Books like 'Where the Dark Knelt'
Readers who enjoyed Where the Dark Knelt by Dari A. Malaunt also liked the following books featuring the same tropes, story themes, relationship dynamics and character types.
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A Soul to Protect by Opal Reyne
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAll Linh wanted was to feel safe.After escaping vile bandits, Linh is faced with a conundrum. She can either run through the Demon-filled wilds, or seek safety from a serpent monster.The longer she forces her presence in the monster’s territory, the more she learns a Duskwalker’s heart can be nurturing... -
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... -
Knights of Past by Stephanie Hudson
Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe dust of Battle has settled over the Land.War cries of victory are Echoed throughout Hell.And now I can get back to my life of Lego and Star Trek,With one big difference,I now have a King to share it with.But it seems as if Fate had a different idea for me,And any plans for peace are shattered with the strength of my dreams,Nightmares of one last foe I must face... -
Pine Hollow Security by Clara Kendrick
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratings5 Books. Kindle Unlimited. Under the shadow of Glastenbury Mountain and the cover of night, the bad boy wolf shifters of PH Security get their real work done – keeping Pine Hollow safe and blissfully ignorant of the supernatural threats to their town. Book One After getting mugged out jogging, Avery Meredith is more baffled than frightened. None of it adds up... -
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The HellBeast's Mistake by Stephanie Hudson
Rated: 4.69 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIt all started the moment I woke finding myself facing a new nightmare.A face I knew well… my own.So now there’s an imposter pretending to me at The Devil's RingAnd the question now, is how long will a HellBeast King be fooled?But then with two of us trying to get close,I can’t help but wonder,Which of us will be hunted,And which of us,Will be claimed... -
Fallen Reign by S.L. Jennings
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsYesterday, I had the audacity to imagine a future.One that didn’t include hunting demons hellbent on destroying humanity or being used as a pawn for my father’s revenge. One comprised of a home and a family and all the things I’d longed for as a broken child.Then in the blink of a silver speckled eye, my foolish hope was extinguished, and my world came crumbling down.We stood strong. We fought... -
Desperate Run by C.J Riggs, M.L Burns
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDraven GrimI've walked as Death among the living for seven years since losing my very heart.Now, my only obsession is the hunt until she stepped foot into my territory.Max has until the weekend's end to escape me, but even then, only death willpart us. I am the hunter known as Grim, and you, little sheep, are my preythis Halloween... -
Lord of Bones by Aiden Pierce, R.K. Pierce
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsRayven Kidnapped. Collared. Trapped. I slink through shadows and steal from the deceased. It’s my passion, until I steal from Death himself…Then it becomes my curse.I’m a prisoner in the realm of the dead, at the mercy of the beast who calls this labyrinthian castle home. The walls are alive, with shifting corridors and eyes that follow me everywhere.He’s given me three days to escape... -
Blood Heart by Lexi C. Foss
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAsset File 4-7: Elizabeth Watkins Genotype: Non-Human That’s the only information Jayson Masters has about his newest assignment. To learn more, he’ll need to infiltrate her life in the most intimate of ways without getting too close. Game on. Lizzie’s new neighbor is loud, seductive, and ridiculously attractive. And he keeps flirting with her... -
Escaping Rejection by Lindsey Devin, Skye Wilson
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe game is up—our love is public. Now everyone has turned against us…I knew joining The Reject Project to protect my best friend’s little sister was dangerous. But the ruthless television game show is going too far, with contestants turning feral.If anyone discovers my secret relationship with Kira, it could be the end of us... -
Shadow Glass by M. Sinclair
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsChange was inevitable.We couldn't deny that magic existed. We couldn't deny the growing feelings between all of us. So what is a girl to do? I can barely focus on the life-altering knowledge that an entire realm of magic exists, let alone my eight boyfriends. Oh and don't forget my two princes!Oh no. When did they become my princes?Just ignore that.Chaos is the law of the land in our household... -
Ashes & Bones by M. Sinclair
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsMagic is real. So where does reality end and the madness begin? Whoever said magic was beautiful didn't mention the blood. The violence. Or are we just special? Better question, where is Lucida? Also, why can't Edwin or Byron answer any of our questions? AND for the love of all that is bloody... why are there bird bones everywhere? The Ravens - ever vigilant... -
Into Darkness by J.T. Geissinger
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsIn New Vienna, capital of the oppressive global government formed after the Flash, three things are certain: the sun is poisonous, speaking out is dangerous, and being different will get you killed.And Lumina Bohn is extraordinarily different.Living in terror of discovery, Lu knows nothing of her past?but she knows she must pretend to be human to survive... -
Behold Her by Emily Antoinette
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsA woman who dreams of more…I’m having a hard time. And no, that's sadly not an innuendo. Depression is slipping back into my life like a toxic ex, and I know I need to do something before it consumes me. So when I run into the man of my dreams on my first attempt to get out of the house, it feels like fate.But he turns out to be a nightmare, following me home and lurking outside my apartment... -
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The Hellbeast's Queen by Stephanie Hudson
Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHope can be a dangerous thing.It can be all consuming.Can be the only thing you think about.The only comfort you have when locked to the darkness of your own mind.The hope to find light at the end of the tunnel.A guiding hand to led you out of the nightmare.But what of love?For Ella it is the thing she clings onto when all that hope is lost.A love that is always worth fighting for... -
The HellBeast's Betrayal by Stephanie Hudson
Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTHE HELLBEAST’S BETRAYAL (BOOK 11)Love can conquer many things.Sacrifice even more.But what happens when betrayal runs deeper than blood?The journey isn’t over. Jared and Ella’s story continues in the next pulse-pounding installment of the HellBeast Kings story. As darkness looms and the past refuses to stay buried, secrets will be unearthed, alliances shattered, and destinies rewritten... -
Glamor by Charlene Hartnady, B.E. Brouillard
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMy fairytale has turned into an absolute nightmare, and I can’t wake up.Glamor is the second, and last, book in a duet. It follows Gina and Nightfall’s story. This steam-filled duet can be read as standalone but would be best enjoyed after reading Becoming the Demon Queen trilogy... -
Endless by K.M. Baker
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLenaWe spend our entire lives searching for a spark of something that will be worth living for. Most people can find it. And then there's me.I’ve struggled to push through my dark thoughts for so long. One obstacle after another has me craving the peaceful release of the end.What if my purpose is death?I was so close to giving up, but he calls to me. It's like my soul recognizes him... -
Retaliation by S.D. Paine
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFor nearly a decade, Seraphina Valdis has plotted and planned, stalked and killed. After her mother and elder sister were murdered, her father and younger sister left Seraphina behind. Alone and confused, revenge became her entire world...Categorized as:
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All Your Bloody Lies by M.L. Burns
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsXeraphine Nora:For a decade, revenge has consumed my every waking thought. My sole desire? To mete out even a fraction of the suffering inflicted upon me by those five individuals. They believed they could silence me forever, burying me alive and leaving me for dead. Little did they know, it takes more than mundane means to kill a demon.I’m coming for you all… my sweets... -
Kissed by the Gods by Caty Rogan
Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsLeina has spent a lifetime submitting. Kneeling. Enduring.Then soldiers come for her brother, and divine fury surges through her veins. She expects execution for the bodies she left in her wake. Her people have met bloody ends for far, far less.Instead, Ryot, a godsworn warrior born to privilege and raised in order, drags her into a world that was never meant for her... -
Lover's Absolution by R.A. Steffan, Jaelynn Woolf
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsXander hates werewolves. In all fairness, they’re not too keen on him either. Normally, avoidance would be the obvious solution. At least, it would be if the werewolves in question weren’t holding a newly turned six-year-old vampire child as a prisoner. Alone in London, it’s up to Xander to rescue the boy before he can fall into the hands of Bael’s sadistic servant, Bastian Kovac... -
Havoc by Nicholas Bella
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratings“As if chasing down a seriously dangerous demon that's killing people like that's the thing to do at night, I've got even more romance trouble brewing!” I think I'm seriously in over my head at this point. First off, we're nowhere close to finding Xora, the hell demon that's killing more people than the morgue has room for. On top of that, I've found my other mate... -
A Dangerous Demon King by J.S. Scott
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe final book in The Sentinel Demon series by New York Times, USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author J.S. Scott. Please NOTE: The Sentinel Demon books don't stand alone well. Although each Sentinel gets a HEA in their book, there is so much of the overlying story arch that would be missed if you haven't read the other three books... -
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The Vampire's Mate by Zara Novak
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA war is rising in the vampire world, and a new enemy emerges from the darkness, threatening to wipe vampires from the earth forever. All Kat can do is try to survive, but she already made the most crucial mistake: she fell in love with a vampire, and now it could cost her life. Ansel and Kat are summoned to help the Belmont vampires with the troubles that plague their family... -
Conjure by Harleigh Beck
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThey’re dead.I watched them die. That’s the only reason we’re here in the no-name town,living in this creepy old house, whose shadows promise more than just darkness.The only thing worse than the house are the woods behind it.Where the whispers in the wind lead you to a deafening silence.Something lurks here, nests here, 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴 here. It feeds on us.Our chaos, our anger, our 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘳𝘦... -
Beast And The Imp by Stephanie Hudson
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIt had to be said, that I didn’t much care for the Devil.Especially when he tried to use me to control the Beast.But then this was his mistake. As such, I had been granted early release and as for the Beast… he was not happy.So now Hell had a problem.A big one.One named Abaddon, who was currently tearing Hell apart trying to find me. Which meant I now had a choice to make... -
Inferno by J.B. Trepagnier
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhere no hope is left, is left no fear My familiar brings us word. Another one of my mates has their life on the line with this deadly game with the Hellhounds and the mysterious Prince of Hell. They don’t seem to know Lilith is on our side. We have our secrets too. The game strikes a little too close to home and I’m in a fighting mood. It’s time to fight back... -
His Rejected Mate by Lindsey Devin, Skye Wilson
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe show is over, but I’m not giving up on our love without a fight…The deadly hit television show The Reject Project may have stopped filming, but that doesn’t mean we’re done fighting for our lives. We’ve been abandoned on the island while war wages on the mainland, and Kira’s been kidnapped by a dangerous scientist... -
Signed In Incubus by Maggie Mayhem
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsNote to self: never cast a spell you find on the internet.Most people cry when they’re left at the altar. Me? I cast a spell to find the perfect man. But when a very bare and uh…impressive…incubus appears in my living room, I know I messed up. Serves me right for trying a spell I found on the internet!I’m both disappointed and relieved when Prax is summoned away... -
Imp And The Beast by Stephanie Hudson
Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsHell.Just do your time, they said.It will be easy, they said.What's a hundred years, sentenced to a prison in Hell?Well, I can tell you, for an Imp like me, it was a pretty long time.Because like most Imps, we were a mischievous sort and that tended to annoy people, say people like the prison guards. Which meant that my time in Hell had just gotten a lot more complicated... -
Lucifer's Queen by Skye Wilson, Roxie Ray
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsI was born to give the devil his due. When I woke up naked next to the hottest man I’ve ever met, I had no idea just how much my life was about to change. And I had no clue the man was the devil himself. Literally. I promised to be his for all eternity, and so far, it’s going well. Luke will give me anything to keep me happy: jewels, food, days in bed, and more... -
Blessed by Brandi Elledge
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsI have been touched by angels. Blessed. Seven simple words that changed my world forever. Now, forced to enroll at the Academy of Seraph, I soon realize that my enemies could be anywhere, including behind the very walls that are supposed to protect me. And, thanks to my hidden abilities, I know it’s only a matter of time before I’m forced into a war that I inherited but did not choose... -
After Dark: The Darkest Angel/Shadow Hunter by Gena Showalter, Kait Ballenger
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA timeless seduction A unique temptation And a whole world of dark desires...From New York Times bestselling author Gena ShowalterThe Darkest AngelWinged warrior Lysander has been alive for centuries, and yet he's never known desire-until he meets Bianka. Spawned from the bloodline of his enemy, the beautiful but deadly Harpy is determined to lead the untouched Lysander into temptation... -
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Hellcat: Book 2 of the Murder and Mayhem Series by Alexandra St. Pierre
Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsShem and Gabe have arrived in Salem. They're searching for Hecate, the Mother of Witches, who has hidden herself in a mortal body.Hecate and Shem have been engaged in a ruthless game of cat and mouse for millennia, and Shem is determined to have his revenge for the whole 'Henry the Eighth' prank she played on him in the 1500s... -
After Twilight by Amanda Ashley, Christine Feehan
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThree of romance's hottest bestselling authors -- Amanda Ashley, Christine Feehan, and Ronda Thompson -- invite you to explore the dark side, to taste the forbidden, to dive into danger with heroes who fire the blood and lay claim to the soul in these striking tales of sensual passion. A man hunts for a woman... -
The Gargoyle's Captive by Katee Robert
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsGrace is a monster hunter who went into her demon deal with eyes wide open. Years ago, her mother made the same choice and was never seen again, and the answers Grace seeks can only be found in the demon realm. She doesn’t care that she’s auctioned off to a gargoyle. She doesn’t plan to stay with him longer than strictly necessary. Unfortunately, she didn’t read the small print of her contract... -
Hell Gate by Veronica Eden
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsFrom USA Today & International bestselling author, Veronica Eden, comes an all-new standalone reverse harem paranormal romance with a headstrong heroine and twisted demons who left their morals in the last century.Open the gate...if you dare.The first thing I’m warned about when I arrive at the girls’ home is to stay away from the abandoned graveyard... -
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... -
Reign by Kimberly Stedronsky Adams
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLong ago, the betrothal of a beautiful princess to a young, powerful king was set to unite kingdoms for centuries. Mina and Troy, from the moment they touch, fall into a love that will eventually ignite a timeless vengeance between two worlds.Roam, now a wife, mother, and warrior with memories never forgotten, is thrust into her ancient life with Troy... -
Lover's Atonement by R.A. Steffan, Jaelynn Woolf
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhat’s the worst betrayal you can imagine?It doesn’t matter what you just answered.Duchess has done something worse.Before she killed her husband during a frenzy of vampiric bloodlust, he begged her to honor a single request. She failed him, and she’s been paying for that failure for the last four hundred years.But Duchess’ lost love has finally returned to her... -
Forbidden, Snow White and the Se7en Deadly Sins by J.B. Trepagnier
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI’m used to demons and voodoo. What I was not prepared for was my life turning into a fairytale, complete with the Wicked Step Mother. My awful step mother is the Voodoo Queen of New Orleans. She’s always hated me for being a Succubus. It just got a hundred times worse after my father died mysteriously... -
Holidays Ablaze by Lucy Limón
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen an arrogant demon with a taste for the finer things meets a salty chef with an attraction to fire, sparks fly.Sofia, a talented chef whose culinary dreams have flamed out, is spending her holiday hiding away atop Mount Winter Bliss until she's disrupted by the arrival of Samite, a maddeningly pretentious demon. Sofia is no stranger to facing down big egos in the kitchen... -
The Vampire Dream by Zara Novak
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe first thing April noticed when she came to was the chain around her ankle. Then she heard the other girls screaming. How had they got there? What was happening? When the platform ascends, she finds herself in the middle of a floodlit forest, and on the horizon hundreds of shirtless men with glowing red eyes linger in the shadows... -
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Sweet Vengeance by Viano Oniomoh
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsJoy needs a deal with a demon to bring an end to the man who’d ruined her life. Malachi needs a deal with a human so he can remain in the mortal realm, far from the sentries looking to drag him back to his sect in hell.It’s a match seemingly made in heaven... -
Queens of Hell House: A Kildale Academy Novel by Dakota Wilde
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe Seven Deadly Sins are here to stay...Demons, witches, and who knows what else... they're all real. And they're living on the island of Possession that houses Kildale Academy. This second book picks up where Hell House left off. “Where is he?” I mumble, noticing a blurry Lukas whose dark and distorted features look devastated as he bleeds all over his shirt... -
Ours for Halloween by Violet Taylor
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsEveryone knows that Halloween is the one night of the year when monsters, ghouls, and nightmarish creatures of all types can walk freely among us. Caution is needed. But for Evie, caution is the last thing on her mind when she follows a masked stranger into the woods after he saves her from a gruesome fate.He’s promised to keep her safe... -
The Sinner and the Gunslinger by Lana Pecherczyk
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe age of sin is here…Chased by evil her whole life, Leila was accused of lighting the fire that killed her beloved foster brother Zeke. Now she’s one of the badass assassins fated to wield holy relics that will stop the apocalypse... -
Thing by Stasia Black
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBeing the angel of death’s a lonely gig, so when she trespasses into my realm, I decide to keep her...Thing’s been alone all his life, even when he wasn’t chained to a dungeon wall half-mad for two centuries.He’s not like his brothers.He’s come to prefer his solitude. Or so he thinks... -
Defy Me by Aidy Award
Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsNo soul, no soulmate.Until she shows up.Jett~I know full well I don't get to even feel love, much less fall in it.No soul, no soulmate. Ever.I don’t have room for stolen kisses and fantasies of of making her mine. I've got to break the curse on my brethren and take down the King of Hell...
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