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  • Dark Queen by Faith Hunter

    Dark Queen by Faith Hunter

    Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    Jane Yellowrock used to hunt vampires, but now she must fight--and win--beside them.As Enforcer to the vampire Master of the City of New Orleans, Jane Yellowrock stakes her reputation and her life on keeping her territory safe. But Leo has been issued a blood challenge by the emperor of the European vampires, who seeks to usurp all of his power and possessions...
  • Bone Crossed by Patricia Briggs

    Bone Crossed by Patricia Briggs

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 71 ratings
    By day, Mercy is a car mechanic in the sprawling Tri-Cities of Eastern Washington. By night, she explores her preternatural side. As a shapeshifter with some unique talents, Mercy has often found herself having to maintain a tenuous harmony between the human and the not so human. This time she may get more than she bargained for...
  • Whispers of the Walker by E.E. Holmes

    Whispers of the Walker by E.E. Holmes

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Something whispers in the shadows... From E.E. Holmes, author of the award-winning Gateway Trilogy, comes the first in the highly anticipated companion series The Gateway Trackers...
  • Storm Cursed by Patricia Briggs

    Storm Cursed by Patricia Briggs

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 43 ratings
    In this powerful entry in the #1 New York Times bestselling series, Mercy Thompson must face a deadly enemy to defend all she loves...My name is Mercedes Athena Thompson Hauptman, and I am a car mechanic.And a coyote shapeshifter.And the mate of the Alpha of the Columbia Basin werewolf pack...
  • Smoke Bitten by Patricia Briggs

    Smoke Bitten by Patricia Briggs

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 42 ratings
    Mercy Thompson, car mechanic and shapeshifter, faces a threat unlike any other in this thrilling entry in the #1 New York Times bestselling series. I am Mercedes Athena Thompson Hauptman. My only "superpowers" are that I turn into a thirty-five pound coyote and fix Volkswagens. But I have friends in odd places and a pack of werewolves at my back. It looks like I'm going to need them...
  • Frost Burned by Patricia Briggs

    Frost Burned by Patricia Briggs

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 58 ratings
    Patricia Briggs's novel River Marked was praised as "an urban fantasy where our everyday world is believably twisted into the world of fey, werewolves, vampires, and myths made real." Now Mercy Thompson faces a shapeshifter's biggest fear as the realm she has embraced is thrown into chaos...Mercy Thompson's life has undergone a seismic change...
  • Iron Kissed by Patricia Briggs

    Iron Kissed by Patricia Briggs

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 73 ratings
    I could smell her fear, and it satisfied something deep inside me that had been writhing under her cool, superior gaze. I curled my upper lip so she could get a good look at my sharp teeth. I might only weigh thirty or so pounds in my coyote shape, but I was a predator...Mechanic Mercy Thompson can shift her shape - but not her loyalty...
  • Blood Bound by Patricia Briggs

    Blood Bound by Patricia Briggs

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 72 ratings
    Under the rule of science, there are no witch burnings allowed, no water trials or public lynchings. In return, the average law-abiding, solid citizen has little to worry about from the things that go bump in the night. Sometimes I wish I was an average citizen...Mechanic Mercy Thompson has friends in low places-and in dark ones. And now she owes one of them a favor...
  • Shattered Bonds by Faith Hunter

    Shattered Bonds by Faith Hunter

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    Jane Yellowrock must dig deep and find strength within herself if she is to survive in the latest novel in this New York Times bestselling series.Jane Yellowrock is a shapeshifting skinwalker, and vampire killer-for-hire, but her last battle with an ancient arcane enemy has brought her low...
  • Fair Game by Patricia Briggs

    Fair Game by Patricia Briggs

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 54 ratings
    Patricia Briggs, the #1 "New York Times" bestselling author of the Mercy Thompson novels, "always enchants her readers." (Lynn Viehl, "New York Times" bestselling author) Now her Alpha and Omega series-set in a world of shifting shapes, loyalty, and passion- brings werewolves out of the darkness and into a society where fear and prejudice could make the hunters prey...They say opposites attract...
  • Cold Reign by Faith Hunter

    Cold Reign by Faith Hunter

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    Jane Yellowrock is a shape-shifting skinwalker…and the woman rogue vampires fear most. Jane walks softly and carries a big stake to keep the peace in New Orleans, all part of her job as official enforcer to Leo Pellisier, Master of the City. But Leo’s reign is being threatened by a visit from a delegation of ancient European vampires seeking to expand their dominions...
  • Cold Reign by Faith Hunter

    Cold Reign by Faith Hunter

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    Jane Yellowrock is a shape-shifting skinwalker…and the woman rogue vampires fear most. Jane walks softly and carries a big stake to keep the peace in New Orleans, all part of her job as official enforcer to Leo Pellisier, Master of the City. But Leo’s reign is being threatened by a visit from a delegation of ancient European vampires seeking to expand their dominions...
  • Old Fashioned by Shayne Silvers, Cameron O'Connell

    Old Fashioned by Shayne Silvers, Cameron O'Connell

    Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    ***Welcome to Boston, where all your nightmares come to life… To the tune of a Christmas jingle.*** Quinn MacKenna learns that the cure for a blinding hangover is simple…Stay in bed, and whatever you do, don’t answer your freaking door...
  • Replica by Shannon Mayer, Denise Grover Swank

    Replica by Shannon Mayer, Denise Grover Swank

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    When the sun rises, the nightmares are supposed to fade . . .this time, they don’t. An expose on the dangerous experiments Rachel and Lea uncovered with the Asclepius project turns the world against them. Except for a single man who claims he knows about a hidden plan to complete what was started with Asclepius...
  • Caravan Witch by Shannon Mayer

    Caravan Witch by Shannon Mayer

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    As if surviving the end of the world, and the theft of my powers wasn’t enough on their own, a heaping pile of Ogre and a side of human raiders has been added to my plate while trying to feed our starving caravan. The worst of what I face though is far harder to admit. My black magic takes it’s pound of flesh every time I use it, and each time the cost climbs...
  • River Marked by Patricia Briggs

    River Marked by Patricia Briggs

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 67 ratings
    Mercy Thompson: Mechanic, Shapeshifter, Fighter.Car mechanic Mercy Thompson has always known there was something different about her, and not just the way she can make a VW engine sit up and beg. Mercy is a shapeshifter, a talent she inherited from her long-gone father. And she's never known any others of her kind. Until now...
  • Black Arts by Faith Hunter

    Black Arts by Faith Hunter

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 35 ratings
    Jane Yellowrock is a shape-shifting skinwalker who always takes care of her own—no matter the cost...When Evan Trueblood blows into town looking for his wife, Molly, he’s convinced that she came to see her best friend, Jane. But it seems like the witch made it to New Orleans and then disappeared without a trace.Jane is ready to do whatever it takes to find her friend...
  • Broken Soul by Faith Hunter

    Broken Soul by Faith Hunter

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 35 ratings
    Jane Yellowrock is a vampire killer for hire—but other creatures of the night still need to watch their backs.... When the Master of the city of New Orleans asks Jane to improve security for a future visit from a delegation of European vampires, she names an exorbitant price—and Leo is willing to pay...
  • Hunting Ground by Patricia Briggs

    Hunting Ground by Patricia Briggs

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 57 ratings
    Anna Latham didn’t know how complicated life could be until she became a werewolf. And until she was mated to Charles Cornick, the son — and enforcer — of Bran, the leader of the North American werewolves, she didn’t know how dangerous it could be either..
  • Shadow Rites by Faith Hunter

    Shadow Rites by Faith Hunter

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    Slaying vampires is child’s play for skinwalker Jane Yellowrock. But handling the complicated politics of New Orleans’ supernatural players is another story... Jane is keeping the peace between visiting groups of witches and vamps in the city, but then trouble comes knocking on her doorstep...
  • Dark Heir by Faith Hunter

    Dark Heir by Faith Hunter

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 33 ratings
    Shapeshifting skinwalker Jane Yellowrock is the best in the business when it comes to slaying vampires. But her latest fanged foe may be above her pay grade…For centuries, the extremely powerful and ruthless vampire witches of the European Council have wandered the Earth, controlling governments, fostering war, creating political conflict, and often leaving absolute destruction in their wake...
  • Death's Rival by Faith Hunter

    Death's Rival by Faith Hunter

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    Jane Yellowrock is a shapeshifting skinwalker you don’t want to cross—especially if you’re one of the undead…For a vampire killer like Jane, having Leo Pellisier as a boss took some getting used to. But now, someone is out to take his place as Master Vampire of the city of New Orleans, and is not afraid to go through Jane to do it...
  • Running Wilde by Jenn Stark

    Running Wilde by Jenn Stark

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    It's not about the cards you're dealt... Mistress of the House of Swords Sara Wilde finds herself the rising star of Interpol's Most Wanted list--accused of acts of supernatural terrorism and psychic manipulation, a new category of offenses clearly created just for her...
  • Blood Trade by Faith Hunter

    Blood Trade by Faith Hunter

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    Jane Yellowrock is a shape-shifting skinwalker who’s always up for a fight—even if it means putting her life on the line... The Master of Natchez, Mississippi has a nasty problem on his hands. Rogue vampires—those who follow the Naturaleza and believe that humans should be nothing more than prey to be hunted—are terrorizing his city...
  • Sibby Slicker by Samantha Garman

    Sibby Slicker by Samantha Garman

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Sibby is back, and she's clumsier than ever.My life is awesome. I married a sweet, super hot guy who loves me in spite of my ability to screw things up. I write steamy rom-com full time, and I only spilled two things on myself this morning. #winning But I'm the Queen of Klutz--and no lucky streak lasts forever. Now my husband wants a baby.I know I'm gonna mess this up...
    Categorized as:
    female-mc  adult  alpha-mc  book  contemporary  fiction  horror  humor
  • The Angel Trap by Michelle Madow

    The Angel Trap by Michelle Madow

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Be careful who you trust, or you might walk into a trap.After putting her neck on the line to save Noah and Sage’s lives, Raven is on the brink of death. The only thing that might save her? Vampire blood.The problem is, no one’s supposed to know that vampire blood can heal humans. Anyone who finds out will be silenced. Which means Sage and Noah need to take Raven to a vampire they can trust...
    Categorized as:
    poc-mc  urban  angels  audiobook  book  coming-of-age  dark  demons
  • Boundary Born by Melissa F. Olson

    Boundary Born by Melissa F. Olson

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    Something wicked is at work in Colorado’s supernatural community. Vampires are being paralyzed or killed with poison…a weapon favored by witches. This offense threatens to break apart the already-fractured alliance between witches and the undead.The state’s cardinal vampire, Maven, summons boundary witch Allison “Lex” Luther to stop the killing before it ignites a war...
  • Wolf Games by Caroline Peckham

    Wolf Games by Caroline Peckham

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    After the trials of the V Games have come to an end, peace has fallen over The Sanctuary for Immortal beings. But for Jameson and Cass, their troubles are only just beginning. On the verge of their happily ever after, their world is torn apart, forcing the two lovers on separate paths. And with both of their hearts broken in the process, they have to find a way to live on without one another...
    Categorized as:
    female-mc  urban  alpha-mc  book  cheerful-mc  death  dystopia  fiction
  • The Rending by Vanessa Nelson

    The Rending by Vanessa Nelson

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The only place of safety for the desperate has been destroyed.Yvonne has finally found a place to settle, where her children can grow, and she can think about her own future. Even as she celebrates, a shock rings across the world. Someone has attacked the Sisters in the Stone Walls...
  • An Alpha's Claim by E. Bowser

    An Alpha's Claim by E. Bowser

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Dax Rayne swore off Hunters long ago for how they treated his kind. That is until a Hunter named Devana Okar entered his life with visions of rogue wolves and with the scent that she is his MATE.Dax wasn’t expecting the True Alpha of all Wolves to come to him with a mission involving working with a Hunter. A mission to stop a rogue wolf from killing other Alpha’s and taking control of their packs...
  • Caged in Bone by S.M. Reine

    Caged in Bone by S.M. Reine

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Abel Wilder, werewolf Alpha, has gone missing, leaving his mate and the pack in a panic. His captor magicked his scent out of the sanctuary so that his mate can’t track him down. Only one witch can cast a spell that powerful.James Faulkner has finally crossed a line that Elise Kavanagh can’t ignore...
  • Lost Moon by J.R. Rain, Matthew S. Cox

    Lost Moon by J.R. Rain, Matthew S. Cox

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    In the next highly anticipated installment of J.R. Rain’s bestselling supernatural mystery series, Samantha Moon finds herself stranded on a distant planet of dragons . . . and confronted with a powerful demon hellbent on destroying worlds. Samantha Moon spent the past thirteen years fighting the evil trying to consume her, but at least she knew where it lurked...
    Categorized as:
    female-mc  urban  adult  angels  audiobook  book  cozy  demons
  • Haunted in Death / Eternity in Death by J.D. Robb

    Haunted in Death / Eternity in Death by J.D. Robb

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Fear, revenge and deadly superstition collide in these two exclusive J. D. Robb short stories. Haunted in Death Lieutenant Eve Dallas doesn't believe in ghosts. But when a very recent corpse shows up in a haunted abandoned nightclub, alongside the bones of the famous missing singer, Bobbie Bray, everyone is spooked - especially the new owner...
  • Mercy Blade by Faith Hunter

    Mercy Blade by Faith Hunter

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 38 ratings
    Things are heating up in the Big Easy. Weres have announced their existence to the world, and revived the bitter tensions that run between them and their old enemies: vampires. As a trusted employee of Leo Pellissier, Blood Master of the City, Jane finds herself caught in the cross fire...
  • Requiem & Reverie by Keri Lake

    Requiem & Reverie by Keri Lake

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    From USA Today Bestselling author Keri Lake comes an intense and gritty romantic thriller that'll have you turning the pages well past your bedtime. It takes a killer to catch a killer. And no one understands the motives of ruthless murderer, The Sandman, quite like Rhett Voss. Having spent his childhood in the shadows of the deranged lunatic, he’s become an expert on the topic...
    Categorized as:
    female-mc  poc-mc  abuse  adult  alpha-mc  anti-hero  audiobook  book
  • Howler's Night by Marie Hall

    Howler's Night by Marie Hall

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The Priest was back. Her home was safe. And Pandora had even managed to secure a powerful ally in the Zombie Queen. But in one fell swoop none of it mattered. She’s been abducted by a secret organization known only as the Triad, and they’re conducting experiments, treating her like a lab rat: cutting her open, dissecting her, and keeping her hostage. And she’s slowly going mad...
  • Ruled by Steel by S.M. Reine

    Ruled by Steel by S.M. Reine

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Only a demon can save the souls in Hell.Elise Kavanagh failed to prevent the Breaking, and now Hell is spilling onto Earth. She’s delved deep into the City of Dis in an attempt to stop the infernal armies–but even the legendary Godslayer is unprepared to face Dis’s fiercest demons, not to mention the responsibility of liberating the humans they’ve enslaved...
  • Paradise Damned by S.M. Reine

    Paradise Damned by S.M. Reine

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    The final book in The Descent Series.Elise Kavanagh is being held captive without weapons or allies. The only way out of the garden is to kill God Himself.James Faulkner's son has been taken by Metaraon, but James is caught in Limbo and helpless to save him.An army of half-angel, half-demon hybrids is converging on the gates of Heaven, where the Union prepares for a final battle...
  • Demon Hunts by C.E. Murphy

    Demon Hunts by C.E. Murphy

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Seattle police detective Joanne Walker started the year mostly dead, and she's ending it trying not to be consumed by evil. Literally.She's proven she can handle the gods and the walking dead. But a cannibalistic serial killer? That's more than even she bargained for. What's worse, the brutal demon can only be tracked one way...
  • Spell of Love by Auryn Hadley

    Spell of Love by Auryn Hadley

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    There's nothing stronger than love, except maybe desperation. All Jade wanted was her own happily ever after. Unfortunately, it's never that easy. Being a woman and a mage complicates things. Falling for three men at the same time? At least that's working out. Everything else is a mess. And it's all the Spider's fault. That man just can't help himself...
    Categorized as:
    black-mc  poc-mc  adult  audiobook  book  dark  fiction  horror
  • Cry Wolf by Patricia Briggs

    Cry Wolf by Patricia Briggs

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 71 ratings
    Anna never knew werewolves existed, until the night she survived a violent attack... and became one herself. After three years at the bottom of the pack, she'd learned to keep her head down and never, ever trust dominant males. Then Charles Cornick, the enforcer—and son—of the leader of the North American werewolves, came into her life...
  • Fell for a Billionaire Vampire by N'Dia Rae

    Fell for a Billionaire Vampire by N'Dia Rae

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Zion Teese was broke, frustrated and hating life until one fateful night changed her life forever. When her cousin suggests she goes to a new vampire bar in town, Zion reluctantly agrees. The bar seems normal until she is viciously attacked by a vampire and then saved by their leader, a mysterious vampire named, Knight. Knight and Zion's connection is strong, earth-shattering and fateful...
    Categorized as:
    black-mc  female-mc  poc-mc  urban  adult  book  fiction  horror
  • The World For My Zombie Kings by LeeSha McCoy

    The World For My Zombie Kings by LeeSha McCoy

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I used my mind to kill hundreds of the dead that my three-year-olds gathered in our back garden.Now, I have to tell their dads.My Kings have been bitten and now sleep peacefully while their minds and bodies strengthen. I miss them more than words could ever express, but in a matter of days, they’ll awaken.Then we’ll all be the same...
  • Queen & Conqueror by Isabelle Olmo

    Queen & Conqueror by Isabelle Olmo

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    How does one conquer a kingdom without spilling blood? You offer your hand in marriage to the king who killed your husband. Almira was raised by a calculating father who forged her in political cunning. She’s prepared for this moment since childhood. Like pieces on a board, she lays out the players one by one. One. King Alton, the brother-killer...
  • Queen & Conqueror by Isabelle Olmo

    Queen & Conqueror by Isabelle Olmo

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    How does one conquer a kingdom without spilling blood? You offer your hand in marriage to the king who killed your husband. Almira was raised by a calculating father who forged her in political cunning. She’s prepared for this moment since childhood. Like pieces on a board, she lays out the players one by one. One. King Alton, the brother-killer...
  • Five Down by Stacia Kane

    Five Down by Stacia Kane

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The Downside Ghosts series has been called "gripping and brilliant," "a must-read," and "one of the best paranormal fantasy series available." Now all four previously published short stories set in this world are collected in one place, plus one new, never-before-seen novella...
    Categorized as:
    female-mc  urban  adult  alpha-mc  anthologies  dark  dystopia  fiction
  • Famine's Feast by Debra Dunbar

    Famine's Feast by Debra Dunbar

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    An epidemic is overloading Baltimore hospitals, and this time the vampires are finding themselves susceptible. Those infected are unable to control their hunger, crazed and insatiable no matter how much blood they consume...
  • Wormwood Echoes by Laken Cane

    Wormwood Echoes by Laken Cane

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    After all she's been through, Rune Alexander thinks she can handle anything life may throw at her. But when a mysterious disease begins to destroy the River County Others, she must gear up for trouble unlike any she's ever seen. Trouble that may force her to leave her world for an unfamiliar, hostile place inhabited by a terrifying enemy. A world in which Damascus holds the power...
    Categorized as:
    female-mc  urban  adult  alpha-mc  book  fiction  horror  magic
  • Blood Hunter by C.N. Crawford

    Blood Hunter by C.N. Crawford

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    With both her best friend and sister safe, Rosalind has nearly everything she wants. The three of them dream of a simple life together--a cozy little house in the woods. If nothing else, it would take Rosalind far away from the gorgeous incubus Caine and the conflicted feelings he inspires. But when Rosalind’s psychopathic cousin Drew invades the vampire kingdom, the slaughter begins...
    Categorized as:
    female-mc  urban  action-adventure  adult  alpha-mc  book  dark  demons
  • Boundary Lines by Melissa F. Olson

    Boundary Lines by Melissa F. Olson

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    Fitting into the Old World isn’t going very well for Boulder boundary witch Allison “Lex” Luther: she may have earned a place in a vampire’s service, but now it seems as if every supernatural creature in town has found a reason to hate her...
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