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Wild Country by Anne Bishop
In this powerful and exciting fantasy set in the world of the New York Times bestselling Others series, humans and the shape-shifting Others will see whether they can live side by side...without destroying one another. There are ghost towns in the world—places where the humans were annihilated in retaliation for the slaughter of the shape-shifting Others... -
![Wrong Ways Down by Stacia Kane]()
Wrong Ways Down by Stacia Kane
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsIt’s a thin line between right and wrong. It’s an even thinner one between wrong and dead… Terrible has always been on the wrong side of the law, living up to the only name anyone ever gave him. As the chief enforcer for Downside’s most powerful criminal, it’s his job to collect debts and protection money by any means necessary. And he’s very good at his job...Categorized as:
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![Vision in Silver by Anne Bishop]()
Vision in Silver by Anne Bishop
The Others freed the cassandra sangue to protect the blood prophets from exploitation, not realizing their actions would have dire consequences. Now the fragile seers are in greater danger than ever before—both from their own weaknesses and from those who seek to control their divinations for wicked purposes...Categorized as:
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![Dark Dream by Christine Feehan]()
Dark Dream by Christine Feehan
Shes known him since she was fifteen. Every night, he is with her: his face, his voice. Tonight, Sara Marten will meet the man who is both angel and demon, salvation and temptation: Falconthe Carpathian, the banished hero. Tonight, Sara will meet the dark-eyed destroyer destined to be her mate... -
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![Embrace the Darkness by Alexandra Ivy]()
Embrace the Darkness by Alexandra Ivy
Is He Her Mortal Enemy-- Lady Shay is the last of her kind. Half human, half Shalott, her blood is a precious aphrodisiac to vampires, who consider it more precious than gold. Though Shalotts are renowned assassins, a curse held over Shay lands her on the slave auction block, where her fate is uncertain. . . Or The Man Who Will Risk All. . -
![Shadowdance by Kristen Callihan]()
Shadowdance by Kristen Callihan
Once a heart is lost in shadow... Life has been anything but kind to Mary Chase. But the Society for the Suppression of Supernaturals has given her purpose. Now she's been tasked with catching a vicious murderer dubbed the Bishop of Charing Cross. But someone is already on the case—and the last thing he relishes is a partner. Only someone who lives in darkness can find it... -
![Sins of the Night by Sherrilyn Kenyon]()
Sins of the Night by Sherrilyn Kenyon
In the realm of the Dark-Hunters there is a code of honor that even immortal bad boys must follow:Harm no human. Drink no blood. Never fall in love. But every now and again a Dark-Hunter thinks himself above the Code. That's when I'm summoned. Who am I? I'm the one thing the fearless fear. Step over the line and it's my wrath you will face. Nothing can touch me. Nothing can sway me... -
![Not Dead Enough by Mina Carter]()
Not Dead Enough by Mina Carter
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsThere is life after death, unfortunately for them, it's the same one... Brett Perkins was a soldier until the Project killed him. Now he's finding that life after death isn't so hot. With the Project base destroyed, he and his team have been tasked with running down and destroying a group of rogue Bloods. Unfortunately the vampires always seem to be one step ahead...Categorized as:
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![Low Red Moon by Caitlín R. Kiernan]()
Low Red Moon by Caitlín R. Kiernan
Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSeveral years after the events in Threshold, Chance and Deacon have married. They’re looking ahead to the future, trying to put the past behind them. But new nightmares await them as a woman with a need for violence enters their lives. And something even worse has followed her..Categorized as:
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![Hidden Gem by Lissa Kasey]()
Hidden Gem by Lissa Kasey
Can love conquer all in a world where monsters lurk around every corner? Shane and Misaki will find out.Shane, a hardened detective, bears the burden of a monstrous affliction that threatens to consume him. But his solitary existence is disrupted by Misaki, a captivating hustler with secrets of his own... -
![The Greyfriar by Clay Griffith, Susan Griffith]()
The Greyfriar by Clay Griffith, Susan Griffith
Rousing pulp action and steampunk come together in a heartbreaking story of high adventure and alternate history. In the year 1870, a horrible plague of vampires swept over the northern regions of the world. It is now 2020 and a bloody reckoning is coming. Princess Adele is heir to the Empire of Equatoria, a remnant of the old tropical British Empire... -
![Call of the Sea by Chani Lynn Feener]()
Call of the Sea by Chani Lynn Feener
The Devils of Vitality always catch their prey.Bay Delmar is pretty done with life.There’s a reason even his friends refer to him as the Undead or Robot. It’s been years since Bay’s been able to feel anything other than emptiness when he isn’t straddling a hoverbike and risking his neck in one of Vitality’s infamous street races... -
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Infected by Maya Riley
What's the worst that could happen? Sit down and let me tell you. The Void Virus has been let loose on the Earth. Caused by experiments gone wrong, an outbreak has ravaged the world. Anyone infected has turned into a decaying empty shell, void of their former selves. The animate decomposing bodies have become known as Rotters, stumbling around for the scent of the living... -
![A Taste of Crimson by Marjorie M. Liu]()
A Taste of Crimson by Marjorie M. Liu
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsLos Angeles is no longer the City of Angels; dark things haunt its streets- dark restless things. Bodies have been found, and the tentative peace between humans, vampires, and werewolves teeters on the brink of collapse. Keeli Maddox needs to know why. If she and her kin are to survive, she must trust a man as different from her as night from day, as tooth from claw... -
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![Hemovore by Jordan Castillo Price]()
Hemovore by Jordan Castillo Price
Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsMark Hansen thought working as artist’s assistant would be glamorous, especially if that artist was a vampire. Black tie events, witty repartee, gracing the pages of the local style section…. Didn’t happen. Not even once.Jonathan Varga is an enigma. True, he’s quiet, generous, and scrupulously polite...Categorized as:
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Year One by Nora Roberts
In her newest work, the stunning beginning to an epic hardcover trilogy, #1 New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts weaves an enthralling saga of suspense, survival, and the journey that will unite a desperate group of people to fight the battle of their lives… The sickness came on suddenly, and spread quickly. The fear spread even faster... -
![Miserere: An Autumn Tale by Teresa Frohock, T. Frohock]()
Miserere: An Autumn Tale by Teresa Frohock, T. Frohock
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsExiled exorcist Lucian Negru deserted his lover in Hell in exchange for saving his sister Catarina's soul, but Catarina doesn't want salvation. She wants Lucian to help her fulfill her dark covenant with the Fallen Angels by using his power to open the Hell Gates... -
![Miserere: An Autumn Tale by Teresa Frohock]()
Miserere: An Autumn Tale by Teresa Frohock
Rated: 3.78 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsExiled exorcist Lucian Negru deserted his lover in Hell in exchange for saving his sister Catarina's soul, but Catarina doesn't want salvation. She wants Lucian to help her fulfill her dark covenant with the Fallen Angels by using his power to open the Hell Gates... -
![1Q84 by Haruki Murakami, Jay Rubin]()
1Q84 by Haruki Murakami, Jay Rubin
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 52 ratingsThe year is 1984 and the city is Tokyo. A young woman named Aomame follows a taxi driver’s enigmatic suggestion and begins to notice puzzling discrepancies in the world around her. She has entered, she realizes, a parallel existence, which she calls 1Q84 —“Q is for ‘question mark.’ A world that bears a question.” Meanwhile, an aspiring writer named Tengo takes on a suspect ghostwriting project... -
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Nightfall by Ellen Connor
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsFirst in a stunning new post-apocalyptic paranormal romance trilogy. Growing up with an unstable, often absent father who preached about the end of the world, Jenna never thought in her wildest nightmares that his predictions would come true... -
![The Stress of Her Regard by Tim Powers]()
The Stress of Her Regard by Tim Powers
Rated: 3.79 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsWhen Michael Crawford discovers his bride brutally murdered in their wedding bed, he is forced to flee not only to prove his innocence, but to avoid the deadly embrace of a vampire who has claimed him as her true bridegroom... -
![Blood Singers by Tamara Rose Blodgett]()
Blood Singers by Tamara Rose Blodgett
Rated: 3.74 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsA sub-species of human beings... Twenty-year old Julia Wade, a young woman tragically widowed, is in the middle of a bizarre bid between two mythical species who are vying for the unique properties she offers; her blood. The vampires need her to balance the food load of the human species and give them their coveted “Lightwalkers... -
![Born in Blood by Alexandra Ivy]()
Born in Blood by Alexandra Ivy
Rated: 3.66 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsIn a stunning new paranormal romance series—even edgier than her bestselling Guardians of Eternity books— New York Times bestselling author Alexandra Ivy lures readers into the dark, seductive world of the Sentinels—humans outcast by their hidden abilities, treading the line between life and death, good and evil, pleasure and pain… Born In Blood Sergeant Duncan O’Conner has seen it all... -
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Bound by Shadow by Anna Windsor
Rated: 3.61 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsFalling for a demon can be hazardous to your heart. Riana Dumain is a fully trained Sybil, a warrior priestess battling evil whose practical magic keeps her grounded in earthly science–and desires. She knows that gorgeous NYPD detective Creed Lowell is dangerous, and possibly a foot soldier of the evil Legion cult, using his badge and drop-dead looks to consolidate demonic power... -
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Pandora by Anne Rice
Rated: 3.71 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsAnne Rice, creator of the Vampire Lestat, the Mayfair witches and the amazing worlds they inhabit, now gives us the first in a new series of novels linked together by the fledgling vampire David Talbot, who has set out to become a chronicler of his fellow Undead. The novel opens in present-day Paris in a crowded café, where David meets Pandora...Categorized as:
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![Fae's Captive by Lily Archer]()
Fae's Captive by Lily Archer
My college roommate is the worst. Cecile steals my food, brings guys over at all hours, and parties instead of studying. But those quirks pale in comparison to what she does next. She drugs me, and I wake up imprisoned in an alternate universe full of terrifying creatures. Now, the biggest and scariest creature of all--a fae king--believes I'm his mate...Categorized as:
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Sister Sable by T. Mountebank
Rated: 3.46 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsTHE FIRST TENET OF THE WIND: Do not get caught. Sister Sable has lived by the first tenet for seven years, but when an unexpected accident reveals the runaway nun to the clergy, she is forced to embrace the remaining four. THE SECOND TENET OF THE WIND: Win by any means. With the King’s spymaster committed to killing her, and his general regretting he didn’t, Sable enters a deadly game... -
![Working Stiff by Rachel Caine]()
Working Stiff by Rachel Caine
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsBryn Davis knows working at Fairview Mortuary isn't the most glamorous career choice, but at least it offers stable employment--until she discovers her bosses using a drug that resurrects the clientele as part of an extortion racket. Now, Bryn faces being terminated--literally, and with extreme prejudice... -
![Land of the Beautiful Dead by R. Lee Smith]()
Land of the Beautiful Dead by R. Lee Smith
SHE WOULD DARE ANYTHING TO SAVE THE WORLD FROM HIS RULE. EVEN HIS BED. He ascended from the darkness years ago—Azrael the Eternal, Azrael the Undying, Azrael Who Is Death—bringing with him the black rains, the fires, the souring of the sky, and the Eaters... -
![Darkness by Laurann Dohner]()
Darkness by Laurann Dohner
Kat’s boss wants dirt on the NSO. She is sent to Homeland undercover but everything goes wrong as soon as she enters the front gates. She is arrested by a big, powerful, sexy New Species but she is not frightened. He turns her on and things heat up fast between them. Now, she just hopes he does not break her heart. Darkness admires Kat’s courage but he cannot trust anything she says...Categorized as:
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