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How I Stole the Princess's White Knight and Turned Him to Villainy: Miracle 6 by A.J. Sherwood
Final part of the series! Blurb and tags to come...Categorized as:
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Age of Swords by Michael J. Sullivan, Marc Simonetti
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 53 ratingsA Goodreads Choice Award Nomination for Best Fantasy Novel of 2017 The gods have been proven mortal and new heroes will arise as the battle continues in the sequel to Age of Myth--from the author of the Riyria Revelations and Riyria Chronicles series.In Age of Myth, fantasy master Michael J. Sullivan launched readers on an epic journey of magic and adventure, heroism and betrayal, love and loss... -
The First Chronicles of Druss the Legend by David Gemmell
Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars · 38 ratingsHe was known as Druss. The Deathwalker. Though the blood of merciless butchers coursed through his veins, he had found a fragile peace through his love for beautiful, mystical Rowena. Then came the day when Druss returned to their village and found everyone dead--massacred by slavers who had stolen the women to sell for gold. Rowena was among the missing... -
The Lord John Series by Diana Gabaldon
Diana Gabaldon, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Outlander series, delivers captivating tales of history, intrigue, and suspense that feature one of her most popular characters: Lord John Grey. This thrilling eBook collection—featuring three novels and one collection of novellas—follows Lord John as he defends his country, ferrets out spies, and unravels a haunting family mystery... -
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In This Moment by Gabrielle Meyer
Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsMaggie inherited a gift from her time-crossing parents that allows her to live three separate lives in 1861, 1941, and 2001. Each night she goes to sleep in one time period and wakes up in another. Until, that is, she turns twenty-one, when she will have to forfeit two of those lives--and everyone she knows in them--forever... -
Witch Light by Susan Fletcher
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 30 ratings1692. Corrag, a wild young girl from the mountains of Scotland, has been imprisoned as a witch. Terrified, in a cold, filthy cell, she awaits her fate of death by burning – until she is visited by Charles Leslie, a young Irishman, hungry to question her. For Corrag knows more than it seems: she was witness to the bloody and brutal Massacre of Glencoe... -
The Sapphire Brooch by Katherine Lowry Logan
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsThe long awaited sequel to the Kindle Time Travel Romance Bestseller THE RUBY BROOCH! The saga of the brooches continues in this Civil War Time Travel Romance... A Union soldier risks everything to save the life of Abraham Lincoln, while a Confederate surgeon races through time to preserve Lincoln’s Legacy. Reenactor Dr... -
The Locket by Ruth Saberton
Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsLockets, like hearts, keep secretsDuring the golden summer before the First World War, Emily Pendennys knows her duty is to rescue the family fortunes by marrying well. Falling in love is little more than a dream and leaving her small Cornish village an impossibility. But as the storm clouds of war gather a chance encounter changes Emily’s future and steals her heart forever...Categorized as:
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The Emerald Brooch by Katherine Lowry Logan
Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsDavid McBain can do the impossible with one hand tied behind his back, but miracles take him a wee bit longer... Two deployments in Afghanistan couldn't prepare Major David McBain and Captain Kenzie Wallis-Manning for the week leading up to D-Day - June 6, 1944... -
The Wedding by L.L. Muir, Diane Darcy
Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe long-anticipated finale...No matter how long they've waited and how carefully they've planned, Soni and Simon's wedding was never going to be typical, especially with so many witches, former ghosts, and who-knows-what on the guest-list. And that doesn't include Soni's recently returned uncle Wickham who might literally be immortal...Categorized as:
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When & Where by Rebecca Ruger
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsLocal news reporter Autumn Winters’ life is simply perfect. She has a job she loves in a city that loves her, a fiancé who adores her, friends she can count on through thick and thin, her entire life mapped out, one ideal chapter after another...Categorized as:
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Eris : The Lost Goddesses by Alessa Thorn
Eris, the goddess of chaos, has given up hope of ever breaking free of the curse that’s haunted her for centuries—until the Fates offer her an unexpected chance at redemption. Enter Enzo Silviano, a charming bartender and failed therapist with a hidden lineage going back to ancient Troy...Categorized as:
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The Immortality Trials: The Complete Collection by Eliza Raine
Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsWhat if Hercules wasn’t the hero we all thought he was?His daughter, Lyssa, knows just how cruel he can be. But she has left that life behind and now her battered smugglers ship, the Alastor, flies under everyone’s radar - just how she likes it.The Gods have a different plan for her though... -
A Well-Tempered Heart by Jan-Philipp Sendker
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 37 ratingsThe sequel to the international best-selling novel The Art of Hearing Heartbeats Almost ten years have passed since Julia Win came back from Burma, her father’s native country. Though she is a successful Manhattan lawyer, her private life is at a crossroads; her boyfriend recently left her, she has suffered a miscarriage, and she is, despite her wealth, unhappy with her professional life... -
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The Court of the Underworld : A Paranormal Romance Greek Gods Series by Alessa Thorn
Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsSing, O' Muse, of how the gods returned to build a new world from the ashes.Sing, of the new city of Styx, and the monsters that govern its underworld...This boxset collects the first four books of 'The Court of the Underworld', with each book a dangerously sexy, fast-paced paranormal romance featuring Hades and the members of his Court...Categorized as:
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The Parallel Series by Elizabeth O'Roark
The first four books in the Parallel Series plus bonus novella and bonus epilogue!Top Ten of 2019 - R...Categorized as:
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Fated by K.K. Allen
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsKatrina Summer finally comes to terms with her enchanted skin as she is challenged with an evil that threatens Apollo Beach.In a desperate search for her missing locket, Katrina is swept into a whole new world of mythological enchantment that places her at the helm of a looming threat...Categorized as:
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The Elysean Dream by D.N. Hoxa
A year ago I was dragged into what I thought was hell against my will—the Daedalus Palace in the Elysean city of Idaea. Turns out that was just a place, but there’s an actual hell here, so now I'm going in there, too. This time, though? Death is pretty much guaranteed, and I'm going in willingly...Categorized as:
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Copper Chain by James Maxwell
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsWhen a desperate king threatens Dion and everything he loves, only dangerous magic can keep him safe.Dion, now king of Xanthos, is finally in command of the naval fleet he’s always dreamed of. But his hopes for peace are jeopardized when King Palemon, in dire need of ships to rescue his starving people from the frozen wastelands of the north, invades the Salesian city of Malakai...Categorized as:
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Called by a Viking series Box Set by Mariah Stone
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsFive Viking warriors. Five modern women. Five journeys through time. Can modern women survive in an alpha Viking world?5 books. 900+ pages of steamy, Nordic, time travel romance with the exclusive series epilogue unavailable anywhere else.Book 1: Viking's Desire - A captive time traveler. A Viking jarl on a mission...Categorized as:
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Laverna by Alessa Thorn
Rome has always had two rulers - Romulus, the god of the above, and Laverna, the goddess of the below. But the time for their hostile peace is at an end, and if they don't come together, the whole city will burn. Laverna, the goddess of thieves, has always ruled Rome's underground with her army of outcasts...Categorized as:
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Barbarian Princess by Damion Hunter, Amanda Cockrell
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe epic second Roman adventure in The Centurions series Correus and Flavius, half brothers and rivals, have found the life of a Centurion to be a dangerous one. After imprisonment and torture, Flavius has found his strength and proven his mettle. Correus, son of a slave, has found glory on the battlefield...Categorized as:
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Silver Road by James Maxwell
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsChloe’s quest to escape the Oracle’s prophecy leads her to a magus with a secret: the eldren are not the only race to use magic in warfare. An ancient power is rediscovered, and a forgotten people will return. Meanwhile, cursed by his birth, Dion tries to forge a new life at sea, away from both the eldren and his former life in Xanthos, but the one thing he can’t leave behind is his heritage...Categorized as:
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Wolfsbane by N.J. Layouni
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsLosing the twenty-first century was bad enough, but Martha Bigalow's situation is about to become a whole lot worse. Only days after her marriage to Vadim—a handsome outlaw stalked by grim shadows of the past—Martha is captured by his arch nemesis, the evil Earl of Edgeway...Categorized as:
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The Savior's Sister by Jenna Moreci
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsLeila Tūs Salvatíraas, Savior of Thessen and magical Queen of Her realm, is worshiped by all.Except Her father. He wants Her dead.The Sovereign’s Tournament—a centuries-long tradition designed to select The Savior’s husband—is days away, but Brontes’s plan to overthrow his daughter ignites, shifting the objective of the competition from marriage to murder...Categorized as:
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The Path of Flames by Phil Tucker
Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsA war fueled by the dark powers of forbidden sorcery is about to engulf the Ascendant Empire. Agerastian heretics, armed with black fire and fueled by bitter hatred, seek to sever the ancient portals that unite the empire - and in so doing destroy it.Asho--a squire with a reviled past--sees his liege, the Lady Kyferin, and her meager forces banished to an infamous ruin... -
Dead Serious Halloween Special by Vawn Cassidy
It’s Halloween and Chan’s hosting a party at Harrison’s newly inherited occult bookshop. Tristan is looking forward to a night of music, food and fun costumes with his husband and their friends.What they actually get is chaos on the streets of Whitechapel when they accidentally open the Gospodar, the master copy of all fairy tales and let all of the creatures loose... -
Gods & Monsters by Janie Marie
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsThe human race stands on the brink of extinction; the result of a plague the likes of which the world has never seen. When salvation comes, it isn’t a miracle cure created by science or our government that saves us. No, our saviors are monsters. Jane appears to be nothing special. In fact, she’s a sad sight to behold, afflicted by the sorrow of her tragic past and failing marriage...Categorized as:
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Descent by L.J. Swallow
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe story of Vee and the Four Horsemen continues in Book Six of The Four Horsemen series. The other books in this reverse harem urban fantasy series must be read first. The Four Horsemen are forced to form an alliance with their enemies to take on a new threat to the world. But can they be trusted? Vee's true self is revealed, and the Four learn more about their past...Categorized as:
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The New Kingdom by Wilbur Smith
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn the heart of Egypt,Under the watchful eye of the Gods,A new power is rising . . .In the city of Lahun, Hui lives an enchanted life. The favoured son of a doting father, and ruler-in-waiting of the great city, his fate is set. But behind the beautiful façades a sinister evil is plotting... -
The Last Oracle by Delia J. Colvin
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCan love defy death itself? From Bestselling author, Delia Colvin, THE LAST ORACLE, is the passionate finale to The Sibylline Trilogy that weaves Greek mythology with a modern tale of eternal love! Alex has waited 3000 years to finally marry his soul mate...his symbolon... -
The Crown of the Dark Prince by Arcadia Rayne
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Crown of the Dark Prince is the exciting sequel to the bestselling novel The Rose in the Shadows and promises readers a steamy story filled with magic, secrets, betrayals, and heart-pumping action. Theadora Moore has finally found her place within the Athenian Court...Categorized as:
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Blood Games by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsBlending the dark eroticism of the vampire with the suspenseful adventure in history's most exotic locales, Yarbro's Saint-Germain epic continues in this third book that takes place in the last chaotic days of Nero's Rome... -
Midnight on the Marne by Sarah Adlakha
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSet during the heroism and heartbreak of World War I, and in an occupied France in an alternative timeline, Sarah Adlakha’s Midnight on the Marne explores the responsibilities love lays on us and the rippling impact of our choices.France, 1918. Nurse Marcelle Marchand has important secrets to keep... -
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The Snow Song by Sally Gardner
Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsWomen imprisoned by superstition, chained by guilt. Perched on a mountain in a land of ancient forests is a village, rife with secrets. Cut off from the outside world it is run by the elders, men to whom tradition is all.Edith lives alone with her alcoholic father who is forcing her to marry the village butcher. But she is in love with a shepherd who promised to return to her... -
Angel's Indecent Proposal by Meg Xuemei X
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsPrincess Rose is no innocent damsel and no pawn. Before I move the chess pieces, she strikes. She knows exactly how to stoke my unbridled lust for her, and she hangs the one hot night in front of me like an unattainable prize. But she can’t deny her own attraction to me, either. The lust is mutual. While it burns me, it also scorches her...Categorized as:
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Hearts Across Time by Sherry Ewing
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBestselling author Sherry Ewing presents this special edition novel combining Katherine and Riorden’s complete story from For All of Ever and Only For You in Hearts Across Time: The Knights of Berwyck, A Quest Through Time Novel (Books One & Two)...Categorized as:
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Echo of Roses by Paula Quinn
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWas she ready to explore the heart of a warrior? Welcome to book 1 in the exciting new series, Echoes in Time, from New York Times Best Selling author Paula Quinn.After receiving a dragon brooch from a distant great aunt, twenty-first century historian Kestrel Lancaster finds herself in fifteenth century England. Smack in the middle of a war...Categorized as:
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Dancing With a Ghost by Alex J. Adams
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTobyBeing an event planner, working at my parents’ exclusive country hotel wasn’t at the top of my career list. Quite frankly, it wasn’t even on it, but when my latest venture, starting my own dance studio went pear shaped, it was suggested I give up my dream and join the family business.It was bearable... -
The Highlander's Reluctant Bride by Aileen Adams
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsCaitlin Graham’s a lowland lass, living with her uncle. She, her sister, and her brother were orphaned at a young age and Uncle Jamie graciously took them in. When her uncle tells her she’s caught the eye of a highland laird at a wedding feast a few weeks back she agrees to secure her uncle’s position with the highland tribes by taking the laird’s hand...Categorized as:
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After the Fall by Morgan O'Neill
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratings"After the Fall" ratchets up the tension as time traveler Gigi Perrin and her husband, the Roman warrior Quintus Magnus, join forces with the Visigoth King Alaric to march on Rome. There waits Princess Galla Placidia, the admirable sister of the despicable Emperor Honorius. About to be forced into an arranged marriage by her brother, Placidia fears a bleak future, trapped in a loveless union...Categorized as:
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Tempted by Ruin by Mia West
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt’s hard to be a ruthless mercenary when the man who owns your heart won't stop risking his neck…Gawain has earned his place in Arthur’s small gang of warriors with a bold agility that pays in their secret missions against the Saxons. Capturing the heart of a certain mercenary has been the hawk’s only failure.“Try again in seven years,” Palahmed said... -
악녀의 남주님 6 by Haron Lee
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratings어느 날, 눈 떠보니 소설 『달의 마음을 녹이는』의 악녀, 유니페 마그놀리아가 되어버렸다. 남주 이시드 루크렌체를 사랑했던 소설 속 유니페는 여주 라엘을 괴롭히다 그녀의 전 남자친구인 카시안에게 죽임을 당할 운명이다.그나마 다행인 건, 원작 시작 한참 전인 마법사 아카데미 입학식 날의 유니페에 빙의했다는 것. 원작과 같은 불행한 결말을 맞고 싶지 않기에, 유니페는 이시드와 라엘을 피해 무사히 아카데미 졸업에 성공한다.하지만 원작 시작 1년 전, 유니페는 그토록 피해 다녔던 이시드와 아주 진하게 엮여버리고 만다. 단순한 해프닝이라고 생각한 유니페와는 달리 하룻밤 관계는 하지 않는다 단호하게 말하는 이시드... -
악녀의 남주님 5 by Haron Lee, R.su
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratings어느 날, 눈 떠보니 소설 『달의 마음을 녹이는』의 악녀, 유니페 마그놀리아가 되어버렸다. 남주 이시드 루크렌체를 사랑했던 소설 속 유니페는 여주 라엘을 괴롭히다 그녀의 전 남자친구인 카시안에게 죽임을 당할 운명이다.그나마 다행인 건, 원작 시작 한참 전인 마법사 아카데미 입학식 날의 유니페에 빙의했다는 것. 원작과 같은 불행한 결말을 맞고 싶지 않기에, 유니페는 이시드와 라엘을 피해 무사히 아카데미 졸업에 성공한다.하지만 원작 시작 1년 전, 유니페는 그토록 피해 다녔던 이시드와 아주 진하게 엮여버리고 만다. 단순한 해프닝이라고 생각한 유니페와는 달리 하룻밤 관계는 하지 않는다 단호하게 말하는 이시드... -
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Amora by Grant J. Hallstrom
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratings“Light at the end of the arched tunnel. Blood on the stone wall. Rust on the cell’s bars. The glance of a gladiator sitting in his cell. The soldier’s sandals stepping in front of her. Amora grasped every detail as her world moved in slow motion, drawing her closer to her fate. The stench of death permeated the suffocating darkness, making a mockery of the heightened vitality within her... -
Of Magic and Rum by Carly Spade
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen Atlantis throttles Rhode into another place and time, she’s forced to keep her sea nymph identity a secret from unsuspecting mortals. Now fathoms from her realm and threatened by a vicious sea monster, she’ll require a ship to get back home.The plan is Find a crew. Stow away disguised as a cabin boy. And kill the captain once they reach the Mediterranean Sea. That was the plan...Categorized as:
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Heart of a Satyr: A Sci-Fi Monster Romance by Cara Wylde
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsIt was a normal day at the farm, feeding the animals as the kids played, the cats and dogs in tow. Until I heard a commotion in the barn and went to investigate. I didn’t know it then, but the one waiting for me inside, hurt and bleeding, would change my life.His name is Thyas and he comes from another planet. He’s an alien with horns, goat legs, a tail, and hooves instead of feet... -
Timeborne : Revamped Edition 2025 by Sara Samuels
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsWhen the ancient scriptures are uttered.....you never know what might happen under the blinding light of a full moon. She was born in darkness, under the shadow of a full moon during a solar eclipse, with a mysterious black dagger at her side. As a child, Olivia James witnessed her mother’s gruesome murder. As an adult, her godfather has trained her to be a skilled fighter... -
The Toymakers by Robert Dinsdale
Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars · 34 ratingsDo you remember when you believed in magic? An enchanting, magical novel set in a mysterious toyshop - perfect for fans of Erin Morgenstern's The Night Circus and Stephanie Garber's Caraval by way of Jessie Burton's The Miniaturist It is 1917, and while war wages across Europe, in the heart of London, there is a place of hope and enchantment... -
Cave Man Need Wife by Frankie Love
I’ve been here a long ass time. Lonely as hell and wishing for a wife.When a woman arrives, she thinks she’s time-travelled to a prehistoric nightmare.I think she’s finally come home.She’s innocent, curvy, and all kinds of cute.And she thinks I’m nothing but a cave man.Growly. Grumpy. Gruff.She’s not wrong.She also has ideas about marriage...Categorized as:
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