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  • Horseman by Shayne Silvers

    Horseman by Shayne Silvers

    Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    ABANDON ALL HOPE, THE FIFTH HORSEMAN SHALL RIDE... Nate Temple is on the hunt to right a wrong. Mordred – King Arthur's son – has escaped from Hell. And it's all Nate's fault.Pro-Tip: Don't let escapees rob the dreaded Nine Souls on their way out of Hell's Gates. It makes the escapee just an itsy-bitsy bit stronger.But what are the Nine Souls? And what does St...
  • Nine Souls by Shayne Silvers

    Nine Souls by Shayne Silvers

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    OVER 500,000 COPIES SOLD. DRAGON AWARD NOMINATED AUTHOR Nate Temple has an appointment in Hell. One he can’t reschedule… After recent events, Nate took some much-deserved time off for a little rest and relaxation. But when he finally returns home to attend what should have been a celebration of love, he finds insidious fear infecting the streets of St. Louis.Paranoia. Chaos. Anarchy...
  • War Hammer by Shayne Silvers

    War Hammer by Shayne Silvers

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    An alternative cover edition for this ASIN can be found here.Two old dudes want to kill me. Oh, and one of them is my ancestor…And after centuries of practice, they’re pretty good at the whole murder thing. But at least they want to kill each other just as badly.Now, I’ve taken down a Greek Goddess, worn a Horseman’s Mask, and I ride a homicidal unicorn who hates rainbows with a passion...
  • Ascension by Shayne Silvers

    Ascension by Shayne Silvers

    Rated: 4.66 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    The Godkiller will rise. Despite his recent victories, Nate Temple’s problems are only just beginning. Although it had been necessary, killing the most infamous of the Norse gods has consequences, and no one knows petty vengeance like the Aesir. Especially with Odin’s legendary spear mysteriously missing.But Nate has more important things to worry about than a pantheon of angry gods...
  • Savage by Shayne Silvers

    Savage by Shayne Silvers

    Rated: 4.72 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Boys want attention. Men want respect. Legends just don’t care…Nate Temple is finally taking some time off to appreciate the finer things in life…like his new Valkyrie, Kára. But their weeks of romance come to a swift end and lethal end when assassins invade the sanctity of Chateau Falco...
  • Halo Breaker by Shayne Silvers

    Halo Breaker by Shayne Silvers

    Rated: 4.76 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    The White Rose marches for war. The angels will weep, the devils will cry, and mankind may die.Callie Penrose wields the Spear of Destiny and wears Envy’s Halo—the corrupting power of darkness balanced by the legendary blade of light...
  • Dark Horse by Shayne Silvers

    Dark Horse by Shayne Silvers

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Rage, rage against the dying of the lightIn the stygian darkness beneath his ancestral mausoleum, Nate sets out to explore the shadowed history of his infamous Temple ancestors.And to brutally destroy a poisonous weed threatening to strangle his family tree.Aiden Maxon, Nate’s half-brother, is on the warpath, committed and capable of killing everything and everyone Nate loves and holds dear...
  • Salty Dog by Shayne Silvers, Cameron O'Connell

    Salty Dog by Shayne Silvers, Cameron O'Connell

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Abductions rarely go as planned…but this is just ridiculous. Torn from the Faeling Games on the beaches of Scotland, Quinn MacKenna suddenly finds herself doggie-paddling in a turbulent sea of blood with no land in sight.And that’s the highlight of her day so far, because her abductors seem perfectly content to simply leave her in this strange Otherworld...
  • Mirrors of Time by Juliette Harper

    Mirrors of Time by Juliette Harper

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    NOTE: This expanded version of Mirrors of Time includes the material previously published as the novel To Love a Witch. Time. The Fourth Realm. Is it a discovery or a trap? Seconds away from making a clean getaway to a fantasy honeymoon in Paris with Lucas, Jinx gets sucked down a time-bending portal tunnel — with Glory...
  • Ghouls Don't Scamper by Kim McDougall

    Ghouls Don't Scamper by Kim McDougall

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Critter wrangler rule #17: even the smallest creature can be big in magic.Kyra Greene never thought she’d return to Asgard. Not after she burned the Rainbow Bridge, the only road home. Now she has no choice. With her unborn child’s life at stake, she must find a new route to the old world, or die trying...
  • Darkness Unleashed by McKenzie Hunter

    Darkness Unleashed by McKenzie Hunter

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The Midwest Pack stands together—and they might fall together.We’ve always kept our existence hidden from humans, but when a video of a were-animal in a violent confrontation goes viral, the other denizens take drastic measures to protect themselves from exposure. Alliances are broken and friendships strained as the vampires, witches, and elves all work to protect their own interests...
  • Wonder by Cameron Jace

    Wonder by Cameron Jace

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Ever Wondered... Who You Really Are? Alice Wonder gets an offer from a Wonderland Monster. A little help to locate the Six Impossible Keys in exchange of knowing who she really is and why she killed her classmates in the school bus. Alice agrees, knowing the consequences might put the whole world in danger.One step into the truth, she realizes she needs the Pillar for help...
  • Devil's Cry by Shayne Silvers

    Devil's Cry by Shayne Silvers

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    The greatest trick the First Vampire ever pulled was convincing the world that he didn't exist.Before the now-infamous Count Dracula ever tasted his first drop of blood, Sorin Ambrogio owned the night...and now he's back.Sorin and Nosh's quest for vengeance against the vampire overlords expands to include the savage gangs of werewolves and covens of witches plaguing New York City...
  • Mobius by Garon Whited

    Mobius by Garon Whited

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Faced with war and the end of the world, Eric--or Halar the First, King of Karvalen--must find a way to stop a godlike entity bent on his destruction. His quest will be no easy thing, not a straight line to his goal, but even he can't anticipate just how far it will lead him on this epic journey...
  • Sea Breeze by Shayne Silvers, Cameron O'Connell

    Sea Breeze by Shayne Silvers, Cameron O'Connell

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Remember when dead in the water was just an expression? Not anymore. Fresh from her unplanned stay in the Otherworld, Quinn MacKenna is forced to wait in Fae’s worst Air BnB—a grotesque gingerbread house in a forest full of breadcrumbs—for the captain who will guide her ship to the fabled Atlantis.But just as idle hands are the Devil’s workshop, idle minds are the Titans’ torture chamber...
  • 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...
  • Silverfall by McKenzie Hunter

    Silverfall by McKenzie Hunter

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    A spell revealed I was marked by the raven. Now what?Well, I already know day drinking isn’t the answer. And Mephisto, with his increasing interest in me and my magic, isn’t either. But what is?The secrets behind the mark keep unfolding, revealing that I’m more dangerous than anyone ever suspected and that I’m the only person preventing the demise of several powerful and dangerous magical beings...
  • Ocean of Blood by Darren Shan

    Ocean of Blood by Darren Shan

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    Before Larten Crepsley was a vampire general...Before he was Darren Shan's master... Before the War of Scars...Larten Crepsley was a teenager. And he was sick of the pomp and circumstance of fusty old vampires telling him what to do. Taking off on his own with his blood brother, Wester, Larten takes off into the world to see what his newly blooded vampire status can get him in the human world...
  • Silver Clouds Dirty Sky by Orlando A. Sanchez

    Silver Clouds Dirty Sky by Orlando A. Sanchez

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    London Bridge is falling...but it's not their fault...mostly. Montague and Strong have left the building-in fact, they’ve left the continent. When a teleportation circle sends them to London, The Penumbra Consortium-and older, darker version of the Dark Council requests Montague & Strong look into the murder of the leading demonologist, Mage Nigel Warrenton...
  • Blue Venom by Brad Magnarella

    Blue Venom by Brad Magnarella

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    INTO THE HEART OF DARKNESSWith his time as the Blue Wolf winding down, Jason knows the dangers of looking past the next mission. And Legion has just been called to its most challenging one yet.In a closed kingdom in Southeast Asia, a town of 5,000 people has disappeared from the map...
  • Blue Blood by Brad Magnarella

    Blue Blood by Brad Magnarella

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    WHERE THE DEAD WON’T DIEDays from a cure for his lupine curse, Jason takes an urgent mission. A medieval invader has returned to a remote corner of Eastern Europe. Backed by seven undead knights and a zombie horde, Lord Drago threatens the region’s oldest province with ghastly force...
  • 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...
  • Time Shift: Kitsune and Shaman novel by J.L. Weil

    Time Shift: Kitsune and Shaman novel by J.L. Weil

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    She must leave her life behind to keep those she loves safe. Like most sane people, Karina Lang believed the idea of another world was only a thing in the movies. So not true. The Second Moon is full of inconceivable people, including herself. She is a Kitsune...
  • Devils Don't Lie by Kim McDougall

    Devils Don't Lie by Kim McDougall

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Being a working mom chosen to save the world is going to take practice, courage, and a whole crew of creature companions as backup.The forest whispers to Kyra. Something is coming. The creatures are restless. Ash falls on their homestead. And Montreal ward is bursting with refugees.But Kyra doesn’t need omens...
  • Whiskey Ginger by Shayne Silvers, Cameron O'Connell

    Whiskey Ginger by Shayne Silvers, Cameron O'Connell

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Meet Quinn MacKenna, a black magic arms dealer from the mean streets of Boston. ***FIRST 4 BOOKS IN THE SERIES RELEASING BY JULY 10, 2018!*** Everything was going fine for Quinn MacKenna… until she accidentally stole from Nate Temple.She knows how to drink, fight, and steal dangerous magical artifacts – but not for money. For favors...
  • Sinister: Unsanctified by John P. Logsdon

    Sinister: Unsanctified by John P. Logsdon

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    There's true power in binding. Too bad it's super weird...Evangeline's goal of surviving long enough to reclaim House Sinister is getting tougher every day, but the teachings given to her by Garrick forces her to take risks she would otherwise avoid.The Black Ops Paranormal Police Department has learned that Salem is in charge of the local mob, and they've been tasked with assassinating him...
  • Midnight Shadows by Emerson Knight, McKenzie Hunter

    Midnight Shadows by Emerson Knight, McKenzie Hunter

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I’m losing control.Past choices are coming back to haunt me, and an old curse threatens to drive me from the pack.Sky is the only person who can help me with the curse. To do so, she’ll have to perform forbidden magic that will draw the attention of the witches. They’ve been vying for a reason to kill Sky, and performing forbidden magic will give them one...
  • Shadow Kissed by Veronica Douglas

    Shadow Kissed by Veronica Douglas

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I released the Dark Wolf God. Now he’s using me.Last week, I defeated a monster hellbent on killing us all. I thought I was stopping a prophecy, but it turns out, the dark omens were about me all along.Now I’m destined to steal the souls of the pack—my pack—and help the Dark God bring destruction down on the world...
  • All Dwarf'ed Up by Martha Carr, Michael Anderle

    All Dwarf'ed Up by Martha Carr, Michael Anderle

    Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Dwarf the Bounty Hunter’s going to Portland, Oregon, and the hounds are going with him.Eight humans all marked with dark magic are losing their mind, terrified of a demon that doesn’t exist. Keep Portland Weird just took on a whole new meaning. They need a bounty hunter.Johnny Walker is ready to clean up the streets and get back to his quiet front porch in the Everglades. He’s that good...
  • Infamous Reign by Steve McHugh

    Infamous Reign by Steve McHugh

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    In late 15th century England, two young princes are given over by Merlin to the protection of their uncle, King Richard III. They soon vanish from sight, igniting tales of their demise at Richard’s hand and breeding unrest throughout the land.Nathanial Garrett, also known as Hellequin, is sent to London to decipher fact from rumor and uncovers a plot to replace the king...
  • Go Dwarf Yourself by Martha Carr, Michael Anderle

    Go Dwarf Yourself by Martha Carr, Michael Anderle

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    "One of the best damn bounty hunters. Period." James BrownstoneJohnny Walker was a good bounty hunter in his day. James Brownstone good.But everybody has a line. Johnny found his when his teenage daughter was murdered. Who was the killer? Even Johnny couldn’t figure it out...
  • Everyday Horrors by Rick Gualtieri

    Everyday Horrors by Rick Gualtieri

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    ONE GEEK AGAINST THE RISING DARKNESS. Bill Ryder is having a hell of a week. Magic is back, one of his friends has been entombed in solid rock, and he once again has no pulse to speak of.Too bad it’s about to get worse. Something is hunting vampires in New York City. A smarmy wizard has been called in to investigate, one with skeletons in his closet and eyes for Bill’s girlfriend...
  • Breaking Chaos by Ben Galley

    Breaking Chaos by Ben Galley

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The endgame has begun. The battle for the emperor’s throne grows ever fiercer. The City of Countless Souls cowers behind locked doors as the whims of the downtrodden and the powerful bring the great game of Araxes to its chaotic conclusion.With the soulblade at his hip and magic in his soul, Caltro’s freedom is almost within reach...
  • Hereditary Power by Emma L. Adams

    Hereditary Power by Emma L. Adams

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    It's time for the Gatekeeper's final stand... The Lynn siblings might finally be reunited, but now their mother is held captive in Faerie and their family's magic is fading, Ilsa holds the key to saving both realms from total annihilation...
    Categorized as:
    dark  myths  paranormal  action-adventure  adult  audiobook  book  fae
  • Iron Bound: Volume 2 by Emma L. Adams

    Iron Bound: Volume 2 by Emma L. Adams

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Raine Warren, unwilling heir to the Whitefall family of the Winter Court, might have lived long enough to claim the magic she inherited, but there are others who'd like to make sure she can never use it again. With the Summer Court dangerously close to discovering her deadly secret, her only option to avoid a trial for murder is to ally with the same family who nearly killed her...
    Categorized as:
    dark  myths  paranormal  action-adventure  adult  audiobook  book  fae
  • Witch's Soul by Emma L. Adams

    Witch's Soul by Emma L. Adams

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Being the sole survivor of a notorious witch coven who dealt in forbidden magic isn't as fun as it sounds. I might have stopped an evil spirit from taking over my body, but now another rogue necromancer is on the loose, harnessing power by sacrificing innocent humans...
  • Elemental Earth by Maddy Edwards

    Elemental Earth by Maddy Edwards

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Golden Falls University in the New York countryside is a wonder to behold. When most of the junior class from Paranormal Public University, along with two chaperons - including Charlotte's boyfriend Keller - visit Golden Falls for the semester, their first impression is that it is an idyllic place...
  • Savage Ascension 1 by Atlas Kane

    Savage Ascension 1 by Atlas Kane

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Survive the arena. Choose a Battle Bride. Master the lost art of cultivation.They called me a savage, then threw me into the their cruel arena.Instead of bleeding out on the sand like they hoped, I used the power of my gifted core to rise.When I learned my enemies held a cure for the spreading plight of infertility, I knew why my gods had sent me...
  • Moonstruck by Graeme Reynolds

    Moonstruck by Graeme Reynolds

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The people of High Moor are united in horror at the latest tragedy to befall their small town. As dawn breaks, the town is left to count the cost and mourn its dead, while breathing a collective sigh of relief. John Simpson, the apparent perpetrator of the horrific murders, is in police custody. The nightmare is over...
  • Chasing Cats by Erin Bedford

    Chasing Cats by Erin Bedford

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Sometimes the smallest debt comes with the highest price. Kat went down the rabbit hole and came out changed. Now everyone wants something from her and she is hard pressed to give in to any of them. Only the irresistibly mysterious Cheshire Cat seems to be on her side. But even he has secrets of his own. Secrets that cause him to show up beaten and bloody on her doorstep...
  • Blue Curse by Brad Magnarella

    Blue Curse by Brad Magnarella

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    This is an alternate cover edition for ASIN B077DS8BJYWHO'S AFRAID OF THE BLUE WOLF?Cursed on assignment, a special ops soldier finds himself transforming into a creature of local legend.Seven feet tall, 400 pounds, and packed with lupine assets, Jason is now the dreaded Blue Wolf — a role he never asked for in a land far from home...
  • Three Half Goats Gruff by Kim McDougall

    Three Half Goats Gruff by Kim McDougall

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Is he a vampire? A shifter? Something worse? Thrown together to save a middle school from an infestation of satyrs, Kyra and the mysterious Captain of the Guardians share one heart-stopping night. Critter wrangling rule #4: There isn’t much you can’t kill, confuse, or disgust with a can of bug fogger...
  • The Graveyard Shift by D.M. Guay

    The Graveyard Shift by D.M. Guay

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A frightfully funny novel for fans of Tom Holt and Christopher Moore.Lloyd Wallace is the most clueless crossing guard the intersection of hell and earth has ever seen. So clueless, that he doesn't even realize the beer cave in the corner store where he works is the gateway to hell.The gate needs a hero, but Lloyd's a zero, a loser with a capital L...
  • Fearscape by Simon Holt

    Fearscape by Simon Holt

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The Vours: Evil demonic beings that inhabit human bodies on Sorry Night, the darkest hour of the winter solstice.It's been a year since Reggie first discovered the Vours, and the winter solstice is approaching once again. It will be another night of unspeakable horror for those unlucky enough to be taken by the Vours, because this time, she won't be able to stop them...
  • 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...
    Categorized as:
    myths  paranormal  dark  retellings  fantasy  harem  steamy  litrpg
  • The Blood by D.J. MacHale

    The Blood by D.J. MacHale

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    The riveting conclusion to a thrilling trilogy from New York Times bestselling master of suspense D. J. MacHale.From Marshall’s mysterious experiences in The Light to Cooper’s haunting perspective in The Black, the questions have intensified along with the action...
  • The Black by D.J. MacHale

    The Black by D.J. MacHale

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    At the end of The Light, Book One of the Morpheus Road trilogy, Marshall learned the truth about what happened to his best friend Cooper. Now in Book Two, the POV switches to Cooper and we get to see his side of the mystery. What does his story have to do with Marshall and the journey along the Morpheus Road? It's time to learn more . .
  • Under Twilight by Debbie Cassidy

    Under Twilight by Debbie Cassidy

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Nothing ever truly dies... With the throne finally in her power, Kenna Carter should be able to relax. But with the threat of a Twilight invasion looming and the fate of her people, both djinn and human, at stake, there are several tough decisions to be made...
  • Shallow Grave by E.A. Copen

    Shallow Grave by E.A. Copen

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Dead men tell no tales...Unless you're a necromancer. Then they never shut up. Life is finally going right for Lazarus Kerrigan, necromancer and Pale Horseman. Business is booming, and no gods have tried to kill him for a whole month. But the past is catching up to him.There's a serial killer on the loose in New Orleans, one that targets children and leaves behind only bones...
  • Grim Solace by Ben Galley

    Grim Solace by Ben Galley

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Nothing is certain in Araxes. Not even death. Stolen from the widow’s clutches, master thief and ghost Caltro Basalt must learn new ways to survive the cutthroat society of the Arctian Empire. His one hope for freedom and justice? A gift from the dead gods, who continue to beg for a saviour. Breaking a soul takes time, and Caltro’s spirit is far from broken...
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