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  • Jim Butcher Box Set #2 by Jim Butcher

    Jim Butcher Box Set #2 by Jim Butcher

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    From #1 New York Times bestselling author Jim Butcher of the Dresden Files The fourth, fifth, and sixth novels of the Dresden Files-available together in one boxed set...
  • Walking The Razor by Orlando A. Sanchez

    Walking The Razor by Orlando A. Sanchez

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The brightest light casts the darkest shadow.Would you kill to save a life?In order to save those closest to him, Tristan has stepped closer to darkness.In order to save Tristan, Simon must do the impossible.When Monty uses blood magic, he enters a schism—which puts him, and everyone close to him, in mortal danger...
  • Dark Glass by Orlando A. Sanchez

    Dark Glass by Orlando A. Sanchez

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Sometimes, being immortal can get you killed. When Fate pays Simon a visit accusing him of disrupting causality, she makes him an offer he can’t refuse—become mortal or die.There’s only one small problem.In order to become mortal, Simon must find the goddess, Kali the Destroyer, and convince her to remove her curse...
  • War of Gods by Dyrk Ashton

    War of Gods by Dyrk Ashton

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    War of Gods is the highly anticipated conclusion to the critically acclaimed, award winning epic urban fantasy series, The Paternus Trilogy...
  • Druid Mystic by M.D. Massey

    Druid Mystic by M.D. Massey

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Colin McCool has outwitted necromancers, sorcerers, fae assassins, and evil demigods… but can this journeyman druid survive a face-to-face fight with a god?  It’s me again—your friendly neighborhood druid, pissing people off everywhere I go in the supernatural world.After killing a psychotic demigod, I just wanted to retreat to my beloved junkyard in peace...
  • Spirit of the Fallen by T.J. Green

    Spirit of the Fallen by T.J. Green

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Kill the ghost, save the host.Shadow is an over-confident fey stranded in White Haven after the Wild Hunt is defeated on Samhain.Gabe is a Nephilim, newly arrived from the spirit world along with six of his companions. He has a violent history that haunts him, and a father he wants answers from - if he ever finds him...
  • The Dark-Hunters, Books 4-6  (Dark-Hunter Novels) by Sherrilyn Kenyon

    The Dark-Hunters, Books 4-6 (Dark-Hunter Novels) by Sherrilyn Kenyon

    Rated: 4.68 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    #1 New York Times bestselling author Sherrilyn Kenyon has entertained millions of readers with her extraordinary Dark-Hunter series.  Here together for the first time in a convenient eBook bundle are her popular Dark-Hunter novels: Kiss of the Night Born of a cursed race, Cassandra and her family have been hunted to extinction...
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    dark  paranormal  vampires  adult  book  dark-fantasy  fiction  gods
  • The Wicked by L.A. Banks

    The Wicked by L.A. Banks

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    New, deadly enemies of the Vampire Huntress join forces with the old in the battle that will lead to the Armageddon in The Wicked, the eighth installment in L. A. Banks's hot Vampire Huntress seriesDamali and Carlos have finally tied the knot, but there is no happily ever after on the horizon...
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    dark  myths  paranormal  vampires  adult  angels  book  dark-fantasy
  • Shadowstrut by Orlando A. Sanchez

    Shadowstrut by Orlando A. Sanchez

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Sometimes fear of the dark can keep you alive. Grey and Koda have a lead on the supplier of Redrum X—a new strain of the deadly drug that creates UV resistant vampires. Preventing the streets of New York City from being flooded with the mindless creatures was only the first step. Each night as darkness falls, body counts rise. Someone or something has made nights in the city…fatal...
  • The Spook's Blood by Joseph Delaney

    The Spook's Blood by Joseph Delaney

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    Time is running out for Thomas Ward. His final battle against the Fiend is drawing near, and the Spook's apprentice has never felt more alone in his task. Isolated and afraid, the Fiend is set to send the greatest of his servants against him - Siscoi, a Vampire God more ferocious than anything he has yet faced...
  • The Shifter King by Heather Killough-Walden

    The Shifter King by Heather Killough-Walden

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Sam saw him enter the club at the opposite end of the room. Everyone did. He was a dark shadow against the night, no small feat but one he accomplished with frightening ease. His suit was expertly, precisely tailored, black and expensive, and it hugged every intended curve of his six-foot-five frame...
  • The Cursed by L.A. Banks

    The Cursed by L.A. Banks

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    The Chairman has been killed and now Lilith, Satan’s Consort, sits on the vampire throne as the Vampire Council’s new Chairwoman. She raises all the dark covens, calling every major dark witch and warlock to do her bidding. Her goal is to distract the team members while the unborn heir to the Dark Realms awaits his own birth. All Lilith needs now is Damali’s newly discovered angelic powers...
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    dark  paranormal  vampires  adult  angels  book  dark-fantasy  demons
  • The Darkness by L.A. Banks

    The Darkness by L.A. Banks

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    After the battle at Masada, the Neteru team returns to San Diego believing forty-thousand demons had been eradicated and that Lilith's spawn has been killed. But somehow the treacherous little creature got away. Just as had been prophesized at the dawn of the Armageddon, the anti-Christ has been born and will soon rise to power...
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    dark  paranormal  vampires  adult  alpha-mc  angels  book  dark-fantasy
  • The Shadows by L.A. Banks

    The Shadows by L.A. Banks

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    The Dark Realms are taking cover after an angel onslaught from On High. The Antichrist has been injured and the fourth biblical seal has been broken. Yonnie and Val, a strange combination of a daywalker and an angel hybrid, have joined Damali and Carlos's team. And the two new Council-level vamps, Elizabeth Bathory and Lucrezia Borgia, are still in recovery from their last mission...
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    dark  paranormal  vampires  adult  angels  book  dark-fantasy  demons
  • The Forsaken by L.A. Banks

    The Forsaken by L.A. Banks

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    The Chairman of the Vampire Council is dead, and Lilith, the consort of the Unnamed One, and the Unnamed One himself are out for revenge against Damali Richards, the Vampire Huntress, and her lover, Carlos Rivera. A ruthless and carefully planned strategy---one that not even Damali will anticipate---has been developed...
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    dark  paranormal  vampires  adult  book  dark-fantasy  demons  epic
  • 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...
  • Blood Betrayal by Orlando A. Sanchez

    Blood Betrayal by Orlando A. Sanchez

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    She will teach them the meaning of fear—it will be the last thing they learn.Michiko Nakatomi—an ancient vampire and leader of the Dark Council—is missing. After she gave up control of the blood blades—weapons designed to destroy supernaturals—the Dark Council challenged Michiko’s leadership…and her right to exist...
  • 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...
  • Blue Howl by Brad Magnarella

    Blue Howl by Brad Magnarella

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    This is an alternate cover edition for ASIN B07HDQFM8TI have met the enemy... With Jason Wolfe’s ragtag team of monster hunters hardening into a lethal unit, they’re ready to roll. And not a moment too soon. In the wilds of northern Canada, something is stalking humans and leaving a trail of scattered remains. The team arrives, armed for mayhem...
  • Strange Days by Rick Gualtieri

    Strange Days by Rick Gualtieri

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    At the edge of chaos, one geek stands tall. Five years ago, dateless dork Bill Ryder somehow saved the world, banishing magic and monsters to the shadows. He thought it was over, that he was finished with that life. Too bad for him, shit’s about to get surreal again. Now the impossible has happened...
  • Death and the Last Vampire: A Complete Vegas Immortals Series by Holly Roberds

    Death and the Last Vampire: A Complete Vegas Immortals Series by Holly Roberds

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Life as a newly made vampire? Complicated. Being the target of Death himself? Outright bonkers. I woke up with fangs, a thirst for blood, and no memories of my past. To add to my confusion, the Grim Reaper is inexplicably hell-bent on ending me...
  • Thorn  (Chosen #4C) by Charlene Hartnady

    Thorn (Chosen #4C) by Charlene Hartnady

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    PART 3: Bonus Length Final Installment (Elf/Vampire Serial) Reading order - 1#Chosen by the Vampire Kings 2#Stolen by the Alpha Wolf 3#Unlikely Mates 4#Awakened by the Vampire Prince SPOILER ALERT: King Katar takes a turn for the worst making things infinitely more difficult for Esral and Xavier...
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    dark  paranormal  vampires  adult  book  dark-fantasy  fae  fiction
  • Moonlight and Vines by Charles de Lint

    Moonlight and Vines by Charles de Lint

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Return to NewfordFamiliar to Charles de Lint's ever-growing audience as the setting of the novels Moonheart, Forests of the Heart, The Onion Girl, and many others, Newford is the quintessential North American city, tough and streetwise on the surface and rich with hidden magic for those who can see...
  • The Damned by L.A. Banks

    The Damned by L.A. Banks

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    The only way to Heaven is through the gates of Hell…Damali Richards knows all about a blood rush. The kind that happened when she first went skin-to-skin with former vampire Carlos Rivera. Or the kind that happened on the streets of Philadelphia, when her crew took on the devil’s own...
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    dark  paranormal  vampires  adult  book  dark-fantasy  demons  fiction
  • Immortal Hearts by Ellen Schreiber

    Immortal Hearts by Ellen Schreiber

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Athena "Stormy" Sterling is coming to Dullsville, and Raven is both excited and panicked in anticipation of Alexander's little sister's visit. Alexander tells Raven that she and his sister have a lot in common, but can the mini-Raven be everything she hopes for? Alexander calls her Stormy for a reason. Stormy's visit stirs up the perfect immortal whirlwind...
  • The Bitten by L.A. Banks

    The Bitten by L.A. Banks

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    The Bitten is the fourth daring and pulse-pounding book in L. A. Banks's Vampire Huntress Legend seriesThe vampire civil war has been averted, deadly were-demons have been beaten back, and now it Damali Richards and Carlos Rivera (now a Council level vampire) will finally have the chance to settle in and explore their deeper, sexier love...
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    dark  paranormal  vampires  adult  alpha-mc  book  dark-fantasy  demons
  • Demon Thief by Darren Shan

    Demon Thief by Darren Shan

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    The second novel in this bonechilling series by Darren Shan, author of the New York Times bestselling Cirque Du Freak series is sure to give you goosebumps. Kernel Fleck has always known he's weird. He sees lights. Strange, multi-colored patches of light, swirling through the air. But it's not until a window opens into a demon world, with horrific consequences, that Kernel discovers his powers...
  • 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...
  • Dead Certain by P.S. Power

    Dead Certain by P.S. Power

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Dead Certain The world’s most intrepid vampire is tossed from the frying pan into the crucible in this stunning conclusion to the Trilogy. Eve, working her day, and night, job is given a new task by the Vampire Council. If she can survive it, her fortune will be secured. If not, she’ll end up dead for the final time...
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    dark  paranormal  vampires  adult  book  dark-fantasy  demons  fiction
  • Dead and Everything by P.S. Power

    Dead and Everything by P.S. Power

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Dead and Everything Eve Benson, the world’s hardest working baby vampire isn’t going to be left to the normal course of things. As a new member of the undead she should be in for years of beatings, starvation, and possibly some other things that her parents wouldn’t be happy to hear about. Thanks to the training she put herself through though, Eve is a different kind of Vamp...
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    dark  paranormal  vampires  adult  book  dark-fantasy  demons  fiction
  • Soul of a Demon by Jamie Begley

    Soul of a Demon by Jamie Begley

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    To appreciate the light, you must first live in darkness… Hades has been alone for so long that seeing Grimm’s newest acquisition for him has him making several mistakes with Zerina.The beautiful daughter of Fate should have never been let inside his domain. He should have thrown her out the first time she lifted her lovely gaze to his. He didn’t. That was my first mistake...
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    dark  myths  paranormal  retellings  vampires  adult  anti-hero  book
  • 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...
  • Beyond the Veil by Nicole R. Taylor

    Beyond the Veil by Nicole R. Taylor

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A Collection of Urban Fantasy Adventures Beyond the veil lies a world of magic, mystery, and adventure! From author Nicole R. Taylor comes five full length novels, each a first in a series...
  • Flower  (Chosen #4B) by Charlene Hartnady

    Flower (Chosen #4B) by Charlene Hartnady

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    PART 2: Elf/Vampire Serial Reading order - 1#Chosen by the Vampire Kings 2#Stolen by the Alpha Wolf 3#Unlikely Mates 4#Awakened by the Vampire Prince SPOILER ALERT: True to his word, Brant sends Xavier to Pulamor with strict instructions to improve relations between the two species. Brant is sure that this will result in Xavier mating with the lovely Esral. It couldn’t be further from the truth...
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    dark  paranormal  vampires  adult  book  dark-fantasy  fae  fiction
  • Rosebud by Charlene Hartnady

    Rosebud by Charlene Hartnady

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    PART 1: Elf/Vampire Serial Reading order - 1#Chosen by the Vampire Kings 2#Stolen by the Alpha Wolf 3#Unlikely Mates 4#Awakened by the Vampire Prince SPOILER ALERT: King Katar is gravely ill. Esral must go back to her place of birth, to be at her father’s side, during this difficult time. She is relieved when her protector, Xavier, is not permitted to accompany her...
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    dark  paranormal  vampires  adult  book  dark-fantasy  fae  fiction
  • The Hunted by L.A. Banks

    The Hunted by L.A. Banks

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Each millennium brings a new Neteru, a vampire huntress whose mission is to vanquish evil from the world. This millennium's savior has come in the form of Damali Richards, a hip-hop diva with the heart of a warrior and an attitude to match. But a war in Hell has cost Damali both her powers and her past love, Carlos Rivera. Still, Damali can't let her grief stand in her way...
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    dark  paranormal  vampires  adult  book  dark-fantasy  demons  fiction
  • 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 . .
  • Dead Roses for a Blue Lady by Nancy A. Collins

    Dead Roses for a Blue Lady by Nancy A. Collins

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Previously available only in an ultra-limited-edition hardcover, Dead Roses for a Blue Lady collects eight tales of Sanja Blue, all by the vampire/vampire-hunter's creator Nancy A. Collins. These tales include the hard-to-find "Vampire King of the Goth Chicks" and "Some Velvet Morning" along with tales original to this collection, such as "Knifepoint," "Tender Tigers" and "The None-such Horror...
  • First Magic by Raven Steele

    First Magic by Raven Steele

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    “Some things are worse than death.” Keep your head down. Don’t cause a scene. And never make friends.These are the rules I have to live by to survive. After Vykens, mutated and soulless vampires killed my parents, I know they will come for me next.As an Aura, I can manipulate the light within me, the same ancient light Vykens feed on...
  • Matt Archer: Legend by Kendra C. Highley

    Matt Archer: Legend by Kendra C. Highley

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When Matt Archer was fourteen, he was chosen—by a magic, spirit-inhabited knife—to hunt monsters with a special paranormal division of the Army. When he was fifteen, he was thrown into a global war the rest of the world didn’t know existed.Now Matt’s sixteen and the war has cost him more than he ever thought it would...
  • 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...
  • The Ammonite Violin & Others by Caitlín R. Kiernan

    The Ammonite Violin & Others by Caitlín R. Kiernan

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    In Caitlí­n R. Kiernan's The Ammonite Violin & Others, one of contemporary dark fantasy s most bewitching and distinctive voices is back with another banquet of the weird and unexpected. In his introduction, Jeff VanderMeer (City of Saints and Madmen, Finch) writes, Kiernan creates her own light in this remarkable collection, and shines it on dark places...
  • Sacred Magic by Luna Pierce

    Sacred Magic by Luna Pierce

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    This book is part of a series, blurb may contain spoilers.A powerless witch, four devoted mates, and a dangerous deal with the devil.To find her way back to those she loves, Willow Oliver has to make the ultimate sacrifice. But with that, she loses way more than she realizes.In a desperate attempt to focus on the good things left in her life, she devotes her time to helping those around her...
  • Blood Music by Yasmine Galenorn

    Blood Music by Yasmine Galenorn

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    When fun-loving witch Maddy Gallowglass moves to Bedlam to restore an old mansion and turn it into a magical bed-and-breakfast, the last thing she expects is to meet her match in the gorgeous vampire Aegis, a former servant of Apollo. Blood Music is the prequel story to the Bewitching Bedlam series...
  • Matt Archer: Blade's Edge by Kendra C. Highley

    Matt Archer: Blade's Edge by Kendra C. Highley

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    When Matt Archer was fourteen, he discovered monsters are real. As if that wasn’t enough to go on for a few decades, Matt also found out that he’d been chosen to hunt those monsters--with a sentient, supernatural knife...
  • Black Sun by Michelle Madow

    Black Sun by Michelle Madow

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Embark on an adventure filled with magic, romance, and epic twists in the first book in USA Today bestselling author Michelle Madow’s Vampire Bride series—a fresh and enchanting take on the classic love story of Hades & Persephone.Amber Benson has no idea what to do for the rest of her life, let alone what major to pick for college...
  • Queen of the Dark Things by C. Robert Cargill

    Queen of the Dark Things by C. Robert Cargill

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    It is half a year since the wizard Colby lost his best friend to an army of fairies from the Limestone Kingdom, a realm of mystery and shadows beyond our own. But in vanquishing these creatures Colby sacrificed the anonymity that protected him. Now, word of his deeds has spread, and powerful enemies from the past - including one Colby considered a friend - have resurfaced to exact their revenge...
  • Slither by Joseph Delaney

    Slither by Joseph Delaney

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    "My name is Slither, and before my tale is finished you'll find out why."The dark is full of terrifying creatures. And Tom Ward—the seventh son of a seventh son, and the Spook's last apprentice—hasn't seen all of them. Far from the county, one named Slither has lived for hundreds of years, hunting blood.But a dying father binds the monster to a bargain...
  • Demon Road by Derek Landy

    Demon Road by Derek Landy

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    The mind-blowing new supernatural thriller from bestselling author DEREK LANDY, creator of international sensation Skulduggery Pleasant.Full of Landy’s trademark wit, action and razor-sharp dialogue, DEMON ROAD kicks off with a shocking opener and never lets up the pace in an epic road-trip across the supernatural landscape of America...
  • 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...
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    dark  paranormal  vampires  adult  book  dark-fantasy  fiction  horror
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