Books like 'Monsters Within'

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  • Savage Bonds by J. Bree

    Savage Bonds by J. Bree

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 267 ratings
    With my gift coursing through my veins, the tables have turned on the Draven Campus. I’m no longer the Giftless reject, no longer the girl who’s fair game to the other students for daring to run away from my Bonds. But there are bigger problems heading my way. With destiny pushing me closer and closer to each of my Bonds, I’m fighting tooth and nail against nature to keep my distance...
  • Alpha Wolf by Caroline Peckham, Susanne Valenti

    Alpha Wolf by Caroline Peckham, Susanne Valenti

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 49 ratings
    I came here with a single goal in mind.An aim.A purpose.I will break out of Darkmore Penitentiary.But I was a fool to think that it would be so simple.And now with more and more Fae relying on me to get them out of this slice of hell, I find myself unable to do a damn thing.Mason Cain stabbed me in the back and left me to rot in the dark...
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  • Claimed by the Shifters by Meg Anne, K. Loraine

    Claimed by the Shifters by Meg Anne, K. Loraine

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 34 ratings
    I made a deal with a demon so I could be free. Boy did that blow up in my face. Everything is falling apart just as I thought it was coming together.The Mercer twins say I’m their mate. I believe them, even if I can’t let them claim me. No matter how badly my soul yearns to be theirs.Pan laid out his terms and I ignored them once already...
  • Forced Bonds by J. Bree

    Forced Bonds by J. Bree

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 226 ratings
    They say to keep your friends close but your enemies closer; What if they’re one and the same? The stable foundation I thought I’d built in the Sanctuary has been ripped away, and I find myself on the front lines of the war against the Resistance. I might have my Bonds on my side, but there are darker schemes in motion...
  • Lost to the Moon by Meg Anne, K. Loraine

    Lost to the Moon by Meg Anne, K. Loraine

    Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 24 ratings
    It’s the end of the world as you know it…At least it will be, if my dear despicable mum gets her way. I, however, happen to be quite fond of some of the toys I’ve discovered on this plane. Ma petite monstre, for starters. But the plague is spreading, taking no prisoners, and I’m trapped and at the mercy of a deal I made with Rosie...
  • Syndicate Queen by Kira Stanley

    Syndicate Queen by Kira Stanley

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 20 ratings
    Avery, Ax, Falcon, Cosmo and I had stumbled upon something suspicious; something that was going on in my city right under our noses. A new drug had popped up, affecting only the paranormal community. People were starting to go missing, and those that we caught started babbling about how he was going to take the Syndicate down for good. That was never going to happen...
  • Vicious Souls by K.C. Kean

    Vicious Souls by K.C. Kean

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 34 ratings
    They say the Gods don’t give you more than you can handle, which is probably why I’m sinking in drama. As a God myself, I guess I’m not included in that little speech. But it’s about time they address me as who I am. Rhea. WIth my intentions questioned, and my battle far from over, the list of my enemies continues to grow. The Hex, Zellus, and what seems like the entire supernatural world...
  • Unshaken by Dreia Wells

    Unshaken by Dreia Wells

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 14 ratings
    I was supposed to be a Light Guardian.My whole life was mapped out and I was going to proudly follow my ancestor's footsteps. So why did the Angels reject me? I trained for years to become one of the Elite in the Angels fight against the forces of evil. When the time came for me to attend Caelum Academy, my invitation never came...
  • The Monster's Wife by Jillian West

    The Monster's Wife by Jillian West

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 25 ratings
    The picturesque town of Haven may offer sanctuary for all, but the irony is getting harder to monsters are vanishing. Aline knows better than to meddle. The runaway Princess of Faere learned the hard way what happens when others see what her magic can do. No, it's far better to focus on her own problems like running The Monster's Den and staying off the paranormal council's radar...
  • Black Onyx by Nikita Parmenter

    Black Onyx by Nikita Parmenter

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 24 ratings
    The fae realm is notoriously dangerous, whereas most supernaturals don’t get thrown into the more dangerous side of fae life until they’re twenty-five thanks to her tyrant father, Farren’s been dealing with it since she was sixteen, brutally trained and punished; she knows her way around a blade...
  • Devoured by Monsters by Katie May, Ann Denton

    Devoured by Monsters by Katie May, Ann Denton

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 24 ratings
    Monsters rule the world. And now, they rule me.After an attempt on my life, I find myself saved by an unlikely ally. Injured, confused, and faced with emotions I don’t know how to deal with, I hunker down in a monster’s safe house.But I refuse to stay hidden.With threats coming at us from all angles, I must learn to put my trust in the very monsters I swore to hate.The Grotesque. The Creeper...
  • Laurell K. Hamilton's Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter: Guilty Pleasures vol 1 by Laurell K. Hamilton

    Laurell K. Hamilton's Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter: Guilty Pleasures vol 1 by Laurell K. Hamilton

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 25 ratings
    New York Times bestselling author Laurell K. Hamilton brings Anita Blake to the world of graphic novels. Anita Blake lives in a world where vampires, zombies and werewolves have been declared legal citizens of the United States. Anita Blake is an "animator" - a profession that involves raising the dead for mourning relatives...
  • Found by M. Sinclair

    Found by M. Sinclair

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 17 ratings
    Important Note : Found is the final and book 5 in the Silver Falls University series. Readers can find Lost, book 1 of the series, as part of the Kingdom of Wolves Universe Collection. Please note, Lost should be read FIRST before Forgotten, Discovered, and Pursued in order to read the series in proper order. Five broken alphas. One lost wolf. A fate she never expected...
  • Knight Awakened by B.M. Clemton

    Knight Awakened by B.M. Clemton

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 24 ratings
    Coming to Black Veil University irreversibly changed my life.Meeting Daxton Pierce flipped it on end and made me question everything I know.My memories and my family had been ripped from me. I have been stalked, tortured, abandoned, and betrayed… but I’m not broken...
  • Charged by Serenity Ackles

    Charged by Serenity Ackles

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 13 ratings
    They called me Battery, but as soon as I’m fully charged, they’re going to discover how much power I wield.My path of vengeance took a detour when I was rescued by the gargoyles of Castle Viegls. For several months I allowed myself to become settled with these men; to think I could have a life when once I didn’t...
  • The Redemption Saga Box Set by Kristen Banet

    The Redemption Saga Box Set by Kristen Banet

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A Reverse Harem Urban Fantasy Series Enjoy the full story of the assassin once called Shadow now! Sawyer ‘Shadow’ Matthews knows how to put one foot in front of the other, to keep moving while the nightmares haunt her, and her own failures taunt her. She's become a master at doing awful things with good intentions, terrible things for the sake of those who need her...
  • Pursued by M. Sinclair

    Pursued by M. Sinclair

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 19 ratings
    Five broken alphas. One lost wolf. A fate she never expected.I’d never looked into my past—never tried to discover what awaited me there.Maybe I should have.Mona’s arrival brought a whirlwind of possibility, even if her claim seemed impossible...
  • In The Devil's Shadow by Maggie Bonnet

    In The Devil's Shadow by Maggie Bonnet

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 9 ratings
    Alive or dead?Hunted or the hunter?Hide, stand, or run?Satan wants me dead. Someone unknown wants me taken alive. Why am I so special? I don’t even know what I am. My survival depends on finding out, which means finding my father–a man who abandoned me before I was born...
  • Worshipped By Monsters by Katie May, Ann Denton

    Worshipped By Monsters by Katie May, Ann Denton

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 12 ratings
    Monsters destroyed the world. But I won’t allow them to destroy me. My Four Terrors have ruled the Ebony Kingdom with an iron fist for years now. However, a new player threatens to change the world as we know it. Barnabas—Creep’s malicious father—is back from the dead, and he’s out for blood...
  • Bad Blood by L.C. Davis, Joel Abernathy

    Bad Blood by L.C. Davis, Joel Abernathy

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 22 ratings
    The bitch is back.It's me. I'm the bitch. And thanks to my traitorous bestie Sarah's vampire cult having a funny definition of "virgin sacrifice," I'm back from the dead rather than back from a much-needed vacation in Cancun.Now I'm possessed by their snarky deity, and my afterlife depends on keeping it a secret from her cult of four reincarnated vampire lovers...
  • Silent Omen by Ashley Amy

    Silent Omen by Ashley Amy

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Book Summary What had I gotten myself into? This game wasn’t just for show on a board. No. These monsters played something I was foreign to. I didn’t know the rules when I started, but I didn’t know this was what the game would turn into. Still, I keep trying. I have nothing left. I’ll play until it’s done because I can’t let them win...
  • Mysterious Omen by Ashley Amy

    Mysterious Omen by Ashley Amy

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Book Summary Somewhere, deep inside of me… I still exist. The girl that I was… She still wants to fight and show everyone what I’ve got… But after everything I was put through, how do I overcome this? My mask had been impenetrable before, but I’m not fooling anyone with it anymore. Tears are shed in a long shower, touches are rejected, and words no longer leave my mouth...
  • Mark Me by Mila Young

    Mark Me by Mila Young

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    I’m marked…but I won’t be tamed.Loss has scarred my life. I’ve trained relentlessly, endured unimaginable pain for one goal—to face the beast who watched me, who came for me. But took my family instead.There’s nothing I won’t do for vengeance...
  • Defiant Girl by Sam Hall

    Defiant Girl by Sam Hall

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    This is a continuation of Kit and Tris' story, as started in Bad GirlI've been betrayed by my own family, but that's OK, I've created my own to replace them. Tris, Len, Jackson and even the mysterious James, they're mine now and no one is going to break us apart.My brother is trying to blackmail my family anonymously using a video of me. My father wants me mated to James no matter what...
  • Supernatural Villain by Avery Song, Veronica Agnus

    Supernatural Villain by Avery Song, Veronica Agnus

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When it comes to my life, fate’s favorite game is torment. Why else would it have reunited me with my supernatural bros, only to strike them — and many innocent bystanders — down on the day of my funeral? I stood and watched it happen, but instead of mourning, I laughed in the face of my enemies...
  • Blindly Acquitted by Katie May

    Blindly Acquitted by Katie May

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
     There’s a hit list circulating the prison offering large sums of cash for our deaths—me and all of my men. Assassins, serial killers, and murderers... They’re all coming out of the woodwork to collect their prize. Even a queen and her kings can't fight off an entire army. Escape is our only option if we want to survive...
  • Hell Gate by Veronica Eden

    Hell Gate by Veronica Eden

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    From 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...
  • Crazed Candy by Leigh Kelsey

    Crazed Candy by Leigh Kelsey

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 24 ratings
    Here’s a tip: don’t mess with the demon girl who kills people for a living. The four self-proclaimed kings of Orchid Vale apparently never got that memo, and now my self care retreat is about to become a bloodbath...
  • Wicked Ascending by Sarah Piper

    Wicked Ascending by Sarah Piper

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A child conceived ’neath moon so bright…
 When it comes to the cryptic Moon Blessed prophecy, our enemies have been fighting over its meaning—and its dark magic—for millennia. Born of the union of darkness and light… But through all their bitter skirmishes, there’s one teeny little detail the vile beasts keep forgetting:The Moon Blessed witch herself...
  • Reluctant Queen: A Hellscape Novel by Kira Stanley

    Reluctant Queen: A Hellscape Novel by Kira Stanley

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    You think your parents are bad? Try having the devil as your father.I'd had enough of all the expectations and rules that come with being the next in line for Hell’s throne. I was tired of the constant fight over my so-called duty. There was only one answer - to run away to the human realm...
  • Lunar Witch by M. Sinclair

    Lunar Witch by M. Sinclair

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 28 ratings
    No man would ever own me again.A simple promise I’d made to myself after escaping a brutal childhood of abuse and being trained to enact violence on unblessed witches. Since that moment, I had managed to survive on the streets by successfully pickpocketing...
  • When Monsters Love by Debbie Cassidy

    When Monsters Love by Debbie Cassidy

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 9 ratings
    The Golden City awaits, and it's time to put my acting skills to the test.It's time to trick a bunch of celestials.It's time to lie.Rue's journey continues in When Monsters Love. There's action, sizzle and multiple love interests for our lucky heroine in this paranormal fantasy romance...
  • Seduce My Heart by Yumoyori Wilson

    Seduce My Heart by Yumoyori Wilson

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    The seduction in my blood leads me to my mate, but will it help me open my fragile heart? Being a private secretary to one of the few billionaires in NYC was an interesting experience. Not only did I get the chance to discover the soft side of my boss, Liam Smith, I fell in love with his compassionate self. Everything seemed like it was finally running smoothly...
  • Dead City by Debbie Cassidy

    Dead City by Debbie Cassidy

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    How many times can you cheat death? I’m not sure but I have a feeling I’m about to be tested.First there were thirteen and now there’s only one. But the responsibilities don’t lessen. Bring the Harvest in, they say, take the soul orb to Haven, they order.One of me, and too many places to be. Like hell am I putting my ass on the line without back up...
  • Dead Sea by Debbie Cassidy

    Dead Sea by Debbie Cassidy

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    When war knocks on the door, burying your head in the sand won’t make it leave.Death called and I answered. Now Genesis is coming for us. But with the council making every excuse not to listen to my warnings, there’s no other option but to plot behind their backs.Time is limited.The sea kingdom awaits, and the sea king isn’t the kind of man to accept a rain check...
  • Three Wicked Bears by Cassia Briar

    Three Wicked Bears by Cassia Briar

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 10 ratings
    I was lost in the woods–hungry, tired, and scared. I stumbled upon a house and knocked, but no one was home. Then I did the unthinkable, the biggest mistake of my life, I broke in.What I didn’t know then was that this house belongs to three ruthless bear shifters. I’ve angered them and they are determined to make me pay. So, they give me a choice. Either they kill me now or I become theirs...
  • All Shot to Hell by Mila Young, Harper A. Brooks

    All Shot to Hell by Mila Young, Harper A. Brooks

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Playing devil's advocate with three demons? There's no way I am ever going to win.Things were finally going right for us. We got the relics back. We defeated the dragon. I thought we’d won. But we’ve ended up losing so much more…Cain’s severely wounded, and I don’t know how to save him. Losing him shouldn’t bother me, but it does. A lot...
  • Dark Horse: Discreet Edition by Kel Carpenter, Aurelia Jane

    Dark Horse: Discreet Edition by Kel Carpenter, Aurelia Jane

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    My husband killed me.Instead of spending my immortal Afterlife pissed off and angry, I moved on. I became someone.Sure, that someone was a demon with the highest track record of reform, AKA punishment, in Hell. But who’s bragging?I’m right on my way to retirement behind the pearly gates. Everything was going fine . . . until the Risk Witches saw a terrible vision.Three men...
  • Fractured Shadows by K.A. Knight, Kendra Moreno

    Fractured Shadows by K.A. Knight, Kendra Moreno

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 29 ratings
    Our lands are fractured.Split into three since before my birth…. but they were not always this way.Once we prospered, magic filling our lands before it was locked away with them.The monsters.Now we suffer, we starve even as our king grows stronger.Richer.And then one day my sister is called upon, to make the ultimate sacrifice.Unable to lose the one person I love, I take her place willingly...
  • Death Warden: Grave Spirits MC by Debbie Cassidy

    Death Warden: Grave Spirits MC by Debbie Cassidy

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Death waits for no one, unless you’re a necromancer, in which case he might stop for a cup of tea and a chat.I didn’t ask to be a necromancer, and I certainly didn’t ask to be saddled with a magical amulet holding an ancient big bad at bay.I got both.All I want to do is steer clear of trouble, write horror novels, and hang with my talking cat...
  • Shadow Slayer by Rory Miles, Harper Frey

    Shadow Slayer by Rory Miles, Harper Frey

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 13 ratings
    The best way to ruin a rogue slayer's day? Force an arranged marriage on her.Despite being the best of the best, my parents–who run our region's slayer council–decide it's time for me to get married. Apparently, being the wife of a high-born slayer will finally make me respectable. Or so they say. I see the arrangement for what it really is: a power grab...
  • Blood Passage by Connie Suttle, Traci Odom

    Blood Passage by Connie Suttle, Traci Odom

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    "The sight of three naked, bloody men wandering into the clearing with moonlight clouding their eyes would probably send anyone else running for their life. I just sighed and watched them walk toward me."As the first female vampire successfully turned in 700 years, Lissa finds herself in demand by the Vampire Aristocracy...
  • When Monsters Rise by Debbie Cassidy

    When Monsters Rise by Debbie Cassidy

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 9 ratings
    When an unexpected betrayal steals our sanctuary, only unity will save us.I trusted Michael and he betrayed us. With our sanctuary destroyed, we’re on the run. Again.Shem and his watchers’ step into the role of protectors once again but keeping a whole colony safe topside won’t be easy.New threats stalk both day and night. The rules have changed.Time is running out...
  • New Regime by Laken Cane

    New Regime by Laken Cane

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Rune and her people have been taken under the mysterious wing of the Annex, an agency that works toward Other equality.But with the new regime comes changes and some monstrous enemies the Annex seems to have brought with it.The crew finds themselves up against a group called the Shop, whose leader cares only about his lab and the monsters he creates there...
  • Deadly Omen by Ashley Amy

    Deadly Omen by Ashley Amy

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Book Summary The game has changed. More secrets are coming out. They don’t think I’m equipped or smart enough to keep up… Too bad I’m still playing the game my bullies thought they already won. I’ll play my part while I study their movements. Strategy is equal parts planning and acting. It might be an impossible task to learn what’s going on, but I will over time...
  • The Ruin of Souls by Sloane Murphy, Lily Wildhart

    The Ruin of Souls by Sloane Murphy, Lily Wildhart

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Not all monsters are what they seem.“Our families are different. We are Nephilim. Elite beings descended from Angels, created to help keep the balance in the five factions of our world. We are the peacekeepers, the enforcers, and the protectors. We do not know a true death, and this isn’t your first life.”In that instant my entire life changed...
  • A Shadow of Betrayal by B.M. Clemton

    A Shadow of Betrayal by B.M. Clemton

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 17 ratings
    Monsters exist. The only problem is… I'm the only one that can see them. I always thought I would outgrow it. That one day, I would magically wake up, and the nightmares that haunt my life would suddenly be gone. Unfortunately, that hasn't been my luck. Avoidance is key. Don't look at them. Pretend they aren't lurking in the shadows, and never make eye contact...
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  • Loving Demons by Katie May, Quinn Arthurs

    Loving Demons by Katie May, Quinn Arthurs

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 22 ratings
    Nothing worth getting is ever easy.I think that’s how the saying goes.I could definitely do with a little easy right now, though it doesn’t seem to be in the cards.Surrounded by murder, espionage, and men far too sexy for their own good, every day is a whirlwind. Even my newfound powers may not be enough to help as enemies slither from the shadows...
  • The Inquest: Succubus Trials Serial by L.L. Frost

    The Inquest: Succubus Trials Serial by L.L. Frost

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Adie helped to take down the Dreamer and is now ready for life to return to normal, whatever that is. But the demonic higher-ups have other ideas, and Adie soon finds herself landed in the hot seat. Will she be able to answer for her actions, or will she see everything she’s fought for taken away? Part 3 of Succubus Trials...
  • Half-Breed by Hickory Mack

    Half-Breed by Hickory Mack

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Alice Eustone was born to hunt demons. The top candidate for an apprenticeship under a senior hunter, her future was secure. Until her father sold their home without warning and moved them to Tallow, a place where brilliance and standing out is not only discouraged, but punished. Her dreams dissolving around her, Alice doesn't know who she is anymore...
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