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  • Die For Me by Karen Rose

    Die For Me by Karen Rose

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    COME TO METhe first victim is found in a snow-covered Philadelphia field. Detective Vito Ciccotelli enlists the aid of archaeologist Sophie Johannsen to determine exactly what lies beneath the frozen ground. Despite years of unearthing things long buried, nothing can prepare Sophie for the matrix of graves dug with chilling precision. The victims buried there haunt her...
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    steamy  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary  crime  death  fiction
  • Stranger Danger by Michaelbrent Collings

    Stranger Danger by Michaelbrent Collings

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    He will teach you the lesson...... he knows you’re dying to learn.Legion is a teacher. An avenging angel. A murderer.A madman.Raised in the underground hideout of an insane father, he searches for those who keep secrets and sins. Then he teaches them how to leave those mistakes behind. Even if it means killing them to do it.Because sometimes murder is the cost of a proper education...
  • Obsession by Harleigh Beck

    Obsession by Harleigh Beck

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    SavannahImagine my surprise when the chance to interview the country’s most notorious man on death row lands on my table. His final confession. It’s too good of an opportunity to turn down.Robbie Hammond is old enough to be my father, a man condemned for the murder of at least fourteen women. He is dangerous, deadly. Intense in ways I can’t explain...
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    steamy  romance  dark  horror  contemporary  abuse  suspense  age-gap
  • Homecoming by Kinsley Kincaid

    Homecoming by Kinsley Kincaid

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    This day was always coming.After months of being deprived of what my mind craves, I received the call to return back home.To fulfill my duty and complete my initiation.The Sinclair family is part of an infamous group embedded deep within Vail.The Exodus.And The Reckoning is upon us.No one is safe.The town hides as the streets become bare.But it doesn’t matter, because I will find you...
  • WHEELIE by Jessie Cooke

    WHEELIE by Jessie Cooke

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Wheelie just wanted to make love...have a little fun. With a beautiful girl in his bed, he'd never believe the nightmare he would be living in the morning. He'd never do anything like this, but who would be believe that now? Sabrina was torn between doubt and desire, but the need to find her sister's killer would drive her to do what she knew was needed...at all costs...
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    steamy  abuse  adult  biker  book  contemporary  crime  dangerous-mc
  • Maison De Fous by Nova Kane

    Maison De Fous by Nova Kane

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Sequel to A La FolieThis is a PITCH BLACK EROTIC HORROR. Please mind the trigger warnings. Are you ready for the show to begin?Cirque Du Desir : The Dark Harvest - A Night of chaos, carnage and contentment.Coming soon to a town near you...
  • Dead of Summer by A.J. Merlin

    Dead of Summer by A.J. Merlin

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Camp Friends Are Forever FriendsOr so the motto of Camp Crestview says.Having been a camp counselor for the last three summers, I can handle most situations that come my way courtesy of rowdy children. This year shouldn’t be any different, even with a new counselor who’s everyone’s type and too good to be true. But even so, Kayde Lane is nothing I can’t deal with...
  • Spells by Kristen Proby

    Spells by Kristen Proby

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    From New York Times Bestselling Author, Kristen Proby, comes Spells, the next installment in her gripping Bayou Magic series…As a powerful hedgewitch and psychic, there isn’t much I can’t work to my advantage and finesse with a spell. Love, fortune, and even the perfect cup of coffee are all possible with the snap of my fingers.But some things are utterly beyond my control...
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    steamy  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary  epic  family  fated-mates
  • Blood Sins by Kay Hooper, Joyce Bean

    Blood Sins by Kay Hooper, Joyce Bean

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Young, vulnerable, attractive, Tessa Gray made the perfect victim. Which was why Noah Bishop of the FBI’s Special Crimes Unit recruited her to play the role of grieving widow. As the supposed new owner of property coveted by the Church of the Everlasting Sin, she’d be irresistible bait for the reclusive and charismatic Reverend Samuel...
  • 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...
  • Play With Me: A Splatterpunk Dark Romance by Emily Klepp, Jade Katzchen

    Play With Me: A Splatterpunk Dark Romance by Emily Klepp, Jade Katzchen

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Plenty of people make jokes about what they would do if a serial killer made them their target, but how many of them would beg for their lives if faced with the inevitability of death? How many would be triggered into a trauma response out of basic instinct? None of them understand true pain until all their tears have dried up and the numbness takes over...
  • Written In Blood: A Dark Feminine Rage Anthology by Layla Moon, CJ Riggs

    Written In Blood: A Dark Feminine Rage Anthology by Layla Moon, CJ Riggs

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Ladies…May your voice be F*CKNG heard.May your voice be F*CKNG loud.May the men that did it to you rot in f*ckng hell!And may you breathe in the peace you deserve to inhale. #FeminineRage #SheIsNoMansPeace #SASurvivors ***All pr0ceeds to 'Map Your Voice'.An anonymous nonprofit service for SA survivors worldwide...
  • Wicked Games: A Prequel Dark Horror Romance Novella by P.H. Nix, Celeste Night

    Wicked Games: A Prequel Dark Horror Romance Novella by P.H. Nix, Celeste Night

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A black envelope with silver filigree, a house long abandoned by residents, and a tragedy covered up in the bayou. What did these three things have in common?HarperWhen I received an invitation to the House of Horrors at the once beautiful Toussaint Manor, unease had filled every fiber of my being. And like the dumbass I was, I still went...
  • Reckoning by Jeff Menapace

    Reckoning by Jeff Menapace

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Life in the swamp just got wilder… “The Swamp Massacre.” That’s what the media dubbed it. A family on a boat tour through the Florida Everglades. Abducted by the infamous Roy family. Forced to endure hell. Five years later, an aspiring filmmaker and her friends are keen on making a documentary about the incident...
  • 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...
  • Til Def by Jodie King

    Til Def by Jodie King

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    This is a dark romance/horror erotica. Please check the trigger warnings at the beginning of the book before you start by following the link to my website. This story is dark, with horror and gore, extremely explicit content, and unsettling situations/flashbacks. Readers are warned to read at their own risk...
  • Claiming the Reaper by C.A. Rene, R.E. Bond

    Claiming the Reaper by C.A. Rene, R.E. Bond

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The Reaper is out for blood,How fast can you run?You’ve taken something that isn’t yours,When will you learn?There’s nowhere you can hide,What choice do you have?She can smell your fear,Who can help you now?You can’t avoid the scythe,Why do you even try?Family is who you make it and I’ve discovered blood means nothing, Not unless I’ve slipped my blade into flesh and drawn my scythe with it...
  • Don't Be Scared by A.J. Merlin

    Don't Be Scared by A.J. Merlin

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Every town has a history.Ours is just a little darker than most.For years I’ve celebrated Halloween and Hollow Bridge’s history with everyone else who lives here. Parades, festivals, and insane Halloween parties have always been a staple for us. Some bad behavior is expected, given what we’re celebrating.But murder has never been on the table before...
  • J.A. Konrath Horror Trilogy - Three Thriller Novels by Jack Kilborn, J.A. Konrath

    J.A. Konrath Horror Trilogy - Three Thriller Novels by Jack Kilborn, J.A. Konrath

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Three complete horror novels by the master of chills, J.A. Konrath. A F R A I D WELCOME TO SAFE HAVEN, POPULATION 907...Nestled in the woods of Wisconsin, Safe Haven is miles from everything. With one road in and out, this is a town so peaceful it has never needed a full-time police force. Until now...A helicopter has crashed on the outskirts of town and something terrible has been unleashed...
  • 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...
  • Ex-Boogeyman by Kristopher Triana

    Ex-Boogeyman by Kristopher Triana

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    HE’S NOT FREDDY, HE’S NOT JASON…HE’S ALL WASHED UP.As Nicky Hector—the unstoppable slasher from the Lunatic horror movie franchise—Jonathan Zain reached levels fame once unimaginable to a young actor. On top of headlining fifteen films, he appeared on MTV, had his own 976 number, and became one of the most recognizable faces of the 1980s.But that was thirty years ago...
  • Only Psychos by Daniel J. Volpe

    Only Psychos by Daniel J. Volpe

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Who will survive the storm?It was a blizzard for the ages. Two, massive snow storms strike back-to-back, causingchaos in the Hudson Valley.Anna, and her two children, are without power and the temperature is plummeting. Theirsituation seems bleak, but a break in the storm gives them a chance at salvation. Anna flees herhome, hoping to find safety in a local hotel, but what she finds is madness...
  • Bathed in Blood by Callie Moss

    Bathed in Blood by Callie Moss

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    From the author of For the Love of Layla comes the first standalone in the Dark Desires & Sinful Sweethearts series… Bathed in Blood.People are awful and circumstances, positions, perspectives are always changing. Life is constantly evolving and devolving, rapidly. In the blink of an eye, everything you thought you had, thought you were, is gone...
  • Thots and Prayers by Tylor Paige

    Thots and Prayers by Tylor Paige

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When their car breaks down in the small religious town of Ricefield, Constantine gets mistaken for a man of faith. If they want a mechanic to work on the vehicle, he has to step in to replace their last minister who’s fallen ill...
  • The Oldest Living Vampire in Love by Joseph Duncan

    The Oldest Living Vampire in Love by Joseph Duncan

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    "I told you that I cannot die," I said, "but that is not exactly true. There is one way that an Eternal can be killed. Only one! It is nearly impossible, but it can be done. I have seen it with my own eyes. And I believe that you, Lukas Jaeger, may be the one to do it for me...
  • Come Out, Come Out, Wherever You Are by Harleigh Beck

    Come Out, Come Out, Wherever You Are by Harleigh Beck

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    One year ago, on a rainy night, I made a horrible mistake.A mistake that would haunt my every waking moment.I accidentally killed Nate, the star quarterback.Or so I thought.Now he’s back from the dead.Nothing will quench his thirst for revenge.Not until my broken pieces lie scattered by his feet and he’s inhaled my last breath.The only way out is in a body bag...
  • Karma by Lauren Biel

    Karma by Lauren Biel

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    This is not how this night is supposed to go…KnoxIn my sleepy hometown of Vail, Colorado, The Exodus unleash their raw desires every decade, and this year, I'm their pawn. Trained and turned into someone I don’t even recognize, I participate in this heinous event as if I’m one of them.Everything goes according to plan…until it doesn’t...
  • Cruel Black Hearts by Candace Wondrak

    Cruel Black Hearts by Candace Wondrak

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A Dark Reverse Harem Romance. My name is Stella, and I am empty. I am broken. I am nothing. The only thing I enjoy about my life is my job at the Tribune. My focus in both my editorial and my personal writing involves serial killers. Even my best friend doesn’t understand my obsession with them. No one does. Until I meet them...
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    steamy  adult  alpha-mc  anti-hero  book  contemporary  crime  dark
  • Love & Other Killers by Brynne Weaver

    Love & Other Killers by Brynne Weaver

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    Serial killers versus serial killer in a hot and twisted novella about family games, true love, and competitive carnage by the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Ruinous Love Trilogy.It’s the annual hunt for Sloane and her vigilante family of serial killers. Track the most cold-blooded psychos imaginable and take them down...
  • Haunt by A.J. Merlin

    Haunt by A.J. Merlin

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    One unforgettable night. One extreme haunt. One chance to push my limits.Armed with a safeword and a waiver, I head into the most viral extreme haunt in the city, ready to embrace the thrill with three friends by my side. As a horror fanatic, I’m confident I can handle whatever twisted scenarios await us...
  • Red Station by Kenzie Jennings

    Red Station by Kenzie Jennings

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    There is a house overlooking the vast, rolling plains. A home station where a traveler will be welcomed with a piping hot meal and a downy bed.It is a refuge for the weary. A beacon for the lost.A place where blood and bones feed the land.For four stagecoach passengers......a doctor in search of a missing father and daughter......a newlywed couple on the way to their homestead.....
  • Blue Hill Blood by Elizabeth Gray

    Blue Hill Blood by Elizabeth Gray

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Henry - My past is gruesome and unforgettable no matter how hard I try to let go.Writing is my escape. My only therapy.When I met my wife, had children, and my career sky-rocketed, I thought I’d never revisit those dark days again.So, the moment Blue Hill, Maine beckons for me, I go willingly in an effort to write the next big story...
    Categorized as:
    steamy  abuse  adult  anti-hero  book  cheating  crime  dark
  • 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...
  • Press Play by C. Lymari

    Press Play by C. Lymari

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I am the grand master. I set the rules, and I call the plays. You’re now my new puppet until I say The End. What I want is simple, one word: revenge. Don't think of me as your enemy, but don't mistake me for a friend. You are looking for answers, and I like to play games. Two steps forward and three steps back, be careful because I like to make little girls cry...
  • Captured by Lauren Biel

    Captured by Lauren Biel

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Love has never been enough within these wallsAlexzanderEvery day feels the same. Beaten down, conditioned to hurt others, and unable to feel anything resembling love. My existence is a hollow shell of what it could be, until I find her.The woman I capture turns my world upside down. She's unlike any victim I've taken before, and her will to survive leaves me intrigued...
  • Mad Girl by A.A. Dark, Alaska Angelini

    Mad Girl by A.A. Dark, Alaska Angelini

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    **CAUTION-------PITCH BLACK READ** My mother was the Madison Ridge Killer … and I helped her. At nine, I was given a new start—a new life. My adoptive parents did everything they could to help me forget my past, and for a while, they succeeded. But I was never normal. I never truly forgot all I saw or did.Now, twenty years later, I work in the billing department for a small city newspaper...
    Categorized as:
    steamy  dark  horror  abuse  suspense  psychological  crime  mystery
  • We Keep Secrets by A.J. Merlin

    We Keep Secrets by A.J. Merlin

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Things were supposed to get better once no one was actively trying to kill me. Not a lot worse.With my murderous stalker dead and buried, I really should be able to enjoy getting to know my two men more intimately and focusing on how I’m going to move forward with my life.Not worrying that one of them is a murderer and that the other is way too okay with that...
  • Trapped in the Shadows by Georgia Wells, Cora Masters

    Trapped in the Shadows by Georgia Wells, Cora Masters

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    In the nightmarish confines of the Puppet Master's Playhouse, a place of unrelenting horror, I am a prisoner, haunted by unspeakable childhood torments. This house, under the control of the Puppet Master, a sadistic architect of suffering, subjects me to a relentless barrage of psychological and physical trials, echoing the darkness of my past...
  • Shattered Reflections by S.K. Pryntz

    Shattered Reflections by S.K. Pryntz

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Mirror mirror on the wall, who’s the sexiest killer of them all?Ember:As she struggles with a dark past, she has become the most vigilant serial killer Rochester New York has ever seen. Her determination to create her own justice in the world has made her blind to the other shadows who are stalking the night. Her biggest rival of all has now set his targeted focus on her...
  • Bird on a Blade by Rose Bitterly

    Bird on a Blade by Rose Bitterly

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Sawyer Caldwell was the worst thing that ever happened to me… until he wasn’t. EdieFifteen years ago, Sawyer Caldwell murdered four people—but left me alive. Now, on the run from my abusive ex, the dense Appalachian forest where I once escaped a killer’s grasp is the only place I feel safe.Except someone’s lurking in those trees. Watching me. Waiting.It can’t be Sawyer Caldwell. He’s dead...
  • The Hand that Fractures by K.M. Mixon

    The Hand that Fractures by K.M. Mixon

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Someone’s killing in Crows Hollow again. And it’s not Neo Wade nor his deranged, stupid girl, Lyla Morris.Both have been called back, lured by the scent of blood to the town where it all began for them nearly two years prior. And while they don’t know who is killing blonde women fresh from prison sentences, they’re determined to find out...
  • Cleansed by Romilly King

    Cleansed by Romilly King

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Sometimes you have to go back in order to go forward – Gray is going back to handle the man who saw him as an angel, and unleashed the demon in him.I am a Handler; I deal with serial killers, legally, ruthlessly, and in the presence of my Witness, because justice must be seen to be done.Handling is an intimate procedure...
  • Brutal by A.J. Merlin

    Brutal by A.J. Merlin

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Nothing bad happens at summer camp. That’s what my fellow camp counselors have convinced me of when the nights around the lake get a little eerie. But when the kids all go home and the counselors throw a party on our last night at Camp Clearwater, things change...
  • Serial, Volume Three by Lily White, Jaden Wilkes

    Serial, Volume Three by Lily White, Jaden Wilkes

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    With Donovan closing in, his feelings growing for Ronnie, and the sudden realization where their paths crossed before, Jude's composure might be cracking...
    Categorized as:
    steamy  romance  dark  abuse  crime  contemporary  mystery  new-adult
  • Thrill of the Hunt by Dana LeeAnn

    Thrill of the Hunt by Dana LeeAnn

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Run, run, as fast as you can. I’ll hunt you down, then make you drown. Fight or flight, two animalistic instincts that kick in when you’re being chased through the woods by a masked man. Turn to face the predator, daring to take on a skilled fighter twice your size, or flee, running for your life...
  • Deadly by Ker Dukey

    Deadly by Ker Dukey

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Deadly (An Empathy Novella) 18 only. Normal is not something Ryan and Cereus have ever been, where’s the fun in normal? When Cereus’s dreams follow her into the waking hours, she has to come to terms with the fact, Ryan is not the only monster in her madness...
    Categorized as:
    steamy  adult  age-gap  alpha-mc  angst  book  contemporary  crime
  • Twisted Abel by T.L. Hodel

    Twisted Abel by T.L. Hodel

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Once upon a time, in a land far far away, there lived a young prince in search of a princess.... pfft, just kidding. This isn't that story.I may be a prince but I sure as hell didn't need no princess. My brother fell down that hole, and look at him now. Tied down with a ball and chain. No thanks. I prefered to fly solo. There was no one but me and the blood and screams of my victims...
  • Dead Girl Blues by David Sodergren

    Dead Girl Blues by David Sodergren

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    When a young woman dies in Willow Zulawski’s arms, it sets in motion a chain of events that will push her to the brink of madness.A mysterious video is the only clue, but as Willow digs deeper into the murky world of snuff movies, those closest to her start turning up dead. Someone out there will stop at nothing to silence her...
  • Slay All the Way by Nova Kane

    Slay All the Way by Nova Kane

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    𝐒𝐥𝐚𝐲 𝐀𝐥𝐥 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐚𝐲𝔖𝔞𝔫𝔱𝔞’𝔰 𝔤𝔬𝔱 𝔞 𝔫𝔢𝔴 𝔰𝔲𝔦𝔱, 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔦𝔱'𝔰 𝔰𝔱𝔞𝔦𝔫𝔢𝔡 𝔴𝔦𝔱𝔥 𝔟𝔩𝔬𝔬𝔡.Killer clown, killer clown,Stalking through the snow,Ribbons tight, silent night,Nowhere left to go.Killer clown, killer clown,On his blood-red sleigh,You can't escape his twisted shape,You’re all his to slay...
  • My Pretties by Jeff Strand

    My Pretties by Jeff Strand

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A novel of terror from the Bram Stoker Award-nominated author of PRESSURE. A serial kidnapper is preying upon women. He abducts them, then locks them in one of the cages dangling from the ceiling in a soundproofed basement. There, he sits quietly and just watches them, returning night after night, hoping he'll be in the room at the moment his beautiful captives finally starve to death...
    Categorized as:
    splatterpunk  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary  crime  dark  death
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