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  • Flame in the Dark by Faith Hunter

    Flame in the Dark by Faith Hunter

    Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    Set in the same world as Faith Hunter’s New York Times bestselling Jane Yellowrock novels, the third, thrilling Soulwood novel stars Nell Ingram, who draws her powers from deep within the earth.Nell Ingram has always known she was different. Since she was a child, she’s been able to feel and channel ancient powers from deep within the earth...
  • Circle of the Moon by Faith Hunter

    Circle of the Moon by Faith Hunter

    Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Set in the same world as Faith Hunter's New York Times bestselling Jane Yellowrock novels, the fourth Soulwood novel stars Nell Ingram, who channels her power from the earth.Nell can draw magic from the land around her, and lately she's been using it to help the Psy-Law Enforcement Division, which solves paranormal crimes...
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  • The Stone Sky by N.K. Jemisin

    The Stone Sky by N.K. Jemisin

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 43 ratings
    THIS IS THE WAY THE WORLD ENDS... FOR THE LAST TIME.The Moon will soon return. Whether this heralds the destruction of humankind or something worse will depend on two women.Essun has inherited the power of Alabaster Tenring. With it, she hopes to find her daughter Nassun and forge a world in which every orogene child can grow up safe...
  • Ashes to Ashes by Karina Halle

    Ashes to Ashes by Karina Halle

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 24 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...
  • It's a Matter of Midlife and Death by Robyn Peterman

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

    Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars
    · 17 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...
  • The Obelisk Gate by N.K. Jemisin

    The Obelisk Gate by N.K. Jemisin

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 43 ratings
    The second novel in a new fantasy trilogy by Hugo, Nebula & World Fantasy Award nominated author N.K. Jemisin.THIS IS THE WAY THE WORLD ENDS... FOR THE LAST TIME. The season of endings grows darker as civilization fades into the long cold night...
    Categorized as:
    magic  war  mystery  suspense  fantasy  dystopian  high fantasy  dark
  • Darkest at Dawn by Christine Feehan

    Darkest at Dawn by Christine Feehan

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 17 ratings
    In one volume for the first time-a Dark novel and novella from the #1 New York Times bestselling author...
  • It's A Hard-Knock Midlife by Robyn Peterman

    It's A Hard-Knock Midlife by Robyn Peterman

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Midlife is supposed to be messy, but this is a full-on catastrophic crisis.Just when I thought life might be getting back to normal—normal being a relative word—I couldn’t have been more wrong.Marriage proposal from the Grim Reaper? Yes.Beautiful healthy baby? Yes.Friends and family safe? Yes.Ghost of my worst enemy sitting on my front porch? OMG. Yep...
  • Quicksilver by Dannika Dark

    Quicksilver by Dannika Dark

    Rated: 4.78 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    In the world of crime fighting, Raven has learned that formal affairs are a necessary evil. So when Keystone receives an invitation to a winter ball, she tries to make the best of it. The most powerful elites in Cognito are attending—a perfect opportunity to network and have a few drinks. But when a guest hijacks the party in a violent display of dark power, chaos ensues...
  • Into the Hollow by Karina Halle

    Into the Hollow by Karina Halle

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 31 ratings
    Perry Palomino has fought her demons – and won – but the battle is far from over. She’s now left broken and on her own, leaving behind her life and family in Portland to focus on giving Dex Foray – and the Experiment in Terror show – a second chance. But their past mistakes continue to tease and test their relationship, as does the wild and desolate terrain of the Canadian Rockies...
  • Shadows and Gold by Elizabeth Hunter

    Shadows and Gold by Elizabeth Hunter

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    Failing grades. Misleading wind vampires. And a fortune in forgotten gold. Traveling to the most remote region of China certainly wasn’t what Ben Vecchio had in mind for his summer vacation, but when Tenzin suggested a quick trip, he could hardly turn down a chance to keep her out of trouble and practice the Mandarin he still struggled with in class...
  • Bound by Benedict Jacka

    Bound by Benedict Jacka

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Mage Alex Verus is caught between a rock and a hard place in the eighth urban fantasy novel from the national bestselling author of Burned.Right now I wasn’t seeing Richard as the teacher out of my nightmares, he was just another Dark mage, and I looked into the future to see what would happen if I turned that knife on him instead..
  • On Demon Wings by Karina Halle

    On Demon Wings by Karina Halle

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 32 ratings
    When the life you wanted has crumbled beneath your fingers, there’s nothing left to do but pick up the pieces and soldier on. You’ve done this before. But what happens when you no longer feel like yourself anymore? When fires spontaneously start-up around you, when you hear growling coming from underneath your bed, and you no longer recognize your face in the mirror...
  • The Facts of Midlife by Robyn Peterman

    The Facts of Midlife by Robyn Peterman

    Rated: 4.62 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Midlife is sheer madness, and the facts of midlife are not taught in school. Unfortunately, some lessons are hellishly hard to learn.I thought I had it figured out. I was wrong.Proving I’m the Angel of Mercy is turning into a sh*tshow of epic proportions.Not too long ago, I was a forty-year-old gal with a stable and boring life ahead of me. Now? Not so much...
  • Ghost of Deceit by Alice Winters

    Ghost of Deceit by Alice Winters

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 16 ratings
    HiroSeeing the dead has never been easy, but the last thing I expected was to be a pawn in a serial killer’s game.Moving in with Maddox was supposed to be the only thing we needed to worry about. Not a dead teacher, and not the fact that a serial killer knows my abilities...
  • Black Hat, White Witch by Hailey Edwards

    Black Hat, White Witch by Hailey Edwards

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 25 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...
  • Mist and Magic by Lindsay Buroker

    Mist and Magic by Lindsay Buroker

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    As a freelance assassin, Val Thorvald leads a dangerous life.She’s learned not to stay in the same place for long and not to get too attached to anything. For example, she would never consider adopting a pet.But when she’s searching for a missing friend, she finds an abandoned silver tiger cub.The magical feline is clearly from another realm, but Val has no idea which one or how to send it back...
  • Dark Dreamers by Christine Feehan, Marjorie M. Liu

    Dark Dreamers by Christine Feehan, Marjorie M. Liu

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    DARK DREAM Christine Feehan She’s 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: Falcon—the Carpathian, the banished hero. Tonight, Sara will meet the dark-eyed destroyer destined to be her mate. A DREAM OF STONE & SHADOW Marjorie M...
  • Heart of Venom by Jennifer Estep

    Heart of Venom by Jennifer Estep

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 26 ratings
    The hotly anticipated ninth novel in the hugely popular Elemental Assassin series finds Gin Blanco on a dangerous mission to rescue a friend. When a terror from the past threatens Gin’s friend and body-disposer, Sophia, Gin will stop at nothing to protect her, even if it means walking straight into a killer’s trap...
  • Irregulars by Nicole Kimberling, Josh Lanyon

    Irregulars by Nicole Kimberling, Josh Lanyon

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    "NATO's Irregulars Affairs Division is a secret organization operating in thousands of cities around the globe. Its agents police relations between the earthly realm and those beyond this world, protecting us from terrible dangers as well as enthralling temptations...
  • Red Fox by Karina Halle

    Red Fox by Karina Halle

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 31 ratings
    With Book Two of the Experiment in Terror Series, Perry Palomino and Dex Foray trade in the stormy Oregon coast for the unforgiving deserts of New Mexico. In the for­got­ten town of Red Fox, New Mex­ico, a Navajo cou­ple is tor­tured by things unseen and by motives unknown...
  • Stealing Phoenix by Joss Stirling

    Stealing Phoenix by Joss Stirling

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Phoenix belongs to the Community, a gang of thieves with paranormal powers. Yves Benedict, an American student visiting London, is her mark. But Yves turns out to be more than just a target. He is her destiny. Her soulmate. The Community owns Phoenix's past and it wants her future too. Can Phoenix save the boy she loves . .
  • Night Treasures by Richard Amos

    Night Treasures by Richard Amos

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    There’s no rest for the, erm… Well, for me.Or for Tae Frost.Chaos reigns supreme, everything turned upside down.The world is calling out for a hero.Can I rise to the challenge, or am I doomed to linger in the dark?I have to hold on to hope.For Tae.For Fizz.For the whole of my heart...
    Categorized as:
    magic  war  suspense  urban fantasy  fantasy  vampires  demons  m-m
  • Air Bound by Christine Feehan

    Air Bound by Christine Feehan

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 23 ratings
    The sisters of Sea Haven, bound by the heart and the magical power of the elements, return in this soul-stirring new novel from Christine Feehan, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Spirit Bound... For as far back as she can remember, Airiana Ridell has always been aware of her extraordinary gift...
  • Without a Trace by Ariana Nash

    Without a Trace by Ariana Nash

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    The windswept Scottish Highlands.Everything has changed.With new names and new lives, Dom & Kempthorne should be living their happy ending, but it’s not over yet.Kage Mitchell knows they’re alive and he’s discovered the single most devastating secret Kempthorne has yet to tell Dom.There is no other option. Kage Mitchell must die.But he’s the least of Kempthorne’s concerns...
    Categorized as:
    magic  mystery  suspense  m-m  paranormal  fantasy  urban fantasy  dark
  • Trial by Fire by Ariana Nash

    Trial by Fire by Ariana Nash

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The third book in the thrilling Shadows of London series.Action, MM romance and adventure combine on the streets of London. Time is running out for John "Dom" Domenici.It's not just Kempthorne's secrets bubbling to the surface of London's streets ..
  • Deceptions by Kelley Armstrong

    Deceptions by Kelley Armstrong

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 32 ratings
    The #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Otherworld series delivers her most suspenseful novel yet, where the discovery of Cainsville’s dark past and the true nature of its inhabitants leads to murder, redemption, love, and unspeakable loss.Olivia Taylor Jones’s life has exploded. She’s discovered she is not only adopted, but her real parents are convicted serial killers...
  • Night Tremors by Richard Amos

    Night Tremors by Richard Amos

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    As soon as the universe offers you something good, it really likes to throw you a curveball. You know, for balance.Man, when were things going to calm down?Ha! Wishful thinking at its finest.After one of our many enemies makes a life-shattering move against us, Tae and I are running for our lives again. The witches are hot on our heels, adding to our myriad of problems...
    Categorized as:
    magic  suspense  mystery  fantasy  urban fantasy  m-m  demons  vampires
  • Night Troubles by Richard Amos

    Night Troubles by Richard Amos

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    The nights are loaded with troubles...I guess the days are too…There’s so much danger out there. Coming for me, coming for the world. Demons and darkness and craziness everywhere. Plus, the mysteries keep on piling up. So many of them!Not good for my already overloaded mind.Ah, well. It’ll get sorted. It’s all about the determination, right? And I've got heaps of it...
    Categorized as:
    magic  mystery  suspense  fantasy  vampires  demons  m-m  urban fantasy
  • Closer by Dannika Dark

    Closer by Dannika Dark

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Kane never believed in things like fate or karma. Not until the night he took a life. Within the human world is a secret society of immortals and gifted supernaturals. Kane is one of them—a Sensor who experiences emotional energy through touch. But despite his good looks and easy-going personality, Kane lives a solitary life. Unlike other Sensors, he is unnaturally hypersensitive...
  • Ever Winter by Alexia Purdy

    Ever Winter by Alexia Purdy

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Shade has been left all, but shattered. Travelling to the Ice kingdom, along with her 'body guard' Dylan-who continues to be bound to her-to where the holder of her magic dwells. The war of Faerie amplifies and her only chance to save it will be to resist the enchantments of the Ice King, one of the Ancient rulers of Faerie...
    Categorized as:
    war  magic  contemporary  fantasy  urban fantasy  dark  paranormal  fae
  • Hidden Currents by Christine Feehan

    Hidden Currents by Christine Feehan

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 31 ratings
    From afar, Sheriff Jackson Deveau has always loved Elle Drake, the youngest telepath of seven sisters. After a long time away she’s finally returning home to the small coastal village of Sea Haven. But someone has been following Elle, someone who doesn’t want her to make it back. And when Elle fails to arrive, her disappearance strikes fear in the hearts of everyone who loves her...
  • Savor by Kate Evangelista

    Savor by Kate Evangelista

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Mature and explicit content. Not recommended for readers below 18-years-old. Yup, you've got to be that old to read my story. Consider yourself warned. I’m Dakota Collins, a tough talking, eye patch wearing, workaholic photography student. Why am I important? Well, maybe because I get to spend an entire month with Vicious, only the sickest indie rock band out there...
  • 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...
  • In the Blood by Adrian Phoenix

    In the Blood by Adrian Phoenix

    Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    In the bestselling tradition of Laurell K. Hamilton and Patricia Briggs, this thrilling follow-up to the critically acclaimed fantasy debut "A Rush of Wings" is a satisfying and pulse-pounding read, guaranteed to please fans of dark fantasy. DANTE LIVES Vampire. Rock star. Begotten son of the fallen angel Lucien...
  • Rajmund by D.B. Reynolds

    Rajmund by D.B. Reynolds

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    RAJMUND GREGOR is a vampire . . . and the undisputed Master of New York City. He bows to no one but his Sire, Krystof, who is the Vampire Lord for the entire Northeastern U.S. Based in Buffalo, NY, Krystof is an old vampire—-too old, it would seem, because he’s slowly losing his mind. Summoned back to Buffalo by his Sire, Rajmund finds his master out of touch and rapidly weakening...
  • The Sinner by Amanda Stevens

    The Sinner by Amanda Stevens

    Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 14 ratings
    I am a living ghost, a wanderer in search of my purpose and place…  I'm a cemetery restorer by trade, but my calling has evolved from that of ghost seer to death walker to detective of lost souls. I solve the riddles of the dead so the dead will leave me alone.  I've come to Seven Gates Cemetery nursing a broken heart, but peace is hard to come by…for the ghosts here and for me...
  • Winter by Josh Lanyon

    Winter by Josh Lanyon

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Still grieving over the sudden death of his lover, antiques dealer Flynn Ambrose moves to the old, ramshackle house on Pitch Pine Lane to catalog and sell the large inventory of arcane and oddball items that once filled his late uncle's mysterious museum.But not all the items are that easy to catalog -- or get rid of...
    Categorized as:
    mystery  suspense  magic  m-m  paranormal  contemporary  fantasy  queer
  • Enigma by Moira Rogers

    Enigma by Moira Rogers

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Anna Lenoir has always fought. First to escape her broken childhood, then to prove a female shapeshifter can stand shoulder to shoulder with the men. Now she fights for money, and her reputation is as legendary as her stone-cold heart. She’s never met a man she couldn’t walk away from. Until him...
  • Bound by Rhys Ford

    Bound by Rhys Ford

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Chinatown, San Francisco.A different place — another time— and where the city’s streets keep secrets, shadowy mysteries SFPD Inspector Spencer Ricci needs to dig through after he finds himself on a case involving a dismembered, mummified man in a restaurant’s locked storage room...
  • A Ghost of a Chance by Debbie Cassidy

    A Ghost of a Chance by Debbie Cassidy

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    They say the dead don’t speak. That’s a lie. They speak to Kat Justice, but most of the time, she chooses not to hear them.I’m a Nightwatch agent, a nightblood charged with enforcing the supernatural laws. Humans can’t know the shit that goes bump in the night is real. It’s sweaty, tough work, with crappy pay, but I love it.Things would be perfect if not for my secret...
  • Drawing Blood by Poppy Z. Brite

    Drawing Blood by Poppy Z. Brite

    Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Robert McGee is a man living under a dark cloud. Acclaimed cartoonist of the underground comic book Birdland, he has moved his family from Texas to New Orleans and finally to Missing Mile, North Carolina. But Robert is unable to escape the drinking and the violence that have become as natural to him as breathing...
  • Damaged Gods by K.C. Cross, J.A. Huss

    Damaged Gods by K.C. Cross, J.A. Huss

    Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 22 ratings
    When Pie stumbles into a monster’s 2000-year-old curse she has no idea that her life is about to get a bazillion times better. Damaged Gods is a fun, romantic romp through the world of ancient gods and hot monsters where fangs, and horns, and hooves are all part of “the ultimate package”. Now… if only her new monster would put on some pants...
  • Ever Fire by Alexia Purdy

    Ever Fire by Alexia Purdy

    Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Magic & Fire burn... The Serenity of the Land of Faerie is threatened as the Unseelie Queen Aveta rages war against the three remaining Seelie Realms of Faerie. As Shade's powers grow, she finds she is running out of time to keep the war from spilling into the human world. Winter is growing in strength as the evil Queen's horrifying legions scar the land in their frigid wake. No one is safe...
  • Redemption Alley by Lilith Saintcrow

    Redemption Alley by Lilith Saintcrow

    Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Some cases are unusual - even for Jill Kismet. When her police contact asks her to look into a "suicide", she suddenly finds herself in a labyrinth of deception, drugs, murder -- and all-too-human corruption. The cops are her allies, except for the ones who want her dead. The hellbreed are her targets, except for the ones who might know what's going on...
  • Circle of Enemies by Harry Connolly

    Circle of Enemies by Harry Connolly

    Rated: 3.99 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Former car thief Ray Lilly is now the expendable grunt of a sorcerer responsible for destroying extradimensional predators summoned to our world by power-hungry magicians. Luckily, Ray has some magic of his own, and so far it’s kept him alive. But when a friend from his former gang calls him back to his old stomping grounds in Los Angeles, Ray may have to face a threat even he can’t handle...
  • He Speaks Dead by Adrienne Wilder

    He Speaks Dead by Adrienne Wilder

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Genre: LGBT Paranormal Suspense Charlie Harrington not only speaks with the dead and sees the dead, he can give them form. Lucky for him, because the love of his life, Ethan, is dead. Charlie helps Ethan possess complete strangers so Ethan can use their bodies for sex. Things are good between them until Charlie is accused of murder and Detective Daniel Briggs walks into his life...
  • Old Blood by Karina Halle

    Old Blood by Karina Halle

    Rated: 3.97 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    A haunting novella from the Experiment in Terror Series... From her harrowing introduction in Darkhouse, the spectre known as “Creepy Clown Lady” has been a constant fixture in Perry Palomino’s life. But beyond the horrid makeup and piercing stare lies Pippa, a woman just like everyone else. Well, not quite...
  • Jekyll by Lauren Stewart

    Jekyll by Lauren Stewart

    Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    “When the devil tells you to stop struggling, do you?” From the moment Eden wakes up, she knows she’s not in Kansas anymore. She isn’t even on Mitch’s doorstep, her dark-side’s favorite place to dump her. No, she’s somewhere far worse. And far more sterile. Sometimes a girl needs to adapt, be flexible, change. And that’s exactly what Eden will do, all the way back to Mitch...
  • The Departed by Shiloh Walker

    The Departed by Shiloh Walker

    Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A LIFELONG OBSESSION FBI Special Agent Taylor Jones has made it his mission to save those in harm's way by any means necessary-including employing psychic agents like Desiree "Dez" Lincoln, who can communicate with the disembodied spirits of the dead. Taylor is haunted by his own ghost, his kid sister, gone missing at age six...
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