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  • Ascension Day by Vanessa Nelson

    Ascension Day by Vanessa Nelson

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Caught in the middle of two powerful forces, can Thea find a way to survive?The Archon has ordered a day of celebration to mark her ascension to power. While most people in the city are looking forward to a day off and an excuse to drink and eat too much, Thea and the rest of the city's Watch are on high alert...
  • Summer Reign by John Conroe, James Patrick Cronin

    Summer Reign by John Conroe, James Patrick Cronin

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Faced with writing college papers, prepping for tests, and teaching testy witches, Declan O'Carroll has enough on his plate. Not to mention the magical withdrawal of leaving his very own magical kingdom behind on Fairie. But when he and his friends are attacked from creatures out of folklore and fable it seems the Queens of Summer and Winter aren't done with him yet...
  • The Witchwood Boys Did Me Dirty by C.M. Stunich

    The Witchwood Boys Did Me Dirty by C.M. Stunich

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    These forgotten witches aren’t too wicked to fall for.A coven of shadows with a curse on my heart and my house.They bake f*cked-up cupcakes in my kitchen and unalive influencers in my front yard.These men make zombies out of their own relatives, and a panting mess out of their own wife.The Witchwoods are a violent stain on the world.Eradicating that blight is worth the dirty, rotten things we do...
  • Sword of the Tyrant by Cebelius

    Sword of the Tyrant by Cebelius

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    NEVER split the party ... Tyrfing is both the key to success in Terry Mack's quest to destroy the Dust Lord, and a death sentence for any template foolish enough to go after the cursed blade...
  • Battlemaster's Gambit by Nathan Pierce

    Battlemaster's Gambit by Nathan Pierce

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Resurrected to dominate or die again?Andric was much like anyone else, further along in his life than he wanted to be. Much further along, and waiting to finally become the main character of his own story.Fate had a funny joke for him, though.He died.Unexpectedly he was given the strangest of plot developments...
    Categorized as:
    magic  demons  steamy  dark  paranormal  romance  fantasy  harem
  • Bloodline Legacy by Lan Chan

    Bloodline Legacy by Lan Chan

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A hedge witch and her psychotic vampire partner enter the Unity Games. Four supernatural academies. A thousand ways to die. I don’t think I want to be Alessia Hastings anymore.My life plan is pretty simple: Learn to fight. Survive a war with the Hell dimension. Don’t die. It does not, I repeat, it does not involve a mating bond with Malachi Pendragon and spitting out Nephilim babies...
  • 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...
  • Carnival Creeps by Aiden Pierce

    Carnival Creeps by Aiden Pierce

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Welcome to Sinner’s Carnival, the most gruesome, blood-curdling attraction this side of Hell.Selling myself to a shadow demon to secure a position at the devil’s circus is all fun and games until the Horsemen of the Apocalypse show up.I’ve fought too long and hard for a place at Sinner’s Sideshow to let anyone take it from me.Not Conquest. Not War. Not even Death himself...
  • Her Soul for Revenge by Harley Laroux

    Her Soul for Revenge by Harley Laroux

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    JuniperAfter a cult tried to sacrifice me to their wicked God, I went on the run, doing whatever was necessary to survive. Until a demon offered me a deal: give him my soul and he'll help me claim the vengeance I seek. Blood will be spilled, and the monsters I once ran from will soon be running from me. But damning my soul was just the beginning - it's my heart the demon wants next...
  • Soothing Nightmares by M. Sinclair

    Soothing Nightmares by M. Sinclair

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    I didn’t fear my nightmares. I loved them... and they loved me.I had never been afraid of the dark. Abandoned on the front step of ISS, I’d spent my entire life thriving in the realm of darkness that most humans avoided.I was a woman living among monsters...
  • Bloodline Academy by Lan Chan

    Bloodline Academy by Lan Chan

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    A Nephilim, a demon and a mage walk into a psychiatric hospital. This isn't a joke. There's no punch line. My name is Alessia Hastings. Welcome to my personal hell.My weekly visit to Nanna's psychiatric hospital ends with me in a celestial jail cell. Now an impossibly gorgeous Nephilim with a face I want to kiss, and an attitude I want to punch, tells me I'm not quite human...
  • Bloodline Secrecy by Lan Chan

    Bloodline Secrecy by Lan Chan

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    A wraith from supernatural legend walks into a shifter banquet and tries to kill the alpha. Of course I'm the idiot who gets in the way and cops the blame. I am still Alessia Hastings. My world is still insane.It's semester two at Bloodline Academy and these are the things I know:1. They still can't figure out what's wrong with my magic. At least they've ruled out I'm not a demon.2...
  • The Dead and the Not So Dead: Completed Trilogy by M. Sinclair

    The Dead and the Not So Dead: Completed Trilogy by M. Sinclair

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    What’s better than being Queen of the Dead? Having four really attractive best friends that aren’t romantically interested in you.I’m joking—it sucks.I couldn’t fully blame them though. I mean, why would two powerful vampires, a century-old demon, and a lethal wolf shifter be interested in little old me?Although, I couldn’t discredit myself completely, because let’s be clear—I’m awesome...
  • Queen Takes Rook by Joely Sue Burkhart

    Queen Takes Rook by Joely Sue Burkhart

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    A Reverse Harem Vampire RomanceThe epic showdown between the last Isador queen and House Skye begins.Strengthened by her new queen sib, Shara Isador plans to return to her mansion-in-progress for some much needed rest. She especially wants to get to know her new twin Blood and fears she may have made a mistake in taking them. She does not love them. Yet...
  • Devil's Dream by Shayne Silvers

    Devil's Dream by Shayne Silvers

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    The greatest trick the First Vampire ever pulled was convincing the world that he didn't exist.Before the now-infamous Count Dracula ever tasted his first drop of blood, Sorin Ambrogio owned the night...and now he's back...
  • Devil's Cry by Shayne Silvers

    Devil's Cry by Shayne Silvers

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    The greatest trick the First Vampire ever pulled was convincing the world that he didn't exist.Before the now-infamous Count Dracula ever tasted his first drop of blood, Sorin Ambrogio owned the night...and now he's back.Sorin and Nosh's quest for vengeance against the vampire overlords expands to include the savage gangs of werewolves and covens of witches plaguing New York City...
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • Defeating Nightmares by M. Sinclair

    Defeating Nightmares by M. Sinclair

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    I would remind the humans why they feared the dark…and why I loved it. Our home is under threat, and I was across the country being threatened by a god terror in the Oceanic Forest. To say our situation is far from ideal is an understatement… So when Hate threatens my mates, something is unleashed in me that none of us could have expected...
  • Say Your Prayers by Crystal Ash, Kathryn Moon

    Say Your Prayers by Crystal Ash, Kathryn Moon

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Hell has taken over. And Earth’s last sanctuary doesn’t stand a chance.A young woman with horns was the last person Father Stavros expected to see approaching his gate, begging for sanctuary. As a man of God, he learned to never turn away someone in need, especially after Hell’s Rising. But the sinful cravings that follow him and his fellow priests are a whole new obstacle...
    Categorized as:
    angels  dark  demons  magic  paranormal  reverse-harem  steamy  adult
  • 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...
  • Brutal Asset by John Conroe

    Brutal Asset by John Conroe

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    Book 3 of the Demon Accords. Partnered in an uneasy alliance with federal law enforcement, Chris Gordon has been hunting down the outlaw gang, Loki's Spawn, who attacked his vampire girlfriend. But when he finds unexpected hostages who trigger his baser instincts, Chris is thrown into a search for answers to dark questions...
  • Lunar Witch by M. Sinclair

    Lunar Witch by M. Sinclair

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    No man would ever own me again.A simple promise I’d made to myself after escaping a brutal childhood of abuse and being trained to enact violence on unblessed witches. Since that moment, I had managed to survive on the streets by successfully pickpocketing...
  • Duel Nature by John Conroe

    Duel Nature by John Conroe

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    Chris and Tanya have been assigned as Coven Rovers, traveling the country and trouble shooting the supernatural community. It's a job that's part cop and part auditor, one that should be long periods of boredom mixed with small parts of action...
  • Some Kind of Monster by Albany Walker

    Some Kind of Monster by Albany Walker

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Naughty girls need love too. A beautiful monster, that’s what I am. My packaging is just a little nicer than the creatures you hear about dwelling in your closet. With three baddies for my mates, things are definitely getting interesting. I think I’ve even convinced them not to kill each other. But I have a new purpose, someone is hurting our kind...
  • Men of the Otherworld by Kelley Armstrong

    Men of the Otherworld by Kelley Armstrong

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 35 ratings
    As a curious six-year-old, Clayton didn’t resist the bite—he asked for it. But surviving as a lone child-werewolf was more than he could manage—until Jeremy came along and taught him how to straddle the human-werewolf worlds, gave him a home…and introduced him to the Pack...
  • A Shadow of Betrayal by B.M. Clemton

    A Shadow of Betrayal by B.M. Clemton

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Monsters exist. The only problem is… I'm the only one that can see them. I always thought I would outgrow it. That one day, I would magically wake up, and the nightmares that haunt my life would suddenly be gone. Unfortunately, that hasn't been my luck. Avoidance is key. Don't look at them. Pretend they aren't lurking in the shadows, and never make eye contact...
  • Spell Bound by Kelley Armstrong

    Spell Bound by Kelley Armstrong

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 35 ratings
    The #1 "New York Times" bestselling author sets the stage for a battle of epic proportions.Savannah Levine is all grown up. As a witch endowed with an array of spells, she is also a force to be reckoned with. As a paranormal investigator she is finally coming into her own. But her last case tore a family apart, and Savannah swore she'd give up her powers to fix the mess she helped create...
  • 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...
  • When Monsters Rise by Debbie Cassidy

    When Monsters Rise by Debbie Cassidy

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    When an unexpected betrayal steals our sanctuary, only unity will save us.I trusted Michael and he betrayed us. With our sanctuary destroyed, we’re on the run. Again.Shem and his watchers’ step into the role of protectors once again but keeping a whole colony safe topside won’t be easy.New threats stalk both day and night. The rules have changed.Time is running out...
    Categorized as:
    reverse-harem  angels  paranormal  demons  magic  dark  steamy  romance
  • Phoenix’s Refrain by Ella Summers

    Phoenix’s Refrain by Ella Summers

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    There are forces greater than gods or demons at work here.Leda Pandora, the Angel of Chaos, isn’t like other angels. She fights dirty, in ways totally unbecoming of a soldier in the Legion of Angels. She cracks jokes at the other angels, even when she should really keep her mouth shut. And she stubbornly insists on doing the right thing, even if it’s totally against the rules...
  • 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...
  • Magic Untamed by Elena Lawson

    Magic Untamed by Elena Lawson

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Finding out I’m descended from royalty should have been like winning the lottery. Except I got all of the renown and none of the spoils.That’s what it means to be related to the dark prince.Still reeling, I throw myself into uncovering more about my dark heritage. Meanwhile, Cal and Adrian try to solve a mystery of their own...
  • Demon Driven by John Conroe

    Demon Driven by John Conroe

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    Seven months have passed since Chris Gordon met Tanya Demidova. In that time he has adapted to the vast changes in his life. Being faster and stronger, working for a paranormal police unit and dating a vampire. But new threats appear; from the South, from the North, within the NYPD and from the U.S. government. But his greatest danger is already inside him. Book 2 of the Demon Accords...
  • 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...
  • Ghost by Kat Blackthorne

    Ghost by Kat Blackthorne

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Ash Grove is a fine place to die. Blythe has accepted her fate and is tired of running. Who would miss her anyway? She attends her new and eccentric town’s month long Halloween masquerade for one last party before meeting her end. But what will she find...and what will find her? A man in a skeleton mask is watching... and he’s not the only one...
  • Cloaked by Vanessa Nelson

    Cloaked by Vanessa Nelson

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The world itself in peril. Arrow’s sleep is being disturbed by nightmares that she cannot remember when awake. Her days are spent trying to build her new, simple, life in the human world and helping the shape-changers track down the last conspirators that tried to destroy the Erith. But the Erith want her help one last time...
  • No Humans Involved by Kelley Armstrong

    No Humans Involved by Kelley Armstrong

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 39 ratings
    In her acclaimed Women of the Otherworld series, bestselling author Kelley Armstrong creates a present day in which humans unwittingly coexist with werewolves, witches, and other supernatural beings. Now, in this spellbinding new novel, a beautiful necromancer who can see ghosts must come to terms with her power—and with an evil she never thought possible...
  • A Demon's Plaything by Amelia Hutchins, Tenaya Jayne

    A Demon's Plaything by Amelia Hutchins, Tenaya Jayne

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Previously Released in Love Potion Anthology Lilith has spent her life in the ruins of her mother’s court that the Horde destroyed. Summoned to her father’s court, her entire world is turned upside down...
    Categorized as:
    dark  demons  magic  paranormal  shapeshifters  steamy  adult  alpha-mc
  • Ruin by Lacey Carter Andersen

    Ruin by Lacey Carter Andersen

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I have always been the hunter... until I'm suddenly the prey.Someone or something knows that I'm looking into my brother's death, and now I've become the next target on their list. Death and danger have never frightened me before, but then again, I never imagined there was anything in existence that my powers wouldn't work on.Apparently, I was wrong...
  • Reign by Lacey Carter Andersen

    Reign by Lacey Carter Andersen

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I never thought I would understand the cause my brother gave his life for, but I do now... and I’m willing to die for it too.The dark fae are being hunted, killed, wiped from the planet like a virus. No one seems to be willing to stand up for them.Rayne would’ve been the leader we needed, but now there’s only me...
  • Kings of Eden by Mila Young, Harper A. Brooks

    Kings of Eden by Mila Young, Harper A. Brooks

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I've danced for some powerful and deadly men. But lately, instead of dollars, I'm collecting death warrants. I’ve always played with danger. And as long as I followed the rules, I told myself I’d always be safe.One night is all it took, one mistake, and now every damned mafia criminal in the Black Spades gang is after me.But so are the Kings of Eden...
  • Chosen Warriors by Lacey Carter Andersen

    Chosen Warriors by Lacey Carter Andersen

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Everything I thought I knew was wrong.The good guys and bad guys are switching sides. An evil I never imagined looms ahead. And if we can’t rescue an innocent in time, all will be lost.Including our freedom.My dark fae fears from my life. My vampire and my shapeshifter have sworn to protect me. And my wolf believes this is our destiny. But I have no idea what I believe. I just want us to survive...
  • Shifters' Fae Captive by Lacey Carter Andersen

    Shifters' Fae Captive by Lacey Carter Andersen

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Surviving. That’s all that matters now.I was never meant to be a light fae. There was too much darkness inside of me. So when I met my mate, I dove headfirst into the world of monsters and ghosts that he revealed to me.And then he died.Changed. Different from all the other light fae. I no longer had a place I belonged...
  • Falling: Succubus Dreams Serial by L.L. Frost

    Falling: Succubus Dreams Serial by L.L. Frost

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Adie escaped the Hunters, but not without cost. Nightmares plague her sleep, questioning the choices she made. Or is it something more?Part 3 of Succubus Dreams.Join Adie on her (mis)adventures toward achieving a quasi-normal life among humans.A charming, slow-burn reverse harem serial about one reluctant succubus and the sexy demons determined to have her...
  • Ghostly Touches by Salem Cross

    Ghostly Touches by Salem Cross

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    They came to me in the dead of night.I should be used to ghosts, I’m a necromancer after all. But the three men who show up at my house aren’t the spiritual beings I’m used to. These Ghosts are part of a brotherhood so secret that they were thought to be a myth.When they ask for my help, I leap at the opportunity to aid these warriors.But none of us expected my help to come with a price tag...
  • Lourdes & the Mafia by Aleera Anaya Ceres

    Lourdes & the Mafia by Aleera Anaya Ceres

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Lourdes Rivera has spent her entire life relying on others. From friends, to family, to mediocre boyfriends. Now that her best friend Naomi is moving in with the Kraken Motorcycle Club, this is Lourdes’s chance to prove her independence once and for all. But after putting up an ad online, the last thing she expected when she greeted her new roommate was to be stabbed and left for dead...
  • In Death We Part by M. Bonnet

    In Death We Part by M. Bonnet

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    My routine was simple - classes, work, repeat - then an unearthed family secret changed everything. Four mysterious men shattered my life and stomped on the pieces until I had nothing left. They were strangers to me, but I was no stranger to them. They had been watching me… waiting until the time was right to strike...
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