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  • The Plight of a Scottish Lass by Keira Montclair

    The Plight of a Scottish Lass by Keira Montclair

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    In his quest for vengeance, a Scottish chieftain finds something unexpected. Love.Thane MacQuarie, chieftain of Clan MacQuarie, has his sights set on taking over Duart Castle and exacting vengeance on the mother who abandoned him. But when he witnesses a cruel man leave his wife, Tamsin Garvie, to drown on a rock in the sea, Thane can’t ignore the plight of the red-haired beauty...
  • Amnesty by Lara Elena Donnelly

    Amnesty by Lara Elena Donnelly

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 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
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  • 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...
  • Silence: Little Mermaid Retold by Demelza Carlton

    Silence: Little Mermaid Retold by Demelza Carlton

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A little mermaid. A prince to save. Only silence can break the spell. Once upon a time...The mermaid Margareta saved Prince Erik from a shipwreck. Wanting to see the prince again, Margareta strikes a bargain with the Master of Beacon Isle. If she saves his sons from a terrible curse, he will reunite her with Prince Erik. All she has to do is stay silent until the curse is broken...
  • Armistice by Lara Elena Donnelly

    Armistice by Lara Elena Donnelly

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Armistice returns to Donnelly’s ravishing 1930s Art Deco-tinged fantasy world of Amberlough with a decadent, tumultuous mixture of sex, politics, and spies...
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    m-f  fantasy  historical  m-m  queer  length-long
  • 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...
  • 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
  • The Black Swan by Mercedes Lackey

    The Black Swan by Mercedes Lackey

    Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 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...
  • The Empire of Gold by S.A. Chakraborty

    The Empire of Gold by S.A. Chakraborty

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 78 ratings
    The final chapter in the Daevabad Trilogy, in which a con-woman and an idealistic djinn prince join forces to save a magical kingdom from a devastating civil war.Daevabad has fallen.After a brutal conquest stripped the city of its magic, Nahid leader Banu Manizheh and her resurrected commander, Dara, must try to repair their fraying alliance and stabilize a fractious, warring people...
  • All The Young Dudes - Volume One: Years 1 - 4 by MsKingBean89

    All The Young Dudes - Volume One: Years 1 - 4 by MsKingBean89

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 42 ratings
    MsKingBean’s “All The Young Dudes” has been divided into three volumes. This first book covers Years 1 - 4...
  • Ascendance of a Bookworm: Part 4 Volume 9 by Miya Kazuki

    Ascendance of a Bookworm: Part 4 Volume 9 by Miya Kazuki

    Rated: 4.74 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    The conclusion of Part 4 comes with an emotional farewell... On the surface, Rozemyne seems busy studying for her next year at the Royal Academy and working toward the installation of the new High Priest... but beneath all that is a heart swirling in turmoil...
  • 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...
  • Ascendance of a Bookworm: Part 4 Volume 8 by Miya Kazuki

    Ascendance of a Bookworm: Part 4 Volume 8 by Miya Kazuki

    Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Buried secrets come to light as we near the end of Part 4 of this biblio-fantasy! Rozemyne returns to Ehrenfest once more after her second term at the Royal Academy. Her days unfold peacefully as she meets her new little brother, searches for a younger retainer, tries her hand at cooking fish, and delves into her grandfather’s past..
  • Ascendance of a Bookworm: Part 5 Volume 1 by Miya Kazuki

    Ascendance of a Bookworm: Part 5 Volume 1 by Miya Kazuki

    Rated: 4.66 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Part 5, the final chapter of this biblio-fantasy, begins with a colder-than-usual winter... Ehrenfest’s first winter without Ferdinand feels harsher than usual. An unexpected betrayal within the former Veronica faction makes the purge even more urgent, and those who know about Georgine’s destructive goals are comparing her to the Goddess of Chaos...
  • A Sacred Grove by Auburn Tempest, Michael Anderle

    A Sacred Grove by Auburn Tempest, Michael Anderle

    Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 29 ratings
    Ye screw with this lass, ye get put on yer ass.My outlook on life isn’t complicated—any day that passes when nobody tries to kill me or someone I love gets put into the ‘good day’ column. Simple, right?Lately, good days have been hard to come by...
  • 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...
  • A Family Oath by Auburn Tempest, Michael Anderle

    A Family Oath by Auburn Tempest, Michael Anderle

    Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 26 ratings
    Ye screw with this lass, ye get put on yer ass.Since being marked as the heir apparent I’ve been stabbed, kidnapped, black-listed, tortured, targeted, and accused of being the cause of pretty much every magical mishap that’s hit the streets of Toronto.To some, I’m a nuisance, to others a curiosity, and others still—a problem to be eliminated.Whatevs, haters gotta hate...
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    magic  m-f  fantasy  urban fantasy  paranormal  vampires  witches  fae
  • Ascendance of a Bookworm: Part 5 Volume 3 by Miya Kazuki

    Ascendance of a Bookworm: Part 5 Volume 3 by Miya Kazuki

    Rated: 4.69 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    No time to rest—the Interduchy Tournament is about to begin! After yet another fever, Rozemyne awakes to some shocking the Sovereign knights captured for interrupting her ditter match might have been under the influence of trug. This brings a recent incident involving Lady Georgine to her mind, but Rozemyne decides to leave the matter to the adults...
  • Shades of Magic Boxed Set by V.E. Schwab

    Shades of Magic Boxed Set by V.E. Schwab

    Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars
    · 24 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...
  • Tested by Temptation by Lindsay Buroker

    Tested by Temptation by Lindsay Buroker

    Rated: 4.62 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    In the final installment of the Tracking Trouble series, Arwen must confront her dark-elven kin once and for all while helping Azerdash win a war against all of dragon kind.Ambitious tasks under any circumstances. But, to make matters worse, Gemlytha, the powerful woman Azerdash has admitted having feelings for, isn’t as dead as everyone believed...
  • 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
    · 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...
  • Ascendance of a Bookworm: Part 5 Volume 4 by Miya Kazuki

    Ascendance of a Bookworm: Part 5 Volume 4 by Miya Kazuki

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    A frigid winter melts away to reveal spring celebrations Rozemyne is given a harsh choice to make upon her return to Ehrenfest. The Leisegangs are now the dominant power after the winter purge, and their plans are sowing the seeds of distrust within the archducal family. Even so, Rozemyne forges ahead, and her unique way of life gradually inspires change around her...
  • 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...
  • Boy of Chaotic Making by Charlie N. Holmberg

    Boy of Chaotic Making by Charlie N. Holmberg

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    A boy like no other embarks on a transformative journey of magic and self-discovery in the next enchanting Whimbrel House novel by Amazon Charts and Wall Street Journal bestselling author Charlie N. Holmberg. Merritt Fernsby’s life has changed considerably since he inherited Whimbrel House. He’s engaged to Hulda Larkin, who opened his eyes to the uncanny...
    Categorized as:
    magic  fantasy  historical  paranormal
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