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  • The Haunted Homecoming  (Southern Ghost Hunter Mysteries #10) by Angie Fox

    The Haunted Homecoming (Southern Ghost Hunter Mysteries #10) by Angie Fox

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Apple cider, bonfires, football, and—ghosts. It’s homecoming weekend in Sugarland, Tennessee and ghost hunter Verity Long is tickled to see so many souls—living and dead—back in town to celebrate. But not all reunions are happy ones, and when Verity stumbles upon a dead body by the football field, it appears someone has already evened the score...
  • Something to Witch About by Amanda M. Lee

    Something to Witch About by Amanda M. Lee

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Life's a witch ... and then you die. It's the dying part vexing Bay Winchester these days. She may be a long-suffering daughter, thankless newspaper editor, and keyed-up girlfriend, but she's barely holding off a royal freakout Landon's family is visiting the inn -- and they're not exactly open minded...
  • Witching on a Star by Amanda M. Lee

    Witching on a Star by Amanda M. Lee

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    When you're a witch, being wicked comes naturally. For the Winchester witches, though, being wicked is only half the fun. After a long winter, spring has finally hit Hemlock Cove and Bay Winchester thinks things are finally settling down in the town – and with her family. Unfortunately, just the opposite is true...
  • 死亡万花筒 Kaleidoscope of Death by Xi Zi Xu, 西子绪

    死亡万花筒 Kaleidoscope of Death by Xi Zi Xu, 西子绪

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    起初的异样,是家里的猫不让抱了。林秋石发现周围的一切都开始变得充满了不协调感。然后某一天,当他推开家中的门,却发现熟悉的楼道变成了长长的走廊。走廊的两头,是十二扇一模一样的铁门。故事由此开始。阮南烛对林秋石说,当你凝视深渊时,深渊也在凝视着你。林秋石听后陷入沉思,然后对着深渊拉下了裤子拉链……阮南烛:“……你把裤子给我好好穿上!”不皮会死病娇攻X一起皮的沉稳受,双皮奶组合,灵异风格升级流。"Kaleidoscope of Death"It started off peculiarly; first, his domestic cat refused to let him cuddle it...
    Categorized as:
    paranormal  dark  ghosts  humor  romance  horror  fantasy  lgbtq
  • Grimm by Shayne Silvers

    Grimm by Shayne Silvers

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    The Brothers Grimm – legendary supernatural assassins – have escaped their prison, and their first day in St. Louis could be Nate Temple’s last…Sharing a beer with Death – one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse – really put a few things into perspective for this foul-mouthed, billionaire wizard. Like finally strapping on the boots to propose to his girlfriend...
  • Twilight by Meg Cabot

    Twilight by Meg Cabot

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 44 ratings
    This time it's life or death.Suze has gotten used to ghosts. She's a mediator, after all, and communicating with the dead is all in a day's work. So she certainly never expected to fall in love with one: Jesse, a nineteenth-century hottie. But when she discovers that she has the power to determine who becomes a ghost in the first place, Suze begins to freak...
  • Bad Wolf by Lauren Dawes

    Bad Wolf by Lauren Dawes

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    A rookie cop. A team of supernatural detectives. A shifter with some impulse control issues.My name is Cat McKenzie, and I thought wood sprites weren’t a thing.Apparently, they are. Fun fact: they enjoy eating carrion which was how I discovered the body of a hunter in the woods. The local werewolf pack confirms it’s a bad wolf doing the biting...
  • Eirwen by Jewels Arthur

    Eirwen by Jewels Arthur

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Princesses are meant to be chaste and Queens are meant to provide heirs.Thanks, but no thanks. I want lose my virtue. Have my cherry popped. Get bedded. Bump uglies. Whatever it is you humans call it. So I flee with my unicorn to Silver Springs, a magical town where nothing is as it seems.There, a dark elf shows up to kill me. An incubus wants to devour me...
  • Total Lunar Eclipse by M.J. Marstens

    Total Lunar Eclipse by M.J. Marstens

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Venus the Genius is back! Her mission: To kill Moon or bust.I’m your Venus. . .I'm your fire. . .Wait, fire?That’s code for help!Hold on, Trust Tree Sisters, I’m coming (and not in the sexy way).Better yet, I’ll send Super Blue because I’m elbow deep in some sh*t.Not actual sh*t, but close enough. . .Because with each passing second, Lina (a.k...
  • The Accidental Vampire by Lynsay Sands

    The Accidental Vampire by Lynsay Sands

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 35 ratings
    Ever since an accident turned her into a knockout vamp, Elvi Black's been catching her z's in a coffin, staying out of the sun, and giving up garlic. She knows there's more to being undead than what she saw in Dracula, but she can't very well ask her mortal friends about proper biting etiquette...
    Categorized as:
    ghosts  humor  paranormal  adult  alpha-mc  audiobook  book  comedy
  • Bad Kitty by Lauren Dawes

    Bad Kitty by Lauren Dawes

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    A rookie cop. A team of supernatural detectives. A vigilante kitty shifter breaking bad. My name is Cat McKenzie, and despite what people might think, I don’t enjoy being chased down darkened streets at night by a ten-foot shadow man who can literally make me die of fright.Of course, that’s how all this started—the discovery of an underground fight club stocked completely with supernatural slaves...
    Categorized as:
    paranormal  demons  humor  crime  romance  urban-fantasy  fantasy  fae
  • Be Still My Vampire Heart by Kerrelyn Sparks

    Be Still My Vampire Heart by Kerrelyn Sparks

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    If it was still beating. Angus MacKay has been undead for almost five hundred years and it's not often something, or someone, surprises him. Until Emma Wallace. The sight of this luscious agent from the CIA's elite Stake-Out team was enough to stop Angus in his tracks. But then he discovers that she's a vampire slayer, intent on killing the "monsters" who killed her parents...
  • Cross Your Heart by Michele Bardsley

    Cross Your Heart by Michele Bardsley

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Even vampires can be afraid of ghosts... After the death of her husband-and her dreams of motherhood-Elizabeth Bretton returned to the family estate in Broken Heart, Oklahoma. Little did she know she would also give up her life as the Silverstone heiress...
  • Dead Case in Deadwood by Ann Charles

    Dead Case in Deadwood by Ann Charles

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    "Nothing good ever happens at the butt-crack of dawn. No doubt, the headless corpse on the autopsy table in front of me would agree."-Violet Parker Real estate agent. Violet "Spooky" Parker stumbles upon a body-part theft ring at the local funeral parlor and suspects her caustic coworker has a hand in it or maybe a foot...
  • Blood Moon by Alyxandra Harvey

    Blood Moon by Alyxandra Harvey

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    When the vampire tribes convene for the rare Blood Moon ceremonies, Solange Drake is plunged into a battle with her feral nature. The Drake brothers have been raised knowing that they had to protect their younger sister at all cost. But forbidden magic and a mysterious stranger have put them all in terrible danger...
  • Driving Mr. Dead by Molly Harper

    Driving Mr. Dead by Molly Harper

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    HELL ON WHEELS After failing as a magician's assistant, a photographer, and most recently, a bride, Miranda Puckett takes a position as a driver for Beeline, Half-Moon Hollow's premiere vampire concierge service...
  • The Deadliest Bite by Jennifer Rardin

    The Deadliest Bite by Jennifer Rardin

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    I have two choices. Carve Brude's name into Hell's bile-encrusted gates. Or lose my soul.After an assassination attempt on Vayl, I find myself pulled into a tangled web that takes the gang to Romania...
  • Haunted by Jenny Carroll, Meg Cabot

    Haunted by Jenny Carroll, Meg Cabot

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 42 ratings
    Is it possible to be haunted by someone who isn't even dead?Suze is used to trouble, but this time she's in deep: Ghostly Jesse has her heart, but Paul Slater, a real flesh-and-blood guy, is warm for her form. And mediator Paul knows how to send Jesse to the Great Beyond. For good.Paul claims he won't do anything to Jesse as long as Suze will go out with him...
  • Real Vampires Don't Wear Size Six by Gerry Bartlett

    Real Vampires Don't Wear Size Six by Gerry Bartlett

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    After Glory St. Clair kicked out the demon that had set up shop in her body, she had a serious fallout with longtime lover Jeremy Blade. But before Glory can win him back, she has some issues of the hellish variety to deal with. When Lucifer himself offers Glory the ultimate temptation-work for the devil and he'll make her a size six-the curvy vampire's not sure if she can resist...
  • Real Vampires Hate Skinny Jeans by Gerry Bartlett

    Real Vampires Hate Skinny Jeans by Gerry Bartlett

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Someone is eating for two... Full-figured vampire Glory St. Clair thinks things are finally going her way. She's no longer possessed by a demon, the legions of hell aren't on her tail, and her love life is heating up since she managed to reconnect with her maker-and longtime lover-Jeremy Blade.When a pregnant demon shows up on her doorstep, Glory knows that everything is about to go to hell...
    Categorized as:
    demons  humor  paranormal  adult  book  comedy  contemporary  female-mc
  • Lightbearer by L.C. Davis

    Lightbearer by L.C. Davis

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Once upon a time, the devil knocked up a delivery guy.Not your typical intro to a romance, but I promise, it is one. The devil in this scenario would be a sexy horned demon named Apollyon and the delivery guy would be me, Levi Curtis. Just an average guy who got in way over his head trying to keep his twin sister from selling her soul...
    Categorized as:
    dark  demons  humor  paranormal  slow-burn  adult  age-gap  angels
  • Demon Loved by Katie May, Ann Denton

    Demon Loved by Katie May, Ann Denton

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    I fucked up.Again.After the demons confessed that I'm their Center - their fated mate - I ran like the hounds from Hell were on my heels.But my demons? They won't let me go.And maybe I don't want them to.With the threats from the angels getting more and more dire, and my mom and dad making a reappearance in my life, this might be more than we can handle...
  • Guns and Graveyards by Katie May

    Guns and Graveyards by Katie May

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    I have blood on my hands. Blood that isn't mine. I had thought I had escaped my past. I had thought I had finally freed myself. But can you really escape your monsters? With a gang war looming on the horizon, bodies piling up, and a strange new student claiming ties to the Shadow Man, I find myself looking into my past...
  • Demon Kissed by Katie May, Ann Denton

    Demon Kissed by Katie May, Ann Denton

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    I fucked up.Honestly, how was I supposed to know that a love spell was actually a summoning spell...and that it would actually work?Now, I have five demons at my beck and call, their sole purpose to fulfill my heart's deepest desire - which is to make William Washington fall head-over-heels in love with me...
  • Optical Delusions in Deadwood by Ann Charles, Caroline Shaffer

    Optical Delusions in Deadwood by Ann Charles, Caroline Shaffer

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Someone is spreading rumors around Deadwood that Violet Parker likes to chat with dead folks.With her reputation endangered, her bank account on the verge of extinction, and her career at risk of going up in flames, Violet is desperate...
    Categorized as:
    crime  demons  ghosts  humor  paranormal  adult  audiobook  book
  • Wait Till Your Vampire Gets Home by Michele Bardsley

    Wait Till Your Vampire Gets Home by Michele Bardsley

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Undead fathers really do know best... To prove her journalistic chops, Libby Monroe ends up in Broken Heart, Oklahoma, chasing down bizarre rumors of strange goings-on -- and finding vampires, lycanthropes, and zombies. She never expects to fall in lust with one of them, but vampire/single dad Ralph Genessa is too irresistible...
  • Dream a Little Dream by Kerstin Gier

    Dream a Little Dream by Kerstin Gier

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    Mysterious doors with lizard-head knobs. Talking stone statues. A crazy girl with a hatchet. Yes, Liv's dreams have been pretty weird lately. Especially the one where she's in a graveyard at night, watching four boys conduct dark magic rituals.The strangest part is that Liv recognizes the boys in her dream...
  • Ninth Grade Slays by Heather Brewer, Z Brewer

    Ninth Grade Slays by Heather Brewer, Z Brewer

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 40 ratings
    High school totally bites when you’re half human, half vampire. Freshman year sucks for Vlad Tod. Bullies still harass him. The photographer from the school newspaper is tailing him. And failing his studies could be deadly...
  • Reunion by Jenny Carroll, Meg Cabot

    Reunion by Jenny Carroll, Meg Cabot

    Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
    · 45 ratings
    Accidents happen. With ghostly consequences, if you're Susannah Simon.The RLS Angels are out for blood, and only Suze can stop them - since she's the only one who can see them. The four ghostly teenagers died in a terrible car accident, for which they blame Suze's classmate Michael... and they'll stop at nothing until he's joined them in the realm of the dead...
  • In the Company of Vampires by Katie MacAlister

    In the Company of Vampires by Katie MacAlister

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    Fran was a young witch of 16 when she became Ben’s Beloved, bound to him by fate to save his immortal soul—as if puberty isn’t hard enough. Over the next five years, she fights hard for space, and time, to grow into her own person, pushing Ben away. But when her mother goes missing, she returns to GothFaire to find her, only to find Ben in another woman’s arms...
  • Witches Gone Wicked by Sarina Dorie

    Witches Gone Wicked by Sarina Dorie

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    You think you know the world of magical boarding schools? Not from a teacher's perspective at a school for at risk youth. Like any twenty-two-year-old who grew up obsessed with fantasy novels, Clarissa Lawrence expects all her Harry Potter fantasies to come true when she is invited to teach at a school for witches...
  • Chasing Shadows by Lila Bruce

    Chasing Shadows by Lila Bruce

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Avery Smith, who returned to her hometown of Bethel Springs after time spent away in the big city, is finally beginning to absorb the culture shock and settle into her job at the local Sheriff's Department...
    Categorized as:
    crime  ghosts  humor  paranormal  slow-burn  adult  audiobook  book
  • Ruby by Ann Denton

    Ruby by Ann Denton

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I messed up my Christmas miracle. That’s a big no-no for an angel. My boss shrunk my wings as a consequence. But did he have to make them so small? They’re the size of baby cupid wings for cloud’s sake! That’s why I’ve been hiding out on earth, in the small town of Silver Springs—feeding my shoe obsession and trying to understand humans so I can magic up a winning miracle this year...
  • Rose by Jewels Arthur

    Rose by Jewels Arthur

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Meet Rosalie, or Rose for short, she is a gorgeous plus sized heroine who is about to get mixed up in a whole 'nother world!Rose has a night job at a bar in Silver Springs called Vee. She loves it because it gives her freedom, free drinks every night, and she gets to spend time with the 3 oh so sexy owners of the bar...
  • Haunted Honeymoon by Marta Acosta

    Haunted Honeymoon by Marta Acosta

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    There’s more than her heart at stake…As the only human to survive vampire infection, Milagro de Los Santos has become quite a celebrity among the blood-drinking elite. Too bad the perks of her condition—increased strength, super-fast healing—don’t pay her condo fees. There are other complications too...
  • Virgo Rising by M.J. Marstens

    Virgo Rising by M.J. Marstens

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    An alternative cover edition for this ASIN can be found here.Hi, I’m Zahra Delsol. . . the white Zahra Delsol and I want to tell you about my interview from hell.And a potential vampire.And the dream sex.And the never-ending embarrassment.Oh, and the obscenely, inappropriate office moments.There are some silver linings. . .  like a free mini-vacay in Tucson (with some demons)...
  • Real Vampires Get Lucky by Gerry Bartlett

    Real Vampires Get Lucky by Gerry Bartlett

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    When a female loan shark named Lucky is attacked and left for dead, vampire Glory St. Clair turns her into one of the undead to save her——but eternity would have been safer without her. Vamps prefer a low profile, and that's not Lucky's style. She prefers to flaunt her sexy rock-star ex-boyfriend and great shoes...
    Categorized as:
    demons  ghosts  humor  paranormal  adult  angels  anthologies  comedy
  • Crushed by Eliza Crewe

    Crushed by Eliza Crewe

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Meda's back. This time she has a friend. The battle is over; the choice has been made. Meda Melange has officially hung up her monstrous mantle and planted her feet firmly on the holy and righteous path of a Crusader-in-training. Or, at least, she’s willing to give it a shot. It helps that the Crusaders are the only thing standing between her and the demon hordes who want her dead...
  • Even White Trash Zombies Get the Blues by Diana Rowland

    Even White Trash Zombies Get the Blues by Diana Rowland

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Angel Crawford is finally starting to get used to life as a brain-eating zombie, but her problems are far from over. Her felony record is coming back to haunt her, more zombie hunters are popping up, and she’s beginning to wonder if her hunky cop-boyfriend is involved with the zombie mafia. Yeah, that’s right—the zombie mafia...
  • Scorch by Gina Damico

    Scorch by Gina Damico

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Sixteen-year-old Lex Bartleby is a teenage grim reaper with the bizarre ability to damn souls. That makes her pretty scary, even to fellow Grims. But after inadvertently transferring her ability to Zara, a murderous outlaw, Lex is a pariah in Croak, the little town she calls home.To escape the townspeople’s wrath, she and her friends embark on a wild road trip to DeMyse...
  • Don't Talk Back To Your Vampire by Michele Bardsley

    Don't Talk Back To Your Vampire by Michele Bardsley

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    being a mother is never easy-especially when you're undead. Eva LeRoy, Broken Heart, Oklahoma's librarian, got "vampified" when everyone else did: during a rogue vampire's feeding frenzy. But books still make her undead heart beat-and, strangely enough, so does Lorcan the Loner, the vampire who killed her..
    Categorized as:
    demons  ghosts  humor  paranormal  adult  angels  anthologies  comedy
  • Shadow Witch by Kim Richardson

    Shadow Witch by Kim Richardson

    Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    Are you ready for your next magical adventure?Okay, so I’m in trouble. Big trouble. I’m broke. Worse, my boyfriend of five years just dumped me.What do I do? I move in with my three eccentric aunts in their family home, Davenport House. Sounds exciting, only this massive farmhouse likes to eat men.If I were a regular human, I would have run out screaming like a banshee...
  • Midnight Blue-Light Special by Seanan McGuire

    Midnight Blue-Light Special by Seanan McGuire

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 34 ratings
    Cryptid, noun:1. Any creature whose existence has been suggested but not proven scientifically. Term officially coined by cryptozoologist John E. Wall in 1983.2. That thing that's getting ready to eat your head.3. See also: "monster."The Price family has spent generations studying the monsters of the world, working to protect them from humanity--and humanity from them. Enter Verity Price...
  • Crouching Vampire, Hidden Fang by Katie MacAlister

    Crouching Vampire, Hidden Fang by Katie MacAlister

    Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    For a woman married to the vampire of her nightmares, the honeymoon’s over—and reality bites…Pia’s dream of being married has come true.But her husband is straight out of her nightmares.Pia Thomason is torn between two Dark Ones and feeling like a fool, considering she doesn’t know where either of them are...
  • Silver-Tongued Devil by Jaye Wells

    Silver-Tongued Devil by Jaye Wells

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    Now that the threat of war has passed, Sabina Kane is ready to focus on the future. Her relationship with Adam Lazarus is getting stronger and she's helping her sister, Maisie, overcome the trauma of her captivity in New Orleans. Even Giguhl is managing to stay out of trouble thanks to the arrival of Pussy Willow and his new roller derby team...
  • Sex and the Single Vampire by Katie MacAlister

    Sex and the Single Vampire by Katie MacAlister

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    An undying classic from Katie MacAlister, Sex and the Single Vampire is a paranormal romance lover’s delight, ideal for fans of Lynsay Sands and her Argeneau vampire family novels. This perennial New York Times bestselling author knows what readers are hungry for: sexy and funny tales of otherworldly passion featuring hot, dark, immortal alpha heroes searching for their happily forever afters...
  • Up In Smoke by Katie MacAlister

    Up In Smoke by Katie MacAlister

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Where there’s smoke, there’s one hot New York Times bestselling author.Though May Northcott’s heart belongs to Gabriel, leader of the silver dragons, being stuck in Abaddon has significantly cooled down her love life. Especially since a demon lord is trying to woo her. Looks like May will have to barter to gain her freedom and fulfill her destiny by Gabriel’s side..
  • Rogue by Gina Damico

    Rogue by Gina Damico

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Lex is a teenage Grim Reaper with the power to Damn souls, and it’s getting out of control. She’s a fugitive, on the run from the maniacal new mayor of Croak and the townspeople who want to see her pay the price for her misdeeds. Uncle Mort rounds up the Junior Grims to flee Croak once again, but this time they’re joined by Grotton, the most powerful Grim of all time...
  • Retrograde by M.J. Marstens

    Retrograde by M.J. Marstens

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    ZAHRA’S BACK, ALONG WITH HER ENDLESS EMBARRASSMENT, AND HER WORLD IS ABOUT TO GET TURNED UPSIDE DOWN. HELP! No, wait- I mean FIIIIIIIIRE!This is a Trust Tree S.O.S.My world is crumbling around me and I don’t even know who I really am anymore.Only three things are for certain:I am not the white Zahra Delsol. I am the peach Zahra Delsol. Moon is white. Literally. (Also, psychotic and deadly...
  • I Only Have Fangs for You by Kathy Love

    I Only Have Fangs for You by Kathy Love

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Bite Me!One thing you have to know about my brother Sebastian: he loves being a vampire. After all, what's not to love? He's eternally twenty-five. He's single, and frankly, he's a chick magnet. Yeah, undeath is good. . The only thing he's serious about is his nightclub, Carfax Abbey. It's the sort of dark, happening spot where vampires can really let their fangs down...
    Categorized as:
    demons  ghosts  humor  paranormal  adult  angels  anthologies  comedy
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