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  • The Spider & the Storm by Kelsey Kingsley

    The Spider & the Storm by Kelsey Kingsley

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    From the bestselling author of Saving Rain comes a bittersweet, heartbreaking story about a broken cemetery caretaker and the woman who gave him shelter from life’s constant storm. Along came The Spider … They called me a freak.They called me a loser.They tormented me and made my life a living nightmare when all I had ever wanted was to be left alone...
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    dark  female-mc  alpha-mc  gothic  romance  contemporary  family  sad
  • Blackwing Beast by T.S. Joyce

    Blackwing Beast by T.S. Joyce

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Beast wants only a few things out of life: to be left alone, to join the Blackwings so he can be left alone, and for everyone to stop expecting anything from him and leave him alone. He was king of the lion shifters once, but his fall from power came at a huge personal cost. Rumors run rampant over what really happened to his pride, but the truth has hardened Beast’s heart to stone...
  • Morally Ambiguous by Veronica Lancet

    Morally Ambiguous by Veronica Lancet

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

    Reclaimed by Jaymin Eve

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 39 ratings
    They all made a terrible mistake. One they will pay for.For the past ten years I’ve been a victim. A victim to my pack. A victim to my true mate, who rejected me in the most brutal of ways. And a victim to Shadow Beast, who used me for his own gains.Or did he?The beast of mystery never reveals his whole hand, but one thing is for sure… in my time with him, I've changed...
  • The Blood Witch by Chandelle LaVaun

    The Blood Witch by Chandelle LaVaun

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    All 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...
  • Celestial by Olivia Wildenstein

    Celestial by Olivia Wildenstein

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    In ninety-two days, the feathered appendages that link me to the people I loathe finally come off. Dear, winglets, you will not be missed...
  • Blackwing Wolf by T.S. Joyce

    Blackwing Wolf by T.S. Joyce

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Dustin Porter is walking a fine line between the Blackwing Crew and the Valdoro pack. He’s been sent to betray Kane, but there’s a complication, and that complication is a smart-mouthed beauty who is also vying for a coveted spot on the crew. Dustin can’t keep his attention from Emma for long, and the more he gets to know about her, the more mysterious she seems...
  • Crimson Truth by Samantha Whiskey

    Crimson Truth by Samantha Whiskey

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    For 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...
  • Deception by D.B. Reynolds

    Deception by D.B. Reynolds

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Kauai, Hawaii—tropical paradise, vibrant jungle, turquoise sea... and sensuous nights that hide vampires so powerful they can change the world.Raphael—powerful, extraordinary, arrogant. He’s been eliminating rivals and gathering allies, determined not just to survive, but to demolish the Europeans who think they can steal what he’s worked for centuries to create...
  • 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...
  • Reborn by Jaymin Eve

    Reborn by Jaymin Eve

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 37 ratings
    The epic conclusion to the Shadow Beast Shifters.I finally have the life I always dreamed of. So why does it taste like ash on my tongue?Growing up in Torma, the strongest of the shifter packs, I wanted nothing more than to find my true mate and live my best life. Of course, that dream existed before my father betrayed the pack and turned me into their punching bag...
  • Fallen by Suzanne Wright

    Fallen by Suzanne Wright

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Only a few are brave enough to fall . . .When Raini desperately needed help, she went to the one person who she knew could save her dying friend . . . her secretive and ruthlessly powerful anchor, Maddox. His price was that she grant him access to her life, yet he's still determined not to form the anchor bond with Raini...
  • The Billionaire Shifter's Final Redemption by Diana Seere

    The Billionaire Shifter's Final Redemption by Diana Seere

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Asher Stanton has devoted his entire, long life to protecting the shifter world — but he couldn't save his own beloved human wife and child. Walling off his emotions and turning his life into a mission to consolidate power, he is ruthless, determined — and most definitely never falling in love with another human again...
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    alpha-mc  female-mc  steamy  adult  book  comedy  contemporary  fiction
  • Angel Bonds by Lexi C. Foss

    Angel Bonds by Lexi C. Foss

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A love so forbidden, it transcends boundaries…But even the strongest bonds require sacrifice.Stas and Issac broke all the rules—and it’s time to face the consequences. A necessary surrender leads to devastation, forcing Stas to choose between her heart and her future...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  female-mc  gothic  steamy  abuse  adult  angels  audiobook
  • Lord of Bones by Aiden Pierce, R.K. Pierce

    Lord of Bones by Aiden Pierce, R.K. Pierce

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Rayven Kidnapped. Collared. Trapped. I slink through shadows and steal from the deceased. It’s my passion, until I steal from Death himself…Then it becomes my curse.I’m a prisoner in the realm of the dead, at the mercy of the beast who calls this labyrinthian castle home. The walls are alive, with shifting corridors and eyes that follow me everywhere.He’s given me three days to escape...
  • Four Tattoos by Stephanie Brother

    Four Tattoos by Stephanie Brother

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Falling for four gruff tattoo artists is unexpected…getting pregnant is catastrophic. I'm the girl everyone looks to for a sunny comment and a bright smile. That’s why my attraction to four older ex-military men with silver in their hair and dark ink all over their muscular bodies comes as a complete surprise. We have nothing in common, but I'm putty in their experienced hands...
  • Playing with Monsters by Amelia Hutchins

    Playing with Monsters by Amelia Hutchins

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    My coven has remained hidden in the shadows for centuries. We’ve avoided the ‘real world’ altogether; hiding from monsters and other creatures we share this planet with. We found protection in the Colville National Forest, nestled in a town protected by magical barriers. Our powers are locked by an ancient curse, one meant to protect us from being found. Until now...
  • Second Rite by Geneva Lee

    Second Rite by Geneva Lee

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    He 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...
  • Death by Laura Thalassa

    Death by Laura Thalassa

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 39 ratings
    They came to earth--Pestilence, War, Famine, Death--four horsemen riding their screaming steeds, racing to the corners of the world. Four horsemen with the power to destroy all of humanity. They came to earth, and they came to end us all.He’s known by many names: Thanatos. Horseman. God’s last angel. And then, of course, there's the one I’m all too familiar with—Death...
  • The Ringmaster by Kathryn Ann Kingsley

    The Ringmaster by Kathryn Ann Kingsley

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    As above, so below…who was once friend is now a foe.The Faire is alive. It’s alive, it’s sentient, and it wants more from Cora Glass. Reeling from the revelations that Clown left her with, she struggles once more to find her footing. She never gets the chance.Harrow Faire wants Cora for murder. She assumed it was her death that it was after. She was wrong. It wants her to kill…to save them all...
  • Periculum by Natalie Bennett, Opulent Designs

    Periculum by Natalie Bennett, Opulent Designs

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

    Crimson Highlander by Samantha Whiskey

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    She’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...
  • Carnage Island by Lexi C. Foss

    Carnage Island by Lexi C. Foss

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Welcome to Carnage Island. Home of brutal chaos. Blood and tears. And nefarious schemes. A half-breed. A reject. A wolf without a mate. My family doesn't want me. My alpha disowned me. And my mate rejected me. So I’ve just been given a new pack assignment. Carnage Island. Home to the worst of wolf kind. Vicious. Cruel beasts. Wicked deeds. I’m not one of them. But I’m not a Nantahala wolf either...
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    age-gap  alpha-mc  dark  forced-proximity  gothic  steamy  abuse  adult
  • Heartless Heathens by Santana Knox

    Heartless Heathens by Santana Knox

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

    Raphael by Tillie Cole

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    They are the Fallen. A brotherhood of murderers whose nature compels them to kill. But guided by their leader, Gabriel, the Fallen have learned to use their urges to rid the world of those it is better off without. For Raphael, sex and death are intertwined. Where there is one, there must be the other. He is a lust killer, luring his victims with the face of an angel and a body built for sin...
  • The Faire by Kathryn Ann Kingsley

    The Faire by Kathryn Ann Kingsley

    Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Will Cora break, or will she bend…is this the beginning, or the end?Everything Cora thought she knew about Harrow Faire was a lie.All of it.Now as the lines in the sand are drawn, as a war for the Heart of the Faire builds, she must discover how much she is willing to sacrifice to save the people she has come to think of as Family...
  • Broken Bonds by J. Bree

    Broken Bonds by J. Bree

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 43 ratings
    After the death of my mother and her Bonded, I was relieved to find my own Bonds.I was sure everything would be okay if I had them.It wasn’t.The fate of our people is in my hands and I know we’re better off if I’m alone.After five years on the run, I’m caught and dragged back to face the men I ran away from.I thought I was doing the right thing.Now, I’m not so sure...
  • Once Upon A Devil by Scarlett Snow, Tiegan Clyne

    Once Upon A Devil by Scarlett Snow, Tiegan Clyne

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    No rest for the damned.With the Festival of Light now over, Satanalia at the Church of Shadows is upon us.Now it's time to face the music and my cruel covenmaster for a punishment that may leave me broken... if it leaves me alive at all. Lucifer said he has plans for me? I just hope I live to find out what they are. Once Upon a Devil is a reverse harem bully romance intended for mature audiences...
  • Judicium by Natalie Bennett

    Judicium by Natalie Bennett

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Prequel to the Devil's Playground Series.Can be read before or after Periculum...
  • Kiss of Luck by Delta James

    Kiss of Luck by Delta James

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    She got away once. It won't happen againSaylorMy unique relationship with Beck ten years ago made me the perfect choice for an undercover operation. My job... bring down Randall Beckett and his Phoenix Syndicate. In all these years I have never shared his secrets, what makes me think I can now?BeckA decade ago my uncle sent Saylor, my beautiful curvy girlfriend, away...
  • Cursed to the Alpha by Jessica Hall

    Cursed to the Alpha by Jessica Hall

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Andrei had finally found his mate and he couldn't believe his luck when he found Sage. Second-chance mates have never been heard of.However, he soon realizes that Sage is just as broken as he is. Sage spent years in the hands of monsters and now finds herself in Andrei's forsaken hands, which are just as tainted as those that kidnapped her...
  • The Emperor of Evening Stars by Laura Thalassa

    The Emperor of Evening Stars by Laura Thalassa

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 37 ratings
    In the beginning, there was darkness. Before he met Callie, before he became the Bargainer, there was Desmond Flynn, the bastard son of a scribe. A boy born to a weak mother, cursed with little magic, and destined to marry a slave. But fate had something else in mind. Till darkness dies...
  • Dark Legacy: A Reverse Harem Vampire Romance by Callie Rose

    Dark Legacy: A Reverse Harem Vampire Romance by Callie Rose

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Rome’s dark passion.Connor’s innocence.Bastian’s betrayal.My vengeance.If the vampire court thought I’d be less of a threat like this, they were dead wrong.Because now I’m f*cking pissed. They turned me into a monster, bound my brother to the most vicious vampire bitch in the clan, and tore away my last shred of hope.It’s too late to save myself.It’s too late to save Nathan...
  • The Penitent by Natasha Knight, A. Zavarelli

    The Penitent by Natasha Knight, A. Zavarelli

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A cruel fate. Two souls condemned. An impossible love.I knew he’d choose me before he came to our door on the night of the Tithing. I bore the mark that would make me his. It was my ancestor who spoke the words that bound us together, and his demon-god who promised protection for the price of blood.My blood.I was prepared to be that sacrifice if it would keep my family safe...
  • Once Burned by Jeaniene Frost

    Once Burned by Jeaniene Frost

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 60 ratings
    She's a mortal with dark powers...After a tragic accident scarred her body and destroyed her dreams, Leila never imagined that the worst was still to come: terrifying powers that let her channel electricity and learn a person's darkest secrets through a single touch. Leila is doomed to a life of solitude..
  • The Roman by Sylvain Reynard

    The Roman by Sylvain Reynard

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

    Dark Seduction by Sarah Piper

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

    Lucifer by D.B. Reynolds

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    EPIC Award WinnerMontreal, Quebec . . . A charming city on the St. Lawrence River, historic, sophisticated, but beneath it all lies an extensive underground where treacherous vampires are plotting to seize the country.Lucifer Scuderi is a vampire—handsome and charismatic, a powerful hunter of unusual skill—who arrives in Montreal to take on the most important hunt of his life...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  female-mc  steamy  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  magic
  • Noire Moon: A Prologue Novella by Elliott Rose

    Noire Moon: A Prologue Novella by Elliott Rose

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    YOU HAVE BEEN SELECTED.The Noire Moon is upon us.I found myself with a ticket I couldn't refuse.An invitation I couldn’t give away.An unwanted gift I was unable to return.Attending a haunted house party at Port Macabre’s most exclusive and notoriously private sex club? My head tells me this is insanity...
  • To Crown A Beast by R. Scarlett

    To Crown A Beast by R. Scarlett

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    She tasted his sweetness, his power, and his love, and it destroyed him.That iron heart has turned to ashes, leaving only a heartless beast.One she vows to tame.One she vows to save.Before he rips her own heart out...
  • Charming Devils by Katie May

    Charming Devils by Katie May

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Five years ago, they made my life a living hell. They teased me, abused me, and called me a witch.Little did they know...Now, I’m back for my senior year of high school. New hair, new style, new personality. I’ll no longer be the weird girl hiding in the shadows. Instead, I’ll embrace all of my darkness.The goal?Revenge on the boys—the men—who bullied me...
  • Rabid by Ivy Asher, Raven Kennedy

    Rabid by Ivy Asher, Raven Kennedy

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    I’ve been waiting my whole life to get my wolf. But now that the time is here, I need to run. ⁣⁣Three years ago, a nightmare of an alpha took over my pack by force, and ever since, he’s been trying to do the same to me.⁣I can’t let that happen.⁣⁣I need to escape him before he can lay a claim, flee from what I’ve always wanted, or risk getting a wolf that will submit to him...
  • Savage Heart by J.E. Cluney

    Savage Heart by J.E. Cluney

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Turns out, evil has a way of returning, and now we need to watch our backs.I have mates.I’m a kitsune.And I’m stronger than I ever thought.My life really has changed in just a few short weeks.My new mates and I have been through a lot since becoming bonded, but now we have a chance to settle in and begin our bounty hunting life together.Take a step towards a future.Or so I thought...
  • Chained to the Devil's Son by Shea Swain

    Chained to the Devil's Son by Shea Swain

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    It was supposed to be the start of a new chapter in their lives. What it turned out to be was a life worse than death. When Evelyn Jones’ family made a wrong turn onto the property of one of the most racist men in the south, she discovered that Hell is definitely a place on earth. She had few memories of the loving life her parents’ provided...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  dark  female-mc  steamy  abuse  angst  book  contemporary
  • The Fixer: The Supernatural Syndicate by Amelia Hutchins

    The Fixer: The Supernatural Syndicate by Amelia Hutchins

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Scandal meets True Blood.Chevelle Reed had no idea her life was about to be turned upside when she strolled into the women’s artillery dining room. Nothing prepared her for Raithe Dravyn. He was known for his savagery and brutal response to anyone who opposed him or his syndicate. When he offered her the job of a lifetime, Chevelle turned it down...
  • The Score by S. Nelson

    The Score by S. Nelson

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The anticipated conclusion in the Massey Security Duet I lived life on my terms, keeping people at a distance for a reason.I rebelled every chance I got, shutting down any sensibilities that remained. But then danger swallowed me whole, and all I wished for was a different life.A life where I listened to the concerns of those who loved me.A life that had meaning...
  • Alpha Unhinged by Olivia T. Turner

    Alpha Unhinged by Olivia T. Turner

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    They call me the hot-headed brother.Mean. Fierce. Disgruntled. Prick.It's easy for them to judge.They're not the only ones on the ranch left without their mate.They're not tormented by a furious Kodiak bear.With the heat barreling down on us from our past,They need a vicious bastard like me...
  • Lustre of Twilight by Fiona Davenport

    Lustre of Twilight by Fiona Davenport

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Jareth Bancroft doubted he’d be one of the daywalkers who was lucky enough to find his destined consort. More than five hundred years of searching had yielded nothing. But one touch proved him wrong in the very best way.Narkissa Anders thought vampires were make-believe…until she stumbled upon a nest of them and barely escaped with her life...
    Categorized as:
    age-gap  alpha-mc  dark  steamy  adult  book  contemporary  fated-mates
  • Queens of Hell House: A Kildale Academy Novel by Dakota Wilde

    Queens of Hell House: A Kildale Academy Novel by Dakota Wilde

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The Seven Deadly Sins are here to stay...Demons, witches, and who knows what else... they're all real. And they're living on the island of Possession that houses Kildale Academy. This second book picks up where Hell House left off. “Where is he?” I mumble, noticing a blurry Lukas whose dark and distorted features look devastated as he bleeds all over his shirt...
  • A Discovery of Demonology by Amelia Hutchins

    A Discovery of Demonology by Amelia Hutchins

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    This book was previously released as part of the BABE23 anthology.What if Neverland existed?What if Peter Pan wasn’t a boy in tights?What if, instead, he’s a demon so powerful that he commands Hell’s Army?Rowan Teivel is the last man I should be feeling anything for. He is arrogant, dominant, and arouses something dangerously depraved within me...
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