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The Cursed (Vampire Huntress Legend)
By L. A. Banks,
4.0 (34 Reviews)
The Chairman has been killed and now Lilith, Satan's Consort sits on the vampire throne as the Vampire Council’s new Chairwoman.  She raises all the dark covens—calling every major dark witch and warlock to do her bidding.  Her goal is to distract the team members, while the unborn heir to the Dark Realms awaits his own birth.  All Lilith needs now is Damali's newly discovered angelic powers to make that come to past.  That will allow her evil progeny to walk through the veil between worlds and take his throne as the true Anti-Christ. Damali and her crew race to stop Lilith. However, raising not only the dark covens, but all vampires that had not been slain by Damali, puts the world out of balance and kicks off the Armageddon....more
Sharp Teeth
By Toby Barlow,
4.5 (47 Reviews)
An ancient race of lycanthropes has survived to the present day, and its numbers are growing. Bent on dominance, rival factions are initiating the down-and-out of L.A. into their ranks. Caught in the middle are Anthony, a kindhearted, lovesick dogcatcher, and the object of his affection: a female werewolf who has abandoned her pack. ...more
El Nombre De La Rosa (Contemporanea) (Spanish Edition)
By Umberto Eco,
5.0 (4 Reviews)
Participando de caracteristicas propias de la novela gotica, la cronica medieval, la novela policiaca, el relato ideologico en clave, y la alegoria narrativa, El nombre de la rosa ofrece distintos puntos de interes: primero una trama apasionante y constelada de golpes de efecto, que narra las actividades detectivescas de Guillermo de Baskerville para esclarecer los crimenes de una abadia benedictina; segundo, la reconstruccion portentosa de una epoca especialmente conflictiva, reconstruccion que no se para en lo exterior, sino que se centra en las formas de pensar y sentir del siglo XIV; y tercero, el modo en que Umberto Eco el teorico, Umberto Eco el ensayista, ha construido su primera novela, escrita -nos dice- por haber descubierto, en edad madura ""aquellosobre lo cual no se puede teor...more
Personal Demon (Women of the Otherworld, Book 8)
By Kelley Armstrong,
4.0 (60 Reviews)
In her acclaimed Women of the Otherworld series, Kelley Armstrong has created a scintillating realm where the supernatural and the human coexist on the edge of darkness, romance, and eternity. Now Armstrong tells the captivating tale of a young woman with an insatiable lust for danger. She can’t help it. It’s in her blood. Tabloid reporter Hope Adams appears to live the life of an ordinary working girl. But in addition to possessing the beauty of a Bollywood princess, Hope has other unique traits. For she is a half demon—a human fathered by a demon. And she’s inherited not only a gift for seeing the past but a hunger for chaos—along with a talent for finding it wherever she can. Naturally, when she’s chosen by a very dangerous group for a very dangerous mission, she jumps at th...more
The Twilight Watch (Watch, Book 3)
By Sergei Lukyanenko,
4.5 (29 Reviews)
Night Watch and Day Watch, the first two books in this remarkable series, established Sergei Lukyanenko as a breathtakingly bold talent. Part fantasy, part vampire story, and part detective potboiler, this is the most successful science fiction series of all time in Russia and a true international sensation. In America, Fox Searchlight released the film adaptation of Night Watch to rapturous reviews, and adaptations of the next two books are in production. The world of Lukyanenko is as elaborate and imaginative as Tolkien or the best Asimov: Living among us are the "Others," an ancient race of humans with supernatural powers who swear allegiance to either the Dark or the Light. A thousand-year treaty has maintained the balance of power, and the two sides coexist in an uneasy truce. I...more
Cassidy (Big Sky Dreams, Book 1)
By Lori Wick,
3.0 (40 Reviews)
Following the success of her recent stand–alone novel, White Chocolate Moments, bestselling author Lori Wick returns to delight readers with a new series set in the vast open places of Montana. Token Creek, Montana Territory, 1880—Cassidy Norton is a fine seamstress who makes her living sewing for others. Amid the bustle of a busy frontier town, her life is rich. What time her business doesn’t take, her friends and church family fill. But Cassidy hasn’t always lived in Token Creek, and few people know her full story. So she struggles with a nagging unsettledness in her heart. Cassidy’s friend Meg is married to a rancher and has a baby, something Cassidy wants for herself. But that would mean revealing the details of her life. Will Cassidy find the strength to take that ris...more
The Wolf King (Legends of the Wolves, Book 3)
By Alice Borchardt,
4.0 (20 Reviews)
In The Silver Wolf, Alice Borchardt brought the brutality and decadent splendor of Dark Ages Rome brilliantly to life in the remarkable tale of Regeane, a beautiful young shapeshifter fighting to live and love as both woman and wolf. Night of the Wolf looked back even further in time, to the days of Julius Caesar, when a woman's beauty bewitched a wolf--and awakened the man who had been slumbering for millennia in the beast's savage heart... a man named Maeniel, who would become Regeane's soul mate. Now Borchardt takes the saga of these two extraordinary lovers to dazzling new heights of the imagination. The result is a novel of which the pages ring with magic, romance, and adventure--an irresistible call to everything wild within us.The armies of Charlemagne are poised in Geneva, ready to...more