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  • Carnage by Shayne Silvers

    Carnage by Shayne Silvers

    Rated: 4.74 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    The gods never should have opened Pandora's Box...Nate Temple has been abducted by Zeus and is thrown into the middle of an Olympian family feud that could very well kick off the Omega War all by itself.There is one weapon that Zeus believes will turn the tide. Pandora's Box. But his neglect left it on earth for far too long, and Pandora has found a new master to serve. Nate Temple...
  • 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...
  • Brimstone Kiss by Shayne Silvers, Cameron O'Connell

    Brimstone Kiss by Shayne Silvers, Cameron O'Connell

    Rated: 4.65 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    No one told Quinn there was a cover charge to enter Hell - or that Valhalla didn't allow bar tabs.Thanks to a witchy homebrew, Quinn MacKenna—part-time goddess, full-time troublemaker—has slipped past death’s door to rekindle an old flame and snuff out an old friend...
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    dark  paranormal  urban  adult  audiobook  book  coming-of-age  fiction
  • The Lodge by J.L. Bryan

    The Lodge by J.L. Bryan

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    More than a century ago, the Sea Islands of Georgia's coastline were the playground of the ultra-wealthy. Carnegies, Morgans, Rockefellers and other aristocrats of the Industrial Age built luxurious southern beach retreats on islands like Cumberland and Jekyll to escape the icy winters of New York...
  • Crowbones by Anne Bishop

    Crowbones by Anne Bishop

    Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    In this engrossing and gripping fantasy set in the world of the New York Times bestselling Others series, an inn owner and her friends must find a killer-before it's too late...
  • 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...
  • Silence: Part Two of Echoes & Silence by Angela M. Hudson, Angela M. Hudson

    Silence: Part Two of Echoes & Silence by Angela M. Hudson, Angela M. Hudson

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Completed Series They fought this hard for love. Now, they must fight for their child. The final book in the epic vampire series Dark Secrets...
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    dark  paranormal  suspense  adult  book  fiction  horror  new-adult
  • 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...
  • Rejected Gambit by Avery Stone

    Rejected Gambit by Avery Stone

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    He stares into your eyes with nothing but hate, forced to acknowledge the truth of your brilliant strategy. Your first move puts you in the lead, but will you achieve checkmate?Being appointed leader of the Grandmasters should be another check in your column of wins, but instead, the news triggers something dangerous, because those who surround you want nothing but bloodshed...
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    dark  dystopia  paranormal  suspense  adult  alpha-mc  book  female-mc
  • Dawn and Quartered by Hunter Blain

    Dawn and Quartered by Hunter Blain

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Revenge is mine, so saith the John. After more than 500 years, Commander Godwin is dead and John’s family is finally avenged. Of course, actions have consequences and now those consequences demand payment from debt collectors in the form of demons below, and now, angels above. Great. Super. Could things possibly get any worse? Funny you should ask; yes, yes they can...
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    dark  paranormal  suspense  urban  adult  angels  audiobook  book
  • The Necromancer's Library by J.L. Bryan

    The Necromancer's Library by J.L. Bryan

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The antebellum mansion sits isolated in the overgrown countryside like a forgotten temple. Within it lie the dark, twisting paths of a private library possessing secrets from across the ages. The collection of ancient and medieval occult manuscripts tell of conjuring spirits and raising the dead, of making contact with supernatural realms and beings usually forbidden to living mortals...
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    dark  paranormal  suspense  adult  book  fiction  ghosts  hauntings
  • Divine Hunter by C.N. Crawford

    Divine Hunter by C.N. Crawford

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    All’s fair in love and magic. Rosalind is preparing for all-out war with Drew, who wields gods-magic with terrifying skill. But now Rosalind is learning to harness gods-magic, too. When she next encounters her cousin, she wants to destroy him completely. Unfortunately for her, Drew launches a surprise attack on the vampire city...
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    dark  paranormal  suspense  urban  book  demons  fiction  gods
  • Sinister: Unsacred by John P. Logsdon

    Sinister: Unsacred by John P. Logsdon

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Turns out that mind-control drugs really suck... It was bad enough for Evangeline to spend a year running for her life. Now, she was stuck between the Houses who were hunting for her, the hellion-run mob, and an army of normals who are on a power-drug. Oh, and let's not forget the team of Directors controlling the Black Ops Paranormal Police Department..
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    dark  paranormal  suspense  urban  adult  audiobook  book  comedy
  • 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...
  • Devil's Bargain by R.L. King

    Devil's Bargain by R.L. King

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    “A witch wants my baby!” Tamara Huntley is as mundane as they come. A suburban mom with two young children, her life revolves around her family, her job, and the comforts of home. So when her estranged, wild-child sister comes to her, begging for help and claiming a witch murdered her husband and wants to steal her baby daughter in payment for a long-ago oath, Tamara thinks she’s gone crazy...
  • 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...
  • Legion by Robert J. Crane

    Legion by Robert J. Crane

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Midian, Tennessee is under siege. Demons prowl the streets and the underworld is rising, bent on consuming every living thing in the town. The only thing that keeps them back is the Watch; a group of citizens that are dedicated to holding the line against the darkness. They've faced every kind of physical threat imaginable and come out victorious...
  • This time it's Personnel by Heide Goody, Iain Grant

    This time it's Personnel by Heide Goody, Iain Grant

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The Venislarn. Vastly intelligent aliens from another dimension or dribbling insane gods from a distant realm? It’s impossible to tell. What’s certain is that they’re here and they’re going to destroy our world...
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    dark  dystopia  paranormal  urban  adult  anti-hero  audiobook  book
  • The Curse of Dark Root: Part One by April Aasheim

    The Curse of Dark Root: Part One by April Aasheim

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I inspected the small glass orb in my hand and read the words engraved upon its mantle: Dark Root, Oregon, 1968. "Jillian, there's nothing inside," I said, shaking the globe.“You must view it before you go to sleep. The memory it contains will come to you in your dreams.” “What will I see?” I asked, staring deep into the crystal ball.“Secrets, Maggie. Secrets that should have come out long ago...
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    dark  paranormal  urban  adult  book  fiction  ghosts  horror
  • 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...
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    paranormal  suspense  urban  dark  fantasy  mystery  horror  fiction
  • 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...
  • Lethal Engagement by Teyla Branton

    Lethal Engagement by Teyla Branton

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Guard, Protect, and Above All, Stay Alive Please note that this story from Mari's point-of-view. Two months after the announcement that rocked the entire world, Mari Jorgenson is going undercover to protect the man who has become the face of the Unbounded...
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    dark  paranormal  urban  adult  alpha-mc  book  female-mc  fiction
  • Witch Gone Viral by Sami Valentine

    Witch Gone Viral by Sami Valentine

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    She saved a city, now she's on trial. Balancing supernatural politics, dating her sexy vampire coworker, and training for the hunter's challenge, Red thought she had figured out life as an intern monster slayer in Los Angeles. Until she receives a tribunal summons from the Blood Alliance. The crime was breaking the Dark Veil, the punishment was death...
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    dark  paranormal  suspense  adult  book  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...
  • Andy's Diary by Tim O'Rourke

    Andy's Diary by Tim O'Rourke

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    In his confession, Ben McCloud told Detective Chief Inspector John Walker about the four murders that took place at Black Hill Farm. But what about the others? There are two sides to every story and this is Andy’s. 'Andy's Diary' the second book in the paranormal romance series: ‘Black Hill Farm’. For young adults aged 16 years and over...
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    dark  paranormal  suspense  book  crime  fiction  ghosts  horror
  • 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...
  • High Stakes by Izzy Shows

    High Stakes by Izzy Shows

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    It’s just not life if no one’s trying to kill you. I never meant to end up in the middle of a vampire rebellion. But when vampire’s are running amuck in London and the Baron is refusing to do anything about it, I can’t exactly ignore the problem. It was bad enough when the Baron wouldn’t help, but now he’s blackmailing me into doing all the dirty work for him...
    Categorized as:
    dark  paranormal  suspense  urban  adult  angels  book  demons
  • 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...
  • London Growl by John P. Logsdon, Christopher P. Young

    London Growl by John P. Logsdon, Christopher P. Young

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    London Bridges Falling Down...and werewolves, too!Power, struggle, and misery fill the Netherworld factions living in London. Their history is vast and their connections are made of steel. In particular, the werewolves have built up a stronghold that has stood the test of time...
    Categorized as:
    dark  paranormal  suspense  urban  adult  book  comedy  contemporary
  • Sinners on Sunset by Debra Dunbar

    Sinners on Sunset by Debra Dunbar

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The tax demons want their pound of flesh. Or fifty-two thousand dollars.Unable to pay what she owes, Eden is forced to fight a never-ending stream of bounty hunters while she tries to clear her name and find the cop who set her up...
    Categorized as:
    dark  paranormal  urban  adult  book  demons  fiction  horror
  • 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:
    dark  dystopia  paranormal  urban  adult  angels  book  demons
  • 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...
  • Crescent Moon by James Fahy

    Crescent Moon by James Fahy

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    What do you do when your world is turned upside down?When you discover your father had a direct hand in the genocide of much of the world’s human population?Phoebe Harkness’ life has changed forever. Thirty years after a cataclysmic world war that eviscerated one third of the human population, a new sub-species of vampire-like drones has set its teeth to the survivors of humanity...
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    dark  dystopia  paranormal  suspense  adult  audiobook  book  fiction
  • The Minority Council by Kate Griffin

    The Minority Council by Kate Griffin

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Matthew Swift, sorcerer, Midnight Mayor, is in charge. Or so he'd like to think. London, being London, is having its issues. Drug use is rampant. Teenage vandalism is driving away business. Violent crimes are on the rise. Once upon a time, Matthew Swift wouldn't have cared. Now it's his mess to clean up...
  • Recombinant by Shannon Mayer, Denise Grover Swank

    Recombinant by Shannon Mayer, Denise Grover Swank

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    From NYT and USAT bestselling authors Denise Grover Swank and Shannon Mayer comes a new twist on the world of vampires . . .In the city that never sleeps, nightmares live in the darkness . . .A series of grisly murders begin to pile up in New York City, murders that have no rhyme or reason and no leads. Unless one chooses to believe that the supernatural is possible...
  • Thunderbird by Chuck Wendig

    Thunderbird by Chuck Wendig

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    In the fourth installment of the Miriam Black series, Miriam heads to the southwest in search of another psychic who may be able to help her understand her curse, but instead finds a cult of domestic terrorists and the worst vision of death she’s had yet. Miriam Black is being developed as a TV series by Starz with the producers of Breaking Bad...
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    dark  paranormal  suspense  urban  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary
  • 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...
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    dark  dystopia  paranormal  urban  adult  alpha-mc  book  demons
  • Swarm of Fire by John P. Logsdon, Christopher P. Young

    Swarm of Fire by John P. Logsdon, Christopher P. Young

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    This pixie's got nothing on Tinkerbell... A foul-mouthed pixie has hit the streets in Vegas to stir up trouble. He's tiny, angry, and full of magic dust. His primary goal is to wreak as much havoc as possible on the tourists and casinos.Ian Dex and the crew of the Las Vegas PPD have to track down the little bastard and stop him...
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    dark  paranormal  suspense  urban  adult  audiobook  book  comedy
  • Black Hill Farm by Tim O'Rourke

    Black Hill Farm by Tim O'Rourke

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When sixteen year-old Ben McCloud moves to Black Hill Farm, he soon falls in love with the mysterious and seductive Andrea Black.Finding themselves alone on this remote farm and desperate to stay together, Ben and Andrea’s world spirals out of control. As they fight for survival, every step they take leads them into an ever darker world of forbidden love and despair...
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    dark  paranormal  suspense  audiobook  book  crime  fiction  ghosts
  • Demon Dawn by William Massa

    Demon Dawn by William Massa

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Over the years, I’ve racked up a pretty interesting resume. Monster Hunter. Demon Slayer. Paranormal Investigator. Now I’m about to add "thief" to the list. The mastermind behind this high-risk heist is Vincent Taske, a billionaire dying of cancer. A man desperate to cheat death no matter what the cost. His plan? Break into the Hagen Bank...
  • Reluctant Adept by Katherine Bayless

    Reluctant Adept by Katherine Bayless

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    SOON, THE GATES WILL OPEN.It began with a serial killer's horrific crimes, but Lire Devon could never have imagined the forces those murders would set in motion. No longer a simple clairvoyant with a love for antiques and their hidden secrets, Lire finds herself thrust into a conflict that has raged between worlds for as long as magic has existed...
    Categorized as:
    dark  paranormal  urban  adult  book  fairy-tale  female-mc  fiction
  • Broken Home by Glenn Bullion

    Broken Home by Glenn Bullion

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Even a demon has a beginning.The year is 1973. Janet Fields is living the stereotypical American Dream. She has a loving husband, two wonderful daughters, and a beautiful home away from the hustle of city life. Life couldn’t be any better.That changed the day the stranger invaded her home, and tore apart not only everything Janet knew about her life, but also the world around her...
  • 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...
  • Taste of Vampire by D.S. Murphy

    Taste of Vampire by D.S. Murphy

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A vampire prince. A beautiful rebel. A love that could topple the kingdom. The covenant protects both races. Without the elite, the infection from the poisonous ash would turn us into monsters. Without the humans, the bloodlust from the elixir would drive the elite mad. I've always been a loyal citizen. I've always believed the lies they tell us...
    Categorized as:
    dark  dystopia  paranormal  suspense  book  fiction  horror  myths
  • Deep State by Christopher Farnsworth

    Deep State by Christopher Farnsworth

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    It’s been four years since a new president ascended to the White House. Zach Barrows has not seen Nathaniel Cade, the President’s Vampire, since being fired from his position as Cade’s handler and sent to a small, cramped office in a government building in Nebraska.Once, he and Cade fought a shadow war against the monsters, spies, and demons that threatened the United States...
  • The Threshold by R.L. King

    The Threshold by R.L. King

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Evil Enters Through Darkest DoorwaysIt's been less than a month since Alastair Stone discovered a monstrous supernatural conspiracy to take over our world one mind at a time.The battle in San Francisco struck a major blow—but it didn't eliminate the threat.Not even close...
  • Survival of the Fattest by Johnny B. Truant

    Survival of the Fattest by Johnny B. Truant

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Missed Books 1-5?++++++++++++++++++++The "Fat Vampire Value Meal" contains books 1-4 in the Fat Vampire series at a 33% discount. Get it here: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view...Book #5 is here: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view..
    Categorized as:
    paranormal  suspense  urban  adult  apocalyptic  book  comedy  fiction
  • Deadly Hearts by S.M. Reine

    Deadly Hearts by S.M. Reine

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Dead divorcees. Demonic possession. Elise Kavanagh stabbing things and...baking cookies? It's just another bloody Valentine's Day in the life of a demon hunter and her witchy partner.This is a short story about the length of two chapters in my other books (9000 words), which takes place before the events of Death's Hand...
    Categorized as:
    dark  dystopia  paranormal  urban  adult  book  demons  fiction
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