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Shadow Saga II (Christopher Golden)Series

series7 books1994

Set in our world and contemporary.

“Christopher Golden's Shadow Saga follows Peter Octavian, a centuries-old vampire working as a private investigator in a Boston where humans live alongside a hidden population of supernatural creatures, beginning with Of Saints and Shadows.”
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Start with Of Saints and Shadows →

Black DaggerUniverse

universe52 books2005

Paranormal romance, emotional in tone, about vampires.

“Come to Caldwell, New York, after dark, where the war has been running longer than the city has had a name.”
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Start with Dark Lover →

includes Black Dagger Brotherhood, The Lair of the Wolven, Prison Camp, Black Dagger Legacy

The Mortal InstrumentsUniverse

universe70 books2007

“There is a world laid over your own like a second skin, and you have been trained since birth not to see it.”
from the catalogue

Start with City of Bones →

includes The Dark Artifices, The Infernal Devices, Magnus Bane, Ghosts of the Shadow Market, Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy, The Last Hours, The Eldest Curses

Otherworld (Kelley Armstrong)Series

series100 books1996

Paranormal, set in north america.

“Each book tends to follow a different member of this hidden community while slowly building a shared, continuing world.”
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Start with Bitten →

Sandman SlimSeries

series15 books2009

Dark in tone, set in big city.

“Richard Kadrey's Sandman Slim follows James Stark, a magician who spent eleven years trapped fighting in Hell before escaping back to a Los Angeles that isn't much friendlier, looking for revenge against the circle that sent him there.”
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Start with Sandman Slim →

Cassandra PalmerUniverse

universe40 books2006

Urban fantasy, set in our world and contemporary.

“Cassie Palmer sees dead people, reads the future, and was raised by vampires who'd have sold her to the highest bidder — and that's before the job offer.”
from the catalogue

Start with Touch the Dark →

includes Dorina Basarab, Dhampir, Lia de Croissets, John Pritkin, Lia and Cyrus, Kit Marlowe, Mircea Basarab

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