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The Magnus Archives: Season 5 by Johnathan Sims
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe Magnus Archives is a horror audiobook written by Jonathan Sims, directed by Alexander J. Newall and distributed by Rusty Quill. Sims narrates the stories in-character as the main character, Jonathan Sims, the newly-appointed head archivist of the fictional Magnus Institute; an institution based in London centred on research into the paranormal... -
![Fallen by Mia Sheridan]()
Fallen by Mia Sheridan
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsScarlett Lattimore arrives at Lilith House, an abandoned mansion built in 1876, that later housed a reform school for troubled girls, to start a new life with her seven-year-old daughter... -
![The Fabric of our Souls by K.M. Moronova]()
The Fabric of our Souls by K.M. Moronova
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsI’m twenty-six years old, and I want to die.So when I wake up at the hospital with my brother weeping over me, I know my life is about to change. What I didn’t expect was to get a nurse with cruel eyes and a morbid sense of humor that surpasses my own... -
![I Have Been All Things Unholy by Bexless]()
I Have Been All Things Unholy by Bexless
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMy Chemical Romance AU“He thinks I have stigmata,” Frank said, because what the fucking hell, it couldn't get any worse. He might as well just lay it out.“Oh, well,” said Brian into his hands. “Of course... -
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![Pretty Poisoned by Elle Mitchell]()
Pretty Poisoned by Elle Mitchell
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTeagan Townsend has never really fit in and gave up trying a long time ago. A college dropout obsessed with horror, true crime, and the occult, Teagan prefers books to people, her hookups casual, and her friendships nonexistent.Lately, her focus has been on jumpstarting her true crime podcast…which brings her to her latest obsession... -
![Hellions by Natalie Bennett]()
Hellions by Natalie Bennett
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMaliki Vicious. Nyx Chaotic. Maliki + Nyx Vicious. Chaotic. Gods. What once was sweet has turned vile. I covet death. He thrives in darkness. Our sacrilegious desires run rampant. Our maleficent demons demand to be sated. Mercy finds no refuge in our hearts. Insanity takes courtship within our minds. Together, we embark on a path saturated in blood and rotting corpses... -
![DEPRAVITY: Love Depraved by Natalie Bennett, Jay Aheer]()
DEPRAVITY: Love Depraved by Natalie Bennett, Jay Aheer
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsI was born an ordinary girl with a tiny seed of sickness. As I got older, it grew bigger, manifesting into something sinister. Mama told me to lock it away and let it wither. I didn’t know how. So I hid it. Solitude became my closest companion. Solo, single, lonely. Until Declan. Until Ethan. They were drawn to my sickness like moths to a flame... -
![Twelve Bones by Rosie Talbot]()
Twelve Bones by Rosie Talbot
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsPrepare for more spooky, swoony YA from BookTok star @Merrowchild! Charlie Frith and his new love, Sam, have just saved the dead from the living! Now it's time to focus on being a normal couple - if such a thing exists?But when a new threat lurks in the shadows, this time to the living, and all who Charlie and Sam hold near, they must put everything on the line - including their lives - to work... -
![The Romeo Catchers by Alys Arden]()
The Romeo Catchers by Alys Arden
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIs blood thicker than magic in La Nouvelle-Orléans?Adele scours Storm-ravaged New Orleans for the truth about her family’s magical past, tormented by the fate she condemned her mother to, and by the lies she’s forced to tell to cover it up. But every turn leads her back to the one person she’s determined to forget: Niccolò Medici... -
![Fourth Debt by Pepper Winters, Kylie C. Stewart]()
Fourth Debt by Pepper Winters, Kylie C. Stewart
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsFifth Book in the New York Times Bestselling Series. “We’d won. We’d cut through the lies and treachery and promised an alliance that would free us both. But even as we won, we lost. We didn’t see what was coming. We didn’t know we had to plan a resurrection.” Nila Weaver fell in love. She gifted her entire soul to a man she believed was worthy. And in the process, she destroyed herself... -
![Heartless Heathens by Santana Knox]()
Heartless Heathens by Santana Knox
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsHey, 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 ratingsThey 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... -
![If We Disappear Here by Mindy Hayes]()
If We Disappear Here by Mindy Hayes
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThey are marionettes under a concrete sky.Pain shoots through Maeve Campbell’s body when she wakes cold and disoriented, locked in a neglected cement room.Her drowsy eyes sweep the cell and land on a masculine, limp body across the room. Gripping his shoulder, she rolls him to his back, face angling toward her. Only it’s not who she thinks.It’s not her husband.And they aren’t alone... -
![Riordan's Revenge by Jolie Vines]()
Riordan's Revenge by Jolie Vines
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratings***AN AMAZON #1 AND INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLING SERIES*** I was a walking red flag, but that skeleton-masked man was mine. I always knew I was different—my obsession with catching Deadwater’s murderer with my Skeleton Girls Detective Agency, my hunger to hunt predators with my steel sharp and my manicure perfect.And now, my dangerous instalove for the skeleton crew’s new recruit... -
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![The Faire by Kathryn Ann Kingsley]()
The Faire by Kathryn Ann Kingsley
Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsWill 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... -
![The Mysterious and Amazing Blue Billings by Lily Morton]()
The Mysterious and Amazing Blue Billings by Lily Morton
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsLevi Black is at a crossroads. After suffering a loss and breaking up a long-term relationship, he’s looking for a change. When he receives the news he’s inherited a house in York, he seizes the opportunity to begin a new chapter in his life. However, when he gets there, he finds a house that has never kept its occupants for very long... -
![Hunting Adeline by H.D. Carlton]()
Hunting Adeline by H.D. Carlton
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 33 ratingsThe conclusion to the Cat and Mouse Duet is here...The DiamondDeath walks alongside me,But the reaper is no match for me.I'm trapped in a world full of monsters dressed as men, and those who aren't as they seem.They won't keep me forever.I no longer recognize the person I've become,And I'm fighting to find my way back to the beast who hunts me in the night... -
![Little Bird Lost by Jessie Walker]()
Little Bird Lost by Jessie Walker
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI'm the one they've been waiting for...Tick, tick, tick…He calls himself the Fowler, and this is his Aviary—a lavish mansion buried deep within an endless wintry forest,where the wicked elite gather to play their depraved games.He calls us his Flock—Me and his three sons, Corvin, Ezio, and Aquillus. My jailers.My tormentors.My salvation.They hold the keys to my cage.They keep me sane... -
![Violent Tendencies by Mallory Fox, R.E. Bond]()
Violent Tendencies by Mallory Fox, R.E. Bond
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsRomance After Dark brings you their Bi-Annual Anthology.Coming Spring 2021,A collection of all new deliciously dark storiesWritten by deviously dark authors. It’s going to be dark.It’s going to be bloody. Not for the faint of heart. You have been warned...Announced authors include: Loxley Savage, A.J Macey, Lucy Smoke, Suki Williams, K.A. Knight, R.E. Bond, C.A Rene, Mallory Fox... -
![Beautiful Lies: A Dark Secret Society Romance (Breaking Belles) by Alta Hensley, Stasia Black]()
Beautiful Lies: A Dark Secret Society Romance (Breaking Belles) by Alta Hensley, Stasia Black
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTwenty Beautiful Lies stand before me.I can feel one’s hatred from across the ballroom.She loathes me and all that I stand for... that’s why she will be my choice, my belle of the ball.Born into a secret society that strangles the life out of me, I have no choice but to face my demons head on.Inheritance isn’t about money or land, it’s much more twisted than that...A sinful birthright... -
![Degenerates by Natalie Bennett]()
Degenerates by Natalie Bennett
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsReckless. Wild. Legends. Adelaide. Reckless. Debauched. Savage princess. Zane. Wild. Depraved. Venomous prince. One midsummer night that cruel bitch called, fate, decided we needed to meet, setting off a chain of events that would change both of our lives forever. Hating him was innate. Loving him was unexpected. I was the nitro. He was the dynamite. Together we were catastrophic... -
![Opulent Obsession by Stasia Black, Alta Hensley]()
Opulent Obsession by Stasia Black, Alta Hensley
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhat the HELL is she doing here? Fallon Perry is my childhood best friend, the first girl I ever kissed, and losing her when I needed her the most only added to the worst year of my entire life. But that was half a decade ago and I hadn’t seen her since then, until running into her at a random cocktail party. And now she’s here. At the Belle’s Midnight Ball... -
![Lucifer by Belle Winters]()
Lucifer by Belle Winters
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMy life... well it was something. Being raised by a well-respected and paid man is something – until it came to men. Of course all the guys feared him and he was very protective which kept my circle small. It really has always just been me and my dad. Anyway, while not really content in love I was well on my way to following my dreams. Yes people… a fashion designer... -
![The Tithing by Natasha Knight, A. Zavarelli]()
The Tithing by Natasha Knight, A. Zavarelli
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAn ancient curse. Two families bound. A forbidden love.When the Wildbloods presented their daughters to me on the night of the Tithing, they knew what was to come for the chosen girl. The crescent moon that marked Willow made her mine. I had no choice but to take her. Destiny determined our fates long before we were born, laying our roles out for us. A Sacrifice would be made. A Tithe paid... -
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![Pandemonium by Katie May]()
Pandemonium by Katie May
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsELLIEFor so long, secrets have ripped us apart.But slowly and surely, I’m learning to put my trust in the five dangerous men who’ve captured my heart.Shocking revelations prove just how deadly the Paragons of Prosperity truly are.By taking the Paragons on, I must decide what I’m willing to give up to destroy them once and for all... -
![The Church by Celia Aaron]()
The Church by Celia Aaron
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsTrapped. Beaten. Broken. Adam destroyed himself to save me. At first, I doubt if I have the strength to go on. But with every second that passes, I see the and curse the Prophet. My time as a Maiden is over. I refuse to be a toy in his game any longer. But there’s always more ways for the Prophet to get to me, to use me, and to keep me under his influence... -
![Blood and Chaos by S.M. Soto]()
Blood and Chaos by S.M. Soto
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWe thought the games were over, but they've only just begun... She was the puppet. He pulled the strings. Now the death toll is rising, what could this mean? It was all a game. Of feelings. Of pain. Death is just an illusion, or so they say. She was just a pawn on a piece of his demented board... -
![Charming Devils by Katie May]()
Charming Devils by Katie May
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsFive 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... -
![Pretty Broken Dolls by Ker Dukey]()
Pretty Broken Dolls by Ker Dukey
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe final book in the Pretty Little Dolls Series. Betrayal and rage, a festering sting. Monster vs Master. Who will be king? Damaged and desperate, a solution they must find, To bring back the dolly who is one of a kind. Disloyalty and failure will not be forgiven. Seeking revenge, the monster is driven. Hungry for his affection, our master has waited... -
![Hollow Heathens: Book of Blackwell by Nicole Fiorina]()
Hollow Heathens: Book of Blackwell by Nicole Fiorina
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsA forbidden, timeless, and haunting love story.Once upon a time, there lived a girl named Fallon who was taken far away from home shortly after she was born. A home that held more than strange traditions and bizarre superstitions... -
![Life Eternal by Yvonne Woon]()
Life Eternal by Yvonne Woon
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe dark, romantic sequel to Dead Beautiful from Yvonne Woon.Renée Winters has changed. When she looks in the mirror, a beautiful girl with an older, sadder face stares back. Her condition has doctors mystified, but Renée can never reveal the truth: she died last May, and was brought back to life by the kiss of her Undead soul mate, Dante Berlin... -
![Cottonwood by R. Lee Smith]()
Cottonwood by R. Lee Smith
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsThey never meant to come to Earth. They were never allowed to leave...Welcome to Cottonwood... -
![Miscreants: Next Generation by Natalie Bennett]()
Miscreants: Next Generation by Natalie Bennett
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLove is madness.Love is anguish.Ours was ill-fated from the beginning. From best friends, to almost lovers, to this.We were poetry. The kind that bled and wept.We’d become a mess of euphoric bliss and mind-numbing pain.I promised to follow him until the bitter end, but after far too long I needed to go home.The odds would be stacked against me in every way.He’d come after me, of that I was sure... -
![Renegades: Badlands Next Generation by Natalie Bennett]()
Renegades: Badlands Next Generation by Natalie Bennett
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOf the devil’s flesh and bone, the prince is ready to claim his throne.I want power.Cam wants penance.I've got a black cult religion backing my decisions.He's got demons hungry for carnage.Everything was going smoothly.Until her.She's the forbidden fruit we're supposed to beware of, but something carnal is growing between us... -
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![Mayhem by Alexis Noelle]()
Mayhem by Alexis Noelle
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI had to step up, take over, Save her from herself, From him. He doesn't deserve her. But I sure as Hell don't either She's too sweet, too soft, too kind. A broken shell of the woman she once was. But now, there's more on the line, She's in too deep. And I'll be damned if I ever give up On putting her back together, Piece-by-piece, Owning every ounce of the woman, Who stole my heart... -
![Always Comes To Light by Ashley Jade]()
Always Comes To Light by Ashley Jade
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAfter surviving the unthinkable, Lizzie is finally free. She's ready for a change, and a fresh start. Everything is going according to plan, and she couldn't be happier...until Matt starts stalking her. In a strange twist of fate, Brandon, shows up looking for her as well. Their hot and steamy romance,picks up right where it left off...and then some... -
![Iniquity by Natalie Bennett]()
Iniquity by Natalie Bennett
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI was born with a sickness that can't be cured, and I've been getting better at slowly getting worse. I’m no longer single, no longer lonely. I have Declan, Ethan, and the Andreous too. They nurtured my sickness, cultivated and molded it so I could control it. For a short time, things were close to perfect, but we’ve all been keeping secrets... -
![VILE - A Dark Bully Romance by Lulu Waters]()
VILE - A Dark Bully Romance by Lulu Waters
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEVERLEE VERA This isn’t the life I’m meant to live—stuck on the arm of a rich asshole while he has a pissing contest with other rich assholes. They’re all puppets, playing a dutiful role that condemns them to hell until death do they part. Hatred pushes me forward. Lust fuels me. And there is only one guy who checks both: Holden Van. My boyfriend’s enemy. The guy who flusters me beyond anything... -
![Promise by Rachel Haimowitz, Heidi Belleau]()
Promise by Rachel Haimowitz, Heidi Belleau
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn the exciting final season of the Flesh Cartel . . .With the help of the FBI, Mat Carmichael has let himself be re-taken by the Flesh Cartel. Objective? Rescue his brother, exact revenge, and destroy the entire organization from the inside... -
![Thots and Prayers by Tylor Paige]()
Thots and Prayers by Tylor Paige
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen their car breaks down in the small religious town of Ricefield, Constantine gets mistaken for a man of faith. If they want a mechanic to work on the vehicle, he has to step in to replace their last minister who’s fallen ill... -
![The Wayhaven Chronicles: Book Three by Mishka Jenkins]()
The Wayhaven Chronicles: Book Three by Mishka Jenkins
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMad scientist vampires, supernatural carnivals! Can there be anything else?Well….As you settle into your new life working with Unit Bravo—and growing ever closer to one member in particular—life goes on. But so does the supernatural world... -
![Cruel Omen by Ashley Amy]()
Cruel Omen by Ashley Amy
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBook Summary There isn’t much to say. We wait for the war while trying to regroup. Secrets finally shed on how I survived the things that no one understood. Never in my life did I think it would involve the cruelest of men. That they were capable of saving me with having no humanity. Though, I did know they had their own reasons for meddling... -
![Beg For Mercy by Lucian Bane]()
Beg For Mercy by Lucian Bane
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe fight is on in this installment, Mercy is holding nothing back in her endeavor to prove to Sade he can experience love and pleasure. Sade,however has other plans and his darkness is front and center in them. Meanwhile, Father Abraham is still on the loose with a score to settle with them all and no one is safe from his wrath... -
![The Blood We Crave: Part One by Monty Jay]()
The Blood We Crave: Part One by Monty Jay
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMy secrets are infested with infatuation. His cravings are dripping in blood. Is it love? Or is it something much darker… An obsession. Death found me as a young girl. Latching onto the core of my soul. No one knows what that horrid night did to me. What kind of monster it flourished inside me... -
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![Nocticadia by Keri Lake]()
Nocticadia by Keri Lake
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA dark, atmospheric tale of deadly secrets and forbidden love.Mortui vivos docent.The dead teach the living.After watching my mother succumb to a mysterious illness, I promised myself two things. I’d find the cure for what ravaged her. And leave the godforsaken city where she abandoned me... -
![The Arcane Taste of the Witchwood Boys by C.M. Stunich]()
The Arcane Taste of the Witchwood Boys by C.M. Stunich
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThose witch pricks betrayed me in the worst possible way.I’m not about to run home and bake f*cking cupcakes, move on, and pretend to be happy.I’d rather rage.These men told me I wasn’t allowed to leave, that they’d follow me anywhere.Well, it goes both ways, my dear stubborn husbands.You aren’t allowed to leave, and I will do anything to enforce that.I’ll slaughter the Hag Wytch... -
![Demon Loved by Katie May, Ann Denton]()
Demon Loved by Katie May, Ann Denton
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsI fucked up.Again.After the demons confessed that I'm their Center - their fated mate - I ran like the hounds from Hell were on my heels.But my demons? They won't let me go.And maybe I don't want them to.With the threats from the angels getting more and more dire, and my mom and dad making a reappearance in my life, this might be more than we can handle... -
![Cold-Blooded Beautiful by Christine Zolendz]()
Cold-Blooded Beautiful by Christine Zolendz
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsBook TWO of the HIGHLY ANTICIPATED story of Brutally Beautiful… What happens when your past comes back to haunt you? Imagine having a secret whispered in your ear, a secret that once revealed, changes everything in your life that you thought to be true... -
![Love & Other Killers by Brynne Weaver]()
Love & Other Killers by Brynne Weaver
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsSerial killers versus serial killer in a hot and twisted novella about family games, true love, and competitive carnage by the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Ruinous Love Trilogy.It’s the annual hunt for Sloane and her vigilante family of serial killers. Track the most cold-blooded psychos imaginable and take them down... -
![Haunting Adeline by H.D. Carlton]()
Haunting Adeline by H.D. Carlton
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 33 ratingsThe ManipulatorI can manipulate the emotions of anyone who lets me.I will make you hurt, make you cry, make you laugh and sigh.But my words don't affect him. Especially not when I plead for him to leave.He's always there, watching and waiting.And I can never look away.Not when I want him to come closer.The ShadowI didn't mean to fall in love.But now that I have, I can't stay away...
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