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  • Dark-Hunter 3 Book Box Set by Sherrilyn Kenyon

    Dark-Hunter 3 Book Box Set by Sherrilyn Kenyon

    16 ratings
    Kenyon's bestselling backlist heats up the night and is now available in a sizzling boxed set. The Sherrilyn Kenyon Dark-Hunter Boxed Set #1 contains one copy each of "Night Embrace," "Dance with the Devil" and "Night Pleasures...
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    alpha-mc  dark  demons  gods  paranormal  adult  audiobook  book
  • Grave Signs by Ivy Asher, Raven Kennedy

    Grave Signs by Ivy Asher, Raven Kennedy

    16 ratings
    I’ve spent my whole life seeing monsters, but they could never see me back...until now.Turns out, I’m not crazy like I’ve spent my whole life believing. Too bad it took being locked in a cage and tortured almost to the point of insanity to realize that.But I’m not alone.In a cage to my left, there’s a monster who’s given up hope...
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    alpha-mc  captivity  dark  demons  gods  paranormal  steamy  adult
  • The Dark-Hunters, Books 4-6  (Dark-Hunter Novels) by Sherrilyn Kenyon

    The Dark-Hunters, Books 4-6 (Dark-Hunter Novels) by Sherrilyn Kenyon

    10 ratings
    #1 New York Times bestselling author Sherrilyn Kenyon has entertained millions of readers with her extraordinary Dark-Hunter series.  Here together for the first time in a convenient eBook bundle are her popular Dark-Hunter novels: Kiss of the Night Born of a cursed race, Cassandra and her family have been hunted to extinction...
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    dark  gods  paranormal  steamy  adult  book  dark-fantasy  fiction
  • Night Pleasures/Night Embrace by Sherrilyn Kenyon

    Night Pleasures/Night Embrace by Sherrilyn Kenyon

    20 ratings
    In Night Pleasures, Kyrian of Thrace---an immortal who protects humans from vampires---wakes up one morning handcuffed to the one thing that can scare him: a conservative woman in a button-down shirt. But Amanda Devereaux turns out to be his perfect partner for hunting down a deadly foe, and for helping him to regain his soul and learn that love doesn't have to bite...
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    demons  gods  myths  paranormal  steamy  adult  book  contemporary
  • Betrayed by Amber Lynn Natusch

    Betrayed by Amber Lynn Natusch

    10 ratings
    **The final novel in the CAGED series**They’re gone…When Ruby discovers what really happened the night of Alan Beauchamp's murder, one thing becomes very clear: time is running out for the people she loves. As she unravels the web of lies and deceit around her, Ruby reveals an unthinkable truth. One with dire repercussions for all...
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    alpha-mc  demons  gods  myths  paranormal  angels  book  fiction
  • Revenge of The Gods by Leia Stone, Jaymin Eve

    Revenge of The Gods by Leia Stone, Jaymin Eve

    14 ratings
    After losing Cronus, Maisey had to make a choice; lay broken on the floor and sink into depression, or charge into the underworld and get her man back.Not one to sit around, she and Hyperion waltz into Thanatos‘s office and demand the god of Death give them safe passage through the seven levels of the underworld to retrieve her love.It seemed like a good idea at the time..
  • Enslaved by Elisabeth Naughton

    Enslaved by Elisabeth Naughton

    18 ratings
    GRYPHON — Honorable, loyal, dependable…tainted. He was the ultimate warrior before imprisonment in the Underworld changed him in ways he can’t ignore.She calls to him. Come to me. You can’t resist. But Gryphon will not allow himself to be ruled by the insidious whispers in his head. And there’s only one way to stop them: kill Atalanta, the goddess who enslaved him...
  • Consumed by Brenda K. Davies

    Consumed by Brenda K. Davies

    10 ratings
    When Mollie awakens to find herself in a cage, she doesn’t remember how she or her sister got there, but she also discovers they are not alone in their nightmare. After their captors take her sister, Mollie vows to do whatever it takes to rescue Aida. The only problem is, she has no idea how she’s going to break free… until Mike arrives...
  • Reaper by Larissa Ione

    Reaper by Larissa Ione

    12 ratings
    THE DEMONICA SERIES RETURNS... He is the Keeper of Souls. Judge, jury, and executioner. He is death personified. He is the Grim Reaper. A fallen angel who commands the respect of both Heaven and Hell, Azagoth has presided over his own underworld realm for thousands of years. As the overlord of evil souls, he maintains balance crucial to the existence of life on Earth and beyond...
  • Wrath of The Gods by Leia Stone, Jaymin Eve

    Wrath of The Gods by Leia Stone, Jaymin Eve

    16 ratings
    #NeverTrustATitan Maisey thought the worst thing to happen to her was Insta shaming or a midnight shift at the Crab Shack. Until she got dragged into the world of the gods. Or more specifically, the world of one very annoying, bad at sarcasm, sex on legs, Titan. Cronus was everything she never knew she wanted, or needed, in her life. And then he just left...
  • Dark Beginnings by Gena Showalter

    Dark Beginnings by Gena Showalter

    16 ratings
    This title includes three new stories, Lords of the Underworld, from "New York Times" bestselling author Gena Showalter. "The Darkest Fire" - He is the guardian of Hell, more monster than man. She is the goddess of oppression, more angel than woman. Together they will enter the flames to battle a horde of demon lords - and discover a passion unlike any other..
  • Becoming His Monster by Amelia Hutchins

    Becoming His Monster by Amelia Hutchins

    18 ratings
    Sacrifice your soul? Check. Die to protect those you love? Check. Come back as something the world hasn’t seen since the dawn of mankind? Check. Make those who hurt me wish the Gods had never created them? I’m still working on this one… Are you ready to play? I’m coming back. I’m more, darker, deadlier, and I’m pissed...
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    alpha-mc  anti-hero  dark  demons  gods  myths  paranormal  revenge
  • Defy Me by Aidy Award

    Defy Me by Aidy Award

    8 ratings
    No soul, no soulmate.Until she shows up.Jett~I know full well I don't get to even feel love, much less fall in it.No soul, no soulmate. Ever.I don’t have room for stolen kisses and fantasies of of making her mine. I've got to break the curse on my brethren and take down the King of Hell...
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    alpha-mc  dark  demons  paranormal  steamy  adult  book  dragons
  • Strayed by Amber Lynn Natusch

    Strayed by Amber Lynn Natusch

    10 ratings
    Reunited at last, Ruby and Scarlet have tried to mend their fractured relationship. But Scarlet’s unwillingness to share what she did during her three week expedition has Ruby frustrated and Sean seething. When Ruby starts to remember events she never witnessed, it becomes clear that Scarlet’s days of secrecy were far more nefarious than she let on...
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    alpha-mc  demons  gods  myths  paranormal  retellings  adult  angels
  • Fate Undone by Linsey Hall

    Fate Undone by Linsey Hall

    10 ratings
    A god in disguise No one in the Prison for Magical Deviants knows that prisoner Logan Laufeyson has a secret identity. He is the ancient trickster god Loki, in magical disguise on a mission of his own...
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    gods  myths  paranormal  steamy  action-adventure  adult  book  fiction
  • Next-Door Bear Daddy by Brittany White

    Next-Door Bear Daddy by Brittany White

    10 ratings
    I Left Snow Haven with a Broken Heart and PregnantI had been in love with the bear shifter next door practically since I was born. James always looked at me like I was a little sister. I was heartbroken when he joined the Army and left. However, when he returned, he looked at me with new eyes and saw me for the grown woman that I was...
  • Erebus by Alessa Thorn

    Erebus by Alessa Thorn

    11 ratings
    The titan of darkness clashes with the witch queen of Corinth in this final and epic instalment of The Court of the Underworld.EREBUS is the seventh book in a new paranormal romance series, based in a dark, sexy city ruled by Hades and his court of gods and monsters...
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    demons  gods  myths  paranormal  retellings  adult  book  dragons
  • Anubis by Alessa Thorn

    Anubis by Alessa Thorn

    11 ratings
    Anubis, God of The Dead, is missing a piece of his soul, and he knows just the archaeologist to help him find it. He only needs to convince her of that…ANUBIS is the third book in the new series ‘Gods of the Duat’ that centers around the Egyptian gods of war, magic, and the dead...
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    demons  gods  myths  paranormal  steamy  adult  book  contemporary
  • Of Ash and Spirit by D.G. Swank, Denise Grover Swank

    Of Ash and Spirit by D.G. Swank, Denise Grover Swank

    12 ratings
    This is an alternate cover edition of ASIN B078GWH8KVThe first book in a Curse Keepers spinoff series by New York Times bestselling author Denise Grover Swank writing as D.G. Swank.Who's afraid of ghosts? Not Piper Lancaster, because even though she's a ghost whisperer, she's a skeptic. Piper helps her clients settle their inner demons, and that's good enough for her-even if ghosts aren't real...
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    demons  gods  myths  paranormal  adult  book  fiction  ghosts
  • Rumpel's Prize by Marie Hall

    Rumpel's Prize by Marie Hall

    12 ratings
    Imp, deceiver, villainous mastermind… Rumpelstiltskin’s been called all these names and more, and for the most part, they’re entirely true. But there is more to the brooding, blond haired Adonis than brokering deals for the devil. He’s hiding a terrible, hideous secret. One that threatens to fray the already delicate strands of his sanity and reason...
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    demons  myths  paranormal  retellings  steamy  adult  book  fairy-tale
  • King Of Shadows by Kathryn Ann Kingsley

    King Of Shadows by Kathryn Ann Kingsley

    13 ratings
    Some call him a madman. Others call him a warlock. Both are true. But if it wasn’t for Aon, I’d be dead. I was mere seconds away from dying by Edu’s hands when the King of Shadows appeared in a flash of lightning, saving me from Edu’s murderous plans. Now I’m under his protection, living in his home...
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    alpha-mc  anti-hero  dark  demons  gods  kidnapping  myths  paranormal
  • Famine by Laura Thalassa

    Famine by Laura Thalassa

    26 ratings
    They came to earth--Pestilence, War, Famine, Death--four horsemen riding their screaming steeds, racing to the corners of the world. Four horsemen with the power to destroy all of humanity. They came to earth, and they came to end us all...
  • Twisted by Elisabeth Naughton

    Twisted by Elisabeth Naughton

    14 ratings
    NICK – Leader of the half-breeds and the last true hero. He’s spent his life fighting a dark pull. One he now knows is linked to his father and ultimate evil.But Nick’s hidden powers are coveted by more than just his father. Imprisoned by his enemies, Nick battles every form of torture imaginable as they try to break him. Only one thing is keeping him sane...
  • The Darkest Assassin by Gena Showalter

    The Darkest Assassin by Gena Showalter

    14 ratings
    From New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Gena Showalter comes a new story in her Lords of the Underworld series…Fox is a demon-possessed immortal with many talents...
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    alpha-mc  captivity  dark  demons  gods  myths  paranormal  steamy
  • How to Kill an Incubus by Kimber Lee

    How to Kill an Incubus by Kimber Lee

    14 ratings
    How to Kill an Incubus: You can’t – especially when he’s King Andrei, king of the incubus. Unfortunately for Rae, P.I. extraordinaire and unwilling demon hunter, crossing King Andrei teaches her just how limitless his wrath can be – in both her world and his...
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    alpha-mc  anti-hero  dark  demons  myths  paranormal  steamy  adult
  • Fractured by Amber Lynn Natusch

    Fractured by Amber Lynn Natusch

    14 ratings
    Returning home after three weeks of captivity in the shadows of her own mind, Ruby discovers the magnitude of the damage her absence left in its wake. With relationships to mend and unsolved mysteries still looming, she has little time to deal with the latest drama at hand: the three disreputable werewolves recently thrust into her life and a missing Scarlet...
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    gods  myths  paranormal  retellings  angels  book  fiction  mystery
  • Ruthless Idols by Michelle Hercules

    Ruthless Idols by Michelle Hercules

    16 ratings
    I knew being the only Norm at Gifted Academy would be hard and dangerous, but I didn’t expect to be tossed out of a window. Also didn’t expect to be saved by one of the Magnificent Four.Bryce brought me back from the brink of death, but he did more than heal my broken bones. He weakened my defenses and carved a place in my heart. He’s not the only one vying for my attention...
  • If She's Wicked by Amelia Hutchins

    If She's Wicked by Amelia Hutchins

    16 ratings
    International, award winning, Amazon top 20 Bestselling author! She’s a war I cannot win. She’s our salvation. Erie is the one creature that can save my race from dying out. The thing is, we broke her, but we broke the wrong parts. Now, the only thing that girl craves is revenge and a need to destroy with a rage that burns hotter than the fires of Hell...
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    alpha-mc  anti-hero  dark  demons  gods  myths  paranormal  steamy
  • King of Khoth by Brenda Trim, Tami Julka

    King of Khoth by Brenda Trim, Tami Julka

    6 ratings
    Librarian Note: This is the updated cover for ASIN B073ZKMP9VDragon shifter, Angus Callanach, is returning to his home realm after one of the Vampire Princes reopens the portal to Khoth. Having spent two hundred years as the majordomo at Zeum, he is ready to once again take up his mantle as the king of the Cuelebre...
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    dark  demons  kidnapping  paranormal  steamy  adult  book  dragons
  • The Wild  (The Lycans, 6) by Jenika Snow

    The Wild (The Lycans, 6) by Jenika Snow

    6 ratings
    Odhran
The moment I found her, my fated mate—the only good and right thing in my dark, hollow life—she was taken from me by my enemies.
She was gone, ripped from my arms, a feeling more painful than if my heart had been torn from my chest.
I changed that day. I didn’t see myself as Odhran, loyal soldier to the king of the Scottish Lycans, any longer. I became scarred, emotionless… soulless...
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    alpha-mc  dark  kidnapping  myths  paranormal  revenge  steamy  adult
  • Divisa: The Complete Series by J.L. Weil

    Divisa: The Complete Series by J.L. Weil

    8 ratings
    This box set includes all 5 novels and 2 novellas of the bestselling Divisa Series, and is over 2,000 pages of romance, teenage angst, and paranormal adventure. Enter the Divisa World! Angel Morgan was positive her life ended the day she moved to the ho-dunk town of Spring Valley, Illinois...
  • Valen by Felicity Heaton

    Valen by Felicity Heaton

    10 ratings
    Prince of the Underworld and Lord of Lightning, Valen was banished from his home by his father, Hades, two centuries ago and given a new duty and purpose—to keep our world and his from colliding in a calamity foreseen by the Moirai...
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    alpha-mc  dark  demons  gods  myths  paranormal  steamy  adult
  • Charon by Alessa Thorn

    Charon by Alessa Thorn

    10 ratings
    The ferryman of the dead is on the hunt for the cursed sorceress of Aeaea...but he's going to find a lot more than he bargained for.CHARON is the sixth book in a new paranormal romance series, based in a dark, sexy city ruled by Hades and his court of gods and monsters...
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    alpha-mc  demons  gods  myths  paranormal  retellings  adult  book
  • Enslave by Felicity Heaton

    Enslave by Felicity Heaton

    10 ratings
    His determination to succeed in business has left no room in his life for love. Now, a beautiful and deadly succubus has teleported into his dark, decadent world and is in danger of enslaving his heart...
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    alpha-mc  demons  paranormal  steamy  adult  book  fae  fiction
  • To Enthrall the Demon Lord: A Novel of Love and Magic by Nadine Mutas

    To Enthrall the Demon Lord: A Novel of Love and Magic by Nadine Mutas

    10 ratings
    Warning: Contains a hero who’s Tall, Dark, and Possessive, and may melt your heart as well as your reading device. Handle with care and a bucket of ice water nearby. And maybe some tissues. His hunger for power knows no bounds…until she binds his heart. To keep an ill-fated bargain, witch Maeve MacKenna surrenders herself to the scheming Demon Lord Arawn...
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    dark  demons  gods  myths  paranormal  steamy  adult  book
  • Rogue Soul by Linsey Hall

    Rogue Soul by Linsey Hall

    10 ratings
    It's her last chance at freedom...Andrasta, Celtic goddess of victory, has fled the cold, sterile wasteland of Otherworld for the steamy South American jungle...
  • South of Surrender by Laura Kaye

    South of Surrender by Laura Kaye

    10 ratings
    She's the only one who can see through his golden boy façade to the broken god within...Chrysander Notos, Supreme God of the South Wind and Summer, is on a mission: save Eurus from his death sentence, and prove his troubled brother can be redeemed...
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    alpha-mc  gods  myths  paranormal  steamy  adult  angst  book
  • Hermes by Alessa Thorn

    Hermes by Alessa Thorn

    11 ratings
    The god of magic has lost his mind. Literally. A reluctant nurse with a healing touch may have the power to save him...She only needs to be convinced. HERMES is the fourth book in a new paranormal romance series, based in a dark, sexy city ruled by Hades and his court of gods and monsters...
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    demons  gods  myths  paranormal  retellings  steamy  adult  book
  • Damian's Immortal by Lizzy Ford

    Damian's Immortal by Lizzy Ford

    12 ratings
    Book 3, War of Gods series. The White God’s most trusted friend, Jule, has his powers stripped by the Watchers. They give him an impossible mission: find the mysterious Magician and kill her, before she reopens the gateway between the realms. Jule quickly discovers the beautiful Magician is not what the Watchers claim...
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    alpha-mc  gods  myths  paranormal  steamy  adult  book  dangerous-mc
  • Tarnished by Amber Lynn Natusch

    Tarnished by Amber Lynn Natusch

    12 ratings
    Sean has a reputation for brutality, and it is well-deserved. Centuries of inflicting pain and punishment on anything and everything he deemed worthy slowly stole whatever light had been in him when he was born. His angelic nature fell victim to the god of war within him, just as Ares had intended.After an enigmatic encounter, a vision of Ruby comes to Sean and changes all of that...
  • Hood's Obsession by Marie Hall

    Hood's Obsession by Marie Hall

    12 ratings
    Erualis' time is running out and now Rumpelstiltskin says there are only two who can save him... Lilith Wolf, the daughter of the Big Bad Wolf and Little Red Riding Hood has a problem, she's an unmated female in heat. She has to get away from the males of her village unless she wants to find herself involuntarily hand fasted to the first one to tame her wolf...
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    alpha-mc  demons  myths  paranormal  retellings  adult  book  dragons
  • Ravaged by Elisabeth Naughton

    Ravaged by Elisabeth Naughton

    12 ratings
    ARI — Once an Eternal Guardian, now he's nothing but a rogue mercenary with one singular focus: revenge.His guardian brothers all think he’s dead, but Ari is very much alive in the human realm, chipping away at his enemies every chance he can, reveling in his brutality and anonymity. Until, that is, he abducts the wrong female and his identity is finally exposed...
  • Infernal God by Elizabeth Briggs

    Infernal God by Elizabeth Briggs

    12 ratings
    I'm the only one who can save the devil from himself.Lucifer broke the curse. He unlocked my true self. Then he sacrificed everything to protect our family. I'm going to save him somehow...even if I have to kill him.The apocalypse is imminent. Pestilence and War have been freed. Famine is coming, and Death will soon follow...
  • Lucifer's Fate by Skye Wilson, Roxie Ray

    Lucifer's Fate by Skye Wilson, Roxie Ray

    12 ratings
    I crowned her queen and lost everything. I gave everything to protect Evie from Heaven. And I won. Michael can torture me for eternity. But he will never touch her. Evie is safe in Hell while I am bound in Heaven. But my queen is stronger than the angels know. I will not be left here forever, and when we are reunited, Heaven will quake...
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    demons  myths  paranormal  retellings  steamy  adult  angels  book
  • Lucifer's Queen by Skye Wilson, Roxie Ray

    Lucifer's Queen by Skye Wilson, Roxie Ray

    12 ratings
    I was born to give the devil his due. When I woke up naked next to the hottest man I’ve ever met, I had no idea just how much my life was about to change. And I had no clue the man was the devil himself. Literally. I promised to be his for all eternity, and so far, it’s going well. Luke will give me anything to keep me happy: jewels, food, days in bed, and more...
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    paranormal  demons  myths  dark  steamy  angels  urban-fantasy  fiction
  • Daughter of Aphrodite by C.M. Owens

    Daughter of Aphrodite by C.M. Owens

    14 ratings
    Just when Adisia Titan gives up on men, she finds Devin Cole. He's sexy, rich, and... persistent. Against her better judgment, she falls for him harder than she ever thought she could. But, Devin's secretive eyes and cryptic conversations leave her worried a stinging heartbreak is inevitable. Devin's secrets come to light, leaving her completely shocked and horrified...
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    dark  gods  myths  paranormal  steamy  adult  book  drama
  • Devilish Mate by Elizabeth Briggs

    Devilish Mate by Elizabeth Briggs

    14 ratings
    The devil has been my fated mate for all of time. But can I forgive him for what he's done?Lucifer and Eve. Hades and Persephone. Lucas and Hannah.We’re dark and light. Wrong and right. Day and night.I’ve lived a hundred lives, and in each one he finds me and claims me—and then I die. Violently. Usually in his arms. We’re inevitable…and cursed.Until now...
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    dark  demons  gods  myths  paranormal  retellings  steamy  adult
  • The Darkest Facts by Gena Showalter

    The Darkest Facts by Gena Showalter

    16 ratings
    I, Cronus, King of the Titans, powerful warrior god, defender of the people, hereby command you to read and enjoy this Lords of the Underwold guide. I am not mentioned nearly enough, but that is neither here nor there...
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    demons  gods  myths  paranormal  steamy  adult  angels  anthologies
  • Aden by D.B. Reynolds

    Aden by D.B. Reynolds

    16 ratings
    She was seeking revenge. What she found was a vampire who swept her into the darkest depths of passion.Chicago, Illinois... the windy city. Home to football greats, dinosaurs named Sue, and, when the sun goes down... powerful vampires battling for the right to rule the city and beyond...
  • Stroke of Midnight by Sherrilyn Kenyon, Amanda Ashley

    Stroke of Midnight by Sherrilyn Kenyon, Amanda Ashley

    24 ratings
    In an unseen world that lurks in the shadows, they roam the night--feral, passionate, and dangerous. And when their world touches ours, a primitive desire takes hold, leaving mere mortals powerless in its wake...Four of romance's most intriguing authors have come together to create a mesmerizing anthology--unforgettable tales of vampires, shapeshifters, and werewolves...
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