watching her every move. The creature that emerges from the Appalachian darkness is massive, predatory, and utterly inhuman, yet his touch ignites a hunger she never knew existed...
  • The Gathering Dark by Christopher Golden

    The Gathering Dark by Christopher Golden

    Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The Gospel of Shadows has been destroyed, leaving the barriers between the human world and paranormal realms wide open. Only Peter Octavian, a powerful mage-and former vampire-can save mankind...
  • The Book of Bart by Ryan Hill

    The Book of Bart by Ryan Hill

    Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    "An entertaining romp through a world of smack-talking demons, less-than-angelic angels, demon-hunting Templars and everything in between." ~T.L...
    Categorized as:
    epic  paranormal  suspense  angels  audiobook  book  comedy  demons
  • Vampyrrhic Rites by Simon Clark

    Vampyrrhic Rites by Simon Clark

    Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Lazarus Deep is a lake that sits like a blot of darkness in the valley. Eighteen-year-old Dylan Adams is on the verge of leaving his hometown for a life in the city, but his plans are dramatically changed when his old school friend Luke Spencer goes missing. A search finds nothing. All anyone knows is that he was last seen at Lazarus Deep...
    Categorized as:
    dark  paranormal  suspense  zombies  adult  book  dark-fantasy  europe
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