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  • The Crane Diaries: Homecoming by Apryl Baker

    The Crane Diaries: Homecoming by Apryl Baker

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    New Orleans is a city known for its paranormal history—and it’s the place Emma Rose Crane, AKA Mattie Hathaway, has come home to. She hopes she can start over in New Orleans, where her ability to see ghosts isn't so freaky...
  • Something Wicked by K.T. Davies

    Something Wicked by K.T. Davies

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Something Wicked is the third and final novel in the brilliant Chronicles of Breed.Miserable after the loss of (another) friend, and alone in a strange, new world, Breed is taken prisoner by a gang of undead thugs.Stripped of power, Breed is used as a bait dog in an arena where the only reward for surviving is the chance to die another day...
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    demons  humor  paranormal  adult  audiobook  book  dark  dragons
  • Fangs by Katie May

    Fangs by Katie May

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    So, here's the deal.I got locked up for a crime I totally committed. Yup. Your girl stabbed a ho...or four. Stabbed, maimed, ate, slaughtered. You get the picture.Not what you expected to hear from me, huh?But everything changes when I'm broken out of Prodigium Academy by the exact man I've been trying to hide from: Lucifer. Aka, my sperm donor. Aka, the man who tried to kill me as a baby...
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    demons  humor  paranormal  adult  book  comedy  fated-mates  fiction
  • Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap by Michael Todd

    Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap by Michael Todd

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    It's time to ask the right team for the solution. The Demons have turned the tables on the Damned, and it takes a little while to catch up.It's quiet, too  quiet. Pandora reveals a little bit more about herself, who she is, and what she can do. And Damian has to make some hard choices.There is someone new coming to the team, and he is just this side of ... different...
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    demons  humor  paranormal  adult  alpha-mc  audiobook  book  comedy
  • The Ghost Files 3.5 by Apryl Baker

    The Ghost Files 3.5 by Apryl Baker

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Tick tock… Mary Cross has been forced to accept the world of the supernatural because of an experience that left her with the ability to hear—but not see—the supernatural. She survived three weeks of being kidnapped and tortured, and it has left her emotionally and physically scarred...
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    demons  paranormal  book  fiction  ghosts  horror  male-mc  sad
  • Dim Glows The Horizon by Michael Todd, Michael Anderle

    Dim Glows The Horizon by Michael Todd, Michael Anderle

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    It's all about a good time. Katie has the ability and desire to see Brock again, and show him and his guys a good time. Will that include any special time for the two of them? (Pandora hopes so). That stranger left a message about a sword and Armor... But is Pandora willing to help or does she even know what he was talking about?Someone is stalking Calvin's girlfriend...
  • Monster Masseur by Virgil Knightley

    Monster Masseur by Virgil Knightley

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    His only wish is to bring comfort to all, but others recognize him for the pain his healing hands once caused.Ryker Hayes is a licensed massage therapist, and a damn good one at that. It's a career he's passionate about, and all his plans for life are on track—until he winds up transported to the world of Werifesteria in the body of an infamous warlord, at least...
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    demons  humor  paranormal  adult  audiobook  book  dark  epic
  • Night Wedding by Lisa Carlisle

    Night Wedding by Lisa Carlisle

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    My vampire boyfriend is acting strange.Is it the seven-month itch?We’ve passed that milestone, but maybe our relationship has become routine. My best friend thinks I should spice things up. That might be easy for a half-siren, but I’m a witch. I can master spells, not seduction.My awkward attempt proves it. I'll stick to dancing in clubs rather than my bedroom...
  • Hell of a Party by John P. Logsdon, Noah K. Sturdevant

    Hell of a Party by John P. Logsdon, Noah K. Sturdevant

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Bert’s wedding checklist: Get the cake - check; hire a band – check; avoid being murdered by demonic assassins...working on it. Bert is getting married, whether he likes it or not. As crown prince of the demons, he’s been promised to a dragon named Samantha Cho. His marriage has the potential to strengthen relations between demons and dragons, and bring a sliver of peace to Hell...
  • Death Wish by Angela Roquet

    Death Wish by Angela Roquet

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Lana Harvey’s been through hell and back. As a reaper, it’s all part of the job, but the afterlife has been more turbulent than usual. The Second War of Eternity is underway, and the streets of Limbo City are heavy with the scent of carnage and betrayal. With the recent death of a dear friend, a lover-turned-spy, and temperamental gods breathing down her neck, Lana’s days seem numbered...
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    demons  humor  paranormal  adult  angels  audiobook  book  dark
  • The Glass Dagger by Stephanie Hudson

    The Glass Dagger by Stephanie Hudson

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    From the realms of the Afterlife Saga comes a new spin on this gothic world… When a bunch of misfit orphans all find themselves on a bus heading towards a new life, one called Afterlife, it wasn’t quite what they had in mind. But even fate can play games and five teens will soon find themselves asking even more questions than ever before...
  • The Eminence in Shadow, Vol. 2 by Daisuke Aizawa, 逢沢 大介

    The Eminence in Shadow, Vol. 2 by Daisuke Aizawa, 逢沢 大介

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    NOTHING COULD BE FURTHER FROM THE TRUTHCid pays a visit to the Sacred Land, where he finds himself getting roped into the Goddess's Trial. It's a ritual event that summons warriors from the past to engage with only the most worthy from the present...
  • Savior by Jennifer Malone Wright

    Savior by Jennifer Malone Wright

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    This edition of Savior is formerly known as The Birth of Jaiden. It has been re-edited and changes have been made but it has in no way changed the story. A few scenes and some details have been added or taken away. Alexander Lucas is a man of faith, casino owner and vampire. He should be living the Reno high life of riches and immortality...
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    demons  humor  paranormal  adult  angels  audiobook  book  comedy
  • Hell's Gift by K.S. Haigwood

    Hell's Gift by K.S. Haigwood

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Depression consumes the guardian angel, Rhyan, after his human charge chooses her soulmate over him. Filled with anger and despair, he lashes out. And when his hate-filled words land him neck-deep in Hell, he realizes he's gone too far. He expects trouble, but not to discover his own soulmate in the fiery depths...
    Categorized as:
    demons  humor  paranormal  adult  angels  audiobook  book  fiction
  • Raven's Fall by Lincoln Cole

    Raven's Fall by Lincoln Cole

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Abigail was arrested by the Council, and now she's awaiting trial for the decisions she made leading up to and culminating in the events of Raven's Peak. She is restless while she waits for answers and knows that there is a real threat outside their walls plotting to bring them down...
  • Siła niższa by Marta Kisiel

    Siła niższa by Marta Kisiel

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Szanuj anioła swego, bo możesz dostać gorszego!Kontynuacja kultowego Dożywocia. Wymęczony codzienną rutyną, za to oswojony z niecodziennymi zjawiskami Konrad Romańczuk odkrywa, że nie jest jedynym posiadaczem anioła stróża, a dwie takie istoty pod jednym dachem to dopiero początek kłopotów...
    Categorized as:
    humor  paranormal  adult  angels  audiobook  book  fiction  horror
  • Goroth: Everybody Loves Large Chests  (Vol. 7) by Neven Iliev

    Goroth: Everybody Loves Large Chests (Vol. 7) by Neven Iliev

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    At a glance, the dwarves and gnomes of the Horkensaft Kingdom are two peoples who are worlds apart. The former are seen as hardcore traditionalists Hell-bent on maintaining the status quo, while the latter only look ever forward and upward as they grasp at the future with both hands...
    Categorized as:
    demons  humor  paranormal  adult  anti-hero  book  dark  fiction
  • Ghost Market by Angela Roquet

    Ghost Market by Angela Roquet

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    In the wake of a thwarted war, Lana Harvey is more than ready for an extended vacation on the new houseboat she shares with the Lord of the Flies, but when the leaderless rebels begin poaching souls and selling them on the Ghost Market, Lana is tasked with heading up a new reaper unit to stop them...
    Categorized as:
    demons  humor  paranormal  adult  angels  audiobook  book  dark
  • Ghostbusters: Tobin's Spirit Guide by Erik Burnham

    Ghostbusters: Tobin's Spirit Guide by Erik Burnham

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    This dynamic in-universe book takes fans inside the world of Ghostbusters like never before. In the first Ghostbusters movie, Tobin’s Spirit Guide is a comprehensive supernatural encyclopedia used by our heroes to research ghouls and ghosts...
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    demons  humor  paranormal  adult  book  cosmic-horror  cthulhu  fiction
  • Taste of Wrath by Matt Wallace

    Taste of Wrath by Matt Wallace

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    With seven books for seven sins, Taste of Wrath is the adrenaline-fuelled finalé to the Sin du Jour series, which Chuck Wendig calls “a raucous, riotous tale of culinary madness”!Bronko and his team of crack chefs and kitchen staff have been serving the New York supernatural community for decades. But all that could be about to change...
  • A Heart in the Right Place by Heide Goody, Iain Grant

    A Heart in the Right Place by Heide Goody, Iain Grant

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    All Nick wants to do is take his dying father for a perfect father-son weekend in the Scottish Highlands. It’s not much to ask, is it? A log cabin, a roaring fire, a bottle of fine whisky and two days to paper over the cracks in their relationship. However, Nick didn’t plan on making the trip with a dead neighbour in the back of his car. Or the neighbour’s dog...
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    humor  paranormal  adult  book  comedy  dark-humor  fiction  horror
  • A Witch's Lament  (The Salem Witches Book 1) by Cathy Walker, Cathy Walker

    A Witch's Lament (The Salem Witches Book 1) by Cathy Walker, Cathy Walker

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Salem's history of rampant darkness and death isn't over yet, a fact Skye discovers upon purchasing a house in the infamous seaport. Her presence ignites events that began centuries ago during the witch trials and stimulates her formerly benign powers into a force beyond earthly bounds...
    Categorized as:
    demons  humor  paranormal  adult  book  dark  death  fiction
  • Raven Revivals by Amy Cross

    Raven Revivals by Amy Cross

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Deep beneath the village of Rippon, the Devil's body still rests in its tomb. But powerful forces are determined to break in and steal the body, and only one thing stands between those forces and total world domination.Her name is Sam and she's a gardener.One year after Grave Girl, Sam is still working at the cemetery in Rippon...
    Categorized as:
    demons  humor  paranormal  adult  book  comedy  fiction  ghosts
  • The Formerly Dark Mage by D.L. Harrison

    The Formerly Dark Mage by D.L. Harrison

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Silvia is a dark mage. Unfortunately she finds herself about to be sacrificed. Someone must have told her evil master about her plans to kill him and take over. After that, things just seem to go downhill. She has no choice but to escape the kingdom of Zual, something that to her knowledge has never been done before. She will need to deal with many issues she never had to face before...
    Categorized as:
    demons  humor  paranormal  adult  book  dark  female-mc  fiction
  • The Gates of Hell by Jennifer Martucci, Christopher Martucci

    The Gates of Hell by Jennifer Martucci, Christopher Martucci

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Time is running out. The countdown to the end of days has commenced. Portals between hell and earth are being opened. Evil has begun to roam the planet. And only one person can stop it before humanity is claimed by the underworld...
  • The Exorcist's Apprentice by Mark Lukens

    The Exorcist's Apprentice by Mark Lukens

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    For centuries the Roman Catholic Church has employed a select few to investigate the most extreme cases of demonic possession, haunted places, and paranormal activity. Often, the calling of an Investigator is passed down from father to son.After surviving a tragic accident, seventeen-year-old Danny Lambert is sent to live with his father, Paul, who is an Investigator for the Church...
    Categorized as:
    demons  paranormal  adult  book  death  fiction  ghosts  horror
  • Chasm by Christina Garner

    Chasm by Christina Garner

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Two months have passed since Ember Lyons nearly died killing the powerful Root Demon threatening the Los Angeles Gateway. Physically healed, images of the day still haunt her and she can no longer access the power she once wielded. She can't talk about it with anyone at The Institute--not even her handsome, demon-hunting boyfriend, Taren...
  • Who Killed the Ghost in the Library? by Teresa Watson

    Who Killed the Ghost in the Library? by Teresa Watson

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Cam Shaw is an out-of-work ghost writer who places an ad in the newspaper looking for a new client. When she gets a reply and meets the client, she gets more than she bargained for. She's thrown into a 60-year-old mystery, but somebody doesn't want the truth to come out, and they are willing to go to any lengths to keep that from happening...even if it means killing Cam...
    Categorized as:
    humor  paranormal  adult  book  cozy  fiction  ghosts  horror
  • Straight to Hell by John G. Hartness

    Straight to Hell by John G. Hartness

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Quincy Harker is back, and the stakes are higher than ever. The fate of the world rests on the shoulders of a swearing, drinking, misanthropic half-vampire with a bad attitude and an itchy trigger finger. Harker and his team of misfits have just a few days to prevent the actual end of the world, as a group of fanatics have kidnapped a young man thought to possess the power to open the Seven Seals...
  • Crossings by Mel Odom

    Crossings by Mel Odom

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    THE MOST DANGEROUS GAME Buffy and Dawn are having difficulty settling into their new roles, now that their mother is gone. Buffy herself is reluctant to cross over to the role of parent, and the two are bickering more than usual. In fact, Buffy's distraction prevents her from noticing strange behavior among the video-game crowd...
  • Bring Out Your Dead by Katie MacAlister

    Bring Out Your Dead by Katie MacAlister

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Battling a demon lord is all in a day’s work for the Dark One named Sebastian. But now he must take on a horde of unhappy zombies and an obnoxious teen vampire if he wants to win the hand of the one woman who can make him whole.Ysabelle is a woman with a past, and not a whole lot of future if a certain demon lord has his way...
  • Stalking  Shadows by S.A. Hunter

    Stalking Shadows by S.A. Hunter

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Mary’s back, and she has to help Vicky, her nemesis. While on a date, Vicky gets into car wreck that leaves her in a coma. Through dreams, she reaches out to Mary for help. Mary isn’t happy to help her, but she’s willing to do almost anything to get the cheerleader out of her head...
  • Queen of Wands by John Ringo

    Queen of Wands by John Ringo

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Soccer mom and demon fighter Barabara Everette is back  in this intricately interwoven monster noir thriller, the sequel to bestselling Princess of Wands by eight times New York Times best-seller, John Ringo.Barbara Everette has a problem...
  • Keelzebub by P.S. Power

    Keelzebub by P.S. Power

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Keeley Thomson is fighting to learn as much as she can in order to survive. That sounds like pretty much what everyone is doing doesn’t it? As a young Greater Demon though it means a lot more, since almost everyone in existence wants her dead.Or they will if they find out what she is...
  • Mistress of Souls by P.S. Power

    Mistress of Souls by P.S. Power

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The life of a Greater Demon isn't nearly as easy as it first seemed to Keeley. In fact it seems almost impossible as her world implodes on itself and everything she thought she had a handle on turns out to be slipping away before her eyes.Her "big brother" is gunning for her sister, Darla, and not too concerned about losing a few more family members in the process...
  • Raven's Rise by Lincoln Cole

    Raven's Rise by Lincoln Cole

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Everything has come crashing down after the events of Raven's Fall. The Council is barely standing after they were attacked and no one knows if they will ever recover. But, the threat that began on that day isn't over, and they need to find a way to stop their enemies before they can enact whatever terrible plan they have in mind...
  • The Spirit by D. Nichole King

    The Spirit by D. Nichole King

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Carrie Reese doesn’t believe in ghosts—until she falls in love with one.From the moment he walks through the door, a cool breeze surrounds Carrie. She knows Lucas is too good to be true...and he is. Because he’s dead.Devastated over her parents’ divorce, 17 year-old Carrie is spending the summer with her grandparents in Villisca—the creepiest town in Iowa...
  • A Taste of Magic by McKenzie Hunter

    A Taste of Magic by McKenzie Hunter

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    For a fleeting moment, I had magic. Powerful magic. But the Dark Prince’s enemy stole it from me, making them the most powerful being in the world. Their primary goal is to destroy everything close to the Dark Prince, and that includes me...
  • The Everett Exorcism by Lincoln Cole

    The Everett Exorcism by Lincoln Cole

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    “Cole masterfully pulls off tense moments, horror, questioning whether something is even real or not and action. I highly recommend this book.” Something strange is happening in the town of Everett, Washington and Father Niccolo Paladina is tasked with investigating possible demonic activity. Nothing is as it seems, however, and things quickly begin spiraling out of his control...
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    demons  paranormal  adult  book  fiction  horror  mystery  supernatural
  • Idle Ingredients by Matt Wallace

    Idle Ingredients by Matt Wallace

    Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Catering for a charismatic motivational speaker, the staff of the Sin du Jour catering agency find themselves incapacitated by a force from within their ranks. A smile and a promise is all it took.And for some reason, only the men are affected. It’s going to take cunning, guile and a significant amount of violence to resolve.Another day of cupcakes and evil with your favorite demonic caterers...
  • Spanky by Christopher Fowler

    Spanky by Christopher Fowler

    Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    23-year-old Martyn has a dead-end job, a miserable family, few friends, and no love life. Then he meets a Spancialosaphus Lacrimosae, his own personal demon. Spanky's friendship brings confidence, the good life, a better job, a girlfriend. But Spanky is a demon, and Martyn has a price to pay...
    Categorized as:
    demons  humor  paranormal  adult  book  dark  dark-humor  fiction
  • Satan Loves You by Grady Hendrix

    Satan Loves You by Grady Hendrix

    Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Satan hates his job. Managing Hell is the worst job ever invented and after several millennia of listening to the constant whining of damned souls, Satan is totally burned out. But there are no holidays in Hell, and now, in the face of a power grab by the officious and smarmy Heavenly Host, Satan's got to reach deep and find a way to save his home from corporate takeover...
    Categorized as:
    demons  humor  paranormal  adult  book  comedy  fiction  horror
  • Irregular Creatures by Chuck Wendig

    Irregular Creatures by Chuck Wendig

    Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Contained within are nine stories featuring bizarre beasties, mythological mutants, and overall “irregular creatures” – including flying cats, mermaids, Bigfoot, giant chickens, and mystic hobo hermaphrodites.Horror, fantasy, science-fiction and humor...
  • Greedy Pigs by Matt Wallace

    Greedy Pigs by Matt Wallace

    Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The Sin du Jour crew caters to the Shadow Government in Greedy Pigs, Matt Wallace's fifth Sin du Jour Affair I never did give them hell. I just told the truth, and they thought it was hell. Politics is a dirty game...
    Categorized as:
    demons  humor  paranormal  adult  book  comedy  contemporary  fiction
  • Teacher's Pest by Charles Gilman

    Teacher's Pest by Charles Gilman

    Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    “Two-headed monsters, giant tentacles, angry demons—Lovecraft Middle School is great creepy fun!” —Ransom Riggs, author of Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children   DON'T BE FOOLED by his friendly smile, his perfect manners, or his shiny red apple...
  • The Perfect Pumpkin Pie by Denys Cazet

    The Perfect Pumpkin Pie by Denys Cazet

    Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    When he was alive, Mr. Wilkerson was an ill-tempered, disagreeable, sour, and impatient old man. Once he died, he got better. But not much. Now he is back and very, very hungry. When Jack and his grandma move into the old Wilkerson house, they find out just how hungry, and why. At least they think they know. It has something to do with pie. A perfect pie...
  • Gluttony Bay by Matt Wallace

    Gluttony Bay by Matt Wallace

    Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Gluttony Bay is the penultimate Sin du Jour affair, Matt Wallace's funny foodie series about the New York firm that caters to the paranormal, which began with Envy of Angels.Welcome to Gluttony Bay High Security Supernatural Prison. We value your patronage. For your entertainment this evening, we are delighted to welcome the world's most renowned paranormal culinary experts.And on the menu: You...
  • Revenge of the Evil Librarian by Michelle Knudsen

    Revenge of the Evil Librarian by Michelle Knudsen

    Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Last fall, Cynthia Rothschild saved her best friend, Annie (and everyone else in her high school) from the demon librarian, Mr. Gabriel. But now all that demon stuff is over, and Cyn is ready to have the best summer ever—at theater camp (!) with her former crush and now boyfriend (!!), Ryan Halsey.Once she gets to camp, though, the best summer ever does not seem to be following the script...
    Categorized as:
    demons  humor  paranormal  book  comedy  fiction  horror  lgbtq
  • Dead as a Doorpost by Naomi Kramer

    Dead as a Doorpost by Naomi Kramer

    Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    John's dead and in Heaven, listening to harps that don't quite sound as he expected. He's pretty happy about the whole thing, actually. His wife Melissa is ecstatic. Linda, though, suspects foul play - and she's not going to rest until she finds out what happened. This is a very short book - novelette length - about 9000 words or 36 (print) pages...
    Categorized as:
    humor  paranormal  adult  book  comedy  fiction  ghosts  horror
  • Corpus Christi by Luke Romyn

    Corpus Christi by Luke Romyn

    Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Haunted by the toxic memories of a torturous foster-father, Jacob Hope yearns to make a difference in a world gone awry, trying to accomplish some small scrap of good in an ocean of wrong. Tumbling through life with no true direction, Jake unwittingly reveals a nightmare...
    Categorized as:
    demons  paranormal  adult  angels  book  fiction  horror  mystery
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