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Enemies & Shadows by Ginn Hale
Book seven. When John opens a letter addressed to his missing roommate, Kyle, he expects to find a house key, but instead he is swept into a strange realm of magic, mysticism, revolutionaries and assassins. Though he struggles to escape, John is drawn steadily closer to a fate he share with Kyle—to wake the destroyer god, the Rifter, and shatter a world... -
The Silent City by Ginn Hale
When John opens a letter addressed to his missing roommate, Kyle, he expects to find a house key, but instead he is swept into a strange realm of magic, mysticism, revolutionaries and assassins. Though he struggles to escape, John is drawn steadily closer to a fate he share with Kyle—to wake the destroyer god, the Rifter, and shatter a world... -
Traitor's Moon by Lynn Flewelling
The war between Pleminar and Skala continues. There are growing rumors that Skala's ancient ally, Mycena, is about to join with the wealthier Pleminar, cutting Skala off from all trade routes. Now Alec and Seregil are sent on their most daring mission yet: convince the people of Aurenen, who exiled Seregil years ago, to join Skala and end the war... -
Broken Fortress by Ginn Hale
The Rifter: Volume SixWhen he was ordained as the Kahlil of the Payshmura Church,Ushiri Ravishan left behind his name and home. In the foreignworld of Nayeshi, he watched over the destroyer incarnation ofthe god Parfir, though the young man—John Toffler—had no ideaof his own deadly potential.Only once in ten years does Kahlil desert his duty... -
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The Assassin's Curse by Lindsay Buroker
When outlaws Amaranthe and Sicarius chance upon spies stealing military prototypes, they immediately give chase. Well, immediately after Amaranthe talks Sicarius, former assassin and all-around non-altruistic type, into the mission...Categorized as:
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The Archer's Heart Book Three by Astrid Amara
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn the ancient kingdom of Marhavad, noblemen dominate the lower castes, wielding mystic weapons, known as shartas, against any who oppose them. For generations the rule of Marhavad’s kings has been absolute. But now the line of succession is divided, and whispers of revolution are heard in even the royal palace. Keshan Adaru, an outspoken man of unearthly charms, welcomes these changes... -
Corrag by Susan Fletcher
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsA breathtaking novel of passion and betrayal in seventeenth-century Scotland, and the portrait of an unforgettable heroine accused of witchcraft.February 13, 1692. Thirty-eight members of the MacDonald clan are killed by soldiers who had previously enjoyed the clan's hospitality. Many more die from exposure... -
The High King's Tomb by Kristen Britain
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 48 ratingsFor Karigan G'ladheon, the call of magic in her blood is too strong to resist. Karigan returns to the Green Riders, the magical messengers of the king, to find she's badly needed. Rider magic has become unstable, many Riders have been lost, and the Rider corps is seriously threatened. The timing couldn't be worse. An ancient evil, long dormant, has reawakened, and the world is in peril... -
The Evanescence by Jessica Sorensen
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsBook two in the Fallen Souls Series. My name is Gemma Lucas and everything in my life is falling apart. Lost Souls are roaming the world, possessing people and the fey have made it their mission to torture the innocent. Death and suffering is becoming a way of life and no matter what I do, things keep tearing Alex and me apart... -
Catch & Hold by Claudy Conn
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsRadzia MacDaun’s mission of vengeance has turned into a rescue operation… but will she need to be rescued, too? When Gaiscioch killed her father, Radzia—Z to her friends—vowed to take the Seelie traitor down as painfully as possible. Plans for revenge were put on hold, however, when Gaiscioch abducted her housekeeper and friend, and Z had no choice but to dive into the pit to save her... -
The Archer's Heart Book Two by Astrid Amara
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn the ancient kingdom of Marhavad, noblemen dominate the lower castes, wielding mystic weapons, known as shartas, against any who oppose them. For generations the rule of Marhavad’s kings has been absolute. But now the line of succession is divided, and whispers of revolution are heard in even the royal palace. Keshan Adaru, an outspoken man of unearthly charms, welcomes these changes... -
Scorched by Darkness by Alexandra Ivy
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsBook 2 in the USA Today Bestselling series, The Dragons of Eternity As a half-breed dragon, Torque never had the luxury of choosing his future. Not only did his father barter him to the highest bidder, but a rare Shinto fey claimed to see him in a vision that involved recovering a lost treasure for the powerful dragon, Synge... -
Broken Aro by Jen Wylie
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsOpen your eyes to darkness. What do you see? Does the darkness frighten you? Now imagine the darkness being the cargo hold of a slave ship. Your city has fallen. Your family is most likely dead. You don't know anyone around you, and some of them aren't even human. Giving up would be so easy to do, but not for Arowyn Mason. Not after being raised in a military family with seven brothers... -
Shadows Over Innocence by Lindsay Buroker
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsNote: Despite chronology, it is recommended that The Emperor's Edge (book 1) be read first. This short story contains a spoiler for book 1. Sicarius, the emperor’s personal assassin, returns from a successful mission only to discover that the enemy is retaliating by sending an assassin of their own. The target? Five-year-old Prince Sespian...Categorized as:
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Healed by Fire by Catherine Banks
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratings“The dark approaches. Fire will consume and restore, happiness and pain must be experienced collectively. Death for three will be the end.” Her memory taken and her whereabouts unknown Artemis is taken in by a coven of witches who give her the name Chandra... -
Frost by Kathryn James
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLast time Nell went into the mist she rescued her sister. This time she’ll have to go farther than the Elven forest, farther than the frozen wastes beyond and onto a lake of primal ice so treacherous she’ll be lucky to return at all. It’s the New Year, Woodbridge School is closed and the country is snowed in... -
Compel by Rachel Van Dyken, Patti Stanger
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFrom #1 New York Times bestselling author Rachel Van Dyken and bestselling author Patti Stanger comes a gripping love story of cursed soulmates who are forced to relive tragedy over and over again until their curse is broken…Compelled to seduce, designed to kill... -
Ice Cracker II by Lindsay Buroker
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsShe’s wanted for crimes against the throne. He’s the empire’s most notorious assassin. With bounties on their heads and soldiers hunting them, they’re not likely candidates for heroics. But when they unearth a plot against the military’s premier ice breaking ship, they may be the only ones who can thwart the saboteurs...if the soldiers don't kill them first...Categorized as:
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Lost Truth by Dawn Cook
Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsFourth in the sensational series featuring Alissa, a young student of magic whose rebellious nature puts her life in danger. Alissa is steadily advancing in her magical studies with the last surviving Master at the legendary Hold. But she's haunted by dreams--dreams revealing that other Masters have survived.. -
Beloved Son by Carole Cummings
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsNewfound love might not be enough. Trust holds the possibility of both salvation and damnation. Circumstances having forced them to seek asylum in Lind, Wil and Dallin are momentarily safe, but find themselves at the center of a convergence they're not sure they're strong enough to face. The power of the land and the Mother awaits Wil in the bowels of Lind, but it comes with strings attached... -
Prince of Dogs by Kate Elliott
Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars · 37 ratings"Prince of Dogs" returns readers to the war-torn kingdoms of Wendar and Varre, and the intertwined destinies of: Alain, raised in humble surroundings but now the Count's heir; Liath, who struggles to unravel the secrets of her past while evading the traps set for her by those seeking the treasure she hides; Sanglant, believed dead by those who could save him, but actually a prisoner in the city... -
Dragon Champion by E.E. Knight
Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars · 33 ratingsDragon Champion, the first book in E. E. Knight's all-ages fantasy series chronicling the adventures of a fledgling dragon, is a dramatic departure for the author of the bestselling Vampire Earth saga ( Valentine's Rising, Tale of the Thunderbolt, et al... -
FrostFire by Zoë Marriott
Rated: 3.99 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsThis is a literary fantasy about war, racial identity and first love. Frost has left her homeland to travel to the neighbouring country of Ruan in the hope of finding a deity she believes will rid her of a curse: at the sight of her own blood, a berserker rage in the form of a wolf overtakes her and kills everyone within reach...Categorized as:
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Her Knight's Quest by Alexis Morgan
They are cursed by the gods, and war is their salvation. Love is their deliverance. For centuries, five legendary warriors have braved battles shoulder to shoulder. But now they must divide and conquer as lone champions against evil. Duncan, a scholar at heart, is drawn to an isolated abbey rumored to hold the answers to countering the terror unleashed by Duke Keirthan... -
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Dream by Carole Cummings
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhat begins as Constable Dallin Brayden escorting the prisoner Wilfred Calder back to Putnam quickly turns into a flight for both their lives. Political betrayal and malicious magic lurk behind every bush and boulder in their flight across the countryside, resulting in Dallin becoming more protector than gaoler, and fostering a growing connection between him and his charge... -
Stone of Destiny by Laura Howard
Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAllison thought it was crazy enough when she found out her father, Liam, wasn't entirely human. But now she has to join his magical allies to unravel his former mistress's plans. Aoife wants to keep Allison's parents apart forever. Despite Allison's efforts to keep Ethan, the only guy she's ever cared about, out of this supernatural mess, fate keeps throwing him back into the mix... -
Honor's Price by Alexis Morgan
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCursed by the gods. Bound by brotherhood. Freed by love. The Warriors of the Mist have fought side by side for centuries, but Kane alone has felt something darker calling to him. With the Kingdom of Agathia on the brink of rebellion, Kane knows that relying on dark magic to infiltrate the enemy’s court is dangerous but necessary despite the cost to his soul... -
The Ancient Fae by Terry Spear
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsPrincess Ritasia misses the adventure of getting her brother and cousins out of trouble, but when the hawk fae king arrives to court her, she becomes involved in trouble nothing like she's ever faced before... -
The Goblin Wood by Hilari Bell
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsIt began with the chiming of the tiny copper bell on the mantel, warning them someone was passing the ward stone her mother had placed on the path to their house ... One terrible day, Makenna, a young hedgewitch, witnesses her mother's murder at the hands of their own neighbors. Striken with grief and rage, Makenna flees the village that has been her home... -
Dark Promise by Julia Crane, Talia Jager
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsRylie has it all - great friends, dream boy, loving family. But on the eve of her sixteenth birthday, her perfect little world shatters. A stranger claiming to be her real mother appears with a secret: Rylie is a faery whose powers will be unleashed on her birthday...Categorized as:
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Queen in Exile by Donna Hatch
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsRumors of War hang over Princess Jeniah's peaceful country of Arden, a land that shuns both magic and warfare. Following a lifelong dream, Jeniah forms a telepathic bond with a revered creature called a chayim, who is prophesied to save her kingdom. But when a Darborian knight comes upon Jeniah with her chayim, he sees only a vicious monster about to devour a maiden, and he slays the beast... -
The Phoenix Charm by Helen Scott Taylor
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsParanormal Romance. HE'S PURE TEMPTATION. Cordelia has sworn she'll abstain from looking into Michael's future--particularly when the image in the gilded smoke of her divination mirror shows him half naked... -
Traitor by Megan Curd
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAshlyn never believed in fairy tales until she was in one. They say ignorance is bliss, but not when you're on a centuries old hit list...and there's a traitor in your midst. Ashlyn must decide what's most important: trusting the allies she has, or siding with those she thought were enemies... -
Talon of the Unnamed Goddess by J.R. Tomlin, C.R. Daems
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAisha is the newest Talon of the Raptor Clan, mercenaries prized by rulers, nobles, and the wealthy as elite bodyguards. Her skill with a blade and her magical rune have won her a prized place as a Talon, but she wins her fights through wits as much as her skill. Guarding a spoiled young princess is Aisha's first assignment for the clan...Categorized as:
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Mist by Kathryn James
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA chilling fairy-tale thriller for 10+ girls. Midnight: a mist-haunted wood with a bad reputation. A sweet sixteen party, and 13 year old Nell is trying to keep her sister, spoilt birthday-girl Gwen, out of trouble. No chance. Trouble finds Gwen and drags her through the mist. Only Nell guesses who’s behind the kidnap - the boy she hoped was her friend, the cute but mysterious Evan River... -
Enemy of Mine by Red L. Jameson
Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsKidnapping mortals to different eras is such fun. Trickster muse sisters, Clio and Erato, call it a glimpse, but military historian Minerva Ferguson, Erva, is fairly certain she’s gone nuts when she wakes two hundred miles from her apartment. And two hundred years in the past to Brooklyn, 1776... -
Memory's Wake by Selina Fenech
Rated: 3.87 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsLost in a world full of monstrous fairies, a troubled sixteen year old has to find out who she is and why her memories were stolen before she is found by those who want her dead. She takes the name "Memory" and knows she has just one goal - to find her way home, wherever that is. But this land is strange... -
Vixen's Valor by Charlie Cochet
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsRein Dear is a prestigious title, accompanied by admiration, devotion, and celebrity status, all of which one saucy Vixen thrives on. Alas, Vixen’s only concerned with having fun, unlike his stuffy and sensible best friend, Rudy Rein Dear, who Vixen has always been jealous of... -
An Exception by Megan Derr
Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsRiot faithfully served his lord for two decades, putting his mage skills to use helping to fight the beasts in the Territories and to make the lives of the castle inhabitants easier. When his lord dies, he is replaced by a younger man with no interest in retaining a man of Riot’s age and old-fashioned notions... -
The Magician's Apprentice by Trudi Canavan
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 46 ratingsSet hundreds of years before the events of The Magicians' Guild , THE MAGICIAN'S APPRENTICE is the new novel set in the world of Trudi Canavan's Black Magician Trilogy. In the remote village of Mandryn, Tessia serves as assistant to her father, the village Healer. Her mother would rather she found a husband. But her life is about to take a very unexpected turn... -
Through Time-Pursuit by Claudy Conn
Rated: 3.82 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsMilesian immortal Chancemont LeBlanc is determined to avenge his sister’s death at the hands of Dark Prince Pestale, who remains free after the war between the Seelie Fae and the Dark Fae. Nothing will stop Chance from fulfilling his mission of vengeance, not even the time barrier... -
Illusion by Paula Volsky
One of fantasy's brightest new stars makes her Bantam debut with a colorful, sweeping high fantasy epic set against the fires of revolution. In the land of Vonahr, the Exalted have ruled by virtue of their legendary magical abilities for centuries, heedless of the misery of the lower classes. Now revolution is in the air. . .Categorized as:
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Dark Love by Claudy Conn
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsOne goal consumes Chazma Donnelly: find the dark sorcerer who murdered her parents. When the trail leads her to Ireland, she takes a job cataloging a private library. But she doesn't expect to find a manor house that eerily echoes one in her dreams, or an employer whose touch awakens a savage darkness within her... -
The Poison Throne by Celine Kiernan
Rated: 3.81 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsWynter returns from a five-year exile in the bleak Northlands to find her beloved homeland in turmoil. King Jonathan's civilised, multicultural realm is no more; the gibbets and cages have returned... -
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Voice of the Lost by Andrea K. Höst
Medair an Rynstar wants only to leave. Five hundred years after the Empire she served fell to the Ibisian invaders, Medair has betrayed her Emperor's memory by helping the descendants of the invaders. She knows she will be reviled, that to thousands she is hero-become-villain...Categorized as:
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Embrace the Dark by Caris Roane
Rated: 3.76 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsEnter a world of blood-starved mastyr vampires and the rare women who can satisfy their deepest needs… How can he resist his blood rose… Gerrod, mastyr vampire of the Merhaine Realm, never thought to have his blood-needs satisfied by a mere human. But Abigail is no ordinary woman. She stuns him with her telepathy as well as the richness of her blood... -
The Harsh Cry of the Heron by Lian Hearn
Rated: 3.82 of 5 stars · 37 ratingsThe epic conclusion to the bestselling Tales of the Otori—"one of the most thrilling new series of our time." -The Times (London) A dazzling epic of warfare and sacrifice, passionate revenge, treacherous betrayal, and unconquerable love, The Harsh Cry of the Heron takes the storytelling achievement of Lian Hearn's fantastic medieval Japanese world to startling new heights of drama and action... -
Rua by Miranda Kavi
Rated: 3.76 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsA girl with an unknown destiny. A boy from a hidden world. When Celeste starts at a new school in a small, Kansas town, she hears whispering voices, has vivid nightmares, and swarms of blackbirds follow her every move. She is oddly drawn to aloof Rylan, the other new student who has his own secrets... -
Path of Honor by Diana Pharaoh Francis
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsTwo years after Reisil's arrival, Kodu Riik is decimated by plague and famine. And now a race of sorcerers is trying to take over. Reisil's power is feared by the nobility, others wish to exploit her, and her fellow ahalad-kaaslane begin to doubt her loyalty, as her healing magic fails to stem the rising plague... -
The White Mare by Jules Watson
AD 79 and Agricola, the ruthless governor of Roman Britain, is turning his attentions to the last unconquered territory in Britain - Alba, Scotland. Rhiann is a courageous and beautiful Scottish princess and priestess scarred by her violent past. Of noble blood, she faces what for her is the ultimate sacrifice - a forced marriage - to protect the freedom of her people...Categorized as:
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