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Wizard at Large by Jim Butcher
Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsContains Blood Rites and Dead Beat... -
Wizard Under Fire by Jim Butcher
Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsContains Proven Guilty and White Night... -
The Death Sculptor by Chris Carter
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsA student nurse has the shock of her life when she discovers her patient, prosecutor Derek Nicholson, brutally murdered in his bed. The act seems senseless - Nicholson was terminally ill with only weeks to live. But what most shocks Detective Robert Hunter is the calling card the killer left behind... -
Alpha by Rachel Vincent
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsThe unscrupulous new Council chair has charged Jace, Marc and me with trespassing, kidnapping, murder and treason. Yeah, we've been busy. But now it's time to take justice into our own hands. We must avenge my brother's death and carve out the rot at the heart of the Council. It's not going to be easy, and loss seems unavoidable, but I have promised to protect my Pride, no matter what... -
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Anybody's Daughter by Pamela Samuels Young
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsBased on the real-life horrors faced by thousands of girls, award-winning author Pamela Samuels Young takes readers deep inside the disturbing world of child sex trafficking in a fast-paced thriller that educates as much as it entertains. Thirteen-year-old Brianna Walker is ecstatic. She's about to sneak off to meet her first real boyfriend—a boyfriend she met on Facebook... -
In The Tall Trees by Angel N. Van Atta
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsMella lives in a tiny house in the middle of a dense forest with her mommy and her baby brother, Pete. Sometimes her daddy comes and with him often the bad man comes, as well. Mella knows that she, her mommy and little brother are a secret family living where nobody knows they are, but she can't remember why that is or why her mommy is chained to the floor... -
The City of Mirrors by Justin Cronin
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 49 ratingsThe world we knew is gone. What world will rise in its place? The Twelve have been destroyed and the terrifying hundred-year reign of darkness that descended upon the world has ended. The survivors are stepping outside their walls, determined to build society anew—and daring to dream of a hopeful future. But far from them, in a dead metropolis, he waits: Zero. The First. Father of the Twelve... -
John the Balladeer by Manly Wade Wellman, David Drake
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsCollection of 17 short stories (written in two chronological periods, 1951-58 and 1979-86) plus a few ultra-short vignettes written in 1962-63, presented in the order they were written, and all set in Appalachia and featuring Wellman series character Silver John... -
Kiss of Death by Rachel Caine, Cynthia Holloway
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 42 ratingsA new chapter in the New York Times bestselling Morganville Vampires saga. Vampire musician Michael Glass has attracted the attention of a big- time producer who wants to cut a demo and play some gigs-which means Michael will have to enter the human world. For this, he's been assigned escorts that include both a dangerous immortal as well as Michael's all-too-human friends... -
Prey by Rachel Vincent
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsSometimes playing cat and mouse is no game...Play? "Right." My Pride is under fire from all sides, my father's authority is in question and my lover is in exile. Which means I haven't laid eyes on Marc's gorgeous face in months. And with a new mother "and" an I-know-everything teenager under my protection, I don't exactly have time to fantasize about ever seeing him again... -
Absolute Fear by Lisa Jackson
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsEvery Serial Killer... A serial killer is stalking the streets of New Orleans. The victims are killed in a ritual fashion, a series of numbers tattooed into their bodies. There are no clues, no connections except one: a crumbling old asylum that was once the scene of unspeakable madness--and is now the calling card of a new kind of fear. Is Searching For.. -
Forsaken by Robert J. Crane
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWARNING: Due to extremely disturbing content, this book is intended for MATURE READERS ONLY. Things in Midian, Tennessee are just going straight to hell. Demons rise, allies fall, and some prepare to make the ultimate sacrifice... -
Shift by Rachel Vincent
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 37 ratingsBeing the first female werecat enforcer isn't easy. Scars accumulate, but I'm stronger in so many ways.As for my personal life? It's complicated. Choices worth making always are. Ever since my brother's death and my father's impeachment, it's all I can do to prevent more blood from spilling. Now our Pride is under attack by a flight of vicious thunderbirds... -
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Wolf Tales VI by Kate Douglas
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA Woman's Secrets. A Man's Search.An Unexplored Realm Of Pure Pleasure. . . Pride. Power. Passion. They are the hallmarks of the shapeshifting Chanku--although not every member can immediately accept these gifts. Some, like Eve, must learn to love themselves before they can fully embrace their heritage. Eve's journey takes her far from Montana and her mate, Adam... -
The Loner by J.A. Johnstone
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMost people have no idea that successful young businessman Conrad Browning is the son of legendary gunfighter Frank Morgan. And that's one secret he plans to keep--until his beautiful wife, Rebel, was kidnapped by a group of deadly bandits...Categorized as:
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Gangland by Chuck Hogan
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsFrom the acclaimed author of The Town, an epic thriller about the secret right‑hand man of one of the most infamous unprosecuted mob bosses in American history, and the hidden crime that will bring down an empire.In the late 1970s, The Outfit has the entire city of Chicago in its hands. Tony Accardo is its fearless leader... -
The Witch's Key by Dana E. Donovan
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCircumstances surrounding an unexplained spike in deaths among homeless men have Tony Marcella suspecting paranormal forces are again at work in the town of New Castle. But things get complicated when his investigation is stifled by his hopeless infatuation with a witch who just may be at the heart of the mystery... -
Inferno Park by J.L. Bryan
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCarter was only twelve when he witnessed the disaster that killed more than a hundred people at Starland Amusement Park. Five years later, Carter’s hometown is no longer a busy Florida panhandle resort, but a slowly dying town full of empty motels and attractions rusting behind chains and padlocks.Now something evil stirs in the ruins of the old amusement park.. -
Gleefully Macabre Tales by Jeff Strand
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA short story collection from the author of DEAD CLOWN BARBECUE. Over 85,000 words' worth of insanity! Cemetery Dance Magazine says that "No author working today comes close to Jeff Strand's perfect mixture of comedy and terror... -
Wounds by Alton Gansky
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA man’s lifeless body is found in the fresh soil of San Diego’s botanical garden. Cause of death is asphyxiation, an easy call for the medical examiner. More mysterious, however, are the tiny drops of blood on the victim’s skin, resulting from hundreds of punctures.A rabbi leaving his house for work expects a regular day at the synagogue... -
The Silent Ghost by Sue Ann Jaffarian
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA brand-new novella in the Ghost of Granny Apples Mystery series, featuring Emma Whitecastle’s daughter, Kelly—only available digitally… Like mother, like daughter? Emma Whitecastle’s daughter Kelly just wants to live a normal life and pursue her studies at Harvard... -
Mountain Home by Bracken MacLeod
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLyn works at an isolated roadside diner. When a retired combat veteran stages an assault there her world is turned upside down. Surviving the sniper’s bullets is only the beginning of Lyn's nightmare. Navigating hostilities, she establishes herself as the disputed leader of a diverse group of people that are at odds with the situation and each other... -
All These Subtle Deceits by C.S. Humble
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLauren Saunders moved to Black Wells, Colorado to escape a toxic relationship that stole three years of her life. But her hopeful optimism of a fresh start is dashed after a brutal, supernatural attack sends her screaming from a nightclub into the cold, winter night. Her journey toward recovery leads her to the doorstep of William Daniels—a professional spiritual intercessor and occult consultant... -
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Ghostroots: Stories by 'Pemi Aguda
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA debut collection of stories set in a hauntingly reimagined Lagos where characters vie for freedom from ancestral ties.’Pemi Aguda opens her collection of twelve stories with the chilling tale of a woman who uncannily resembles her sinister, deceased grandmother... -
Ugly As Sin by James Newman
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNick Bullman was a wrestling superstar. His alter ego, The Widowmaker, was the monster heel all the marks loved to hate.Now, after a brutal encounter with two psychotic fans left his face horribly disfigured, he's just a monster.Yanked from the spotlight and thrust into the shadows, these days Nick tries to live the life of an average Joe. He avoids mirrors. He's angry. He's alone... -
I Am Going to Clone Myself Then Kill the Clone and Eat It by Sam Pink
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe Holy Bible of Bad Feelings returns!Longtime bipolar idiot Sam Pink brings you right back to the beginning with this remastered edition of his first underground hit. Find out why it would be great to get accidentally killed by a bus. Find out how to perform hardcore sex and never have any fun. Find out why it would be better if your mom was a Ugandan hooker... -
A Cursed Moon by Cecy Robson
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMeet the furry big brother that the Wird sisters never had… Bren is a cocky, brash hound of a werewolf who loathes the idea of belonging to Aric’s pack—much less finding a mate... -
Dead Suite by Wendy Roberts
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsCrime scene cleaner Sadie Novak has been blessed with the gift of second sight. But with ghosts of murder victims always popping up when she’s trying to work, her blessing sometimes seems more like a curse… With business slow, her mortgage payment looming, and her relationship with on-again off-again boyfriend Zack somewhere in limbo, Sadie could use a drink and a little rejuvenating R&R... -
An Unquiet Grave by P.J. Parrish
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsNot Every Soul Rest in PeaceIn a remote corner of the Michigan woods, behind rusted iron gates and crumbling stone walls, lie one of the country's most notorious sanitariums and its forgotten cemetery. The sprawling ruin is empty now, and the bulldozers have come to raze it. But as they do, a terrifying secret begins to emerge... -
Sacrifice by Jourdan Lane
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsPeter and Lucien are back in this third book in the Soul Mates series!Following Bound by Blood and Deceptions, Soul Mates: Sacrifice, picks up after a vicious attack on Peter's new paranormal family. Peter may have rescued Lucien but their problems are far from over. A vampire who was once a friend, is chained in the dungeon and waiting judgment. Peter's time is running out... -
The House of Long Shadows by Ambrose Ibsen
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe house at 889 Morgan Road has been empty almost thirty years. Maybe it should have stayed that way. Kevin Taylor is an internet-famous handyman on a mission: Find a house and renovate it in thirty days. By flipping a derelict house in a month's time and chronicling the entire thing on video for his online subscribers, he seeks to impress a handful of network TV producers and become a star... -
Schrader's Chord by Scott Leeds
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsHeart-Shaped Box meets The Haunting of Hill House in Schrader's Chord , Scott Leeds's chilling debut about cursed vinyl records that open a gateway to the land of the dead.I told you they were real.After his estranged father’s mysterious death, Charlie Remick returns to Seattle to help with the funeral... -
Daphne's Book by Mary Downing Hahn
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe Secret: Everybody in Jessica's English class makes fun of Daphne. She never says a word to anyone -- just walks around with her nose in a book, with her long straggly hair hanging over her face. Now the worst thing has happened...Categorized as:
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The Forgotten by Heather Graham
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsMurdered by a dead man? A woman named Maria Gomez is murdered in Miami, apparently by her husband—who'd been presumed dead, slain by a crime boss. FBI agent Brett Cody can't believe it; dead or alive, the man had loved his wife. He also can't help feeling guilty, since he was responsible for protecting Miguel and Maria Gomez... -
Rogue by Rachel Vincent
Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars · 35 ratingsOkay, so cats don't always land on their feet. I know that better than most. Since rejoining the Pride, I've made big decisions and even bigger mistakes: the kind paid for with innocent lives. As the first and only female enforcer, I have plenty to prove to my father, the Pride, and myself... -
Eternity by Maggie Shayne
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThree hundred years ago, Raven St. James was accused of witchcraft...Only one man tried to free her from the hangman's noose--Duncan, the town minister, who died trying to save her. Three hundred years later, the accused witch still lives and longs for her love...At last, after centuries of loneliness, Raven has found her precious Duncan... -
Deep Shadow by Randy Wayne White
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsDoc Ford wrestles more than one kind of demon, in the stunning novel from the "New York Times"-bestselling author. Many dangers lurk in the deep-the worst of them are human. Thirty minutes into what should have been an easy, beginner-level dive in a remote Florida lake, the rim of a cave collapses, trapping two of Doc Ford's friends... -
In Silence by Erica Spindler
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsWhen Avery Chauvin returns to her Louisiana hometown after her father's suicide, she discovers clippings of a fifteen-year-old murder and learns about recent disappearances and murders that lead her to start an investigation... -
Widow's Tears by Susan Wittig Albert
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAfter losing her husband, five children, housekeeper, and beautiful home in the Galveston Hurricane of 1900, Rachel Blackwood rebuilt her home, and later died there, having been driven mad with grief.In present-day Texas, Claire, the grandniece of Rachel’s caretaker, has inherited the house and wants to turn it into a bed-and-breakfast... -
The Zombie Zone by Ron Roy, John Steven Gurney
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsDink, Josh, and Ruth Rose are excited to vacation in the Louisiana bayou. But the small village they visit has a scary problem. The villagers tell stories of voodoo and a giant zombie with silver hair who has been digging up graves in the cemetery. Can the tales be true? Illustrations... -
The Mystery of the Singing Ghost by Gertrude Chandler Warner
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe Aldens' cousins, Joe and Alice, move into a house that their neighbors say is haunted...Categorized as:
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The Dead Girls' Dance by Rachel Caine
Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars · 50 ratingsClaire Danvers has her share of challenges---like being a genius in a school that favors beauty over brains, dealing with the homicidal girls in her dorm, and above all, finding out that her college town is overrun with vampires... -
Mina and the Slayers by Amy McCaw
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsNEW ORLEANS, 1995. MINA’S HAVING A KILLER HALLOWEEN.Three months after Fang Fest, Mina’s settling into her new life.Despite the teething problems in her relationship with Jared, she has her sister back, new friends and a part-time job to die for.Over Halloween, Mina and the gang have planned a spooky week of Gothic restaurants, horror movies, ghostly tours, creepy carnivals and a costume ball... -
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The Peabody- Ozymandias Traveling Circus & Oddity Emporium by F. Paul Wilson
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThis novella was expanded from "Freak Show," the nigh impossible to find anthology F. Paul Wilson edited back in 1992. It was originally published as a 500-copy collector's edition that sold out on publication. With copies of the limited going for over $100 on the aftermarket, the author decided to make inexpensive paperback and ebook editions available to his readers... -
Critic's Choice by Josh Lanyon
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIf there’s one thing film critic Crispin Colley can say about his ex-boyfriend Rey, it’s that Rey likes to remain friends with all his former lovers. Rey’s a friendly guy. Maybe too friendly, judging by the incident that drove the first and last nail in the coffin of their relationship. But now Rey’s been hired for a DVD commentary on a classic horror flick... -
Real Vampires Live Large by Gerry Bartlett
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsIt's not easy to keep a boyfriend, run a business, and survive for centuries as one of the immortal undead. Glory St. Clair knows-ever since a sexy Scottish vampire bit her while she was a tad...bloated. But when a frustrated vampire hunter firebombs her vintage clothing boutique, she's ready to pitch a fit... -
Risen by Cole Gibsen
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFans of Vampire Diaries and Twilight will be thirsting for this latest vampire addiction…My aunt has been kidnapped by vampires, and it’s up to me to save her. Only…I had no idea vampires existed. None. Nada... -
Thresher by Michael R. Cole
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn the aftermath of a hurricane, a series of strange events plague the coastal waters off Florida. People go into the water and never return. Corpses of killer whales drift ashore, ravaged from enormous bite marks. A fishing trawler is found adrift, with a mysterious gash in its hull... -
South Carolina Sea Creatures by Johnathan Rand
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen on vacation twelve-year-old Chad Prescott and his ten-year-old sister Michelle see something big and vicious lurking beneath the waters off the coast of South Carolina they're certain that it must be some horrible, hideous, creature. Soon, they find themselves in a fight for their lives when a swarm of these gigantic sea creatures come ashore...Categorized as:
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