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The False Prince by Jennifer A. Nielsen
THE FALSE PRINCE is the thrilling first book in a brand-new trilogy filled with danger and deceit and hidden identities that will have readers rushing breathlessly to the end. In a discontent kingdom, civil war is brewing. To unify the divided people, Conner, a nobleman of the court, devises a cunning plan to find an impersonator of the king's long-lost son and install him as a puppet prince... -
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Redemption by Erica Stevens
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsA year has passed since the war against Jack’s father that freed the humans from their roles as blood slaves and servants to the vampire race. Having left the palace behind in order to ensure that the outer towns are obeying the new laws, Jack struggles to come to terms with the grief and haunting memories that drove him from the palace in the first place...Categorized as:
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![In Time by Alexandra Bracken]()
In Time by Alexandra Bracken
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 40 ratingsDon't miss this exciting short story that connects The Darkest Minds to its much-anticipated sequel, Never Fade. Gabe's life has been devastated in the wake of the economic crash. The only option left for someone like him to escape his tragic past is to leave his small town behind and to attempt to become a skiptracer... -
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Writing on the Wall by Tracey Ward
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsI’m a girl stuck in Neverland with The Lost Boys. I’m no Wendy, I can hold my own. I don’t need to wait around for Peter to save me, but I’m also not an idiot. I know my enemies. It's been nearly a decade since the world ended. Since Joss watched her parents die at the hands of a nightmare, a nightmare that stalks her even now, all these years later... -
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Replay by Ken Grimwood
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 45 ratingsJeff Winston was 43 and trapped in a tepid marriage and a dead-end job, waiting for that time when he could be truly happy, when he died. And when he woke and he was 18 again, with all his memories of the next 25 years intact. He could live his life again, avoiding the mistakes, making money from his knowledge of the future, seeking happiness...Categorized as:
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Reckoning by Laury Falter
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsReckoning - the third book in the bestselling Guardian Trilogy... With Maggie alone and on the run and with unknown forces conspiring against her, she is in more danger than ever before. As Eran struggles to protect her, Maggie unwittingly ignites the final battle between the Fallen Ones and Alterums, one that could separate her and Eran forever... -
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From Kiss to Queen by Janet Chapman
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsA new romance from the New York Times bestselling author of the Spellbound Falls novels... Jane Abbott knows that she's nobody special, so instead of looking for romance she's hunting partridge in the Maine woods when a plane crashes into a nearby pond. Diving in to save the pilot, Jane instinctively gives him air by way of a lifesaving kiss, and leads him to safety through a barrage of gunfire... -
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Alphabet of Thorn by Patricia A. McKillip
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsDeep inside a palace on the edge of the world, the orphan Nepenthe pores over books in the royal library, translating their languages and learning their secrets. Now sixteen, she knows little of the outside world—except for the documents that traders and travelers bring her to interpret... -
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The Scourge by A.G. Henley
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsSeventeen-year-old Groundling, Fennel, is Sightless. She's never been able to see her lush forest home, but she knows its secrets. She knows how the shadows shift when she passes under a canopy of trees. She knows how to hide in the cool, damp caves when the Scourge comes. She knows how devious and arrogant the Groundlings' tree-dwelling neighbors, the Lofties, can be... -
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As the World Dies: Untold Tales Volume 1 by Rhiannon Frater
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsTHE FIRST DAYS: AS THE WORLD DIES introduced Jenni and Katie and their harrowing journey to the makeshift fort in the Texas Hill Country. But theirs is not the only tale to be told. In the first volume of the AS THE WORLD DIES UNTOLD TALES experience three terrifying tales of those who are forced to face the unrelenting and hungry walking dead... -
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Defy by Raine Thomas
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsSeventeen-year-old Tate is about to make her parents’ dreams come true. Unfortunately for her, their dreams foretell her death. Eager to explore more of the Estilorian plane and prove her abilities, Tate goes against her parents’ wishes and leaves the area of protection surrounding her home...Categorized as:
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Reborn by Tara Brown
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsTwenty years ago a man made a child he never intended to love. Ten years ago the world ended and Emma turned her back on the man she believed was her father...in an attempt to survive. Eight weeks ago she discovered the truth about her family, including the sister she never knew existed. Last week she had her heart broken by the one man she never imagined giving it to...Categorized as:
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Free Souls by Susan Kaye Quinn
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsWhen your mind is a weapon, freedom comes at a price. The final installment of the Mindjack Trilogy is here! Four months have passed since Kira left home to join Julian’s Jacker Freedom Alliance, but the hole in her heart still whistles empty where her boyfriend Raf used to be... -
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In the Coils of the Snake by Clare B. Dunkle
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsClare Dunkle's acclaimed fantasy trilogy-- now available in paperback For thousands of years, young women have been vanishing from Hallow Hill, never to be seen again. Now Kate and Emily have moved there with no idea of the land's dreadful heritage--until Marak decides to tell them himself... -
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Winter Omens by Trisha Leigh
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsAlthea and Lucas barely escaped the Others’ clutches in the autumn, and were separated in the process. Alone and on the run from the cruel alien race determined to exterminate her, Althea struggles to adapt and survive in a world she never imagined. When a boy named Pax appears out of nowhere, he quickly recognizes Althea for what she is – a human/Other hybrid just like him... -
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Darkfall by Janice Hardy
Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsWar has come. Nya’s the one who brought it. And the people love her for it. With Baseer in shambles and Geveg now an impenetrable military stronghold, Nya and the Underground have fled to a safer location—without Tali... -
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Eternity by Laury Falter
Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsEternity - the second book in the bestselling Guardian Trilogy... Maggie thought she was safe until an old enemy arrives in New Orleans with a dire threat: A battle is on the way. With only a few days to spare, she and Eran embark on a path that is expected to prepare them for the world’s most evil creatures...Categorized as:
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The Princess Tales, Volume I by Gail Carson Levine, Mark Elliott
Once upon a time... A kind sister and a cruel one. A charming prince. A spiteful fairy. A hundred-year snooze. A pea under a pile of mattresses. A kiss...Categorized as:
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The Alpha King by Emily North
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsA sheltered omega dreamed of the perfect mate.Elizabeth Cypress has lived her entire life under the shadow of an impossible destiny—she must become the perfect omega.But she never felt further from that dream than when she learned that the scarred and brutal alpha, Rill, was her fated mate.High up in the mountains, an alpha king ruled a crumbling kingdom...Categorized as:
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Ellie's Wolf by Maddy Barone
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn a post-apocalyptic world where women are rare and valuable, Ellie Overdahl is a widow far from home at the mercy of strangers. Sold to be a prize in a Bride Fight, she manages to send word to her cousin, begging for rescue. For six years, Quill Wolfe has mourned the loss of the woman his wolf chose to be his mate... -
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Once Upon a Marigold by Jean Ferris
Christian was clueless when he started spying on the royal family through his telescope. He lives in a cave with a troll for a dad, after all. If his dad had only warned him about all that mind-boggling love stuff, maybe things wouldn't be such a mess. Although then, maybe, Princess Marigold would be dead. But Christian wasn't warned...Categorized as:
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Wick by Megan Derr
Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsFour tales of men who refuse to be molded... Swordwick is the story of a prince who dares to wield both blade and wick—until he must pretend to be something else for the sake of his sister. Odd Wick tells the tale of a wick of extraordinary genius who wants nothing more than the ordinary Captain serving as his escort... -
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Devour by Megan Duncan
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsYou never know how strong you are until something makes you choose between humanity, and the beast. As Claire descended deep into the ancient tomb; laying to rest the bodies of the fallen, she wondered if time healed all wounds, would an eternity be long enough? Still recovering from a brutal attack that nearly killed her, she refused to let evil win... -
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Broken Skies by Theresa Kay
Rated: 3.99 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThirty years ago, civilization collapsed. Few survived.Ten years ago, the aliens arrived…and stayed.One year ago, I killed two men and went a little crazy.Today, the aliens took my brother and I will do anything to get him back. In seventeen-year-old Jax Mitchell's world, humans are nearly extinct and alien settlers have arrived... -
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Oubliette by Megg Jensen
Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsReychel thought she was finally free. She was wrong. Everyone saw her gift of prophecy as a blessing, but her gift is uncontrollable. No one alive can teach her to manipulate her unique gift and the answers she needs lie buried within a madman’s journals. She’s thrust in the midst of a brewing war and the only uniting factor for her people is their belief in the Prophet... -
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Season of Wonder by Lisa Tawn Bergren, Lisa T. Bergren
Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsIn the first book of the new futuristic dystopian series from author Lisa T. Bergren, the chosen remnants must work to redirect humanity’s course. THEIR ARRIVAL WAS FORETOLD FOR YEARS . . . Andriana is a Remnant, gifted as an empath and one of the Ailith, destined to act as humanity’s last shield against the horrors that now plague those who remain... -
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Thorns by Kate Avery Ellison
Rated: 3.97 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsSequel to "Frost". Lia Weaver went against everything she’d ever known when she risked her life to help a Farther fugitive named Gabe escape from the Aeralian soldiers, and her life changed forever... -
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Blue Fire by Janice Hardy
Rated: 3.97 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsPart fugitive, part hero, fifteen-year-old Nya is barely staying ahead of the Duke of Baseers trackers. Wanted for a crime she didnt mean to commit, she risks capture to protect every Taker she can find, determined to prevent the Duke from using them in his fiendish experiments... -
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Severed by Megg Jensen
Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBook Three: Cloud Prophet Trilogy Reychel knows her gift of prophecy will lead to madness and now she is at her most vulnerable. The enemy army will attempt to sever her from everything she's ever known: her homeland, her friends, Mark, and her gift. Even at her weakest, she refuses to give up on her desire to end the war between the Malborn and the Serenians... -
![The Enchantments of Flesh and Spirit by Storm Constantine]()
The Enchantments of Flesh and Spirit by Storm Constantine
Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsIn this powerful and elegant story set in a future Earth very different from our own, a new kind of human has evolved to challenge the dominion of Homo sapiens. This new breed is stronger, smarter, and far more beautiful than their parent race, and are endowed with psychic as well as physical gifts. They are destined to supplant humanity as we know it, but humanity won't die without a struggle... -
![Ethereal Fury by Jessica O'Gorek]()
Ethereal Fury by Jessica O'Gorek
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBEWARE! THE PLANET IS WOUNDED... THE GEMINI ARE RISING AND OUR TIME ON EARTH IS LIMITED Angry at the human race and its methodical destruction of her resources, Mother Earth recruits souls who have just left their bodies to serve Her, and turns them against humanity. Gemini, a clan of paranormal beings, picked from these possessed humans, emerges... -
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Transcender: First-Timer by Vicky Savage
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsRipped away from her quiet Connecticut life with the force of a lightning bolt and glitched into a weird alternate universe, Jaden Beckett lands smack in the middle of a kidnapping--her own! The powerful Inter-Universal Guidance Agency (IUGA) engineers her escape and is working overtime to return her home. But now Jaden's not sure where she belongs... -
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Justice Buried by Hilary Thompson
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe people need Justice, but she's not listening. One hundred years before, the Great Sickness reduced the world to three cities. Now the community of Asphodel is trapped underground, waiting for the prophesied maiden of Justice to return and save them from their Fates. Sixteen-year-old Astrea is supposed to be this savior - too bad for them she isn't a believer...Categorized as:
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Indulge by Megan Duncan
Rated: 3.95 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsClaire's heart is torn between her first vampire love, Dmitry, and the Blood Mate, Arrick, that she is eternally bonded to with a powerfully deep and emotional connection. A vengeful vampire is haunting her steps, after Claire killed their mate. An ancient evil threatens to rip her world apart... -
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Closed Hearts by Susan Kaye Quinn
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsWhen you control minds, only your heart can be used against you. Eight months ago, Kira Moore revealed to the mindreading world that mindjackers like herself were hidden in their midst. Now she wonders if telling the truth was the right choice after all. As wild rumors spread, a powerful anti-jacker politician capitalizes on mindreaders’ fears and strips jackers of their rights... -
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All the Paths of Shadow by Frank Tuttle
Rated: 3.95 of 5 stars · 15 ratings“Walk warily, walk swiftly, walk away.” The king’s orders were clear enough. “Move the tower’s shadow,” he bellowed. “I refuse to deliver my commencement speech from the dark.” As the newly appointed mage to the Crown of Tirlin, Meralda Ovis has no choice but to undertake King Yvin’s ill-conceived task... -
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Bluewing by Kate Avery Ellison
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsLia Weaver is a fugitive. Her family's farm has been confiscated by Farther soldiers, her sister has been reassigned to a new family in the village, and her official status is "missing." Now, she and a band of fugitive followers must make their home in the harsh wilderness of the Frost...Categorized as:
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Haven by Laury Falter
Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsFrom the bestselling author of the Guardian Trilogy comes a new romantic suspense... HAVEN, Apocalypse Chronicles, Part I On an ordinary day in early September, Kennedy Shaw leaves for school unaware that within a few minutes the world she knows will be gone - succumbed to an outbreak of epidemic proportions... -
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Weavers by Kate Avery Ellison
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsEvery day, life in the Frost grows increasingly perilous for its inhabitants. The Farther occupation continues, and food is becoming scarce. And Lia Weaver’s family is facing increasing perils, too—Jonn pushes his health to the brink as he works to uncover the secrets of Echlos, and Ivy risks everything to get food for the family...Categorized as:
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![Mine to Spell by Janeal Falor]()
Mine to Spell by Janeal Falor
Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsCynthia has always hidden from her father’s hexes behind her older sister. When her family gains independence unheard of for women, she’s relieved that her days of harsh punishments are over. But as her seventeenth birthday approaches—the typical age to be sold to a new master—death threats endanger her sisters. She now faces two options: run or meet society’s expectations... -
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Revelations by J.A. Souders
Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSix weeks after her arrival on the Surface, Evelyn Winters is no closer to unlocking the memories lost in her subconscious than she was when she first came. Isolated in a strange new society, Evie has only Gavin Hunter to remind her of who she once was. But even with a clean slate, it’s easy to see that Evie doesn’t fit in on the Surface... -
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Drastically Redefining Protocol by rageprufrock
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMerlin (BBC), Modern AU, Fan FictionIn which Prince Arthur meets Merlin and all hell promptly breaks lose... -
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Eddie's Prize by Maddy Barone
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLisa Anton was a world-famous fashion model before her plane crashed in a post-apocalyptic future where women are precious and rare, and technology is only a memory. Offered as a prize in a Bride Fight for the best fighter to take home, Lisa becomes the wife of a man she barely knows. Gorgeous and passionate in bed, her new husband tells her he loves her...Categorized as:
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Violet Eyes by Nicole Luiken
Rated: 3.87 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsI'm the Idea Girl, the one who can always think of something to do. Angel Eastland knows she's different. It's not just her violet eyes that set her apart. She's smarter than her classmates and more athletically gifted. Her only real competition is Michael Vallant, who also has violet eyes -- eyes that tell her they're connected, in a way she can't figure out. Michael understands Angel...Categorized as:
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![Imaginations by Tara Brown]()
Imaginations by Tara Brown
Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsIn the Club of the Unknown, where the music blares and the faces are hidden behind masks, Gwyn meets a boy. Not just any boy, but one she is certain she has met before. Only that's not possible. Gwyn lives in the last city of men, where memories are made through repetition and yesterday is forgotten with the reset. The world has peace, what's left of it anyway... -
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Save Me by L.J. Baker
Rated: 3.84 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsAndi was doing just fine on her own. Sure the world had been hit with an outbreak that turned anyone infected into flesh eating zombies. Not to mention that everyone she ever loved was now dead. She was alive though, taking care of herself. She had little desire to indulge in building relationships with anyone. People just couldn't be trusted... -
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Aeralis by Kate Avery Ellison
Rated: 3.85 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsLia Weaver and her friends have finally driven the Farther soldiers from the Frost, but all is not settled yet. Ann Mayor and her father have found themselves the target of violence, the villagers are fighting, and Jonn’s life hangs in the balance...Categorized as:
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The Fire King by Amber Jaeger
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsFrom the author of The Cold King comes a dark tale of passion, vengeance and redemption. Revenge can be its own poison… Katiyana Nix was a princess but only wanted what every other little girl had—a mother to love and teach her and a father to care for her. Instead, she grew up lonely in the shadow of her mother’s death while her father was absent in his grief...Categorized as:
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The Twelfth Keeper by Belle Malory
Rated: 3.82 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWhen sixteen-year-old Kennedy Mitchell is proclaimed the world’s last keeper, she thinks it’s a cruel joke. Come on- her? Impossible. She’s no warrior. She isn’t wise beyond her years, or more importantly, capable of keeping Earth safe. Except...no one will listen. And since all evidence says otherwise, the job is hers whether she likes it or not... -
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Poisoned by Katherine Pine
Rated: 3.78 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsPoisonous mists settled in the lowlands 17 years ago, rendering ninety percent of the land uninhabitable and killing over half the population. Most blame their misfortune on industrialization or the fey, but some curse Snow White, the princess who was born poisoned...
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