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  • Undying by Steve McHugh

    Undying by Steve McHugh

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A new chapter in the Hellequin Chronicles Saga.Nearly fifty years ago, the small Welsh village of Anfarwol was the scene of a series of brutal murders. Since then, multiple people have met with accidents, or gone missing never to be found, while those responsible have evaded detection for decades...
  • Saints by Larry Correia, John Ringo

    Saints by Larry Correia, John Ringo

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The No-Holds-Barred Final Entry in the Monster Hunter Memoirs Series from New York Times ?best-selling authors Larry Correia and John Ringo."This is New Orleans." That mantra had rung in Chad Gadenier's ears since his first day working in the Big Easy. Everything was different in New Orleans. The food. The climate. The monsters. Even the shadowy and reprehensible MCB was different...
  • 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...
  • Brothers to the Death by Darren Shan

    Brothers to the Death by Darren Shan

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    After years of wandering, Larten has finally found his way back to his vampire family and resumed the vigorous, brutal training to become a General. But there are vampires determined to pull Larten into starting a war that could have global implications and casualties. Vampires who will stop at nothing. Vampires who would betray Larten in the most cutting way...
  • To Haunt a Witch by Juliette Harper

    To Haunt a Witch by Juliette Harper

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Still recovering from their adventure into the Middle Realm, Jinx, Tori, and the gang have settled down to enjoy some "normal" time in Briar Hollow. Then Cezar Ionescu walks in the front door asking for a favor. An abandoned house owned by the local Strigoi clan is attracting the attention of the Haunted Briar Hollow web series...
  • The Wicked by L.A. Banks

    The Wicked by L.A. Banks

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    New, deadly enemies of the Vampire Huntress join forces with the old in the battle that will lead to the Armageddon in The Wicked, the eighth installment in L. A. Banks's hot Vampire Huntress seriesDamali and Carlos have finally tied the knot, but there is no happily ever after on the horizon...
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    myths  paranormal  vampires  adult  angels  book  dark  dark-fantasy
  • This Charming Man by C.K. McDonnell

    This Charming Man by C.K. McDonnell

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Vampires do not exist. Everyone knows this. So it's particularly annoying when they start popping up around Manchester . . .Nobody is pleased about it. Not the Founders, the secret organisation for whom vampires were invented as an allegory, nor the Folk, the magical people hidden in plain sight who only want a quiet life...
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    myths  paranormal  retellings  vampires  adult  audiobook  book  comedy
  • Hookah by Cameron Jace

    Hookah by Cameron Jace

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A Plague Scarier than Death Alice and the Pillar have to stop a Wonderland Monster who'd lashed out an incurable disease onto the world. Their biggest challenge is that the world loves this monster so much. A Cure Larger than Life The only way to save the world is to travel to the other side of the globe, and peek into one of Lewis Carroll and the Pillar's darker pasts...
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    fairy-tale  paranormal  retellings  book  comedy  crime  dark  fiction
  • Circus by Cameron Jace

    Circus by Cameron Jace

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls... There is a loose rabbit with a ticking bomb in the streets of the London. Come closer, you won'd believe your eyes... Alice & the Pillar follow a set of clues, meticulously weaved by the most mysterious Wonderland Monster of all. Here is the Maddest Show on Earth ... The Circus! Where Alice's most unexpected secret will be revealed...
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    fairy-tale  myths  paranormal  retellings  book  crime  dark  fiction
  • The Kat Dubois Chronicles Vol 1: Books 1-3 by Lindsey Sparks

    The Kat Dubois Chronicles Vol 1: Books 1-3 by Lindsey Sparks

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The first three books in the Kat Dubois Chronicles bundled together! Three years ago, the gods abandoned us. We've been alone ever since. Kat Dubois is immortal, and she’s retired. She’s long since hung up her sword and left assassinating immortals to someone else...anyone else...
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    myths  retellings  adult  book  fiction  horror  urban-fantasy  fantasy
  • Moon Fated by McKenzie Hunter, A.J. Connor

    Moon Fated by McKenzie Hunter, A.J. Connor

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I vowed to protect my brother and my pack at all cost, but this time the debt for the protection might be my life.A war between my pack and the witches is long in the making. They’d do anything to destroy us. When a close ally is nearly killed by them, Josh goes rogue and retaliates. It’s not without deadly consequences...
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    myths  paranormal  vampires  adult  book  dark  fae  fiction
  • 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...
  • Wicked Bite by Megan Montero

    Wicked Bite by Megan Montero

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    All power lay with the House of Shade…The only kind of monsters I’d ever seen were the ones who drank too much at my bar. Chaos was a nightly occurrence I’d grown used to…and deep down I liked it. I lived in a city full of ghosts, magic, and the paranormal. A city with a haunted past. The darkness should have terrified me. But the only thing that scared the hell out of me…was love...
  • The Last Coven by Rick Gualtieri

    The Last Coven by Rick Gualtieri

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    There are reasons we fear the night. He might finally be one of them. A goddess returned, a war between primal powers, and a prophecy to fulfill. That's a lot of crap to heap on anyone's plate, much less a former game programmer from Brooklyn. But that's exactly what Bill Ryder - gamer, geek, and legendary vampire - has to deal with...
  • Strange Days by Rick Gualtieri

    Strange Days by Rick Gualtieri

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    At the edge of chaos, one geek stands tall. Five years ago, dateless dork Bill Ryder somehow saved the world, banishing magic and monsters to the shadows. He thought it was over, that he was finished with that life. Too bad for him, shit’s about to get surreal again. Now the impossible has happened...
  • 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...
  • The Wicked Dead by Rick Gualtieri

    The Wicked Dead by Rick Gualtieri

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    There are reasons we fear the night. Now he must become one of them.Bill Ryder has a powerful destiny. He just never expected it to involve an amnesiac bloodsucker, a bunch of D&D dorks, and a hormonal witch. It's time for the gamer, geek, and legendary vampire to embrace his fate...
  • Moonlight and Vines by Charles de Lint

    Moonlight and Vines by Charles de Lint

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Return to NewfordFamiliar to Charles de Lint's ever-growing audience as the setting of the novels Moonheart, Forests of the Heart, The Onion Girl, and many others, Newford is the quintessential North American city, tough and streetwise on the surface and rich with hidden magic for those who can see...
  • Bad Moon Rising by Jonathan Maberry

    Bad Moon Rising by Jonathan Maberry

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    FROM A FUNFEST...Each year, the residents of Pine Deep host the Halloween Festival, drawing tourists and celebrities from across the country to enjoy the deliciously creepy fun. Those who visit the small Pennsylvania town are out for a good time, but those who live there are desperately trying to survive..
  • Monster Hunter Guardian by Larry Correia, Sarah A. Hoyt

    Monster Hunter Guardian by Larry Correia, Sarah A. Hoyt

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    NEW ENTRY IN THE BESTSELLING MONSTER HUNTER INTERNATIONAL SERIES BY DRAGON AWARD WINNING AUTHORS LARRY CORREIA AND SARAH A. HOYTWhen Owen Pitt and the rest of the Monster Hunter International crew are called away to mount a month’s-long rescue mission in a monster-infested nightmare dimension, Julie Shackleford—Owen’s wife and descendant of MHI founder Bubba Shackelford—is left behind...
  • Everyday Horrors by Rick Gualtieri

    Everyday Horrors by Rick Gualtieri

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    ONE GEEK AGAINST THE RISING DARKNESS. Bill Ryder is having a hell of a week. Magic is back, one of his friends has been entombed in solid rock, and he once again has no pulse to speak of.Too bad it’s about to get worse. Something is hunting vampires in New York City. A smarmy wizard has been called in to investigate, one with skeletons in his closet and eyes for Bill’s girlfriend...
  • The Ancient Ones  (The Ancient Ones Trilogy, Book 1) by Cassandra L. Thompson

    The Ancient Ones (The Ancient Ones Trilogy, Book 1) by Cassandra L. Thompson

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When David stumbles upon a tragic young woman in a sordid Limehouse pub, he has no idea she’d recognize him as the last vampyre alive, nor that she’d be the one to pull out his story...
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    myths  paranormal  retellings  vampires  adult  book  fiction  gaslamp
  • The Betrayal of the Living by Nick Lake

    The Betrayal of the Living by Nick Lake

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Taro is at a crossroads: He has vanquished Lord Oda for good, but with no land and no title, he has no hope of marrying Hana, the daughter of a daimyo. So when Taro receives news of a murderous dragon and the large reward for killing it, he and his friends find themselves on a dangerous quest to slay the beast...
  • Kiss Me When the Sun Goes Down by Lisa Olsen

    Kiss Me When the Sun Goes Down by Lisa Olsen

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    “I could rely on Bishop, I felt it in every fiber of my being. Only... I’d been wrong before.” Anja’s no longer the geeky newbie who couldn’t bite her way out of a paper bag. Since becoming Elder of the West, Anja stood up for what she believes in and found her place in vampire society...
  • Tempt Me When the Sun Goes Down by Lisa Olsen

    Tempt Me When the Sun Goes Down by Lisa Olsen

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    “There are times when you should respond to a crisis with dignity and a level head. This was not one of those times.” Whether it stems from love or a sense of responsibility, Anja will do whatever it takes to break the curse and set Rob free, but the price might prove too high...
  • Raven by Stacey Rourke

    Raven by Stacey Rourke

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    An infamous love, destined nevermore, For death could not claim, the enchanting Lenore. Cursed by the malevolent spirit of the Headless Horseman, Ireland Crane ventures to Manhattan in search of a way to break her soul crushing bond. Instead, she discovers the lines between fact and fiction are blurring once more. Croaking ravens. Telltale hearts...
  • Crown of Darkness by J.L. Weil

    Crown of Darkness by J.L. Weil

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When the struggle between love and vengeance becomes a deadly battleground, is there any hope for salvation? Lexi Winters’ world is falling apart. Damaged. Scarred. And Vengeful. Retaliation consumes her heart. Night and day, all she can think about is exacting her retribution for Colin’s death, the boy she once loved. Her guilt and resentment fuel her choices to hunt. Fate has other plans...
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    myths  paranormal  vampires  book  dark  demons  fiction  horror
  • Storm Shift by J.L. Weil

    Storm Shift by J.L. Weil

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The fate of two worlds lies with one girl. Karina Lang was looking forward to her senior year, until Devyn St. Cyr popped into her life, dropping a bombshell. She is a Kitsune—a shape-shifting fox. Life isn’t always what you expect. The universe is bigger and more dangerous than Karina could ever imagine...
  • Flame Shift by J.L. Weil

    Flame Shift by J.L. Weil

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Can she find the strength to say goodbye? Karina Lang hasn’t been feeling like herself lately. And who can blame her? Life hasn’t been easy the last few months, and it is only going to get rougher. As a royal Kitsune, Karina must gain nine tails in order to save a world she’s never seen. But Karina is dragging her feet. She knows that she must leave her home...
  • 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...
  • Mark of the Alpha by D. Levesque

    Mark of the Alpha by D. Levesque

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Brandon hates his job, but he’s good at it. So the night he gets shot at outside his office building is a life-changing one for him. He never would have expected it to change quite the way it does, though. He is about to find out that all those stories he had heard involving Elves, Vampires, and Werewolves were not just bullshit. And he has three sexy paranormal ladies with him now to prove it...
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    myths  paranormal  retellings  vampires  adult  book  cyberpunk  dark
  • The Last Hunter: Ascent by Jeremy Robinson

    The Last Hunter: Ascent by Jeremy Robinson

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I no longer exist. My kidnapping, breaking and corruption at the hands of the half-human, half-demon Nephilim began the journey to nothingness. I had hoped to one day rejoin my loved ones in the outside world, but before I realized it, twenty years had passed. Time is a distance I cannot traverse. If there is any memory of me, it is distant...
  • Sunset Strip by Rick Gualtieri

    Sunset Strip by Rick Gualtieri

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    My name is Sally.For over thirty years I've prowled the night, one of the undead. In that time I've walked amongst you - a wolf in sheep's clothing - doing unspeakable things, killing countless people.Now, on the eve of Armageddon, a chance for redemption presents itself. My past has come looking for me, beckoning me back to the city of my rebirth...
  • Soul Bound by Mari Mancusi

    Soul Bound by Mari Mancusi

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Sunny McDonald and her vampire boyfriend, Magnus, are on the run-accused of treason and wanted alive...or undead. And her twin is the slayer sent to track them down. Rayne would do anything to save her twin sister, Sunny, from the Vampire Consortium dictator who wants her dead. Instead, she's been commissioned by Slayer Inc. to find Sunny and Magnus and deliver them to the Consortium..
  • Born In Twilight by Maggie Shayne

    Born In Twilight by Maggie Shayne

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    They Said It Couldn't Happen, but They Were Wrong.Jameson Bryant found her in an abandoned building, half-starved, her face chalk-white yet strikingly beautiful. He knew what she was, but he couldn't resist the power of her violet eyes. Even her warning to stay away only served to draw him closer.But it was too late and had been from the first moment he saw her...
  • Figment by Cameron Jace

    Figment by Cameron Jace

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    After her encounter with the Cheshire Cat, Alice Wonder can hardly tell reality from imagination. But when kids have their head chopped off and stuffed in watermelons all over the city, it's clear that another Wonderland Monster has arrived, possibly scarier than the Cheshire...
  • Hellcrossed by McKenzie Hunter

    Hellcrossed by McKenzie Hunter

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    The release date listed on Amazon is a placeholder. The expected release is September/October 2021.My rules for survival: Never trust a demon or make a deal with one. But trapped in the demon realm, I have no choice but to break both rules if I want to escape...
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    myths  paranormal  retellings  vampires  adult  book  dark  demons
  • By Darkness Revealed by Kevin O. McLaughlin

    By Darkness Revealed by Kevin O. McLaughlin

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    What can you do when the thing you hate most in the world is also the only thing which might keep you alive? ★★★★★Ryan Blackwell never wanted to have magical abilities. He'd rather leave them as far behind him as possible - and never look back! Arriving at the military college of Northshield University was supposed to be a chance to start over and build a new life for himself...
  • Looking Glass by Cameron Jace

    Looking Glass by Cameron Jace

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The final installment in the bestselling series is here!The fate of Alice Wonder, Jack Diamonds, Fabiola, Cheshire, Lewis Carroll, the March Hare, and Constance will be revealed -- and of course Professor Carter Chrysalis Cocoon Pillar's mysterious intentions...
  • Collide and Seek by Sara C. Roethle

    Collide and Seek by Sara C. Roethle

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A small part of Madeline had hoped to call the Salr home, but hope can be a cruel thing. Now it's up to her to find what everyone else is looking for, and she'll have to commune with the dead to do it. The real question is, what will she do with the ancient charm when she finds it?Enter the mischievous Viking. Mikael seems to know more about Madeline's quest than she does...
  • Maran by Åsa Larsson, Ingela Korsell

    Maran by Åsa Larsson, Ingela Korsell

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    La bruja oscura hace un oscuro pacto con una criatura que toma el control de las personas a través de los sueños. El guardián de los sueños de Estrid no puede hacer nada y Vigo y Alarik deben entrar en otra dimensión para salvarla. Iris les advierte que ingresar en este mundo es muy peligroso, si mueres allí, también lo harás en la realidad...
  • The Triumph of Death by Jason Henderson

    The Triumph of Death by Jason Henderson

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Within months of discovering he’s next in a long line of vampire hunters, Alex Van Helsing has already defeated two powerful vampire leaders. Not bad for a fourteen-year-old.But when a newly risen vampire queen threatens the fate of the world, Alex faces his deadliest challenge yet...
  • Target Rich Environment, Volume 2 by Larry Correia

    Target Rich Environment, Volume 2 by Larry Correia

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    NATIONAL BEST SELLER. Hard-Hitting Stories from the Creator of Monster Hunter International. The second volume of short stories from New York Times best-selling author Larry Correia.MONSTERS—AND THE CHAMPIONS WHO SLAY THEM!  More stories from the creator of Monster Hunter International, The Grimnoir Chronicles, and the Saga of the Forgotten Warrior...
  • Elemental Air by Maddy Edwards

    Elemental Air by Maddy Edwards

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Charlotte returns to Public for her junior year. She's intent on fighting the rising power of the Nocturns, but many paranormals are happy to bury their heads in the sand, or worse, side with darkness. She can rely on the loyalty of her friends, but that won't be enough to stop the forces of evil...
  • The Wolf Within Me by Cheree Alsop

    The Wolf Within Me by Cheree Alsop

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A Life-Changing AwakeningA life-threatening accident reveals to Finn that he is a werewolf; the next morning, he receives an invitation to a secluded high school.˃˃˃ Can He Survive?Finn quickly realizes that the school is in fact an academy for monsters that is far more perilous and full of adventure than he ever expected...
  • Elemental Dawn by Maddy Edwards

    Elemental Dawn by Maddy Edwards

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    In Charlotte's fourth semester at Public everything is about to change. Princess Lanca's father, King Daemon, has been murdered, and Lanca will ascend to the vampire throne. But danger lurks around every dark corner and no one knows whom to trust...
  • Elemental Fire by Maddy Edwards

    Elemental Fire by Maddy Edwards

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Charlotte, Sip, and Lisabelle are shocked when they aren’t allowed to return to Paranormal Public for their winter semester. Instead of rejoining their friends at Locke, they decide to break into Public and get some answers. Unfortunately, they just end up with more questions...
  • A Hint of Darkness by McKenzie Hunter

    A Hint of Darkness by McKenzie Hunter

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    When I made a deal with the Prince of the Underworld, I knew a lot of things could go wrong. But I never imagined it would be imprisoned-in-the-underworld wrong. My only goals were to escape and resist the blazing chemistry between me and the Dark Prince.After he discovers I’m more than just a mere human who’s had a streak of bad luck, my escape becomes a game of survival...
  • The Revenge of Lord Oda by Nick Lake

    The Revenge of Lord Oda by Nick Lake

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Now that the vile Lord Oda is dead, Taro and his friends are safe in the mountain lair of the ninjas. Or so they think. When a homing pigeon arrives with news of Taro's mother's whereabouts, Taro sets out for the Tendai monastery - without stopping to consider why the pigeon, which was given to his mother months ago, took so long to arrive...
  • City of the Snakes by D.B. Shan

    City of the Snakes by D.B. Shan

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    New York Times bestselling novelist Darren Shan presents the final book in his The City series. For ten years Capac Raimi has ruled the City. Created by the first Cardinal to continue his legacy, Capac cannot be killed. Then Capac disappears. His trusted lieutenant, Ford Tasso, suspects the mysterious villacs, ancient and powerful Incan priests...
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