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The Crane Diaries: Homecoming by Apryl Baker
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsNew Orleans is a city known for its paranormal history—and it’s the place Emma Rose Crane, AKA Mattie Hathaway, has come home to. She hopes she can start over in New Orleans, where her ability to see ghosts isn't so freaky... -
Chaos Volume 2: Books 4-6 by Claire Farrell
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBooks 4-6 in the Chaos series (including bonus novella, Kings). Usurper It’s been a year since Cara returned to the human realm with her daughter, and the fae have come knocking again. The game of kings is still being played, power is the ultimate prize, and Scarlet is an asset every court wishes to acquire... -
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... -
Skirmish by Michelle West
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAt long last, Jewel is preparing to announce her candidacy to become the next Terafin and claim the House Seat. But it is a decision that has her targeted by demons who will stop at nothing to destroy Jewel and her allies as the House War begins.. -
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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... -
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... -
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... -
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... -
Tethers by Claire Farrell
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAva’s been protecting her shifter friend from the alpha for months, but now he’s managed to come up with a brand new excuse to take Esther, and the Senate have turned their backs on her completely.While Ava works to find a way to keep Esther out of Mac’s reach for good, a series of violent murders put everyone in the cul-de-sac under suspicion... -
Matt Archer: Redemption by Kendra C. Highley
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratings“There’s more to me than you know…”When Matt Archer’s sister, Mamie, said those words to him three years ago, he had no idea how prophetic they were, or what this would mean for his family.Now, he knows. And it changes everything, bringing the war right to Matt’s doorstep.In the epic conclusion to the Matt Archer series, the endgame is near... -
Blood of Ancients by Sara C. Roethle
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEiric won the battle, but Lyssandra plans on winning the war. With her bond broken, her magic builds, threatening to consume her—a price she is willing to pay if it means she can bring Eiric down with her.Only, not everything is as it seems. She had thought the Ivangard witches villains, not victims... -
Sunset to Sunrise by Trina M. Lee
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe absence of the two biggest power players in the city puts Kale Sinclair in a tough position. Maintaining control of The Wicked Kiss isn’t easy for one barely holding together delicate fragments of sanity.When word reaches Kale of a growing vampire rebellion, he laughs it off. Until he learns that their target is Arys Knight. Kale would love to take a shot at Arys... -
The Spook's Stories: Grimalkin's Tale by Joseph Delaney
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratings'I fear nobody. But my enemies fear me . . . Without ruthlessness and savagery I would not survive even a week of the life I lead. I am the witch assassin of the Malkin clan.'Meet Grimalkin, the fearsome witch assassin, and find out how she came to take the role she now holds... -
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... -
The Judgement by Lucian Bane
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsRuin wakes up on Earth knowing only one thing: to Judge and Execute.As an Angel of Judgment with no memory of his origins and no ability to communicate, he seeks help from Isadore, the first human he comes into contact with. Without realizing, he binds molecularity with the OCD Neuroscientist, and slowly becomes permanently attached to her... -
The Cursed and Desired by G. Bailey
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThere’s no love in a world of witches and war. Riona Dark’s plan to escape The Onyx, and the vampire she left behind there, all went up in smoke the moment the witches revealed their true intent.On the witches’ island, The Quartz, Riona finds it’s full of more horrors than she could imagine... -
Wings & Destruction by G.K. DeRosa
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFirst the vampires attacked. Then the angels came. Humans thought they were saved. They were wrong. In less than a year, the Vampire and Angel War ravaged the country and decimated the human population, razing lands in golden fire and pools of crimson blood... -
Tainted by Claire Farrell
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratings~Best read after the original Ava Delaney series~The backdrop may be grim, but Dublin city has become the centre of change. And as the humans and supernaturals figure out how to live in each other’s worlds, the person who forced that change has quietly stepped aside for a peaceful life... -
Crown of Darkness by J.L. Weil
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen the struggle between love and vengeance becomes a deadly battleground, is there any hope for salvation? Lexi Winters’ world is falling apart. Damaged. Scarred. And Vengeful. Retaliation consumes her heart. Night and day, all she can think about is exacting her retribution for Colin’s death, the boy she once loved. Her guilt and resentment fuel her choices to hunt. Fate has other plans... -
Saltwater's Weep by Deacon Frost
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCraving revenge for the betrayals he suffered, Jace and his companions set out to conquer some dungeon floors to gain what they need to seek their revenge. Traveling to Saltwater's Weep is a dangerous journey. A powerful coterie of adventurers led by the Warlord rules the city. Their dark fingers extend throughout and nothing is as it seems... -
Prince of Deception by Jenny Hickman
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFind your soul's one true matefor she will save you from your fate.Rían O'Clereigh heard that fortune shortly after he was cursed, and he's been searching for this "mate" ever since.Sort of.Well, not really. But he figured if she existed, she would find him.And she finally has.Lady Aveen Bannon. Beautiful. High-born. Human.Unfortunately, to break Rían's curse, Aveen needs to die... -
Sinners on Sunset by Debra Dunbar
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe tax demons want their pound of flesh. Or fifty-two thousand dollars.Unable to pay what she owes, Eden is forced to fight a never-ending stream of bounty hunters while she tries to clear her name and find the cop who set her up... -
Ventura Hellway by Debra Dunbar
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBeware the devils who promise miracles.When an old flame asks Eden to help find his younger brother, she initially refuses. Searching for Anton will put her smack in the middle of the Disciples—as well as on the radar of the demon who might own her soul. But a sense of obligation (plus the promised payout), overrides her instincts for self-preservation, and Eden takes the job... -
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Fearscape by Simon Holt
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe Vours: Evil demonic beings that inhabit human bodies on Sorry Night, the darkest hour of the winter solstice.It's been a year since Reggie first discovered the Vours, and the winter solstice is approaching once again. It will be another night of unspeakable horror for those unlucky enough to be taken by the Vours, because this time, she won't be able to stop them... -
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... -
A Suburban Summoning by Debra Dunbar
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHalloween is all fun and games until you're summoned into a closet. Forced to help two children rid their father of a murderous girlfriend to satisfy the terms of her summoning, Sam finds neither the girlfriend, or the father, are quite what they seem. This short story was originally published in 2015 under the title Full Moon Mischief in the Nightshade anthology... -
Rock, Paper, Shivers: ACT Six and Seven by Sara C. Roethle
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratings"What was to come made one little blood-oath pale in comparison. After all, what was a little blood between acquaintances?" Madeline is playing a dangerous game, with rules not bound by honesty, fair play, or even space and time. When her quest to destroy the charm becomes risky beyond reproach, she'll have to seek the aid of a mischievous Viking to even the odds... -
Fall of Angels by Kathryn Ann Kingsley
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAsmodeus lied to me. While I shouldn’t be surprised, to say my feelings for the archdemon are complicated is putting it lightly. But now, I don’t even know if I’ll ever have the chance to decide how I feel about him. Unfortunately, I know the terrible truth. Asmodeus told me that I was the only homunculus he made that survived—but there’s another one... -
The Gates of Hell by Jennifer Martucci, Christopher Martucci
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTime is running out. The countdown to the end of days has commenced. Portals between hell and earth are being opened. Evil has begun to roam the planet. And only one person can stop it before humanity is claimed by the underworld... -
Chasm by Christina Garner
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTwo months have passed since Ember Lyons nearly died killing the powerful Root Demon threatening the Los Angeles Gateway. Physically healed, images of the day still haunt her and she can no longer access the power she once wielded. She can't talk about it with anyone at The Institute--not even her handsome, demon-hunting boyfriend, Taren... -
Cursed to Crave by Loxley Savage
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCaptured again. Just when I had a glimpse of what freedom could feel like, the Incubus King ripped my world out from under my feet. I no longer know up from down, right from wrong, or if what I’m feeling is real or a figment of Romero’s power. One thing I know for sure, I’m as addicted to him as he is to me... -
Nemesis: The Death of Timmy Quinn by Kealan Patrick Burke
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratings"We no longer need the sun to cast our shadows, for we have become them."For over twenty years Tim Quinn has lived in the shadow of death. Now, the Curtain has come down and the dead no longer need him to facilitate their vengeance... -
Heaven's Fallen by Benjamin Medrano
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsFallen, but not defeated. Betrayed by those she trusted, Isalla was cast down from the heavens and into the heart of the hells. Bereft of her wings, the angel was rescued by Kanae, a demoness who challenges Isalla's belief of what demons should be... -
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Deadly Hearts by S.M. Reine
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsDead divorcees. Demonic possession. Elise Kavanagh stabbing things and...baking cookies? It's just another bloody Valentine's Day in the life of a demon hunter and her witchy partner.This is a short story about the length of two chapters in my other books (9000 words), which takes place before the events of Death's Hand... -
Infernal Angel by Edward Lee
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe city of Hell. That's what Hell is now, an endless metropolis bristling with black skyscrapers, raging in eternal horror. The moon is black and the sky is blood red. Screams rip down the streets and through alleys. The people trudge down sidewalks on their way to work or to stores, just like in other cities. There's only one difference. In this city the people are all dead... -
Ascendancy of the Last by Lisa Smedman
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIs it the end for the Lady Penitent? Is it the end for Lolth? Lolth has come out of hibernation with a plan that may seem too ambitious even for her, and to pull it off she'll need the help of a drow who's betrayed her at least once already--a drow she's transformed into the demonic Lady Penitent. The shocking conclusion to a trilogy that will change the Forgotten Realms world forever... -
This Deceit of Ours by Shannon R. Lir
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsDeceive the Daemon King.Trust no one. Don’t fall in love. Sersa Scáth has been trying to bite her sharp tongue ever since she stole her clan’s magic. It was an accident—her tempestuous moods to blame—but it doesn’t stop them from calling her the Mad Heir. Her only escape from the whispers is the City of Soulless, with its rundown pubs, swanky betting halls, and places of pleasure aplenty... -
Children of Chaos by Greg F. Gifune
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn a torrential downpour, Phil, Jamie and Martin-three teenage boys-encounter a strange and enigmatic man covered in horrible scars who will change their lives, their destinies and the very fate of their souls forever. When their encounter mistakenly leads to murder, they realize this eerie stranger may not have been a man at all, but something much more.. -
Under Rotting Sky by Matthew V. Brockmeyer
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTwenty unforgettable tales of transgression and horror from Matthew V. Brockmeyer, the award-winning author of KIND NEPENTHE. In "Mine" a child hangs precariously between the isthmus of innocence and evil, shedding his humanity for the altar of a wolf pup.A horrifying and ancient legend reveals itself with a shocking new twist in "A Dirty Winter Moon...Categorized as:
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Angels on Fire by Nancy A. Collins
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsStruggling artist Lucy Blackford though she'd seen and done it all when she walked out onto her room to commit suicide. That's when she found a naked man with slimmer wings -- a real-life angel. But Joth is hardly the stereotypical cherub -- no angel from the mind of Nancy Collins could be. Despite her best efforts, Lucy falls in love with the unattainable... -
The Calling by Louise G. White
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOn the run and hiding from ‘the suits’, Carolyn’s life is far from straightforward. After her mother and brother go missing in a most extraordinary way, (through a hole to another world which appears in the kitchen wall!), she is determined to track them down and bring them home... -
Welcome to the Show by Doug Murano, John Skipp
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratings17 horror Stories. One legendary music venue. We all know the old cliché: Sex, drugs and rock and roll. Now, add demons, other dimensions, monsters, revenge, human sacrifice, and a dash of the truly inexplicable. This is the story of the (fictional) San Francisco music venue, The Shantyman... -
Claimed by Nora Ash
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratings—You are the only thing that stops the pain. You are mine. And I am yours. Fifth installment in the serial ‘Demon’s Mark’. Captured and enslaved, Selma is forced to attend her own auction, where one hundred and fifty Demon Lords are waiting to claim her—brutally and publicly. There is no way out of the humiliating experience, and after once again having to undergo the twisted Dr... -
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Hunted by Nora Ash
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTricking a demon comes at a steep price. For Selma, it is willing submission to the monster who has claimed her freedom. She gives in to his desires to find a way out of his grasp, but through his dark seduction she discovers the pleasure in surrender and the all-consuming power of his persuasion. A devil never shows his true colors until he is certain he has won... -
Captured by Nora Ash
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFourth installment in the serial 'Demon's Mark'.On the run from Dr. Hershey, Selma finds herself in an unfamiliar city, surrounded by female demons determined to break her.When the Lord Protector of the city she has fled to comes to her rescue, she is unsure if she can trust him to help her, or if he, too, is only out to trick her... -
Hallowed Eve by Suza Kates
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSomething terrible happened in Pine Creek.Eve Taylor must return home for her grandmother’s funeral but has every intention of making it a short visit. Too many memories live in the small town where she grew up, memories of a Halloween best forgotten. Trey Rainwater has been waiting for Eve. He knows she’ll be staying for longer than she’d planned and has every intention of making sure she does... -
The Grief Frequency by Kealan Patrick Burke
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAfter losing his wife in a car accident, a husband struggles with survivor's guilt. But in the dark, he realizes that the dead are never very far away. Not when there are secrets yet to be uncovered. Because Paul hasn't lost everything. Not yet... -
A Taste of Magic by McKenzie Hunter
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFor a fleeting moment, I had magic. Powerful magic. But the Dark Prince’s enemy stole it from me, making them the most powerful being in the world. Their primary goal is to destroy everything close to the Dark Prince, and that includes me... -
The Everett Exorcism by Lincoln Cole
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratings“Cole masterfully pulls off tense moments, horror, questioning whether something is even real or not and action. I highly recommend this book.” Something strange is happening in the town of Everett, Washington and Father Niccolo Paladina is tasked with investigating possible demonic activity. Nothing is as it seems, however, and things quickly begin spiraling out of his control...
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