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  • My Salvation by Alanea Alder

    My Salvation by Alanea Alder

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Priest Vi’Aerdan wants nothing more than for his mate to be safe, but nightmares plague him with images of her being torn to shreds. Despite consulting Meryn, his anxiety persists. He remembers the helplessness associated with his failure to help his unit brothers when they were trapped in the caves of Noctem Falls...
  • The Quarter Moon by Stephanie Hudson

    The Quarter Moon by Stephanie Hudson

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    With Keira finding death on her door she is suddenly plunged into a world of the unknown and has to face it alone…or does she? Soon this new life is filled with heartache, shadowed followers and cryptic messages, that only promise to lead her deeper into world of the supernatural like never before. For Keira, even taking a breath without the other half of her soul is painful enough...
  • Sleeper by Lexi Blake

    Sleeper by Lexi Blake

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    When Neil’s past catches up to him, Kelsey must choose between her new family and an old love…With tensions rising between the Council and demonkind, Kelsey finds herself investigating a series of murders that threaten the fragile truce between them. If she can’t stop these killings soon, they could ignite a fire sure to burn the supernatural world down...
  • Tainted Blood by K.N. Banet

    Tainted Blood by K.N. Banet

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I’m Everly Abbott, and I work for one of the most dangerous vampires in the world.He’s known as Alexius, the Hunter and he’s also one of the oldest.We’ve been invited to a gathering of ancients like him, and we can’t pass on this opportunity...
  • Addict by Lexi Blake

    Addict by Lexi Blake

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    In order to destroy a legendary monster and save the royal family, Kelsey must make a deal with a devil…When Kelsey Owens returns home to Dallas, she is a changed woman. After months of training with Marcus Vorenus , she has more control over her abilities. She’s ready to start her new job, even if it means dealing with the King of All Vampire and his partner, Devinshea Quinn...
  • Revolution: 4 by Randi Cooley Wilson

    Revolution: 4 by Randi Cooley Wilson

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    A King RisesA Fate SealsRealms FallEve Collins has set in motion a chain of events that could destroy everything she’s ever loved. Surrounded by dangerous creatures, dark worlds, and the struggle to become who she was meant to be, Eve must complete her ascension and accept her destiny.War has begun. Losing is not an option...
  • A Ghost and a Hard Place by Elle Adams

    A Ghost and a Hard Place by Elle Adams

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Welcome to Hawkwood Hollow, where the dead outnumber the living.Maura is settling into her new life. She's working at the local inn, helping Carey hunt for ghosts in her free time, and she even has a date with the local detective.But she's always feared her past would catch up to her, and it turns out she has a good reason to worry when a new Reaper shows up in town...
  • Jake by Kym Grosso

    Jake by Kym Grosso

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Rise to AlphaWith Alpha blood coursing through his veins, charismatic wolf Jake Louvière, can no longer deny his true nature. As his beast demands his rightful place within Acadian Wolves, he’s forced to choose between killing his Alpha or leaving New Orleans forever. When a mysterious woman trespasses into the bayou, Jake is instinctively wary of the creature that is not wolf...
  • A Hunger So Wild by Sylvia Day

    A Hunger So Wild by Sylvia Day

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    The New York Times bestselling author of Bared to You, Sylvia Day, draws us into the shadows of a seductive underworld where lycans, vampires and angels vie for supremacy…Elijah Reynolds is the most dominant of lycans, a rare Alpha whose skill on the hunt is surpassed only by his primal sexuality...
  • Beyond the Darkness by Alexandra Ivy

    Beyond the Darkness by Alexandra Ivy

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    He Would Do Anything to Claim HerSalvatore Giuliani is not a happy werewolf. It's his duty as leader to track down the pure-blood females who can keep his people from extinction. But the moment he catches scent of Harley, a pure-blood held by a pack of mangy curs, his savage need for her obliterates all other instincts...
  • Possession on the First by Viola Grace

    Possession on the First by Viola Grace

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A new job selling the most haunted property in town leads to a possession, then another, and finally, it is time to put the hammer down.Hannah has always stuck out in her family. The carrier of a recessive skin tone, she knows a little magic, knows a lot about construction, and is happy to have found a new career to focus on, just like everyone else in the family...
  • Demons by Esther E. Schmidt

    Demons by Esther E. Schmidt

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Held captive by the same Demon who took her sister, Tria doesn’t have any other option than to agree to Vike’s terms; accept him as her true mate in return for her sister’s freedom. But her sister might have stumbled onto something else to save herself. As the president of The Demon charter, Vike has been fighting a battle to save his brother and the world all by himself...
  • The Finding by Nicky Charles

    The Finding by Nicky Charles

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    She discovered a dark secret, witnessed a murder and fled into the night fearing for her life. Three years later, Cassie is still hiding from her past, haunted by a dream lover and fighting to control a terrifying beast that seems to grow stronger each day. When Bryan, pack Beta, appears to claim her, Cassie is forced to face the truth of her existence...
  • Bonded by Nicky Charles

    Bonded by Nicky Charles

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Reno’s a tough Enforcer for Lycan Link who finds himself drawn to Brandi but duty rules his life. Brandi, just on the edge of starting her career as a Disaster Control officer, falls for Reno at first sight, but are they really meant to be? Is it love or lust and does it really even matter? Enforcers and DCs don't get along...unless fate forces them to. Bonded precedes The Mating...
  • Lover Unveiled by J.R. Ward

    Lover Unveiled by J.R. Ward

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    Meet Sahvage: a powerful MMA fighter with a buried secret that could change the world of Caldwell forever... Sahvage has been living under the radar for centuries-and he has every intention of staying 'dead and buried.' But when a civilian female sucks him into her dangerous battle with an evil as ancient as time, his protective side overrides his common sense...
  • Nephilim the Summoning by Elizabeth Blackthorne

    Nephilim the Summoning by Elizabeth Blackthorne

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A creature born of darkness and sin. I am Nephilim. The discovery of what I am has left me reeling, but it has also left me with some amazing powers, a gorgeous pair of black wings and four hot guys in my bed. You’ve got to look on the bright side...
  • Midnight by Terry Bolryder

    Midnight by Terry Bolryder

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Nathan Lancaster. Elusive billionaire. World-wide philanthropist. Monster.From the moment he was born, Nathan knew he couldn't let anyone know who, or what, he was, but that hasn't stopped him from trying to make his way in the world. And he's fine alone, seriously. Until a curvy, persistent reporter steps up and turns his whole world upside down...
  • Fighting Fate by Carrie Ann Ryan

    Fighting Fate by Carrie Ann Ryan

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    With her blue-black hair and striking green eyes, Cailin Jamenson is the epitome of beauty and the exemplar of strength. She has fought the enforced boundaries of being the lone Jamenson daughter and Redwood Pack princess, but it is the potential future with the dark wolf in her path that threatens everything she thought she desired...
  • Semi-Human by Isabel Jordan

    Semi-Human by Isabel Jordan

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Harper Hall finally has everything she ever wanted. Thriving paranormal PI business? Check. At least some control over her psychic ability? Check. Smokin’ hot ex-slayer fiancé? Check...
  • The Shadow by Sylvain Reynard

    The Shadow by Sylvain Reynard

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    From the New York Times bestselling author of the Gabriel trilogy comes the hotly anticipated follow-up to The Raven, a sensual novel set in Florence featuring the dangerously intoxicating coupling of Raven and William…Raven Wood’s vampyre prince has returned, pledging his love and promising justice for every wrong done to her...
  • Waterlocked: An Elemental World Novella by Elizabeth Hunter

    Waterlocked: An Elemental World Novella by Elizabeth Hunter

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Librarian's Note: this is an alternate cover edition - ISBN 13: 97813011361863"wa-ter-lockedadjectiveDefinition: enclosed entirely, or almost entirely, by waterExample: What happens when the water vampire you’ve promised yourself to actually wants you to go through with the wedding? For Gemma Melcombe, her engagement to Terrance Ramsay was a political maneuver...
  • The Unseen by Thea Harrison

    The Unseen by Thea Harrison

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    **THIS STORY ENDS IN A CLIFFHANGER***Saying goodbye to their old life in the Wyr demesne in New York may be hard, but Dragos and Pia are determined to create a new life in the Other land of Rhyacia.At first, everything seems idyllic. Rhyacia is paradisiacal. Accompanied by old friends and new allies, the future looks safe and bright for Dragos, Pia, and baby Niall...
  • Midnight's Master by Cynthia Eden

    Midnight's Master by Cynthia Eden

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    In a world of shadows, desire conquers all…Tall, dark, and formidable, Niol Lapen is the last demon on earth most people would ask for a favor, yet the sexy little reporter who wanders into his club dares to do exactly that. Holly Storm already knows too much about his kind, and Niol has no wish to help her get in deeper over her head...
  • Darkness Unleashed by Alexandra Ivy

    Darkness Unleashed by Alexandra Ivy

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    The Guardians of Eternity are vampire warriors without equal, bound by their loyalties and sworn to protect their charges from every danger. . .except those posed by their own hungry desires. . .A scarred recluse, Jagr makes no secret of his disdain for others' company. But now, as a member of Chicago's powerful vampire clan, he has certain obligations to fulfill...
  • Stroke of Midnight by Sherrilyn Kenyon, Amanda Ashley

    Stroke of Midnight by Sherrilyn Kenyon, Amanda Ashley

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    In an unseen world that lurks in the shadows, they roam the night--feral, passionate, and dangerous. And when their world touches ours, a primitive desire takes hold, leaving mere mortals powerless in its wake...Four of romance's most intriguing authors have come together to create a mesmerizing anthology--unforgettable tales of vampires, shapeshifters, and werewolves...
  • The Alpha's Fight by Michelle Fox

    The Alpha's Fight by Michelle Fox

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When you've lost your wolf, how do you get it back?'Jane Doe' has no idea who she is or why she wakes up in a...nursing home? Full of shifters? She may not be old, but they say she is a shifter—only her wolf is MIA and she's in some kind of trouble she can't remember to boot. And there's this guy, Ryder. Something about him that makes her tingle in all the right places...
  • Djinn Justice by Jenny Schwartz

    Djinn Justice by Jenny Schwartz

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    An Ancient Egyptian spell opens the door to a soul-sucking evil. Fay Olwen is still adjusting to life as one of a couple. She never expected to have a sexy leopard-were cuddling her at midnight in his huge bed in his gorgeous villa on the Mediterranean island of Cyprus. But here she is, in love and in luck--finally! There's not a demon in sight...
  • Pranic, Pregnant, and Petrified (The Montgomery Chronicles) by Karen Ranney

    Pranic, Pregnant, and Petrified (The Montgomery Chronicles) by Karen Ranney

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    In the third book of the Montgomery Chronicles trilogy, the witches have almost gotten to the point of claiming Marcie Montgomery, at least since the Witch Test. If Janet Travis has anything to do with it, however, Marcie would be banished to the next universe before being publicly acknowledged as a Super Duper Witch...
  • Passion Punched King by Lisa Oliver

    Passion Punched King by Lisa Oliver

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    King Zagan, Commander of the legions of the damned and one of the higher echelon in the Underworld, never fancied a mate. Demons weren't that way inclined. But when Botis met the Archangel Raziel and their relationship actually worked, Zagan was intrigued...
  • Call of the Cougar by Terry Spear

    Call of the Cougar by Terry Spear

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Special Agent for the U.S. Department of Fish and Wildlife Services, Tracey Whittington, takes down wildlife traffickers and more, but what she doesn't expect is to be in a shootout, multiple times, when the business turns deadly. Nor does she suspect she'll be working with Hal Haverton, who serves as a part-time deputy for Yuma Town, Colorado, and runs his own horse ranch...
  • Heated Holiday by Mandy M. Roth

    Heated Holiday by Mandy M. Roth

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    She's fire. He’s fangs...
  • Into The Shadow by Christina Dodd

    Into The Shadow by Christina Dodd

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    In return for the ability to transform into a heartless predator, a brutal warrior promised his soul and the souls of his descendants to the devil. Now, one thousand years later, the Wilder brothers battle the darkness inside themselves...
  • Aww Snap, Dragon by Julia Mills

    Aww Snap, Dragon by Julia Mills

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Roses are red, Violets are blue. Dragons have wings and Fairies do too. Unfortunately for Tristan, no amount of Dragon fire or Fairy dust will keep the most renowned Matchmaker in the Universe from making sure he has his happily-ever-after in record time. She’s not putting up with any of his sh…ahem, fertilizer. No way, no how...
  • Matter of Time by V.M. Black

    Matter of Time by V.M. Black

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Fourth Book in the Serial by the New York Times Bestselling Author of Blood of LifeAfter yet another series of setbacks for the billionaire vampire Dorian Thorne's alliance, Cora Shaw struggles to regroup. She has school to attend and the wedding with Dorian to arrange--not just any wedding but a union that is to symbolize the friendship between humans and vampires...
  • Time After Time by V.M. Black

    Time After Time by V.M. Black

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Fifth Book in the Serial by the New York Times Bestselling Author of Blood of LifeWhen Cora agreed to marry the billionaire vampire Dorian Thorne, she believed that her biggest challenge would be dealing with him. But her world is shattered when the key to the victory of their allies is snatched from them by those who wish to enslave humanity...
  • Fated to Be Family by Alanea Alder

    Fated to Be Family by Alanea Alder

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Kate Edwards and Bran McGregor have been mated almost two years and things are going great. So Kate is shocked at her body’s reaction to Caleb Donovan, one of the newest members of their Pack and father to twin boys Landon and Lucas. When she realizes that he is her second mate she must figure out a way for them to come together as a family...
  • Tegan's Power by L.H. Cosway

    Tegan's Power by L.H. Cosway

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Welcome to the city of Tribane, you can come in any time you like but you can never leave. Fearing Ethan's transformation, Finn has decided to escape the city with his friends in tow. Unfortunately, a magical barrier has been erected preventing anyone from leaving. Along the way he makes the acquaintance of a runaway half elf named Allora...
  • See No Evil by Jewel Killian

    See No Evil by Jewel Killian

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A sane witch would never summon the immortal Demon Lords of Blackwood.Not if she expects to keep breathingEveryone knows thatSo imagine my surprise when, in a reckless and drunken effort to avenge my sister’s death, I summon a revenge demon.Only it’s not a lowly minion who shows up...
  • Dangerous Protector by Milly Taiden

    Dangerous Protector by Milly Taiden

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    If you run from love, you're asking for a chase... James Brock lived the past ten years without the woman he loves. Using his job as head of the Federal Paranormal Unit to help others, he's done a good job of ignoring his lack of a personal life until she returns. His salvation. His first love...
  • Bald Eagle by Lynn Hagen

    Bald Eagle by Lynn Hagen

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Bald Eagle suffered a fate worse than death at the hands of an insane alpha. When his mate, Chey, comes into his life, he is unable to claim him. Doing so would force him to relive each and every terrifying moment of his past...
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  • Immortal Danger by Cynthia Eden

    Immortal Danger by Cynthia Eden

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Being bullet proof sucks - literallyOnce, Maya Black was a kick-ass cop patrolling the streets of L. A. She still keeps the city safe, but nowadays her bad guys of choice include demons, werewolves, and assorted nocturnal scum. Something Maya knows a thing or two about. She's a vampire--and not thrilled about it. Payback meet bitch.Adam Brody hopes Maya is as dangerous as they say she is...
  • Fire of a Dragon by Alisa Woods

    Fire of a Dragon by Alisa Woods

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Lucian is a Dragon Prince of the House of Smoke... and he's dying. He has to spawn a dragonling to uphold the treaty that keeps the mortal world safe from the immortal Dark Fae, but a dragon's mate rarely survives the birth of a young dragon... and he can't face the horror of another woman's death on his hands...
  • Tempted by Midnight by Lara Adrian

    Tempted by Midnight by Lara Adrian

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Once, they lived in secret alongside mankind. Now, emerged from the shadows, the Breed faces enemies on both sides—human and vampire alike. No one knows that better than Lazaro Archer, one of the eldest, most powerful of his kind. His beloved Breedmate and family massacred by a madman twenty years ago, Lazaro refuses to open his heart again...
  • Fractured Souls by Jessica Sorensen

    Fractured Souls by Jessica Sorensen

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    **Mature Content Warning** 17+ for language and sexual content. (this is a re-imagining of my Young Adult Paranormal book, The Underworld (Book 2 in the Fallen Star Series) told as a New Adult Paranormal)Gemma thought she had said her good-byes and had felt every possible emotion she could before her soul was detached again...
  • Master of Swords by Angela Knight

    Master of Swords by Angela Knight

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Witch Lark McClure has survived a vicious vampire attack that shook her confidence and left her struggling with feelings of helplessness and fear. The last thing she needs is a partnership with Gawain, a handsome vampire knight who means to seduce her every chance he gets.Gawain believes he needs Lark for one thing and one thing only—and it’s not her skill with magic...
  • Quinn's Undying Rose by Tina Folsom

    Quinn's Undying Rose by Tina Folsom

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    Vampire bodyguard Quinn has lived the last 200 years as a playboy trying in vain to forget the only woman he has ever loved: his human wife Rose, who he believes to be dead. But Rose is very much alive. Now a vampire herself, she has lived in hiding from Quinn all of these years, having faked her death to hide from him a terrible secret—one she knows would drive him to kill her...
  • Bitten by Cupid by Lynsay Sands, Pamela Palmer

    Bitten by Cupid by Lynsay Sands, Pamela Palmer

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 33 ratings
    WITH THEIR VERY LIVES AT STAKE, LOVE WAS THE LAST THING ON THEIR MINDS. BUT THEN THEY WERE Bitten by Cupid... -A Daring Vampire thinks she can conquer anything, but when she's paired with a mortal detective, she'll find her life--and her heart--in grave danger...-An innocent woman falls into the arms of a mysterious man when she can't get a killer's terrifying thoughts out of her head..
  • Gabriel's Mate by Tina Folsom

    Gabriel's Mate by Tina Folsom

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    Librarian's Note: This is an alternate cover for ASIN B004EPZ250After Maya is turned into a vampire against her will, vampire and Scanguards bodyguard Gabriel is charged with protecting her and finding her attacker.Gabriel has never guarded a body as perfect as Maya's. Moreover, Maya's enticing blend of vulnerability and strength is difficult to resist. Yet resist he must...
  • Shadow's End by Keri Arthur

    Shadow's End by Keri Arthur

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Two ancient vampires and a centuries-long war. Their final battlefield? The Faelan Werewolf reservation... With a wedding to plan and a future mother-in-law who hates her, the last thing Lizzie Grace needs is two psycho vampires rampaging through Castle Rock...
  • April in Atlantis by Alyssa Day

    April in Atlantis by Alyssa Day

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    She's Poseidon's first and only female warrior… When April, Poseidon's first-ever female warrior, meets Pine — "don't call me a werewolf" — prince of the European wolf shifters, she saves his life and then gives him the finger, because the sound of his sexy Scottish accent when he said "I think I'm in love, lass" gave her shivers in places shivers had no right to be...
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