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  • Demon's Throne by K.D. Robertson

    Demon's Throne by K.D. Robertson

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Rys awakes to the smell of blood and nearly two thousand years of dust. Maybe he overslept a little too long. Once, he was a great champion and general in the demonic empire that ruled the world. Now, he's been erased from history.He'll need to remind the world of the price of forgetfulness.Now is the time to build his own empire, as the ancient powers of his time are long gone...
  • All That Lives Must Die by Eric S. Nylund

    All That Lives Must Die by Eric S. Nylund

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Eliot and Fiona Post are twins whose parental clans are foes. Mom is Immortal goddess Atropos, eldest Fate. Dad is Infernal Lucifer, Satan. High School is Paxington, where gods and goddesses, warriors and sorcerers, learn to harness their powers. Classmates are allies in battle or threats to your life. To flunk is to die. Only the toughest graduate...
  • House Name by Michelle West

    House Name by Michelle West

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    In this epic fantasy series for fans of George R. R. Martin and Robin Hobb, Jewel Markess must contend with deadly court politics, and visions of looming magical threats. Jewel has been assigned the task of finding the entryways to the ancient undercity that lies beneath the streets of the empire’s capital in exchange for shelter for her and her den at House Terafin...
  • Ghost in the Ring by Jonathan Moeller

    Ghost in the Ring by Jonathan Moeller

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Caina Amalas was once a deadly Ghost nightfighter, a spy and agent of the Emperor of Nighmar. Now she only wishes to live quietly with her husband. But civil war grips the Empire, and Caina's skills are needed against the cruel sorcerers of the malevolent Umbarian Order. And Caina has a dangerous connection to the Umbarians...
  • Ghost in the Glass by Jonathan Moeller

    Ghost in the Glass by Jonathan Moeller

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Caina has a deadly problem. Specifically, she carries the Ring of Rasarion Yagar, a relic created by the tyrannical necromancer-king who once ruled Ulkaar. The deadly sorcerers of the malevolent Umbarian Order wish to seize the Ring for themselves, as do the sinister priests of the ruthless Temnoti cult. And to make matters worse, the Ring is not the only powerful relic of Rasarion Yagar...
  • Unleashed Magic: A Wizard in Bremen Part 2 by Steve Higgs

    Unleashed Magic: A Wizard in Bremen Part 2 by Steve Higgs

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    No one knows about them. No one is ready. The false gods are coming. In seven days, I have to surrender myself to a demon. That was what I agreed to. That was the price to rescue a teenage girl. What would you do with your last week? My plan to drink good whisky and relax got shot to hell within hours when the police, who hate me by the way, begged for my help...
  • Embrace by Stacey Rourke

    Embrace by Stacey Rourke

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Whether she likes it or not, eighteen year old Celeste Garrett has come to terms with being the Chosen One. She knew having a "normal life" would be tricky, between intense training sessions and epic demonic battles, but she didn't know at what cost it would come. That is, until a dear friend is harmed by the malicious forces hunting her...
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    demons  magic  myths  action-adventure  angels  book  fiction  horror
  • Ruthless Idols by Michelle Hercules

    Ruthless Idols by Michelle Hercules

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    I knew being the only Norm at Gifted Academy would be hard and dangerous, but I didn’t expect to be tossed out of a window. Also didn’t expect to be saved by one of the Magnificent Four.Bryce brought me back from the brink of death, but he did more than heal my broken bones. He weakened my defenses and carved a place in my heart. He’s not the only one vying for my attention...
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    magic  myths  retellings  super-powered  book  dark  fiction  gods
  • Sister of the Night - Von Ringen und Blut by Marah Woolf

    Sister of the Night - Von Ringen und Blut by Marah Woolf

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    „Du könntest in Coralis bleiben“, sagte Aarvand.Ich lachte kurz auf. „Dann müsste ich meine Welt verlassen. Ich würde meine Schwestern und mein Zuhause nie wiedersehen. Würdest du dein Leben für mich aufgeben? Dein Amt? Dein Land?“„Nein“, erwiderte er knapp.Ich legte ihm eine Hand auf die Wange. „Und deswegen“, sagte ich bedauernd, „werde ich all das, was ich eigentlich will, nicht mit dir tun...
  • Path of the Blood Phoenix by J.D. Astra, James A. Hunter

    Path of the Blood Phoenix by J.D. Astra, James A. Hunter

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Can a single promise change the world?Even with the Crimson Alliance formed, Rowanheath taken, and Carrera dispatched, the onslaught never ends for Abby Hollander. Keeping the Spider Queen in check and handling water provisions was never what Abby wanted to do with her life, but it's what the war demands of her...
  • Succubus Lord 8 by Eric Vall

    Succubus Lord 8 by Eric Vall

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Jacob and his succubi have defeated Azazel, and now Jacob is the Demon King of the Fourth Circle. But that doesn’t mean the war’s over yet. Now that he’s king, Jake has to figure out how to rule in Hell, keep from being stabbed in the back by the other Demon Lords and Kings, and somehow stay under Lucifer’s radar. There’s no rest for the wicked, and certainly no rest for a Succubus King...
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    myths  magic  demons  retellings  fantasy  harem  steamy  litrpg
  • A Witch's Feast by C.N. Crawford, Carlos Quevedo

    A Witch's Feast by C.N. Crawford, Carlos Quevedo

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    There are new rules governing the country--namely, no magic. But Fiona Forzese has never been good with rules... After a ghostly army terrorized Boston, the Ranulf family say they'll help Fiona and her classmates finish up junior year. They say their old Virginia plantation is a safe haven. All Fiona and her secret coven have to to do is show up to a few math and English classes...
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    magic  myths  retellings  action-adventure  book  dark  fiction  horror
  • Wrath of the Rejected by Savannah Rose, Amelia Gates

    Wrath of the Rejected by Savannah Rose, Amelia Gates

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Two rejected mates. Two heartbreaks. And a fight for survival.Virga's about to find out who she really is. What she's made of. What she's destined for.Is her bloodline one she'll wish to erase? Or one she'll fight to the death to protect?Even if it means betraying Tueur...
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    demons  magic  myths  adult  angels  book  fiction  horror
  • A Hint of Darkness by McKenzie Hunter

    A Hint of Darkness by McKenzie Hunter

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    When I made a deal with the Prince of the Underworld, I knew a lot of things could go wrong. But I never imagined it would be imprisoned-in-the-underworld wrong. My only goals were to escape and resist the blazing chemistry between me and the Dark Prince.After he discovers I’m more than just a mere human who’s had a streak of bad luck, my escape becomes a game of survival...
  • The Sea Priestess by Dion Fortune

    The Sea Priestess by Dion Fortune

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The Sea Priestess is the highly acclaimed novel in which Dion Fortune introduces her most powerful fictional character, Vivien Le Fay Morgan a practicing initiate of the Hermetic Path...
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    magic  myths  retellings  adult  book  fiction  horror  mermaids
  • Hell to Pay by Luke Chmilenko

    Hell to Pay by Luke Chmilenko

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    A new side novel set in the Ascend Online universe! 'Book 1.5' Lazarus Cain is a member of the Grim Shadows, one of the Thieves Guilds in the city of Eberia. Unfortunately, Lazarus is having a bad day. Waking up in a torture chamber, suffering from amnesia, he’d be pretty much screwed if not for the mysterious, magical sigil burned into his chest...
  • Soul of Sorcery by Jonathan Moeller

    Soul of Sorcery by Jonathan Moeller

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    For fans of David Gemmell, Robert E. Howard, Robert Jordan, and Raymond E. Feist, the DEMONSOULED saga continues in a new volume.MAZAEL CRAVENLOCK has defeated the Malrags, and returned to the Grim Marches in triumph. Yet with no new enemies to conquer, his Demonsouled blood threatens to blaze out of control...
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    demons  magic  myths  retellings  adult  book  dark  epic
  • Soul of Swords by Jonathan Moeller

    Soul of Swords by Jonathan Moeller

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    MAZAEL CRAVENLOCK is the last hope. As castle after castle falls to the runedead horde, Mazael must lead his armies to victory...or the world shall fall into darkness forever.And Mazael must stop his father's dark plans. No matter what the cost to himself. LUCAN MANDRAGON wields the relics of a forgotten empire, the runedead his to command...
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    demons  magic  myths  retellings  adult  book  dark  epic
  • Coyote's Kiss by Christa Faust

    Coyote's Kiss by Christa Faust

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    A truck full of illegal Mexican immigrants slaughtered with supernatural force is found by the side of a road. Trying to find answers, Sam and Dean are plunged into the dangerous world that exists along the Mexican border. They encounter a tattooed, pistol-packing bandita on a motorcycle who seems be everywhere they go before they get there...
  • Desolation by Derek Landy

    Desolation by Derek Landy

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Reeling from their bloody encounter in New York City at the end of Demon Road, Amber and Milo flee north. On their trail are the Hounds of Hell – five demonic bikers who will stop at nothing to drag their quarries back to their unholy master...
  • Always Forever by Mark Chadbourn

    Always Forever by Mark Chadbourn

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The ancient gods of Celtic mythology have returned, and all that stands between them and complete domination are five flawed mortals The Eternal Conflict between the Light and Dark once again blackens the skies and blights the land. On one side stand the Tuatha de Danaan, golden-skinned and beautiful, filled with all the might of angels...
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    magic  myths  retellings  action-adventure  adult  book  dark  epic
  • Shadow Unleashed by Avery Stone

    Shadow Unleashed by Avery Stone

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    When you’re fated to fall, rising up to howling glory is the last thing you’d ever expect. My birth — like that of many Shadowborns — was a mistake. A demon hybrid of wolf and dusk, I started life as a dead shifter walking with little hope of survival.Every day death tries to claim me, but somehow I keep living, only to end up in the dangerous hidden depths of Shifter Syndicate...
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    demons  magic  myths  retellings  adult  book  dark  fiction
  • Soul of Skulls by Jonathan Moeller

    Soul of Skulls by Jonathan Moeller

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    MAZAEL CRAVENLOCK is now the liege lord of the Grim Marches, fighting to defend his lands from the numberless hordes of undead. Yet old enemies plot his demise, and a cunning assassin lurks in the shadows, preparing a deadly trap.HUGH CHALSAIN is the youngest son of the Prince of Barellion. When invaders from the sea conquer his land, Hugh must fight to save his home..
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    demons  magic  myths  retellings  adult  book  dark  epic
  • The Blurred Lands by Ian W. Sainsbury

    The Blurred Lands by Ian W. Sainsbury

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    ★★★★★"One of the most weird and wonderful books I've ever read!"★★★★★A fantastical, terrifying journey into a realm we prefer to believe doesn’t exist.In an abandoned cottage, John Aviemore faces a mystery that grows more unnerving every night. And he’s trapped there. Trapped in the place where worlds overlap.Trapped in the Blurred Lands...
  • The Devil's Backbone by J.L. Murray

    The Devil's Backbone by J.L. Murray

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    “What does Death fear?”Niki has been to Hell and back to find a single shred of something to call a life. As Death, she has very little time to do anything but usher the lost souls to their resting places. But when Lucifer, the reason for her taste of happiness, comes up missing, Niki has to face how she feels about him. And about the prospect of losing him...
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    demons  magic  myths  retellings  adult  angels  animals  book
  • Soul of Tyrants by Jonathan Moeller

    Soul of Tyrants by Jonathan Moeller

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    For fans of Robert E. Howard, David Gemmell, and Raymond E. Feist, here is the sequel to the critically praised "Demonsouled."Mazael, now Lord of Castle Cravenlock, has subdued the demonic power within in his soul, though at terrible cost to himself. Yet peace remains elusive. Mazael's former overlord plans a war of pride. A corrupt order of militant knights scheme for brutal and bloody conquest...
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    demons  magic  myths  retellings  action-adventure  adult  book  dark
  • War of the Sons by Rebecca Dessertine, David Reed

    War of the Sons by Rebecca Dessertine, David Reed

    Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Twenty-seven years ago, Sam and Dean Winchester lost their mother to a mysterious and demonic supernatural force. In the years after, their father, John, taught them about the paranormal evil that lives in the dark corners and on the back roads of America... and he taught them how to kill it...
  • Demigod Captive by Lucy Auburn

    Demigod Captive by Lucy Auburn

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    My mother is Death. She cursed me with life. Now I'm stuck in Godblood Prison with two hot demigods fighting for my attention.Apparently when you're the daughter of Death, saving people is against the rules. Rules Ares, the God of War and sovereign ruler of the Celestial Realm, strictly enforces.For the crime of saving a mortal, I've been captured. Chained. Imprisoned.And I can't say that I mind...
  • How to be Death by Amber Benson

    How to be Death by Amber Benson

    Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    All Calliope Reaper-Jones ever wanted out of life was a fabulous job in New York City and a really hot boyfriend. But now, she's the brand-new President of Death, Inc. With the Board of Death breathing down her neck and her dad's copy of How to be Death (A Fully Annotated Guide) unopened, Callie's really feeling the tension...
  • Darkest Hour by Mark Chadbourn

    Darkest Hour by Mark Chadbourn

    Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The Eternal Conflict between the Light and Dark once again blackens the skies and blights the land. On one side stand the Tuatha de Danaan, golden-skinned and beautiful, filled with all the might of angels. On the other are the Fomorii, monstrous devils hell-bent on destroying all human existence...
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    magic  myths  retellings  action-adventure  adult  book  dark  fiction
  • Nephilim by Daniele Lanzarotta

    Nephilim by Daniele Lanzarotta

    Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The Academy has always been the home of fallen angels and haunted humans, but that is about to change.Hunter and Kayla, the immortal and the Nephilim, find themselves trapped in a place that they hate... with beings that they do not trust. Inside the Academy they are surrounded by fallen ones... the screw-ups..
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    demons  magic  myths  angels  audiobook  book  fiction  horror
  • Scene from Haden's POV by Gwen Hayes

    Scene from Haden's POV by Gwen Hayes

    Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Exclusive scene from "Falling Under" in Haden's POV. Found athttp://darkfaerietales.com/fifty-shad..
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    demons  magic  retellings  book  contemporary  death  fiction  horror
  • Dark Warren: An Easter Bunny Romance by Adrian Blue

    Dark Warren: An Easter Bunny Romance by Adrian Blue

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When Ivy Chen inherits her estranged grandmother's isolated cottage, she expects to sell it quickly and return to her city life. Instead, she discovers her family's centuries-old pact with the local fertility deity and an ancient covenant that must be kept...
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    magic  myths  retellings  steamy  monsters  age-gap  fantasy  horror
  • Drachenfels by Jack Yeovil, Kim Newman

    Drachenfels by Jack Yeovil, Kim Newman

    Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Detlef Sierck, the self-proclaimed greatest playwright in the world, has declared that his next production will be a recreation of the end of the Great Enchanter Drachenfels - to be staged at the very site of his death, the Fortress of Drachenfels itself...
  • Witches by Erica Jong

    Witches by Erica Jong

    Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    This witch's brew of a book is back in all its tantalizing glory to enchant a new generation of readers. Best-selling author Erica Jong here turns her attention to the fantastical and factual world of witchcraft...
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    magic  myths  retellings  adult  anthologies  feminism  fiction  horror
  • Alix by Virginia Hunter

    Alix by Virginia Hunter

    Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Alix: Book one of the Coven’s Grove ChroniclesAlix hadn’t always been gifted. In fact, she hadn’t been or done much of anything until after she’d turned sixteen—that’s when things had really gone south. Her mother was murdered, her father...well, no one knew where he was. That left Alix on her own in a selfish world filled with people who didn’t give a damn...
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    demons  magic  myths  retellings  adult  book  dark  fiction
  • Ex Libris: Stories of Librarians, Libraries, and Lore by Paula Guran, Ellen Klages

    Ex Libris: Stories of Librarians, Libraries, and Lore by Paula Guran, Ellen Klages

    Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Portals to all the knowledge in the world, libraries are also created universes of a multitude of imaginations. Librarians guide us to enlightenment as well as serving as the captains, mages, and gatekeepers who open the doors to delight, speculation, wonder, and terror. Both inspire writers of speculative fiction to pen wonderful tales woven around them...
  • The Ruin of Eros by Maya Gryffin

    The Ruin of Eros by Maya Gryffin

    Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    "Beauty and the Beast vibes but set in this epic, mythological world that’s just so cool. If you’re into fantasy romance, this one’s a must-read. Already itching for a sequel!" -Amazon review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ The world of the gods is merciless… and so is the world of men. We grew up with stories of the gods. We know how cruel they can be...
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    myths  magic  retellings  romance  fantasy  gods  historical  horror
  • What Would Satan Do? by Anthony Miller

    What Would Satan Do? by Anthony Miller

    Rated: 3.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Disgusted with God’s plan for Judgment Day, Satan has quit his job and abandoned Hell in favor of a quiet retirement in Washington, D.C. But life on Earth is tricky for an ex-angel with a short fuse and no impulse control...
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    magic  myths  retellings  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  horror
  • Consumption by Heather M. Herrman

    Consumption by Heather M. Herrman

    Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    For fans of Stephen King, Joe Hill, and Sarah Langan comes a thrilling new vision of American horror. In Heather Herrman’s heart-pounding debut novel, evil is ready to feed—and it’s got one hell of an appetite.   In the wake of tragedy, John and Erma Scott are heading west in search of a new life...
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    demons  myths  retellings  adult  apocalyptic  book  dark  fiction
  • Crawl by Edward Lorn

    Crawl by Edward Lorn

    Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    You’re out in the middle of nowhere. You’ve been crippled and left for dead. There’s something in the woods. It’s coming...
  • Death's Apprentice by K.W. Jeter, Gareth Jefferson Jones

    Death's Apprentice by K.W. Jeter, Gareth Jefferson Jones

    Rated: 3.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Forget about Once Upon a Time . . .Built on top of the gates of Hell, Grimm City is the Devil’s capital on earth. A place where every coffee shop, nightclub and shopping mall is the potential hunting ground for a ghost, a demon, or any of the other supernatural entities that inhabit the Grimm City world...
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    demons  myths  retellings  audiobook  book  dark  fiction  horror
  • Ancient Tales and Folk-Lore of Japan by Richard Gordon Smith

    Ancient Tales and Folk-Lore of Japan by Richard Gordon Smith

    Rated: 3.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    THE stories in this volume are transcribed from voluminous illustrated diaries which have been kept by me for some twenty years spent in travel and in sport in many lands—the last nine of them almost entirely in Japan, while collecting subjects of natural history for the British Museum; trawling and dredging in the Inland Sea, sometimes with success, sometimes without, but in the end...
  • The Younger Gods by Michael R. Underwood

    The Younger Gods by Michael R. Underwood

    Rated: 3.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The first in a new series from the author of Geekomancy (pop culture urban fantasy) and Shield and Crocus (New Weird superhero fantasy).Jacob Greene was a sweet boy raised by a loving, tight-knit family…of cultists. He always obeyed, and was so trusted by them that he was the one they sent out on their monthly supply run (food, medicine, pig fetuses, etc.)...
  • Cursed by Darkness  (an Urban Fantasy Novel): Befallen Tides by Anna Sanders

    Cursed by Darkness (an Urban Fantasy Novel): Befallen Tides by Anna Sanders

    Rated: 3.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Winx is a daevor: a demon who can coerce people into killing themselves. After using her powers to avenge her sister’s death, she’s sentenced to have her wings severed and serve as a soldier. But Winx refuses to play by the rules. She goes into hiding at a BDSM club in Los Angeles where nobody would think to look for a deadly daevor...
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    demons  myths  retellings  adult  book  fiction  horror  paranormal
  • Alice the Assassin by Lotus Rose

    Alice the Assassin by Lotus Rose

    Rated: 3.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    It’s a lot easier to be ruthless when you’re heartless. . . The truth is not what you were led to believe. Alice never left Wonderland. It wasn’t all “just a dream.” It’s a nightmare. A nightmare she can’t escape, where formerly pleasant characters throw her unhappy unbirthday parties to torment her, while others like to make her cry so they can lick her tears...
  • Hellraiser: The Toll by Mark Alan Miller

    Hellraiser: The Toll by Mark Alan Miller

    Rated: 3.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Hellraiser: The Toll tells the story of what happened between Clive Barker's iconic works The Hellbound Heart and its follow up, The Scarlet Gospels. Thirty years after Kristy Cotton escaped from the clutches of the Hell Priest, Pinhead, and lived to fight another day, her life has never been the same...
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    demons  myths  retellings  adult  audiobook  book  dark  dark-fantasy
  • God of Tarot by Piers Anthony

    God of Tarot by Piers Anthony

    Rated: 3.44 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Paul is a monk, which is better than a warrior on the planet Tarot, where religions are wielded like swords...
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