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  • The Evolution of Mara Dyer by Michelle Hodkin

    The Evolution of Mara Dyer by Michelle Hodkin

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 67 ratings
    Mara Dyer knows she isn't crazy. She knows that she can kill with her mind, and that Noah can heal with his. Mara also knows that somehow, Jude is not a hallucination. He is alive. Unfortunately, convincing her family and doctors that she's not unstable and doesn't need to be hospitalised isn't easy. The only person who actually believes her is Noah...
  • Ashes to Ashes by Karina Halle

    Ashes to Ashes by Karina Halle

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    It’s been two months since Perry Palomino and Dex Foray’s relationship reached a new turning point, two months since Perry started a new life in Seattle, and two months since their Experiment in Terror show took on a new partner, ex-Wine Babe Rebecca Sims, and found a new level of success. But whenever there is light in their lives, the madness still has a way of coming back in...
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    dark  drama  family  gothic  steamy  suspense  action-adventure  adult
  • Eleventh Grade Burns by Heather Brewer, Z Brewer

    Eleventh Grade Burns by Heather Brewer, Z Brewer

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    Things have taken a darker turn for the half-human teenager with an appetite for blood. Joss, a vampire slayer and Vlad's former friend, has moved back to Bathory. A mysterious and powerful new vampire, Dorian, appears with a shocking secret and an overwhelming desire to drink Vlad's blood. And Vlad's arch enemy, D'Ablo, has a sinister plan to eliminate Vlad once and for all...
  • Sinister Legacy: An erotic horror novel by Harleigh Beck

    Sinister Legacy: An erotic horror novel by Harleigh Beck

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    KeiraI was born with darkness in my veins.My name is Keira Hill. I’m the daughter of one of the country’s most notorious serial killers.I hide in plain sight. Pretending to fit in. Pretending I’m not haunted by my father’s skeletons.In two months’ time, he’s scheduled to be executed...
  • Stranded by Cara Dee

    Stranded by Cara Dee

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Stranded is the second book in The Auctioned Series. Before you read further, you should read Auctioned. ​ “You have my word, Gray. I will get you off this island, and I will bring you home.” ​ It was supposed to be an easy in-and-out job. Nothing Darius Quinn hadn’t done before. But this job had something none of the others did: Gray Nolan...
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    dark  drama  family  steamy  suspense  abuse  action-adventure  adult
  • The Pagan Stone by Nora Roberts, Dan John Miller

    The Pagan Stone by Nora Roberts, Dan John Miller

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    #1 New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts’ electrifying trilogy comes to an end, as three men and three women join forces—and hearts—to battle the ultimate evil.Years ago, after their blood brother ritual, Gage, Fox, and Caleb each emerged from the woods with a piece of bloodstone. Now, it will become their weapon in the final fight against the demon they awakened...
  • Cold Calculation by Cole McCade

    Cold Calculation by Cole McCade

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    ABOUT THIS EPISODE How do you profile a serial killer who keeps changing his pattern? A body encased in ice and a cryptic message make Malcolm, Seong-Jae, and Aanga Joshi question everything they thought they'd learned about the Golden Ratio Killer. If their suspect can change his methods and alter his patterns, he could easily disappear... ..
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    dark  drama  family  suspense  adult  age-gap  angst  bisexuality
  • Pandemonium by Katie May

    Pandemonium by Katie May

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    ELLIEFor so long, secrets have ripped us apart.But slowly and surely, I’m learning to put my trust in the five dangerous men who’ve captured my heart.Shocking revelations prove just how deadly the Paragons of Prosperity truly are.By taking the Paragons on, I must decide what I’m willing to give up to destroy them once and for all...
  • Hunting Adeline by H.D. Carlton

    Hunting Adeline by H.D. Carlton

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 45 ratings
    The conclusion to the Cat and Mouse Duet is here...The DiamondDeath walks alongside me,But the reaper is no match for me.I'm trapped in a world full of monsters dressed as men, and those who aren't as they seem.They won't keep me forever.I no longer recognize the person I've become,And I'm fighting to find my way back to the beast who hunts me in the night...
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    dark  steamy  suspense  gothic  romance  horror  contemporary  fiction
  • The Church by Celia Aaron

    The Church by Celia Aaron

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Trapped. Beaten. Broken. Adam destroyed himself to save me. At first, I doubt if I have the strength to go on. But with every second that passes, I see the and curse the Prophet. My time as a Maiden is over. I refuse to be a toy in his game any longer. But there’s always more ways for the Prophet to get to me, to use me, and to keep me under his influence...
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    dark  drama  family  gothic  steamy  suspense  abuse  action-adventure
  • The Souls of Lost Lake by Jaime Jo Wright

    The Souls of Lost Lake by Jaime Jo Wright

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Wren Blythe has long enjoyed being among the Northwoods, helping her father with programming at a youth camp. But when a little girl in the area goes missing, an all-out search ensues, reviving the decades-old campfire story of Ava Coons, the murderess, who still roams the woods. Joining the search, Wren stumbles upon the Coons cabin ruins and a rotting porcelain doll...
  • Love and War: Volume Two by Charisse Spiers

    Love and War: Volume Two by Charisse Spiers

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    I’d waited my whole life for this. Nothing and no one was going to stand in my way. From the moment Lux opened her mouth that night I wanted to be pissed at her, but with one outburst she’d given me everything I’d fucking dreamed of since I was a kid. He gave me the chance of a lifetime, despite his known reputation of sitting alone on his throne...
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    dark  family  steamy  suspense  gothic  romance  new-adult  humor
  • The Shadow by Sylvain Reynard

    The Shadow by Sylvain Reynard

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    From the New York Times bestselling author of the Gabriel trilogy comes the hotly anticipated follow-up to The Raven, a sensual novel set in Florence featuring the dangerously intoxicating coupling of Raven and William…Raven Wood’s vampyre prince has returned, pledging his love and promising justice for every wrong done to her...
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    dark  drama  gothic  steamy  suspense  abuse  adult  alpha-mc
  • The Arrangement 14: The Ferro Family by H.M. Ward

    The Arrangement 14: The Ferro Family by H.M. Ward

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Sean Ferro is a liar. Everything he’s ever told me melts away until only the truth remains and I don’t like what I see. Gabe tried to warn me, but I didn’t understand the depths of Sean’s corruption until he let them take me away. After everything we’ve been through, I’m crushed, but I refuse to accept this fate. Screw that, I’m not dying tonight...
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    dark  drama  steamy  suspense  abuse  adult  alpha-mc  anthologies
  • Seven Minutes in Heaven by Sara Shepard

    Seven Minutes in Heaven by Sara Shepard

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    MY SISTER WANTS THE TRUTH.BUT SOMETIMES THE TRUTH HURTS.For months, my long-lost twin, Emma, has been living my life and trying to solve my murder. She's unearthed dark secrets about my friends, my family, and my tangled past. But when it comes to finding my killer, she keeps running into dead ends.Until my body shows up in Sabino Canyon...
  • Counts of Eight by Brynn Ford

    Counts of Eight by Brynn Ford

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    RELEASE DATE: May 31, 2020ARCs sign-up open through May 18, 2020: bit.ly/CO8ARCsAll of my choices had been stripped from me except for one.Dance or die.Three years ago, I was taken, stolen away, far from the world I knew, far from civilization. I became a slave, forced to serve one of the four families with my talent. I'd been abused, battered, tortured in isolation...
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    dark  gothic  steamy  suspense  abuse  adult  age-gap  book
  • BONES by Yolanda Olson

    BONES by Yolanda Olson

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Content advisory: The following book contains vivid depictions of gore, graphic sexual violence, endless mind games, will induce strangely beautiful feelings of paranoia, and lots of bad things. Really bad things. It's not recommended eating before, during, or after reading this story. Prepare for a one way trip to Hell. I'm haunted. Not by ghosts, but by a face I can't quite remember...
  • Chaos by Ashlynn Author

    Chaos by Ashlynn Author

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I’m Jade Rivers, Devil Incarnate’s Club princess. This isn’t your typical love story. I have a crazy ex who won’t let me go. A mafia prince who has signed his death warrant, an obsessive Cartel enforcer, and last but not least, the senator's son, who I’m not sure if he wants me dead or alive.Junior year at Whitestone Academy was supposed to be my year of freedom from club life...
  • Spirited Away by Fern Michaels

    Spirited Away by Fern Michaels

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Part Two of the New Three-Part Godmothers Serial!The best of friends, Toots, Ida, Mavis, and Sophie have been there for each other through thick and thin. Now Sophie needs the rest of the Godmothers to help her through something they’ve never faced before . . .There are no secrets between best friends. At least, Teresa “Toots” Loudenberry has always believed that to be the case...
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    drama  epic  family  adult  book  contemporary  female-mc  fiction
  • Beg For Mercy by Lucian Bane

    Beg For Mercy by Lucian Bane

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The fight is on in this installment, Mercy is holding nothing back in her endeavor to prove to Sade he can experience love and pleasure. Sade,however has other plans and his darkness is front and center in them. Meanwhile, Father Abraham is still on the loose with a score to settle with them all and no one is safe from his wrath...
  • Whiskey and Wry by Rhys Ford

    Whiskey and Wry by Rhys Ford

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Sequel to Sinner's GinSinners Series: Book Two He was dead. And it was murder most foul. If erasing a man’s existence could even be called murder.When Damien Mitchell wakes, he finds himself without a life or a name...
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    dark  drama  family  steamy  suspense  abuse  action-adventure  adult
  • The Headmaster  (Shivers) by Tiffany Reisz

    The Headmaster (Shivers) by Tiffany Reisz

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    A fever dream of desires fulfilled.Nestled in the shadow of the Appalachians is where Gwen Ashby stumbles upon the William Marshall Academy, and she's given a trial position as a literature teacher. The gothic boarding school seems trapped in time yet it feels like home the moment Gwen arrives...
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    dark  drama  gothic  high-school  steamy  suspense  adult  age-gap
  • Don't Look Back by Jennifer L. Armentrout

    Don't Look Back by Jennifer L. Armentrout

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    Samantha is a stranger in her own life. Until the night she disappeared with her best friend, Cassie, everyone said Sam had it all - popularity, wealth, and a dream boyfriend. Sam has resurfaced, but she has no recollection of who she was or what happened to her that night. As she tries to piece together her life from before, she realizes it's one she no longer wants any part of...
  • Fear No Evil by Robin Caroll

    Fear No Evil by Robin Caroll

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    With his father in a nursing home and his mother needing support, former Great Smoky Mountains park ranger Lincoln Vailes moves to the bayou town of Eternal Springs, Louisiana, to become a police officer. Recent college graduate and eager social worker Jade Laurent has also moved there to try and right the wrongs of an abusive past...
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    drama  suspense  adult  book  christian  contemporary  fiction  horror
  • Splinters of You by Anne Malcom

    Splinters of You by Anne Malcom

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Words are my weapon.Stories wrap around my soul, choking me, capturing you.I don't work in dreams.I don't offer escapes.I cage you within my nightmares.Magnolia Grace is a horror writer, despite what the name might suggest.One of the best in the business, if you asked around.Pressure comes with that title. Expectation for the next nightmare. The next bestseller.Sickness.That's what it is...
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    dark  steamy  suspense  adult  biker  book  captivity  contemporary
  • The Perfect Cover by Charlotte Byrd

    The Perfect Cover by Charlotte Byrd

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When Tyler McDermott escapes from prison, he takes me hostage.No, I do not fall in love with my captor.Tyler is an innocent man who was framed for a heinous double murder.Of course, I do not know that yet.All that I know is that he has a knife to my throat. All that I know is that if I want to live, I have to let him in...
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    dark  epic  family  gothic  steamy  suspense  action-adventure  adult
  • Buried Beneath Sin by M.T. Addams

    Buried Beneath Sin by M.T. Addams

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    What could be more dangerous than three serial killers? How about the woman who possesses their hearts?The HuntersWe came to kill my father and the family he replaced us with. But when we lay eyes on his stepdaughter, Beatrix Starr, plans change. Now, there’s nothing we want more than to possess the mysterious beauty whose soul is as dark as ours...
  • Apathy by L.K. Reid

    Apathy by L.K. Reid

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    There were sicknesses in this world even holy water couldn't wash away.In vicious nights, beautiful monsters lay.Some with faces known, some ready to play.Unsure of a friend, unsure of a foe,Be certain of nothing you think you know,Because what once enters Winworth,never leaves again.Skylar Blackwood thought she knew what monsters looked like.But in Winworth, nothing is what it seems...
  • Discovering by Wendy Corsi Staub

    Discovering by Wendy Corsi Staub

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    After finally learning who was behind her mother's death, Calla still doesn't understand why it happened. Somewhere out there, someone seems to share the powerful psychic abilities that allow Calla to see not only into the past, but to the Other Side-someone who apparently doesn't want to be found...
  • Rule Four and Five by Adrienne Wilder

    Rule Four and Five by Adrienne Wilder

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    This is book two of three. All books are full-length novels and must be read in order. All books are available now. The My Brother's Keeper Trilogy The town of Gilford has a Big and Terrible secret hidden in the ground. Infecting those it touches. Exploiting their darkness. Consuming their souls. It’s hungry. It’s vile. It’s evil. And it wants out...
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    dark  drama  family  steamy  suspense  abuse  adult  age-gap
  • Every Soul by L.K. Collins

    Every Soul by L.K. Collins

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    This novel is NOT part of the Life . Destiny . Fate series. More to come.... When you lose the one person who grounds your existence, your whole world changes. In life, it is said that everything happens for a reason...
  • Finders Keepers by Fern Michaels

    Finders Keepers by Fern Michaels

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    New York Times bestselling author Fern Michaels thrills us, once again, with the story of an unforgettable young woman who was stolen as a toddler from a poor but loving family, and who must journey through a maze of heartbreak before she can reclaim her true identity. Raised in a magnificent Charleston house, Jessie Roland wants for nothing...
  • The China Garden by Liz Berry

    The China Garden by Liz Berry

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    When Clare moves with her mother from London to Ravensmere, an historic English estate, she can't shake the feeling that the residents already know her, especially Mark, a maddeningly attractive biker. Clare also feels compelled to take midnight walks in Ravensmere's abandoned China Garden. Then her mother reveals that their own past is tragically linked to the estate...
  • What We Saw by Aaron Hartzler

    What We Saw by Aaron Hartzler

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Kate Weston can piece together most of the bash at John Doone’s house: shots with Stacey Stallard, Ben Cody taking her keys and getting her home early—the feeling that maybe he’s becoming more than just the guy she’s known since they were kids.But when a picture of Stacey passed out over Deacon Mills’s shoulder appears online the next morning, Kate suspects she doesn’t have all the details...
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    dark  drama  family  high-school  realistic  suspense  abuse  book
  • Eclipse by Cate Tiernan

    Eclipse by Cate Tiernan

    Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    Hunter and Morgan join together with a surprising new ally to fight for the people they love...
  • Chasing Brooklyn by Lisa Schroeder

    Chasing Brooklyn by Lisa Schroeder

    Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Restless souls and empty hearts Brooklyn can't sleep. Her boyfriend, Lucca, died only a year ago, and now her friend Gabe has just died of an overdose. Every time she closes her eyes, Gabe's ghost is there waiting for her. She has no idea what he wants or why it isn't Lucca visiting her dreams. Nico can't stop. He's always running, trying to escape the pain of losing his brother, Lucca...
  • Heaven by V.C. Andrews

    Heaven by V.C. Andrews

    Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Of all the folks in the mountain shacks, the Casteels were the lowest — the scum of the hills.Heaven Leigh Casteel was the prettiest, smartest girl in the backwoods, despite her ragged clothes and dirty face...despite a father meaner than ten vipers...despite her weary stepmother, who worked her like a mule. For her brother Tom and the little ones, Heaven clung to her pride and her hopes...
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    dark  drama  family  gothic  high-school  realistic  steamy  suspense
  • The Captive Part II / The Power by L.J. Smith

    The Captive Part II / The Power by L.J. Smith

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 37 ratings
    Caught in the struggle between good and evil . . .Cassie has joined the most alluring—and deadly—in-crowd imaginable. But power comes with a price, and it's more dangerous than she knows...
  • The Storyteller by Antonia Michaelis

    The Storyteller by Antonia Michaelis

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 34 ratings
    Anna and Abel couldn’t be more different. They are both seventeen and in their last year of school, but while Anna lives in a nice old town house and comes from a well-to-do family, Abel, the school drug dealer, lives in a big, prisonlike tower block at the edge of town. Anna is afraid of him until she realizes that he is caring for his six-year-old sister on his own...
  • Dark Angel by V.C. Andrews

    Dark Angel by V.C. Andrews

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Second in the Casteel family saga series set in Virginia and Boston. As Heaven moves away from home she is determined to leave her traumatic past behind...
  • Deadly Little Games by Laurie Faria Stolarz

    Deadly Little Games by Laurie Faria Stolarz

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    High school juniors Camelia and Ben have discovered a powerful bond: They both possess the power of psychometry, the ability to see the future through touch. For Ben, the gift is a frightening liability. When he senses a strong threat or betrayal, he risks losing control. Camelia's gift is more mysterious. When she works with clay, her hands sculpt messages her mind doesn't yet comprehend...
  • Savage Drift by Emmy Laybourne

    Savage Drift by Emmy Laybourne

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    The stunningly fierce conclusion to Emmy Laybourne's Monument 14 trilogy.The survivors of the Monument 14 have finally made it to the safety of a Canadian refugee camp. Dean and Alex are cautiously starting to hope that a happy ending might be possible.But for Josie, separated from the group and trapped in a brutal prison camp for exposed Type Os, things have gone from bad to worse...
  • Right Behind You by Gail Giles

    Right Behind You by Gail Giles

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    When he was nine, Kip set another child on fire. Now, after years in a juvenile ward, he is ready for a fresh start. But the ghosts of his past soon demand justice, and he must reveal his painful secret...
  • Gothikana by RuNyx

    Gothikana by RuNyx

    Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    An unusual girl. An enigmatic man. An ancient castle. What could go wrong?An outcast her entire life, Corvina Clemm is left adrift after losing her mother. When she receives the admission letter from the mysterious University of Verenmore, she accepts it as a sign from the universe...
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    dark  drama  gothic  high-school  steamy  suspense  adult  age-gap
  • Old Blood by Karina Halle

    Old Blood by Karina Halle

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    A haunting novella from the Experiment in Terror Series...From her harrowing introduction in Darkhouse, the spectre known as “Creepy Clown Lady” has been a constant fixture in Perry Palomino’s life. But beyond the horrid makeup and piercing stare lies Pippa, a woman just like everyone else.Well, not quite...
    Categorized as:
    dark  drama  family  suspense  alpha-mc  book  contemporary  demons
  • Slashers & Secrets: Hellcrest Heights Book 1 by A.R. Breck

    Slashers & Secrets: Hellcrest Heights Book 1 by A.R. Breck

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    From dark romance author who brought the Blackridge Prep Series.Secrets are meant to be buried, until they aren't.And Lakyn Ashford has the biggest secret of all.She thought she could get away with it.She should've known better.I'd never allow her to escape so easily.There is nothing more enjoyable than witnessing her crumble as I taunt her, trick her, and toy with her sanity...
  • Captive Bride by Alta Hensley

    Captive Bride by Alta Hensley

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    You will take this bride.To have and to hold from this day forward.Till death do you part.This will be your solemn vow.You have no choice.Trapped in a twisted and dark courtship with a secret woman who needs my strength to survive, I will be wed.Walking the thin line between lunacy and reality, I am now the protector of my future captive bride.So, I have no choice but to recite the vows...
    Categorized as:
    dark  epic  gothic  steamy  suspense  abuse  action-adventure  adult
  • Carnival Shadows: A Dark Stalker Romance by Selena Winters

    Carnival Shadows: A Dark Stalker Romance by Selena Winters

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The problem with stalking a predator? Sometimes, they decide to keep you.I study killers for a living. I analyze their methods, dissect their psychology, and share their darkest deeds with my podcast listeners, but I’ve never encountered anyone like Remy.When I spotted him at the carnival, I knew he was different...
    Categorized as:
    dark  steamy  suspense  gothic  romance  contemporary  stalking  crime
  • Shadowface: A Dark College Romance by Rhea Ryan

    Shadowface: A Dark College Romance by Rhea Ryan

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    He was my nameless monster, lurking in the shadows of my dreams. A constant presence in the depths of the night. A kiss, a caress, and a night so passionate I questioned my sanity. My first day of class at Kinsmen University changes everything. A leaked photo, a dead body, and a man who rises from the grave...
  • The Secret of Cypriere Bayou by Jana Deleon

    The Secret of Cypriere Bayou by Jana Deleon

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A MANSION OF HORRORS DEEP IN THE LOUISIANA BAYOUS...For Olivia Markham, laMalediction is the ideal setting in which to complete her work. But something is sending a chill up the usually fearless author's spine. There are the unearthly noises, the sliding panels, the hidden passageways...and John Landry, the sexy caretaker who seems less than welcoming...
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