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The Fallen: Genesis by Tillie Cole
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsTHE FALLEN: GENESIS (A Deadly Virtues Prequel) IN THE BEGINNING... They told them they were evil. They told them they were possessed by demons. They told them that darkness ran in their veins. Holy Innocents Home for Children is a haven for orphaned boys who have nothing and no one. The priests watch over them, educate them, raise them in the family of the church. Except for some... -
City of the Forgotten by E.E. Holmes
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA malevolent force lurks beneath the streets of Scotland...Jess and Hannah Ballard's determination to protect the Gateways brings them to Edinburgh's Old Town, where a strange phenomenon threatens to disturb the delicate balance between the worlds of the living and the dead. Spirits who wish to cross over are vanishing, and it is up to the Ballard sisters to discover why... -
Miracle Mountain by J.L. Bryan
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn the early nineteenth century, hungry gold prospectors descended on Miracle Mountain in north Georgia, ripping open the ancient wilderness, driven by dreams of glittering fortunes. Local legends tell of mysterious events, like a young girl who defied death after toppling from the mountain's treacherous waterfall... -
Devil's Door by Lee Mountford
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHalloween night, 1982. Many people were brutally killed or simply vanished at the Blackwater Hotel—formerly Perron Manor. The events of that night have always remained a mystery.Until now...Ray and Rita Pearson, along with their daughter, Chloe, move into the hotel to help with its renovation and grand opening. All under the watchful eye of the mysterious owner, Marcus Blackwater... -
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Soul's Gate by James L. Rubart
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratings“Every now and then we get a break from reality. A glimpse into the other world that is more real than the reality we live in 99 percent of our days. The Bible is about a world of demons and angels and great evil and even greater glory.”What if you could travel inside another person’s soul?To battle for them. To be part of Jesus healing their deepest wounds... -
Crisscross by F. Paul Wilson
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsRepairman Jack is back! An anonymous mercenary, with no last name and no social security number, Jack has thrilled a veritable army of readers ever since his bestselling debut in The Tomb. Jack can fix any problem, supernatural or otherwise, for a price. Now, in his latest gripping adventure, he takes on two cases at once...Categorized as:
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The Dark Tower Companion by Bev Vincent
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAN ALL-NEW COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE TO ONE OF THE MOST BRILLIANTLY CONSTRUCTED WORLDS IN ALL OF FICTION Stephen King’s bestselling multi-volume Dark Tower series is the author’s most inspired and imaginative creation... -
Innate by Serenity Rayne
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratings(This is the newer cover version for ASIN: B09F6XKXP9)Confidence… Stability… Acceptance…Three words I'd never experienced, until recently, and all it took was displaying my wings and opening my heart to four very different men. All it took was displaying my wings and opening my heart to four very different men Raph - my boss... -
The Events at Poroth Farm by T.E.D. Klein
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Events at Poroth Farm is a horror novella written by T.E.D Klein, in which Jeremy, a college lecturer, takes a summer vacation in Gilead, New Jersey, to prepare for a course on Gothic literature he'll be teaching in the upcoming semester. He rents an outbuilding from Mennonite couple Sarr and Deborah Poroth, and at first his holiday is happy and productive, but then odd things begin to happen... -
Hurt by Travis Thrasher
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHis Rebellion Will Soon Turn to Hope When Chris Buckley first encountered the mysteries of creepy Solitary, North Carolina, he had little idea how far he would fall into the town’s shadows. After losing the love of his life, Chris tried to do things his way. He hunted answers. Then he gave up trying to find them. But now Chris comes back to Solitary knowing there’s a purpose for his being there...Categorized as:
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Cold Sanctuary by Anthony M. Strong
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe bogeyman is real. In a tunnel deep beneath an Alaskan mountain, a man is brutally murdered. Just one in a series of grisly deaths, it is not long before whispers grow that the Qalupalik, a terrifying creature born from centuries of superstition and fear, has come to wreak havoc on the small coastal town of Shackleton, Alaska...Categorized as:
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Tanners Dell by S.E. England, Sarah E. England
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFollowing the hypnosis of violently disturbed psychiatric patient, Ruby Dean, an unholy dark force was unleashed on the medical staff who tried to help her. Now only one of the original team remains--Ward Sister, Becky. Despite her fianc�, D.I... -
Perron Manor by Lee Mountford
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsDescriptionPerron Manor—a place evil calls homeSisters Sarah and Chloe inherit a house they could never have previously dreamed of owning. It seems too good to be true.Shortly after they move in, however, the siblings start to notice strange things: horrible smells, sudden drops in temperature, as well as unexplainable sounds and feelings of being watched... -
Possession by Lee Mountford
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA haunted cathedral. A possessed priest.Sarah Pearson and her team are sent on their first assignment together—to investigate a case of possession in Kutná Hora, Czech Republic.Father Hus, a respected priest, has reportedly succumbed to possession from a supernatural entity. On top of that, there are stories of a ghostly and bloody monk wandering the halls at night... -
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Haunted: Hotel by Lee Mountford
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsDavid Ritter and Reverend Rachel Quinn are on a mission to save their dear friend, Sarah Pearson, from the forces of evil. Their information leads them to the long-abandoned Hillside Hotel. Imprisoned within the crumbling walls of the hotel, Sarah must hold out against chilling spectres and a demonic presence that feeds on fear. If she succumbs to them, the prophecy will be fulfilled... -
Between by Mary Ting
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsAs the alkins head back to Crossroads, Claudia leads her normal life; but not for long. Having a special soul, Claudia attracts danger, and she soon finds out who Gamma asked to watch over her. The Twelve, known as Divine Elders on Earth, are very much involved when they find out that Aliah, one of the God's first angels, escaped from the Abyss when the gates were opened by Aden... -
Doomsday Match by Jeff Wheeler
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsA vacationing family becomes pawns in an ancient ritual designed to bring about a Mayan apocalypse in a riveting thriller by Wall Street Journal bestselling author Jeff Wheeler.A Mayan prophecy has waited for five centuries to be fulfilled. That time has come. Sacrifices will be made. Let the games begin... -
By the Sword by F. Paul Wilson
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsThe 12th book in F. Paul Wilson's acclaimed Repairman Jack series, this is a signed limited hardcover edition...Categorized as:
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The Unholy Deception by L.A. Marzulli
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 5 ratings'The Cadre' claims to have Christ's body preserved and hidden in an ancient tomb.For journalist Art 'Mac' Mackenzie, the scenario smacks of an alien agenda. He determines to unearth the truth at any cost. But the Cadre doesn't surrender its secrets easily... -
Legacy by Michelle Dorey
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsKeira Swanson is flunking out of school...again. She’s flitted like a butterfly from one college program to another. The only thing she’s ever finished has been the last call at dance clubs. Everything changes in a New York minute when her parents decide it’s time for tough love and cut her off. No more credit cards, no more cash allowance and OMG they cancelled her apartment’s lease... -
The Witch Cave by Sara Clancy
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTheir worst nightmares lurk in the darkness…The offspring of four cursed families risked everything to defeat the nightmare that haunts their bloodlines. But when an eerie melody chimes through the trees, they know the Bell Witch has returned. Her harvest of souls has begun, and they are running out of time... -
Demonic by Jeff Strand
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFrom the Bram Stoker Award-winning author of PRESSURE and AUTUMN BLEEDS INTO WINTER, comes a new novel of unrelenting terror.Corey is falling in love with his co-worker Quinn. This is a problem. Not only because Quinn is married, but because her husband is a serial killer known as the Toledo Trasher, who has been forcing her to participate in his savage crimes... -
The Invisible Hour by Alice Hoffman
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFrom the beloved New York Times bestselling author of The Marriage of Opposites and the Practical Magic series comes an enchanting novel about love, heartbreak, self-discovery, and the enduring magic of books. One brilliant June day when Mia Jacob can no longer see a way to survive, the power of words saves her... -
We Sang in the Dark by Joe Hart
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsEighteen years ago tragedy struck The Refuge cult in northern Minnesota. Forty people committed suicide and the entire compound burned to the ground. At just thirteen, Clare was the sole survivor found wandering miles from the encampment, hands blistered, memories of the horrific event wiped from her mind... -
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Don't Scream 3: 30 More Tales to Terrify by Blair Daniels
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsI hear a train outside my window. Every night, it gets closer. I got called to landscape a strange garden--that blooms in the middle of December. I visited the Titanic shipwreck. There's something down there no one should see... DON’T SCREAM 3 brings you 30 more terrifying tales for your darkest nights... -
The Cthulhu Mythos Megapack: 40 Modern and Classic Lovecraftian Stories by John Gregory Betancourt, H.P. Lovecraft
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThis volume assembles no less than 40 stories set in H.P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos. Ranging from Lovecraft's own tales (including classics such as the novel At the Mountains of Madness, The Shadow Over Innsmouth, and The Colour Out of Space) to works by his friends and contemporaries (Clark Ashton Smith, Robert E... -
Rosemary's Baby by Ira Levin
Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars · 66 ratingsRosemary and Guy Woodhouse, an ordinary young couple, settle into a New York City apartment, unaware that the elderly neighbors and their bizarre group of friends have taken a disturbing interest in them... -
Eight Days To Live by Iris Johansen, Jennifer Van Dyck
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsEve Duncan and her adopted daughter, Jane Macguire, are pitted against the members of a secretive cult who have targeted Jane and have decided that she will be their ultimate sacrifice. In eight days they will come for her. In eight days, what Jane fears the most will become a reality. In eight days, she will die...Categorized as:
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Mortel sabbat by Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child
Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars · 39 ratingsA secret chamber. A mysterious shipwreck. A murder in the desolate salt marshes. A seemingly straightforward private case turns out to be much more complicated-and sinister-than Special Agent A.X.L. Pendergast ever could have anticipated... -
Lucifer's Flood by Linda Rios Brook
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratings“The sensation of falling was terrifying…we tumbled out of the realm of the heavenly light into perpetual darkness. We had not seen darkness before--not like this anyway... A strange man shows up at the office of language expert Samantha Yale with a mysterious scroll written in an even more mysterious language... -
Ritualistic Human Sacrifice by C.V. Hunt
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsNick Graves is a miserable man. Every day he comes home from his dream job to a stale marriage. On the day he finally summons the courage to tell his wife, Eve, he wants a divorce she has exciting news for him – she’s pregnant. Nick is a spiteful man. He purchases his dream home in an ideal location far away from family, friends, and coworkers... -
The Inheritance: An Occult Horror Story by J. Galliano
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA novel of a house haunted by an ancient evil. A tale of lies, envy, and curses spanning generations. Mike Gray is still reeling from the sudden death of his father when he inherits Willow House, his father’s childhood home. Keen to move out of the city, Mike decides to move his young family to the small, quaint town, of Fairview. But not all is right at Willow House... -
Shadow Unleashed by Avery Stone
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen you’re fated to fall, rising up to howling glory is the last thing you’d ever expect. My birth — like that of many Shadowborns — was a mistake. A demon hybrid of wolf and dusk, I started life as a dead shifter walking with little hope of survival.Every day death tries to claim me, but somehow I keep living, only to end up in the dangerous hidden depths of Shifter Syndicate... -
A Warm Place to Call Home by Michael Siemsen
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFrederick is a demon living life to the fullest ... Except, it's other people's lives.UNPAID READERS ARE SOMEHOW SAYING:★★★★★ “Prepare yourself to root for what’s wrong and to hope for the worst” ★★★★★ “Draws you in from the outset…” ★★★★★ “I love him! He’s a jerk! I love him!” ★★★★★ “…couldn’t put it down until the last page was turned.” ★★★★★ “…a moving story, and all-too-real... -
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Hell's Belle: Demon Queen Series, Book 1 by Eve Newton
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsShe's hot as Hell & she rules it too!One female Devil & the seven males she's chosen.Can she go after what she wants while making sure all Hell doesn't break loose& fight for her destiny at the same time?Join Annabelle in her quest to rule Hell & find love while she's at it.My name is Annabelle Pandora. I'm the original Lucifer's great-granddaughter. Hell is mine now... -
Inside The Devil's Nest by John Durgin
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsReal estate agent Anthony Graham has his family on the run after witnessing a murder at the hands of the powerful Costello crime family. They’re forced to hide at one of Anthony’s properties: a deserted campground with a sinister past.No one is safe from the men that hunt them or the terrors that await them inside The Devil’s Nest... -
The Nightmare Girl by Jonathan Janz
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen family man Joe Crawford confronts a young mother abusing her toddler, he has no idea of the chain reaction he's setting in motion. How could he suspect the young mother is part of an ancient fire cult, a sinister group of killers that will destroy anyone who threatens one of its members? When the little boy is placed in a foster home, the fanatics begin their mission of terror... -
Daddy's Sinner: The Sinner & Dove by Luna K. Wicked
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMatheoGod, how could You lead me into this temptation? This obsession will be the death of me. She’s been my undoing since the day I laid eyes on that picture—those sad eyes, that forced smile. They drew me in like a moth to a flame. But I’m here to purge this town of evil, to rid it of the Church of Eden and its devil: the Prophet. Victor Morales. Her father... -
The Wolf Society by Michael Penning
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen the moon is full, there is no place to hide.Most mothers tell their children there are no such things as monsters. Abigail Jacobs taught her daughter how to kill them. Raised to be a ghost-hunting occultist, Anna Jacobs now wants nothing more than to escape her life of blood and violence before it’s too late...Categorized as:
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Moonfall by Tamara Thorne
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMoonfall, the picturesque community nestled in the mountains of Southern California, is a quaint hamlet of antique stores and craft shops run by the dedicated nuns of St. Gertrude’s Home for girls. As autumn fills the air, the townspeople prepare for the festive Halloween Haunt, Moonfall’s most popular tourist attraction... -
The Meadows by London Clarke
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA decades-old murder. A strange, blood-thirsty cult. And a house full of spirits.It was supposed to be a new beginning, a fresh start in the Shenandoah Valley, where Scarlett’s memories weren’t riddled with drug addiction and rehab. But after purchasing an abandoned house with a checkered past in the hopes of transforming it into a luxury bed and breakfast, strange things start to happen... -
Requiem for the Devil by Jeri Smith-Ready
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSet in modern-day Washington, D.C., Requiem for the Devil depicts the end of the Devil's ten-billion-year career. For the first time in his existence, Lucifer falls in love, and this event threatens to transform his identity and perhaps even his destiny. Gianna O'Keefe is the woman who drags him out of his ancient despair and points him toward possible salvation... -
The Vessel by Adam Nevill
Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars · 14 ratings'A watcher may remark that after sleeping for so long, the building appears to have been roused.'Struggling with money, raising a child alone and fleeing a volatile ex, Jess McMachen accepts a job caring for an elderly patient. Flo Gardner—a disturbed shut-in and invalid. But if Jess can hold this job down, she and her daughter, Izzy, can begin a new life... -
Sisters of the Crimson Vine by P.L. McMillan
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsJohn Ainsworth nearly died in that car crash.Soon he’ll learn there are worse fates.After a brutal accident, John awakens in the dilapidated Crimoria Convent under the care of thirteen unconventional nuns. Grievous injuries trap him within the borders of the ruined sanctuary and its strangely successful vineyard... -
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Wanna be Scared? by Lee Mountford
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFour stories to chill the blood... Master of horror Lee Mountford invites you to gather round and prepare yourselves. This collection is guaranteed to have you hiding under your covers at night. The follows two friends as they explore an abandoned estate with a dark past. And what of the ominous lighthouse out at sea? tells the story of a young couple that notices a stranger outside at night... -
House Infernal by Edward Lee
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA CITY, BUILT WITH BLOOD AND BONES... Three things are about to join a crypt in Hell with a house on Earth... Nuns molested and drained of blood. A virginal student seduced by the perverse and taunted by things worse than ghosts. And six Angels, imprisoned in Hell and made pregnant by God knows what... — A HOUSE, BUILT FOR THE CHURCH, BUT DESIGNED BY SATAN... When Venetia Barlow begins work at St... -
The Mammoth Book of Haunted House Stories by Peter Haining, Elizabeth Albright
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsExpanded with great new stories, this is the biggest and best anthology of ghostly hauntings ever. Over 40 tales of visitation by the undead--from vengeful and violent spirits, set on causing harm to innocent people tucked up in their homes, to rarer and more kindly ghosts, returning from the grave to reach out across the other side... -
The Harvest by Sara Clancy
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAmid the sweet sounds of a music box, their darkest fears will haunt them… In Black River, Tennessee, everyone knows the legend of the Bell Witch… and the alleged curse that hangs like a dark shroud over the town. To some, it is just a local tall tale. But to others, it is terrifyingly real. For centuries, four families have been forced into the ritualistic tradition of sacrifice and terror... -
The Devil's Playground by Craig Russell
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA riveting 1920s Hollywood thriller about the making of the most terrifying silent film ever made, and a deadly search for the single copy rumored still to exist, from the internationally acclaimed author of The Devil Aspect .1927: Mary Rourke—a Hollywood studio fixer—is called urgently to the palatial home of Norma Carlton, one of the most recognizable stars in American silent film...Categorized as:
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Awakening by Catrina Burgess
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsShe’ll do anything for vengeance, even confront death itself. Born a healer, nineteen-year-old Colina has been taught to fear dark magic. But now vengeance and survival are her only goals, and she seeks the help of the Death Dealers—dark mages who wield the death arts, drawing their power from the spirits of the unsettled dead.Colina asks a death dealer named Luke for help...
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