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  • Tiny Gods by Shayne Silvers

    Tiny Gods by Shayne Silvers

    17 ratings
    Power is patient, power is kind… No, wait. That’s not right. Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely… Just ask Nate’s ex-fiancée. It’s almost this wizard’s birthday, so, he can cry if he wants to...
  • 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...
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    alpha-mc  crime  dark  dystopia  female-mc  magic  paranormal  suspense
  • Iron Kissed by Patricia Briggs

    Iron Kissed by Patricia Briggs

    47 ratings
    I could smell her fear, and it satisfied something deep inside me that had been writhing under her cool, superior gaze. I curled my upper lip so she could get a good look at my sharp teeth. I might only weigh thirty or so pounds in my coyote shape, but I was a predator...Mechanic Mercy Thompson can shift her shape - but not her loyalty...
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    alpha-mc  crime  dark  female-mc  magic  myths  paranormal  suspense
  • Dark Demon by Christine Feehan

    Dark Demon by Christine Feehan

    24 ratings
    Christine Feehan has worked magic on a legion of fans with her darkly thrilling Carpathian tales. Now she delivers the provocative story of a female vampire slayer who proves as seductive - and mysterious - as the night dwellers she stalks..
  • On Demon Wings by Karina Halle

    On Demon Wings by Karina Halle

    19 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 Evolution of Mara Dyer by Michelle Hodkin

    The Evolution of Mara Dyer by Michelle Hodkin

    42 ratings
    Mara Dyer knows she isn't crazy. She knows that she can kill with her mind, and that Noah can heal with his. Mara also knows that somehow, Jude is not a hallucination. He is alive. Unfortunately, convincing her family and doctors that she's not unstable and doesn't need to be hospitalised isn't easy. The only person who actually believes her is Noah...
  • Crowbones by Anne Bishop

    Crowbones by Anne Bishop

    14 ratings
    In this engrossing and gripping fantasy set in the world of the New York Times bestselling Others series, an inn owner and her friends must find a killer-before it's too late...
  • Ashes to Ashes by Karina Halle

    Ashes to Ashes by Karina Halle

    17 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...
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    alpha-mc  crime  dark  drama  female-mc  magic  paranormal  psychics
  • 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...
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    alpha-mc  dark  dystopia  magic  myths  paranormal  suspense  abuse
  • 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...
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    alpha-mc  dark  dystopia  female-mc  magic  myths  paranormal  suspense
  • 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...
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    alpha-mc  dark  dystopia  magic  myths  paranormal  suspense  abuse
  • Passion Unleashed by Larissa Ione

    Passion Unleashed by Larissa Ione

    29 ratings
    FORBIDDEN TEMPTATIONS Serena Kelley is an archaeologist and treasure hunter-and a woman with a secret. Since she was seven, she's been the keeper of a powerful charm that grants her health and immortality . . . as long as she stays a virgin. But Serena isn't all that innocent...
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    alpha-mc  dark  drama  female-mc  magic  myths  paranormal  suspense
  • Dark Destiny by Christine Feehan

    Dark Destiny by Christine Feehan

    24 ratings
    They were masters of the darkness, searching through eternity for a mistress of the light.... Her childhood had been a nightmare of violence and pain until she heard his voice calling out to her. Golden and seductive. The voice of an angel.He had shown her how to survive, taught her to use her unique gifts, trained her in the ancient art of hunting the vampire...
  • Blood Debts by Shayne Silvers

    Blood Debts by Shayne Silvers

    19 ratings
    An alternative cover edition for this ASIN can be found here.A Wizard, an Angel, and a Horseman of the Apocalypse walk into a bar…The ancient pact between mankind, Heaven, and Hell has been broken. And Nate Temple’s quest for vengeance may have just kicked off Armageddon. So, time to grab a stiff drink…or maybe four...
  • Dead Sky Morning by Karina Halle

    Dead Sky Morning by Karina Halle

    19 ratings
    With the Experiment in Terror show finding some success, amateur ghost hunters Perry Palomino and Dex Foray embark on their most terrifying investigation yet. A tiny, fog-shrouded island in the rough strait between British Columbia and Washington State has held a dark secret for decades: It was a former leper colony where over forty souls were left to rot, die and bury each other...
  • Into the Hollow by Karina Halle

    Into the Hollow by Karina Halle

    19 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...
  • 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...
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    alpha-mc  crime  dark  dystopia  female-mc  magic  paranormal  suspense
  • Archangel's Blade by Nalini Singh

    Archangel's Blade by Nalini Singh

    28 ratings
    New York Times bestselling author Nalini Singh is back in the shadows of a deadly, beautiful world where angels rule, vampires serve, and one female hunter must crawl out of the darkness to survive…The severed head marked by a distinctive tattoo on its cheek should have been a Guild case, but dark instincts honed over hundreds of years of life compel the vampire Dmitri to take control...
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    alpha-mc  crime  dark  female-mc  magic  paranormal  suspense  abuse
  • Dark Heir by Faith Hunter

    Dark Heir by Faith Hunter

    20 ratings
    Shapeshifting skinwalker Jane Yellowrock is the best in the business when it comes to slaying vampires. But her latest fanged foe may be above her pay grade…For centuries, the extremely powerful and ruthless vampire witches of the European Council have wandered the Earth, controlling governments, fostering war, creating political conflict, and often leaving absolute destruction in their wake...
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    alpha-mc  crime  dark  female-mc  magic  myths  paranormal  suspense
  • Through the Zombie Glass by Gena Showalter

    Through the Zombie Glass by Gena Showalter

    24 ratings
    Zombies stalk the night.Forget blood and brains. These monsters hunger for human souls.Sadly, they've got mine...Alice Bell has lost so much. Family. Friends. A home. She thought she had nothing else to give. She was wrong.After a new zombie attack, strange things begin to happen to her. Mirrors come to life, and the whispers of the dead assault her ears...
  • 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...
  • Visions by Kelley Armstrong

    Visions by Kelley Armstrong

    25 ratings
    Olivia Taylor-Jones, daughter of notorious serial killers, and Gabriel Walsh, the self-serving, morally ambiguous lawyer became unlikely allies. Together, they've chased down a devious killer and partially cleared her parents of their horrifying crimes.Their success, however, is short-lived...
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    crime  drama  female-mc  magic  myths  paranormal  psychics  suspense
  • 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...
  • Building From Ashes by Elizabeth Hunter

    Building From Ashes by Elizabeth Hunter

    18 ratings
    Power, passion, and politics collide in an Elemental World that is ruled by the ancients.For a thousand years, earth vampire Carwyn ap Bryn has sacrificed for the good of others: God, his family, his friends. But tragedy rips his world apart, causing him to question everything about his eternity...
  • Boundary Born by Melissa F. Olson

    Boundary Born by Melissa F. Olson

    18 ratings
    Something wicked is at work in Colorado’s supernatural community. Vampires are being paralyzed or killed with poison…a weapon favored by witches. This offense threatens to break apart the already-fractured alliance between witches and the undead.The state’s cardinal vampire, Maven, summons boundary witch Allison “Lex” Luther to stop the killing before it ignites a war...
  • The End of the World by Derek Landy

    The End of the World by Derek Landy

    18 ratings
    Skulduggery and Valkyrie are back, in an exclusive World Book Day novelette, set after the momentous events of Death Bringer…Hey, punks! Skulduggery and Valkyrie are about to make your day…15-year-old Ryan is running away from home, looking for escape and adventure. But unfortunately, sometimes people DO get what they wish for...
  • Out of the Shadows by Kay Hooper

    Out of the Shadows by Kay Hooper

    20 ratings
    To catch this killer, she must break every rule and cross every line.Out Of The ShadowsA picture-perfect Tennessee town has just become a monster's hunting ground. Two bodies are found tortured to death. A third person goes missing. What little evidence is left behind defies all explanation...
  • 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...
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    alpha-mc  crime  dark  dystopia  female-mc  magic  paranormal  suspense
  • Wild Country by Anne Bishop

    Wild Country by Anne Bishop

    21 ratings
    In this powerful and exciting fantasy set in the world of the New York Times bestselling Others series, humans and the shape-shifting Others will see whether they can live side by side...without destroying one another.There are ghost towns in the world—places where the humans were annihilated in retaliation for the slaughter of the shape-shifting Others...
  • Raven Cursed by Faith Hunter

    Raven Cursed by Faith Hunter

    24 ratings
    The vampires of Asheville, North Carolina, want to establish their own clan, but since they owe loyalty to the Master Vampire of New Orleans they must work out the terms with him. To come up with an equitable solution, he sends an envoy with the best bodyguard blood money can buy: Jane Yellowrock...
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    alpha-mc  crime  dark  female-mc  magic  myths  paranormal  suspense
  • An Artificial Night by Seanan McGuire

    An Artificial Night by Seanan McGuire

    25 ratings
    Changeling knight in the court of the Duke of Shadowed Hills, October "Toby" Daye has survived numerous challenges that would destroy fae and mortal alike. Now Toby must take on a nightmarish new assignment. Someone is stealing both fae and mortal children—and all signs point to Blind Michael...
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    alpha-mc  crime  dark  female-mc  magic  myths  paranormal  suspense
  • Biting Bad by Chloe Neill

    Biting Bad by Chloe Neill

    25 ratings
    Merit has been a vampire for only a short while, but she's already seen a lifetime's worth of trouble. She and her Master, centuries-old Ethan Sullivan, have risked their lives time and again to save the city they love. But not all of Chicago is loving them back.Anti-vampire riots are erupting all over town, striking vampires where it hurts the most...
  • Dust to Dust by Karina Halle

    Dust to Dust by Karina Halle

    17 ratings
    (New to this angsty, sexy, scary romance series? Start with book #1, Darkhouse, and work your way up through all the slow-burn spookiness) Perry Palomino and Dex Foray. On their own, they’re uniquely brilliant. Together, they’re an unstoppable team. Until now. Because after everything the duo has encountered, they haven’t come across an evil quite like this...
  • Fury of a Phoenix by Shannon Mayer

    Fury of a Phoenix by Shannon Mayer

    19 ratings
    I knew the sins of my past would call to collect what was left of my soul. If I'd known the price I'd pay, I would've sacrificed more to stay hidden from the magic. In the middle of Wyoming--away from the abnormals of the world--I thought I was free and clear. I started a new life. Found a love I'd never known in a husband, and a son who was my everything...
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    alpha-mc  crime  dark  female-mc  magic  paranormal  psychics  suspense
  • Come Alive by Karina Halle

    Come Alive by Karina Halle

    19 ratings
    It’s one thing to bring the woman you love back into your life. It’s another to try and keep her there. For Dex Foray, con­vinc­ing Perry Palomino to open her­self to their bur­geon­ing rela­tion­ship has been more chal­leng­ing than hunt­ing ghosts, bat­tling demons and stalk­ing Sasquatch com­bined...
  • Not Even Bones by Rebecca Schaeffer

    Not Even Bones by Rebecca Schaeffer

    23 ratings
    Dexter meets This Savage Song in this dark fantasy about a girl who sells magical body parts on the black market — until she’s betrayed.Nita doesn’t murder supernatural beings and sell their body parts on the internet—her mother does that. Nita just dissects the bodies after they’ve been “acquired...
  • 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...
  • 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...
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    alpha-mc  crime  dark  female-mc  magic  paranormal  psychics  suspense
  • 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...
  • Saint Odd by Dean Koontz

    Saint Odd by Dean Koontz

    24 ratings
    The future is haunting Odd Thomas.The carnival has returned to Pico Mundo, the same one that came to town when Odd was just sixteen. Odd is drawn to an arcade tent where he discovers Gypsy Mummy, the fortune-telling machine that told him that he and Stormy Llewellyn were destined to be together forever.But Stormy is dead and Pico Mundo is under threat once more...
  • Archangel's Kiss by Nalini Singh

    Archangel's Kiss by Nalini Singh

    35 ratings
    New York Times bestselling author Nalini Singh returns to her world of angelic rulers, vampiric servants, and the woman thrust into their darkly seductive world…Vampire hunter Elena Deveraux wakes from a year-long coma to find herself changed—an angel with wings the colors of midnight and dawn—but her fragile body needs time to heal before she can take flight...
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    alpha-mc  crime  dark  female-mc  magic  myths  paranormal  suspense
  • Tangled Threads by Jennifer Estep

    Tangled Threads by Jennifer Estep

    26 ratings
    I’d rather face a dozen lethal assassins any night than deal with something as tricky, convoluted, and fragile as my feelings.But here I am. Gin Blanco, the semi-retired assassin known as the Spider. Hovering outside sexy businessman Owen Grayson’s front door like a nervous teenage girl. One thing I like about Owen: he doesn’t shy away from my past—or my present...
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    alpha-mc  crime  dark  drama  dystopia  female-mc  magic  paranormal
  • Magitek by B.R. Kingsolver

    Magitek by B.R. Kingsolver

    14 ratings
    My name is Danica James. I'm a cop with the Arcane Division.I'm also a magitek. For most humans, demons, and Fae, magik and technology are totally incompatible. But some mages are able to manipulate mechanical and electrical devices.Hunter James was my grandfather, and a magitek. He wanted to end humanity's cycle of war, but instead he broke the world...
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    alpha-mc  crime  dark  female-mc  magic  myths  paranormal  suspense
  • The Minority Council by Kate Griffin

    The Minority Council by Kate Griffin

    16 ratings
    Matthew Swift, sorcerer, Midnight Mayor, is in charge. Or so he'd like to think. London, being London, is having its issues. Drug use is rampant. Teenage vandalism is driving away business. Violent crimes are on the rise. Once upon a time, Matthew Swift wouldn't have cared. Now it's his mess to clean up...
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    crime  dark  dystopia  magic  paranormal  action-adventure  adult  book
  • Hell's Bell by Keri Arthur

    Hell's Bell by Keri Arthur

    16 ratings
    When the church bell tolls thrice in the middle of the night, evil this way comes… Lizzie Grace and Belle Kent, her witch familiar, are living and working on the Faelan Werewolf Reservation—one that has banned the use of magic within its borders. Although they have their supporters—including ranger Aiden O’Connor, who once hated all things witch—Lizzie and Belle now face possible eviction...
  • The Raptor & the Wren by Chuck Wendig

    The Raptor & the Wren by Chuck Wendig

    11 ratings
    Official Amazon description:In the fifth book of the “wildly entertaining” (Kirkus Reviews) Miriam Black series, Miriam continues her journey to find answers on how to change her fate and begin to make right some of what she’s done wrong...
  • Tempting Evil by Keri Arthur

    Tempting Evil by Keri Arthur

    24 ratings
    She’s a woman, a werewolf, and a vampire, and she’s having the time of her life!In a world of sorcery and seduction, the nights bring out the beautiful, the damned, and the desired. Here, Riley Jenson is on her own—half werewolf, half vampire, working for an organization created to police the supernatural races...
  • The Last Echo by Kimberly Derting

    The Last Echo by Kimberly Derting

    24 ratings
    IN THE END, ALL THAT'S LEFT IS AN ECHO.Before, Violet's morbid ability to sense the dead led her to uncover dark murders and long-buried secrets in her small town. Now that she's working with a special investigative team, Violet hopes she can help even more people - whether by saving a life or catching a killer...
  • By a Thread by Jennifer Estep

    By a Thread by Jennifer Estep

    26 ratings
    When killing people is your job, there's no such thing as a vacation. Then again, how often does an assassin live long enough to enjoy her retirement? In this line of work, you either get lucky or you get dead. And since I destroyed my nemesis Mab Monroe a few weeks ago, all of Ashland's lowlifes are gunning to make a name for themselves by taking out the lethal Spider--me, Gin Blanco...
  • The Killing Season by Meg Collett

    The Killing Season by Meg Collett

    13 ratings
    In the far Alaskan north, there are places the winter sun cannot reach. Places where light won’t shine for months. These are the places we hunt the monsters who feed on fear.So begins the Killing Season.For the next sixty-five days, we will face the darkness. Some will hunt the aswangs in the ever night, but I, Ollie Andrews, am here for one purpose: to search for answers to my past...
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    alpha-mc  dark  dystopia  female-mc  myths  paranormal  suspense  abuse
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