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Night Pleasures/Night Embrace by Sherrilyn Kenyon
Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars · 33 ratingsIn Night Pleasures, Kyrian of Thrace---an immortal who protects humans from vampires---wakes up one morning handcuffed to the one thing that can scare him: a conservative woman in a button-down shirt. But Amanda Devereaux turns out to be his perfect partner for hunting down a deadly foe, and for helping him to regain his soul and learn that love doesn't have to bite... -
The Blood by Z.W. Taylor
Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt took one bite to change her life forever. Now Charlotte has found herself in the middle of a war that has been brewing for longer than anyone could have imagined. And it's all in the blood...Join them as they race against time to try and solve the mystery that could destroy or deliver them from this horrible bloody mess... -
Midnight Truth by Leia Stone, Raye Wagner
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsJust when I thought my problems were over…Everything is at stake: my fated-mate bond, my family members’ lives, even my freedom.Get ready for a pulse-pounding young adult fantasy adventure with twists and turns you won’t see coming. Fated mates and forbidden romance with a slow burn that will curl your toes... -
Reconciliation: Seth's Story by Lisa Oliver
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSeth, ancient Egyptian God of Deserts, Storms, and Earthquakes was in a damn foul mood. Being banished to earth, by his father Ra, just because he had a teeny tiny problem with Ra's so-called mates was not something he appreciated. Fortunately, he found men on earth with the same anger issues he had, and soon had an outlet for his rage... -
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Redemption by Sherrilyn Kenyon
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsBonus Short story available for free on Kenyon's website. http://www.sherrilynkenyon.com/book/t... It is available in print in Dark Bites.In Redemption, demigod Seth and Were-Hunter/Dream-Hunter Lydiawill see if light can shine through the darkness...With new plot and storyline details, the bonus scene should only be read after finishing The Guardian... -
Queen Takes Sunfires Book 2: A Their Vampire Queen novel by Joely Sue Burkhart
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA secret burns inside me that will very likely get me killed.The wolf king may have gotten me out of Chicago alive, but he couldn’t burn rubber fast enough to get away from me once he’d dropped me off at his sister’s. Wearing nothing but a hospital gown and his borrowed coat, I have to face an Aima queen for the first time. Alone... -
The Queen's Shadow by Alexandra St. Pierre
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsRaven and Rycon are on a warpath to reclaim what was stolen from them.As Raven fights to protect those she loves, she must also somehow manage to build political allies for the looming war... -
Blood and Hexes by May Sage
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSeven names. Seven families of royal vampires on Night Hill. One stands above all. After centuries of freedom, no one is happy to kneel to a new Eirikrson. Diana intended to stop by Oldcrest for a pit stop. Catch up with her brother, meet his mate, maybe convince them to name their firstborn after her. She’ll soon learn, as a Helsing, she must pick a side. Before one is picked for her... -
Witch's Fate by Linsey Hall
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsShe’s vowed to forget him forever Powerful witch Sofia Viera has loved warlock-werewolf half-blood Malcolm Brent for centuries, ever since they trained to become warlocks together. When Malcolm chose power over her and cast her aside, she vowed to forget him. For four hundred years, it worked... -
Fate Undone by Linsey Hall
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA god in disguise No one in the Prison for Magical Deviants knows that prisoner Logan Laufeyson has a secret identity. He is the ancient trickster god Loki, in magical disguise on a mission of his own... -
Two Thousand Dreams by Jocelynn Drake
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe Blood Witch Has Changed Everything.Chen traveled to the US with his clan, hoping to rescue his kidnapped brother from the fae.They just need a witch to find the exact location of where the door between the human world and the fae world will open.The one thing Moon can’t do.Chen grabbed the wrong type of witch... -
Of Ash and Spirit by D.G. Swank, Denise Grover Swank
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThis is an alternate cover edition of ASIN B078GWH8KVThe first book in a Curse Keepers spinoff series by New York Times bestselling author Denise Grover Swank writing as D.G. Swank.Who's afraid of ghosts? Not Piper Lancaster, because even though she's a ghost whisperer, she's a skeptic. Piper helps her clients settle their inner demons, and that's good enough for her-even if ghosts aren't real... -
Dark-Hunter: An Insider's Guide by Sherrilyn Kenyon
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA compilation of 5 never-before-seen Sherrilyn Kenyon short stories from the Dark Hunter Series: * The Promise * Where Angels Fear To Tread * Dark Hunter Christmas * Second Chances * Fear of Darkness Kenyon gives her fans the insider's description of these new stories, which fill in crucial pieces missing from the Dark Hunter series... -
The Hob by Dana Marie Bell
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsRobin Goodfellow has met his match.The Gray Court, Book 4When the Black Queen kidnaps one of the White Queen's nephews, Robin Goodfellow is sent to ensure that the young prince safely returns to the bosom of his family. True to his role as Oberon’s Hobgoblin, he is ready for anything…except meeting his truebond, the very delicious, very human Michaela Exton... -
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Vampire in Atlantis by Alyssa Day
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe most unexpected of all allies to Poseidon's warriors has proven to be the fiercest-Daniel, a vampire and Night Guild mage. But even the strongest alliance can be destroyed when a vampire's oath crosses paths with a maiden's quest, and an eleven-thousand-year-old desire is reborn... -
A Shade of Kiev by Bella Forrest
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsMy name is Kiev Novalic. I am a vampire, and a murderer.Having betrayed the trust of my own kind and that of the enemies I sold myself to, I have three days left to live. I stare at the girl in the cell opposite mine. Mona, she calls herself. A witch born without magic.She might be my key to freedom, but I should know to stay away. I should know: some scars are etched too deep to heal... -
Piece of Vampire by Laurel Chase
Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsOne step forward, two steps back.Our enemies are out in the open now - we have them in our sights. Unfortunately, that means we’re more exposed than ever, too.We found the Qilin, but we’ve lost my vampire. My guys tell me he’ll be fine, but will we?Just when I think I have Haret figured out, I find a new piece to the puzzle... -
Casting Curses by Yasmine Galenorn
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA November windstorm smashes through the roof of the Bewitching Bedlam, and the damage exposes a hidden room containing a dark secret. An ancient force has been unleashed, and a curse is endangering everyone who Maddy loves, and everything she’s worked for. With her loved ones in danger, Maddy must undergo an arcane ritual in order to lift the curse and exorcise the angry spirit... -
Bloody Rosary Academy: Year Two by Avery Song, Veronica Agnus
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHail Mary, Full of Grace. Thanks to your mercy, the truth has been revealed.Awakened by the blood of my ancestors, I join with those who will empower me to rise to my birthright, my throne. In this moment, I can finally breathe, and while I see the light that beckons, my future is shrouded in darkness... -
The Forgotten Goddess by Rebekah Sinclair
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Library of Alexandria has been lost. The truth of history has been hidden from us. The God of War rules the earth, and we desperately need a savior.Rhea has always known she was different but never imagined that her secrets would lead her down a path of danger and adventure... -
Rise of the Gryphon by Sherrilyn Kenyon, Dianna Love
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsIn the fourth novel of the bestselling Belador paranormal series, Evalle Kincaid must turn her back on the Beladors to protect those she loves, and the world, from annihilation... -
Scarred Warrior by Brenda Trim, Tami Julka
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLibrarian Note: This is the updated cover for ASIN B01B2I624GBeing a Dark Warrior and protecting others has been the only focus in Gerrick Haele’s life for centuries, until he receives the shock of his life when one of the females he rescues from the archdemon’s clutches ignites an arousal that hints at her being his Fated Mate... -
Turbulent Expansion by Erin R. Flynn
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAfter surviving Halloween, Arabella Baker is determined to do things better while achieving what she planned with her daughters in moving to Boston. The fates seem to help her a bit, and the stars align along with putting together some helpful suggestions, and she manages a way to expand... -
The Serpent Priest by Anna McIlwraith
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBetrayed, bereft, and beaten — but not broken. Emma Chase is the Caller of the Blood, destined to command the magic of all shapechanging races. She’s been to Hell and back and she’ll never be the same, but she’s rebuilding her life — and her sanity — with the help of some totally unexpected allies. If only she knew how to heal the one person whose soul is bound to hers forever... -
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Real Vampires Say Read My Hips by Gerry Bartlett
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBe Careful What You Wish For…Curvy vampire Glory St. Clair has a lot of things on her wish list: a perfect figure, to eat chocolate again, and to marry her hunky Highlander Jeremiah Campbell of course. Then there's the family she's always wanted. At least she's about to marry Jerry--until her mother kidnaps her the week before the wedding.What's a girl to do?She's in Olympus and a goddess... -
The Immortal by Gena Showalter
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsNew York Times bestselling author Gena Showalter delivers The Immortal, the second dark and sexy book in her Rise of the Warlords series, featuring a cold, merciless assassin and a stubborn harpy warrior... one fated to die by the other's hand.Halo Phaninon, assassin of gods, is as cold and merciless as a machine. For victory, he crosses any line... -
Queen of Lies by Kel Carpenter
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMy second year at Daizlei didn’t kill me. It did something so much worse.It killed her.And the world will never be the same because of it.Anastasia thought she could own me. The Supernatural thought they could control me. They didn’t realize the darkness they courted until the walls of Daizlei came crushing down around us.I always thought of myself as hard. Unbreakable. Unbeatable... -
Hell's Spells by Devon Monk
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn a town like Ordinary, anything can happen. Unfortunately for Delaney Reed, it usually does...Sheriff Delaney Reed’s little beach town where gods vacation and monsters reside is finally back to normal. No possessed souls, no vortexes to hell, and absolutely no one’s turned into a frog lately... -
Bloodline Diplomacy by Lan Chan
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA hedge witch enrolls at another supernatural academy and gets caught between a centuries old war. Don't even get me started on what Lucifer wants from me. It's getting way too complicated being Alessia Hastings... -
South of Surrender by Laura Kaye
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsShe's the only one who can see through his golden boy façade to the broken god within...Chrysander Notos, Supreme God of the South Wind and Summer, is on a mission: save Eurus from his death sentence, and prove his troubled brother can be redeemed... -
Dentelle by Heather Bowhay
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAmethyst – book 1 of the Guardian series is currently free. Linked is the 2nd book, and this is Dentelle, the 3rd installment in the Guardian trilogy.Lexi Adams cheated death when she successfully linked and became the only living Dentelle. And while she’s ecstatic to be alive, her troubles are just beginning. She’d hoped to keep her Dentelle status a secret, but that didn’t happen... -
Unnatural Magic by Stacia Stark
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIf there’s one thing I loathe, it’s being told what to do.I was kept ignorant and sheltered my whole life. Now that I’m free, I’ll never be coddled again.Even if the smoking hot werewolf king thinks coddling is perfectly acceptable.Because something’s hunting humans in my city. Something that kills like a werewolf, but displays those kills publicly–as if taunting the authorities... -
Dime a Demon by Devon Monk
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsMyra Reed’s life is going great. Being a cop is great. Guarding the library of arcane secrets is great. Even dealing with the monsters and gods vacationing in the little beach town of Ordinary, Oregon is great.Then the demon, Bathin, strolls into town and steals Myra’s sister’s soul. So much for great. Luckily, Myra has a plan to evict the demon and save her sister’s soul... -
Accidentally...Cimil? by Mimi Jean Pamfiloff
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA novella from New York Times bestseller, Mimi Jean Pamfiloff.(Book 4.5 of The Accidentally Yours Series. Original release date, 2013)DO A POWERFUL KING AND A CRAZY GODDESS STAND A CHANCE?Meet Cimil. Yeah, she's the Goddess of the Underworld, harbinger of all things evil and deadly, yadda yadda . . -
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Damian’s Assassin by Lizzy Ford
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsBOOK TWO in the War of Gods series.With the White God in Europe, Dustin is left alone in Miami to protect the Grey God, a man-god struggling with his identity, and the White God’s mate. One of the Black God’s vamps in Miami suddenly goes rogue and starts killing humans by the dozen... -
The Warlock King by Heather Killough-Walden
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsJason Alberich wears the crown of the sovereign of the warlocks, a dark breed that uses darker magic. He wears it well, skillfully wielding a power that would corrupt others. Yet he has paid the price for his control, bearing the scars of a time when his power had control over him. He is haunted by the regrets of a shady past and now lives each day and night with an isolated soul... -
Daughter of Aphrodite by C.M. Owens
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsJust when Adisia Titan gives up on men, she finds Devin Cole. He's sexy, rich, and... persistent. Against her better judgment, she falls for him harder than she ever thought she could. But, Devin's secretive eyes and cryptic conversations leave her worried a stinging heartbreak is inevitable. Devin's secrets come to light, leaving her completely shocked and horrified... -
Second Chances by Sherrilyn Kenyon
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsSet in the Dark-Hunter universe. Originally included in the Dark-Hunter Collectible Booklet and Dark Hunter Companion .This is the short story that was given away with Unleash the Night about Acheron and his brother Styxx.It can be found in Acheron and Dark Bites... -
Lord of Hell by Charlene Hartnady
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsBook 2 in this exciting new world. If you like dragons and egotistical, super-sexy demigods, then this is the series for you. I hate my father. At least, I want to. He is an evil bastard. I should hate him. You see, he’s Hades. God of the Underworld. I am his son. I find I desperately want his approval and, at the same time, don’t want to be anything like him. It’s a screwed-up place to be in... -
Stroke of Midnight by Sherrilyn Kenyon, Amanda Ashley
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsIn an unseen world that lurks in the shadows, they roam the night--feral, passionate, and dangerous. And when their world touches ours, a primitive desire takes hold, leaving mere mortals powerless in its wake...Four of romance's most intriguing authors have come together to create a mesmerizing anthology--unforgettable tales of vampires, shapeshifters, and werewolves... -
The Solstice Countdown by Lisa Shearin
Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAs an agent of Supernatural Protection & Investigations (SPI), I know that evil doesn’t take a vacation, but this time it made an exception and followed me on mine.I’m Makenna Fraser, seer for SPI, and I’m taking my boyfriend, goblin dark mage Rake Danescu, home for the holidays to meet my family... -
The Grey God by Lizzy Ford
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsBOOK FOUR in the War of Gods series. The Grey God Darian can’t quite shake off the dark streak remaining after the thousands of years he spent enslaved by evil – or the memory of how the only woman he loved betrayed him. When given a second chance at life and love, Darian struggles to leave his past behind, before it destroys his future... -
Fury's Mantle by Yasmine Galenorn
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn the wake of the second World Shift, Tam and I have spent eight years building UnderBarrow and Willow Wood into a thriving community. We’ve created an oasis of civilization, a safe haven in the vast sea of chaos left after Seattle fell. But as we settle into our new life, a terrifying danger is rising... Travelers through our territory are being attacked, viciously savaged and taken for food... -
A Demon's Work Is Never Done by Connie Suttle
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratings"Lexsi Tears of flame dripped down my cheeks--tears for Kory and me. The fire net burned my hands whenever I touched it, but I couldn't let it harm him any more than it already had. Kory's wings, with burn-holes between ribs, beat to help me get the net off him... -
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Pain Seeker by D.N. Hoxa
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBetrayed.Defeated.Chained.I used to be a sister, a friend, a ruler of the elflands that belonged to my family’s House. Now, I am a prisoner of the fae, my kind’s sworn enemy since the beginning of time. They put chains around me, thinking they can keep me from breaking free and taking their lives. They can’t.The only reason I stay is because I no longer need a life... -
Cursed by Joann I. Martin-Sowles
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCursed - The Brookehaven Vampires, book 4. Leaving it all behind, Laney and Oliver are looking forward to getting away from the troubles of “Treeville,” and finally beginning their forever. Unfortunately, Laney’s guardian angel and Oliver’s twin have other plans in mind... -
Dragon's Fate by Valerie Twombly
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOne touch will prove fatal. Caleb is dark, hot, and commanding in human form. As a dragon, he’s a force to be reckoned with. When he witnesses the slave Lileta being beaten by his Overlord Odage, he nearly comes unglued. Without understanding why, he asks to take Lileta as his own, but soon realizes his longing is more than an attraction to a beautiful woman... -
Phoenix Rising by Lisa C. Morgan
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMaggie Henning has lived the last ten of her 16 years surrounded by the constant reminders of her father’s crime, but never knowing the truth behind it. One letter. One last visit to the psychiatric hospital. Just one night, and Maggie’s world changes forever. She is the last of an ancient race of protectors to a world filled with the creatures of myths, legends, and nightmares... -
Claimed: A Paranormal Romance by Piper Fox
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBattling against the gods… What could go wrong?Hearing an oracle say that everything in my life has been leading up to this moment doesn’t make it any easier to go into this, arrows blazing.Crossing into the godly plane, facing down the people who cast me out, would’ve been hard enough. But knowing they’ve stolen one of my mates, that they intend to use him as leverage, is too far... -
Fangs & Fennel by Shannon Mayer
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsAlena Budrene is not just a gifted Seattle baker—she’s also a supernatural. Having survived the virus that made her transformation necessary and outwitted an attack by a Greek hero, she’s ready to settle down and deal with the challenges of living as a “Super Duper.”But nothing is easy for a woman who can turn into a giant snake...
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