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  • Yona of the Dawn, Vol. 18 by Mizuho Kusanagi

    Yona of the Dawn, Vol. 18 by Mizuho Kusanagi

    Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 48 ratings
    A Kai Empire soldier fatally strikes Zeno, but he doesn’t die! Yona and her friends are shocked by the Yellow Dragon’s power as well as what he reveals about both his past and the Crimson Dragon King….
  • These Immortal Truths by Rachelle Raeta

    These Immortal Truths by Rachelle Raeta

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 33 ratings
    Both epic and intimate, These Immortal Truths is a powerful and romantic historical fantasy that explores not only what it means to live forever, but what it means to live fully. A shapeshifting god. A divine peach. And a woman gifted with forever. Anna is used to hunger and hardship...
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  • Amnesty by Lara Elena Donnelly

    Amnesty by Lara Elena Donnelly

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The revolution has come and gone, with Amberlough City striving to rebuild itself from the ashes. The Ospies have been ousted, and the very face of the nation has been changed in the process. Now, a rising politician is determined to bring Amberlough’s traitors to justice. Including double agent Cyril DePaul. Everyone believes Cyril deserves to suffer for his crimes. .
    Categorized as:
    m-f  fantasy  historical  length-medium  audiobook
  • Nikoles by Rachel Neumeier

    Nikoles by Rachel Neumeier

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    For generations the Ugaro of the winter country have traded peacefully with the Lau of the summer lands. But now a fatal mistake has created bitterness and hatred on both sides of the river, threatening to destroy a peace that has become tenuous. Nikoles Ianan realizes, too late, that he should have prevented his own people’s unforgivable trespass – he should at least have tried...
  • Highlander Redeemed by Laurin Wittig

    Highlander Redeemed by Laurin Wittig

    Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 13 ratings
    Scotia MacAlpin may be only eighteen years old, but she’s no stranger to trouble. Her latest incident—which resulted in a death and forced her clan into battle—has made her an outcast among her exiled people...
  • Blood King - Part II by Nicola Tyche

    Blood King - Part II by Nicola Tyche

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 5 ratings
    To avenge his past, he must sacrifice his future. Blood or the heart—only one will prevail. A kingdom on the edge…. Cyrus has taken the throne with blood and steel, yet peace remains out of reach. As his long-held dreams of vengeance taunt him as a possible reality, he stirs war on every front. And his list of enemies grows. A witch’s desperation…...
  • The Echo of Broken Dreams by C.J. Archer

    The Echo of Broken Dreams by C.J. Archer

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    When a palace maid is attacked, Josie and the captain of the guards investigate together. Since one of the suspects is a foreign diplomat and magic expert, they use the opportunity to learn more about sorcery. But it soon becomes clear that he is using them to get to the truth about the palace and the servants' origins...
    Categorized as:
    magic  historical  fantasy  length-short  audiobook
  • The Scarlet Trefoil: A Novel by L.A. Kelly

    The Scarlet Trefoil: A Novel by L.A. Kelly

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The Trilett family and friends prepare for the joyous celebration of Tahn and Netta's wedding. Returning from a party in her honor, Netta is kidnapped, and her coachman and escorts are found murdered. It looks like the work of bandits, but Tahn is secretly sent a message that Netta will be released if he will present himself in trade...
    Categorized as:
    m-f  historical  fantasy  length-medium
  • Pursued by a Dragon by Linda K. Hopkins

    Pursued by a Dragon by Linda K. Hopkins

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Cathryn Forrester is a medieval business woman, the daughter of a successful wool merchant. She has been groomed from a young age to take over the family business, and has been quite content to let her personal life be directed by what is best for the business – including whom she will marry...
    Categorized as:
    magic  historical  fantasy  length-short
  • My Happy Marriage, Vol. 2  (My Happy Marriage (Light Novel) #2) by Akumi Agitogi

    My Happy Marriage, Vol. 2 (My Happy Marriage (Light Novel) #2) by Akumi Agitogi

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 6 ratings
    継母に虐げられて育った美世は、冷酷な軍人と噂の清霞と婚約をした。誰もが不幸な結末を予測したが、いつしか清霞と美世はお互いの優しさに惹かれ合う。美しく強い清霞に少しでも追いつきたくて、勉強を始めた美世。二か月後のパーティでの社交デビューを目標に頑張るのは楽しいことだった。そんな中、なぜか夜ごと悪夢に苛まれ、誰も頼れず美世は体調を崩してしまう。さらに美世を狙う者が現れ、美世と清霞の気持ちはすれ違い―。これは、少女があいされて幸せになるまでの物語.
  • Trollmåne by Margit Sandemo, Bente Meidell

    Trollmåne by Margit Sandemo, Bente Meidell

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    (Description from the back of the book). SAGAEN OM ISFOLKET - etterkommerne til den onde Tengel, som hadde inngått en pakt med djevelen. .. Christa Lind var utvalgt til å føde Isfolkets helt spesielle barn, som med tiden skulle ta kampen opp mot selveste Tengel den onde. Christas stefar ville at hun skulle gifte seg med den kristne enkemannen Abel...
  • Wicked Prince of Mirrors by Angela J. Ford

    Wicked Prince of Mirrors by Angela J. Ford

    Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    He’s the kingdom's most dangerous prisoner. She just accidentally helped him escape. When forbidden magic awakens within Princess Esmira, she knows she must flee—or be executed. Hoping to escape through the palace’s hidden tunnels, she instead discovers a chamber of ancient mirrors. Mist coils. Magic stirs. One touch shatters the glass—and frees Prince Methrin, the Wicked Prince of Mirrors...
  • Feber i blodet by Margit Sandemo, Bente Meidell

    Feber i blodet by Margit Sandemo, Bente Meidell

    Rated: 3.97 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    (Description from the back of the book). SAGAEN OM ISFOLKET - etterkommerne til den onde Tengel, som hadde ingått en pakt med djevelen. .. Villemo kunne ikke glemme sin elskede Dominic, på tross av at familien gjorde alt for å holde dem fra hverandre. Da de endelig møttes igjen i Danmark, var lengselen etter ham som en feber i blodet...
  • Våroffer by Margit Sandemo, Bente Meidell

    Våroffer by Margit Sandemo, Bente Meidell

    Rated: 3.97 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    (Description from the back of the book). SAGAEN OM ISFOLKET - etterkommerne til den onde Tengel, som hadde inngått en pakt med djevelen. .. Vinga Tark og Heike Lind, begge av Isfolket, hadde startet kampen for å få tilbake slektens eiendommer. Men ennå satt den hensynsløse dommer Snivel på Gråstensholm, Heikes rettsmessige arvegods...
  • Dragens tenner by Margit Sandemo

    Dragens tenner by Margit Sandemo

    Rated: 3.97 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    (Description from the back of the book). SAGAEN OM ISFOLKET - etterkommerne til den onde Tengel, som hadde inngått en pakt med djevelen. .. Først da Sölve Lind av Isfolket var nesten voksen, oppdaget han at han var en av Isfolkets rammede og hadde evner utenom det vanlige. Alt han virkelig ønsket seg, fikk han, selv om ønskene var både egoistiske og kriminelle...
  • A Lady Most Dangerous by Caroline Hanson

    A Lady Most Dangerous by Caroline Hanson

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Helen Foster was saved from a watery grave by her BFF from the future and knows she’s lucky to be alive. Sadly, she’s not so lucky in love. Her blackmailed benefactor, Edward Clifton, the Duke of Somervale, thinks she’s dead. And Helen has to make sure it stays that way...
  • The Black Swan by Mercedes Lackey

    The Black Swan by Mercedes Lackey

    Rated: 3.91 of 5 stars
    · 39 ratings
    As the only child of a powerful sorcerer, Odile Von Rothbart has studied the magical arts under her father’s stern tutelage all her life. Yet she feels only fear toward him. For considering his wife’s untimely death the ultimate betrayal, Baron Von Rothbart scours the land in the shape of a great bird of prey...
  • Archer's Sin by Amy Raby

    Archer's Sin by Amy Raby

    Rated: 3.57 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Nalica Kelden, war mage and world-class archer, doesn’t need love. She’s come to the imperial city for a single purpose: to win Kjall’s most prestigious archery tournament. Until she meets one of her fellow competitors, and he sends an arrow straight into her heart. Justien Polini is the man she’s always dreamed of. Like Nalica herself, he’s from the rough country in the eastern highlands...
  • Yona of the Dawn, Vol. 16 by Mizuho Kusanagi

    Yona of the Dawn, Vol. 16 by Mizuho Kusanagi

    Rated: 4.77 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 48 ratings
    A large fleet of ships from South Kai heads to Sensui at drug trafficker Hyo’s behest. Will Yona and her friends be able to thwart Hyo’s nefarious plans and stop these enemy forces? And what will happen to Yona when an infuriated Hyo attacks her?
  • Ascendance of a Bookworm , Part 4 Volume 2 by Miya Kazuki

    Ascendance of a Bookworm , Part 4 Volume 2 by Miya Kazuki

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    In her determination to access the library as soon as possible, Rozemyne put her absolute all into her studies from the moment she arrived at the Royal Academy. Unfortunately for her, she behaved so unusually in the process that her retainers and professors have grown increasingly worried...
  • 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...
  • A Druid Hexed by Auburn Tempest, Michael Anderle

    A Druid Hexed by Auburn Tempest, Michael Anderle

    Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    Some days I kick life in the ass. Other days it kicks back. On a good day, wearing the Fianna mark tosses me into topsy-turvy trials. It’s a scramble but I manage to hold it together with the help of amazing family and friends: mythical, magical, and mortal. But despite best-laid plans, collateral damage occurs. I can live with me getting hurt but watching someone I love suffer—not so much...
  • Why Raeliana Ended Up at the Duke's Mansion, Vol. 7 by Whale, Whale

    Why Raeliana Ended Up at the Duke's Mansion, Vol. 7 by Whale, Whale

    Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    Raeliana is off to save Noah from the terrorists’ trap, gun in hand and Adam in tow! But while hurrying down the dark and dangerous waterway, the ominous echoes of explosions reverberate from the direction her fiancé went in. .. and Raeliana is horribly unprepared for the scene that awaits her. When tragedy strikes, she is forced to come to terms with her feelings—and reveal her big secret!
  • My Happy Marriage, Vol. 3 (My Happy Marriage (Manga) #3) by Akumi Agitogi, Tsukiho Tsukioka

    My Happy Marriage, Vol. 3 (My Happy Marriage (Manga) #3) by Akumi Agitogi, Tsukiho Tsukioka

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 44 ratings
    For failing to inherit the boon of unusual power that is the Saimori birthright and bringing shame to the family name, mistreated Miyo is cast out to become another's problem. Sent to the Kudo clan—itself preternaturally powerful—as a potential bride for its heir, Kiyoka, Miyo is surprised to experience kindness for the first time in her thus far sad life...
  • Who Made Me a Princess Vol. 3 by Plutus, 스푼

    Who Made Me a Princess Vol. 3 by Plutus, 스푼

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 26 ratings
    In this full-color fantasy comic/webtoon, a modern woman is reincarnated as the doomed princess in a romance novel—and reaches out to grab a new future with both baby fists! The 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...
  • From Far Away, Vol. 05 by Kyoko Hikawa

    From Far Away, Vol. 05 by Kyoko Hikawa

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    Transported 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...
  • Shades of Magic Boxed Set by V.E. Schwab

    Shades of Magic Boxed Set by V.E. Schwab

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    Kell is one of the last Antari—magicians with a rare, coveted ability to travel between parallel Londons; Red, Grey, White, and, once, Black. Unofficially, Kell is a smuggler, servicing people willing to pay for even the smallest glimpses of a world they'll never see. It's a defiant hobby with dangerous consequences...
  • 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 ratings
    Transported 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...
  • A Man's Skin by Hubert, Zanzim

    A Man's Skin by Hubert, Zanzim

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 33 ratings
    In Renaissance Italy, Bianca, a young lady from a good family, is of marriage age. Her parents find her a fiancé to their liking: Giovanni, a rich merchant, young and pleasant. The wedding looks set to go smoothly even though Bianca can’t hide her disappointment at having to marry a man she knows nothing about...
  • From Far Away, Vol. 03 by Kyoko Hikawa

    From Far Away, Vol. 03 by Kyoko Hikawa

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    With 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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