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  • Heartless Sky by Caroline Peckham, Susanne Valenti

    Heartless Sky by Caroline Peckham, Susanne Valenti

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 73 ratings
    The winds of fate are shifting, and it finally seems like they’ve been twisted in our favour.On the run and cast out from society, we’ve been forced to hide from the mad man who stole our throne. But as more secrets come to light and my sister and I work harder than ever before to reach our potential and claim our birth right, the end is finally drawing closer...
  • 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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  • Compelled by Jaymin Eve

    Compelled by Jaymin Eve

    Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 29 ratings
    A standalone story in the Shadow Beast Shifters world. Best read after Deserted for storyline continuity. Simone, of the Torma shifters, thought she was finished with the world of supernaturals that existed outside of Earth. She'd been there, done that, and had the near death experience to show for her time.Then a summons back to Valdor-the vampire world- is dropped in her lap...
  • Queen of the Darkness by Anne Bishop

    Queen of the Darkness by Anne Bishop

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 61 ratings
    Jaenelle Angelline now reigns as Queen-protector of the Shadow Realm. No longer will the corrupt Blood slaughter her people and defile her lands. But where one chapter ends, a final, unseen battle remains to be written, and Jaenelle must unleash the terrible power that is Witch to destroy her enemies once and for all. Even so, she cannot stand alone...
  • Ashes to Ashes by Karina Halle

    Ashes to Ashes by Karina Halle

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    It’s been two months since Perry Palomino and Dex Foray’s relationship reached a new turning point, two months since Perry started a new life in Seattle, and two months since their Experiment in Terror show took on a new partner, ex-Wine Babe Rebecca Sims, and found a new level of success. But whenever there is light in their lives, the madness still has a way of coming back in...
  • Shalador's Lady by Anne Bishop

    Shalador's Lady by Anne Bishop

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 34 ratings
    View our feature on Anne Bishop’s Shalador's Lady. Return to the "intense...erotic...and imaginative" (Nancy Kress) world of the national bestselling Black Jewels novels in this sequel to The Shadow Queen...
  • Eternal by Jaymin Eve, Everly Frost

    Eternal by Jaymin Eve, Everly Frost

    Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Demons don't belong in the light.I played a game of deception, and my world was torn apart.Now my pack, my family, and the ruthless demon who has claimed my heart could pay with their lives.To save them, I must walk a treacherous path between hope and destruction—a path that leads me out of the shadows and into the light.Where betrayal waits.With every move I make, my enemies close in...
  • It's a Matter of Midlife and Death by Robyn Peterman

    It's a Matter of Midlife and Death by Robyn Peterman

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Midlife is madness—magical, messy and one freaking crisis after another.With a new job I didn’t apply for and an extended family I didn’t know I had—midlife has become somewhat problematic. Gluing ghosts back together is easy compared to my new celestial occupation.The Grim Reaper wants to put a ring on it. Tim wants to be a father...
  • Chosen by Vanessa Nelson

    Chosen by Vanessa Nelson

    Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Demons on the loose. Ritual murders. An ancient vampire breathing down her neck.Some days Max just doesn't know where to start. The problems facing her city are piling up, and there seems no end or solution in sight.Max's job used to be dealing with supernatural creatures...
  • Called by Vanessa Nelson

    Called by Vanessa Nelson

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    In a city full of rising tension, with people going missing or turning up dead, can Max resist the call to help?When Max tries to intervene to prevent an assault and it goes horribly wrong, she wants nothing more than to keep her head down and get on with her job. She does not want to answer calls for help, not even from Bryce, the Order warrior who seems willing to give her a second chance...
  • Hunted by Vanessa Nelson

    Hunted by Vanessa Nelson

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Unsolved murders, supernatural creatures and civil unrest. Just another day.Problems keep piling up around Max. No sooner has she dealt with one set of supernatural creatures, than she's called to the city's mortuary to an unusual death. The city's most senior spiritual leader is also trying to get hold of her. On top of that, Bryce cancelled their date and hasn't been seen for days...
  • Black Hat, White Witch by Hailey Edwards

    Black Hat, White Witch by Hailey Edwards

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 29 ratings
    Remember that old line about how the only way out of the organization is in a pine box?Well, Rue Hollis spent ten years thinking she had escaped the Black Hat Bureau, no coffin required.Then her former partner had to go and shatter the illusion by showing up on her doorstep with grim tidings...
  • Forged by Vanessa Nelson

    Forged by Vanessa Nelson

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Blood may be thicker than water, but not all families are meant to stay together.Struggling to maintain her independence, and the life she has fought so hard to build, Max finally learns the truth about her own origins and her family.Max has no time to absorb the shocking news...
  • Enemy Panther Next Door: A Paranormal Shifter Romance by Roxie Ray

    Enemy Panther Next Door: A Paranormal Shifter Romance by Roxie Ray

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    He’s a powerful panther shifter who needs my rejection…Returning home to help my sick father and finding out that I’m fated to Blayne Walker must be the universe’s idea of a cruel joke.Especially because the stubborn panther shifter with the hard look in his blue eyes is the reason I left Lily Valley in the first place...
  • Deadbeat Druid by David R. Slayton

    Deadbeat Druid by David R. Slayton

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 20 ratings
    The living cannot be allowed to infect the dead.Adam Binder has lost what matters most to him. Having finally learned the true identity of the warlock preying on his family, what was supposed to be a final confrontation with the fiend instead became a trap that sent Vic into the realm of the dead, where none living are meant to be...
  • Misplaced Souls by Meghan Ciana Doidge

    Misplaced Souls by Meghan Ciana Doidge

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Six years, three months, and two days ago, I was kidnapped by a black witch. Then forced to bear witness as she slaughtered witches and sorcerers across Europe, siphoning their magic and corrupting what she could of my own power in order to raise vanquished demons...
  • Deal With the Devil by Lark Taylor

    Deal With the Devil by Lark Taylor

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 16 ratings
    When you make a deal with a devil, you must prepare to face the consequences…MoriI’ve loved and lost once before, and it nearly destroyed me.One might think I’d be scared to try again, but since discovering the existence of fated mates, I’ve waited on tenterhooks for mine to appear.Fate, apparently, is content to keep me in suspense...
  • Dark Peril by Feehan C Christine Feehan

    Dark Peril by Feehan C Christine Feehan

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    Dominic of the Dragonseeker lineage - one of the most powerful lines the Carpathian people has - infiltrates the heart of the enemy camp to learn their plans. This is a one-way mission: he plans to get in fast, relay the information and go down fighting - an honourable way to end his life. But a complication lies ahead...
  • Shadow Witch by M. Sinclair

    Shadow Witch by M. Sinclair

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 11 ratings
    Shadow Witch is book three in the Phases of the Moon series, which is set within the shared universe of Dark Imaginarium Academy. All series can be read independently, but characters have crossovers and it is highly encouraged to read all within the universe to understand the world in its entirety.Series within the Phases of the Moon by M. SinclairThe Storm Dragons’ Mate by M...
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • Toughest Deal by Alessa Thorn

    Toughest Deal by Alessa Thorn

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    The occult group Aurora is closing in on the Edgeworths, and they are going to need Altun, the Sorceress of Istanbul, to help them if they are going to stay alive.'Toughest Deal' is the third book in 'Mercenaries and Magic,' a fast-paced, contemporary fantasy series full of morally gray characters, found family, passionate romance, and dark humor...
  • Dark Obsession by Sarah Piper

    Dark Obsession by Sarah Piper

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 15 ratings
    A vicious demonic plot. A curse decades in the making. An epic love that burns hotter than the very fires of hell…Charlotte...All Charley’s nightmares are real.Demons. Dark witches. Her murderous uncle.With her soul bound to an ancient demon lord and her sister taken captive by a monster, hope is in short supply.But Charley will not go down without a fight...
  • Cat's Chance in Hell by Meghan Maslow

    Cat's Chance in Hell by Meghan Maslow

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    When a feline fatale meets his magical match, Baltimore might just go up in flames.Carter Strike here. Siamese shifter extraordinaire, Tommy Tittoti’s right-hand cat . . . and the star of this book. Don’t let the author whatsherface tell you otherwise. That’s why its 113k. I’ve got A LOT to say.Terrible things are afoot in Charm City. Snark happens. Bad guys die. And I have a new favorite donut...
  • Dark Possession by Christine Feehan

    Dark Possession by Christine Feehan

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    A Carpathian event-the new hardcover from the phenomenal New York Times bestselling author.Christine Feehan returns to the sensual Carpathian world that has earned her a reputation as "the queen of paranormal romance" (USA Today) in a new novel of true love and the unnatural forces that could destroy it...
  • Walking in the Dark by Donna Augustine

    Walking in the Dark by Donna Augustine

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Some people find power in the light. Others are meant to walk in the dark. Ollie Wit left it all behind: a new home, friends who saw her as something more than a fragile shadow walker and a budding relationship with Kane. She did it all in an effort to shield Asher, who should’ve never been able to escape the Shadowlands...
  • Dark Seduction by Sarah Piper

    Dark Seduction by Sarah Piper

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 17 ratings
    Betraying 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...
  • Dark Whisper by Christine Feehan

    Dark Whisper by Christine Feehan

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 16 ratings
    Embrace the seductive call of the latest novel in Christine Feehan’s #1 New York Times bestselling Carpathian series.   Vasilisa Sidkorolyavolkva is a Lycan of royal blood. She knows what is expected of her, but all she wants is to be out from under her family’s watchful eyes. There is a fire inside her that is building. A restlessness coupled with a sense of growing dread...
  • Shadow of Doubt by Hailey Edwards

    Shadow of Doubt by Hailey Edwards

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 21 ratings
    Hadley Whitaker is a liar, a killer, and a chocoholic, but she’s getting better about the first two. Or maybe she’s just getting better at them. Some days it’s hard for her to tell fact from fiction, but only one truth matters. Goddess willing, she’s going to be the next Potentate of Atlanta...
  • Scars and Songs by Christine Zolendz

    Scars and Songs by Christine Zolendz

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Shane Maxton is front man for New York City’s popular rock band, Mad World. But he has secrets; he’s not what everybody thinks he is. He comes from an ancient world, from a different time, when angels walked among men. Read the story, through Shane’s eyes, of his forbidden love, his fall from grace and his inner turmoil from living with the irrational emotions of being human...
  • The Dark Prince by S.L. Jennings

    The Dark Prince by S.L. Jennings

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 28 ratings
    Book Two of The Dark Light Series Dorian Skotos is Dark. And although that brand of sheer, unrelenting evil is a direct threat to her life, Gabriella is tragically in love with him. Gabriella knew it was all too good to be true...
  • This Broken Wolf by Everly Frost

    This Broken Wolf by Everly Frost

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    I am a wolf shifter cast into the hands of fate.Captive. Wrecked. Undone by a bond I never expected.Another wolf has me now, and I am his to ruin.Tristan Masters, the ruthless alpha whose destiny threatens to destroy him, has sworn to come for me.But if he does, he will put the lives of his entire pack at risk. I am the spark that could ignite Tristan's fury, but I'm strong enough to resist...
  • Of Bone and Ash by B.M. Clemton

    Of Bone and Ash by B.M. Clemton

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    To fight the monsters, sometimes you have to become one yourself. For as long as I can remember, I've been silent, ensuring my secrets remain buried in the depths of my soul. I lived the perfect life my brother set up for me, with a family I adored, never letting them see what was beneath the surface. It was all perfect, or so it seemed...
  • Twilight's Dawn by Anne Bishop

    Twilight's Dawn by Anne Bishop

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 30 ratings
    New York Times bestselling author Anne Bishop's Black Jewels novels have enthralled readers and critics alike. Now, in Twilight's Dawn, Bishop returns to the Blood realm with four captivating novellas: Winsol Gifts, Shades of Honor, Family, and The High Lord's Daughter...
  • Refugee by Erica Stevens

    Refugee by Erica Stevens

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Whispers, rumors, and horror stories abound about The Barrens and the strange creatures that lurk within them. Determined to find the remaining vampires that stood against his father in the war, Braith knows that it’s dangerous to enter the inhospitable land, but that they must if they are to have a chance at gaining allies to help overthrow the king...
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • Thayer by Michele Notaro

    Thayer by Michele Notaro

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Our world is slowly healing after surviving a horrific war. The magical and non-magical creatures of Brinnswick have pulled together to mend the world, but the man I think—really, I know—is my viramore, my soulmate, has somehow been left behind. I felt drawn to him as soon as I met him, and I wanted to explore what we were to each other, but I never got the chance...
  • The Stone Warriors: Dragan by D.B. Reynolds

    The Stone Warriors: Dragan by D.B. Reynolds

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Dragan Fiachna, heir to the curse of royal blood, a horror hiding behind a beautiful face . . . you shall remain locked in stone until a maiden, untested and pure, shall find grace in your beast and safety in your nightmare.Dragan Fiachna, born to a life of loneliness, cast into stone by a sorcerer’s curse and imprisoned forever in darkness...
  • By Any Other Name by Kate King

    By Any Other Name by Kate King

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 9 ratings
    He’s seduced by the darkness, but she’s always been his sun.In the elite university town of Stratford, Massachusetts, a secret society of eight wealthy and influential families use occult witchcraft to maintain their power and privilege...
  • Deepest Cut by Alessa Thorn

    Deepest Cut by Alessa Thorn

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The Aurora cult is down to one last powerful member. The enemy of my enemy can be a friend, and the Edgeworths might have to make a deal with the devil herself if they are going to succeed in stopping Serapis. 'Deepest Cut' is the fourth book in 'Mercenaries and Magic,' a fast-paced, contemporary fantasy series full of morally gray characters, found family, passionate romance, and dark humor...
  • Destiny by K.N. Banet

    Destiny by K.N. Banet

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    This fight has always been my destiny.In a previous life, I had run from it, and that choice was the death of me. That mistake went down in history, becoming a story that haunted my people for centuries.I won’t run this time. I’ve regrouped, collected my allies, and sheltered my people. Now, I go hunting. I can’t rest until my people are safe. I can’t stop until the ones we lost are avenged...
  • The Living End by Craig Schaefer

    The Living End by Craig Schaefer

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    As the FBI closes in on the Las Vegas underworld, Daniel Faust -- grifter, thief, and sorcerer -- isn't the only one feeling the heat. Half-demon racket boss Nicky Agnelli is fighting to hang onto his empire, leaving a trail of dead informants in his wake, while Daniel's ex-girlfriend Jennifer rallies her forces on the street and aims her sights at Nicky's crown...
  • Dark Crime by Christine Feehan

    Dark Crime by Christine Feehan

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 16 ratings
    Two strangers are bonded by a lust for revenge—and each other—in this short story from Christine Feehan’s “erotic, gripping series that has defined an entire genre.” (J. R. Ward)  Blaze McGuire knows who killed her father and she has merciless plans for payback. Until a phone call from a seductive stranger pleads with her to wait. Retribution is in his blood, too...
  • The Invisible Ring by Anne Bishop

    The Invisible Ring by Anne Bishop

    Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 42 ratings
    New York Times bestselling author Anne Bishop returns to the world of her Black Jewels Trilogy with a prequel that follows a man who is determined to rebel against the course set before him... Jared is a Red-Jeweled Warlord bound as a pleasure slave by the Ring of Obedience...
  • A Heart Of Bitter Poison by Brynne Weaver

    A Heart Of Bitter Poison by Brynne Weaver

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 8 ratings
    The second book in the dark, sexy, and wickedly funny bestselling Shadow Realm paranormal romance series for readers of Laura Thalassa, Sarah J Maas, Kerri Maniscalco, and Jennifer L Armentrout.An executioner and a bounty. A soldier and a weapon.The hunter and the prey that won’t go down. After centuries in hiding, the last of the original sirens took a chance on love.And it blew up in her face...
  • Night Trials by Richard Amos

    Night Trials by Richard Amos

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Secrets are like hot coals—you can’t hold onto them for long. And my big secret just burned right through my hands.Damn.Things have really turned sour. I’d been looking for answers, but then along came the biggest plot twist of my life, with me as the star. Core-shaking stuff, details I would’ve been happy to never know.Sometimes it’s good to be left in the dark.Damn...
  • Kissed by the Dark by Donna Augustine

    Kissed by the Dark by Donna Augustine

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Life with Kane is wonderful, right up until it’s not. People like me, Shadow Walkers, who know that monsters are real and nightmares don’t only happen when you’re sleeping, are always waiting for the worst. But no one believes me when I tell them disaster is looming, not even Kane, the man who has seen more than I can imagine. When the worst does happen, I’m not prepared...
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