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Tessa Adams
Dark Embers (Dragon’s Heat #1)
Soulbound (Lone Star Witch #1) – reviewed by Candace
Ann Aguirre
Enclave (Razorland #1)
Outpost (Razorland #2)
G.A. Aiken
The Dragon Who Loved Me (Dragon Kin #5) – reviewed by Kelly
Cassie Alexander
Nightshifted (Edie Spence #1)
Moonshifted (Edie Spence #2)
Ilona Andrews
Magic Bites (Kate Daniels #1)
Gunmetal Magic (Kate Daniels #5.5) – reviewed by Candace
“A Questionable Client” in Magic Graves (a Kate Daniels short story)
Vivi Andrews
No Angel (in Winter Wishes anthology)
Serengeti Shifters series
Vivian Arend
Tangled Tinsel (in Winter Wishes anthology)
Jennifer L. Armentrout
Obsidian (Lux #1) – reviewed by Jo
Opal (Lux #3) – reviewed by Jo
Kelley Armstrong
Thirteen (Women of the Otherworld #13) – reviewed by Jo
Amityville Horrible (Women of the Otherworld #10.5) – reviewed by Jo
Keri Arthur
Full Moon Rising (Riley Jenson, Guardian #1) – reviewed by Jo
Amanda Ashley
Bound by Blood (Bound #2)
Jennifer Lynn Barnes
Raised by Wolves (Raised by Wolves #1) – review by Jo
Lisa M. Basso
The Shimmer of Angels (Angel Sight #1) – review by Jo
Jacqueline M. Battisti
The Guardian of Bastet - review by Jo
Jenn Bennett
Kindling the Moon (Arcadia Bell #1)
Bekka Black
iDRAKULA
Jenna Black
Dark Descendant (The Descendants #1) – Reviewed by Jo
Kendare Blake
Anna Dressed in Blood (Anna #1)
Amanda Bonilla
Shaedes of Gray (Shaede Assassin #1)
Blood Before Sunrise (Shaede Assassin #2)
Phillipa Bornikova
This Case is Gonna Kill Me – reviewed by Jo
Sarah Rees Brennan
Team Human with Justine Larbalestier
David Bridger
Beauty and the Bastard
Quarter Square (Wild Times #1)
Patricia Briggs
“Gray” (short story in Home Improvement: Undead Edition anthology)
Meljean Brook
The Iron Duke (Iron Seas #1)
Heart of Steel (Iron Seas #2)
Riveted (Iron Seas #3)
“Blushing Bounder” (novella in Wild & Steamy anthology)
Laura J. Burns
Crave (Crave #1) with Melinda Metz
Sacrifice (Crave #2) with Melinda Metz
Jim Butcher
Storm Front (Dresden Files #1) – reviewed by Jo
Rachel Caine
Glass Houses (Morganville Vampires #1)
Dead Girls’ Dance (Morganville Vampires #2)
Ill Wind (Weather Warden #1)
Coreene Callahan
Fury of Fire (Dragonfire #1) – reviewed by Mary
Kristen Callihan
Firelight (Darkest London #1) – reviewed by Jo
Moonglow (Darkest London #2) – reviewed by Jo
Winterblaze (Darkest London #3) – reviewed by Jo
Angela Cameron
Michael (Blood & Sex #1)
Jonas (Blood & Sex #2)
Amanda Carlson
Full Blooded (Jessica McClain #1) – reviewed by Chelsea
Hot Blooded (Jessica McClain #2) – reviewed by Jo
Gail Carriger
Soulless (Parasol Protectorate #1) – reviewed by Jo
Etiquette & Espionage (Finishing School #1) – reviewed by Megan S. from Stellar Four
P.C. Cast & Kristin Cast
Tempted (House of Night #6)
Burned (House of Night #7)
Awakened (House of Night #8)
Dragon’s Oath (House of Night novellas #1)
After Moonrise (duology with Gena Showalter) – reviewed by Candace
Karen Chance
Touch the Dark (Cassandra Palmer #1)
Cassandra Clare
City of Bones (The Mortal Instruments #1)
Clockwork Angel (Infernal Devices #1)
Kresley Cole
A Hunger Like No Other (Immortals After Dark #1)
Lothaire (Immortals After Dark #12) – Reviewed by Candace
Poison Princess (Arcana Chronicles #1)
Shadow’s Claim (The Dacians #1) – reviewed by Candace
Suzanne Collins
Mockingjay (Hunger Games #3)
Tina Connolly
Ironskin
Karina Cooper
Blood of the Wicked (Dark Mission #1)
Lure of the Wicked (Dark Mission #2)
All Things Wicked (Dark Mission #3)
Sacrifice the Wicked (Dark Mission #4)
One for the Wicked (Dark Mission #5)
Carolyn Crane
Mind Games (Disillusionists #1)
“Kitten-Tiger and The Monk” (novella in Wild & Steamy anthology)
Andrea Cremer
Nightshade (Nightshade #1)
Wolfsbane (Nightshade #2)
Lauren Dane
Heart of Darkness (Bound by Magick #1)
J.C. Daniels
Blade Song (Colbana Files #1) – review by Jo
Night Blade (Colbana Files #2) – review by Jo
Tessa Dawn
Blood Destiny
Alyssa Day
Heart of Atlantis (Warriors of Poseidon #8) – reviewed by Candace
Sierra Dean
A Low Down Dirty Shane (Misfits & Mayhem #1)
Lisa Desrochers
Personal Demons (Personal Demons #1)
Christina Dodd
Wilder (Chosen Ones #5) – reviewed by Candace
Jocelynn Drake
Nightwalker (Dark Days #1) – reviewed by Amy
J.N. Duncan
Deadworld (Deadworld #1)
Cynthia Eden
Angel of Darkness (The Fallen #1)
Hailey Edwards
Soul Weaver (Wicked Kin #1) – reviewed by Jo
Rinda Elliott
Dweller on the Threshold (Beri O’Dell #1) – reviewed by Amanda
Jennifer Estep
Spider’s Bite (Elemental Assassin #1)
Deadly Sting (Elemental Assassin #8) – reviewed by Amanda
Chris Farnsworth
The President’s Vampire (Nathaniel Cade #2)
Red, White, and Blood (Nathaniel Cade #3)
Angie Fox
Immortally Yours (Monster M*A*S*H #1) – reviewed by Krista
Anthony Francis
Frost Moon (Skindancer #1) – reviewed by Jo
Jacqueline Frank
Hunter written as JAX – reviewed by Candace
Jeaniene Frost
Halfway to the Grave (Night Huntress #1)
One Foot in the Grave (Night Huntress #2)
At Grave’s End (Night Huntress #3)
This Side of the Grave (Night Huntress #5)
One Grave at a Time (Night Huntress #6)
“One for the Money” in Magic Graves (a Night Huntress short story)
Once Burned (Night Prince)
Andrew Fukuda
The Hunt (The Hunt #1)
Stacy Gail
Nobody’s Angel (Earth Angels #1) – review by Jo
Jax Garren
How Beauty Met the Beast (Tales of the Underlight #1) – reviewed by Jo
How Beauty Saved the Beast (Tales of the Underlight #2) – reviewed by Jo
J.T. Geissinger
Shadow’s Edge (Night Prowler #1) – reviewed by Jo
Seressia Glass
Shadow Blade (Shadowchasers #1) – review by Jo
Colleen Gleason
The Vampire Voss (Regency Draculia #1)
Mira Grant
Feed (Newsflesh #1)
Claudia Gray
Afterlife (Evernight #4)
Linda Grimes
In a Fix (In a Fix #1) – reviewed by Jo
Jess Haines
Hunted by the Others (H&W Investigations #1)
Laurell K. Hamilton
Obsidian Butterfly (Anita Blake #9)
Cynthia Hand
Unearthly (Unearthly #1)
Karin Harlow
Enemy Mine (L.O.S.T. #2) – reviewed by Candace
Molly Harper
How to Flirt with a Naked Werewolf (Naked Werewolf #1) – reviewed by Jo
Charlaine Harris
Dead to the World (Sookie Stackhouse #4)
Dead in the Family (Sookie Stackhouse #10)
Dead Reckoning (Sookie Stackhouse #11)
Deadlocked (Sookie Stackhouse #12)
Dead Ever After (Sookie Stackhouse #13)
Home Improvement: Undead Edition anthology
Kim Harrison
Dead Witch Walking (The Hollows/Rachel Morgan #1)
Pale Demon (The Hollows/Rachel Morgan #9)
A Perfect Blood (The Hollows/Rachel Morgan #10)
Thea Harrison
Dragon Bound (Elder Races #1)
Storm’s Heart (Elder Races #2) – reviewed by Jo
Oracle’s Moon (Elder Races #4) – reviewed by Candace
Rising Darkness (A Game of Shadows #1) -reviewed by Mary
Meagan Hatfield
Shadow of the Vampire
Kevin Hearne
Hounded (Iron Druid #1)
Hexed (Iron Druid #2)
Trapped (Iron Druid #5) – reviewed by Jo
Lynda Hilburn
The Vampire Shrink – reviewed by Candace
Nancy Holder
Possessions (Possessions #1)
Crusade (Crusade #1) with Debbie Viguié
Damned (Crusade #2) with Debbie Viguié
Loribelle Hunt
Kiss of Darkness
Faith Hunter
Skinwalker (Jane Yellowrock #1) – reviewed by Jo
Larissa Ione
Pleasure Unbound (Demonica #1)
Desire Unchained (Demonica #2)
Immortal Rider (Lords of Deliverance #2) reviewed by Candace
Lethal Rider (Lords of Deliverance #3) reviewed by Candace
Rogue Rider (Lords of Deliverance #4) reviewed by Candace
Allyson James
Stormwalker (Stormwalker #1) -reviewed by Amber
Elle Jasper
Afterlight (Dark Ink Chronicles #1)
Everdark (Dark Ink Chronicles #2)
Stacey Jay
Dead on the Delta (Annabelle Lee #1)
Blood on the Bayou (Annabelle Lee #2)
Hannah Jayne
Under Wraps (Underworld Detection Agency #1)
Darynda Jones
First Grave on the Right (Charley Davidson #1) – reviewed by Jo
Sophie Jordan
Firelight (Firelight #1)
Vanish (Firelight #2)
Julie Kagawa
The Iron King (Iron Fey #1)
The Iron Daughter (Iron Fey #2)
The Iron Queen (Iron Fey #3)
The Iron Knight (Iron Fey #4)
The Lost Prince (Iron Fey: The Call of the Forgotten #1)
The Immortal Rules (Blood of Eden #1)
The Eternity Cure (Blood of Eden #2) – roundtable review
Stacia Kane
Unholy Ghosts (Downside Ghosts #1)
Unholy Magic (Downside Ghosts #2)
City of Ghosts (Downside Ghosts #3)
Sacrificial Magic (Downside Ghosts #4)
Chasing Magic (Downside Ghosts #5)
Finding Magic (Downside Ghosts novella/prequel)
Personal Demons (Megan Chase #1)
“Rick The Brave” (Downside short story, in Home Improvement: Undead Edition anthology)
Alma Katsu
The Taker (The Taker #1) – reviewed by Chelsea
The Reckoning (The Taker #2) – reviewed by Amy
Stacey Kennedy
Werewolves Be Damned (Magic & Mayhem #1) – reviewed by Jo
Sherrilyn Kenyon
Fantasy Lover (Dark-Hunter #0.5)
Time Untime (Dark-Hunter #17) – reviewed by Candace
Caitlin Kittredge
Street Magic (Black London #1)
Gini Koch
Touched by an Alien (Katherine “Kitty” Katt #1)
Jayne Ann Krentz
Copper Beach (Dark Legacy #1) – reviewed by Candace
Justine Larbalestier
Team Human with Sarah Rees Brennan
Kate Locke
God Save the Queen (Immortal Empire #1) – reviewed by Megan S.
Laurie London
Hidden by Blood (Sweetblood novella)
Tempted by Blood (Sweetblood #3) – reviewed by Candace
Seduced by Blood (Sweetblood #4) – reviewed by Candace
Tahereh Mafi
Unravel Me (Shatter Me #2) – reviewed by Amanda
Karen Mahoney
The Iron Witch (Iron Witch #1)
The Wood Queen (Iron Witch #2)
Falling to Ash (Moth #1)
Melissa Marr
Graveminder - reviewed by Chelsea
“The Strength Inside” (short story in Home Improvement: Undead Edition anthology) – reviewed by Chelsea
Wicked Lovely (Wicked Lovely #1) – reviewed by Mary
Gail Z. Martin
The Sworn (Fallen Kings #1)
Seanan McGuire
Midnight Blue-Light Special (Incryptid #2) – reviewed by Krista
Rosemary and Rue (October Daye #1) – reviewed by Amy
Richelle Mead
Storm Born (Dark Swan #1)
Thorn Queen (Dark Swan #2)
Iron Crowned (Dark Swan #3)
Shadow Heir (Dark Swan #4)
Succubus Blues (Georgina Kincaid #1)
Succubus Dreams (Georgina Kincaid #3)
Succubus Heat (Georgina Kincaid #4)
Succubus Shadows (Georgina Kincaid #5)
Succubus Revealed (Georgina Kincaid #6)
Vampire Academy (Vampire Academy #1)
Frostbite (Vampire Academy #2)
Shadow Kiss (Vampire Academy #3)
Blood Promise (Vampire Academy #4)
Spirit Bound (Vampire Academy #5)
Bloodlines (Bloodlines #1)
The Golden Lily (Bloodlines #2)
The Indigo Spell (Bloodlines #3)
Melinda Metz
Crave (Crave #1) with Laura J. Burns
Sacrifice (Crave #2) with Laura J. Burns
Stephenie Meyer
The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner
Karen Marie Moning
Darkfever (Fever #1)
Bloodfever (Fever #2)
Faefever (Fever #3)
Dreamfever (Fever #4)
Shadowfever (Fever #5)
Iced: A Dani O’Malley Novel (Fever #6/Fever World #1)
Courtney Allison Moulton
Angelfire (Angelfire #1)
Jill Myles
Gentlemen Prefer Succubi (Succubus Diaries #1)
My Fair Succubi (Succubus Diaries #3)
“Vixen” (novella in the Wild & Steamy anthology)
Beauty Dates the Beast (Midnight Liasons #1) writing as Jessica Sims
Elisabeth Naughton
Marked (Eternal Guardians #1) – reviewed by Jo
Chloe Neill
Some Girls Bite (Chicagoland Vampires #1)
Friday Night Bites (Chicagoland Vampires #2)
Twice Bitten (Chicagoland Vampires #3)
Hard Bitten (Chicagoland Vampires #4)
Drink Deep (Chicagoland Vampires #5)
Biting Cold (Chicagoland Vampires #6)
House Rules (Chicagoland Vampires #7)
Jana Oliver
The Demon Trapper’s Daughter (Demon Trapper #1)
Kristen Painter
Blood Rights (House of Comarré #1)
Flesh and Blood (House of Comarré #2)
Pamela Palmer
A Blood Seduction (Vamp City #1) – Review by Candace
Allison Pang
A Brush of Darkness (Abby Sinclair #1)
A Sliver of Shadow (Abby Sinclair #2)
A Trace of Moonlight (Abby Sinclair #3)
Nicole Peeler
Tempest Rising (Jane True #1)
Jesse Petersen
Married with Zombies (Living with the Dead #1)
Aprilynne Pike
Wings (Wings #1)
Tom Pollock
The City’s Son (Skyscraper Throne #1)
Kalayna Price
Grave Witch (Alex Craft #1) – reviewed by Jo
Cherie Priest
Bloodshot (Cheshire Red #1)
Hellbent (Cheshire Red #2)
S.M. Reine
Death’s Hand (Descent #1) – reviewed by Jo
Katie Reus
Alpha Instinct (Moon Shifter #1) – reviewed by Jo
Primal Possession (Moon Shifter #2) – reviewed by Jo
Mating Instinct (Moon Shifter #3) – reviewed by Jo
J.D. Robb
Naked in Death (In Death #1)
Cecy Robson
Sealed with a Curse (Weird Girls #1) – reviewed by Amanda
Moira Rogers
A Safe Harbor (Building Sanctuary #1)
Crux (Southern Arcana #1)
Freeze Line (in Winter Wishes anthology)
Wilder’s Mate (Bloodhounds #1) – reviewed by Jo
Veronica Roth
Divergent (Divergent #1)
Cate Rowan
Kismet’s Kiss
Michelle Rowen
Dark Kiss (Nightwatchers #1)
Diana Rowland
My Life as a White Trash Zombie (White Trash Zombie #1)
Jaime Rush
The Darkness Within (Offspring novella) – reviewed by Jo
Turn to Darkness (Offspring novella) – reviewed by Jo
Carrie Ryan
The Forest of Hands and Teeth (Forest of Hands and Teeth #1)
J.A. Saare
Crimson Moon (Crimson #1)
Crimson Sunrise (Crimson #2)
Dead, Undead or Somewhere in Between (Rhiannon’s Law #1)
The Renfield Syndrome (Rhiannon’s Law #2)
The Ripple Effect (Rhiannon’s Law #3)
Lilith Saintcrow
Night Shift (Jill Kismet #1) – reviewed by Amy
Lynsay Sands
Under a Vampire Moon (Argeneau #16) – review by Candace
The Lady is a Vamp (Argeneau #17) – review by Candace
Immortal Ever After (Argeneau #18) – review by Candace
M.J. Scott
Iron Kin (Half-Light City #3) – reviewed by Amanda
Victoria Scott
The Collector (Collector Trilogy #1) – reviewed by Jo
Gena Showalter
Lord of the Vampires (Royal House of Shadows #1)
Wicked Nights (Angels of the Dark #1) – review by Candace
Beauty Awakened (Angels of the Dark #2) – review by Candace
Beauty Awakened (Angels in the Dark #2) – review by Candace
Alice in Zombieland (White Rabbit Chronicles #1) – review by Candace
After Moonrise (duology with P.C. Cast) – reviewed by Candace
Eve Silver
Sins of the Soul (Otherkin #2)
Sins of the Flesh (Otherkin #3)
Body of Sin (Otherkin #4)
Jessica Sims
Beauty Dates the Beast (Midnight Liasons #1)
Nalini Singh
Archangel’s Consort (Guild Hunter #3)
Archangel’s Blade (Guild Hunter #4)
Archangel’s Storm (Guild Hunter #5)
Angels’ Flight (Guild Hunter anthology) – reviewed by Candace
Slave to Sensation (Psy/Changeling #1)
Jessa Slade
Darkness Undone (Marked Souls #4)
Kerrelyn Sparks
Wild About You (Love at Stake #13) – reviewed by Candace
Rosalie Stanton
Lost Wages of Sin (Sinners & Saints #1)
Know Thine Enemy
Lili St. Crow
Strange Angels (Strange Angels #1)
Maggie Stiefvater
Shiver (Wolves of Mercy Falls #1)
Juliana Stone
To Hell and Back (League of Guardians #1.5)
Dianne Sylvan
Of Shadow Born (Shadow World #4) – reviewed by Krista
Lynn Viehl
Nightborn (Lords of the Darkyn #1) reviewed by Candace
Debbie Viguié
Crusade (Crusade #1) with Nancy Holder
Damned (Crusade #2) with Nancy Holder
Rachel Vincent
My Soul to Steal (Soul Screamers #4) – reviewed by Chelsea
If I Die (Soul Screamers #5) – reviewed by Chelsea
Before I Wake (Soul Screamers #6) – reviewed by Jo
With All My Soul (Soul Screamers #7) – reviewed by Jo
Blood Bound (Unbound #1) – reviewed by Chelsea
Shadow Bound (Unbound #2) – reviewed by Chelsea
Shiloh Walker
Hunter’s Fall (The Hunters #13)
Through the Veil (Veil #1)
Veil of Shadows (Veil #2)
Blade Song (Colbana Files #1) writing as J.C. Daniels – review by Jo
J.R. Ward
Dark Lover (Black Dagger Brotherhood #1)
Lover Eternal (Black Dagger Brotherhood #2)
Lover Awakened (Black Dagger Brotherhood #3)
Lover Revealed (Black Dagger Brotherhood #4)
Lover Unbound (Black Dagger Brotherhood#5)
Lover Enshrined (Black Dagger Brotherhood #6)
Lover Avenged (Black Dagger Brotherhood #7)
Lover Mine (Black Dagger Brotherhood #8)
Lover at Last (Black Dagger Brotherhood #11) – roundtable review
Rapture (Fallen Angels #4) – reviewed by Jo
L.A. Weatherly
Angel Burn (Angel Trilogy #1)
Jaye Wells
Red-Headed Stepchild (Sabina Kane #1)
Kiersten White
Paranormalcy
Laura Wright
Eternal Captive (Mark of the Vampire #3) reviewed by Candace
