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Readers who enjoyed Shadows in the Dark by K.C. Kingmaker also liked the following books featuring the same tropes, story themes, relationship dynamics and character types.
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Steal the Night by Lexi Blake
Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsShe was born to be a thief. To save the world, she will have to become a queen…Zoey Donovan-Quinn is growing restless. After months of searching, her crew hasn’t been able to locate the resting place of the one man who could save Daniel. While they frantically continue their quest, Zoey is still struggling to recover from the devastating losses she suffered in Faery... -
Compounding Traumas by Erin R. Flynn
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsMy name is Tamsin Vale and I’m the last known fairy, fighting to find out what happened to all fairies and our world.But I’m running out of hope, and it has a lot to do with the four pieces of my soul I no longer have with me. Going through one breakup is terrible, but four in rapid succession is… More than one person can handle... -
The Rebel Queen by Lexi Blake
Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFrom New York Times and USA Today bestseller Lexi Blake comes a new novel in her Thieves world…After returning from the outer planes, Zoey expected a joyous reunion with family and friends. She couldn’t be more wrong. Her kingdom is in the hands of Myrddin, her friends are on the run, and her children are being hunted by the supernatural world. But that isn’t the worst of it... -
Steal the Sun by Lexi Blake
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsZoey thought she would never have to choose, but to save one husband, she will have to betray the other…As Zoey Donovan-Quinn first sets foot in the faery homeland of her beloved Devinshea, life is perfect. Her enemy is defeated, her heart is full, and Neil and Sarah are at her side. Daniel and Dev are happy, so their visit to the sithein should be a pleasant honeymoon full of wonder and joy... -
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Laurell K. Hamilton's Anita Blake Vampire Hunter Collection: Books 6-10 by Laurell K. Hamilton
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsTake a walk on the wild side with Anita Blake, star of the #1 New York Times bestselling series. These five novels of human—and inhuman—passions feature vampires, werewolves, and “a heroine as sharp as a stake and slick as a silver bullet” (J.D. Robb)... -
Fourth Rite by Jacquelyn Faye
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThere are two things you should always remember about elves. One, they never miss. Two, they never give up. I thought I was safe when my familiar stopped the arrow from turning me into a kabob, but as I said, elves don't give up. Especially when they think you destroyed their city and killed their king in some grandiose quest for power . They didn't know me very well... -
Robert: A Forty Proof Novella by Shannon Mayer
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratings**This is Robert's story before he became the Robert you know in the Forty Proof Series.**In 1876, we were called to Savannah, Georgia to help with an infestation of demons. If we'd known what we, my wife Evangeline, and I, were walking into, we'd have run the other way.As it was, we shared tea with a vampire and stepped into a battle we did not understand until it was too late... -
Gray Dawn by Hailey Edwards
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsBlack Hat Bureau, Book 10In this tenth and final installment of The Black Hat Bureau series, Rue races the clock to find her little moth girl before it’s too late. As much as she wants to believe that Clay will protect Colby, he isn’t himself when he’s under the director’s thrall. And the director would toss a loinnir back like a shot of pure magic if he got his hands on her... -
Surviving Plagues by Erin R. Flynn
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsMy name is Tamsin Vale. I’m the last known fairy and I haven’t gotten busted on that yet. I passed my midterms, which seemed like an impossibility a few months ago given I didn’t finish high school and I’m working on that at the same time. But with a lot of hard work and the support of people I’ve helped and new friends, I’m building a life I didn’t think I could ever have... -
Third Charm by Jacquelyn Faye
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWant to know how to ruin a holiday? Have the guy you gave your virginity to, and then dumped you to move to another country, show up. Not kidding, it definitely puts a damper on the holiday festivities. Especially when your current boyfriends take an instant seething dislike to him. What's a girl to do? Get falling-down drunk, that's what. At least there was plenty of pie... -
Seductively Undead in Dark River by Grace McGinty
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTwenty years has passed since Raine Baxter became the leader of the a weird mish-mash of supernaturals. Twenty years in which she raised a family, protected her new citizens, and was completely cherished by the men who gave her their love. Raine should be happy. And she was, deliriously so. Except one small thing.She didn't want to be a leader...Categorized as:
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Layering Resentment by Erin R. Flynn
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMy name is Tamsin Vale and I’m pissed.I’m confused.And I’m scared. I’d be an idiot if I wasn’t scared when demons suddenly made a move and someone I love almost died. I’m pissed they did it, confused why now… But I’m also pissed that no one seems to hear me that Cluym messed up and they’re upset with me instead.Classic...Categorized as:
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Venery: A Why Choose Alien Romance by C.M. Stunich
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsI’ve been abducted by an alien in a cowboy hat.He needs me to play the role of fake fiancée to appease his family of tentacle-tailed cops.I’ll keep up the charade as long as I need if it means being reunited with Abraxas and Rurik.Shouldn’t be too hard, right? To play pretend …My life force is now inextricably tied to handsome, gun totin’ Officer Hyt...Categorized as:
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What The Hex by C.M. Stunich
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMy demon ex has me trapped in a devil’s bargain.My mother is dying, and I need the help of my soulmates to save her: all four of my soulmates. That means I’ll have to rescue the half-witch, Hex Sorciere, from his evil coven before the clock runs out on Mom’s curse... -
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House Of Vampires 9: The Decision by Samantha Snow
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThere’s something different about Blair.While she can’t put her finger on it, the symptoms are telling her that she’s ill. Her skin is fevered, her breaths are shallow, and she’s lost the ability to hold back her growing desire...Categorized as:
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Fifth Essence by Jacquelyn Faye
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWant to know my secret? Probably not as much as I do. It seems like everybody knows what the hell I am but me. Apparently, I'm only half the witch I thought I was. Literally. I'd spent my entire life thinking my father was a witch like my mother. I should have known better. Nobody could be that big of a witch... -
Addict by Lexi Blake
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIn order to destroy a legendary monster and save the royal family, Kelsey must make a deal with a devil…When Kelsey Owens returns home to Dallas, she is a changed woman. After months of training with Marcus Vorenus , she has more control over her abilities. She’s ready to start her new job, even if it means dealing with the King of All Vampire and his partner, Devinshea Quinn... -
Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter Collection 11-15 by Laurell K. Hamilton
Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsThe #1 New York Times bestselling author who "just keeps getting better and better" (St. Louis Post-Dispatch) presents five novels in her sensational supernatural series featuring Anita Blake, federal marshal and vampire hunter... -
A Crown of Pride and Ruin by Sloane Murphy
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsI now know the faces of the ones who betrayed us and tried to tear everything we built down. Yet I know that it’s not over yet. So much is still to come.War is declared. Lives are lost. Souls are ruined.But this is not the end. This is a whole new beginning. Everything needs to come full circle, and if all of this has taught me one thing…It’s that nothing is what it seems... -
Disrespected Chief by Erin R. Flynn
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsDivision Chief Seraphine Thomas is tired of the men in her world making her life so much more difficult. From Brian getting promoted and bringing Murray into her life to Murray treating her like he’s her boss and she has to play along to set him up because of what Director Galvin wants. Then there’s Enzo’s plans and new crazy all the way up to the damn president... -
House Of Vampires 13: The Others by Samantha Snow
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHouse Of Vampires: Season 3 Begins Here! We walk among you. Witches, fairies, and vampires. Humans call us the Others. I’m Jessica Clark, you’re favorite witch, straight out of the ONP. (Order of New Purgatory.)Dad likes to call me his ace, especially when I’ve manipulated someone into serving his purpose...Categorized as:
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Mystik Warrior by Brenda Trim, Tami Julka
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAfter suffering a century of torture and humiliation, Jace still bears the scars that have left his heart closed to love and acceptance. He escapes the prison walls only to realize he's mystically bound to his tormentor. Believing he doesn’t deserve a Fated Mate, he keeps his distance from females... -
Moon Shimmers by Yasmine Galenorn, Cassandra Campbell
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWe're the D'Artigo sisters: savvy half-human, half-Fae operatives for the Otherworld Intelligence Agency. My sister Delilah is a two-faced werecat and a Death Maiden. Menolly is a vampire married to a gorgeous werepuma and a vampire prince. And me? I'm Camille, a Moon Witch married to three gorgeous husbands, and I'm about to ascend to the throne of Dusk & Twilight... -
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Heart of the Dragons by Terry Bolryder
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBook 2 in the Bad Dragons series! Ever since she entered the Blur, Anna has been in danger from kidnappers, monsters or worse. Her only friends? Bad dragons who know she's their only hope of redemption in a dark world. The black, silver and red dragons have fallen for Anna and all of them want to claim her...Categorized as:
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A Crown of Smoke and Ash by Sloane Murphy
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAfter having my life turned upside down, I discovered past me had left more than one thing that needed fixing. Past me was awesome. Saved by an angel, protected by him and the three other men I love, I learn there's more to the mystery of my past lives than I ever could have realized...Categorized as:
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Courting Darkness by Yasmine Galenorn
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsWe're the D'Artigo sisters: sexy, savvy ex-operatives for the Otherworld Intelligence Agency. But being half-human, half-Fae means our powers go haywire at all the wrong times. My sister Delilah is a Death Maiden and werecat who belongs to the Autumn Lord. My sister Menolly is a vampire who's dating a gorgeous werepuma, and the godfather of the undead-set... -
Masquerade by Felicity Heaton
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTen years have passed since Sophis and Vivek, two vampires of the Venia bloodline, came close to death at the hands of twin hunters Aleksis and Izabella Romanov. The events of that night turned Sophis and Vivek against each other, shattering their close friendship and driving them apart... -
King of Khoth by Brenda Trim, Tami Julka
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLibrarian Note: This is the updated cover for ASIN B073ZKMP9VDragon shifter, Angus Callanach, is returning to his home realm after one of the Vampire Princes reopens the portal to Khoth. Having spent two hundred years as the majordomo at Zeum, he is ready to once again take up his mantle as the king of the Cuelebre... -
Fated Heart by Tessa Cole
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWinning the final battle to save Faerie could lose her the men she loves — forever.My guys have found me, surrounding me with their healing heat and love in a desperate effort to keep me alive, even as they struggle to protect me with their own dangerously depleted strength... -
Trials by Eve Newton
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe sixth instalment of the Forever Series goes deeper and darker as a mysterious Power sets its sights on Liv and help to understand it and defeat it comes from a surprising and not very pleasant source. She is thrown with time shifts and the manifestations and not helping her mood is Cole’s turn towards the dark side and CK’s plea which she just doesn’t understand... -
Secrets and Shadows by Mila Young, Kim Faulks
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThere’s nothing like a witch storm to unearth a century of dark secrets...and there’s nothing like a best friend with a flaming sword at your back to end them once and for all… The curse which infected those I love is over...and the woman in black is now gone. But Bestias Academy has changed since the Witch storm. Secrets have resurfaced and shadows consume the dorms...Categorized as:
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Deal with the Demon by Meg Anne, Meg Anne
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsRoslyn Blackthorne is dead.Technically.I faked my death to get out of a loveless marriage but that was only half the battle. To ensure my vampire duke can never find me, I have to run far and fast enough he can’t catch me. Because if he does, it’s over. Not just my life—for real this time—but my entire family’s... -
Brazen Indulgences by Erin R. Flynn
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNothing makes people more vulnerable than having to open up. And for someone like Jasmine Stewart who has so much hidden, it’s terrifying to have people know her secrets. Especially when people generally don’t react well to learning them. But life goes on, and when you have people who truly love you, they won’t let the darkness eat you and help you get back on your feet... -
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Succubus Ascended by L.L. Frost
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDon’t miss the final adventure for Adeline Boo Pond and her demons of destruction, a heart-warming adventure of saving the world, finding love in unlikely places, and cupcakes.***Last month I was an unknown baker. Now, I’m an internet celebrity and responsible for destroying the world?All I wanted was to save my men and stop Cassandra from stealing everything I love... -
Better the Demon You Know by Deborah Wilde
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEvil has a scent: lemon.It was supposed to be a routine drug bust. Arrest some magic jerks and move on, but then a fellow operative is murdered, and Aviva is thrust into a perilous black ops mission to disprove corruption charges... -
Blood Bonds by Yasmine Galenorn
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThey’re the D’Artigo sisters: savvy half-human, half-Fae agents of the Otherworld Intelligence Agency. Camille is the Queen of Dusk and Twilight. Delilah is a two-faced werecat and the Autumn Lord’s only living Death Maiden. And Menolly is a vampire princess and married to a gorgeous werepuma Amazon... -
Adelaide's Storm by G. Bailey
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSometimes fate is your only blessing. The four courts of Frayan, or what is left of them, have risen to stop a war. But they will need a queen who will win the war. Adelaide Autumn has to make a choice between her family and her duty. Either way, it will break her heart. Royals can't always have it all... Her pack must love her. Her fate must be her choice...Categorized as:
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That Girl is Poison by Milly Taiden
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA HOT StandaloneDr. Mara Maxwell is having a crappy day. She’s covering an extra shift at the hospital, it’s a full moon bringing out all the crazies, and the senior doctor is mysteriously sneaking out with medical supplies. Too curious for her own good, she follows the doctor to the hospital’s basement. Waking in a cage wasn’t in her plans, but that’s not the worst part. Now she’s…growling... -
Succubus Blessed by Heather Long
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIf I told you, that would be spoiling the last book. I know, I know. Not everyone likes secrets, but that's half of the fun of telling my story. I'll tell you when the time is right. Promise.The following blurb might contain spoilers for Succubus Unchained. Be warned before you scroll down.There might be something to this new life of mine.Being mated to Maddox and bonded to Alfred isn’t so bad... -
Succubus Undone by L.L. Frost
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAdie and her loved ones are under watch as the council guards continue their search for Victor Hesse. But as he's proven before, he's able to slip out of their grasp.He's set his sights on Adie, and nothing will stand in his way. He's coming for her, and will do the unimaginable in his quest to find his revenge and claim Adie for his own... -
Kellen's Tempting Mate by Elle Boon
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA NOT SO NAÏVE SHE-WOLF: Laikyn O’Neil has loved Kellen for years. Thinking to prove her love, she sets out to learn how to be a good submissive, only to find herself needing a savior. THE RELUCTANT ALPHA: When Kellen Styles finds Laikyn in the last place he expected, he rides to her rescue, but then can’t stop his dominant needs from taking over... -
A Demon's Debt by Cece Rose
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsPay your debt or forfeit your soul. Mona thought her troubles were over, but little did she know, they were only just beginning. When you owe a demon, they will always come to collect. Mona must enter the demon realm to repay her debt to the demon Adramelech. If she fails to complete her task, the forfeit is her soul...Categorized as:
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Adelaide's Trust by G. Bailey
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsDoes fate ever give you a choice? When Adelaide moved to a sleepy little town in Scotland with her sister, the last thing she expected was to find out she isn't even from this world.Now the world she was born in is at war, and they need a ruler.They need a queen, just not the one who is currently ruling Fray. Not the queen who will do anything kill Adelaide and the men she has fallen for...Categorized as:
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Ice Shards by Yasmine Galenorn
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFrom New York Times bestselling author Yasmine Galenorn comes "Ice Shards," a passionate story of redemption long overdue, and "Shattered," an all-new, never before published short story. Finnish house sprite Iris Kuusi has fallen in love again. But she is carrying a dark secret... -
Magic of Flame and Shadow by Kim Richardson
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTwenty years ago, I escaped my hometown of Moonfell, a paranormal hotspot in the suburbs of New York, hidden from human eyes.A place I swore I’d never return.But the gruesome murder of a teen werewolf has brought me back. And I’m here to solve it.As I delve deeper into the case, I realize this is no ordinary killing. Someone or something is targeting the supernatural community... -
The Starlight Witch by Kim Richardson
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsFinding my husband in bed with another woman was not how I planned to start my day. Or homeless the next minute. And broke. So, when a job comes my way from The Twilight Hotel—a paranormal hotel in midtown Manhattan that serves as a sanctuary and residence—I take it. Cue in tattooed, sexy as sin, grumpy restaurant owner Valen, who can’t do drama or high-maintenance women... -
Dirty Deeds: An Urban Fantasy Collection by Faith Hunter, Diana Pharaoh Francis
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWhen the going gets tough, the tough get their hands dirty. Join NY Times Bestselling author Faith Hunter, USA Today Bestselling author R.J. Blain, and National Bestselling authors Diana Pharaoh Francis and Devon Monk on a wild romp where the damsels bring the distress and what can go wrong will go wrong... -
Chosen Thief by Scarlett Dawn
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe second saga in the bestselling, groundbreaking Forever Evermore series begins with Chosen Thief, where the life of a skilled lawbreaker becomes much more than she ever wanted... Caroline Jules knows death is imminent. She’s only 22, but as an inmate of Death Row in the most secure Mystical jail, what else could her future hold?Caro has no idea... -
Uncovered Truths by Nikita Parmenter
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsSage and her men are finally on the way to the academy to unbind her powers but before she’s even got there things are going wrong at least it means she makes one hell of an entrance when they finally do arrive. She was expecting a bit of hostility and competition, what she wasn’t expecting was the Order they pose a much more serious and deadly threat, one that Sage is right at the heart of...
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