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"I need the darkness. It's the only way I can find the light." Cursed by the Kiss of Eternal Night, Samira lives her life as an ancient and powerful vampire, guarding her emotions carefully. One slip up and the darkness inside her could send her on a rage-filled, bloodlust path of death and destruction. It's happened once before, and it could easily happen again. For over a century, she's managed to keep the beast inside her at bay, but when someone...

Kylarra wakes, unaware of where she is. She was kidnapped from home, attacked, then left. She is in darkness, cold, alone . . . and in a cage. Darkness that isn't natural surrounds her. A being may be lurking within, that lies in wait. Her body is doing things she has been fighting all her life. Wanting things she doesn't want to want. Craving things she shouldn't crave as a Lycaen.She is a Lycaen, isn't she? Because if she isn't and things keep happening...

"Never kick me when I'm down, because when I get back up ... you're screwed." Briar should be living the easy life. She finally checked off the last name on her kill list. The new pack Alpha isn't an a-hole, and her smoking hot shifter boyfriend is finally ready to spelunk her bat-cave. But she should've remembered that life hates her. An unknown evil force is kidnapping people to create an army of drug-induced, soldier-like supernaturals. If...

Dragonettes, Honey Buns, and one dead Piggy Princess!Hang On, Hairy Wort, it's Lazy Daisy to the rescue…well, sorta.Pat-a-cake, Pat-a-cake, Baker Bear's Witch,Oh, dear me I just flipped that switch.There's a pig in the oven as dead as can be,Without a heart, or a lung, or a danged kid-ney.With a zip and a zap and a tappity-tap,I'll fix this mess even without a catnap.Got Miss Bunny, Doc Downey, and Granny Cleo,One, two, three, and away we go.Bubble,...

"You set my heart and soul on fire." Someone has taken Briar's most valuable belonging: the Abydos, ancient blood that in the wrong hands can destroy the world. Briar and Angel race to get it back but a dangerous creature leads them on a hunt that nearly gets them killed. Through it all, Angel tries desperately to get Briar to feel what he's always known to be true: they are soul mates. But Briar's heart is too battered and bruised to feel the...

It wasn't fair.Princes were supposed to go on adventures.Instead, Thony's older sisters had gone off on The Quest and Left Him Behind. In Aldyrwald, of all places. I mean, yeah, it was their home and Thony was Crown Prince and all, but seriously? Aldyrwald was the boringest, most insignificant place in the world. In any world.And Thony's efforts to "liven things up a little" are always so completely underappreciated.Things start looking up with the...

How do you trust anyone when you've been lied to by everyone? RowanEver since my best friend's brother was murdered by a vampire, all I've wanted is to be a Warden - the police force of the Coven. The only thing left to do is coach another witch through her Trials so she can prove her loyalty and join the Coven. Sounds easy, right? Yeah, I thought so too, until I realized she has no idea she's a witch. We've only got a few months before the Summer...

Immerse yourself in Dark Family Tales. Each season features 5 supernatural stories revolving around the Finn family. From ghosts to demons to witchcraft, their reunions are never boring. It begins with one stormy night (don't they always) that changes a little boy's perception of reality. But it takes him almost twenty years to learn the truth of why it happened in the first place. Everyone around him has their own story to tell and carries a piece...

Phoenix sacrificed everything to become one of the greatest necromancers in nightwalker history-including his beauty, though that was by accident rather than design. As beauty is everything to vampires, he has been a pariah ever since, disowned, discarded, and largely forgotten by everyone he once called family and friend.Nowadays, he lends his skills to sorcerer Jackie Black and the notorious Clan Mordred. If he still feels lonely and isolated, and...

Jav and Dayon didn't expect their last day at Illusion High to turn out the way it did. It was normal until suddenly everyone vanished, except them. They soon discover their school holds crazy secrets, which lead them on a mystery adventure to uncover the truth.