Books like 'The Beast Within'

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  • Knightmare by Shayne Silvers

    Knightmare by Shayne Silvers

    Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Nate Temple must die. Mordred—the bastard son of King Arthur—has returned, and he will stop at nothing to utterly destroy everything his father ever created—burning the Arthurian Legend from the history books for good.He’s already defeated Nate Temple once, corrupting the fabled Knights of the Round Table into darker, nigh-invincible, merciless, killing machines—Knightmares...
  • Godless by Shayne Silvers

    Godless by Shayne Silvers

    Rated: 4.65 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Slaughter is the best medicine. Callie Penrose is back to murder vampires and chew bubblegum. And she’s all out of bubblegum.Callie has had a rough few days. Five minutes after discovering she had a Godfather, she learned that the future of the world depended on the two of them taking an immediate road trip...
  • Legend by Shayne Silvers

    Legend by Shayne Silvers

    Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    NATE TEMPLE HAS HOLES IN HIS SOUL, BOTH IMAGINED AND REAL…And the only way to patch his soul back together is to go back to where it all began. To where he began. To where a Manling was born…To a dangerous boy named Wylde.Because to have any hope at standing against Mordred—to save Camelot and St. Louis alike—he must learn what it means to be a Catalyst...
  • Witches Brew by Shayne Silvers, Cameron O'Connell

    Witches Brew by Shayne Silvers, Cameron O'Connell

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    ***OVER ONE MILLION READERS HAVE BEEN PLEASURED BY THE TEMPLE VERSE NOVELS. NOW IT’S YOUR TURN…*** Fae are missing all over Boston, and apparently, no one else is suicidal enough to look into it. Good thing Quinn MacKenna—black magic arms dealer and Fae half-breed—has been searching for a way to earn back some of Boston’s goodwill after almost destroying the city…twice...
  • Moscow Mule by Shayne Silvers, Cameron O'Connell

    Moscow Mule by Shayne Silvers, Cameron O'Connell

    Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Quinn MacKenna is on the warpath to save her bartender. Bear-tender…whatever.And it might just break Russia.In every person’s life there comes a point where well-meaning people mutter empty Hallmark Card platitudes like “it’s all downhill from here,” or “the only way to go now is up.”For Quinn, black magic arms dealer and potential Fae royalty, that time is now...
  • Salty Dog by Shayne Silvers, Cameron O'Connell

    Salty Dog by Shayne Silvers, Cameron O'Connell

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Abductions rarely go as planned…but this is just ridiculous. Torn from the Faeling Games on the beaches of Scotland, Quinn MacKenna suddenly finds herself doggie-paddling in a turbulent sea of blood with no land in sight.And that’s the highlight of her day so far, because her abductors seem perfectly content to simply leave her in this strange Otherworld...
  • A Time of Torment by John Connolly

    A Time of Torment by John Connolly

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Dangerous and driven private investigator Charlie Parker returns in the latest gripping thriller of internationally bestselling author John Connolly’s series, in which ungodly fears haunt a strange and isolated community.Jerome Burnel was once a hero. He intervened to prevent multiple killings, and in doing so destroyed himself. His life was torn apart. He was imprisoned, brutalized...
  • Darkness Unleashed by McKenzie Hunter

    Darkness Unleashed by McKenzie Hunter

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The Midwest Pack stands together—and they might fall together.We’ve always kept our existence hidden from humans, but when a video of a were-animal in a violent confrontation goes viral, the other denizens take drastic measures to protect themselves from exposure. Alliances are broken and friendships strained as the vampires, witches, and elves all work to protect their own interests...
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    dark  suspense  action-adventure  adult  audiobook  book  fae  fiction
  • False Dawn by Vanessa Nelson

    False Dawn by Vanessa Nelson

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    In the city of Accanter, forgeries can cost lives.Someone is faking the ruler’s currency in her home city. And unless Thea can find out who is doing it, no one will be safe from the Archon’s and the Ageless’ wrath.Thea just wants to do her job. Catch the criminals. Keep the people safe.If only life was that simple...
  • 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...
  • Thirst No. 4: The Shadow of Death by Christopher Pike

    Thirst No. 4: The Shadow of Death by Christopher Pike

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    The conclusion to the phenomenally successful Thirst series follows five-thousand-year-old vampire Alisa Perne as she battles a new race of immortals: the Telar. The Telar are a challenging threat. But Alisa is hungry for blood—and thirsty for revenge...
  • Under the Bones: A Lou Thorne Thriller by Kory M. Shrum

    Under the Bones: A Lou Thorne Thriller by Kory M. Shrum

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Enemies make the best allies. Louie Thorne is good at only one thing. Killing. She knows peace only when she kills and this relentless thirst drives her to hunt the world's worst crime lords. But when her cancer-stricken aunt makes a dying wish, Louie is torn between her own dark nature and a promise made to the only family she has left...
  • The Medici Queen: by Emily Bex

    The Medici Queen: by Emily Bex

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    JR Ward and Christine Feehan fans will become enchanted with this deliciously dark and scandalous series by International Bestselling Author Emily Bex. It's everything vampire romances should be made of!There are new beginnings for the ancient Medici vampire coven.The sexy, powerful King Shade Medici intends to increase his coven and territories to include the U.S...
  • Devil's Dream by Shayne Silvers

    Devil's Dream by Shayne Silvers

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    The greatest trick the First Vampire ever pulled was convincing the world that he didn't exist.Before the now-infamous Count Dracula ever tasted his first drop of blood, Sorin Ambrogio owned the night...and now he's back...
  • Vax Humana by Michael Anderle

    Vax Humana by Michael Anderle

    Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    James was raised by some good men. What would have happened if twisted cultists like the Brotherhood had found him instead of Fathers McCartney and Thomas? It's time to find out more about the Unbelievable Mr. Brownstone.James isn't from Earth or Oriceran. Where he is from has been a question for years...
  • Kill The Willing by Martha Carr, Michael Anderle

    Kill The Willing by Martha Carr, Michael Anderle

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Magic is back on Earth and there’s money to be made. It didn’t take long for Shay Carson to figure out that being a hitman isn’t good for a girl’s retirement plans. Time to fake her own death and get the hell out of town. Start over in L.A. with dream job number two – tomb raider in a world just coming to terms with magic...
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    dark  suspense  action-adventure  aliens  assassins  book  comedy  fae
  • Blood Vengeance by Tessa Dawn

    Blood Vengeance by Tessa Dawn

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Ramsey Olaru is a bona fide bad-ass: a lethal vampire, a seasoned warrior, and a ruthless mercenary in the king’s Sentinel Guard. He’s accustomed to taking what he wants, ramrodding his way through obstacles, and silencing anything—or anyone—who gets in his way...
  • Judgment Has Fallen: A Kurtherian Gambit Series by Justin Sloan, Michael Anderle

    Judgment Has Fallen: A Kurtherian Gambit Series by Justin Sloan, Michael Anderle

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The City Has Changed...But not always for the better. Some love her, some hate her, but the one thing that is causing the city problems is Valerie herself. As a lightening rod, she needs to get out of the public's eye and allow the emotions to cool without her presence.Whether she wants to, or not.Trusting her friends, she drops back to the shadows to deliver the Justice Michael demands...
  • The Order of Brigid's Cross by Terri Reid

    The Order of Brigid's Cross by Terri Reid

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Detective Sean O’Reilly is called in to interrogate a young boy who is the only witness to a massacre during a gang war. The child’s story is too far-fetched for most of the Chicago Police Force to believe – claims of an army of other-worldly creatures who attacked and dismembered the rival gangs. But Sean O’Reilly believes him, because he’s seen them himself...
  • Power Mage 2 by Hondo Jinx

    Power Mage 2 by Hondo Jinx

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    ONE HEROIC ACTION OPENED A GATEWAY TO ULTIMATE POWER. Twenty-four hours later, Brawley is a power mage with two incredible women and one hell of a mission statement. Seven orders. Seven amazing powers. Seven beautiful teachers. Next stop: Miami, where flesh mages party hard in Heaven and Hell, an underground nightclub featuring wild sex and brutal fighting side-by-side...
  • The Tower by J.L. Bryan, Carla Mercer-Meyer

    The Tower by J.L. Bryan, Carla Mercer-Meyer

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Ellie's new case takes her far out of town to a historic but crumbling 19th-century skyscraper in downtown Atlanta. The reclusive, once-prominent family living at the top of the tower are experiencing paranormal disturbances that grow more threatening by the day...
  • Silverfall by McKenzie Hunter

    Silverfall by McKenzie Hunter

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    A spell revealed I was marked by the raven. Now what?Well, I already know day drinking isn’t the answer. And Mephisto, with his increasing interest in me and my magic, isn’t either. But what is?The secrets behind the mark keep unfolding, revealing that I’m more dangerous than anyone ever suspected and that I’m the only person preventing the demise of several powerful and dangerous magical beings...
    Categorized as:
    dark  suspense  action-adventure  adult  book  dragons  fae  female-mc
  • As Shadows Fade by Colleen Gleason

    As Shadows Fade by Colleen Gleason

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Vampires have met their match with Victoria Gardella, but now the huntress faces an even greater evil as London is besieged by malevolent entities no mortal was ever meant to encounter... Directly descended from the very first vampire hunter in the Gardella family, Victoria knows she must continue the lineage so humanity will have protectors against the undead...
  • Darkness Revealed by McKenzie Hunter, A.J. Connor

    Darkness Revealed by McKenzie Hunter, A.J. Connor

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    We’ve secretly lived among the humans for centuries. Anonymity is our weapon of choice. But that’s about to change.An altercation between were-animals was caught on video and went viral. Now a vital member of our pack is sitting in jail and if I can’t get him out before he shifts during the full moon, then our existence will be discovered...
  • The Bonds of Blood by Becca Andre

    The Bonds of Blood by Becca Andre

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Born without a heartbeat or a soul, James Huntsman has never felt part of the mortal world. It’s an insecurity his abusive brothers reinforced daily, and with his very existence bound to theirs through the alchemically altered blood they share, James has always been at their mercy. All that changed when James found a home within the magical community and fell in love...
    Categorized as:
    dark  suspense  action-adventure  adult  book  demons  fiction  ghosts
  • Unleashed Magic: A Wizard in Bremen Part 2 by Steve Higgs

    Unleashed Magic: A Wizard in Bremen Part 2 by Steve Higgs

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    No one knows about them. No one is ready. The false gods are coming. In seven days, I have to surrender myself to a demon. That was what I agreed to. That was the price to rescue a teenage girl. What would you do with your last week? My plan to drink good whisky and relax got shot to hell within hours when the police, who hate me by the way, begged for my help...
  • Time Shift: Kitsune and Shaman novel by J.L. Weil

    Time Shift: Kitsune and Shaman novel by J.L. Weil

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    She must leave her life behind to keep those she loves safe. Like most sane people, Karina Lang believed the idea of another world was only a thing in the movies. So not true. The Second Moon is full of inconceivable people, including herself. She is a Kitsune...
  • Sin by Faith Gibson

    Sin by Faith Gibson

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Sinclair Stone is the leader of the Stone Society's West Coast Clan. He is the King’s brother and also his right hand. Over the centuries, Sin has shared his bed with males and females alike. He has loved human women, even taking a few as wives, thinking he would never find a mate. Watching his brothers find their mates is bittersweet until Sin is knocked to his knees. Literally...
  • Sinister: Unsanctified by John P. Logsdon

    Sinister: Unsanctified by John P. Logsdon

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    There's true power in binding. Too bad it's super weird...Evangeline's goal of surviving long enough to reclaim House Sinister is getting tougher every day, but the teachings given to her by Garrick forces her to take risks she would otherwise avoid.The Black Ops Paranormal Police Department has learned that Salem is in charge of the local mob, and they've been tasked with assassinating him...
  • Entangled by J.L. Weil

    Entangled by J.L. Weil

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    There are no visions of sugarplums dancing. Charlotte used to dream of love. Now she only dreams of freedom and the boy she is convinced would never betray or abandon her. They lie. They all lie. Or do they? Within the white walls of Diamond Towers, Charlotte sees the post-apocalyptic realm known as the Heights in a new light...
  • Dark Curse by Kim Richardson

    Dark Curse by Kim Richardson

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    It's important to stay busy in my line of work, and fresh challenges keep me on my toes. I just didn't expect it to happen so soon. Okay, so I accepted the archdemon Lucian's gift in the hopes that it would make me invincible-big mistake. A darkness rises in me that I can't control. It seduces me, offering me the power to make things right again, all the while consuming little pieces of my soul...
  • Shadow Kissed by Veronica Douglas

    Shadow Kissed by Veronica Douglas

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I released the Dark Wolf God. Now he’s using me.Last week, I defeated a monster hellbent on killing us all. I thought I was stopping a prophecy, but it turns out, the dark omens were about me all along.Now I’m destined to steal the souls of the pack—my pack—and help the Dark God bring destruction down on the world...
    Categorized as:
    dark  suspense  action-adventure  adult  book  fiction  ghosts  horror
  • New York Night by Stephen Leather, Paul Thornley

    New York Night by Stephen Leather, Paul Thornley

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Teenagers are being possessed and turning into sadistic murderers. Priests can't help, nor can psychiatrists. So who is behind the demonic possessions? Jack Nightingale is called in to investigate, and finds his own soul is on the line...
  • Redeeming Angel by J.L. Weil

    Redeeming Angel by J.L. Weil

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The war between Hell and Earth is about to commence. But first, Chase must save the girl he loves. Hell should have killed Chase Winters when it had the chance. Now, it’s too late. He is coming for them—all of them. And he won’t stop until he gets what he wants. Angel. Chase will be damned before he lets Hell take the only thing that matters in his life...
  • Rogue Fae by C.N. Crawford

    Rogue Fae by C.N. Crawford

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    After venturing into the underworld, I have some badass goddess powers. In fact, I used them to rid the earth of the angelic scourge. Only problem is, the gods I stole the magic from are kind of pissed. They keep trying to kill me when I summon their power. Worse, the angels are back on earth, harder to kill than ever...
    Categorized as:
    dark  suspense  action-adventure  adult  angels  book  demons  dragons
  • Shadows in the Water by Kory M. Shrum

    Shadows in the Water by Kory M. Shrum

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Meet Louie Thorne. They didn't kill her — and they'll soon regret it.When DEA agent Jack Thorne's house is stormed by vengeful drug lords, both he and his wife are shot dead. Only his daughter Louie survives — by using a terrifying power that defies reason.Piecing together a life in his absence, Louie embraces her gift and her rage under the force of a single need: revenge...
  • The Lovers by John Connolly

    The Lovers by John Connolly

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Charlie Parker is a lost soul. Deprived of his private investigator's license and under scrutiny by the police, Parker takes a job in a Portland bar. But he uses his enforced retirement to begin a different kind of investigation: an examination of his own past and an inquiry into the death of his father, who took his own life after apparently shooting dead two unarmed teenagers...
  • The Raptor & the Wren by Chuck Wendig

    The Raptor & the Wren by Chuck Wendig

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Official Amazon description:In the fifth book of the “wildly entertaining” (Kirkus Reviews) Miriam Black series, Miriam continues her journey to find answers on how to change her fate and begin to make right some of what she’s done wrong...
  • King's Crusade by A.D. Starrling

    King's Crusade by A.D. Starrling

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The exciting, action-packed follow-up to Soul Meaning and the second installment in the award-winning thriller series Seventeen. The perfect immortal warrior. A set of stolen, priceless artifacts. An ancient sect determined to bring about the downfall of human civilization...
  • Concealed by Vanessa Nelson

    Concealed by Vanessa Nelson

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A fragile peace, a suspicious death, and secrets that could destroy everyone. Oath-bound to the arrogant Erith in exchange for her life, Arrow's freedom is days away when they set her one last task; investigate the death of a high-ranking shape-changer, one of their old enemies. The shape-changers suspect the Erith of murder and Arrow nearly becomes the first victim in a new war between races...
    Categorized as:
    dark  suspense  action-adventure  adult  alpha-mc  book  demons  fae
  • Blood Legacy by C.J. Ellisson

    Blood Legacy by C.J. Ellisson

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Despite 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...
    Categorized as:
    dark  suspense  action-adventure  adult  book  fiction  horror  mystery
  • Venom Scourge by John P. Logsdon, Lorelei Logsdon

    Venom Scourge by John P. Logsdon, Lorelei Logsdon

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    She's a living search warrant... Wren Cooper is a white witch who lost her position in the guild because she couldn't control herself. She was born with the unique ability to fade into Shadow, cloaking herself. This was fine, except for the fact that it trained her to be a major adrenaline junkie...
    Categorized as:
    dark  action-adventure  adult  book  comedy  female-mc  fiction  horror
  • The Change by T.W. Piperbrook

    The Change by T.W. Piperbrook

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Survival is just the beginning...Having escaped the hospital, Tom must face a new enemy: himself. New questions arise as he travels through the white wasteland...
  • The Final Formula Collection by Becca Andre

    The Final Formula Collection by Becca Andre

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When magic returned almost two decades ago, it found a modern world rooted in science, and those beliefs colored the way new abilities manifested. This New Magic is in sharp contrast to Old Magic, which has always been around, hiding in the dark and forgotten places. Addie isn’t magical, but she can wield power with the best of them...
  • Obscured by J. Kearston

    Obscured by J. Kearston

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The journey through the Underworld is brutal and unforgiving. Nightmares come to life, taking everything that I thought I knew and tearing it apart. Destroy or be destroyed...
    Categorized as:
    dark  suspense  action-adventure  adult  angels  book  demons  fae
  • Night's Favor by Richard Parry

    Night's Favor by Richard Parry

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Bad hangovers don’t usually come with a pile of bodies.Valentine surfaces after a drunken night to find drug megacorp Biomne has unleashed hired guns to bring Val in: no questions, and no witnesses. A criminally insane Russian's also hungering at his heels. Could one ravening sociopath be worse than an army?Val's newfound strength and speed might not be enough to save him...
  • Elixir by Jordan Castillo Price

    Elixir by Jordan Castillo Price

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Wild 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...
  • Thicker Than Blood by Shalini Boland

    Thicker Than Blood by Shalini Boland

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Chilling and fast-paced, Thicker Than Blood is the supernatural sequel to Hidden. It combines passion and drama with a historical twist.Aelia lives in 6th century Byzantium. She is sixteen years old and her life is about to change forever. She doesn't yet know it, but she holds the fate of thousands in her hands and her actions will echo across the centuries...
  • Sinister: Uncherished by John P. Logsdon, Christopher P. Young

    Sinister: Uncherished by John P. Logsdon, Christopher P. Young

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    And then that happened... Evangeline had finally gotten her team running perfectly. Yes, they are members of the Black Ops Paranormal Police Department, which means they are technically the team of the Directors, but that isn't how it works internally. Even the Directors are bowing to her decisions now...mostly. That's what happens when a hellion begins to grow. She takes over...
  • 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...
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