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  • The King's Traitor by Jeff Wheeler

    The King's Traitor by Jeff Wheeler

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 44 ratings
    Against all odds, Owen Kiskaddon grew from frightened boy to confident youth to trusted officer in the court of Kingfountain—and watched its regent, Severn Argentine, grow ever more ruthless and power-mad. Robbed of his beloved protector, his noble mentor, and his true love, Owen has anticipated the day when the king he fears and reviles, yet loyally serves, will be toppled...
  • Secret History by Brandon Sanderson

    Secret History by Brandon Sanderson

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 83 ratings
    Mistborn: Secret History is a companion story to the original Mistborn trilogy. As such, it contains HUGE SPOILERS for the books Mistborn (The Final Empire), The Well of Ascension, and The Hero of Ages. It also contains very minor spoilers for the book The Bands of Mourning. Mistborn: Secret History builds upon the characterization, events, and worldbuilding of the original trilogy...
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  • The Death of Dulgath by Michael J. Sullivan

    The Death of Dulgath by Michael J. Sullivan

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 41 ratings
    Three times they tried to kill her. Then a professional was hired. So was Riyria.When the last member of the oldest noble family in Avryn is targeted for assassination, Riyria is hired to foil the plot. Three years have passed since the war-weary mercenary Hadrian and the cynical ex-assassin Royce joined forces to start life as rogues-for-hire...
  • The Hall of Tyr by Octavia Randolph

    The Hall of Tyr by Octavia Randolph

    Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    The Hall of Tyr: Book Four of The Circle of Ceridwen SagaIt is said that every man is haunted by one mistake...The year is 881. Ten years have passed since fifteen year old Ceridwen set out from her Priory home to make her own life. She has known love and loss, triumph and heartbreak...
  • Heart of the King by A.E. Rayne

    Heart of the King by A.E. Rayne

    Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    The race to Ottby is on!Having heard Gudrum’s threats and Alys’ warnings, Reinar is desperate to head South, back to his family. Though he must be patient. His army is far behind him, and Reinar knows he’ll need every pair of hands to get their fleet back home.Waiting with his brother, Sigurd is looking forward to his reunion with Raf, unaware that she is now with Gudrum...
  • The Crown Tower by Michael J. Sullivan

    The Crown Tower by Michael J. Sullivan

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 54 ratings
    TWO MEN WHO HATE EACH OTHER. ONE IMPOSSIBLE MISSION. A LEGEND IN THE MAKING.A warrior with nothing to fight for is paired with a thieving assassin with nothing to lose. Together they must steal a treasure that no one can reach. The Crown Tower is the impregnable remains of the grandest fortress ever built and home to the realm’s most valuable possessions...
  • Fury of the Queen by A.E. Rayne

    Fury of the Queen by A.E. Rayne

    Rated: 4.68 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Four months after the Battle of Tromsund, the Alekkan landscape looks very different.Reinar has taken his people to Slussfall, where winter’s grip remains strong. There is no sign of Ulfinnur, God of Winter, and he fears that Alari has captured him, intending to keep the sea permanently frozen. For if the sea remains frozen, no ships can sail to Oss, seeking the help of the Islanders...
  • Wrath of the Sun: An Epic Fantasy Adventure by A.E. Rayne

    Wrath of the Sun: An Epic Fantasy Adventure by A.E. Rayne

    Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    We are at the end of the series, and it is time to choose sides...After three months of relative peace, Alekka is about to be jolted by a seismic shift, for ambitious lords and vengeful gods have only been biding their time, choosing their allies, hiding from their enemies, deciding when to make their move. And that time is now...
  • The Circle of Ceridwen Saga Box Set: Books One - Three by Octavia Randolph

    The Circle of Ceridwen Saga Box Set: Books One - Three by Octavia Randolph

    Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Over 1800 Amazon Five Star Reviews. Over 1200 pages of action and adventure. The first three novels in the celebrated Circle of Ceridwen Saga. Enter the Ninth Century.The Circle of Book OneIt is the year 871. Of seven Anglo-Saxon kingdoms, five have fallen to the invading Vikings. No trait is more valued than loyalty, and no possession more precious than one's steel...
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    vikings  historical  fantasy  length-epic
  • Tower of Blood and Flame: An Epic Fantasy Adventure by A.E. Rayne

    Tower of Blood and Flame: An Epic Fantasy Adventure by A.E. Rayne

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Someone is seeking to destroy the Furycks, but who?As Axl works on strengthening Brekka’s defenses, he discovers he has more enemies than he realised. Help arrives in the form of a dreamer, though he doesn’t know the woman, so how can he trust her? Yet, with so much at stake, how can he not?After a disastrous time on the island of Aggralaia, Edela finds a new ally, and just in time...
  • Penric's Demon by Lois McMaster Bujold

    Penric's Demon by Lois McMaster Bujold

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 41 ratings
    On his way to his betrothal, young Lord Penric comes upon a riding accident with an elderly lady on the ground, her maidservant and guardsmen distraught. As he approaches to help, he discovers that the lady is a Temple divine, servant to the five gods of this world...
  • A Witch For Mr. Frost by Deanna Chase

    A Witch For Mr. Frost by Deanna Chase

    Rated: 4.66 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Payton McCabe finally has her dream job in a town she loves. Christmas Grove is not only magical, but it has the small-town charm she’s always craved. Love isn’t on her radar. In fact, she’s never wanted to get married. So, when she agrees to pretend to be a rock star’s wife for a weekend, she figures she’ll do her part to help him out and then it’ll be over, right? Wrong...
  • North Is the Night by Emily Rath

    North Is the Night by Emily Rath

    Rated: 3.69 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 28 ratings
    Two bold young women defy the gods and mortals, living and dead, in this darkly mythical, Finnish folklore-inspired fantasy duology for readers of T. Kingfisher's Nettle & Bone, Danielle L. Jensen, Thea Guanzon, Jennifer L. Armentrout, and The Witch’s Heart by Genevieve Gornichec.In the Finnish wilderness, more than wolves roam the dark forests...
  • Tricksters by Tamora Pierce

    Tricksters by Tamora Pierce

    Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    Sixteen is a rebellious age for most young people, and Aly is no exception. With her mother, the lady knight Alanna, forever being summoned to some crisis or other, and the young men of Tortall little more than diversions, Aly is bored and restless...
  • Of War and Ruin by Ryan Cahill

    Of War and Ruin by Ryan Cahill

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 32 ratings
    Solian ata'yar. Dauv ata'yar. Nur temen vie'ryn valana.Live as one. Die as one. For those we've lost.The city of Kingspass burns, and Calen Bryer's world has been shaken to its core. With Valerys at his side, Calen must battle his demons and push forward. There are people who need him, people who need what he must become, and he will not let them stand alone...
  • Embrace the Suck by Kristen Painter

    Embrace the Suck by Kristen Painter

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Embrace The Suck: A Paranormal Women's Fiction Novel (First Fangs Club Book 5)Vampire governor Belladonna Barrone is facing the challenge of her life. Literally. Can she outwit and outlast the vampire council? She has no idea, but she has no plans to go down without a fight.If she manages to survive, another challenge awaits her...
  • Under the Oak Tree: Season 2 by Suji Kim

    Under the Oak Tree: Season 2 by Suji Kim

    Rated: 4.78 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 21 ratings
    Stuttering Maximilian Croyso spent a lifetime suffering the abuse of her cruel father, Duke Croyso. The Duke’s final act of cruelty? Marrying Maxi off to the war hero Riftan, legendary slayer of dragons. Now these two complete strangers have to try to make the arranged marriage that neither wanted work out.At first, the brooding Riftan and shy, nervous Maxi have nothing in common...
  • Vale of the Gods by A.E. Rayne

    Vale of the Gods by A.E. Rayne

    Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Vale of the Gods is the explosive conclusion to the epic adventure that has been The Furyck Saga. Draguta Teros wants to crush her enemies.Every last one of them…Her disloyal sister, Dara.Briggit Halvardar and her Followers.Jael Furyck and her Brekkan army.The gods themselves.But Draguta will not be cowed by any of them.She will have her revenge...
  • Pandora Hearts, Volume 24 by Jun Mochizuki

    Pandora Hearts, Volume 24 by Jun Mochizuki

    Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Someone once said that all they would find there was darkness that swallowed everything whole. But that never meant that light was nowhere to be found--They finally arrive at an answer to the question of how to save their world. It is the product of many months, even years. Cruel yet kind, it is a simple formula. Now, led on by the cogs of destiny, it spells the end of but one story..
  • Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Eternal Edition, Vol. 2 by Naoko Takeuchi

    Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Eternal Edition, Vol. 2 by Naoko Takeuchi

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    The guardians in sailor suits return in this definitive edition of the greatest magical girl manga of all time! Features all-new cover illustrations by creator Naoko Takeuchi, a glittering holographic coating, an extra-large size, premium paper, French flaps, and a newly-revised translation!Teenager Usagi is not the best athlete, she's never gotten good grades, and, well, she's a bit of a crybaby...
  • Ascendance of a Bookworm , Part 4 Volume 7 by Miya Kazuki

    Ascendance of a Bookworm , Part 4 Volume 7 by Miya Kazuki

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    After fainting at a tea party for bookworms, Rozemyne is forcibly returned to Ehrenfest. There, she reunites with her lower city associates and enjoys some long-awaited reading time in the temple... but as peaceful as these winter days may seem, a revelation in the bible threatens to turn her days of reclusion on their head...
  • Noble Solutions by Daniel Schinhofen

    Noble Solutions by Daniel Schinhofen

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Sean had been through something close to hell— he’d taken out Klein Denmur and Knight Evan Sharpeyes, along with a few of Lord Truestrike’s servants, but Chastity and Lilly died on the fields outside the city. At the end of that battle, he claimed Helga Helsdottir, Soul Bonding her and renaming her Helga Oathsworn. With a Valkyrie by his side, Sean hoped never to lose another loved one to death...
  • Under the Oak Tree: Season 1 - 2 by Suji Kim

    Under the Oak Tree: Season 1 - 2 by Suji Kim

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 24 ratings
    Maximilian (Maxi), the eldest daughter of the Croyso family, grows up being abused by her father. As a consequence of the physical and mental trauma, she develops a crippling inferiority complex about both her stutter and her physical appearance as well as a general lack of self-respect...
  • Pandora Hearts, Volume 9 by Jun Mochizuki

    Pandora Hearts, Volume 9 by Jun Mochizuki

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    The incuse on Oz Vessalius’s chest ticks onward, but the young heir to one of the four great dukedoms directs his gaze back, seeking the facts behind a centuries-old tragedy...
  • Plague Arcanist by Shami Stovall

    Plague Arcanist by Shami Stovall

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Deserts. Rogues. A secret hidden in an underground maze.Every moment counts as Volke Savan races south to the city of New Norra. His goal: find Theasin Venrover, the famous artificer who may have a cure for the arcane plague. Separated from most of the Frith Guild—and even his sister—Volke must rely on the crew of the airship, the Sun Chaser, to help him find Theasin in time...
  • Pandora Hearts, Volume 6 by Jun Mochizuki

    Pandora Hearts, Volume 6 by Jun Mochizuki

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    Though Oz’s sudden appearance in the midst of Pandora wreaks havoc, the initially chilly reception to the prison-breaker runs more than warm when Jack Vessalius, hero of the tragedy of Sablier and the man from Alice’s memories, manifests in Oz’s body...
  • 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  fantasy  m-f  fae  paranormal  audiobook
  • The Raven's Warning by A.E. Rayne

    The Raven's Warning by A.E. Rayne

    Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Escaping Hallow Wood with a wounded Thorgils, Aleksander and Jael find themselves stuck in Harstad, desperate to get the Book of Aurea back to Andala before the dragur find them again.Waiting in Hest for Eadmund, Evaine is oblivious to everyone’s worry over Morana, who is showing little sign of recovery...
  • Sailor Moon, Vol. 9 by Naoko Takeuchi

    Sailor Moon, Vol. 9 by Naoko Takeuchi

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 32 ratings
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  • Flame of War by Daniel Schinhofen

    Flame of War by Daniel Schinhofen

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    Forged Bonds was growing fast and becoming the talk of the city. Those opposed to Sean and his new association would be forced to act quickly, and so Sean was called to City Lord Sharpeyes’ party, where traps had been laid for him.After crushing the first obstacle, he was now set to fight a duel as Fredrick’s champion...
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