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Knights of Past by Stephanie Hudson
Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe dust of Battle has settled over the Land.War cries of victory are Echoed throughout Hell.And now I can get back to my life of Lego and Star Trek,With one big difference,I now have a King to share it with.But it seems as if Fate had a different idea for me,And any plans for peace are shattered with the strength of my dreams,Nightmares of one last foe I must face... -
The HellBeast's Sacrifice by Stephanie Hudson
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsI tried to remember.I wanted to remember.But moving on from an unknown past was all that was left for me to do.So, I went home.I went back to my safe, boring life.Just a girl and her dog.Well, that was until an angry HellBeast King turned up and found me.A furious, sexy, hotblooded male from my past that now wants to convince me...He is my future.That he is my everything... -
Tangled Echoes by Meghan Ciana Doidge
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsI never got involved in the dirt and the details of an investigation. I never let my preconceptions muddy a reconstruction. And I steadfastly refrained from ever allowing my past to dictate my future.At least until the one person I couldn’t lose went missing... -
Unicorns Don't Cry by Kim McDougall
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsCritter wrangler rule #20: You can’t save them all.Rage is boiling inside Kyra. Friends are dead, the world is burning, and her husband is…gone, his body and mind taken over by a demon. Death would have been kinder. But she can’t kill a demon, so Kyra must hunt down the creature wearing Mason’s face and do the unthinkable—trap him for all eternity in a bloodstone... -
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Expecting Darkness by Mandy M. Roth
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBook Two in the Crimson Ops Series New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Series the Crimson Ops! Part of the Immortal Ops World! Searc Macleod is an immortal vampire special operative with Paranormal Security and Intelligence's "Fang Gang." He's fought for the side of good for nearly a century. But it turns out; his past is never far behind him... -
Fire & Smoke by M. Sinclair
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFantasy RH Tick. Toc. Tick. Toc. Do you hear that? Yeah. That is the sound of a countdown. What countdown you ask? The one where everything goes to sh*t. Everything had been silent for a week. A week filled with rest and change. A week we needed. Thanksgiving is today and a feeling of apprehension has me brimming with nerves. I know something big is about to happen and I have no idea what... -
Deception by D.B. Reynolds
Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsKauai, Hawaii—tropical paradise, vibrant jungle, turquoise sea... and sensuous nights that hide vampires so powerful they can change the world.Raphael—powerful, extraordinary, arrogant. He’s been eliminating rivals and gathering allies, determined not just to survive, but to demolish the Europeans who think they can steal what he’s worked for centuries to create... -
Salvation in Darkness by Nicole Edwards
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHeaven refers to them as Misplaced Halos. Humans don’t even know they exist. This faction of celestial warriors was sent here under the cover of darkness to protect humanity from Lucifer’s demons. In return for their servitude, these warriors expect only one thing: the love they were promised, what angels refer to as an amsouelot... -
Dawn of Chaos by Benjamin Medrano
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThere will be hell to pay.Evelyn’s parents have been missing for more than thirty years, and at last Evelyn has a clue as to their fate. Investigating won’t be easy, even for someone as powerful as she is, yet she won’t be deterred... -
The Alpha 6: Protect. Procreate. Prevail. by Eric Vall
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIt looks like the wolves are on the prowl.Strange howls are echoing in the north, and the scent of a new pack is drifting closer to my territory. But things get complicated when a werewolf omega joins the mix.And her story brings up the ghosts of my family’s past.Something big is headed our way now, but an unexpected new power of mine just might turn this fight in our favor... -
Valley of the Shadow by Elizabeth Hunter
Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars · 17 ratings“I’m sure of you. Everything else, we’ll figure out along the way.”For eight years, Baojia and Natalie have pursued their goals: family, career, friendship and love—trying to carve out an ordinary life in an immortal world. And for eight years they’ve been mostly successful save for a world-bending adventure every now and then.Except that their life was never ordinary. It was never going to be... -
Tangling with Bears by Lisa Oliver
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTobias tells himself he's having fun. He has a great life as a beta in the Cloverleah Pack, and while danger still threatens the pack, he has his friend's wedding to look forward to, and the pleasures that come from hookups in random places. He'd like to meet his mate, just so he's not the odd one out in the inner circle, but it's not something he's expecting anytime soon... -
My Treasure to Keep by Lisa Oliver
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThomas, paid enforcer in the Cloverleah Pack, was carrying a lot of guilt. He still believed he was to blame for letting Wesley get targeted by the dark elves, almost causing a rift in Cathair and Marius's mating... -
Don't Tempt Fate by Lisa Oliver
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsDon't Tempt Fate Book 11 of the Cloverleah Pack series. Pack enforcer, Marius Reef has a lot on his mind. Life in Cloverleah has been quiet for months; giving him too much time to think. He still suffers nightmares from his father's abuse decades ago and now his brothers are mated, he is struggling to find and keep his place in the pack... -
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Two Thousand Dreams by Jocelynn Drake
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe Blood Witch Has Changed Everything.Chen traveled to the US with his clan, hoping to rescue his kidnapped brother from the fae.They just need a witch to find the exact location of where the door between the human world and the fae world will open.The one thing Moon can’t do.Chen grabbed the wrong type of witch... -
Vampire Trinity by Joey W. Hill
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsVampire hunter Gideon Green never intended to become a vampire's servant. But when Anwyn, a woman with whom he shared an unforgettable night, is turned by a vampire pack, Gideon is forced into an uneasy alliance with one of the most terrifying vampires he's ever encountered: the mysterious Daegan Rei.Daegan has a vested interest in Anwyn... -
Dusk Gate by Benjamin Medrano
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsAs a holy maiden of the Phoenix Queen, Jasmine was a prize of immense value to the demons. To their shock, she and her nearly defeated rescuers are rescued by the beautiful but scathing Xandra, an enslaved elven sorceress who’d been damned for over a millennium... -
Talyn: Descent by Benjamin Medrano
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsTalyn's in over her head.Talyn is finally beginning to take control of her life in a new world. Learning that her problems aren't natural is a first step, but before she can take true measures, her life takes a turn for the worse. Cast into the depths of Castra's dungeon, she survives only on the sufferance of others... -
The Hellbeast's Queen by Stephanie Hudson
Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHope can be a dangerous thing.It can be all consuming.Can be the only thing you think about.The only comfort you have when locked to the darkness of your own mind.The hope to find light at the end of the tunnel.A guiding hand to led you out of the nightmare.But what of love?For Ella it is the thing she clings onto when all that hope is lost.A love that is always worth fighting for... -
The HellBeast's Betrayal by Stephanie Hudson
Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTHE HELLBEAST’S BETRAYAL (BOOK 11)Love can conquer many things.Sacrifice even more.But what happens when betrayal runs deeper than blood?The journey isn’t over. Jared and Ella’s story continues in the next pulse-pounding installment of the HellBeast Kings story. As darkness looms and the past refuses to stay buried, secrets will be unearthed, alliances shattered, and destinies rewritten... -
Rising Beauty by Meraki P. Lyhne
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSince the Mayflower brought the first five Cubi to America, the race has looked forward to this day. But an overlooked historical detail can bring everything they have worked toward to an end. Daniel is settling in and trying to find a rhythm after the latest change in his life... -
Midnight Kiss by Bianca D'Arc
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt all started with a kiss…Gabe arranged it so he would kiss Margo, the lovely werewolf private investigator, on the stroke of midnight at a family New Year’s Eve celebration. They’d been paired up for a mission to find the evil mage who had messed with both their families years before.She couldn’t be sure of his motives…Gabe was a magic user and he puzzled her inner wolf... -
Raven's Redemption by Charlie Nottingham
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFollow the ghost , they’d said. It’ll be fun, they said Rain, Graham, Ezra, and Warren have been on the hunt for answers for weeks after learning that Rain’s brother is alive, and that Warren played a part in his disappearance. After facing off with the demon who took Rain’s brother, all of them nearly dying in the process, the woman in black leads them to reinforcements...Categorized as:
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All Your Bloody Lies by M.L. Burns
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsXeraphine Nora:For a decade, revenge has consumed my every waking thought. My sole desire? To mete out even a fraction of the suffering inflicted upon me by those five individuals. They believed they could silence me forever, burying me alive and leaving me for dead. Little did they know, it takes more than mundane means to kill a demon.I’m coming for you all… my sweets... -
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Giver of Light by Nicola Claire
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHis lips met mine again, this time in a slow, soft caress, conveying everything he had just said in those beautiful words that had reached my very soul. I could have drowned in that kiss. I could have lived there for eternity. It filled me up with everything I needed to survive. He gave me life through his lips and I treasured it... -
The Vampires' Fae: The Complete Series by Sadie Moss
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA complete reverse harem series in one binge-able box set! Book One: Saved by BloodThey found me nearly dead. To save me, they had to turn me…When I moved to New York after a bad divorce, I planned to re-invent myself… I just had no idea the ‘new me’ would be a vampire.Or that the three (yes, three!) vampires who turned me would be the hottest, most frustrating men I’d ever met... -
The Hard Rhoade by Sandrine Gasq-Dion
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFinding out that he is adopted is a shock to Travis Rhoades, and he isn't happy that his father hasn't been honest with him. Discovering that he is a demigod, the son of an actual Olympian god? Well, butter his butt and call him a biscuit. Now, he's full-on pissed off.Werewolf-vampire hybrid Lucian Tenebris has had up to his eyeballs with his charge's childish and annoying antics... -
A Dragon for December by R.E. Butler
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsPolar bear shifter December Merricks is visiting her angel best friend, Allisandrea, in Cleveland. When the February new moon rises, Deci heads into what she believes are neutral woods for some hunting when she comes snout to fang with an enormous dragon who is not only trying to swipe her prey but also happens to be her mate... -
Jorah by Michele Notaro
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWill Jorah have a chance to fall in love with the person his soul is longing for, or will the horrors of the world keep them apart? When I was fourteen, I was sucked through a portal to another realm—the land of the fae—and forced to live there for three years. Crazy, right? Welcome to my world... -
Dark Fate by Kat Silver
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTen days after the battle at Blackriver, Michael struggles with new forbidden desires, with his rampant Flame, and a deepening relationship with the taciturn werewolf, Commander Gabriel Flanagan.Feeling responsible for their loss, Michael longs to rescue the students stolen by the manipulative vampire prince, Alexei Vasiliev. But the High Council refuses to free Michael from his chains... -
Taken by a Vampire by Joey W. Hill
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsJoey W. Hill’s Vampire Queen novels keep the pages turning, your imagination running, [and] your dreams carnally vivid” (Bitten by Books)... -
The Magic Hunt by L.L. Raand
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn the aftermath of an assassination attempt, Sylvan Mir, wolf Were Alpha, and her mate Drake McKennan turn their backs on the government that has threatened their survival, vowing to protect their own with primal force, regardless the cost in blood... -
Void by J.E. Cluney
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsDeath becomes me. Now I know what it finally means.As if being a halfling wasn’t enough. Now I’m something more, but I have no clue what my abilities are or what is going on.Oh, and I’m being hunted. The reasoning behind it makes my blood run cold when I find out.I need to find a way to protect myself, but as I begin to learn more about who I am and my past, powers and abilities arise... -
Imp And The Beast by Stephanie Hudson
Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsHell.Just do your time, they said.It will be easy, they said.What's a hundred years, sentenced to a prison in Hell?Well, I can tell you, for an Imp like me, it was a pretty long time.Because like most Imps, we were a mischievous sort and that tended to annoy people, say people like the prison guards. Which meant that my time in Hell had just gotten a lot more complicated... -
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The Lone Hunt by L.L. Raand
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA world of violent passions and inhuman hungers explodes as ancient taboos and primal desires collide.Wolf Were Alpha Sylvan Mir wants nothing more than to keep her pregnant mate Drake safe in their secluded stronghold, deep in the heart of the Adirondack Mountains, but enemies, political and praetern, force her into battle... -
Revelations by J.E. Cluney
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIt's time for the game to begin. The prize?Me.So I couldn't resist my housemates. Go figure.And lo and behold, it was none other than Marcus who broke me.But strange powers have surfaced, and a dark revelation leaves me with more questions than answers... -
Chosen Thief by Scarlett Dawn
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe second saga in the bestselling, groundbreaking Forever Evermore series begins with Chosen Thief, where the life of a skilled lawbreaker becomes much more than she ever wanted... Caroline Jules knows death is imminent. She’s only 22, but as an inmate of Death Row in the most secure Mystical jail, what else could her future hold?Caro has no idea... -
Edge of Twilight by Maggie Shayne
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsHis name is Edge, and he is the last of a band of Immortals who have been hunted down and murdered by Frank Stiles -- an enemy determined to unlock their deepest secrets. Vengeance has become Edge's obsession. To claim it, he must find the young woman whispered to be the Golden Child... -
Blood of the Moon by S.D. Simper
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSuccessful in her quest, Flowridia returns to Staelash for a joyous affair—the long awaited wedding of Marielle and Zorlaeus, an event promising to seal her kingdom and Nox’Kartha as allies. But the price of Ayla’s return, and the sacrifice it demands, weighs heavily on her heart. To do nothing means to live a life of loneliness, but to act would condemn her eternal soul... -
An Unhuman Journey by Candace Blevins
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThere’s a war brewing between good and evil, and the chess pieces are being set…Aaron has gone missing, and Mordecai has taken over Kirsten's training. She's learning by leaps and bounds under the god-of-old’s not-so-gentle tutelage, but with Nathan in charge of Drake Security during The Dragon King’s unplanned absence, everything is upside down... -
Blood Legacy by C.J. Ellisson
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDespite surviving silver poisoning, Vivian isn't out of the fire yet. Rolando is still alive, as is his desire to eliminate all manipulator vampires like her. The streets of Buenos Aires prove to be a tricky hunting ground for Vivian and her husband Rafe, especially when a paranormal serial killer starts leaving bodies behind... -
Into the Shadows by Jayda Marx
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAn ancient evil has resurfaced. For the first time in nearly seven hundred years, ghouls are roaming the earth again. And this time, they're not alone. Head Elder Abel of the Fairview Vampire Coven has made a pact with the creatures; to join their strengths and take control of the world by fear and force... -
Claimed Beauty by Meraki P. Lyhne
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDaniel was an Untouchable destined to be trained as a companion to a high-ranking Cubus. A red-eyed Incubus screwed all that up at a dinner party, and Daniel is now a confused Changeling with a libido far exceeding anything he could ever have dreamed off. Seldon failed in keeping the Untouchable under his care safe, and he accidentally dosed the too young human... -
A Muse for Mishka by R.E. Butler
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMishka, the five-hundred-year-old vampire master of the city of Cleveland, prides himself on having one of the largest covens in the Midwest. Although he has a life envied by many, the only thing he is missing is a mate. How to begin to find the right female for himself is a mystery, and the lonely nights are starting to get to him... -
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The Kategan Alphas Vol. 2: The Kategan Alphas by T.A. Grey
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Kategan Alphas Vol. 2 Bundle featuring books 4 - 6. Save when you buy the bundle!ETERNAL TEMPTATIONFierce, troubled brother, Darien Kategan now leads his life in solitude. Shut off from his family, he lives only in apast that haunts his every breathing moment. But on the path to recover himself and move on with hislife, he finds a woman hurt on his land...Categorized as:
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Eternally Yours by Harper A. Brooks, Olivia Boothe
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsShe wasn’t looking for love. He gave her forever…After being attacked by a wolf-like creature and left for dead, Loren Stone wakes in the house of a mysterious and sexy stranger.Something within her has changed. Her veins crave human blood. But it’s another type of hunger she finds herself fighting to control... her unrelenting need for Nicholas Guerra... -
Shot in the Dark : A Spellbinding Enemies-to-Lovers Urban Fantasy Adventure by Mary Dublin, Anne Kendsley
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsObey the curfew. Never fly past Elysia’s boundaries. Above all — never speak to humans. For twenty-one summers, Sylvia has evaded the ironclad rules set by her village, driven by an insatiable curiosity to know the world beyond the confines of the willow her fellow fairies call home... -
Aden by D.B. Reynolds
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsShe was seeking revenge. What she found was a vampire who swept her into the darkest depths of passion.Chicago, Illinois... the windy city. Home to football greats, dinosaurs named Sue, and, when the sun goes down... powerful vampires battling for the right to rule the city and beyond... -
Elixir by Jordan Castillo Price
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWild Bill and Michael might have thought they made it out of the subterranean vampire nest unscathed, but in her anger, Silk left Michael a taste of her wrath that's impossible to shake.It's a race against time to cure Michael of a bizarre affliction, and though the hunter and his favorite vamp have few enough friends, Bill can't ash a cigarette without burning another bridge... -
ETERNAL BEAUTY by Laura Wright
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAncient and very sexy vampire, Synjon Wise, had the female he loved ripped from his grasp by a bullet. Trying to join her in death, he’s furious when a beautiful stranger pulls him into the shadows and nurses him back to health. Healer, Petra was raised by shifters and has always hoped her true abilities and powers would be revealed...
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