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Sookie Stackhouse is a mind-reading waitress in Bon Temps, Louisiana, where dating is tough—until she meets Bill Compton, a handsome stranger whose thoughts are blissfully silent. The catch? Bill’s a vampire with a dangerous past. When a series of murders rattles their small town and bloodthirsty vampires come looking for trouble, Sookie finds herself caught in a deadly mystery.

Now she must decide if falling for a vampire is worth the risk—or if her new romance might get her killed.

Welcome to Midnight, Texas, a town with many boarded-up windows and few full-time inhabitants, located at the crossing of Witch Light Road and the Davy highway. It’s a pretty standard dried-up western town.

There’s a pawnshop with three residents. One is seen only at night. There’s a diner, but people stopping there tend not to linger. There’s a newcomer, Manfred Bernardo, who just wants to work hard and blend in. But Manfred has secrets of his own…

In a world where magic and tech surge and vanish without warning, mercenary Kate Daniels cleans up the mess left behind. When her guardian is murdered, Kate is pulled into a deadly power struggle between vampire-controlling necromancers and a ruthless clan of shapechangers. Each side blames the other for a string of strange killings—but the truth may be far more dangerous.

Armed with her sword and a sharp tongue, Kate hunts a killer through Atlanta’s magical chaos, knowing she’s in over her head—and loving every minute of it.

In 16th-century Madrid, scullery maid Luzia Cotado hides her knack for small miracles—until her mistress forces her to use magic to boost the family’s status. When Luzia’s talents draw the attention of Antonio Pérez, the king’s disgraced secretary, she’s swept into a perilous world of mystics, alchemists, and royal schemes. As her fame grows, so does the risk of the Inquisition discovering her Jewish heritage.

To survive, Luzia must outwit powerful enemies—and decide whether to trust a cynical, secretive immortal who just might be her only ally.

Mercy Thompson, a shapeshifting mechanic raised by werewolves but cast out for forbidden love, keeps to herself in the Tri-Cities—until a newly turned teenage werewolf shows up at her shop, desperate and dangerous. Hoping to help, she turns to her neighbor Adam, the local Alpha.

But that one act of kindness sets off a chain of events that pulls Mercy back into the world she tried to leave behind—and forces her to face the very pack that once abandoned her. Some bonds may be broken, but trouble still knows where to find her.

In 1915 America, the Ku Klux Klan isn’t just fueled by hate—they’re possessed by actual demons, and they’re hellbent on unleashing the apocalypse. But Maryse Boudreaux, armed with a cursed blade and unshakable resolve, won’t let them win. Alongside a sharpshooter and a Harlem Hellfighter, she hunts the monstrous Klansmen across the South.

Now, something terrifying is rising in Macon—and the war between good and evil is about to explode. If Maryse fails, Hell won’t just come to Earth—it’ll swallow it whole.

Ever since her father’s death, Miranda Crabtree has ferried contraband through the bayou for a mad preacher, protecting a secret child and an old witch in the shadows. But when the preacher makes a horrifying demand, Miranda is thrust into a storm of supernatural threats and human cruelty. As darkness spreads through the swamp, she must decide how far she’s willing to go—and what she’s willing to lose—to protect those she loves.

The Boatman’s Daughter is a haunting, lyrical tale of survival, sacrifice, and the monsters we become.

In 1954 Chicago, 22-year-old Army vet Atticus Turner sets out with his Uncle George and friend Letitia to find his missing father, only to face both the horrors of Jim Crow America and eerie supernatural forces. Their search leads to a mysterious New England manor, where Atticus discovers his father imprisoned by a secret occult group with dark plans centered on Atticus himself.

As magic, monsters, and ancestral secrets collide, Atticus must fight to survive a ritual that could destroy him—and everyone he loves—forever.

All the creatures of the night gather in “the Hollows” of Cincinnati, to hide, to prowl, to party . . . and to feed.

Vampires rule the darkness in a predator-eat-predator world rife with dangers beyond imagining—and it’s Rachel Morgan’s job to keep that world civilized.

A bounty hunter and a witch with serious sex appeal and an attitude, she’ll bring ’em back alive, dead . . . or undead.

In the eerie town of Missing Mile, NC, outcasts gather in the dark—Ghost, who sees the unseen; Ann, desperate for love; and Nothing, a boy just discovering a monstrous truth about his father—and himself. When three ancient, bloodthirsty wanderers arrive, they pull Nothing and Ann into a violent, seductive road trip to New Orleans.

As desire and danger blur, Ghost follows, using his strange gifts to save his friends from the vampires—and from themselves—before the journey consumes them all. A Southern gothic tale of found family, fatal hunger, and supernatural destiny.

I’m Amelia Gray, a cemetery restorer with a secret—I see ghosts. I’ve lived by strict rules to keep the dead at bay, but everything changes when Detective Devlin walks into my life, trailed by spirits. A young woman’s body is found in a Charleston graveyard, and only I can read the headstone clues that point to the killer. Devlin needs my help, but his ghosts threaten my safety—and my resolve.

As danger closes in, I’m drawn deeper into a mystery that blurs the line between the living and the dead.

From New York Times bestselling author Stephen Graham Jones comes a gripping novel blending psychological horror with sharp social commentary on identity politics and the American Indian experience. Following four American Indian men and their families, the story reveals how a violent event from their youth haunts them years later. As an unstoppable entity seeks revenge, they face the consequences of abandoning their culture and traditions.

Praised by Stephen King as “thrilling, literate, scary, and immersive,” this tale masterfully weaves together revenge, identity, and heritage.

Angel Crawford’s life is a mess—living with her alcoholic dad in the Louisiana swamps, dropped out of high school, battling a pill addiction, and on probation for a felony. After overdosing and waking up unscathed from a car crash, she gets an anonymous offer for a job at the county morgue—one she can’t refuse.

Suddenly, Angel faces a crush on a deputy, a new craving for brains, and a morgue filling with victims of a brutal serial killer. To survive, she must grow up fast—or become dead meat.

Anita Blake is small, dark, and dangerous. Her turf is the city of St. Louis. Her job: re-animating the dead and killing the undead who take things too far.

But when the city’s most powerful vampire asks her to solve a series of vicious slayings, Anita must confront her greatest fear—her undeniable attraction to master vampire Jean-Claude, one of the creatures she is sworn to destroy…

Jack, a night shift clerk at a 24-hour gas station, has dealt with drunk customers, shoplifting raccoons, and even otherworldly visitors—until his best friend uncovers a local politician’s body in a car trunk. This discovery pulls Jack into a supernatural conspiracy involving monster hunters, sociopaths, doomsday cultists, and bizarre garden gnomes.

Armed with sarcasm, wit, and too much coffee, Jack must survive the dark, ancient force haunting everyone’s dreams. But with all this chaos, one thing’s clear: he’s definitely not getting paid enough for this.

Patricia Campbell’s life feels small and suffocating—until James Harris, the charming nephew of her deranged neighbor, appears. At first, he seems like a breath of fresh air, but when local children start disappearing, Patricia suspects he’s hiding something sinister. As her book club digs deeper, she uncovers a horrifying truth: James isn’t just dangerous—he’s not even human.

With everything she loves at risk, Patricia must rally her friends and fight back in this chilling, gore-filled twist on Southern hospitality and suburban horror.