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  • Liam by Shannon Mayer

    Liam by Shannon Mayer

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    My name is Liam, and I was an FBI agent, until I stepped into the world of Rylee Adamson. Now, I’m a Guardian, a wolf shifter whose very design is to protect those around him at any cost. The battle against Orion is done, the demons banished. In their wake, there are so many innocents who have lost their lives, their families, and their way. Three of them our now ours to raise—the ogre triplets...
  • Revival of the Court by Heather G. Harris

    Revival of the Court by Heather G. Harris

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Ding dong, the bells are ringing.You are cordially invited to the Wedding of Jinx and Emory.Unfortunately, so are the Connection. A shocking arrest throws the guests into disarray and threatens my happily ever after. I think I can calm things down but they quickly go from bad to worse when I’m hauled bodily away from my own wedding...
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  • Inferno by Sherrilyn Kenyon

    Inferno by Sherrilyn Kenyon

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    The heat is on, and a new threat to humanity has risen…Nick has his driver’s license and he’s not afraid to use it. But turning sixteen isn’t what he thought it would be. While other boys his age are worried about prom dates and applying for college, Nick is neck deep in enemies out to stop him from living another day...
  • Retribution by R.K. Ryals

    Retribution by R.K. Ryals

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Love can overcome many odds. And while this emotion is worth many trials and tribulations, it can also lead to death. ~Bezaliel~ It is a love that is forbidden . . . Dayton Blainey is the only sane Naphil ever to walk the face of the Earth, and she's in love with a Demon she's been bound to by blood. Can love triumph over fate . . . Marcas Craig is the Demon son of Lilith and Cain...
  • 13 by Kelley Armstrong

    13 by Kelley Armstrong

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    The exciting, page-turning LAST episode of Kelley Armstrong's acclaimed, bestselling Women of the Otherworld series!Savannah Levine, a young witch of remarkable power and a dangerous pedigree, staggers away from a bomb blast in New Orleans, glad that she's managed to rescue her half-brother Bryce from the supernatural revolutionaries who'd held him captive...
  • Soul Screamers Volume Three by Rachel Vincent

    Soul Screamers Volume Three by Rachel Vincent

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    What happens when the reapers come for Kaylee? Don't miss Volume Three of New York Times bestselling author Rachel Vincent's compelling, spellbinding Soul Screamers series. IF I DIE Thanks to her mother's sacrifice, Kaylee Cavanaugh has lived most of her life on borrowed time, but now that borrowed time is almost up. Kaylee has only seven days left to prepare for the end. To say goodbye...
  • Lost by P.C. Cast, Kristin Cast

    Lost by P.C. Cast, Kristin Cast

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Things have settled down at the Tulsa House of Night since Zoey and the gang closed the tear between worlds and sent Other Kevin back to the Other World. Neferet hasn't stirred. Damien and Jack are falling in love all over again. Stevie Rae and Rephaim are back in Tulsa where they belong. The Depot Restaurant is being rebuilt with the enthusiastic involvement of local humans...
  • Soul Screamers Volume Two by Rachel Vincent

    Soul Screamers Volume Two by Rachel Vincent

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    And the scream keeps coming…... Don't miss Volume Two of New York Times bestselling author Rachel Vincent's unique and fascinating Soul Screamers series. MY SOUL TO KEEP Aside from the whole "I scream when someone is about to die" thing, Kaylee Cavanaugh's life has gotten better. She's getting to know her dad, doing okay in school and has a hot new boyfriend who understands her in every way...
  • Wounded by Shannon Mayer

    Wounded by Shannon Mayer

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    "My name is Rylee and I am a Tracker." When children go missing, and the Humans have no leads, I'm the one they call. I am their last hope in bringing home the lost ones. I salvage what they cannot. The clock is ticking and I can feel the weight of the final battle with the demon hordes looming over my head. The puzzle pieces are becoming clearer, but the casualty list is growing...
  • Thirst No. 5: The Sacred Veil by Christopher Pike

    Thirst No. 5: The Sacred Veil by Christopher Pike

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    It's no dream. At last the truth of what happened during those hellish days has come back to her. In her five thousand years as a vampire, Alisa - or Sita, as she was originally called - has experienced the equivalent of fifty lifetimes. Every moment of her immortal life is seared deep into her being. Every person she has loved, every victim she has killed - their faces are forever part of her...
  • Thirst No. 4: The Shadow of Death by Christopher Pike

    Thirst No. 4: The Shadow of Death by Christopher Pike

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    Alisa is a five-thousand-year-old vampire, stronger and more cunning than her adversaries. But now she's trapped in the body of a newborn vampire and at the mercy of a terrible thirst. Worst of all, she's facing enemies whose fierce desire for domination grows ever stronger. The immortal race the Telar is threatening to release a virus to decimate humanity...
  • Fall of Night by Rachel Caine

    Fall of Night by Rachel Caine

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Thanks to its unique combination of human and vampire residents, Morganville, Texas, is a small college town with big-time problems. When student Claire Danvers gets the chance to experience life on the outside, she takes it. But Morganville isn’t the only town with vampire trouble..
  • Daylighters by Rachel Caine

    Daylighters by Rachel Caine

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    While Morganville, Texas, is often a troubled town, Claire Danvers and her friends are looking forward to coming home. But the Morganville they return to isn’t the one they know; it’s become a different place—a deadly one… Something drastic has happened in Morganville while Claire and her friends were away...
  • Shadow Demons by Sarra Cannon

    Shadow Demons by Sarra Cannon

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    In Peachville, there's a fine line between good and evil.That line is about to be crossed...
  • Last Breath by Rachel Caine

    Last Breath by Rachel Caine

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    With her boss preoccupied researching the Founder Houses in Morganville, student Claire Danvers is left to her own devices when she learns that three vampires have vanished without a trace. She soon discovers that the last person seen with one of the missing vampires is someone new to town-a mysterious individual named Magnus...
  • Harley Merlin and the First Ritual by Bella Forrest

    Harley Merlin and the First Ritual by Bella Forrest

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    Five rituals to control Chaos. That’s all it takes. Now that Harley knows her enemy’s grand plan—to become a godlike Child of Chaos and punish those deemed “unworthy”—she’s got to figure out what the heck to do about it. Many of the missing magicals are still out there, and Katherine has vowed to kill everyone Harley cares about and make her watch.So that’s fun...
  • Ruling Passion by Alyxandra Harvey

    Ruling Passion by Alyxandra Harvey

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    MEET the Drakes:A darkly romantic, irresistibly alluring family of royal vampire bloodREAD Alyxandra Harvey's Ruling Passion: a haunting, humorous saga, now gathered into one juicy volume!"A refreshing take of the familiar teenage vampire drama . . . Harvey builds an engaging world of vampire cultures balanced wit a smart mix of darknewss and humor...
  • With All My Soul by Rachel Vincent

    With All My Soul by Rachel Vincent

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    What does it mean when your school is voted the most dangerous in America? It's time to kick some hellion butt... After not really surviving her junior year (does "undead" count as survival?), Kaylee Cavanaugh has vowed to take back her school from the hellions causing all the trouble...
  • Shimmer by Paula Weston

    Shimmer by Paula Weston

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Gaby thought her life couldn’t get more complicated.She’s almost used to the idea that she’s not the nineteen-year-old backpacker she thought she was. She can just about cope with being one of the Rephaim - a 140-year-old half-angel - whose memories have been stolen. She’s even coming to grips with the fact that Jude, the brother she’s mourned for a year, didn’t die at all...
  • Between by Mary Ting

    Between by Mary Ting

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    As the alkins head back to Crossroads, Claudia leads her normal life; but not for long. Having a special soul, Claudia attracts danger, and she soon finds out who Gamma asked to watch over her. The Twelve, known as Divine Elders on Earth, are very much involved when they find out that Aliah, one of the God's first angels, escaped from the Abyss when the gates were opened by Aden...
  • Eleventh Grade Burns by Heather Brewer

    Eleventh Grade Burns by Heather Brewer

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    Things have taken a darker turn for the half-human teenager with an appetite for blood. Joss, a vampire slayer and Vlad’s former friend, has moved back to Bathory. A mysterious and powerful new vampire, Dorian, appears with a shocking secret and an overwhelming desire to drink Vlad’s blood. And Vlad’s arch enemy, D’Ablo, has a sinister plan to eliminate Vlad once and for all...
  • Soul Catcher by G.P. Ching

    Soul Catcher by G.P. Ching

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Dane Michaels has been to Hell and back and isn't interested in repeating the experience. But as a human caught up in the Soulkeeper's world, his life isn't exactly his own. No one can explain why Dane was allowed through the gates of Eden, but it's changed everything. Now, the only one who can make him feel safe is Ethan, the telekinetic Soulkeeper with a dark past and a heart of gold...
  • Lucid by P.T. Michelle

    Lucid by P.T. Michelle

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Once Nara combines her prophetic ability with Ethan’s power to outsmart Fate at his own deadly cat-and-mouse game, she’s more determined than ever to help Ethan learn the meaning behind the raven sword tattoo that suddenly appeared on his back after their confrontation with Fate...
  • The Kill by L.J. Smith

    The Kill by L.J. Smith

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    This spectacular repackaged bind-up of a beloved trilogy begins with a board game. What was supposed to be an evening of celebration with friends, fun, and games becomes a night of danger, drama, and obsessive love. Because when Jenny, her boyfriend, Tom, and their friends begin to play the Game, it comes to life...
  • The Deadliest Bite by Jennifer Rardin

    The Deadliest Bite by Jennifer Rardin

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    I have two choices. Carve Brude's name into Hell's bile-encrusted gates. Or lose my soul.After an assassination attempt on Vayl, I find myself pulled into a tangled web that takes the gang to Romania...
  • The Mephisto Kiss by Trinity Faegen

    The Mephisto Kiss by Trinity Faegen

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The eyes never lie. No one’s eyes are darker than Eryx. Not even the Devil’s. When Jax and Sasha first see Jordan Ellis, they know she is no ordinary teenager. She’s the daughter of the President after all, but she’s also Anabo – a descendant of Eve. What they don’t know is that Eryx plans to kidnap Jordan and force President Ellis to pledge his soul...
  • Lenobia's Vow by P.C. Cast, Kristin Cast

    Lenobia's Vow by P.C. Cast, Kristin Cast

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    The second in the enthralling new mini-series of novellas from the #1 bestselling authors of the House of Night, Lenobia's Vow tells the gripping story behind the House of Night's enigmatic riding instructor – and one of Zoey’s closest allies against evil The House of Night is an international publishing sensation; with almost 12 million books in print, and an incredible 120 weeks on the New...
  • Bitter Blood by Rachel Caine

    Bitter Blood by Rachel Caine

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    For years, the human and vampire residents of Morganville, Texas, have managed to co-exist in peace. But now that the threat to the vampires has been defeated, the human residents are learning that the gravest danger they face is the enemy within… Thanks to the eradication of the parasitic creatures known as the draug, the vampires of Morganville have been freed of their usual constraints...
  • Tenth Grade Bleeds by Heather Brewer

    Tenth Grade Bleeds by Heather Brewer

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 32 ratings
    In Tenth Grade Bleeds , it’s another sucky year at Bathory High for Vladimir Tod. The evil vampire D’Ablo is hunting for the ritual that could steal Vlad’s powers. His best friend Henry doesn’t want to be his drudge anymore. And as if all that weren’t enough, it’s getting harder for Vlad to resist feeding on the people around him...
  • House of Night by P.C. Cast, Kristin Cast

    House of Night by P.C. Cast, Kristin Cast

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Until recently, Zoey Redbird was an average high-school student worrying about grades, boys, and breakouts...
  • Davy Harwood by Tijan

    Davy Harwood by Tijan

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Being empathic is the least of Davy's problems. She wants to go to college and live a normal life until someone gives her something she doesn't want. Now she has to deal with the supernatural and a prophecy that no one knows about...
  • Katie's Hope by Lizzy Ford

    Katie's Hope by Lizzy Ford

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Three weeks after leaving Rhyn, Katie learns the Immortals have no intention of letting her go despite her deal with their leader. Rhyn discovers he can only protect her if he accepts his place among the Immortals. However, doing so may cost him the only thing that matters. Meanwhile, demons are closing in, and Death orders Katie killed...
  • Cryptic Cravings by Ellen Schreiber

    Cryptic Cravings by Ellen Schreiber

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 25 ratings
    The morbidly monotonous Dullsville has finally become the most exciting place on earth now that Raven is madly in love with her hot vampire boyfriend Alexander, and a crew of vampires has taken residence in Dullsville's old mill. Raven discovers Jagger's plan to open a new club, The Crypt, right here in Dullsville...
  • Ninth Grade Slays by Heather Brewer

    Ninth Grade Slays by Heather Brewer

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 34 ratings
    High school totally bites when you’re half human, half vampire. Freshman year sucks for Vlad Tod. Bullies still harass him. The photographer from the school newspaper is tailing him. And failing his studies could be deadly...
  • Bitten in Two by Jennifer Rardin

    Bitten in Two by Jennifer Rardin

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Jaz Parks here. I. Am. Pissed. Just as Vayl and I arrive in Morocco to secure an ancient artifact, he wakes up calling me by another woman's name. And it's not even a good one. But since any form of argument transforms him into an unholy terror, I'm forced to play along until the gang and I can figure out what kind of power has so vastly altered his perceptions...
  • Darkness Falls by Cate Tiernan

    Darkness Falls by Cate Tiernan

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    You can run from your past, but it will always catch up. Nastasya has lived for hundreds of years, but for some reason it never seems to get any easier. She’s left behind her days of debauchery to find peace and forgiveness at River’s Edge, a safe haven for wayward immortals...
  • Eternally Yours by Cate Tiernan

    Eternally Yours by Cate Tiernan

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    After 450 years of living, Nastasya Crowe should have more of a handle on this whole immortal thing.... After a deadly confrontation at the end of Darkness Falls , the second Immortal Beloved novel, Nastasya Crowe is, as she would put it, so over the drama. She fights back against the dark immortals with her own brand of kick-butt magick..
  • Royal Blood by Ellen Schreiber

    Royal Blood by Ellen Schreiber

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Summer break is over, and Raven is hardly eager to be returning to Dullsville High. Not only does school mean daily interaction with preppy pest Trevor Mitchell, but her sleep-filled days and romantic nights with her immortal boyfriend, Alexander, must come to an end. Plus the shock of morning classes isn't the only change in store...
  • Hellhound Twisted by Karen Swart

    Hellhound Twisted by Karen Swart

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Kasadya: Hellhound Twisted (Book #2 of the Kasadya Series) She fought against all odds and became the warrior she was meant to be … or so she thought. In a world where the rules have changed, can she embrace her destiny and become the hellhound she was meant to be? Kasadya is back in Exsilium and finds her world a little different...
  • Wolf's Bane by Kelley Armstrong

    Wolf's Bane by Kelley Armstrong

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Paperback & ebook release of 2018’s serialized novel about the teen children of Elena & Clay from my Otherworld series. When Kate and Logan Danvers are targeted by a pack of Australian werewolves, they aren’t nearly as concerned your average sixteen-year-olds might be. The twins are werewolves themselves, children of the American Pack Alpha and her enforcer mate...
  • Night School by Mari Mancusi

    Night School by Mari Mancusi

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Vampires, Slayers and…FAIRIES? Sunny and Rayne McDonald are about to get SCHOOLED. After their parents’ shocking revelation about their fae heritage and an attack on their lives, the McDonald twins find themselves on the run—forced to hide out at Riverdale Academy , a boarding school for vampire slayers, deep in the Swiss Alps...
  • Gates of Paradise by Melissa de la Cruz

    Gates of Paradise by Melissa de la Cruz

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    Schuyler Van Alen is running out of time. The Dark Prince of Hell is storming the Gates of Paradise, intent on winning the heavenly throne for good. This time he has his greatest angels by his side, Abbadon and Azrael—Jack and Mimi Force, as they are known in the Coven.Or so he thinks...
  • Reign Check by Michelle Rowen

    Reign Check by Michelle Rowen

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Nikki Donovan, Demon Princess, is back - and stuck in a love triangle that's straight out of hell! Fresh from finding out that she is a demon princess, fighting her aunt for her life, and rescuing her father from being poisoned, Nikki Donovan is looking forward to getting back to her regular high school life...
  • The Dark-Hunters, Vol. 1 by Joshua Hale Fialkov, Sherrilyn Kenyon

    The Dark-Hunters, Vol. 1 by Joshua Hale Fialkov, Sherrilyn Kenyon

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    In the war against vampires, mankind has only one hope: The Dark-Hunters. Ancient warriors who died of brutal betrayal, the Dark-Hunters have sworn themselves into the service of the goddess Artemis to protect us.It's a pact with pretty good perks. Immortality, power, psychic abilities, wealth and a cool wardrobe...
  • Fire by Mats Strandberg, Sara Bergmark Elfgren

    Fire by Mats Strandberg, Sara Bergmark Elfgren

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Praised by Lev Grossman as "stunning, …raw, real, smart, very thrilling and very, very wicked,” The Circle, the first book in the internationally bestselling Engelsfors Trilogy, introduced a group of high school girls with special powers who became the Chosen Ones. As book two, Fire, begins, Minoo, Vanessa, Linnéa, Anna-Karin and Ida have been struggling with their own demons all summer long...
  • Wicked Kiss by Michelle Rowen

    Wicked Kiss by Michelle Rowen

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    My kiss can kill. I used to be ordinary Samantha Day, but that's changed. Now, after one dark kiss from a dangerous boy, I can steal someone's soul…or their life. If I give in to the constant hunger inside me, I hurt anyone I kiss. If I don't…I hurt myself. Bishop is the one whose kiss I crave most, but if I kiss him, I'll kill him. Then there's another boy, one I can't hurt...
  • Seals by Kim Richardson

    Seals by Kim Richardson

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Kara has survived the threat of the Reapers, but at an unspeakable cost—the Archfiends have escaped their eternal prison. Now, with the mortal world on the brink of the apocalypse, with the threat of evil beings as powerful as gods, she must break the rules and travel across the mortal world on an unauthorized mission. Along the way she must face her darkest truth . .
  • Eternal Magic: A Demons of Fire and Night Novel by C.N. Crawford

    Eternal Magic: A Demons of Fire and Night Novel by C.N. Crawford

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Ursula hadn’t expected to return to the Shadow Realm a prisoner, but at least the dungeon reunites her with her old mentor, Kester. That’s only a small consolation when she learns the horrific plans of a shadowy demigod. Plans that involve her. In order to fight back, she must find her fiancé, Bael. Together, they've got to steal Excalibur from the world's most powerful dragon-shifter...
  • Dream a Little Dream by Kerstin Gier

    Dream a Little Dream by Kerstin Gier

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · 34 ratings
    Mysterious doors with lizard-head knobs. Talking stone statues. A crazy girl with a hatchet. Yes, Liv's dreams have been pretty weird lately. Especially the one where she's in a graveyard at night, watching four boys conduct dark magic rituals.The strangest part is that Liv recognizes the boys in her dream...
  • The Chase by L.J. Smith

    The Chase by L.J. Smith

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    This spectacular repackaged bind-up of a beloved trilogy begins with a board game. What was supposed to be an evening of celebration with friends, fun, and games becomes a night of danger, drama, and obsessive love. Because when Jenny, her boyfriend, Tom, and their friends begin to play the Game, it comes to life...
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