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  • The Scars That Bind Us by Michele Notaro

    The Scars That Bind Us by Michele Notaro

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Sometimes the worst scars are the ones you can’t see.World War III broke out 130 years ago when humans found out that magi and shifters were real. Humans have been imprisoning and enslaving the two species since. But now humans need their help protecting the world from the strange monsters they let cross the veil between realms...
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    dystopia  paranormal  abuse  adult  book  fiction  horror  humor
  • Wonder by Cameron Jace

    Wonder by Cameron Jace

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Ever Wondered... Who You Really Are? Alice Wonder gets an offer from a Wonderland Monster. A little help to locate the Six Impossible Keys in exchange of knowing who she really is and why she killed her classmates in the school bus. Alice agrees, knowing the consequences might put the whole world in danger.One step into the truth, she realizes she needs the Pillar for help...
  • Battle Lines by Will Hill

    Battle Lines by Will Hill

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    It's always darkest before dawn. Secret government unit Department 19 is recovering from evil vampire Valeri Rusmanov's deadly attack on their base. The Department’s newest member, teenage operator Jamie Carpenter, is tasked with training up a new squad, as his friends and colleagues desperately search for ways to try to stop what is coming...
  • Paper Children by James Fahy

    Paper Children by James Fahy

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    My name is Phoebe Harkness. When I’m not trying to cure the disease that killed the world, I’m roped into an unwilling role as ambassador between the humans of New Oxford, and the Genetic Others, all those things that go bump and grind in the night. I don’t get paid enough.It’s been six months since the Duke of Sanctum, the infuriating vampire named Allesandro, upped and disappeared...
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    dystopia  paranormal  adult  audiobook  book  dark  fiction  futuristic
  • Tales from the Gateway: A Companion Novel to the World of the Gateway by E.E. Holmes

    Tales from the Gateway: A Companion Novel to the World of the Gateway by E.E. Holmes

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Experience the world you love as you've never seen it before... From best-selling author E.E. Holmes comes a collection of short stories that will take you on an unforgettable journey into the lives of your favorite characters from The Gateway Trilogy and The Gateway Trackers. Go back in time and explore Fairhaven Hall with Karen and Elizabeth when they were just Apprentices...
  • Darkest Night by Will Hill

    Darkest Night by Will Hill

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The brave men and women of Department 19 have fought Dracula at every turn, but now Zero Hour has passed and the ancient vampire is at full strength. Inside Department 19, the Operators are exhausted and fractured. Jamie, Larissa, Matt and Kate are each struggling with their own demons. When the friends need each other most, they are further apart than ever...
  • The Dead by Donna Augustine

    The Dead by Donna Augustine

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    I'm young to have so many enemies. The Skinners, Dark Walkers, Wood Mist, they all want me for their own reasons. But those were enemies I could fight. Now the disease that changed me forever is back. It’s reaping death and havoc everywhere it strikes and I’m nearly helpless to stop it except for one chance. There’s a rumor of a cure. But Dax, my ally here in the Wilds, has vengeance on his mind...
  • The Ruin of Angels by Max Gladstone

    The Ruin of Angels by Max Gladstone

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Max Gladstone returns with The Ruin of Angels, the sixth novel in the Craft Sequence, which The Washington Post calls "the best kind of urban fantasy" and NPR calls "sharp, original, and passionate"The God Wars destroyed the city of Alikand. Now, a century and a half and a great many construction contracts later, Agdel Lex rises in its place...
  • Rise of the Werewolf by Mark Tufo

    Rise of the Werewolf by Mark Tufo

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The world of man was brought to its knees with the zombie apocalypse. A hundred and fifty years have passed since man has clawed and climbed his way from the brink of extinction. Civilization has rebooted, man has begun to rebuild, to create communities and society.It is on this fragile new shaky ground that a threat worse than the scourge of the dead has sprung...
  • Vampire Breed by Tim O'Rourke

    Vampire Breed by Tim O'Rourke

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Tim O'Rourke once again shows his mastery at building stories and characters that are larger than life. He has readers constantly guessing and changing their alliances." Abibliophobic Book Reviews Kiera awakens to find herself imprisoned. Experiencing horrific nightmares and visions, she slowly realises that she has been subjected to a series of sinister tests and operations...
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    paranormal  wlw  angels  audiobook  book  fiction  ghosts  horror
  • The Hunt by Donna Augustine

    The Hunt by Donna Augustine

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Living in the Wilds isn't any picnic, but I thought I had a handle on things: avoid the beasts and I won't get eaten, avoid the waterways and the pirates won't kill me, and stab every Dark Walker I see. That was before I found out Tiffy's friends were real and back when I’d never heard of the Skinners. Now my magic is on the fritz, and people are disappearing...
  • Wolf Games: Island of Shade by Caroline Peckham

    Wolf Games: Island of Shade by Caroline Peckham

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    After the foundering of IDAHO's cruise ship, the survivors are washed up on a deadly island off the coast of northern Africa. But in a jungle of shade, it's not just the Reapers lurking in the forest that pose a danger...Journeying to an underground institute at the heart of the island might be Cass and Jameson's only hope...
  • The Demon Accords Compendium, Volume 1: Stories from the Demon Accords Universe by John Conroe

    The Demon Accords Compendium, Volume 1: Stories from the Demon Accords Universe by John Conroe

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    How it all started - from another pair of eyes. How to raise a God Touched exorcist. Extracurricular college fun. What do you get the vampire who has everything - excitement. Four stories from the Demon Accords Universe starring some favorite characters and introducing a new one. Novella length fun...
  • Feared by Hell / Rejected by Heaven / Eye for an Eye / Bring the Pain / She is the Widow Maker / When Angels Cry by Michael Anderle

    Feared by Hell / Rejected by Heaven / Eye for an Eye / Bring the Pain / She is the Widow Maker / When Angels Cry by Michael Anderle

    Rated: 4.66 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Save that MONEY and buy the Boxed Set of The Unbelievable Mr. Brownstone books 1 – 6 (Including Feared By Hell, Rejected By Heaven, Eye For an Eye, Bring The Pain, She Is The Widow Maker, and When Angels Cry.) Feared By Hell You never mess with a young girl around James Brownstone. It doesn't matter what crime syndicate you belong to, that just doesn't sit well with him...
  • Conjuring by Amanda M. Lee

    Conjuring by Amanda M. Lee

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Sophomore year is here and Zoe Lake has a new outlook on life: No more drama, no more angst, and no more near-death experiences. After a lazy summer, where the only thing to get her blood pumping was resident lothario werewolf Aric Winters, Zoe returns to Covenant College with three new roommates and a few old distractions...
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    paranormal  university  audiobook  book  cozy  fiction  horror  humor
  • The Magic by Donna Augustine

    The Magic by Donna Augustine

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    For as long as I’ve lived, Dark Walkers have been hunting Plaguers, seeking them for their magic. But there’s one Plaguer they want most of all. Me. Since the fall of civilization, the human race has been barely surviving. Another outbreak of the Bloody Death could be our final straw and there’s only one way to ensure that doesn't happen. I need to kill the leader of the Dark Walkers...
  • Ruthless as Hell by G. Bailey

    Ruthless as Hell by G. Bailey

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    I can't escape this academy My name is Lexi Cameron, and I really need some help in the form of two sexy demons, a wayward alpha's son and an angel who is worse than the fallen. The only (tiny) problem? They'd rather kill me than help me get out of here. Welcome to Demon Academy where the new students might do more than just trying to kill you...
  • The Last Aerie by Brian Lumley

    The Last Aerie by Brian Lumley

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Nestor and Nathan Kiklu are the twin sons of Harry Keogh, the Necroscope...
  • Storm by Skye Knizley

    Storm by Skye Knizley

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    On a rainy night in 1971 the cruise ship Crescent Star vanished in the North Atlantic without a trace. No crew, no lifeboats and no wreckage was ever found, in spite of a three-week search. Two days ago, she crashed through and sank a pleasure yacht off the coast of New York, leaving five people dead. The ship has answered no hails and no one appears to be aboard...
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    paranormal  wlw  action-adventure  adult  book  demons  fiction  horror
  • Witch Wood by Melanie Karsak

    Witch Wood by Melanie Karsak

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Harm none, and be ready for zombies.Amelia’s practice of Wicca marks her as a curiosity both at home and at school. Knowing how to see auras, heal, and cast spells comes naturally to her. Only Madame Knightly, the ancient matriarch and owner of Witch Wood Estate, doesn’t seem to mind...
  • The Empath by Jody Klaire

    The Empath by Jody Klaire

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Aeron Lorelei is a young woman with a troubled past and a troubling gift. Blessed and cursed with the ability to sense the feelings, past, and future of those around her, Aeron lived as a misfit child. When she was sixteen, she took the blame for the death of her best friend’s little brother...
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    paranormal  wlw  adult  book  crime  fiction  horror  law-enforcement
  • Raven by Skye Knizley

    Raven by Skye Knizley

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    All Hallows Eve approaches and for once Raven Storm has plans to spend the holiday enjoying a party at Isle of Night with family and friends, something she hasn't done since high school.But someone has other plans and Raven is called to investigate the grisly murder of Monsignor Quinn, a priest left to drown in his own blood...
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    paranormal  wlw  action-adventure  adult  book  demons  fiction  horror
  • Queen by Claire Farrell

    Queen by Claire Farrell

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Three kings. Two queens. One heir. Chaos will rule..
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    paranormal  wlw  adult  book  dark  fae  fiction  horror
  • Awakened: Hidden Series Book Four by M. Lathan

    Awakened: Hidden Series Book Four by M. Lathan

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    After killing the biggest threat to their family and the world, Christine and Nathan are eager to move on with their lives, but Christine is sensing death stronger than she’s ever sensed it before. With Nate constantly threatened with losing himself again and a deranged girl with a motive to kill on the loose, a number of things can drive their happily ever after painfully out of reach...
  • Five Down by Stacia Kane

    Five Down by Stacia Kane

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The Downside Ghosts series has been called "gripping and brilliant," "a must-read," and "one of the best paranormal fantasy series available." Now all four previously published short stories set in this world are collected in one place, plus one new, never-before-seen novella...
  • Death's Awakening by Sarra Cannon

    Death's Awakening by Sarra Cannon

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    An alternative cover edition for this ASIN can be found here. I never dreamed the world would end this way... Sixteen-year-old Parrish Sorrows is nothing special. She lives in the shadow of her prodigy sister, ignored by her parents and shunned as an outsider at her private school.But today, everything changes.Today, on the other side of the country, a portal to another world opens...
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    dystopia  paranormal  book  coming-of-age  dark  death  fiction  horror
  • Shadowstorm by Skye Knizley

    Shadowstorm by Skye Knizley

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    In the spring of 1984, just before his daughter's birth, Detective Mason Storm began an investigation into the ritualistic slaying of seven women, their bodies defiled and left covered in black rose petals. The case ended with Storm suspended. The bizarre murders were left unsolved...
  • Fade by Claire Farrell

    Fade by Claire Farrell

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Cara Kelly should have left the faery realm now that it has a king to rule all, but nothing is that simple. The real king is trapped in the Fade, and Cara’s journey is just beginning. Guilt-ridden by the fact Brendan’s soul was sacrificed for hers, she’s determined not to desert him after his one pure act of goodness...
    Categorized as:
    paranormal  wlw  adult  book  dark  fae  fiction  horror
  • Hades Academy: Second Semester by Abbie Lyons

    Hades Academy: Second Semester by Abbie Lyons

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Welcome back to Hades... So after nearly dying in an attack from Chaos, discovering the truth about Raines, and taking an immense risk to protect him, I’m back for second semester—and just supposed to act like everything’s normal. Except I have a huge secret. And the school’s on probation. Oh, and my hot professor might be trying to kill me...
  • Hades Academy: Third Semester by Abbie Lyons

    Hades Academy: Third Semester by Abbie Lyons

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The third book in the explosive Hades Academy series...When Nova's first year at Hades Academy concluded, everything had changed. But now that she's back on campus, it turns out the changes were just beginning...starting with who she really is...
  • Ventura Hellway by Debra Dunbar

    Ventura Hellway by Debra Dunbar

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Beware the devils who promise miracles.When an old flame asks Eden to help find his younger brother, she initially refuses. Searching for Anton will put her smack in the middle of the Disciples—as well as on the radar of the demon who might own her soul. But a sense of obligation (plus the promised payout), overrides her instincts for self-preservation, and Eden takes the job...
    Categorized as:
    dystopia  paranormal  adult  angels  book  dark  demons  fiction
  • Stormwind by Skye Knizley

    Stormwind by Skye Knizley

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The body of Wade Franks hangs from a gargoyle in Old Town, bathed in the harsh glow of the spring Blood moon. Terrible, bloody wounds cover his body and it’s clear he didn’t give up without a fight. But a fight against who…or what? Detective Raven Storm is assigned to uncover the truth behind Franks’ death, chalking up another ‘unsolvable’ case for the Chicago Police...
  • The Living by Isaac Marion

    The Living by Isaac Marion

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Before he was a flesh-eating corpse, R was something worse. He remembers it all now, a life of greed and apathy more destructive than any virus, and he sees only one path to redemption: he must fight the forces he helped create...
  • Darkness Breaks by Jessica Sorensen

    Darkness Breaks by Jessica Sorensen

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Kayla made her choice and now she has to live with it. She stays with the Day Takers, hiding in the city, staking vampires. But fighting vampires as a human is difficult.Sylas constantly pressures Kayla to choose the life of a Day Taker. But until Kayla knows what Monarch is planning, she can’t make her choice. Plus there’s Aiden. No matter how hard she tries, she can’t stop thinking about him...
  • Necroscope IV: Deadspeak by Brian Lumley

    Necroscope IV: Deadspeak by Brian Lumley

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Brian Lumley's Necroscope novels are one of the horror genre's most towering achievements. They chronicle the adventures of Necroscope, Harry Keogh, his successor, Jake Cutter, and the psychically gifted agents of E-Branch, Britain's super-secret spy organization, and their battles against the malevolent, shape-shifting Wamphyri and their spawn...
  • Deadspawn by Brian Lumley

    Deadspawn by Brian Lumley

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    There's a maniacal murderer on the loose, brutally slaughtering young women with a ferocity that rivals that of vampires Harry Koegh has spent his life combatting. The Necroscope's been asked to solve the crimes...asked by the dead spirits of the madman's victims. Harry cannot turn down a request from the dead...even if it costs him his soul...
  • Immortal War by Justin Somper

    Immortal War by Justin Somper

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    A bloody war is raging across the oceans, with the Pirate Federation and Nocturnals in alliance against the renegade Vampirates, led by Sidorio and Lola...
  • Penance by Debra Dunbar

    Penance by Debra Dunbar

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Uriel has awoken into a nightmare, unable to remember who or what she is. She and eight other women are captives of human traffickers, to be prettied-up and sold to the highest bidder. Besides the guards, there’s a woman, a demon, who is supposed to make each of them gorgeous, and provide a sexually charged atmosphere at the auction.They’ve got five days to escape...
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    paranormal  wlw  adult  angels  audiobook  book  contemporary  dark
  • Deadbeat Dad by J.R. Rain, Rod Kierkegaard Jr.

    Deadbeat Dad by J.R. Rain, Rod Kierkegaard Jr.

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Hard-boiled police detective Richelle Dadd is back. And in a whole world of fresh trouble. Still... well, dead as the result of a Gypsy curse, she must now face life as a single mom...
  • California Demon by Debra Dunbar

    California Demon by Debra Dunbar

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Eden Alvara is a licensed Vulture, picking through the aftermath of violence in demon-plagued LA, and fencing her finds to help support her family. But when a crooked cop reports her for a salvage she didn’t take, all hell breaks loose.Stripped of her license, Eden finds herself with a price on her head...
    Categorized as:
    dystopia  paranormal  adult  alpha-mc  book  dark  demons  female-mc
  • Aether Witch  (Witches of Mountain Shadow) by Tarah Benner

    Aether Witch (Witches of Mountain Shadow) by Tarah Benner

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Premonitions of death. Murder in a small town. A killer is on the loose, and the coven fears it might be one of their own.The Grimes sisters aren’t normal — even by witches’ standards. For weeks, Fiona has been having chilling visions of death, and Eleanor sees restless spirits nearly everywhere she goes...
  • The Raven by Jonathan Janz

    The Raven by Jonathan Janz

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Fearing that mankind is heading toward nuclear extinction, a group of geneticists unleash a plot to save the world. They've discovered that mythological creatures such as werewolves, vampires, witches, and satyrs were once real, and that these monstrous genetic strands are still present in human DNA...
  • Purging Fires by Brandon Hale

    Purging Fires by Brandon Hale

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Sometimes, the only way to get rid of an infestation is to light a fire. A purging fire. There are those who believe the rise of the vampire is nature’s own purging fire, set to rid the world of the infestation known as humanity.The Day Soldiers disagree.Since the Battle of New York a year ago, life has not been easy for the Day Soldiers. They have taken a beating...
  • The Devil You Know by Marie Castle

    The Devil You Know by Marie Castle

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Cate Delacy isn’t thrilled to be volunteered as a finder of lost bodies, but she’s not immune to Gemini Roskov’s grief and righteous desire to claim her father’s remains. It means a confrontation with the hostile Council of Supernatural Beings that controls far too much of New Orleans’ darker mysteries and…personalities...
    Categorized as:
    paranormal  wlw  adult  book  demons  fiction  horror  lesbian-mc
  • Joe by H.D. Gordon

    Joe by H.D. Gordon

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    From the author of The Alexa Montgomery Saga comes a story that will take you into the mind of a genuine psychopath, the lives of six ordinary people, and the world of a very special girl named Joe. Joe is seemingly an ordinary college student. She works, studies and reads. But in between these activities, Joe has a gift that promises to add a dose of color into her life at any given moment...
  • Chasm by Christina Garner

    Chasm by Christina Garner

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Two months have passed since Ember Lyons nearly died killing the powerful Root Demon threatening the Los Angeles Gateway. Physically healed, images of the day still haunt her and she can no longer access the power she once wielded. She can't talk about it with anyone at The Institute--not even her handsome, demon-hunting boyfriend, Taren...
  • Hunting The Snark by Mainak Dhar

    Hunting The Snark by Mainak Dhar

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A thrilling new adventure in the bestselling Alice in Deadland series.It has now been close to two years since Alice followed a bunny eared Biter down a hole, triggering off events that changed her life and that of everyone in the Deadland.The Central Committee has been overthrown in Shanghai and the people of the Mainland freed from its tyranny...
  • Thirst for Vampire by D.S. Murphy

    Thirst for Vampire by D.S. Murphy

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Vampires destroyed my world. Now I'm going to destroy theirs.I took it all for granted. I grew up protected in an elite compound, waiting for the day I'd be claimed by an elite and taken to the citadel of lights to begin my training. But after barely surviving my trials, the king discovers I'm renitent - a rare human that can resist his compulsion...
  • Starling by Robert J. Crane

    Starling by Robert J. Crane

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    WARNING: Due to extremely disturbing content, this book is intended for MATURE READERS ONLY. Midian, Tennessee is a city on the brink of ruin. Coming off a cataclysmic event that has changed the course of the town and revealed the threat to all, no respite comes to the beleaguered people of Midian...
  • Infinite Risk by Ann Aguirre

    Infinite Risk by Ann Aguirre

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    In a world of infinite risk, the stakes have never been so high.Beyond the pull of life and death lies the immortal game. Edie Kramer has leaped back to put things right and save the boy she loves. Alone in the wrong timestream, she must reinvent herself and square off against dangerous creatures determined to win this mortal match once and for all.But righting past wrongs carries fresh dangers...
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