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  • Lying Season by Karina Halle

    Lying Season by Karina Halle

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    Amateur ghost-hunter Perry Palomino has battled ghosts, fought off skinwalkers and skirted the fine line between life and death...
  • The Dex-Files by Karina Halle

    The Dex-Files by Karina Halle

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    The truth is out there...The Dex-Files is a compilation novel that accompanies the Experiment in Terror Series and is not to be-read as a stand-alone. In the Dex-Files we find a variety of scenes and chapters from the enigmatic Dex Foray's POV from books #1-6 in the series. Some of these scenes have been previously published, albeit from Perry's POV, while other scenes are completely new...
  • Lover Avenged by J.R. Ward

    Lover Avenged by J.R. Ward

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 66 ratings
    Rehvenge has always kept his distance from the Brotherhood—even though his sister is married to a member, for he harbors a deadly secret that could make him a huge liability in their war against the lessers...
  • The Darkest Passion by Gena Showalter

    The Darkest Passion by Gena Showalter

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    For weeks, the immortal warrior Aeron has sensed an invisible female presence. An angel-demon-assassin has been sent to kill him. Or has she? Olivia claims she fell from the heavens, giving up immortality because she couldn't bear to harm him. But trusting—and falling for—Olivia will endanger them all...
  • The Beast by J.R. Ward

    The Beast by J.R. Ward

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 42 ratings
    Nothing is as it used to be for the Black Dagger Brotherhood. After avoiding war with the Shadows, alliances have shifted and lines have been drawn. The slayers of the Lessening Society are stronger than ever, preying on human weakness to acquire more money, more weapons, more power...
  • On Demon Wings by Karina Halle

    On Demon Wings by Karina Halle

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    When the life you wanted has crumbled beneath your fingers, there’s nothing left to do but pick up the pieces and soldier on. You’ve done this before.But what happens when you no longer feel like yourself anymore? When fires spontaneously start-up around you, when you hear growling coming from underneath your bed, and you no longer recognize your face in the mirror...
  • Lover Unbound by J.R. Ward

    Lover Unbound by J.R. Ward

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 68 ratings
    The ruthless and brilliant brother Vishous possesses a destructive curse and a frightening ability to see the future. As a member of the Brotherhood, he has no interest in love or emotion, only the battle with the Lessening Society. But when a mortal injury puts him in the care of a human surgeon, Dr...
  • Lover Reborn by J.R. Ward

    Lover Reborn by J.R. Ward

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 62 ratings
    Ever since the death of his shellan, Tohrment has been unrecognizable from the vampire leader he once was. Physically emaciated and heartbroken beyond despair, he has been brought back to the Brotherhood by a self-serving fallen angel. Now, fighting once again with ruthless vengeance, he is unprepared to face a new kind of tragedy...
  • Morally Ambiguous by Veronica Lancet

    Morally Ambiguous by Veronica Lancet

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    She just wants to be loved… by the one man who is not capable of feeling it. A CUTE PSYCHO Charming and unpredictable, Vlad Kuznetsov is known as the joker of the underground world. Known to many yet known by none, he is a true social chameleon. His feigned affability might present him as inoffensive but his inner demons could unleash a bloodbath at any time...
  • Ashes to Ashes by Karina Halle

    Ashes to Ashes by Karina Halle

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    It’s been two months since Perry Palomino and Dex Foray’s relationship reached a new turning point, two months since Perry started a new life in Seattle, and two months since their Experiment in Terror show took on a new partner, ex-Wine Babe Rebecca Sims, and found a new level of success. But whenever there is light in their lives, the madness still has a way of coming back in...
  • The Darkest Passion by Gena Showalter

    The Darkest Passion by Gena Showalter

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 45 ratings
    For weeks, the immortal warrior Aeron has sensed an invisible female presence. An angel-demon-assassin has been sent to kill him. Or has she? Olivia claims she fell from the heavens, giving up immortality because she couldn't bear to harm him. But trusting—and falling for—Olivia will endanger them all...
  • Celestial by Olivia Wildenstein

    Celestial by Olivia Wildenstein

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    In ninety-two days, the feathered appendages that link me to the people I loathe finally come off. Dear, winglets, you will not be missed...
    Categorized as:
    angst  dark  slow-burn  spirituality  steamy  suspense  age-gap  angels
  • Ensnared by Marissa Honeycutt

    Ensnared by Marissa Honeycutt

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Everything Anna cared about is lost; the only thing left is Devin. She gives him all of herself, but even that seems too little. As Anna realizes the truth of her Master's desire, she must decide what it is that she truly wants. There is a subculture within our own world that you’ve only heard whispers of. The conspiracy theorists wish they knew Anna’s story...
  • Lover Unleashed by J.R. Ward

    Lover Unleashed by J.R. Ward

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 67 ratings
    Number-one New York Times best-selling author J.R. Ward's thrilling new novel in the Black Dagger Brotherhood series.Payne, twin sister of Vishous, is cut from the same dark, seductive cloth as her brother. Imprisoned for eons by their mother, the Scribe Virgin, she finally frees herself - only to face a devastating injury.Manuel Manello, M.D...
  • The Fallen: Genesis by Tillie Cole

    The Fallen: Genesis by Tillie Cole

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    THE FALLEN: GENESIS (A Deadly Virtues Prequel) IN THE BEGINNING... They told them they were evil. They told them they were possessed by demons. They told them that darkness ran in their veins. Holy Innocents Home for Children is a haven for orphaned boys who have nothing and no one. The priests watch over them, educate them, raise them in the family of the church. Except for some...
  • Dark Illusion by Christine Feehan

    Dark Illusion by Christine Feehan

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    A mage and a warrior must see beyond their facades and embrace the bond that links their souls in this powerful Carpathian novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Christine Feehan.At any other time, Julija Brennan would find solace in the quiet of the Sierra Mountains, but now the mage is in the race of her life...
  • Dead Sky Morning by Karina Halle

    Dead Sky Morning by Karina Halle

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    With the Experiment in Terror show finding some success, amateur ghost hunters Perry Palomino and Dex Foray embark on their most terrifying investigation yet. A tiny, fog-shrouded island in the rough strait between British Columbia and Washington State has held a dark secret for decades: It was a former leper colony where over forty souls were left to rot, die and bury each other...
  • Into the Hollow by Karina Halle

    Into the Hollow by Karina Halle

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    Perry Palomino has fought her demons – and won – but the battle is far from over. She’s now left broken and on her own, leaving behind her life and family in Portland to focus on giving Dex Foray – and the Experiment in Terror show – a second chance. But their past mistakes continue to tease and test their relationship, as does the wild and desolate terrain of the Canadian Rockies...
  • Lover Eternal by J.R. Ward

    Lover Eternal by J.R. Ward

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 74 ratings
    In the shadows of the night in Caldwell, New York, there’s a deadly war raging between vampires and their slayers. And there exists a secret band of brothers like no other - six vampire warriors, defenders of their race. Possessed by a deadly beast, Rhage is the most dangerous of the Black Dagger Brotherhood...Within the brotherhood, Rhage is the vampire with the strongest appetite...
  • Lover Revealed by J.R. Ward

    Lover Revealed by J.R. Ward

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 71 ratings
    Butch O'Neal is a fighter by nature. A hard-living ex-homicide cop, he's the only human ever to be allowed in the inner circle of the Black Dagger Brotherhood. And he wants to go even deeper into the vampire world—to engage in the turf war with the lessers. He's got nothing to lose. His heart belongs to a female vampire, an aristocratic beauty who's way out of his league...
  • Bloodlines by Andrea Speed

    Bloodlines by Andrea Speed

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Sequel to PreyIn a world where a werecat virus has changed society, Roan McKichan, a born infected and ex-cop, works as a private detective trying to solve crimes involving other infecteds.The newly married Roan is struggling to balance his work with his home life as he grows increasingly distracted by his husband Paris's declining health...
  • Seeking Asylum by S.M. Olivier

    Seeking Asylum by S.M. Olivier

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    I was once an average college student with dreams of the Olympics. A better future had been within my grasp. I was weeks away from graduating from college, and I had just received my invitation to the National Team. Sure, I was still nursing a broken heart and coming to terms with the betrayal delivered to me at the hands of people I once trusted and loved dearly...
  • The Darkest Pleasure by Gena Showalter

    The Darkest Pleasure by Gena Showalter

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 48 ratings
    Reyes is a man possessed. Bound by the demon of pain, he is forbidden to know pleasure. Yet he craves a mortal woman, Danika Ford, more than breath and will do anything to claim her—even defy the gods. Danika is on the run. For months she's eluded the Lords of the Underworld, immortal warriors who won't rest until she and her family have been destroyed...
  • Desperate Run by C.J Riggs, M.L Burns

    Desperate Run by C.J Riggs, M.L Burns

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Draven GrimI've walked as Death among the living for seven years since losing my very heart.Now, my only obsession is the hunt until she stepped foot into my territory.Max has until the weekend's end to escape me, but even then, only death willpart us. I am the hunter known as Grim, and you, little sheep, are my preythis Halloween...
  • Witchling Academy: Semester Seven by Avery Song

    Witchling Academy: Semester Seven by Avery Song

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Twin reincarnations? Royal familiars? Lurking shadows? The dead rising? I thought my life couldn't be any more complicated, but it seems fate has a way of constantly introducing more chaos. Not so long ago, the biggest worry on the Notorious Five's plate was surviving Semester Six. But the exam is over and things are a more confusing mess than ever...
  • Camp Hell by Jordan Castillo Price

    Camp Hell by Jordan Castillo Price

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    Victor Bayne honed his dubious psychic skills at one of the first psych training facilities in the country, Heliotrope Station, otherwise known as Camp Hell to the psychics who've been guests behind its razorwire fence.Vic discovered that none of the people he remembers from Camp Hell can be found online, and there’s no mention of Heliotrope Station itself, either...
    Categorized as:
    angst  dark  dystopia  steamy  suspense  abuse  action-adventure  adult
  • The Shadows by J.R. Ward

    The Shadows by J.R. Ward

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 43 ratings
    Trez “Latimer” doesn’t really exist. And not just because the identity was created so that a Shadow could function in the underbelly of the human world. Sold by his parents to the Queen of the S’Hsibe as a child, Trez escaped the Territory and has been a pimp and an enforcer in Caldwell, NY for years- all the while on the run from a destiny of sexual servitude...
    Categorized as:
    angst  dark  drama  steamy  suspense  abuse  action-adventure  adult
  • Tea Time with the Dead by M. Sinclair

    Tea Time with the Dead by M. Sinclair

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I hadn’t been wrong about the trouble I’d felt brewing. Now, the problem was here to stay unless we could figure out a plan. A plan to stop Nero from trying to take New Orleans from me. A plan to stop Asmodeus from kidnapping me to the demonic realm. Hell. A plan to figure out what I was going to do about these six men in my life...
  • Vampire Trinity by Joey W. Hill

    Vampire Trinity by Joey W. Hill

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Vampire hunter Gideon Green never intended to become a vampire's servant. But when Anwyn, a woman with whom he shared an unforgettable night, is turned by a vampire pack, Gideon is forced into an uneasy alliance with one of the most terrifying vampires he's ever encountered: the mysterious Daegan Rei.Daegan has a vested interest in Anwyn...
  • Dark Obsession by Sarah Piper

    Dark Obsession by Sarah Piper

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A vicious demonic plot. A curse decades in the making. An epic love that burns hotter than the very fires of hell…Charlotte...All Charley’s nightmares are real.Demons. Dark witches. Her murderous uncle.With her soul bound to an ancient demon lord and her sister taken captive by a monster, hope is in short supply.But Charley will not go down without a fight...
  • The Sceptic by Lily Morton

    The Sceptic by Lily Morton

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    As the best friend of a psychic, Will Buchanan can’t help but believe in the dead. It’s the living that he finds to be problematic. However, after a spate of betrayals, he finally has the chance of a new life within his grasp, and he’s not going to risk it for anyone or anything. Staying safe is the name of Will’s game.Jem Dawson defines the word temporary...
  • Periculum by Natalie Bennett, Opulent Designs

    Periculum by Natalie Bennett, Opulent Designs

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Tragic and twisted fell in love... Ave Satanas, something wicked this way comes.It’s time for the reckoning to begin.Enter the Devil’s Playground wary where you tread, for demons are lurking with trickery up their sleeves.Here good and bad cease to exist, and not all will make it to the end.The price of freedom will be revealed only after bloodshed and rapture...
  • NoX by Adrienne Wilder

    NoX by Adrienne Wilder

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    A nude man invades Luca Suarez's home and protects him from creatures who cannot exist.Creatures hunting him.The stranger can't tell Luca why. He can't even tell Luca his name.He remembers nothing until the moment he sees Luca...
  • Embraced by Marissa Honeycutt

    Embraced by Marissa Honeycutt

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Devin has achieved his goal of becoming Chairman and all seems peaceful...until Devin performs an act of cruelty that pushes Anna to fight back for the first time in her life. Meanwhile, Alex is working hard to give her something that Devin can never take away. As her Masters work around her, Anna must navigate a life she never wanted...
    Categorized as:
    angst  dark  drama  multi-pov  steamy  suspense  abuse  adult
  • Heartless Heathens by Santana Knox

    Heartless Heathens by Santana Knox

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Hey, Over here. No, look up.Yeah, I’m the one they talk about. The headmaster’s prized possession, locked away in the bell tower of NotreDame Parochial College. To most of the students I was just a myth. An urban legend.The girl who rings the bells up in the tower, the one who talks to gargoyles.Frollo’s secret Then they showed up, those heartless heathens. Outcasts, just like me...
    Categorized as:
    angst  cults  dark  dystopia  spirituality  steamy  suspense  adult
  • Entwined by Marissa Honeycutt

    Entwined by Marissa Honeycutt

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Anna has two masters, one she hardly knows, but who makes her feel safe, the other she's known all her life and says he needs her. Alex wants her to be free. Devin demands her obedience. As Anna takes her first steps into the world, into love, into friendship, she wonders if she will ever understand either of them...
  • Raphael by Tillie Cole

    Raphael by Tillie Cole

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    They are the Fallen. A brotherhood of murderers whose nature compels them to kill. But guided by their leader, Gabriel, the Fallen have learned to use their urges to rid the world of those it is better off without. For Raphael, sex and death are intertwined. Where there is one, there must be the other. He is a lust killer, luring his victims with the face of an angel and a body built for sin...
    Categorized as:
    angst  dark  multi-pov  religion  spirituality  steamy  suspense  abuse
  • The Mysterious and Amazing Blue Billings by Lily Morton

    The Mysterious and Amazing Blue Billings by Lily Morton

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Levi Black is at a crossroads. After suffering a loss and breaking up a long-term relationship, he’s looking for a change. When he receives the news he’s inherited a house in York, he seizes the opportunity to begin a new chapter in his life. However, when he gets there, he finds a house that has never kept its occupants for very long...
  • Hunting Adeline by H.D. Carlton

    Hunting Adeline by H.D. Carlton

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 33 ratings
    The conclusion to the Cat and Mouse Duet is here...The DiamondDeath walks alongside me,But the reaper is no match for me.I'm trapped in a world full of monsters dressed as men, and those who aren't as they seem.They won't keep me forever.I no longer recognize the person I've become,And I'm fighting to find my way back to the beast who hunts me in the night...
    Categorized as:
    angst  dark  drama  multi-pov  steamy  suspense  abuse  adult
  • Bound by Torment by Brenda K. Davies

    Bound by Torment by Brenda K. Davies

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    The fifth book in the Alliance Series. Cover and details coming soon. ***Due to sexual content, violence, and language, this book is recommended for readers 18+ years of age...
  • Until the End of the World by Sarah Lyons Fleming

    Until the End of the World by Sarah Lyons Fleming

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Cassie Forrest isn't surprised to learn that the day she’s decided to get her life together is also the day the world ends. After all, she’s been on a self-imposed losing streak since her survivalist parents died: she’s stopped painting, broken off her engagement to Adrian and dated a real jerk...
  • Come Alive by Karina Halle

    Come Alive by Karina Halle

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    It’s one thing to bring the woman you love back into your life. It’s another to try and keep her there. For Dex Foray, con­vinc­ing Perry Palomino to open her­self to their bur­geon­ing rela­tion­ship has been more chal­leng­ing than hunt­ing ghosts, bat­tling demons and stalk­ing Sasquatch com­bined...
  • The Astonishing Strande Brothers by Kathryn Ann Kingsley

    The Astonishing Strande Brothers by Kathryn Ann Kingsley

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Some bonds are too strong to be broken. Even by death.“The Astonishing Strande Brothers” is a short story/extended epilogue that tells the tale of the reunion between Julian Strande and his long-lost brother Louis on a snowy holiday at the Strande Estate.It combines characters from both my Harrow Faire and Impossible Julian Strande series...
  • Night Treasures by Richard Amos

    Night Treasures by Richard Amos

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    There’s no rest for the, erm… Well, for me.Or for Tae Frost.Chaos reigns supreme, everything turned upside down.The world is calling out for a hero.Can I rise to the challenge, or am I doomed to linger in the dark?I have to hold on to hope.For Tae.For Fizz.For the whole of my heart...
  • A Break of Day by Bella Forrest

    A Break of Day by Bella Forrest

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    The greatly anticipated conclusion to Derek and Sofia's journey!Everything Sofia believed to be true has crumbled before her very eyes...In this explosive finale, secrets will be revealed, loyalties tested and trust broken...
    Categorized as:
    dark  drama  dystopia  multi-pov  suspense  abuse  angels  audiobook
  • The Roman by Sylvain Reynard

    The Roman by Sylvain Reynard

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    From the New York Times and international bestselling author of Gabriel's Inferno comes the thrilling conclusion to the dark and sexy paranormal romance series, following a young art restorer and the vampyre prince she loves as they fight against a mysterious figure who holds the fate of Italy's vampyre population-and their souls-in the balance...
    Categorized as:
    dark  steamy  suspense  adult  alpha-mc  audiobook  book  contemporary
  • Hell in a Handbasket by Harper A. Brooks, Mila Young

    Hell in a Handbasket by Harper A. Brooks, Mila Young

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    See no evil. Hear no evil. Speak no evil. Sleep with no evil… If only it were that easy.Between being kidnapped by a psycho dragon-shifter, influenced by ancient relics, and fighting for my freedom, I’d say my hands are full. But really, my troubles have just begun.Cain, Dorian, and Elias are wickedly dangerous, scorching hot, and all too tempting. They’re devils in disguise. Literally...
    Categorized as:
    dark  multi-pov  spirituality  steamy  suspense  adult  angels  book
  • Dark Seduction by Sarah Piper

    Dark Seduction by Sarah Piper

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Betraying the vampire king has deadly consequences. But what if you crave the punishment?Charlotte...Get in, get the intel, get out. And above all, don’t get noticed.As a master thief, Charley D’Amico lived by those rules... until she screwed up and fell in love with her mark—a sexy, commanding vampire king whose cravings are as dark as his secrets.She should be running for her life...
  • 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...
    Categorized as:
    dark  drama  steamy  suspense  abuse  adult  alpha-mc  audiobook
  • Dark Desire by Christine Feehan

    Dark Desire by Christine Feehan

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 41 ratings
    They were masters of the darkness, searching through eternity for a mistress of the light...The stranger silently summons her from across the continents, across the seas. He whispers of eternal torment, of endless hunger...of dark, dangerous desires. And somehow American surgeon Shea O'Halloran can feel his anguish, sense his haunting aloneness, and she aches to heal him, to heal herself...
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