Books like 'House of the Rising Sun'

Readers who enjoyed House of the Rising Sun by Kristen Painter also liked the following books featuring the same tropes, story themes, relationship dynamics and character types.

contemporary  fantasy  romance  urban fantasy  supernatural  mystery  action / adventure  dark fantasy  horror  paranormal 

  • Ever After by Kim Harrison

    Ever After by Kim Harrison

    30 ratings
    The ever after, the demonic realm that parallels the human world, is shrinking. If it disappears completely, so does all magic. It's up to witch-turned-daywalking-demon Rachel Morgan to avert catastrophe and keep life from changing... for the worse.While saving the world is important, it isn't Rachel's only motivation...
    Categorized as:
    dark  demons  fae  ghosts  magic  paranormal  shapeshifters  suspense
  • Dark Queen by Faith Hunter

    Dark Queen by Faith Hunter

    18 ratings
    Jane Yellowrock used to hunt vampires, but now she must fight--and win--beside them.As Enforcer to the vampire Master of the City of New Orleans, Jane Yellowrock stakes her reputation and her life on keeping her territory safe. But Leo has been issued a blood challenge by the emperor of the European vampires, who seeks to usurp all of his power and possessions...
  • Pale Demon by Kim Harrison

    Pale Demon by Kim Harrison

    32 ratings
    Condemned and shunned for black magic, Rachel Morgan has three days to get to the annual witches’ conference and clear her name, or be trapped in the demonic ever-after . . . forever after.But a witch, an elf, a living vampire, and a pixy in one car going across the country? Talk about a recipe for certain disaster, even without being the targets for assassination...
    Categorized as:
    dark  demons  fae  magic  paranormal  shapeshifters  suspense  urban
  • The Outlaw Demon Wails by Kim Harrison

    The Outlaw Demon Wails by Kim Harrison

    34 ratings
    Note: This book is the same as The Outlaw Demon Wails. It was printed under both titles. To save the lives of her friends, Rachel did the unthinkable: she willingly trafficked in forbidden demon magic. And now her sins are coming home to haunt her...
    Categorized as:
    dark  demons  fae  magic  paranormal  shapeshifters  suspense  urban
  • Feversong by Karen Marie Moning

    Feversong by Karen Marie Moning

    27 ratings
    #1 New York Times bestselling author Karen Marie Moning returns with the epic conclusion to her pulse-pounding Fever series, where a world thrown into chaos grows more treacherous at every turn. As Mac, Barrons, Ryodan, and Jada struggle to restore control, enemies become allies, right and wrong cease to exist, and the lines between life and death, lust and love, disappear completely...
  • The Undead Pool by Kim Harrison

    The Undead Pool by Kim Harrison

    28 ratings
    Witch and day-walking demon Rachel Morgan has managed to save the demonic ever after from shrinking, but at a high cost. Now strange magic is attacking Cincinnati and the Hollows, causing spells to backfire or go horribly wrong, and the truce between the races, between Inderlander and human, is shattering...
    Categorized as:
    dark  demons  fae  magic  paranormal  shapeshifters  suspense  urban
  • A Perfect Blood by Kim Harrison

    A Perfect Blood by Kim Harrison

    30 ratings
    New York Times bestselling author Kim Harrison returns to the Hollows with the electrifying follow-up to her acclaimed Pale Demon!A Perfect BloodRitually murdered corpses are appearing across Cincinnati, terrifying amalgams of human and other. Pulled in to help investigate by the I.S...
    Categorized as:
    dark  demons  fae  magic  paranormal  shapeshifters  suspense  urban
  • Black Magic Sanction by Kim Harrison

    Black Magic Sanction by Kim Harrison

    33 ratings
    Rachel Morgan has fought and hunted vampires, werewolves, banshees, demons, and other supernatural dangers as both witch and bounty hunter—and lived to tell the tale. But she's never faced off against her own kind . . . until now.Denounced and shunned for dealing with demons and black magic, her best hope is life imprisonment—at worst, a forced lobotomy and genetic slavery...
    Categorized as:
    dark  demons  fae  ghosts  magic  paranormal  shapeshifters  suspense
  • Cold Reign by Faith Hunter

    Cold Reign by Faith Hunter

    18 ratings
    Jane 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 Pellisier, 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...
  • Shattered Bonds by Faith Hunter

    Shattered Bonds by Faith Hunter

    18 ratings
    Jane 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...
    Categorized as:
    dark  demons  fae  magic  paranormal  shapeshifters  suspense  urban
  • White Witch, Black Curse by Kim Harrison

    White Witch, Black Curse by Kim Harrison

    33 ratings
    New York Times bestselling author Kim Harrison returns to the sinister and seductive Hollows for the newest blockcuster adventure featuring Rachel Morgan, witch and bounty hunter.White Witch, Black CurseSome wounds take time to heal...and some scars never fade.Rachel Morgan, kick-ass witch and bounty hunter, has taken her fair share of hits, and has broken lines she swore she would never cross...
    Categorized as:
    dark  demons  fae  ghosts  magic  paranormal  shapeshifters  suspense
  • Black Arts by Faith Hunter

    Black Arts by Faith Hunter

    24 ratings
    Jane Yellowrock is a shape-shifting skinwalker who always takes care of her own—no matter the cost...When Evan Trueblood blows into town looking for his wife, Molly, he’s convinced that she came to see her best friend, Jane. But it seems like the witch made it to New Orleans and then disappeared without a trace.Jane is ready to do whatever it takes to find her friend...
  • Shadow Rites by Faith Hunter

    Shadow Rites by Faith Hunter

    18 ratings
    Slaying vampires is child’s play for skinwalker Jane Yellowrock. But handling the complicated politics of New Orleans’ supernatural players is another story... Jane is keeping the peace between visiting groups of witches and vamps in the city, but then trouble comes knocking on her doorstep...
    Categorized as:
    dark  demons  fae  magic  paranormal  shapeshifters  suspense  urban
  • Cold Reign by Faith Hunter

    Cold Reign by Faith Hunter

    18 ratings
    Jane 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 Pellisier, 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...
  • Every Which Way But Dead by Kim Harrison

    Every Which Way But Dead by Kim Harrison

    37 ratings
    There's no witch in Cincinnati tougher, sexier, or more screwed up than bounty hunter Rachel Morgan, who's already put her love life and soul in dire jeopardy through her determined efforts to bring criminal night creatures to justice...
    Categorized as:
    dark  demons  fae  magic  paranormal  shapeshifters  suspense  urban
  • Written in Red by Anne Bishop

    Written in Red by Anne Bishop

    35 ratings
    As a cassandra sangue, or blood prophet, Meg Corbyn can see the future when her skin is cut—a gift that feels more like a curse. Meg’s Controller keeps her enslaved so he can have full access to her visions. But when she escapes, the only safe place Meg can hide is at the Lakeside Courtyard—a business district operated by the Others...
    Categorized as:
    dark  fae  magic  paranormal  shapeshifters  suspense  urban  vampires
  • Faefever by Karen Marie Moning

    Faefever by Karen Marie Moning

    46 ratings
    The New York Times bestselling author of Darkfever and Bloodfever returns to Dublin’s Fae-infested shores in a bold, sensual new novel...
    Categorized as:
    dark  demons  fae  magic  paranormal  suspense  urban  vampires
  • Murder of Crows by Anne Bishop

    Murder of Crows by Anne Bishop

    32 ratings
    Return to New York Times best-selling author Anne Bishop’s world of the Others - where supernatural entities and humans struggle to co-exist, and one woman has begun to change all the rules.…After winning the trust of the terra indigene residing in the Lakeside Courtyard, Meg Corbyn has had trouble figuring out what it means to live among them...
    Categorized as:
    dark  fae  magic  paranormal  shapeshifters  suspense  urban  vampires
  • Thirteen by Kelley Armstrong

    Thirteen by Kelley Armstrong

    24 ratings
    War is coming to the Otherworld. A sinister cult known as The Supernatural Liberation Movement is hell-bent on exposing the truth about supernaturals to the rest of the world. Their violent, ruthless plan has put everyone at risk: from werewolves to vampires, from witches to half-demons.Savannah Levine - fiery and unpredictable - stands at the heart of the maelstrom...
    Categorized as:
    dark  demons  ghosts  magic  paranormal  shapeshifters  suspense  urban
  • Shadow's Bane by Karen Chance

    Shadow's Bane by Karen Chance

    17 ratings
    Half-human, half-vampire Dorina Basarab is back—and facing her biggest challenge yet in the next urban fantasy in the New York Times bestselling series.Dorina Basarab is a dhampir—half-human, half-vampire. As one of the Vampire Senate’s newest members, Dory already has a lot on her plate. But then a relative of one of Dory’s fey friends goes missing...
    Categorized as:
    dark  demons  fae  magic  paranormal  shapeshifters  suspense  urban
  • The Good, the Bad, and the Undead by Kim Harrison

    The Good, the Bad, and the Undead by Kim Harrison

    37 ratings
    Rachel Morgan, sexy witch, independent bounty hunter, prowls the downtown Cincinnati for criminal creatures of the night. She can handle leather-clad vamps and a cunning demon or two. But a serial killer who feeds on the experts in the most dangerous kind of black magic is an ancient, implacable evil that threatens her very soul...
    Categorized as:
    dark  demons  fae  magic  paranormal  shapeshifters  suspense  urban
  • Frostbitten by Kelley Armstrong

    Frostbitten by Kelley Armstrong

    27 ratings
    Smart, sexy, supernatural—the men and women of the Otherworld live and love, fight and die, among us. Unseen and unsuspected, this realm of witches, ghosts, and werewolves is now threatened with exposure by a brutal series of bizarre murders that has left even the supernatural world baffled—and cold with terror...
    Categorized as:
    dark  demons  ghosts  magic  paranormal  shapeshifters  suspense  urban
  • A Fistful of Charms by Kim Harrison

    A Fistful of Charms by Kim Harrison

    35 ratings
    The evil night things that prowl Cincinnati despise witch and bounty hunter Rachel Morgan. Her new reputation for the dark arts is turning human and undead heads alike with the intent to possess, bed, and kill her -- not necessarily in that order.Now a mortal lover who abandoned Rachel has returned, haunted by his secret past...
    Categorized as:
    dark  demons  fae  magic  paranormal  shapeshifters  suspense  urban
  • Ghost Town by Rachel Caine

    Ghost Town by Rachel Caine

    28 ratings
    Deep in the heart of Texas, Morganville is a small college town full of laid-back students and eccentric townies, not to mention the sort of creatures you wouldn't want to run into after dark. Despite their obvious differences, the human and vampire residents of Morganville have learned to coexist, but that doesn't stop genius student Claire Danvers from keeping up her guard...
  • Blood Trade by Faith Hunter

    Blood Trade by Faith Hunter

    24 ratings
    Jane Yellowrock is a shape-shifting skinwalker who’s always up for a fight—even if it means putting her life on the line... The Master of Natchez, Mississippi has a nasty problem on his hands. Rogue vampires—those who follow the Naturaleza and believe that humans should be nothing more than prey to be hunted—are terrorizing his city...
    Categorized as:
    dark  demons  fae  magic  paranormal  shapeshifters  urban  vampires
  • Men of the Otherworld by Kelley Armstrong

    Men of the Otherworld by Kelley Armstrong

    24 ratings
    As a curious six-year-old, Clayton didn’t resist the bite—he asked for it. But surviving as a lone child-werewolf was more than he could manage—until Jeremy came along and taught him how to straddle the human-werewolf worlds, gave him a home…and introduced him to the Pack...
    Categorized as:
    dark  demons  ghosts  magic  paranormal  shapeshifters  suspense  urban
  • Dark Possession by Christine Feehan

    Dark Possession by Christine Feehan

    24 ratings
    Manolito De La Cruz knew he was dangerously close to turning into a vampire. The last thing he expected after being called back to his Carpathian homeland by Prince Mikhail was to catch the scent of his destined lifemate in MaryAnn Delaney. MaryAnn is human, but she knows all too well the overwhelmingly aggressive instincts of Carpathian males...
  • Death's Mistress by Karen Chance

    Death's Mistress by Karen Chance

    25 ratings
    Dorina Basarab is a dhampir-half-human, half-vampire. Back home in Brooklyn after the demise of her insane Uncle Dracula, Dory's hoping her life is about to calm down. But soon Dory realizes someone is killing vampire Senate members, and if she can't stop the murderer, her friends may be next..
    Categorized as:
    dark  demons  fae  magic  paranormal  shapeshifters  suspense  urban
  • Vision in Silver by Anne Bishop

    Vision in Silver by Anne Bishop

    30 ratings
    The Others freed the cassandra sangue to protect the blood prophets from exploitation, not realizing their actions would have dire consequences. Now the fragile seers are in greater danger than ever before; both from their own weaknesses and from those who seek to control their divinations for wicked purposes...
    Categorized as:
    dark  fae  magic  paranormal  shapeshifters  suspense  urban  vampires
  • Eternal Kiss of Darkness by Jeaniene Frost

    Eternal Kiss of Darkness by Jeaniene Frost

    33 ratings
    An immortal war has been brewing in the darkness . . . And now one woman has stumbled into the shadows. Chicago private investigator Kira Graceling should have just kept on walking. But her sense of duty refused to let her ignore the moans of pain coming from inside a warehouse just before dawn. Suddenly she finds herself in a world she's only imagined in her worst nightmares...
    Categorized as:
    dark  demons  ghosts  magic  paranormal  shapeshifters  suspense  urban
  • City of Ghosts by Stacia Kane

    City of Ghosts by Stacia Kane

    21 ratings
    The third book in this gritty, sexy, urban fantasy trilogy.Rogue spirits and psychopomps are terrorising people, and now someone is planning to open the gates to the City of Ghosts and unleash the dead on humanity.Faced with her greatest challenge yet, Chess has to travel to the spirit city to finally lay all her ghosts to rest… Chess Putnam has a lot on her plate...
  • The Romeo Catchers by Alys Arden

    The Romeo Catchers by Alys Arden

    12 ratings
    Is blood thicker than magic in La Nouvelle-Orléans?Adele scours Storm-ravaged New Orleans for the truth about her family’s magical past, tormented by the fate she condemned her mother to, and by the lies she’s forced to tell to cover it up. But every turn leads her back to the one person she’s determined to forget: Niccolò Medici...
  • Spell Bound by Kelley Armstrong

    Spell Bound by Kelley Armstrong

    24 ratings
    The #1 "New York Times" bestselling author sets the stage for a battle of epic proportions.Savannah Levine is all grown up. As a witch endowed with an array of spells, she is also a force to be reckoned with. As a paranormal investigator she is finally coming into her own. But her last case tore a family apart, and Savannah swore she'd give up her powers to fix the mess she helped create...
    Categorized as:
    dark  demons  ghosts  magic  paranormal  shapeshifters  suspense  urban
  • Tales of the Otherworld by Kelley Armstrong

    Tales of the Otherworld by Kelley Armstrong

    24 ratings
    New York Times bestselling author Kelley Armstrong has bewitched audiences with her Otherworld series of supernatural thrillers. Now, in this new collection of shorter fiction, some of Armstrong's most tantalizing lead characters appear alongside her unforgettable supporting players, who step out of the shadows and into the light...
    Categorized as:
    dark  demons  ghosts  magic  paranormal  shapeshifters  suspense  urban
  • Tales of the Otherworld by Kelley Armstrong

    Tales of the Otherworld by Kelley Armstrong

    24 ratings
    New York Times bestselling author Kelley Armstrong has bewitched audiences with her Otherworld series of supernatural thrillers. Now, in this new collection of shorter fiction, some of Armstrong's most tantalizing lead characters appear alongside her unforgettable supporting players, who step out of the shadows and into the light...
    Categorized as:
    dark  demons  ghosts  magic  paranormal  shapeshifters  suspense  urban
  • The Darkest Kiss by Keri Arthur

    The Darkest Kiss by Keri Arthur

    24 ratings
    Danger turns her on. Desire turns her dangerous…Riley Jenson hunts evildoers—and does it with a style all her own...
    Categorized as:
    dark  demons  ghosts  magic  paranormal  shapeshifters  suspense  urban
  • Circus of the Damned by Laurell K. Hamilton

    Circus of the Damned by Laurell K. Hamilton

    42 ratings
    In Circus of the Damned-now in trade paperback for the first time-a rogue master vampire hits town, and Anita gets caught in the middle of an undead turf war. Jean-Claude, the Master Vamp of the city, wants her for his own-but his enemies have other plans...
  • Mercy Blade by Faith Hunter

    Mercy Blade by Faith Hunter

    26 ratings
    Things are heating up in the Big Easy. Weres have announced their existence to the world, and revived the bitter tensions that run between them and their old enemies: vampires. As a trusted employee of Leo Pellissier, Blood Master of the City, Jane finds herself caught in the cross fire...
  • Kingdom of Lies by Debra Dunbar

    Kingdom of Lies by Debra Dunbar

    14 ratings
    A gemstone might destroy the world before I get the chance to do it myself.Interdimensional rifts are opening, spilling supernatural creatures into the world of the humans. Locating and closing the gateways takes two—an angel and a demon. It’s the opportunity I’ve been waiting for, the common goal that might allow demons and angels to put aside nearly three million years of hate...
  • Kingdom of Lies by Debra Dunbar

    Kingdom of Lies by Debra Dunbar

    14 ratings
    A gemstone might destroy the world before I get the chance to do it myself.Interdimensional rifts are opening, spilling supernatural creatures into the world of the humans. Locating and closing the gateways takes two—an angel and a demon. It’s the opportunity I’ve been waiting for, the common goal that might allow demons and angels to put aside nearly three million years of hate...
  • No Humans Involved by Kelley Armstrong

    No Humans Involved by Kelley Armstrong

    27 ratings
    In her acclaimed Women of the Otherworld series, bestselling author Kelley Armstrong creates a present day in which humans unwittingly coexist with werewolves, witches, and other supernatural beings. Now, in this spellbinding new novel, a beautiful necromancer who can see ghosts must come to terms with her power—and with an evil she never thought possible...
    Categorized as:
    dark  demons  ghosts  magic  paranormal  shapeshifters  suspense  urban
  • Marked in Flesh by Anne Bishop

    Marked in Flesh by Anne Bishop

    28 ratings
    For centuries, the Others and humans have lived side by side in uneasy peace. But when humankind oversteps its bounds, the Others will have to decide how much humanity they’re willing to tolerate—both within themselves and within their community..
    Categorized as:
    dark  fae  magic  paranormal  shapeshifters  suspense  urban  vampires
  • Fade Out by Rachel Caine

    Fade Out by Rachel Caine

    28 ratings
    Withoutthe evil vampire Bishop ruling over the town of Morganville,the resident vampires have made major concessions to the human population. With their newfound freedoms, Claire Danvers and her friends are almost starting to feel comfortable again… Now Claire can actually concentrate on her studies, and her friend Eve joins the localtheatrecompany...
  • Broken by Kelley Armstrong

    Broken by Kelley Armstrong

    29 ratings
    In this thrilling new novel from the author of Industrial Magic, a pregnant werewolf may have unwittingly unleashed Jack the Ripper on the twenty-first century — and become his next target…Ever since she discovered she’s pregnant, Elena Michaels has been on edge. After all, she’s never heard of another living female werewolf, let alone one who’s given birth...
    Categorized as:
    dark  demons  ghosts  magic  paranormal  shapeshifters  suspense  urban
  • Waking the Witch by Kelley Armstrong

    Waking the Witch by Kelley Armstrong

    24 ratings
    At twenty-one, Savannah Levine-orphaned daughter of a notorious dark witch and an equally notorious cutthroat sorcerer-considers herself a full-fledged member of the otherworld. The once rebellious teen has grown into a six-foot-tall, motorcycle-riding jaw-dropper, with an impressive knowledge of and ability to perform spells...
    Categorized as:
    dark  demons  ghosts  magic  paranormal  shapeshifters  suspense  urban
  • Dangerous Games by Keri Arthur

    Dangerous Games by Keri Arthur

    24 ratings
    To catch a killer, Riley Jenson will use every seductive trick in the book. But this killer has found a new way to play…In Melbourne’s urban underworld, there’s a nightclub for every fantasy and desire. But for Riley Jenson, one such club has become an obsession...
    Categorized as:
    dark  demons  ghosts  magic  paranormal  shapeshifters  suspense  urban
  • The Darkest Kiss by Keri Arthur

    The Darkest Kiss by Keri Arthur

    24 ratings
    Danger turns her on. Desire turns her dangerous…Riley Jenson hunts evildoers—and does it with a style all her own...
    Categorized as:
    dark  demons  ghosts  magic  paranormal  shapeshifters  suspense  urban
  • Blood Cross by Faith Hunter

    Blood Cross by Faith Hunter

    26 ratings
    Jane Yellowrock is back on the prowl against the children of the night... The vampire council has hired skinwalker Jane Yellowrock to hunt and kill one of their own who has broken sacred ancient rules — but Jane quickly realizes that in a community that is thousands of years old, loyalties run deep..
  • Stolen by Kelley Armstrong

    Stolen by Kelley Armstrong

    32 ratings
    It was in Bitten, Kelley Armstrong's debut novel, that thirty-year-old Elena Michaels came to terms with her feral appetites and claimed the proud identity of a beautiful, successful woman and the only living female werewolf...
    Categorized as:
    dark  demons  ghosts  magic  paranormal  shapeshifters  suspense  urban
  • Phantom Embrace by Dianne Duvall

    Phantom Embrace by Dianne Duvall

    15 ratings
    Across dimensions . . . A gifted one, Yuri Sokolov was born with the ability to see spirits, but he knows better than to make contact with them. Yet he’s never seen one as lovely as Cat Seddon, the woman who haunts his home and his dreams. But amid their star-crossed love, a new danger may have Yuri facing a different kind of eternity.Previously published in On The Hunt...
Fantastic book recommendations by book lovers for book lovers.
Find out more about thebooknaut.com.



Looking for more inspiration? Enter another book title to get more suggestions on what to read next.


Or - use our amazing romance book finder to get recommendations based on your favorite content tropes and themes. Mix and match at will.