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Who Made Me a Princess Vol. 1 by Spoon, 스푼
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 40 ratingsThe story of Athanasia, forsaken princess of the Obelian Empire, ends with her execution at the hands of her own father--or does it? Her tragic tale is the plot of the novel The Lovely Princess... -
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From Far Away, Vol. 05 by Kyoko Hikawa
Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsTransported into a fantastical world of high adventure, a confused and frightened teenager discovers she holds a prophetic power will awaken a new epoch of staggering uncertainty. But even with such infinite power, Noriko still relies on the help of her faithful companion Izark to protect her. There are enemies lurking everywhere and Noriko needs all the help she can get... -
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![From Far Away, Vol. 09 by Kyoko Hikawa, Trina Robbins]()
From Far Away, Vol. 09 by Kyoko Hikawa, Trina Robbins
Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsTransported into a fantastical world of high adventure, a confused and frightened teenager discovers she holds a prophetic power that will awaken a new epoch of staggering uncertainty.In the past, Noriko has relied on the help of a small cadre of sympathizer to protect her from the constant danger swirling around her. But now she finds herself in a most unusual position... -
![From Far Away, Vol. 03 by Kyoko Hikawa]()
From Far Away, Vol. 03 by Kyoko Hikawa
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsWith each passing day, Noriko discovers more and more about the strange and chimerical world she now calls home. And the more she learns... the more frightened she gets!Everyone around her is talking about an ancient prophecy and the awakening that will usher in a new epoch. To some, this foretold era is fraught with uncertainty and danger... -
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![Bourne by Lisa Tawn Bergren]()
Bourne by Lisa Tawn Bergren
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsBOURNE picks up right where TORRENT left off...Find out what has happened to men returning from the battle, gravely wounded, to the Betarrinis, fighting for the men they love, and just who is hunting them next.. -
![Castaways in Time by Sarah Woodbury]()
Castaways in Time by Sarah Woodbury
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsWith a scarlet fever epidemic raging throughout London, a rogue baron on the loose, a new baby keeping him up at night, and a kingdom to run, the last thing David has time for is a trip to the twenty-first century. But as he should know by now, time waits for no man, not even the King of England...>Castaways in Time is the seventh novel in the After Cilmeri series... -
![Test of the Twins by Margaret Weis, Tracy Hickman]()
Test of the Twins by Margaret Weis, Tracy Hickman
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 42 ratingsA confrontation with the Queen of Darkness is finally within Raistlin's reach—and Caramon will do anything to stop it—in this conclusion to the beloved Legends trilogyDefying the fate that claimed his evil predecessor, Raistlin opens the Portal to the Abyss and passes through. With Crysania at his side, he engages the Queen of Darkness in a battle for the ultimate prize—a seat among the gods... -
![7th Time Loop: The Villainess Enjoys a Carefree Life Married to Her Worst Enemy! [Manga], Vol. 1 (7th Time Loop: The Villainess Enjoys a Carefree Life Married to Her Worst Enemy! (Manga) #1) by Hinoki Kino, Touko Amekawa]()
7th Time Loop: The Villainess Enjoys a Carefree Life Married to Her Worst Enemy! [Manga], Vol. 1 (7th Time Loop: The Villainess Enjoys a Carefree Life Married to Her Worst Enemy! (Manga) #1) by Hinoki Kino, Touko Amekawa
Reincarnation drama gets sent into overdrive in this isekai tale full of romance and scheming--and don’t miss the original light novels, also from Seven Seas!Every time Riche turns twenty, she dies and is reincarnated to the day she gets dumped. She has been a merchant, an apothecary, and even a maid. For her seventh life, she has one goal: to live a long and lazy life... -
![King Arthur and Her Knights: Enthroned / Enchanted / Embittered by K.M. Shea]()
King Arthur and Her Knights: Enthroned / Enchanted / Embittered by K.M. Shea
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsIn a place and time not her own, one woman must risk everything to protect her life, her kingdom, and her heart.Britt doesn’t want to be a leader, and she definitely doesn’t want to pretend she is the legendary King Arthur. But history has other plans.A magical summons back through time lands Britt into the schemes of the surprisingly young and handsome wizard Merlin... -
![War of the Twins by Margaret Weis, Tracy Hickman]()
War of the Twins by Margaret Weis, Tracy Hickman
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 43 ratingsNow one hundred years in the future, the Majere twins and their companions set out to challenge Takhisis, the goddess of evil One hundred years have passed since the fiery Cataclysm that changed the face of Krynn forever. For one hundred years, the people of Krynn have struggled to survive. But for some, those one hundred years have passed in the blink of an eye... -
![Dawn of the Arcana, Vol. 01 by Rei Tōma]()
Dawn of the Arcana, Vol. 01 by Rei Tōma
A medieval fantasy where a princess’s mysterious power alters her fate! Reads R to L (Japanese Style). Princess Nakaba of Senan is forced to marry Prince Caesar of the enemy country Belquat, tantamount to becoming a hostage. While Caesar is pleasing to the eye, he is also selfish and possessive, telling Nakaba outright: “You are my property... -
![Fushigi Yûgi: The Mysterious Play, Vol. 5: Rival by Yuu Watase]()
Fushigi Yûgi: The Mysterious Play, Vol. 5: Rival by Yuu Watase
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsAfter finding a mysterious book, Miaka and her friend Yui are transported to a strange world that is reminiscent of ancient China, where they befriend seven Celestial Warriors and try to return home through the help of the god Suzaku... -
![Fushigi Yûgi: The Mysterious Play, Vol. 6: Summoner by Yuu Watase]()
Fushigi Yûgi: The Mysterious Play, Vol. 6: Summoner by Yuu Watase
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsA Beloved Fantasy From One Of Japan's Top Creators Prolific shôjo (""girls"") comics artist Yuu Watase has created a wonderfully exciting, funny, and heartfelt tale of a normal junior-high-school girl who is transported into a fictional version of ancient China. She encounters base villains and dashing heroes, and still manages to worry about her grades and where her next banquet is coming from... -
![Fushigi Yûgi: The Mysterious Play, Vol. 3: Disciple by Yuu Watase]()
Fushigi Yûgi: The Mysterious Play, Vol. 3: Disciple by Yuu Watase
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsA Beloved Fantasy From One Of Japan's Top Creators Prolific shôjo (""girls"") comics artist Yuu Watase has created a wonderfully exciting, funny, and heartfelt tale of a normal junior-high-school girl who is transported into a fictional version of ancient China. She encounters base villains and dashing heroes, and still manages to worry about her grades and where her next banquet is coming from... -
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![Fushigi Yûgi: Genbu Kaiden, Vol. 01 by Yuu Watase]()
Fushigi Yûgi: Genbu Kaiden, Vol. 01 by Yuu Watase
Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars · 35 ratingsWhen schoolgirl Takiko Okuda attempts to destroy her father's translation of "The Universe of the Four Gods," she is instead literally sucked into the story, becoming the Priestess of Genbu in an epic journey to find the seven Celestial Warriors! In her first encounter, she meets the mysterious outlaw Limdo, a Celestial Warrior with a tattoo of the Chinese character for "woman" on his chest... -
![Fushigi Yûgi: The Mysterious Play, Vol. 8: Friend by Yuu Watase]()
Fushigi Yûgi: The Mysterious Play, Vol. 8: Friend by Yuu Watase
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsNow that the Seiryu Warriors have ruined their attempt to summon the god Suzaku, Miaka and her Celestial Warriors are forced to travel to a frozen northern country in hopes of gathering the sacred treasures that will grant them a second chance. Rated for older teens... -
![Blackfoot by W.R. Gingell]()
Blackfoot by W.R. Gingell
Bad luck is the least of their worries…Annabel has never wanted a cat. She certainly didn’t want a secretive, sarcastic black cat who takes over her pillow and makes remarks that no one else ever seems to hear. Despite that, Blackfoot manages to slink into her life like a small, furry shadow. Now Annabel and her friend Peter are being over-run by cats...Categorized as:
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![Refuge in Time by Sarah Woodbury]()
Refuge in Time by Sarah Woodbury
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsApril 2022. When an unknown gunman sends David and William back to Earth Two, Michael and Livia are left gasping along with the rest of their universe. Accepting that their respective employers are possible suspects, not to mention untrustworthy, the pair band together in the shooting's immediate aftermath, in an attempt to put the first few pieces of the puzzle together...Categorized as:
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![Fushigi Yûgi: The Mysterious Play, Vol. 10: Enemy by Yuu Watase]()
Fushigi Yûgi: The Mysterious Play, Vol. 10: Enemy by Yuu Watase
Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsConvinced that she can never summon the God Suzaku and get her wishes granted, Miaka runs away from Tamahome and her celestial Warriors, straight into the arms of her enemy Amiboshi...Categorized as:
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![Fushigi Yûgi: The Mysterious Play, Vol. 4: Bandit by Yuu Watase]()
Fushigi Yûgi: The Mysterious Play, Vol. 4: Bandit by Yuu Watase
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsWhen best friends Miaka and Yui open an ancient Chinese book, they find themselves transported to a parallel world. Trapped in the Universe of the Four Gods, Miaka is identified as a priestess who must save an entire empire... -
![Viking Academy by S.T. Bende]()
Viking Academy by S.T. Bende
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsBOOK 1 IN THE BRAND NEW SERIES FROM BESTSELLING AUTHOR S.T. BENDE Erik held me until my shoulders stopped shaking--whether it was a minute or an hour, I couldn't tell. The only things I knew for sure were: (1) I was trapped a thousand years in the past, with little hope of ever going home... -
![Waterfall by Lisa Tawn Bergren, Pam Turlow]()
Waterfall by Lisa Tawn Bergren, Pam Turlow
Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars · 39 ratingsListening time 10 hours 30 minutes What do you do when your knight in shining armor lives, literally, in a different world?Most American teenagers want a vacation in Italy, but the Betarrini sisters have spent every summer of their lives among the romantic hills with their archaelogist parents... -
![The Midwife by Ceci Giltenan]()
The Midwife by Ceci Giltenan
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsCan a twenty-first century independent woman find her true destiny, in thirteenth century Scotland? At his father’s bidding, Cade MacKenzie begs a favor from Laird Macrae - Lady MacKenzie desperately needs the renowned Macrae midwife. Laird Macrae has no intention of sending his clan’s best, instead he passes off Elsie, a young woman with little experience, as the midwife they seek... -
![The Warlock in Spite of Himself by Christopher Stasheff]()
The Warlock in Spite of Himself by Christopher Stasheff
Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsFrom futuristic societies, robots, and time travel to magic, monsters, and a world on the brink of war, the first book in this classic 1960s science fantasy adventure series is an action-packed mash-up of the best speculative fiction has to offer. Rod Gallowglass is a spacefaring man of science who does not believe in magic... -
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![Well of Eida by K.B. Benson]()
Well of Eida by K.B. Benson
Two years have passed since Ari was taken as a prisoner to the troll realm. Two years of blood staining her hands, killing as the troll king’s mercenary. In Eida, it’s kill or be killed, and Ari will do anything to survive. But survival does not come easy in Eida, especially for a young woman with fire in her blood...Categorized as:
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![After Cilmeri Boxed Set: Daughter of Time/Footsteps in Time/Winds of Time/Prince of Time by Sarah Woodbury]()
After Cilmeri Boxed Set: Daughter of Time/Footsteps in Time/Winds of Time/Prince of Time by Sarah Woodbury
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratings"Sarah Woodbury is my new favorite author. Daughter of Time reminds me of Outlander and 1632, with a fresh twist. I read all the books in the After Cilmeri series in four days! Long after I finished the last book, the stories and characters stayed in my mind, and I kept wishing I could return the world Sarah so skillfully created. I can't wait for the next book and the next ..Categorized as:
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![The Pocket Watch: The Pocket Watch Chronicles by Ceci Giltenan]()
The Pocket Watch: The Pocket Watch Chronicles by Ceci Giltenan
Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhen Maggie Mitchell, is transported to the thirteenth century Highlands will Laird Logan Carr help mend her broken heart or put it in more danger than before? Generous, kind, and loving, Maggie nearly always puts the needs of others first... -
![Juliet by Anne Fortier]()
Juliet by Anne Fortier
Rated: 3.95 of 5 stars · 40 ratingsTwenty-five-year-old Julie Jacobs is heartbroken over the death of her beloved Aunt Rose. But the shock goes even deeper when she learns that the woman who has been like a mother to her has left her entire estate to Julie’s twin sister. The only thing Julie receives is a key—one carried by her mother on the day she herself died—to a safety-deposit box in Siena, Italy... -
![Knight Moves by Cynthia Luhrs]()
Knight Moves by Cynthia Luhrs
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLose yourself in time… A missing sister and totally fishy story. Check. A haunting castle in England. Check. Finding out news that rocks your world. Check. And double check. Be careful when you go searching for answers… Melinda Merriweather’s sister vanished on a trip to England. When someone tries to kill Melinda, she knows there’s more to the story of her missing sister...Categorized as:
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![To the Sky Kingdom by Tang Qi Gong Zi]()
To the Sky Kingdom by Tang Qi Gong Zi
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsWhen the immortal Bai Qian finally meets her intended husband, the heir to the Sky Throne, she considers herself in luck—until an old enemy returns to threaten everything she holds dear…When a mortal woman enters the immortal world to be with her true love, she sparks a jealousy that ends in tragedy…And when a war god depletes his spiritual energy, his devoted student sustains his body with her... -
![A Bright Heart by Kate Chenli]()
A Bright Heart by Kate Chenli
Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsWhat if you could avenge your own murder? A brilliant young woman gets a second chance at life in this debut YA tale of vengeance, court intrigue, and romance, inspired by classic Chinese tropes. Mingshin outsmarted three princes to help the man she loved become king. But she doesn’t see Ren’s betrayal coming, not until she’s lying in a pool of her own blood on the palace steps... -
![The Principle of Moments by Esmie Jikiemi-Pearson]()
The Principle of Moments by Esmie Jikiemi-Pearson
Rated: 3.68 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsUnmissable for fans of the spacefaring found family of Becky Chambers, the alternate London of V. E. Schwab, and the virtuosic climate-craft of N. K. Jemisin... -
![Drown the Sea by Elisha Kemp]()
Drown the Sea by Elisha Kemp
Adrienne had everything. The friends, the clothes, the college acceptance letter - not to mention a healthy social calendar. Then one stupid mistake has her packing her bags to spend the summer with her estranged mom in Santorini...Categorized as:
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![Shadows of Yesterday New Adult Time Travel Romance by Lorraine Beaumont, Teri Gibson]()
Shadows of Yesterday New Adult Time Travel Romance by Lorraine Beaumont, Teri Gibson
Rated: 3.56 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsRevised Edited Edition 2013 This is the second installment in The Ravenhurst series - a spellbinding time-travel romance with unexpected twists and turns. Funny characters, dysfunctional hotties, and modern day heroine trying to cope in a time that is not her own...Categorized as:
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![A Connecticut Fashionista in King Arthur's Court by Mari Mancusi]()
A Connecticut Fashionista in King Arthur's Court by Mari Mancusi
Rated: 3.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen a modern fashion editor strumbles back into Camelot and falls in love with Lancelot, how will the history of King Arthur's court change? Once upon a time there lived an outspoken fashion editor named Kat, who certainly was not your typical damsel in distress... -
![The Library of Fates by Aditi Khorana]()
The Library of Fates by Aditi Khorana
Rated: 3.48 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsNo one is entirely certain what brings the Emperor Sikander to Shalingar. Until now, the idyllic kingdom has been immune to his many violent conquests. To keep the visit friendly, Princess Amrita has offered herself as his bride, sacrificing everything—family, her childhood love, and her freedom—to save her people. But her offer isn't enough...Categorized as:
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![Illusionarium by Heather Dixon Wallwork]()
Illusionarium by Heather Dixon Wallwork
Rated: 3.35 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsWhat if the world holds more dangers—and more wonders—than we have ever known? And what if there is more than one world? From Heather Dixon, author of the acclaimed Entwined, comes a brilliantly conceived adventure that sweeps us from the inner workings of our souls to the far reaches of our imaginations.Jonathan is perfectly ordinary...
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