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  • Swing Shift 2 by William D. Arand

    Swing Shift 2 by William D. Arand

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Reports to write, forms to fill, coffee to drink, leads to run down. Gus’s life had been a tedium and boredom he’d grown comfortable with. One that he sought out after he’d come back from his tour of duty. That was before Melody, a contractor, more or less blew his life up as if it were a building packed full of c4...
  • The Bronze Blade by Elizabeth Hunter

    The Bronze Blade by Elizabeth Hunter

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Librarian Note: Previous cover can be found here."You may call me Tenzin, if you like."A girl. A mother. A slave. A monster. A survivor. Descended into madness. Forged in fire and darkness, she became one of the fiercest warriors the immortal world had ever known.But in the beginning, there was a girl.THE BRONZE BLADE is a novella of approximately 100 pages...
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    myths  paranormal  vampires  abuse  adult  audiobook  book  drama
  • Eternal Shade by Caroline Peckham, Susanne Valenti

    Eternal Shade by Caroline Peckham, Susanne Valenti

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 33 ratings
    While Callie closes in on the blood bank in the hopes of rescuing her family, Montana accepts the dangerous task of spying on one of the vampire royals. On the east coast more deaths arise in New York City and Montana soon realises she's at the heart of an assasination plot. But if she doesn't work out who her enemies are fast, she could be their next target...
  • Per Sempre Medici by Emily Bex

    Per Sempre Medici by Emily Bex

    Rated: 4.88 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Paranormal Romance and Urban Fantasy fans will become enchanted with this deliciously dark and scandalous series by International Bestselling Author Emily Bex. It's everything vampire romances should be made of!Are you ready for the secret?The Medici power grows, as the children enter adulthood and establish their own families...
  • Vampires by Esther E. Schmidt

    Vampires by Esther E. Schmidt

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Being kidnapped and unexpectedly thrust into the paranormal world she didn't even know existed has overwhelmed Tessera. Even more, because her savior is the President of the Death by Reaper MC, Vampire Charter, who claimed her as his eternal mate...
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    paranormal  steamy  vampires  adult  biker  book  family  fiction
  • Spindles and Thorns by Melanie Karsak

    Spindles and Thorns by Melanie Karsak

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Three blessings. One curse. A beauty whose life will change forever. When Aurora and her twin brother Aubrey were born, a dark mage cursed on their eighteenth birthday, the twins would suffer the torment of eternal sleep. Aurora and Aubrey’s parents, being sensible wizards, eviscerated the mage. Unfortunately, dark magic doesn’t go quietly. Aurora and Aubrey were left orphans...
  • Destroyer of Light by Rachel Alexander

    Destroyer of Light by Rachel Alexander

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    The marriage of Hades and Persephone blossoms and their mysterious grove in the world below thrives……while the sunlit world withers.Demeter holds out in Eleusis, pushing both mankind and the gods to frozen starvation in order to reclaim her daughter...
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    myths  paranormal  steamy  adult  book  drama  fiction  gods
  • The Forest Song by Lesia Ukrainka

    The Forest Song by Lesia Ukrainka

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    "The Forest song" - drama-fairy-tale in three acts. The play, which became a masterpiece of Ukrainian drama, was written in 1911. It was first put on stage on November 22, 1918 at the Kyiv Drama Theater. The product is one of the first prototypes of fantasy in Ukrainian literature. The original drama of the poet is published in two languages ​​in one book - in Ukrainian and in English...
  • The Vampire King by Kenya Wright

    The Vampire King by Kenya Wright

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Escape into the Vampire King—a steamy, high-octane paranormal.As a human domina, Camille's only purpose in life is to birth vampire children for the powerful the Quiet King. Trapped within the castle walls under strict rules and constant surveillance by guards, Camille has spent the last two years, witnessing the brutal slaughter of innocent babies and insurmountable atrocities to other women...
  • A Vampire's Claim by Joey W. Hill

    A Vampire's Claim by Joey W. Hill

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Book III in the Vampire Queen Series. Lady Daniela has never taken a full human servant. At two hundred years, she’s always put it off, having a bachelor’s attitude toward bonding with another, even an inferior human...
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    paranormal  steamy  vampires  20th-century  adult  bdsm  book  dark
  • Anastasia by Sophie Lark

    Anastasia by Sophie Lark

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Anastasia is the princess no one needs: the fourth daughter born to an emperor without a son, and the only royal lacking a magical gift.Until she collides with a young Cossack rebel, changing both their lives forever.Damien is taken from everything he knows and raised as a ward of the Romanovs.Anastasia develops a strange kind of magic shared only by the Black Monk Rasputin...
  • Evading by K.L. Kreig

    Evading by K.L. Kreig

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    "Let me obliterate each and every last beast that's holding that beautiful mind captive, Giselle." It's no secret Detective Mike Thatcher wasn't a fan of the blood drinkers. They stole his life, his woman, his future when they kidnapped his college sweetheart. So of course Fate paired him with the one thing he'd spent the past eleven years hating...a vampire. But Giselle isn't just any vampire...
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    paranormal  steamy  vampires  adult  alpha-mc  book  crime  female-mc
  • The Right of Vengeance by Lina J. Potter

    The Right of Vengeance by Lina J. Potter

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Two countries are caught up in the flames of conspiracy, desperate to restore order. Rebellions in Virma and Wellster are at its peak. In these dark days, when no one is safe, in order to survive, Lilian has to remember who her friends are. Separated from Lilian in the very heart of a cruel scheme, Jess will have to face reality: his wife is one of a kind...
  • Vampire's Embrace: A Vampire Queen Series Novel by Joey W. Hill

    Vampire's Embrace: A Vampire Queen Series Novel by Joey W. Hill

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Nina's twin sister Sher has been groomed to be an Inherited Servant since she was six years old. At twenty-eight, she will be given to a vampire of the Council's choosing and serve him up to 300 years...
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    paranormal  steamy  vampires  adult  age-gap  bdsm  book  dark
  • Traveling with Gentlemen by Kathryn Moon

    Traveling with Gentlemen by Kathryn Moon

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    This novella takes place between the last chapter and the epilogue of A Lady of Rooksgrave Manor. It's mainly little slice of life and heap of smut scenes between Esther and her gentlemen, but there's also an adventure at the end that ties in with the over arching conflict of the Tempting Monster series...
  • Sea Dragon by Bianca D'Arc

    Sea Dragon by Bianca D'Arc

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A blind dragon who just wants to be left alone… Sir Hrardorr was once the mightiest of fighters. Now he’s blind and useless. His knight is dead and he can’t even go into proper mourning because he needs help just to get around. Part sea dragon, he decides to go to the Southern Lair to rusticate by the coast...
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    paranormal  steamy  adult  book  dragons  fiction  historical  fantasy
  • Echoes of Magic by Donna Grant

    Echoes of Magic by Donna Grant

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Hiding a secret so awful that his only hope for survival is to remain hidden, Grayson has lived most of his life pretending to be someone he isn’t. After years serving as a commander to his lord and friend, Grayson can no longer hold back the past. He leaves in search of answers only to find evil awaits him...
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    paranormal  steamy  adult  book  fiction  gothic  historical  magic
  • Enthralling the Orc by Tracy Lauren

    Enthralling the Orc by Tracy Lauren

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Desperate to find answers to the whereabouts of her niece, Ellyn does the unthinkable and releases a criminal brought in from the Perished Woods. Believing him to be nothing more than a man caught in the wrong place at the wrong time, she enlists his aid as a tracker...
  • Colorblind by Violette Dubrinsky

    Colorblind by Violette Dubrinsky

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    KINDLE #1 BESTSELLERLeon Arnaud is a French werewolf on a mission in America. Unlike most of his kind, he cannot sit idly back and watch humans commit one of the vilest atrocities he’s ever seen: slavery. With wealth and connections at his disposal, he arrives in Louisiana with one purpose and one purpose only: to free as many slaves as possible...
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    paranormal  steamy  vampires  adult  alpha-mc  black-mc  book  fiction
  • Fall From Grace by Emily Bex

    Fall From Grace by Emily Bex

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    JR Ward and Christine Feehan fans will become enchanted with this deliciously dark and scandalous series by International Bestselling Author Emily Bex. It's everything vampire romances should be made of!Continue the journey in this dark fantasy with Shade and Kate Medici.Lorenzo discovers his mother isn't the only one born with unique powers...
  • Bewitch by Felicity Heaton

    Bewitch by Felicity Heaton

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A vampire with a past stained with blood and a soul tainted with darkness, he is perfect in his self-control, never surrendering to his darkest desires. Now a beautiful witch in the shadowy fae underworld threatens to reawaken long denied hungers and tempts him with carnal pleasure...
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    paranormal  steamy  vampires  adult  anthologies  demons  fae  fiction
  • The Beginning by Sherrilyn Kenyon

    The Beginning by Sherrilyn Kenyon

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Appearing as a bonus story on Sherrilyn's web site and at the back of early editions of Sins of the Night, it can now be found in print form in its entirety in the novel Acheron in the Dark-Hunter series.This is a short story written years ago by Sherri as an intro to the Dark-Hunter world.The Beginning was originally published as a short story in a small press magazine called The Voice in 1990...
  • Lorenzo's Rising by Emily Bex

    Lorenzo's Rising by Emily Bex

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    JR Ward and Christine Feehan fans will become enchanted with this deliciously dark and scandalous series by International Bestselling Author Emily Bex. It's everything vampire romances should be made of!Old allies become enemies, as the Medici’s face betrayal.Lorenzo must learn how to someday lead the Medici coven, and become a warrior as powerful as his father...
  • The Turning by Emily Bex

    The Turning by Emily Bex

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Unable to escape crushing grief, Kate needs an outlet to channel her anguish. Turning to Luca, she pleads to be trained to fight like a warrior, but such a thing is in direct violation of Shade's commands.If she can get Luca to agree, her training must be done in secret.Unfortunately, any training is too little too late...
  • Night After Night by Kathryn Smith

    Night After Night by Kathryn Smith

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Centuries ago, this magnificent chalice sealed my fate as a vampire, and now I am its protector. Many have hunted me for it, but only Vivian has accomplished the task. Strong, lovely, haunted . . . I am more attracted to her than I should be, yet her loyalty lies with a man determined to bring about my destruction. But I am not so easily locked in a cage, and now the captive has become the captor...
  • Roaring Shadows: Macey Book 2 by Colleen Gleason

    Roaring Shadows: Macey Book 2 by Colleen Gleason

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The saga of Macey Gardella continues in the second volume of award-winning, New York Times bestselling author Colleen Gleason's Roaring Trilogy...In the dark underworld of Jazz Age speakeasies and gangsters, Macey Gardella finds herself caught up in a dangerous alliance with Al Capone...
  • The Red Lily by Juliette Cross

    The Red Lily by Juliette Cross

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The Black Lily resistance needs a larger army if they are to defeat the vampire monarchy. In order to do so, former lieutenant and traitor to the vampire Crown, Nikolai must seek help from the red-hooded temptress he needs to avoid at all costs. The secret he carries could prove dangerous for her if she gets too close...even though keeping her close—very close—is the only thing on his mind...
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    myths  paranormal  steamy  vampires  adult  alpha-mc  book  fiction
  • Midnight Captive by Arial Burnz

    Midnight Captive by Arial Burnz

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I'm betrothed to a dagger-toting hellionShe was a doe-eyed, freckle-faced girl when I left seven years ago.Had I known she held such fire, I would have rushed home to be in her arms much sooner.I adored her then…I ache to have her now.But the supernatural world that surrounds her may be our undoing.She's bound and determined to take her father's enemy head-on...
  • The Stalker by Lauren Gilley

    The Stalker by Lauren Gilley

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Rain fell against the roof and the windowpanes, sealing them in together in their den of antiques and crumbling books and the nail polish bottles lined up in the dormer ledges. It was all so ordinary and human; the only monsters were them, just the way he liked it...
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    paranormal  steamy  vampires  adult  angst  book  fiction  historical
  • The White Lily by Juliette Cross

    The White Lily by Juliette Cross

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    To the north of the Varis empire, a mysterious faction spreads propaganda against the vampire monarchy. Friedrich Volya, the Duke of Winter Hill, seeks to discover who they are before his uncle finds them first. King Dominik will punish the traitors with brutal force...
  • Dark Moon by Kate Douglas

    Dark Moon by Kate Douglas

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Edgy and intense, infused with sensuality and danger. --Jayne Ann KrentzShapeshifting creatures of amazing strength and sensuality, the Chanku now live openly all over the world. Yet the primal power of the pack beckons, calling each one home to surrender to pure pleasure.  .  .Return To SurrenderIgmutaka is her Spirit Guide and protector. But Star desires so much more...
  • Caressed by Shadows by Amanda J. Greene

    Caressed by Shadows by Amanda J. Greene

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Black Knight, Falcon Kenwrec is powerful, relentless, and fiercely loyal, his only allegiance – to his king. But he is torn between duty and desire when the war between the vampire clans and the Red Order hunters escalates and the enemy captures the one woman he longs to claim as his own, Sonya Rebane, Queen of the Voidukas Clan...
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    paranormal  steamy  vampires  adult  alpha-mc  book  female-mc  fiction
  • The Shadow Gods by Ripley Proserpina

    The Shadow Gods by Ripley Proserpina

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    They were heroes who weighed the fate of the world against their love and chose me.The gods are a shadow, shrouding my fate in darkness. With one snap of her fingers, Athena turned my life upside down, and now I have to decide...Run?Or fight?Whatever choice I make, I won't be alone.Pollux, Achilles, Hector, Paris, and Orestes have fought the gods before...
  • The Ashes of Ackonir by Jennifer Cody

    The Ashes of Ackonir by Jennifer Cody

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Life beyond the walls of Eoam, the commune where my mother raised me, has never tempted me. My needs are fulfilled as long as I work, and if my life is full of more sorrow than most, it’s because I was born for it. But even I have my limits, and when the people who’ve raised me do the unthinkable, I burn the walls down and walk away...
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    paranormal  steamy  vampires  romance  fantasy  mlm  lgbtq  historical
  • Running from the Orc by Caroline Lee, Veronika Kane

    Running from the Orc by Caroline Lee, Veronika Kane

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    My captor had best understand one I am not easy prey. Being stolen by orcs was bad enough, but now I have been saddled with one who thinks himself charming. Aye, so mayhap he is handsome—for an orc. But he is still a tusked, green, seven-foot-tall barbarian, and I have no intention of staying his prisoner...
  • The Duchess and the Orc by Finley Fenn

    The Duchess and the Orc by Finley Fenn

    Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    He’s a massive, mocking, murderous monster. And there’s only one thing he wants from her... In a world of recently warring orcs and men, Maria is desperate for escape. She’s trapped in an opulent prison, tainted by rumours of madness, and wed to a cold, vindictive duke who hungers only for war...
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    myths  paranormal  steamy  adult  angst  book  dark  enemies-to-lovers
  • Never Been Bit by Lydia Dare

    Never Been Bit by Lydia Dare

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    In desperation, a man will do terrible things...The glittering world of high society is the playground for the rich, titled, and reluctantly undead...Alec MacQuarrie's after-life has become an endless search for pleasure in an effort to overcome his heartbreak and despair...
  • The Erotic Poems by Ovid

    The Erotic Poems by Ovid

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    This collection of Ovid’s poems deals with the whole spectrum of sexual desire, ranging from deeply emotional declarations of eternal devotion to flippant arguments for promiscuity. In the Amores, Ovid addresses himself in a series of elegies to Corinna, his beautiful, elusive mistress...
  • Research with Rivals by Jillian Witt

    Research with Rivals by Jillian Witt

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When Evelyn accidentally binds herself to her academic rival, she desperately searches for the remedy in centuries-old magic before the sparks between them burn.Half-fae Evelyn Knowles is hiding a big secret: her shifter form. Abandoned by her fae father, she has no one to teach her about the change. She’s a little concerned when she determines the animal she turns into is---well--mythical...
  • The Erotic Poems by Ovid

    The Erotic Poems by Ovid

    Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    This collection of Ovid’s poems deals with the whole spectrum of sexual desire, ranging from deeply emotional declarations of eternal devotion to flippant arguments for promiscuity. In the Amores, Ovid addresses himself in a series of elegies to Corinna, his beautiful, elusive mistress...
  • Beauty and the Beast by Unknown

    Beauty and the Beast by Unknown

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    "You've got to get the girl to fall in love with you!"The Beast's only chance to break the spell is for him to fall in love with Belle and earn her love in return...
  • Final Affair by Tina Folsom

    Final Affair by Tina Folsom

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Venice, Italy - early 1800sViola has been given three months to live but she refuses to die a virgin. She travels to Venice where she wants to experience physical pleasure with a man without causing a scandal for her family. Afterward, she plans to take her own life to ensure she exits the world painlessly and with dignity...
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    paranormal  steamy  vampires  adult  audiobook  book  fiction  gothic
  • The Palace by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro

    The Palace by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Francesco Ragoczy da San Germano, the immortal vampire, seeks only to hide himself in his Florentine palace. But after falling for Estasia, a cousin of Botticelli, the wealthy foreigner loses all his desire for isolation. Her unquenchable passion more than matches his -- and San Germano must have her. While happiness seems imminent, danger lurks around the corner...
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    paranormal  steamy  vampires  adult  book  dark  dark-fantasy  fiction
  • Sinful Treasure by Tina Folsom

    Sinful Treasure by Tina Folsom

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Venice, Italy - early 1800sWhen vampire rake Lorenzo Conti finds a beautiful woman sleeping in the bedchamber of his newly acquired home, he believes her to be a housewarming gift bestowed upon him by his thoughtful friends...
  • Nocturne by Kat Ross

    Nocturne by Kat Ross

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    An alternative cover edition for this ASIN can be found here.Nocturne, a wilderness of eternal night.Solis, a wasteland of endless day.Nazafareen is a Breaker, a mortal who has the rare ability to shatter spell magic—although her power carries a high price...
  • Blood Union: Part One by Vela Roth

    Blood Union: Part One by Vela Roth

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    She's ready for her eternal future with him. But the past won't let them go…The night Cassia has fought for is here. At last, she'll drink Lio’s blood and join him as an immortal Hesperine, fulfilling their Grace bond. But then an unexpected guest returns to Orthros with a revelation about the past she never imagined...
  • Daughter of the Mist by Quinn Taylor Evans

    Daughter of the Mist by Quinn Taylor Evans

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    This second spellbinding book about Merlin's daughters features Brianna--a beautiful changeling able to transform into creatures of the forest, air, and sea--and the man who wins her heart...
    Categorized as:
    myths  paranormal  adult  arthurian  book  fiction  historical  magic
  • Daughter Of Light by Quinn Taylor Evans

    Daughter Of Light by Quinn Taylor Evans

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The third daughter of Merlin, Cassandra of Tregaron joins Stephen, the son of William the Conqueror, on a quest that takes them to the crumbling ruins of an enchanted realm and tests Cassandra's prophetic powers. Original...
    Categorized as:
    myths  paranormal  adult  arthurian  book  fiction  historical  magic
  • My Dangerous Pleasure by Carolyn Jewel

    My Dangerous Pleasure by Carolyn Jewel

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    TEMPT THE DARKNESSStrong-willed and independent, Paisley Nichols is used to taking care of herself. But when an insane mage begins tracking her every move and threatening her at every turn, she has no choice but to put her life in the hands of a demon.RISK THE PASSIONBurned by betrayal, demon assassin Iskander won't get too close to anyone...
    Categorized as:
    paranormal  steamy  vampires  adult  book  demons  fiction  historical
  • Sensual Danger by Tina Folsom

    Sensual Danger by Tina Folsom

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Venice, Italy - early 1800sWhen vampire Nico purchases a house to further his fellow vampires' goal of creating a secure compound within Venice, he doesn't expect to get a headstrong wife in the bargain. He plans to send her to the mainland after their wedding night so he can continue his debauched bachelor life...
    Categorized as:
    paranormal  steamy  vampires  adult  audiobook  book  fiction  gothic
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