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A Collection of Monstrous Short Stories by Lily Mayne
Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsRevisit the Monstrous couples from the first seven novels of the series in this collection of sixteen short stories. Plus, meet a new Monstrous couple in a brand new 20k-word novella, Ruke... -
![Silence: Part Two of Echoes & Silence by Angela M. Hudson, Angela M. Hudson]()
Silence: Part Two of Echoes & Silence by Angela M. Hudson, Angela M. Hudson
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsCompleted Series They fought this hard for love. Now, they must fight for their child. The final book in the epic vampire series Dark Secrets... -
![The Witchwood Boys Are Trending by C.M. Stunich]()
The Witchwood Boys Are Trending by C.M. Stunich
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThey tricked me into a dark and unholy union.Three bastards in witch hats, leather pants, and iron masks.These supernatural stalkers have claimed me for their coven.They won’t go away. These assholes will. not. leave.All because I fell for an urban Touch the Witch’s Tree on a moonless night and discover magic.Wholesome magic kinky rituals, blood sacrifice, and jizz potions...Categorized as:
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![The Duelist 7 by Eric Vall]()
The Duelist 7 by Eric Vall
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAlex and his family finish their business on Terr and leave the island better than they found it.But they can’t go home yet.Amaya’s fate as the Prophetess looms ever closer, but Alex comes to suspect the oryx-woman may not be what, or rather who, the Order thinks she is.To find answers, they plan to travel to Eng Isle, but Alex keeps having these dreams... -
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![Chance: Episode Seven by Nicholas Bella]()
Chance: Episode Seven by Nicholas Bella
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratings“Just when I thought I had enough on my plate... fate, or the cosmos or whatever, decides I'm not stressed enough and pours on another helping of what the hell!” My failure to prevent a particularly nasty demon from completing a ritual to open a portal may have doomed us all unless I can stop what came through. That, of course, is easier said than done... -
![Heart of Flames by Sarah Piper]()
Heart of Flames by Sarah Piper
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe road to hell is paved with good intentions… and bad blood.For the vampire prince and his witch, the plan was simple:Save the wolf. Capture the traitor who took him. Torture the bastard into spilling the intel on the demons working against them...Categorized as:
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![Bound by Light by Demi Warrik]()
Bound by Light by Demi Warrik
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFate always has a plan for us. But sometimes I wonder if fate really knows what the hell she’s doing.With my best friend missing, my life is a chaotic mess. This supernatural world I’ve found myself in is placing new pawns on the table faster than I can keep track. The line between friend and foe is murky, and I don’t plan on pulling a knife out of my back anytime soon... -
![Lord of Bones by Aiden Pierce, R.K. Pierce]()
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... -
![A Tongue so Sweet and Deadly: Compelling Fates Saga by Sophia St. Germain]()
A Tongue so Sweet and Deadly: Compelling Fates Saga by Sophia St. Germain
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHalf-Fae Elessia could have had everything.Literally.Since her magic allows her to compel anyone to do her bidding by merely looking into their eyes, the world was at her feet.But after a tragic accident, she is thrown into the Fae king’s dungeons and forced to swear a blood oath to him, binding her to his service... -
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Starlight by Olivia Wildenstein
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingstentatively adding this book..Categorized as:
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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... -
![Lady of Starfire by Melissa K. Roehrich]()
Lady of Starfire by Melissa K. Roehrich
Rated: 4.78 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsScarlett Sutara Aditya has finally learned the full cost to save her world and correct mistakes that are not hers, but she refuses to accept the fate that has been decided for her. Making demands of her own, she fights for her twin flame, her family, and the realm that balances on her destiny. She has always played games by her own rules, but this time, winning might cost her everything... -
![Wolf Games: Island of Shade by Caroline Peckham]()
Wolf Games: Island of Shade by Caroline Peckham
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAfter the foundering of IDAHO's cruise ship, the survivors are washed up on a deadly island off the coast of northern Africa. But in a jungle of shade, it's not just the Reapers lurking in the forest that pose a danger...Journeying to an underground institute at the heart of the island might be Cass and Jameson's only hope... -
![Building Harem Town 6 by Eric Vall]()
Building Harem Town 6 by Eric Vall
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI’ve finally taken over the entire enchanted forest, and the northern boundary of my vast territory now rests at the base of the mountains, right alongside Ethan’s reign. But deciding how to handle this next god will take some finesse. He’s smarter, stronger, and more cunning than my last holy opponent, and it seems he’s hiding all kinds of secrets in his mountains... -
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![A Touch of Gold and Madness by K.L. DeVore]()
A Touch of Gold and Madness by K.L. DeVore
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFairytales are for the naive. Princess Assassin Gray Monroe is ordered by her father to kill the villainous prince responsible for starting a war that threw the world into a post-apocalyptic society. In a decrepit landscape where two magical species war with one another, while a human militia hunts them all, Gray has only one thing on her mind: vengeance... -
![The Butcher and the Ballerina by Kris K. Haines]()
The Butcher and the Ballerina by Kris K. Haines
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLove is the deadliest performance.Ronin Matakos, the Butcher of Aethalia, was once a great war hero.He was once a lot of things—revered, respected, worshipped. But ever since the Empire caged his wolf, he’s suffocated beneath his tarnished reputation, wandering through an aimless fog of fights, females, and that most intoxicating of substances, Delirium...Categorized as:
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![All Your Bloody Lies by M.L. Burns]()
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... -
![The Crimson Snow by Laura Vega]()
The Crimson Snow by Laura Vega
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn the ghostly town of Coldhaven, Seraphine Ashcroft is marked by her crimson eyes, a harbinger of dark magic that isolates her from humanity. Straddling the mundane and the mystic realms, she uncovers sinister secrets about her true nature that threaten to unravel everything she knows... -
![Queen of Chaos by Amelia Hutchins]()
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![A Throne From the Ashes by C.C. Peñaranda]()
A Throne From the Ashes by C.C. Peñaranda
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAs darkness descends, two destinies will merge. But as embers fly, one may rise from the ashes.A KINGDOM…Far from the land she knows, Faythe is beckoned toward the secrets of her heritage. Through trials of her name and a challenge to her claim, does she have what it takes to rule? Faythe bears a future that haunts; Reylan harbors a past that lingers... -
![V Games: Dead Before Dawn by Caroline Peckham]()
V Games: Dead Before Dawn by Caroline Peckham
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAfter the explosive breakout on the Isle of Lidelse, Selena and Varick have made it to safety. But the Helsings are already plotting their revenge and will hunt them to the ends of the earth to have it. Selena must rely on new allies as well as old to remain safe, but trust is not a thing she finds easy anymore.Soon, she's forced to decide whether to fight or keep running... -
![Made in Malice by Albany Walker]()
Made in Malice by Albany Walker
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsShe thinks we’re devils. I know we are. Feared and revered, we’ve earned our place to shepherd the sheep. Harbor the secrets until she comes along and threatens our foundation. We could ruin her or use her. Either way, she’s ours, whether she knows it or not, even if it's forbidden... -
![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... -
![Of Mischief & Mages by L.J. Andrews]()
Of Mischief & Mages by L.J. Andrews
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA sorceress with lost power to claim the throne.A royal thief fading to a cursed heart.A forgotten love that will destroy their world.When Adira’s crook of a boss sends her to a Las Vegas casino as one of his goons, her world turns upside down and she’s tossed through the gates of a strange, dangerous world of Mage courts and curses... -
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![The Roman by Sylvain Reynard]()
The Roman by Sylvain Reynard
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsFrom the New York Times and international bestselling author of Gabriel's Inferno comes the thrilling conclusion to the dark and sexy paranormal romance series, following a young art restorer and the vampyre prince she loves as they fight against a mysterious figure who holds the fate of Italy's vampyre population-and their souls-in the balance... -
![Hunting Adeline by H.D. Carlton]()
Hunting Adeline by H.D. Carlton
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 45 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... -
![V Games: Fresh From the Grave by Caroline Peckham]()
V Games: Fresh From the Grave by Caroline Peckham
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsSelena Grey has faced death and won. Freedom awaits so long as she can let go of the last thing that ties her to the island where the V Games were held. But despite the fact surviving has always been her priority, suddenly, she finds herself torn between her head and her heart...Categorized as:
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![Dark Seduction by Sarah Piper]()
Dark Seduction by Sarah Piper
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsBetraying the vampire king has deadly consequences. But what if you crave the punishment?Charlotte...Get in, get the intel, get out. And above all, don’t get noticed.As a master thief, Charley D’Amico lived by those rules... until she screwed up and fell in love with her mark—a sexy, commanding vampire king whose cravings are as dark as his secrets.She should be running for her life... -
![A Simple Truth: Book 2 in the Freckled Fate Trilogy by Tetyana Walker]()
A Simple Truth: Book 2 in the Freckled Fate Trilogy by Tetyana Walker
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA Simple Truth is the second book in the slow-burn, enemies-to-lovers dark fantasy trilogy The Freckled Fate."After the enemy she captured reveals an earth-shattering truth, Finn finds herself in alliance with the one man she despised the most. Torn between her haunted past and her unclear future, she is determined to fulfill her promises at last, overcoming any hindrance in her path... -
![Irreverent: A Dark Paranormal Romance (The Marked) by Bianca Scardoni]()
Irreverent: A Dark Paranormal Romance (The Marked) by Bianca Scardoni
Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsTHE MARKED SAGA CONTINUES...If I thought things couldn't get any worse with Dominic's emotions completely shut off and the Son of Perdition on its way, I was dead wrong. Destiny wasn't done with me and she was about to pull the ground out from me all over again.Old friends and foes have come back to guide me toward a Fate sealed in my blood long before I was born... -
![The Only One by Christine Feehan, Susan Grant]()
The Only One by Christine Feehan, Susan Grant
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsFOR EACH, THERE COULD BE ONLY ONE This book contains three short stories:1. Dark Descent by Christine Feehan (11 in her Dark Series) an aggressive, multi-talented professional body guard/secret service agent who never lets danger or the unknown stop her becomes the lifemate of a powerful immortal embroiled in a battle with the vampires. 2... -
![Slivered by Kandi Vale]()
Slivered by Kandi Vale
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThey say that time heals all wounds. For Kisa, however, the more time that passes, the more of herself she begins to lose. Grief has made her a shell of her former self; eating away at every feeling and driving her slowly to the brink of madness. No matter how desperately she tries to feel something, nothing gets through... -
![Called by Fate by Demi Warrik]()
Called by Fate by Demi Warrik
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFate always has a plan for us and I’m finally ready to own mine.My destiny is spread out before me and like all things in life, I’m going to tackle it head on with fists and magic blazing. I couldn’t dodge this magical shitstorm even if I wanted to, and now, it just engulfed me, sucking me into this mystical world that’s starting to feel like my own...Categorized as:
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![The Reaper by Melissa K. Roehrich]()
The Reaper by Melissa K. Roehrich
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBefore he was the Fire Court Third, he was the Reaper.And before he was the Reaper, he was her Ash Rider.Moranna. The Baroness of a colony hidden away on the Southern Islands. She works tirelessly to keep some of the most powerful Fae of the realm safe from those who seek to use them for their gifts.Or that's what Rayner has always believed... -
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![Flames of Promise by Jack Whitney]()
Flames of Promise by Jack Whitney
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWith their kingdom in ruins, Dorian and Nyssari Eaglefyre must make a choice. Remain bound to the kingdom and people that betrayed their family and live their lives in silence, or run and be declared traitors of the realm... -
![In the Roses of Pieria by Anna Burke]()
In the Roses of Pieria by Anna Burke
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAward-winning author Anna Burke delivers the shivers in this daring queer dark fantasy romance teeming with sensuous vampires, dark academia, plant horrors, and terrifying fungal fae.When Clara Eden is offered a job as an archivist working for eccentric estate owner Agatha Montague, she thinks her prayers have been answered... -
![The Aspect of Essence by Samantha Amstutz]()
The Aspect of Essence by Samantha Amstutz
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFor over a millennium, the elves have concealed their powers.Until now.Since arriving on the mortals’ shores, the elves have systematically colonized the primitive human race. As subjugated peasants, the mortals toil to supply the elven realm with riches.The elves’ magic has degraded their race to a point where they have been rendered infertile... -
![A Broken Promise: Book 1 in the Freckled Fate Trilogy by Tetyana Walker]()
A Broken Promise: Book 1 in the Freckled Fate Trilogy by Tetyana Walker
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratings“Finn has lost everything – her family, her love and her purpose. Betrayed and sold into slavery, she existed awaiting her end... Until she was mistakenly taken for a Magic Wielder and gifted to the brutal, blood thirsty Destroyer General to be tortured and killed.Surrounded by her enemies, Finn makes a promise.One she will fight to keep... -
![A Game of Love and Betrayal by Elayna R. Gallea]()
A Game of Love and Betrayal by Elayna R. Gallea
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHe requires a wife. She needs to kill him. All’s fair in pursuit of love and revenge.What’s a vampire to do when the fae who made her an orphan is searching for a wife?Make him choose her and end his life on their wedding night, of course.Brynleigh has been carefully planning this for years... -
![Devil in Boots by Stacey Marie Brown]()
Devil in Boots by Stacey Marie Brown
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMy thoughts, my drive, my goal was on one thing. I was a madman obsessed, and nothing would get in my way.Treasure.For centuries this has been the drive for humans to lie, murder, cheat, and steal, and The Nectar is the biggest fortune of them all. An object which can change the dynamics between fae and human, save lives, and gives humans fae qualities... -
![Mania by Naomi Loud]()
Mania by Naomi Loud
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI have starved for as long as I have been sentient.Collecting soul after soul, I fed. I gorged. Then he arrived, and suddenly, I understood what it truly meant to feel. Jealousy. Greed. Obsession.It tasted like him. Intoxicating. Addicting. I had to have my fill of him. Control him. Keep him. And I did. And we were happy. Trapped. But happy. Until she arrived. Her soul replete with mortal toil... -
![Until the World Falls Down by Jordan Lynde]()
Until the World Falls Down by Jordan Lynde
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHer freedom or her heart…in forty-eight hours, she'll lose one forever.When a brutal betrayal leaves twenty-eight-year-old Nell heartbroken, she makes a desperate plea for love—offering anything in exchange... -
![King Alejandro: The Return of Her Cold-Hearted Alpha by Moonlight Muse]()
King Alejandro: The Return of Her Cold-Hearted Alpha by Moonlight Muse
Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEight years have passed since the battle that took the lives of many, eight years since the birth of an Alpha Prince, and eight years since the world has been at peace. Alejandro Rossi, the Lycan King, ruled his country with a just and fair hand. Enjoying life with his mate Kiara and children in tranquillity. That is until the shadow of an unknown threat falls upon them... -
![Monsters and Mistletoe by Cassia Briar, Salem Cross]()
Monsters and Mistletoe by Cassia Briar, Salem Cross
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHot chocolate, snowflakes, jingling bells, and… monsters?That’s what Christmas has in store for you this year!Add a little spice to your holiday festivities by diving into this collection of monster-loving heroines who find love in the most unusual of places.Featuring new, original stories by:Harpie Alexa - USA Today Best Selling AuthorCassia BriarCara BryantRachel CallahanJ.E... -
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![We're All Mad Here by Leann Belle]()
We're All Mad Here by Leann Belle
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe White Rabbit is following me.I can't outrun him. He's fast, he's ruthless, and if he hadn't drugged me and dragged me off to this godforsaken "wonder" land, I might find his platinum hair and striking rose gold eyes attractive.But here, the only wonder I've been finding is in the gaze of these beautiful men as they watch me run. Never do they try and help...Categorized as:
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![Beyond by Katie May]()
Beyond by Katie May
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThere's one place scarier than hell.And we're in it.There's a series of tunnels beneath the school that we must travel through in order to escape Tory's School for the Troubled.But the world on the other side? It's a land of nightmares and monsters. A place where your worst fears come to life. A world of darkness and pain and suffering... -
![Cruelly Bitten by Lexi C. Foss]()
Cruelly Bitten by Lexi C. Foss
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsOnce upon a time, humankind ruled the world while lycans and vampires lived in secret. This is no longer that time. Ismerelda The male I’m forever bonded to is now a monster. A cruel beast. A vampire without remorse and no memories of our previous existence together. He has no idea who I am. What I mean to him. Who we used to be together. But I’m not giving up. He will remember me. I vow it... -
![Wicked Souls by Katie Wismer]()
Wicked Souls by Katie Wismer
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsSomething is wrong with Valerie Darkmore.She may have made it through her initiation into the Marionettes, but she’s quickly learning that was only the beginning. Everything she used to know has changed, including maybe herself.Adjusting to her new reality proves to be the least of her worries when bodies appear all over the city, and the death toll continues to rise... -
![Wolf Games: Severed Fates by Caroline Peckham]()
Wolf Games: Severed Fates by Caroline Peckham
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe finale to Season 2 of The Vampire GamesOne fate torn in two. When Cass is moved from the African institute, she soon realises her captor isn't the only one trying to keep her prisoner...Categorized as:
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![Late as a Rabbit by Kendra Moreno]()
Late as a Rabbit by Kendra Moreno
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFollow the white rabbit. . .Tick.Jupiter only ever wanted an adventure, but she never should have gone searching for one. It finds her in the form of a white rabbit with silver eyes.Tock.When that same white rabbit turns out to be the White Rabbit from the story books, she can’t contain her curiosity. She follows him down the rabbit hole and drops right into Wonderland...
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