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The Clan MacRieve (Immortals After Dark, #2, #4 & #9) by Kresley Cole
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThree dark heroes, three destined heroines, a trio of legendary love stories. In this sizzling Immortals After Dark collection, bestselling author Kresley Cole delves deep into the sensual but dangerous world of the Lykae, a Highland clan of werewolves. The mighty king: In A Hunger Like No Other, Lachlain MacRieve will stop at nothing to capture his ethereal vampire mate and make her his queen... -
The Brothers Wroth: The Warlord Wants Forever, No Rest For The Wicked, Dark Needs At Night's Edge, Untouchable by Kresley Cole
Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAn exclusive Kresley Cole eBook box set featuring her New York Times bestselling Immortals After Dark titles! Includes The Warlord Wants Forever, No Rest for the Wicked, Dark Needs at Night's Edge, and Untouchable.The Warlord Wants Forever (Immortals After Dark #0... -
Magical Midlife Flowers by K.F. Breene
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsPreviously part of the Magical Midlife Kickstarter. This is a bonus story that plays into elements in Magical Midlife Battle. It should be read after Magical Midlife Alliance.It isn't necessary to the overall series ARC, but rather a fun little aside into the lives of the Ivy House Crew.Edgar does not cheat in flower shows. He might use a magically enhanced serum, but anyone could do that...Categorized as:
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Dark Whispers From Beyond by I.T. Lucas
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe sacrifices Kaia and her family have to make for a chance of gaining immortality might tear them apart, and success is not guaranteed...Categorized as:
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Sid by Teresa Gabelman
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsRenowned for his playboy lifestyle and wisecrack remarks, Sid Sinclair knows he is the last pick for the lead investigator of human/half-breed trafficking. Never one to play by the rules, Sid takes his new position seriously, but not without driving the leader of the VC Council and fellow Warrior’s crazy. A human with a special gift, Lana Fitzpatrick’s life is complicated...Categorized as:
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Dimitri by Kym Grosso
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAn erotic paranormal romance…Dimitri LeBlanc, sexy and charismatic beta of Acadian Wolves, survives a brutal attack after his wolf succumbs to a dark force, threatening his very existence. Waking up, tied to a bed, his amusement transforms into lust as a beautiful stranger heals his beast...Categorized as:
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Embracing Destiny by Amelia Hutchins
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsWar has finally come to Faery.Everything I thought I knew was wrong.Truths have become lies, and they have all begun to unravel around us. I can no longer trust my instincts. Ryder has changed, but so have I. We’re evolving, but into what? I’m not sure, but I do know that it isn’t what I wanted to become. I don’t know if I will survive this war...Categorized as:
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Viktor by Teresa Gabelman
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAfter having his life shattered by the woman who held his heart, Viktor Valentino put work before everything. Many years later, learning the truth behind his lover's deceit, his anger shifts to the man responsible for not only her betrayal but her gruesome death. Viktor throws himself into finding him to not only appease his rage but to possibly save humanity...Categorized as:
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The Blood Witch by Chandelle LaVaun
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAll magic bleeds... The life I had is gone. Permanently. No matter how hard I try there’s just no going back. One night had ruined everything. Halloween night my best friend and I made a stupid, reckless, totally avoidable mistake. Two high school girls at a frat party had bad news written all over it. I knew better, but I’d let Elizabeth talk me into it. I should have stayed in my lane...Categorized as:
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Léopold’s Wicked Embrace by Kym Grosso
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAn erotic paranormal romance...Seductive and lethal vampire, Léopold Devereoux, returns to the Big Easy to find a killer. His search leads him to a beautiful and mysterious woman, who awakens desires and emotions that he’s long fought to keep buried... -
Jared by Teresa Gabelman
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe VC Warriors are an elite group of vampire who protect innocents, whether human or those of their own race. Jared Kincaid, along with other Warriors, are shocked when a fiery red head with a gun and attitude, bring news of young teens being turned into an army of half-breed vampires capable of taking out all VC Warriors...Categorized as:
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Allies by Letty Frame
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe council have made their move forcing Lottie and her men to take a stand. For too long these men have been in power doing nothing but the bare minimum to protect wolf kind. Danger is coming and it’s up to Lottie and her men to protect them all. The entirety of the UK supernatural community is now watching Lottie and her men. A big fight is looming and they can’t afford to screw up... -
Crimson Truth by Samantha Whiskey
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFor centuries, I’ve been the king’s master of interrogation—his living, breathing lie detector.Mutter a lie in my presence and it appears tattooed into my skin.That’s usually enough to keep people quiet around me.But not her.Jocelyn, heiress to the witch queendom, lives to torment me.And with the disappearance of our princess?She’s become my brand new assignment...Categorized as:
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Night World: The Ultimate Fan Guide by Annette Pollert, L.J. Smith
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 35 ratingsA companion guide to the New York Times bestselling Night World series from the author of The Vampire Diaries!You loved the Night World series... -
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King of the Shadow Fae by Amelia Hutchins
Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsNew from USA Today Bestselling Author Amelia Hutchins comes a new Dark Urban Fantasy that will have you begging for more. Spellbinding, action-packed, mystery, and romance.I’d trained my entire life to take over the hunter guild. When the unthinkable happened, my father was taken, and I was forced to step up. The moment I took control, everything began to unravel around me...Categorized as:
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Enraptured by Brenda K. Davies
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsLength: 10 hrs and 4 mins Book 4 in The Vampire Awakenings Series With only one month left in college, Ian is busy enjoying what time he has left with his friends. Since reaching maturity, his life hasn’t been as carefree as it used to be, but he’s found a way to fight his growing destructive urges by losing himself in women. That is until Paige enters his life and falls half dead into his arms... -
Tristan's Lyceum Wolves by Kym Grosso
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsAn erotic paranormal romance...Charismatic and powerful Lyceum Wolves' Alpha, Tristan Livingston, is out for revenge after a devastating attack on his pack. Not only did he survive a building collapse, he orchestrated the rebuild of his chic, state-of-the-art nightclub within a week... -
Ford's Fate by Michelle Dare
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAs a young vampire, Ford had experienced more than those much older than him. The love of his life left him. He fell for his best friend. People he considered friends were killed. Blood was on his hands. Through it all, he never forgot his first love. The one who stole his heart then shattered it when he least expected... -
A Crown of Pride and Ruin by Sloane Murphy
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsI now know the faces of the ones who betrayed us and tried to tear everything we built down. Yet I know that it’s not over yet. So much is still to come.War is declared. Lives are lost. Souls are ruined.But this is not the end. This is a whole new beginning. Everything needs to come full circle, and if all of this has taught me one thing…It’s that nothing is what it seems... -
Her Forbidden Alpha by Moonlight Muse
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsScarlett Malone was a feisty headstrong young she-wolf, blessed by the moon goddess as the first Alpha Female.Moving to a new town with her mother to start afresh, they were welcomed into a new pack and a new family.Things became complicated when she begins to feel attracted to her smart and cocky stepbrother, the future Alpha of the Blood Moon Pack...Categorized as:
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Mystik Warrior by Brenda Trim, Tami Julka
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAfter suffering a century of torture and humiliation, Jace still bears the scars that have left his heart closed to love and acceptance. He escapes the prison walls only to realize he's mystically bound to his tormentor. Believing he doesn’t deserve a Fated Mate, he keeps his distance from females... -
Blood and Hexes by May Sage
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSeven names. Seven families of royal vampires on Night Hill. One stands above all. After centuries of freedom, no one is happy to kneel to a new Eirikrson. Diana intended to stop by Oldcrest for a pit stop. Catch up with her brother, meet his mate, maybe convince them to name their firstborn after her. She’ll soon learn, as a Helsing, she must pick a side. Before one is picked for her... -
Second Rite by Geneva Lee
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsHe wore darkness with such graceful ease…Thea Melbourne has a broken heart. A month after her world turned upside down, she’s struggling to return to the life she left behind. Her mother is in a coma, she’s selling off designer gowns to pay the bills, and her roommates seem to think she’s made of glass...Categorized as:
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When He’s Torn by Suzanne Wright
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIt has been said that Bailey Bryant lives with her middle finger up in the air. She can agree with that. But there’s one thing she fails to be breezy about: her unrelenting attraction to fellow enforcer Deke Hammond. Broad, inked, and ruggedly masculine, the grumpy cat shifter could attract a stone. He’s also currently riddled with touch-hunger and much crankier than usual... -
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Crimson Highlander by Samantha Whiskey
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsShe’s my enemy…and my mate.For two hundred years, I’ve been the second in command to the Vampire King.It’s my job to predict threats before they happen…but I never saw her coming.Valor Moorehouse isn’t just the daughter of our greatest enemy,she’s a real pain in the ass, and according to the mark that just appeared—my mate...Categorized as:
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Wolf Mated by Heather Renee
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFacing fate just might be a death sentence.CaitWith a deadline set by the Supernatural Council, I have less than a month to figure out how to remain out of their grasp. Being their magical slave isn’t part of my plan.As the clock keeps ticking, I focus on Roman and the growing bond between us... -
Thirst by Charlene Hartnady
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThaneI’ve been told I’m beautiful to look at, but I’m a monster all the same.Barely contained.Terrifying now that the thirst is upon me…I’m a beast king. That comes with its pros and cons.Big con, I have to take a bride. It’s built into my DNA. We all reach a point where the drive kicks in. I thought I still had time. I was wrong!I need to find her. The one. A vampiress whose blood will quench me...Categorized as:
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Luna Cursed by Alessa Thorn
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsCiara Wolf Slayer is the one Ironwood that all wolves fear. When a deranged cult decides to awaken Fenris to start Ragnarök, Ciara must put aside her vicious past and work with the one wolf strong enough to take them down.‘Luna Cursed’ is book four of the new spin-off series in the best-selling 'Fae Universe,' featuring everyone's favorite supernatural hunting family, the Ironwoods...Categorized as:
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Keeper by Leia Stone
Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsAnya has inherited her mother's gift. Born in a set of twins, she is the next Matefinder and her brother, Jaxon, is her sworn protector. But it looks like finding mates for the werewolf kind isn’t what Spirit has in plan for her. And when she starts dreaming about a human guy in trouble, her whole life changes...Categorized as:
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Moonlight by Victoria Danann
Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsThe story continues to touch on the lives of former B Team members and their families while new characters and situations are introduced.THE NEWSLETTER: Ram and Elora move into temporary quarters at Jefferson Unit to protect mother and baby. Storm gives a surprising answer when he’s tapped by Sol to replace him as Jefferson Unit Sovereign. Litha solicits her father to help Black Swan...Categorized as:
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Reaper Untamed by Debbie Cassidy
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsActions have consequences, and my actions are about to kick me in the teeth. I’m still reeling from the unthinkable. Lucas is gone. It’s all my fault and if the dominus can’t find evidence that my actions were under duress then the consequences will be lethal...Categorized as:
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Bite of Loyalty by R.L. Caulder
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsBeing the sole survivor of the Van Helsing family was never a burden I wanted to carry.Yet here I was, an orphan with a score to settle against Dracula for orchestrating the near genocide of my bloodline.One small kink in that plan: I was turned into the blood sucking creature that I was born to destroy...Categorized as:
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Hunt the Darkness by Alexandra Ivy
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe vampire, Roke, is raw, sensual, always in control. Yet somehow he's allowed the unthinkable to happen: a nymph-like witch named Sally has used her magic to trick Roke into mating with her. The pair will remain bound for eternity unless Sally breaks the spell. The trouble is, she has no idea how. . .Mating with Roke was an accident; at least that's what Sally keeps telling herself...Categorized as:
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A Shade of Kiev by Bella Forrest
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsMy name is Kiev Novalic. I am a vampire, and a murderer.Having betrayed the trust of my own kind and that of the enemies I sold myself to, I have three days left to live. I stare at the girl in the cell opposite mine. Mona, she calls herself. A witch born without magic.She might be my key to freedom, but I should know to stay away. I should know: some scars are etched too deep to heal... -
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Darkness Avenged by Alexandra Ivy
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsTHE SEARCH FOR A TRAITORAs the demon world celebrates the defeat of the Dark Lord, the vampire Santiago’s mood remains bleak. He still yearns for the sensual, raven-haired Nefri, who has inexplicably disappeared. But brooding for Nefri is a luxury that Santiago does not have...Categorized as:
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Fated Mates by Alicia Montgomery
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsA secret Lycan world, hidden in plain sight. An outsider suddenly drawn in...She can't resist him, but he knows he can never have her... Private investigator Alynna Chase is drawn in to the world of werewolf shifter clans when she encounters charming and sexy Lycan, Alex Westbrooke. For centuries, werewolf shifters have moved among human society undetected, hiding in plain sight... -
Overkill: Snippets of Demonica Life by Larissa Ione
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsFree short stories to update readers on the lives of the Demonica characters...Categorized as:
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Bound By Darkness by Alexandra Ivy
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe Sylvermyst have a reputation as sinister cousins to the fey, and none are more mysterious than Ariyal and his tribe. To save his people from banishment, he sold himself to the evil Morgana. Finally free, he faces a new challenge: Jaelyn, an elite vampire warrior sent to capture him. By rights, he should kill her on sight. Yet he cannot bring himself to hurt her--or to resist her. .Categorized as:
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Promised in Blood by Sadie Kincaid
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsThe second installment of the bestselling paranormal/ fantasy romance from Sadie Kincaid.But there is one who can save the fates of all.For the child borne of fire and blood,Shall be our ruin or our redemption.An ancient prophecy. A betrayal so deep it will echo through eternity.Ophelia Hart is no ordinary elementai. In fact, she is extraordinary in every single way there is...Categorized as:
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Masquerade by Felicity Heaton
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTen years have passed since Sophis and Vivek, two vampires of the Venia bloodline, came close to death at the hands of twin hunters Aleksis and Izabella Romanov. The events of that night turned Sophis and Vivek against each other, shattering their close friendship and driving them apart... -
The Wild (The Lycans, 6) by Jenika Snow
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOdhran The moment I found her, my fated mate—the only good and right thing in my dark, hollow life—she was taken from me by my enemies. She was gone, ripped from my arms, a feeling more painful than if my heart had been torn from my chest. I changed that day. I didn’t see myself as Odhran, loyal soldier to the king of the Scottish Lycans, any longer. I became scarred, emotionless… soulless... -
Devotion: A Mate Games: War Novella by Meg Anne, K. Loraine
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSPOILER THIS NOVELLA TAKES PLACE APPROXIMATELY ONE AND A HALF YEARS AFTER THE EVENTS OF TEMPTATION AND INCLUDES SPOILERS FOR THE MATE PESTILENCE AND DEATH. IF YOU HAVE NOT READ THOSE SERIES, YOU MAY WANT TO STOP HERE AND DO THAT FIRST.Turns out happily ever after isn’t what the storybooks promised.We thought it was over, that we’d earned a peaceful life filled with love and tender moments...Categorized as:
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Blood and Madness by Sarah Piper
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWar is on our doorstep. The odds have never been so bleak.The Dark Goddess invades from the south, an unstoppable army of ghouls at her command. Darkwinter gathers in the north, their attack imminent. Rebel factions divide the realm, undermining Keradoc’s rule and leaving Midnight ripe for invasion...Categorized as:
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Wolf Lover: Konochur by Victoria Danann
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratings"You can't help but give up a sigh for this unlikely, but epic, hero."" - Fantastical Paramormal Romantical" "Although I have loved all of Ms. Danann's books. This series that loosely ties to the Knight's of The Black Swan series has become my favorite. I love the premise of rebuilding, restarting in a new place. Overcoming the obstacles that are both internal and external... -
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Heart of the Hounded by Grace McGinty
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHey, are you okay?Are you a supernatural too, being hunted as a trophy? Do you have nowhere to go and no one to turn to?Eden is here. We can provide protection. Safety. Understanding.You just have to find us first.When Layla stumbled across the Big, Bad Wolf, her life changed forever. Now that her eyes are open to all the things that go bump in the night? There's no going back... -
Rebel Obsession by Donya Lynne
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFormer cobalt addict and AKM drug counselor, Io is a male vampire known as much for his abrasive personality as for his playboy lifestyle. In other words, he's not the likeliest to make friends and settle down. Life on the edge suits him, and he lives full throttle, making his own rules, and damn the consequences. What he wants, he takes, and what he wants now is Miriam... -
Cam's Chance by Lisa Oliver
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsArrowtown Book 5 Can be read as a standalone Camden "Cam" Stone had a long past and a hard life. For the past ten years he'd kept up the facade of a businessman, running the only bar in Arrowtown. The hours were long, but the people were friendly and if he didn't share much about himself, no one seemed to care...Categorized as:
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Unleash by Felicity Heaton
Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsA powerful vampire lost deep in his bloodlust, Snow is a savage animal, mindless with rage and a thirst for violence, and trapped with no hope of awakening from an endless nightmare… until a song draws him up from the abyss, restoring his sanity but leaving him haunted by the sweet feminine scent of lilies and snow, and fragmented familiar lyrics... -
Kellen's Tempting Mate by Elle Boon
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA NOT SO NAÏVE SHE-WOLF: Laikyn O’Neil has loved Kellen for years. Thinking to prove her love, she sets out to learn how to be a good submissive, only to find herself needing a savior. THE RELUCTANT ALPHA: When Kellen Styles finds Laikyn in the last place he expected, he rides to her rescue, but then can’t stop his dominant needs from taking over... -
The Immortal by Gena Showalter
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsNew York Times bestselling author Gena Showalter delivers The Immortal, the second dark and sexy book in her Rise of the Warlords series, featuring a cold, merciless assassin and a stubborn harpy warrior... one fated to die by the other's hand.Halo Phaninon, assassin of gods, is as cold and merciless as a machine. For victory, he crosses any line...
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