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  • Demon Gambit by Debbie Cassidy

    Demon Gambit by Debbie Cassidy

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    If you play with fire, you’re sure to get burned.The Powers that rule Morningstar believe death is a game, and my siblings and I are the unwilling players.The only way to be free is it to destroy the ascension contracts.So, I’m headed into the demon realm to convince the princes to do just that.I won’t be going alone...
  • Muted Voices (Broken Ashes) Book 1 by Nikita Parmenter

    Muted Voices (Broken Ashes) Book 1 by Nikita Parmenter

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    I can constantly hear them, the voices. It doesn’t matter if I’m in a crowded room or the middle of a desert, I hear them, indistinct voices. I can never really work out what they’re saying, and I’ve long given up trying.Everything changes when my life is threatened again, and the voices quiet, one strong voice telling me to run, so of course, I listen...
  • Captive of the Night by Meg Anne, K. Loraine

    Captive of the Night by Meg Anne, K. Loraine

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Roslyn Blackthorne is dead.I should know, I watched it happen. My twin and I didn’t believe we’d ever meet our mate, and then she showed up in our bar and the world as we knew it changed. Fate hadn’t been kind to us. Not once. So it shouldn’t have come as a surprise that we lost her as soon as we claimed her...
  • What The Hex by C.M. Stunich

    What The Hex by C.M. Stunich

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    My demon ex has me trapped in a devil’s bargain.My mother is dying, and I need the help of my soulmates to save her: all four of my soulmates. That means I’ll have to rescue the half-witch, Hex Sorciere, from his evil coven before the clock runs out on Mom’s curse...
  • Loving Nightmares by M. Sinclair

    Loving Nightmares by M. Sinclair

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    I would go to war to protect the nightmares I loved.War was at our doorstep threatening to kill my father, and with him were enough humans that if battle ensued, it would make national headlines. Ones that would only further divide and enhance the hatred between humans and nightmares.War had to be defeated, I just didn’t know how...
  • A Spark Of Revenge by B.M. Clemton

    A Spark Of Revenge by B.M. Clemton

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Three Demon Princes. Two Realms. One War.Betrayal.My life has been a lie. Nothing is as it seems, and the world I’ve been thrown into is in shambles. My dreams are darkening, bringing more monsters to the surface, and the men I thought I could trust are the very enemy I’ve been taught to fear...
  • Trials of Dusk and Dreams by Lana Pecherczyk

    Trials of Dusk and Dreams by Lana Pecherczyk

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Book Two in the Fae Devils Series featuring Willow and the Six...
  • Ember's Claim by Jillian West

    Ember's Claim by Jillian West

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The North American Pack was always meant to be Ember’s birthright, but she grew up far away from shifter culture in a sanctuary city for monsters.Her wolf yearns to scout pack lands and socialize with other wolves, but Ember understands the risks, especially considering female shifters are nearly endangered nowadays.So, she keeps her distance, even if she has to fight her wolf at every turn..
  • Lost to the Moon by Meg Anne, K. Loraine

    Lost to the Moon by Meg Anne, K. Loraine

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    It’s the end of the world as you know it…At least it will be, if my dear despicable mum gets her way. I, however, happen to be quite fond of some of the toys I’ve discovered on this plane. Ma petite monstre, for starters. But the plague is spreading, taking no prisoners, and I’m trapped and at the mercy of a deal I made with Rosie...
  • To Kill a Nightmare: The Complete Series by Rory Miles, Harper Frey

    To Kill a Nightmare: The Complete Series by Rory Miles, Harper Frey

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The best way to ruin a rogue slayer's day? Force an arranged marriage on her. Despite being the best of the best, my parents–who run our region's slayer council–decide it's time for me to get married. Apparently, being the wife of a high-born slayer will finally make me respectable. Or so they say. I see the arrangement for what it really a power grab...
  • Circus Creeps by Aiden Pierce

    Circus Creeps by Aiden Pierce

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Welcome to Sinner’s Sideshow, the most obscene, blood-pumping, skin-crawling creep show this side of Hell. As a circus brat, show biz is in my blood. And as a half-succubus, I was made for Sinner’s Sideshow—the only circus made to entertain the most depraved of monsters.When I’m plunged into a dark world of death, darkness, and corpse-ridden carnivals, I meet them…The demonic ringmaster...
  • Crowned by Charlene Hartnady, B.E. Brouillard

    Crowned by Charlene Hartnady, B.E. Brouillard

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Crowned is the third and final book in this trilogy. It's fast-paced and ultra steamy. Take care that the heroine will end up having more than one love interest. Her partners can shift into demon form, so there might be some monster action – please don’t read this book if you are put off by this sort of thing. If you’re adventurous, hop in because the water is warm…and getting warmer...
  • Dying for the Dead by M. Sinclair

    Dying for the Dead by M. Sinclair

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    My mission? To save New Orleans from Nero’s demonic clutches. Should be simple, right? I mean, hell, I am literally the Queen of the Dead. I fear that we are running out of time though.Time to save the missing supes taken by Nero and Asmodeus.Time to get out of the Demonic realm, before we can’t leave.Time to save our city and my kingdom.The biggest snap in my plan? I’ve died...
  • Falling Shadows by K.C. Kean

    Falling Shadows by K.C. Kean

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I am at home in the darkness, where brutality feeds on the weak and fuels the strong. Shadowmoor has forged me into who I am today and I have the mark and scars to prove it. I never thought I’d see the light again, but it seems destiny has other plans for me. My father’s arrival means life as I know it is about to change...
  • The Monster's Desire by Jillian West

    The Monster's Desire by Jillian West

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The picturesque town of North Falls is as beautiful as it is deadly. When Nadia is called to help deliver a human woman's little elven babies, she knows she can't say no. After all, she's masquerading as a fertility witch since blood witches were hunted out of existence several generations ago...
  • Tangled Threads Of Fate by Grace McGinty

    Tangled Threads Of Fate by Grace McGinty

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    You should go to Crete if you want to survive. Amourgeles. They’ll come for you soon. I’d lived in the city for a long time, and working the drive-thru window of a coffee shop meant I’d seen some things. From blowjobs to furries. Sometimes furries getting blowjobs. Let’s face it, no one was at their best when they were uncaffeinated...
  • A Single Thread of Hope by Grace McGinty

    A Single Thread of Hope by Grace McGinty

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    There were a bunch of lessons a girl could learn from the story of Snow White. Some were valid in the real world, others… not so much.For instance, no matter how often I sang Taylor Swift off-key, birds and forest animals weren’t ever coming to clean my apartment.You could live with seven men and not end up in a free-for-all festival of fluids...
  • White Raven by Kel Carpenter, Aurelia Jane

    White Raven by Kel Carpenter, Aurelia Jane

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    An alpha wolf, a seductive vampire, and a dominant fae all walk into a bar. What do they have in common?Being mated to me, apparently.My dreams of retirement crashed and burned when the rogue shifter bit me. Not only have I changed into something neither world has ever seen before, but my mission just became even more impossible...
  • Demon Throne by Debbie Cassidy

    Demon Throne by Debbie Cassidy

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Nothing brightens up a Monday like finding out you’re the spawn of SatanThe big bad is dead and now Satan’s spawn must fight for the Morningstar throne. I’m tossed into the ring, whether I want to be there or not.I’m mostly human, a hunter by trade, and totally outmatched by my half siblings. The chance I’ll survive these tests and claim the throne is slim...
  • The Monster's Den by Jillian West

    The Monster's Den by Jillian West

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Emerson Parker is exhausted. She spends her days chasing around her high energy, half-shifter toddler and her nights working full-time trying to make ends meet....oh, and add in the absolute cluster of a situation her ex dumped in her lap on his way out?Well, that's just icing on the cake.With virtually no options left, Emerson heads for Haven, a sanctuary city for monsters and humans alike...
  • Castle of Nevers and Nightmares by Lana Pecherczyk

    Castle of Nevers and Nightmares by Lana Pecherczyk

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    When winter comes to the Court of Dreams, the war against the Subterranean of Nightmares freezes. To celebrate, the faerie queen holds a tournament where mortals compete for the prize of a dream come true. For outsider Willow Nightstalk, it’s the only way to break the curse making her as ugly as she feels...
  • Imbalance by R.L. Caulder, M. Sinclair

    Imbalance by R.L. Caulder, M. Sinclair

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    In a twist of fate, the people who were outcasted from the society of Pura are the very ones who can save us all.Turns out that hybrids aren’t as rare as we thought... But will they come to the aid of a society who treats our kind like discarded trash?Do the pure bloods deserve to be saved?While finding the answers to those questions, secrets are revealed and emotions flare...
  • Mating Monsters by M. Sinclair

    Mating Monsters by M. Sinclair

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    My monsters had found me… and they weren’t letting me go.The institute, also known as ISS, housed the most terrifying nightmares that existed in this world… but the true monster was the one that tortured me day in and day out. The one that had made me feel worthless and question if I could even call myself a monster. My mother...
    Categorized as:
    demons  magic  paranormal  polyamory  reverse-harem  abuse  adult  book
  • To Free a Soul by Opal Reyne

    To Free a Soul by Opal Reyne

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    *THIS BOOK SHOULD NOT BE READ BEFORE COMPLETION OF THE DUSKWALKER BRIDES SERIES OR BOOK 1 OF THE PREQUEL - To Trap a Soul*A hundred and fifty years have passed, and much has happened for Lindiwe. She’s bonded, she’s served her duties, and she’s brought Duskwalkers into the world.Every year, her relationship with Weldir grows steadier, only to eventually shatter...
  • Snowball's Chance in Hell by Harper A. Brooks, Mila Young

    Snowball's Chance in Hell by Harper A. Brooks, Mila Young

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Four demons for Christmas? It pays to be naughty.Being the Queen of Hell has its perks... Like having four sexy demon lovers at your beck and call, and the power of the underworld at your fingertips.It has its downsides too, like everyone trying to kill you for your throne. And that includes Krampus...
  • Monsters Within by R.L. Caulder

    Monsters Within by R.L. Caulder

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Have you ever lost yourself in a fantasy world you created?That’s how I’ve survived the years alone in a reality where humans cower in fear of supernatural creatures hiding behind the veil.All I’ve ever had is my pen, my notebook, and the world I created to make it through the days as a ward of the state, suffering at the hands of the real villains of the world...Humans...
  • The Cringle Academy by Beatrix Hollow

    The Cringle Academy by Beatrix Hollow

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Ho! Ho! No!!Step One: Infiltrate Cringle Academy (which is filled with the snobbiest witches and wizards in existence, ugh)Step Two: Kidnap SantaStep Three: Win back my stolen crownStep Four: Take back ChristmasI'm the last Christmas elf and I'm freaking tired of that jolly, twinkle-eyed joke acting like he invented my holiday! I’m tired of witches and wizards turning Christmas into a corporation...
    Categorized as:
    magic  paranormal  polyamory  reverse-harem  adult  book  fae  fiction
  • Monster Girl Inn by Misty Vixen

    Monster Girl Inn by Misty Vixen

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Brave the wilds. Rebuild the inn. Meet up with hot monster girls.Victor Wolfe has roamed his country for twelve years now. Ever since leaving his tiny village to escape to a life that felt worthwhile, he has been traveling the lands, fighting battles, plundering old tombs, and bedding fierce adventuresses. It's been quite the life...
  • Unremarkable by Viola Grace

    Unremarkable by Viola Grace

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A scheming vampire, a unicorn with a job to do, and a mage who thought her power was gone, leaving her unremarkable.Ally surrendered her magic as a teen. Her sister was the family heir, and Ally just wanted to leave her home and start off in a new city. She takes on odd jobs and ends up as a secure courier...
  • A Cursed Legacy: Poly Paranormal Romance by Kaye Draper

    A Cursed Legacy: Poly Paranormal Romance by Kaye Draper

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    My family is dead and gone. But they left their grimoire behind. Now it's my job to free the powerful magical beings trapped in the pages. I might just find a whole new family…if they don't kill me first...
    Categorized as:
    reverse-harem  polyamory  paranormal  magic  demons  fantasy  mlm  wlw
  • Wicked Savior by Stella Brie

    Wicked Savior by Stella Brie

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When the archangel Gabriel sends his angels to eliminate a woman, Lucifer knows she’s the critical pawn in his quest for revenge. Intent on pushing Gabriel to the edge of his sanity, he assigns himself as her protector.A scientist, Evren is focused on two things: finding her mother and helping the nearly extinct Druids...
  • Inheritance by R.L. Caulder, M. Sinclair

    Inheritance by R.L. Caulder, M. Sinclair

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    The Devil is awake and he’s claiming me as his.The war to take back the Kingdom of Pura from the traitors is beginning… and I’ve been whisked away from everything that matters to me.He holds me prisoner at his castle, claiming nothing and no one else matters outside of us. That I’ll forget about it all as we start our eternal life together...
  • Anarchy by J.B. Trepagnier

    Anarchy by J.B. Trepagnier

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Well, that certainly sucks!We freed Talvath, then we lost Talvath. And the bastard took Bram with him. For all we know, he’s back in Hell building an army to destroy my library. According to Balthazar, Silvaria and Dorian are on their way back to the US now that he’s liberated a large sum of money from their bank accounts. Kaine and the Paranormal Investigation Bureau will be waiting for them...
  • Shadow Slayer by Rory Miles, Harper Frey

    Shadow Slayer by Rory Miles, Harper Frey

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The best way to ruin a rogue slayer's day? Force an arranged marriage on her.Despite being the best of the best, my parents–who run our region's slayer council–decide it's time for me to get married. Apparently, being the wife of a high-born slayer will finally make me respectable. Or so they say. I see the arrangement for what it really is: a power grab...
  • Radley's Home for Horny Monsters by Annabelle Hawthorne

    Radley's Home for Horny Monsters by Annabelle Hawthorne

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    "If you like sexy fantasy, and I do, this is one great read." -Piers Anthony, author of the Xanth series With thousands of readers worldwide, Radley's Home for Horny Monsters is the exciting debut novel of Annabelle Hawthorne. When Mike Radley inherited a mysterious old house from a long-lost relative, he wasn't sure what to expect...
  • Poke the Bear by Sam Hall

    Poke the Bear by Sam Hall

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    READ THE BRAND NEW STORY IN THE HOT URSA SHIFTER SERIESI’ve always been invisible. People just look at me and then away.Or worse, their eyes glaze over.Everyone but him.Adam Farrelly is the top football player in the state.Every girl in the club is dying to catch his eye.But all he seems to see is me.He offers me everything I’ve ever wanted and for just one night, I’m going to say yes...
  • Bonded by Death by Kel Carpenter, Aurelia Jane

    Bonded by Death by Kel Carpenter, Aurelia Jane

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I’m torn between three men that I swore I wouldn’t get involved with. I know it’s wrong, but part of me loves it. Craves it.Everyone thinks I’m the good girl, but what they don’t see is that my carefully crafted persona is crumbling around me.My ex taught me that love isn’t sweet, patient, or kind. It’s cruel and it hurts...
  • Dirty Deeds by Cate Corvin

    Dirty Deeds by Cate Corvin

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Things I’ve won in Libra Academy: An expensive education. A vampire sworn to me forever. An incubus on a leash. A man who’d give up everything to save me.Things I’ve lost: My dignity. My honor. My mortality. My blacklist has been narrowed down to two: the king of the vampires, and the slayer who helped him...
  • Legacy Academy: Year Two by M. Guida

    Legacy Academy: Year Two by M. Guida

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Whew, my first year at the academy is over--what a ride.I found a magical orb that showed me Mom is alive, but I don't know where she is. The only way to find her is for me to master my powers, but I'm failing. If I don't pass, I'll be kicked out of school. Without my powers, I won't be strong enough to defeat the Dark Demons and rescue Mom. My two handsome princes are still with me...
  • Legacy Academy Year Three by M. Guida

    Legacy Academy Year Three by M. Guida

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I barely survived my second year at Legacy Academy, and I have more crazy powers that are hard to control.But I have to, right?Unfortunately, the dark demons want me and last time almost got me if it weren’t for Lucien and the Defenders.To make matters worse, there’s a reason why I’m different from all the other dragons...
  • Monsters Below by R.L. Caulder

    Monsters Below by R.L. Caulder

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    With forces I don't understand out to hurt my monsters and I, time is running out to figure out who–no, what–I am.The weight of the world suddenly crashes on my shoulders, and I’m not sure how long I can carry it...
    Categorized as:
    demons  magic  paranormal  polyamory  reverse-harem  angels  book  dark
  • Riding for a Fall by Sam Hall

    Riding for a Fall by Sam Hall

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Freed from her neurological condition and the suffocating attention of her parents, Kira is a whole new woman, literally. And now she’s on tour with her favourite band, travelling across foreign countries and recording what she sees with the gorgeous Marlow by her side...
    Categorized as:
    reverse-harem  paranormal  magic  polyamory  romance  fae  fantasy  mlm
  • Amidst Secrets and Shadows by Stacy Jones, Harper Wylde

    Amidst Secrets and Shadows by Stacy Jones, Harper Wylde

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Survival. Secrets. Shadows.Faery is more beautiful and otherworldly than Arawyn ever imagined, but there’s a growing darkness in this land of magic and monsters…After years of suffering under the cruel reign of brutal usurpers, what’s left of this realm is dark and twisted...
  • TBR: Dead But Well Read by Sedona Ashe

    TBR: Dead But Well Read by Sedona Ashe

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I always thought I’d die crushed under the weight of my TBR pile, but my death was a plot twist I didn’t see coming. Save your sympathy! Now that I’m dead, I’m living my best freaking life. I’m free to read books for hours on end without worrying about food, rent, or, well, any interruptions.I might finally be able to get through my TBR list… maybe...
  • Fighting Monsters: Part Two by Sam Hall

    Fighting Monsters: Part Two by Sam Hall

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    I need to free my monsters, give them a chance to truly live, but it feels like everything is against me. A centuries old curse, the fact I have no idea how my power works, and then there's my family.Everyone wants thing to stay the same, but me.But I'm not about to keep quiet and let the sins of the past become those of the future...
  • Of Moons and Monsters by Willow Hadley

    Of Moons and Monsters by Willow Hadley

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Hell hath no fury like a man scorned.Isla learns that lesson all too well when she agrees to go to a party with her half-demon best friend, Alistair, to help him make his vampire ex-boyfriend jealous. Their plan backfires when Alistair’s ex turns out to be more psycho than Isla realized, and she finds herself being kidnapped and sold on the supernatural black market...
  • Hearts of Stone by Sam Hall

    Hearts of Stone by Sam Hall

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    When the stone gargoyles in the massive estate I just inherited start to move, I should’ve run for the door, right? So why am I still standing here? One, there was a certain cartoon from the 90s that played a pivotal role in my emotional development. Two, each one of them towers over me, blocking out the light with their massive wings, their serpentine tails flicking as they stalk closer...
  • Grave Consequences by Ivy Asher, Raven Kennedy

    Grave Consequences by Ivy Asher, Raven Kennedy

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Go into Hell, the hot demons said.It’ll be no big deal, they said.I was only supposed to walk through a Hellish Ring or two so we could find out my demonic origin. Easy peasy, Right? Wrong.Now I’m alone, locked up in some freak’s dungeon, and mourning the loss of my demons.Could they have done the impossible and survived the attack? Can they find me here? I don’t even know where here is...
  • Hell Gate by Veronica Eden

    Hell Gate by Veronica Eden

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    From USA Today & International bestselling author, Veronica Eden, comes an all-new standalone reverse harem paranormal romance with a headstrong heroine and twisted demons who left their morals in the last century.Open the gate...if you dare.The first thing I’m warned about when I arrive at the girls’ home is to stay away from the abandoned graveyard...
  • Hell is a Harem: Book 3 by Kim Faulks

    Hell is a Harem: Book 3 by Kim Faulks

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The Circle’s job was to protect the innocent. But what happens when the innocent aren’t exactly what they seem? What happens when they become the Nine?Gabriel can’t bring himself to look at me. Broken wings. Broken will.Titus lays in a hospital bed, with the vultures hovering close. Rival stands beside me…but he may as well be on the other side of the world for all the lies that divide us...
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