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Shattered Bonds by Faith Hunter
Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsJane Yellowrock must dig deep and find strength within herself if she is to survive in the latest novel in this New York Times bestselling series.Jane Yellowrock is a shapeshifting skinwalker, and vampire killer-for-hire, but her last battle with an ancient arcane enemy has brought her low... -
Cold Reign by Faith Hunter
Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsJane Yellowrock is a shape-shifting skinwalker…and the woman rogue vampires fear most. Jane walks softly and carries a big stake to keep the peace in New Orleans, all part of her job as official Enforcer to Leo Pellissier, Master of the City. But Leo's reign is being threatened by a visit from a delegation of ancient European vampires seeking to expand their dominions... -
Garrett's Destiny by Rebecca Zanetti
Pulsing with passion, adventure, and paranormal suspense and romance, the latest novel inaward-winning and New York Times bestselling author Rebecca Zanetti’s Dark Protectors series delivers an immortal hero and a dream come true . . .Love and danger . . -
Crowbones by Anne Bishop
Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsIn this engrossing and gripping fantasy set in the world of the New York Times bestselling Others series, an inn owner and her friends must find a killer-before it's too late...Categorized as:
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Evolution: Awakening by Hope Anika
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen Ash Kyndal inherits her Uncle Charlie’s PI firm, her only interest is in finding an out. Circus veteran, social misfit, daughter of a madman—those are shoes that fit. Card-carrying member of polite society? Not so much. But Charlie saved her once, and his staff of lost souls needs her...Categorized as:
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Monstrous Intent by Alice Winters
DeclanIt’s really hard to pretend like life is normal when you’re staring a monster in the eyes, though he’s both tempting and irritating in his human form... -
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab
France, 1714: in a moment of desperation, a young woman makes a Faustian bargain to live forever-and is cursed to be forgotten by everyone she meets. Thus begins the extraordinary life of Addie LaRue, and a dazzling adventure that will play out across centuries and continents, across history and art, as a young woman learns how far she will go to leave her mark on the world...Categorized as:
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Embrace the Darkness by Alexandra Ivy
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsIs 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. . -
Blackout by Rob Thurman
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsWhen half-human Cal Leandros wakes up on a beach littered with the slaughtered remains if a variety of hideous creatures, he's not that concerned. In fact, he can't remember anything-including who he is.And that's just the way his deadly enemies like it.. -
Wait for Dusk by Jocelynn Drake
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThere is no sanctuary in the night . . . Feared even by her own kind for her mastery of fire, the nightwalker Mira is summoned by the coven to take her rightful place as Elder. But with this honor comes grave responsibility—a commitment to the annihilation of the unleashed naturi. For now the foul creatures walk the earth—and neither vampire nor human will survive their horrific onslaught... -
Resonance Surge by Nalini Singh
Where are the broken? A propulsive question that unleashes a world of secrets in New York Times bestselling author Nalini Singh’s Resonance Surge . . .StoneWater bears Pavel and Yakov Stepyrev have been a unit since birth, but now Pavel’s life is veering in a new direction, his heart held in the hands of Arwen Mercant, a Psy empath—and the only man who has ever brought Pavel to his knees...Categorized as:
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Ten Simple Tips for Surviving the Apocalypse by Cari Z.
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsDear Author,Those of us who survived the virus that wiped out 50% of the population are the lucky ones. Those of us who survived the subsequent wars that decimated the world as we know it, throwing us back into a pre-industrial era are the lucky ones. Those of us who survived are the lucky ones.Except… Some of us are different. Some of us are changing. Some say the virus mutated...Categorized as:
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Dawnbreaker by Jocelynn Drake
Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe dawn brings new terror for the creatures of the night . . . Those of her race fear Mira for the lethal fire she bends to her will—a power unique among nightwalkers , both a gift . . . and a curse. The naturi despise Mira for what she is—as they prepare the final sacrifice that will destroy the barriers between the worlds... -
Madhouse by Rob Thurman
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsHalf-human Cal Leandros and his brother, Niko, aren't exactly prospering with their preternatural detective agency. Who could have guessed that business could dry up in New York City, where vampires, trolls, and other creepy crawlies are all over the place? But now there's a new arrival in the Big Apple... -
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Veiled by Maya Riley
What do you do when your past takes you back? The years I’d spent growing up were the darkest of my life, even with counting the rotter outbreak. Then I gained my freedom, met some guys who refused to leave, and even got some of my siblings back. Then my past came for me. Now I spend my days watching, biding my time, waiting for my chance to escape while also trying to keep my sanity... -
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... -
Hemovore by Jordan Castillo Price
Rated: 3.85 of 5 stars · 15 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... -
Lifeblood by Amara Rae
A witch with a healing gift. A warlock bred in violence. An immortal world on the brink.ColetteI’m a healer, not a fighter… and right now, my coven needs all the fighters it can get. Our territory is under attack, and we’re despised among our kind because they think witches should only breed with humans. Let’s just say, our mothers broke a lot of unwritten rules with their choice of mates... -
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...Categorized as:
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Blood Pact by Tanya Huff
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsIt began with the call no daughter ever wants to get, the call that told private investigator Vicki Nelson her mother had died. Mrs. Nelson's coworker at the Queen's University Life Science Department told Vicki that the cause of death was a heart attack, and that they'd be waiting for her to arrive in Kingston to make the funeral arrangements...Categorized as:
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Blood Debt by Tanya Huff
Rated: 3.79 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsIt began with a ghost in his bedroom. A tormented soul hungry for vengeance, The sort of nocturnal visitation that even a five-hundred-year-old vampire like Henry Fitzroy found tiresome. It would lead Vicki Nelson, PI, into her most deadly investigation yet...Categorized as:
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Prince Lestat and the Realms of Atlantis by Anne Rice
Rated: 3.71 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsAt the novel's center: the vampire Lestat de Lioncourt, hero, leader, inspirer, irresistible force, irrepressible spirit, battling (and ultimately reconciling with) a strange otherworldly form that has somehow taken possession of Lestat's undead body and soul... -
Honeysuckles by January Rayne
I’m a monster DNA experiment and she’s everything my beasts want. I escape the hell that tortured me for months. I’m turned into something so dangerous and brutal; I don’t recognize myself. And when I feel a pull in my chest, I follow it not understanding why. I see her and possession takes over. Her beauty is addiction. And her smell? God…her scent….mmm… It drives me insane...Categorized as:
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Born in Blood by Alexandra Ivy
Rated: 3.68 of 5 stars · 18 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...Categorized as:
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Dead of Eve by Pam Godwin
A virus devastates humanity. Few men survive. The rest are monsters. The women are dead, except Evie. Through a quirk in her genetics, she survives. When her physiology begins to evolve, she must come to terms with what she is and accept her role in finding a cure. The mutated hunt her. The men brutalize her…except three...Categorized as:
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Nightwalker by Jocelynn Drake
Rated: 3.64 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsFor centuries Mira has been a nightwalker—an unstoppable enforcer for a mysterious organization that manipulates earth-shaking events from the darkest shadows. But elemental mastery over fire sets her apart from others of her night-prowling breed . . . and may be all that prevents her doom...Categorized as:
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Working Stiff by Rachel Caine
Rated: 3.59 of 5 stars · 18 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... -
Parasite by Mira Grant
Rated: 3.66 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsA decade in the future, humanity thrives in the absence of sickness and disease. We owe our good health to a humble parasite - a genetically engineered tapeworm developed by the pioneering SymboGen Corporation. When implanted, the tapeworm protects us from illness, boosts our immune system - even secretes designer drugs. It's been successful beyond the scientists' wildest dreams...Categorized as:
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Etched in Bone by Anne Bishop
New York Times bestselling author Anne Bishop returns to her world of the Others, as humans struggle to survive in the shadow of shapeshifters and vampires far more powerful than themselves… After a human uprising was brutally put down by the Elders—a primitive and lethal form of the Others—the few cities left under human control are far-flung...Categorized as:
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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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