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  • A Pirate's Dream, Kingdom Book 11 by Marie Hall

    A Pirate's Dream, Kingdom Book 11 by Marie Hall

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Nimue, daughter of Hook, is desperate to prove to her parents that she’s just as brave and as much of a pirate as they are. So when she serendipitously spies the hidden isle, she knows what she must do...
  • Resurrect by Kendra Moreno, Poppy Woods

    Resurrect by Kendra Moreno, Poppy Woods

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    A deadly disease has spread through the Blooming Courts of Tuatha.The louloudi are meant to flourish for a thousand years before they return to the Earth. Death has been a distant foe for so long, no one spares it any thought. Until now. As sickness sweeps through the kingdom, with the cure always just out of reach, the courts have never been filled with so many blossoms...
    Categorized as:
    magic  m-f  fantasy  fae  reverse harem  poly  length-medium
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  • Stolen Thorn Bride by Kenley Davidson

    Stolen Thorn Bride by Kenley Davidson

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 13 ratings
    Can a stubborn farm girl steal the heart of an elf king who has sworn never to love again?After a century of war, the elves of Abreia are losing hope. Their greatest defender—Dechlan, king of the Northwatch—lies near death, and only a soul bond with a human bride can save him. The problem? No humans have set foot on elven lands for over a hundred years...
  • Echoes of Her Soul by Serena Lindahl

    Echoes of Her Soul by Serena Lindahl

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Megreria is a Kingdom built upon order. Each citizen receives an assigned House based on a test of their skills and an assigned Soul Match, the other piece of their soul as seen by the mysterious Soul Tenders. A week ago, Kiarra didn’t believe in Soul Matches and she couldn’t master any ability well enough to test into a House...
  • Dragon's Curse by H.L. Burke, Jennifer White

    Dragon's Curse by H.L. Burke, Jennifer White

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Dragon's Curse The Dragon and the Scholar Saga, Book One Fantasy/Romance On her first assignment out of the Academy, young healer and scholar, Shannon Macaulay is summoned to the struggling kingdom of Regone to see to the wounds of a young but crippled king...
    Categorized as:
    magic  m-f  fantasy  length-short
  • I Wish for You by Camilla Isley

    I Wish for You by Camilla Isley

    Rated: 3.65 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    If all your wishes could suddenly come true, what would you do? A year ago when the love of her life dumped her for no apparent reason, Ally thought she had hit rock bottom. But now that she has seen him with another woman, and one she knows only too well, her life seems to have reached a whole new level of low...
  • Empress of Storms by Nicola M. Cameron

    Empress of Storms by Nicola M. Cameron

    Rated: 3.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    A king who must offer himself as royal consort to fulfill a treaty. A young queen and mage, unexpectedly married to the man she's loved since childhood. Two countries, divided by geography and united by a political marriage, are poised on the brink of a golden age...
    Categorized as:
    magic  m-f  fantasy  length-short
  • Son of the Dragon by T.S. Joyce

    Son of the Dragon by T.S. Joyce

    Rated: 4.68 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 31 ratings
    Deep in a high security shifter prison dwells the most dangerous shifter in the world. Vyr Daye is the Red Dragon, alpha to the Sons of Beasts Crew, loner, watcher, fire-breather…and he’s also completely misunderstood. The media has dragged him through the mud, his reputation is shot, and his own father helped to put him in prison for a one-year sentence...
  • Wild Scottish Rose by Tricia O'Malley

    Wild Scottish Rose by Tricia O'Malley

    Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 30 ratings
    Is a rose without its thorns any less beautiful? Shona Scott would much rather putter in her garden than deal with brides that get hysterical over floral arrangements. Fed up, she quits the wedding business and renovates a small cottage on her property for holiday rentals. Without the weddings crowding her calendar, Shona will finally get some time to explore a newfound talent...
  • The Path of Ascension 5 by C. Mantis

    The Path of Ascension 5 by C. Mantis

    Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Don't miss Book 5 of this action-packed fantasy adventure that blends everything you love about LitRPG with Xianxia.About the This is a mix between LitRPG and Xianxia. It's like a car that looks like a LitRPG with dungeons and skills, but the interior and engine are all Xianxia...
  • The Path of Ascension 3 by C. Mantis

    The Path of Ascension 3 by C. Mantis

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    Training. Glory. Practicing for War.Shortly after pressing his Talents in an attempt for treasure netted an entire planet a reckoning against autonomous golems and a flying rift, Matt, Liz and his Bond Aster find themselves being sucked into a war...
    Categorized as:
    magic  m-f  fantasy  young adult  paranormal  length-epic
  • The Path of Ascension 2 by C. Mantis

    The Path of Ascension 2 by C. Mantis

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    With a unexpected temporary addition to the team, Matt, Liz, and Aster venture out unto the ever-expanding frontier. There, they'll deal with the challenge of an unexplored planet and all its hidden dangers.Their journey on the path of ascension continues..
  • Sea Storm by Christine Feehan

    Sea Storm by Christine Feehan

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 27 ratings
    In one trade package together for the first time-two stories of the Drake Sisters from the #1 New York Times bestselling phenomenon...
  • The Path of Ascension 6 by C. Mantis

    The Path of Ascension 6 by C. Mantis

    Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Don't miss Book 6 of this action-packed fantasy adventure that blends everything you love about LitRPG with Xianxia.About the This is a mix between LitRPG and Xianxia. It's like a car that looks like a LitRPG with dungeons and skills, but the interior and engine are all Xianxia...
    Categorized as:
    magic  m-f  fantasy  fae  paranormal
  • The Best is Yet to Come by Jessica Redland

    The Best is Yet to Come by Jessica Redland

    Rated: 4.59 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Escape to the Lake District with million-copy bestseller Jessica Redland, for an uplifting story of family, friendship and love.Emma is having a fresh start.After a successful teaching career, an exciting new chapter awaits Emma – helping her fiancé Grayson run one of Beatrix Potter's farms...
  • The Path of Ascension 4 by C. Mantis

    The Path of Ascension 4 by C. Mantis

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    After participating in the Empire's vassal war, Matt, Liz, and Aster now have a fire nipping after their heels. Or rather, their new manager, Luna. And she demands their best at all times, or she will drive them off The Path of Ascension...
    Categorized as:
    magic  m-f  fantasy  paranormal
  • Monster's Mercy by William D. Arand

    Monster's Mercy by William D. Arand

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    An existence spent being forced to kill others to satiate a Monster. Where the only thing to look forward to was the blessed, if brief, period of time between paying that bribe. Except that very same Monster is and isn’t Rene. It just happened to live inside his own mind and force him to do what it wanted. Rather than being an actual Monster...
    Categorized as:
    magic  m-f  fantasy  harems  new adult  paranormal
  • From Far Away, Vol. 04 by Kyoko Hikawa

    From Far Away, Vol. 04 by Kyoko Hikawa

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    A prophecy of doom, passed from generation to generation, has finally arrived. Manifest in the form of a young teenage girl named Noriko, the awakening promises a new world of frightening uncertainty. But not everybody lives in fear of this ancient prophecy. Slowly, a group of sympathizers has come together to befriend and protect the vulnerable teenager...
  • In Good Time by Tricia O'Malley

    In Good Time by Tricia O'Malley

    Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    It’s time to remove her crown.Aurora was raised to lead, with the expectation that she will one day become ruler of the Mer of Triste Island. There’s just one problem. Nobody’s bothered to ask Aurora if she wants to be queen. Chafing at the confines of her role, Aurora risks everything for a chance at a new life...
  • Dark Beginnings by Gena Showalter

    Dark Beginnings by Gena Showalter

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    This title includes three new stories, Lords of the Underworld, from "New York Times" bestselling author Gena Showalter. "The Darkest Fire" - He is the guardian of Hell, more monster than man. She is the goddess of oppression, more angel than woman. Together they will enter the flames to battle a horde of demon lords - and discover a passion unlike any other..
  • Night Study by Maria V. Snyder

    Night Study by Maria V. Snyder

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 39 ratings
    Ever since being kidnapped from the Illiais Jungle as a child, Yelena Zaltana's has been fraught with peril. But the recent loss of her Soulfinding abilities has endangered her more than ever before. As she desperately searches for a way to reclaim her magic, her enemies are closing in, and neither Ixia nor Sitia are safe for her anymore...
  • Kushiel's Scion by Jacqueline Carey

    Kushiel's Scion by Jacqueline Carey

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 64 ratings
    Imriel de la Courcel's blood parents are history's most reviled traitors, but his adoptive parents, the Comtesse Phèdre and the warrior-priest Joscelin, are Terre d'Ange's greatest champions. Stolen, tortured, and enslaved as a young boy, Imriel is now a Prince of the Blood, third in line for the throne in a land that revels in art, beauty, and desire...
  • Half Dead by Annabel Chase

    Half Dead by Annabel Chase

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Lorelei Clay wants to play offense for a change. She’s tired of hiding from the past she didn’t even know she had. With a promising relationship and new friends in a small town she loves, Lorelei wants to be free to live life on her terms, without the threat of death or capture hanging over her.Kane Sullivan hasn’t exactly been hiding from his past—more like he moved without a forwarding address...
  • The Scarlet Deep by Elizabeth Hunter

    The Scarlet Deep by Elizabeth Hunter

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    On the waves of the North Atlantic, a poison spreads, sapping the life from humans and striking madness into immortals. Patrick Murphy, the immortal leader of Dublin, has been trying to stem the tide of Elixir washing into his territory, but nothing seems to stop the vampire drug...
  • From Far Away, Vol. 14 by Kyoko Hikawa

    From Far Away, Vol. 14 by Kyoko Hikawa

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    After a terrorist bomb catapults her into an alternate universe full of magic and mystery, teenage Noriko finds herself the central figure in a political power struggle over a dark prophecy she's destined to fulfill, turning the man she loves into a monster that could ultimately destroy the world...
  • A Shade of Kiev 2 by Bella Forrest

    A Shade of Kiev 2 by Bella Forrest

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    There is much about my past that I have never revealed to anyone. Nobody knows that, before I lost myself, I was a physician's apprentice. I have witnessed countless human illnesses. But I have lived for centuries and never come across a vampire being sick with anything other than his own darkness. Until today...
  • Darkness, Kindled by Samantha Young

    Darkness, Kindled by Samantha Young

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Ari Johnson wishes adjusting to living with her boyfriend was her only source of excitement and anxiety. She wishes a lot of things. But then wishing was what got her here in the first place. Ari chose to be a Guild Hunter. She wanted to hunt dangerous Jinn and destroy them before they could harm innocent people...
  • From Far Away, Vol. 13 by Kyoko Hikawa

    From Far Away, Vol. 13 by Kyoko Hikawa

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    After a terrorist bomb catapults her into an alternate universe full of magic and mystery, teenage Noriko finds herself the central figure in a political power struggle over a dark prophecy she's destined to fulfill, turning the man she loves into a monster that could ultimately destroy the world...
  • Highland Hearts Holiday Bookshop by Tricia O'Malley

    Highland Hearts Holiday Bookshop by Tricia O'Malley

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Delicious banter, bookstore magic, adorable puffins, and a heartwarmingly happily-ever-after makes this an enchanting Christmas treat. The universe is playing a joke on me.An unexpected inheritance has gifted me with the dream of a lifetime – owning a charming bookshop in small-town Scotland...
  • Chade by Montana Ash

    Chade by Montana Ash

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Max’s arrival into Cali’s world has sparked both hope and controversy for their society as a whole. Change is inevitable. For Cali, Max’s unexpected appearance is a blessing, as she is finally free to be herself; a knight, a woman … a lover. Her easy-going, slightly cynical façade hides a scarred woman who yearns to be accepted...
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