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A Ballad of Phantoms and Hope by K.M. Moronova
Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThis is the Spin-off to The Fabric of Our Souls; it must be read first to follow the characters in this story. “Death is not the end of us.” Follow the emotional and heartwarming story of two mentally unwell ghosts who’ve lost their way. Lanston. It’s been five years since I died and I’m still here. Still haunting this world... -
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Thrall by E. William Brown
Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsWithout royal leadership Kozalin's defenders are falling into turmoil, but mortal problems pale into insignificance when the gods themselves take an interest in Daniel. With new enemies appearing everywhere he looks, and far too many secrets to keep, can even Daniel's magic save the day? Well, you know what they say. If you can't get results with violence, you aren't being violent enough.. -
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Patience by Lark Taylor
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsI paid the ultimate price when I took the gamble to save my mate’s soul.FerryFerryman. The Grim Reaper. La Muerte. La Pelona. Shinigami. Charon.I’ve been called many names over the millennia, all thanks to my role in Hell.Ferrying dead souls over the river Styx.But few know the demon behind the legend, how I came to be here, or the freedom I sacrificed to save the man I love... -
![A Soul to Steal by Opal Reyne]()
A Soul to Steal by Opal Reyne
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAll Gideon wanted was a friend.After waking up in the afterlife to discover he died, Gideon has nowhere to go. The world around him feels strange, utterly false, and he struggles to let go of the past he was ripped away from.Gideon never expects his new, monstrous friend to nibble his way into his heart, or give him purpose in death... -
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Extermination by E. William Brown
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsGaea's favored children have put her ancient plan to cleanse the Earth of humans into motion, and Kozalin stands high on their list of targets. Uncertain alliances, scheming gods and an implacable foe will push Daniel to his limits... -
![A Kingdom of Ruin by K.F. Breene]()
A Kingdom of Ruin by K.F. Breene
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 41 ratingsNever sell your soul to the Demon King.Too late.In an effort to save all that I love, I have to finish the job Nyfain started… and ruin myself.I've made a trade with the most cunning creature alive.Me for them.The dungeons will be my new home. Dolion's destruction will be my new goal.I just have to get out of here and back to my golden dragon. Preferably alive... -
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Kushiel's Chosen by Jacqueline Carey
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 43 ratingsMighty Kushiel, of rod and wealLate of the brazen portalsWith blood-tipp'd dart a wound unhealedPricks the eyen of chosen mortalsThe land of Terre d'Ange is a place of unsurpassed beauty and grace. The inhabiting race rose from the seed of angels and men, and they live by one simple rule: Love as thou wilt.Phèdre nó Delaunay was sold into indentured servitude as a child...Categorized as:
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![Necropolis by Jordan L. Hawk]()
Necropolis by Jordan L. Hawk
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsan alternate cover edition can be found hereIntroverted scholar Percival Endicott Whyborne has spent the last few months watching his lover, Griffin Flaherty, come to terms with the rejection of his adoptive family. So when an urgent telegram from Christine summons them to Egypt, Whyborne is reluctant to risk the fragile peace they’ve established... -
![The Dark-Hunters, Books 4-6 (Dark-Hunter Novels) by Sherrilyn Kenyon]()
The Dark-Hunters, Books 4-6 (Dark-Hunter Novels) by Sherrilyn Kenyon
Rated: 4.68 of 5 stars · 13 ratings#1 New York Times bestselling author Sherrilyn Kenyon has entertained millions of readers with her extraordinary Dark-Hunter series. Here together for the first time in a convenient eBook bundle are her popular Dark-Hunter novels: Kiss of the Night Born of a cursed race, Cassandra and her family have been hunted to extinction... -
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Wyn by Lily Mayne
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsI am a monster.A ghoul. A demon. The bogeyman. I have been called all of them. Most creatures fear me, but humans are repulsed by me. They are terrified of me. They have created legends about me, ever since they became aware of my existence when the tear between our worlds grew and we—the monsters from their nightmares—flooded through in our droves.There is only one human who isn’t afraid of me... -
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The Wicked by L.A. Banks
Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsNew, deadly enemies of the Vampire Huntress join forces with the old in the battle that will lead to the Armageddon in The Wicked, the eighth installment in L. A. Banks's hot Vampire Huntress seriesDamali and Carlos have finally tied the knot, but there is no happily ever after on the horizon... -
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The Shifter King by Heather Killough-Walden
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSam saw him enter the club at the opposite end of the room. Everyone did. He was a dark shadow against the night, no small feat but one he accomplished with frightening ease. His suit was expertly, precisely tailored, black and expensive, and it hugged every intended curve of his six-foot-five frame... -
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The Cursed by L.A. Banks
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsThe Chairman has been killed and now Lilith, Satan’s Consort, sits on the vampire throne as the Vampire Council’s new Chairwoman. She raises all the dark covens, calling every major dark witch and warlock to do her bidding. Her goal is to distract the team members while the unborn heir to the Dark Realms awaits his own birth. All Lilith needs now is Damali’s newly discovered angelic powers... -
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The Darkness by L.A. Banks
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsAfter the battle at Masada, the Neteru team returns to San Diego believing forty-thousand demons had been eradicated and that Lilith's spawn has been killed. But somehow the treacherous little creature got away. Just as had been prophesized at the dawn of the Armageddon, the anti-Christ has been born and will soon rise to power... -
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The Shadows by L.A. Banks
Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsThe Dark Realms are taking cover after an angel onslaught from On High. The Antichrist has been injured and the fourth biblical seal has been broken. Yonnie and Val, a strange combination of a daywalker and an angel hybrid, have joined Damali and Carlos's team. And the two new Council-level vamps, Elizabeth Bathory and Lucrezia Borgia, are still in recovery from their last mission... -
![Töte die Dunkelheit by Stella Tack]()
Töte die Dunkelheit by Stella Tack
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsDie Black Bird Academy ist ein Ort, der seinesgleichen sucht. An dieser dunklen Schule werden Exorzisten ausgebildet, deren Aufgabe es ist, die Menschheit vor den Dämonen zu beschützen... -
![His Holy Bones by Ginn Hale]()
His Holy Bones by Ginn Hale
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsWhen John opens a letter addressed to his missing roommate, Kyle, he expects to find a house key, but instead he is swept into a strange realm of magic, mysticism, revolutionaries and assassins. Though he struggles to escape, John is drawn steadily closer to a fate he share with Kyle—to wake the destroyer god, the Rifter, and shatter a world... -
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The Forsaken by L.A. Banks
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsThe Chairman of the Vampire Council is dead, and Lilith, the consort of the Unnamed One, and the Unnamed One himself are out for revenge against Damali Richards, the Vampire Huntress, and her lover, Carlos Rivera. A ruthless and carefully planned strategy---one that not even Damali will anticipate---has been developed... -
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Under a Cursed Moon by Riley Storm
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFated mates until the end. Together forever, he said.He lied.He dotes on me right up to the day a powerful curse transforms my sleek wolf body into something horrific. There was no chance to explain. He turns on me in a beat of my broken heart, ordering the pack to kill me.On the run from my pack and the man I loved, my only hope is in reaching the Library of Avalon and ending my curse... -
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Thorn (Chosen #4C) by Charlene Hartnady
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsPART 3: Bonus Length Final Installment (Elf/Vampire Serial) Reading order - 1#Chosen by the Vampire Kings 2#Stolen by the Alpha Wolf 3#Unlikely Mates 4#Awakened by the Vampire Prince SPOILER ALERT: King Katar takes a turn for the worst making things infinitely more difficult for Esral and Xavier... -
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Eternal Sin by Ariana Nash
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsThe fate of the world hinges on their shattered love. But can it be saved? For as long as angels and demons have warred over London, battle lines have never been crossed and humans never hurt. Now, everything has changed. More powerful than ever, nothing can stop Mikhail's crusade of vengeance against the demon who betrayed him. Trapped as an angel, Severn is running out of time... -
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Infernal Sin by Ariana Nash
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsAn angel and a demon fell in love, and the world went to war...Branded a traitor by his own kind, Severn knows winning demons back will not be easy, but when High Lord Luxen steals Mikhail from his grasp, he has no choice. He’s going to need all the help he can get to find Mikhail, unseat Luxen as High Lord, and build a force to rival the vicious Guardian Angel Remiel’s... -
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The Damned by L.A. Banks
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsThe only way to Heaven is through the gates of Hell…Damali Richards knows all about a blood rush. The kind that happened when she first went skin-to-skin with former vampire Carlos Rivera. Or the kind that happened on the streets of Philadelphia, when her crew took on the devil’s own... -
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The Bitten by L.A. Banks
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsThe Bitten is the fourth daring and pulse-pounding book in L. A. Banks's Vampire Huntress Legend seriesThe vampire civil war has been averted, deadly were-demons have been beaten back, and now it Damali Richards and Carlos Rivera (now a Council level vampire) will finally have the chance to settle in and explore their deeper, sexier love... -
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![Witches' Blood by Ginn Hale]()
Witches' Blood by Ginn Hale
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsWhen John opens a letter addressed to his missing roommate, Kyle, he expects to find a house key, but instead he is swept into a strange realm of magic, mysticism, revolutionaries and assassins. Though he struggles to escape, John is drawn steadily closer to a fate he share with Kyle—to wake the destroyer god, the Rifter, and shatter a world... -
![The Call of The Dark by Kathleen Kerridge]()
The Call of The Dark by Kathleen Kerridge
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEden has left. Trapped in the wrong realm, his soul torn in two, Khari is a shadow of himself. Hunted and trying to save the Fae from humans who want them dead, Khari is desperate to cross back to his own Realm—to Eden... -
![Claimed Beauty by Meraki P. Lyhne]()
Claimed Beauty by Meraki P. Lyhne
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDaniel was an Untouchable destined to be trained as a companion to a high-ranking Cubus. A red-eyed Incubus screwed all that up at a dinner party, and Daniel is now a confused Changeling with a libido far exceeding anything he could ever have dreamed off. Seldon failed in keeping the Untouchable under his care safe, and he accidentally dosed the too young human... -
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Flames of Promise by Jack Whitney
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWith their kingdom in ruins, Dorian and Nyssari Eaglefyre must make a choice. Remain bound to the kingdom and people that betrayed their family and live their lives in silence, or run and be declared traitors of the realm... -
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Charmed by Nicholas Bella
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratings"Just when I think I'm getting a better understanding of what I am, something else comes by and knocks me on my ass." My morning started very eventful. A rendezvous with Adriel is more than a notion. He literally wore me out, but he also made me come to terms with a lot about myself I was still trying to deny. Truth is, I wanted Raphael-powerfully so... -
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Hijinks by Nicholas Bella
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratings"I've just discovered a few secrets about this new world I'm now a part of that both frightens and excites me." I just woke up from one hell of a night. My body was still tingling all over from the mind-blowing experience of what I went through. Unfortunately, I didn't have time to reflect on that... or even bask in it... -
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Wicked Edge by Nina Bangs
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsUSA Today bestselling author Nina Bangs once again tempts readers to enter the Castle of Dark Dreams where private pleasures and devilish fantasies come true, and where the men who breathe life into women’s ultimate desires burn with their own supernatural fire… After another attempt to enliven the heavenly halls, the angel Passion is sent to Earth to tame her naughty nature—by bringing... -
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Wicked Whispers by Nina Bangs
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAll Ivy had ever wanted was a safe, secure life with no drama. Now she was working in an adult theme park where visitors came to role-play their wildest imaginings. She reminded herself to stay focused on her job and to ignore everything else. The reminders didn’t work. One man drew her... -
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Dark Magic by Cheyenne McCray
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratings**Author note below Jake Macgregor, San Francisco's head of the Paranormal Special Forces Unit, has his hands full. He and his team face a powerful enemy threatening to bring down the City by the Bay. With the weight of the world already resting on his broad shoulders, and after a long, hard day's fight against evil, the last thing he has time for is romance... -
![Flower (Chosen #4B) by Charlene Hartnady]()
Flower (Chosen #4B) by Charlene Hartnady
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsPART 2: Elf/Vampire Serial Reading order - 1#Chosen by the Vampire Kings 2#Stolen by the Alpha Wolf 3#Unlikely Mates 4#Awakened by the Vampire Prince SPOILER ALERT: True to his word, Brant sends Xavier to Pulamor with strict instructions to improve relations between the two species. Brant is sure that this will result in Xavier mating with the lovely Esral. It couldn’t be further from the truth... -
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![Rosebud by Charlene Hartnady]()
Rosebud by Charlene Hartnady
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsPART 1: Elf/Vampire Serial Reading order - 1#Chosen by the Vampire Kings 2#Stolen by the Alpha Wolf 3#Unlikely Mates 4#Awakened by the Vampire Prince SPOILER ALERT: King Katar is gravely ill. Esral must go back to her place of birth, to be at her father’s side, during this difficult time. She is relieved when her protector, Xavier, is not permitted to accompany her... -
![The Last Vampire: Book Three by R.A. Steffan, Jaelynn Woolf]()
The Last Vampire: Book Three by R.A. Steffan, Jaelynn Woolf
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsI never thought I’d see home again.Now, I almost wish I hadn’t.After giving myself up to the Fae, I expected to become the latest casualty of a war that should have ended centuries ago. Instead, I ended up inextricably bound to the last vampire on earth.My life since the Fae marked me has become unrecognizable... -
![La Nación de las bestias 3: Luna de hueso (3) (Nación de las Bestias/ Beast Nation) by Mariana Palova]()
La Nación de las bestias 3: Luna de hueso (3) (Nación de las Bestias/ Beast Nation) by Mariana Palova
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTras los fatídicos eventos ocurridos en Stonefall y de la casi aniquilación de la tribu Red Buffalo, Elisse nos arrastra a una nueva sombría y aventura a través del norte de Estados Unidos, en búsqueda de los orígenes de Wéndigo, con la esperanza de encontrar la forma de separarse de él... -
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Gray's Shadow by K.A. Merikan
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 11 ratings--- There can be no shadow without the man to cast it. --- Gray. Lost his twin. Will never be complete. Works alone. Shadow. Monster? Human? Exists to be Gray’s one true companion. After losing his twin brother, Gray has devoted his life to the Kings of Hell MC. He will do anything to protect his family and that means anything. Even sell his own shadow to the devil... -
![Infernium by Keri Lake]()
Infernium by Keri Lake
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsEven the most powerful love can't save a condemned soulPain is an abyss.How naive of me to think I’d already reached the very depths of it when fate shook my world with a crushing blow. It turns out, there are fathomless levels of pain, like a winding labyrinth of doors leading to shadowy figures and long-forgotten secrets... -
![The Hunted by L.A. Banks]()
The Hunted by L.A. Banks
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsEach millennium brings a new Neteru, a vampire huntress whose mission is to vanquish evil from the world. This millennium's savior has come in the form of Damali Richards, a hip-hop diva with the heart of a warrior and an attitude to match. But a war in Hell has cost Damali both her powers and her past love, Carlos Rivera. Still, Damali can't let her grief stand in her way... -
![Wolf's Strength by Amber Ella Monroe, Ambrielle Kirk]()
Wolf's Strength by Amber Ella Monroe, Ambrielle Kirk
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAn alternate cover for this ASIN can be found here.Tension grows between old rivals.Cold-blooded murder sparks a feud that could lead to the deadliest civil war in Pack history. Alpha Devin Caedmon and his council are tempted to risk all that is precious to protect their bloodline. Tristan Arnou, the rival Pack’s leader, isn’t the only force trying to tear down the unity holding them together... -
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Stolen by Monsters by Luna Pierce
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA fearless assassin, three of her enemies, and a truth she isn’t ready to accept.Monsters.I’ve routinely hunted them my entire life, wanting to wipe their kind from this realm.My deadly accurate aim has kept me alive this long.Until now.I miss a shot for the first time and come face to face with my targets.I should have died.Instead, these creatures drag me back to their land and hold me captive... -
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Taken by the Lord of the Nocturne Court by K.A. Merikan
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 7 ratings“I am yours, and I can be your prince as well as your beast.”Luke I’m your typical small-town loser stuck in a dead-end job. Single, because dating is for well-adjusted human beings, not traumatized gay boys with trust issues. All I want is to leave my past behind and finally start living.My wish comes true in the most bizarre way imaginable... -
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Lovelorn by Nicholas Bella
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratings“It’s one thing to know that I’m a knight in King Adriel’s court, but it’s another thing to know what that really means.” I’ve had one successful mission that I managed to complete by the skin of my… well, let’s just say that I wouldn’t have been able to do it without Raphael’s help... -
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![To Break a Demon Curse by Madeleine Eliot]()
To Break a Demon Curse by Madeleine Eliot
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsElara has been thoroughly taken in by the Demon King’s trickery, and she is determined not to let him back into her heart after all the lies.But with the promise of his help rescuing her mother, Elara finds herself agreeing to a blood bargain to stay with him, learn to use her mysterious demon magic, and pretend to be his betrothed... -
![Touched by Death by Harleigh Beck]()
Touched by Death by Harleigh Beck
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsI was forced to make a deal with the devil, well a devil of sorts.One with ulterior motives, all to lead me back to them.The three boys with inky black wings, and hellfire in their eyes.Those same men who introduced me to sin and painted my blank canvas with their own dark desires.I thought I could trust them, but nothing could have prepared me for their betrayal.The secret they hid from me... -
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Freed by Lacey Lehotzky
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratings****** SPOILERS FOR CHAINED, LIGHT, AND DARK AHEAD**********When Izidora awakens to find six months have passed, her sole focus turns to revenge against Kazimir.Driven by a burning desire for retribution, she plunges into the depths of her magic, discovering that where light once existed, darkness now reigns... -
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Fires of Ballian by M.L. Rhodes
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBook 3 in the Draegan Lords series A hundred years ago, the high sorcerer of Velensperia launched a swift and deadly attack against the draegans—a race of dragon shapeshifters who’d always lived in harmony with the humans. The draegans were all but destroyed, with the few who remained, scattered and in hiding... -
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Chained by Adrienne Wilder
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsLeo has been sent on a mission to find a missing doxie. And after weeks at Leo’s side, Kaleb is suddenly alone. Free of the cruelty the Chimera, he should be rejoicing. But instead, he becomes aware of a void in his heart, he never knew was there until Leo wasn’t there to fill it... -
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No Light by Hettie Ivers
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA badass single mom … Being a single mom is tough. It’s even tougher when there’s a nasty prophecy floating around about your kid being a purported abomination fated to destroy the human race. With the supernatural world on the hunt for her only child, Avery sees no alternative but to adopt an offensive, preemptive approach: Hunt the hunters and take them out first...
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