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The Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean M. Auel
This novel of awesome beauty and power is a moving saga about people, relationships, and the boundaries of love. Through Jean M. Auel’s magnificent storytelling we are taken back to the dawn of modern humans, and with a girl named Ayla we are swept up in the harsh and beautiful Ice Age world they shared with the ones who called themselves The Clan of the Cave Bear...Categorized as:
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Accomplishments of the Duke's Daughter Vol. 3 by Reia, Hazuki Futaba
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsIt's hard to get a happy ending when you're stuck in a game--as the antagonist! Iris, an otome game addict with no time for romance, gets hit by a truck after getting out of work--but instead of dying, she finds herself in the world of a game she'd played just hours earlier. However, she's not reborn as the game's protagonist, the main heartthrob of the harem... -
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![Gunpowder Alchemy by Jeannie Lin]()
Gunpowder Alchemy by Jeannie Lin
In 1842, the gunpowder might of China’s Qing Dynasty fell to Britain’s steam engines. Furious, the Emperor ordered the death of his engineers—and killed China’s best chance of fighting back… Since her father’s execution eight years ago, Jin Soling kept her family from falling into poverty...Categorized as:
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Between Despair and Hope by Jess Wisecup
During the longest night, will you sink into the darkness or call upon your light? Emmeline has experienced more heartache and sorrow than any one person should. Though she now has immeasurable divinity granted by the gods, her new status came at a price she never would have paid... -
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Time of the Twins by Margaret Weis, Tracy Hickman
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 46 ratingsNew York Times–bestselling series: The War of the Lance has ended, and the darkness has passed. Or has it? Sequestered in the blackness of the dreaded Tower of High Sorcery in Palanthas, and surrounded by nameless creatures of evil, archmage Raistlin Majere weaves a plan to conquer the darkness—to bring it under his control.Two people alone can stop him...Categorized as:
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Rowan Wood Legends by Olivia Wildenstein
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsSOME LEGENDS ARE BETTER LEFT UNTOLD. I wasn’t the sort of girl who believed in fairytales, let alone tales about faeries. But that changed the day Faeries came to my small town and Hunters rose from their graves. On that fateful day, I received a book, a peculiar collection of myths and legends. Turns out it was so much more than stories... -
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Dragons of Spring Dawning by Margaret Weis, Tracy Hickman
Will truth and virtue triumph over the deadly darkness of an all-consuming evil? The war against the dragon minions of Queen Takhisis rages on. Armed with the mysterious, magical Dragon Orbs and the shining, silver Dragonlance, the Companions of the Lance lead their people in a desperate final battle...Categorized as:
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Dragons of Winter Night by Margaret Weis, Tracy Hickman
Now the people know that the dragon minions of Takhisis, Queen of Dragons, have returned. The people of all nations prepare to fight to save their homes, their lives, and their freedom. But the races have long been divided by hatred and prejudice. Elven warriors and human knights fight among themselves. It seems the battle has been lost before it begins...Categorized as:
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Return of the Pale Feather by E.B. Brown
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFrom the author of The Legend of the Bloodstone...Winn and Maggie return for a new journey in the turbulent times of 1600s Jamestown... When Maggie McMillan is sent back to 1622 by the power of a magical Bloodstone, she makes the choice to remain in the past with the Powhatan warrior who holds her heart captive...Categorized as:
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A Crown Imperiled by Raymond E. Feist
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 31 ratings“Feist constantly amazes.”—SF Site“Feist has a command of language and a natural talent for keeping the reader turning pages.” —Chicago Sun-TimesThe Chaoswar—the fifth and final Riftwar—is in full, explosive swing in Raymond E. Feist’s A Crown Imperiled, the second book in the acclaimed, New York Times bestselling fantasist’s monumental saga of courage, conflict, and bitter consequence...Categorized as:
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Myths of Immortality by Raye Wagner
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsIn the realm of the dead, there are no lies. Hope Nicholas is desperate to believe that the truth will set her free from the bindings of Apollo's curse. But to get the truth, she must travel to the Underworld, a feat near impossible for the living...Categorized as:
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The Immortal Collection by Eva García Sáenz, Lilit Zekulin Thwaites
Rated: 3.95 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsWhen Adriana, a brilliant young archaeologist, accepts a position at the Museum of Archaeology in her hometown of Santander, Spain, she never imagines that her new boss has lived through the history she can only study. Iago, the charismatic technical director of the museum, is more than ten thousand years old but appears to be only thirty-five...Categorized as:
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Dragons of Autumn Twilight by Margaret Weis, Tracy Hickman
This Dungeons & Dragons-inspired fantasy adventure is the first installment in the beloved Dragonlance ChroniclesOnce merely creatures of legend, the dragons have returned to Krynn. But with their arrival comes the departure of the old gods—and all healing magic...Categorized as:
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For All Time by Caroline B. Cooney
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsAnnie Lockwood is testing Time. She’s traveled through it before, but always at Time’s bidding. Now she is asking Time to take her to the year 1899, when Strat is in Cairo. But Time doesn’t like to be tested. In what feels like a cruel joke, Annie is transported to ancient Egypt, thousands of years before Strat was born — to a world far removed from the one she knows...Categorized as:
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![City of Skies by Farah Cook]()
City of Skies by Farah Cook
Rated: 3.87 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsONE GIRL. A DEADLY QUEST. AN EPIC JOURNEY.Nora Hunt has just joined the deadly quest to discover the ancient legend of the nine worlds of the Vikings. Her post-apocalyptic dystopian world, Triangle of Peace, is the only home she’s ever known. But at sixteen years old, the skilled young warrior joins an elite band of raiders called Jarls...Categorized as:
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Return Once More by Trisha Leigh, Casey Turner
If you could learn the identity of your one true love—even though you will never meet— would you?Years have passed since refugees from a ruined earth took to space, eventually settling a new system of planets. Science has not only made the leaps necessary to allow time travel, but the process engineered a strange side effect—predicting your one true love...Categorized as:
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From Unseen Fire by Cass Morris
Rated: 3.77 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe Dictator is dead; long live the Republic.But whose Republic will it be? Senators, generals, and elemental mages vie for the power to shape the future of the city of Aven. Latona of the Vitelliae, a mage of Spirit and Fire, has suppressed her phenomenal talents for fear they would draw unwanted attention from unscrupulous men... -
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A Knight to Remember by Cynthia Luhrs
Rated: 3.78 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsFall through time... Vacation to England. Check. Haunting castle ruins. Check. Proper English lord for a boyfriend. Well, almost check. Be careful what you wish for… Lucy Merriweather’s supposedly perfect boyfriend attempted to murder her during a visit to Blackford Castle...Categorized as:
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Dragons of Summer Flame by Margaret Weis
Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars · 39 ratingsSummer has come to Krynn, a summer unlike any before. The sun bears down on land and sea, searing the world with relentless light and heat. Clouds and rain are nowhere to be found, and even the darkness of night brings little relief from the strange and oppressive day.Meanwhile, those who commune regularly with their gods are uneasy...Categorized as:
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One Good Knight by Mercedes Lackey
Return to the Five Hundred Kingdoms, where a damsel can rescue herself, thank you... Princess Andromeda knows that any problem can be solved with a bit of research. So when a dragon storms the kingdom of Acadia, she decides it's time to hit the books... -
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The Witch's Heart by Genevieve Gornichec
When a banished witch falls in love with the legendary trickster Loki, she risks the wrath of the gods in this moving, subversive debut novel that reimagines Norse mythology. Angrboda's story begins where most witches' tales end: with a burning...Categorized as:
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![Curse of the Fae King by Delia E. Castel]()
Curse of the Fae King by Delia E. Castel
Rated: 3.70 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsA curse only she can break. A love that will save the realm When Neara’s dying father is abducted by faeries, she bargains with Drayce, a dark faerie cursed with the appearance of a beast. To win her father’s freedom, she must join Drayce on a dangerous quest to find three powerful magical artifacts...Categorized as:
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![The Never Tilting World by Rin Chupeco]()
The Never Tilting World by Rin Chupeco
Rated: 3.84 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsFrozen meets Mad Max in this epic teen fantasy duology bursting with star-crossed romance, immortal heroines, and elemental magic, perfect for fans of Furyborn.Generations of twin goddesses have long ruled Aeon. But seventeen years ago, one sister’s betrayal defied an ancient prophecy and split their world in two...Categorized as:
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Masks and Shadows by Stephanie Burgis
Rated: 3.62 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe year is 1779, and Carlo Morelli, the most renowned castrato singer in Europe, has been invited as an honored guest to Eszterháza Palace. With Carlo in Prince Nikolaus Esterházy's carriage, ride a Prussian spy and one of the most notorious alchemists in the Habsburg Empire. Already at Eszterháza is Charlotte von Steinbeck, the very proper sister of Prince Nikolaus's mistress... -
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![The Legend of the Bloodstone by E.B. Brown]()
The Legend of the Bloodstone by E.B. Brown
Rated: 3.70 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsIn 2012, a woman cuts her hand and picks up a strange colored stone - Suddenly she is staring into the eyes of an angry Powhatan warrior. And the only town nearby is Jamestown, circa 1622. Maggie McMillan wakes up one day as a college student, yet ends the day in 1622...Categorized as:
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Midwinterblood by Marcus Sedgwick
Rated: 3.73 of 5 stars · 38 ratingsHave you ever had the feeling that you've lived another life? Been somewhere that has felt totally familiar, even though you've never been there before, or felt that you know someone well, even though you are meeting them for the first time? It happens... -
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The Second Generation by Margaret Weis, Tracy Hickman
Rated: 3.73 of 5 stars · 35 ratingsYears have passed since the end of the War of the Lance. The people of Ansalon have rebuilt their lives, their houses, their families. The Companions of the Lance, too, have returned to their homes, raising children and putting the days of their heroic deeds behind them.But peace on Krynn comes at a price...Categorized as:
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The Dig by Audrey Hart
Rated: 3.30 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsZoe Calder has always been an outsider. Stashed away in boarding schools since her parents died, Zoe buries herself in the study of ancient worlds. Her greatest thrill is spending her summers with her archeologist aunt and uncle on digs around the world. And one day, while investigating a newly unearthed temple in Crete, Zoe discovers a luminous artifact that transports her to ancient Greece...
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