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  • 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...
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    magic  fae  fantasy  m-f  paranormal  audiobook
  • The Lost Soul by Jessica Sorensen

    The Lost Soul by Jessica Sorensen

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    Spin-off of the Fallen Star Series. My name is Gemma Lucas and my life is good. Alex and I eliminated the star and Stephan and the Death Walkers. Finally I can relax and focus on freeing my father from the Room of Forbidden. At least that’s what I thought. But things are never that easy. Just when I’ve put the past behind, Lost Souls cross over into the Real World...
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  • Carve My Pumpkin by Chandelle LaVaun, Megan Montero

    Carve My Pumpkin by Chandelle LaVaun, Megan Montero

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Give ‘em pumpkin to talk about… The perfect job is only two weeks away. Two. Short. Weeks. All I have to do is survive the trial period for this new position and the future I’ve always wanted will be my reality. Once it’s mine, I’ll travel the world helping my fellow supernaturals blend into the human world and craft the lives they dreamed of. And in turn…maybe I’ll find myself...
  • Witches Behaving Badly by Kim Richardson

    Witches Behaving Badly by Kim Richardson

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Witches, wereapes, and pregnancy cravings… What could possibly go wrong?Just when I think I’m getting the hang of this whole “married to a wereape” thing, life throws me a curveball in the form of pregnancy. And let me tell you, pregnancy and magic do not mix well. My cravings are bizarre, my magic is on the fritz, and I’m pretty sure I accidentally hexed the toaster. Twice...
  • Infinity by Maggie Shayne

    Infinity by Maggie Shayne

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    For five centuries, Immortal High Witch Nicodimus has been suspended in an eternity of darkness. His heart was stolen away in the ultimate betrayal by his love Arianna... Now Arianna discovers a way to bring him back. But the power that returns Nicodimus to her arms also summons an ancient enemy. To fight this dark danger, they must confront the past--and reclaim infinity..
  • The Aether by T.M. Cromer

    The Aether by T.M. Cromer

    Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    In a world where magic and the mundane coexist, Damian Dethridge, known as the Aether, possesses the power to manipulate and redistribute magical energies. From a young age, he’s been responsible for maintaining balance among the witch community. However, his extraordinary abilities attract unsavory characters, working to destroy his family from within...
  • Arthur by Taylor Rylan

    Arthur by Taylor Rylan

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Nothing can keep fated Ones apart, not even distance. Especially not when you’re the son of the created warlock.Arthur was ready to find his forever mate—his one and only other half. He was the firstborn of the created warlock and knew he had big shoes to fill...
  • Song of the Witch by Deanna Chase

    Song of the Witch by Deanna Chase

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Spirit witch Sadie Lewis has never been a powerful witch. Her only talent is being able to feel other peoples’ emotions while she sings. It’s what has kept her from pursuing a musical career. The idea of turning into an empath while in the middle of a crowded concert venue is terrifying. But when the perfect deal comes around, she can’t refuse...
  • A Shard of Ice by Charlene Hartnady

    A Shard of Ice by Charlene Hartnady

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 9 ratings
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  • Cold Flame by Ann Charles

    Cold Flame by Ann Charles

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Some old flames won't stop smoldering ... Zoe Parker knew better than to play with fire. Fireman Reid Martin sparked a flame in her that she couldn't put out. Will Zoe be able to escape with her heart before she gets burned? COLD FLAME is the third story in the "Deadwood Shorts" collection, set between the sixth and seventh books in the Deadwood Mystery Series...
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    witches  magic  fae  paranormal  mystery  humor  fantasy  m-f
  • The Magic Circle by Nora Roberts

    The Magic Circle by Nora Roberts

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Discover the magical secrets of the Donovan family in these two reader-favorite tales!Captivated When filmmaker Nash Kirkland reaches out to real-life witch Morgana Donovan to use her as a research subject for his next film, Morgana humors the skeptical writer. She allows him to make foolish assumptions about magic, but quickly grows tired of his close-minded ideas on the modern witch...
  • The Elflaine Chronicles: Ballad of Dawn by Haley Hamilton

    The Elflaine Chronicles: Ballad of Dawn by Haley Hamilton

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 10 ratings
    There is magic, still, in Scotland.Elflaine, the fabled faerie realm, was supposed to be a myth. Ailia Danu certainly never expected her older sister, Elideh, to find it. After Elideh's disappearance into Elflaine, Ailia must uncover the long-buried history of the faeries, learn to control her newly-awakened magic, and navigate fabled creatures dragged straight out of Scottish lore...
  • The Evanescence by Jessica Sorensen

    The Evanescence by Jessica Sorensen

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Book two in the Fallen Souls Series. My name is Gemma Lucas and everything in my life is falling apart. Lost Souls are roaming the world, possessing people and the fey have made it their mission to torture the innocent. Death and suffering is becoming a way of life and no matter what I do, things keep tearing Alex and me apart...
  • Fighting For Her Dragon by Julia Mills

    Fighting For Her Dragon by Julia Mills

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    There Are No Coincidences…. Given a fairy tale life by the clan of dragon shifters that rescued her as a little girl, Emma Sinclair long ago accepted she might never solve the mystery of her heritage. Of course, that was before she could feel the traitor’s pain, before she knew he was slipping away. And before the unthinkable happened… he called to her in the language of his kin...
  • Agnes' Answer: The Willoughby Witches (Book Four) by Terri Reid

    Agnes' Answer: The Willoughby Witches (Book Four) by Terri Reid

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Over one hundred years ago, a group of witches, escaping a second wave of Witch Trials made their way from New England to Whitewater, Wisconsin, known as Second Salem. Others, seeking knowledge in spiritualism and the occult, also made their way to the city and, through their ignorance, unleashed an evil entity poised to destroy the city...
  • The Pine Hill Inn by J A WHITING

    The Pine Hill Inn by J A WHITING

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    This is book 1 in the Ella Daniels Mystery series by USA TODAY Bestselling Author J. A. Whiting. Ella Daniels, a professor of American history at Green Hill University, comes from a family with many talents, and seeing ghosts is one of them. The family matriarch, Aunt Jin, has agreed to allow a journalist to do a story on their business, Green Hill Investigations...
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    witches  magic  suspense  mystery  fantasy  paranormal
  • The Book of Lost Enchantments by Jessica Dodge

    The Book of Lost Enchantments by Jessica Dodge

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    At twenty-nine, Nora Cameron's life feels adrift, her days are spent working in her parents’ bakery, and her nights are spent alone watching Hallmark movies. She yearns for something beyond her predictable existence, though she has no idea what that might be. That is, until fate intervenes, and Nora is swept into an unforeseen adventure to Scotland...
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    magic  witches  paranormal  historical  fantasy  audiobook
  • Released Souls by Karice Bolton

    Released Souls by Karice Bolton

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Triss and Logan’s love is becoming stronger by the day as they harness the powers between them, but will that make them blind to the evil they’re facing? After uncovering startling information about her family, Triss is determined to right the wrongs of her ancestors...
  • Eternal Love: The Immortal Witch Series by Maggie Shayne

    Eternal Love: The Immortal Witch Series by Maggie Shayne

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Raven is a witch from the 1690s who flees the hangman’s noose in England to find a haven in Massachusetts Bay where the witch hysteria is about to tear her and her lover apart.Arianna’s beginnings were in the Scottish Highlands where her sister died to save her, and an immortal warrior loved her beyond reason and life itself...
  • Hexed and Vexed: A Paranormal Romance by Rebecca Royce

    Hexed and Vexed: A Paranormal Romance by Rebecca Royce

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    The worst witch in school, Ava Blakely is the girl no one forgets—she’s a Blakely, she’s a potion maker, and her fiancé left her at the altar the year before. When Enforcers whisk her away from her sister’s wedding, she finds herself in the company of Lawson Abramowitz—the hottest, nicest witch she’s ever met. Weirder still—he seems interested in her...
  • We Witch You A Merry Christmas by Louisa West

    We Witch You A Merry Christmas by Louisa West

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    All she wants for Christmas is some peace and quiet. But Santa—and the local sheriff’s office—might just have her on the naughty list.Rosemary Bell’s got a brand new bag. She has a great circle of friends, a sexy Irish boyfriend, and a daughter following in her witchy footsteps...
  • Fire Struck  by Alessa Thorn

    Fire Struck by Alessa Thorn

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 9 ratings
    Magic has returned to the world, but it's brought more than just wonder in its wake. As Layla Ironwood-Steelsinger prepares to host a massive Midsummer celebration, she can't shake the feeling that something dark looms on the horizon. And she's not wrong...
  • Magic Born by Rayanne Haines

    Magic Born by Rayanne Haines

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Maria Del Voscova is a powerful witch with a past. When she’s asked to become a member of the elite Guardians she knows she can’t risk sharing the truth about her messed-up family. But we don’t always get what we want. Sometimes, we don’t always know what we want. Though Mar absolutely knows she doesn’t want Neeren, King of the Parthen...
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    witches  magic  paranormal  fantasy  length-short
  • The Great Witch of Brittany by Louisa Morgan

    The Great Witch of Brittany by Louisa Morgan

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Return to the world of A Secret History of Witches with the bewitching tale of Ursule Orchiere and her discovery of magical abilities that will not only change the course of her life but every generation that comes after her. Brittany, 1741There hasn’t been a witch born in the Orchière clan for generations...
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    witches  magic  fantasy  paranormal  historical  audiobook
  • Beneath Notice by Viola Grace

    Beneath Notice by Viola Grace

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Hazel was never the favourite daughter. One parent hated her, she revolted the other, and then she messed up at work when someone cursed her. It just wasn’t a good day.Hazel has tried just to follow the family path and do what was asked of her. Her work in the financial industry has her pegged as an analyst and a notary for the company contracts...
  • Witch on Board by Louisa West

    Witch on Board by Louisa West

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    She’s worried that with all this pressure, her cauldron might just boil over. Rosemary Bell, witch extraordinaire, has finally claimed her seat on the Council of Witches. Her family is settled, her friends are thriving, and together with adorable Rue the giant Great Dane puppy life is all set to be one boo-tiful experience...
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    witches  magic  paranormal  fantasy  length-short
  • Karma is a Witch by B. Perkins, Aimee Vance

    Karma is a Witch by B. Perkins, Aimee Vance

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 7 ratings
    Devanna Bailey has worked her way up to Boss Witch since her teens, throwing herself into her witch supply shop, Carpe Noctem, no matter how the irksome mayor has tried to stand in her way. Equally driven, it took Orion centuries to earn his post as Mayor of Deadlights Cove. This weird little town and its quirky residents are his life’s purposef, and he might lose it all...
  • By Blood and Magic by Jamie A. Waters

    By Blood and Magic by Jamie A. Waters

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A priceless treasure is hidden within the ocean's depths... Sabine barely managed to escape from Akros with her life.But the ocean isn't safe for someone whose power stems from the forests.When their ship is attacked on the high seas and one of Sabine's companions is taken hostage, only an agreement forged by blood and magic may save her friend's life...
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    magic  fae  fantasy  paranormal  length-long
  • Spell It Out for Me by Sarina Dorie

    Spell It Out for Me by Sarina Dorie

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    You think you know the world of magical boarding schools? Not from a teacher's perspective at a school for at-risk youth. Clarissa Lawrence knew there would be a price to pay for accepting the assistance of a Fae’s magic, though she never thought it would cost her heart. . . . Clarissa has finally let go of the ghosts of boyfriends past and learned to love again...
  • Peacemaker by Bianca D'Arc

    Peacemaker by Bianca D'Arc

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Protecting her might mean confronting his past—and igniting a fiery future. Colt, the youngest of three Navy SEAL brothers, is used to living on the edge. With his siblings mated and settled, he’s now solo, on a high-stakes mission to protect a young woman from deadly danger...
  • Heir of Blood & Fire by Marina Laurendi

    Heir of Blood & Fire by Marina Laurendi

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Two thousand years ago, the Blackblood witches and their dragons were wiped from existence. Only one remains.Serena Avery wants a life like her favorite book characters. One full of adventure, passion, and purpose. She gets more than she bargained for when she is thrust into the world of the fae, accused of being a witch, and held captive by the King of Aegar...
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    witches  fae  fantasy  new adult  paranormal  length-long
  • The City of New Aphros by L.B. Benson

    The City of New Aphros by L.B. Benson

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Warning: The City of New Aphros is the second book in the Andromeda's Account series and this description may include spoilers for book one, The Bartered Soul. After eight years in hiding as a prostitute, former priestess Andromeda never thought she would find love...
  • Finding Valor by Charlotte Abel

    Finding Valor by Charlotte Abel

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Book 3 of The Channie Series Josh awakes with no recollection of the previous six months of his life, including his relationship with Channie. Not only is it hard for him to believe that he's married and his wife was kidnapped, but accepting that he is a mage and prophecies of the Book of the Dead are almost impossible...
  • Her Love, Her Dragon: The Saga Begins by Julia Mills

    Her Love, Her Dragon: The Saga Begins by Julia Mills

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Abigail Donovan is a woman ahead of her time. She wants to be more than a housewife that embroiders all day, she wants to be out in the world! Finally, the day comes but the world beyond the manor has dangers she never imagined and the biggest one of all is to her heart. Manus O’Brien is a Knight of the Round Table...
  • How the Witch Saved Christmas by Louisa West

    How the Witch Saved Christmas by Louisa West

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    With her ghosts of Christmas past finally put to rest, this year she’s ready to sleigh it.Rosemary Bell is living her best life. Her little family is content, business is booming, and she has her very own Christmas eve wedding to plan. Things are jingling all the way... until a knock on the door ruins any prospect of a silent night...
  • The Snow Wife by Rebecca Regnier

    The Snow Wife by Rebecca Regnier

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Midlife isn't too late, it's just in time. North of Forty-Nine is when the adventure begins!They say when a woman reaches “a certain age” she becomes invisible. But what if it isn't true? What if power, adventure, and romance await if you're brave enough to take a chance?Widowed single mom, Bonnie Virtue, is trying to pick up the pieces. She's feeling adrift and alone in an empty nest...
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    witches  magic  fantasy  paranormal  length-short
  • Frost by Kathryn James

    Frost by Kathryn James

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Last time Nell went into the mist she rescued her sister. This time she’ll have to go farther than the Elven forest, farther than the frozen wastes beyond and onto a lake of primal ice so treacherous she’ll be lucky to return at all. It’s the New Year, Woodbridge School is closed and the country is snowed in...
  • Silver Wood Coven - The Complete Series Box Set: A Witch and Warlock Romance Series by Hazel Hunter

    Silver Wood Coven - The Complete Series Box Set: A Witch and Warlock Romance Series by Hazel Hunter

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    What if you had no memory, not even of being a witch? “Falling in love with the series again and again.” “Hang on for this one, it's going to be a bumpy ride. ;-)” RESCUED Silver Wood Coven Book One Templar Michael Charbon has been watching the young witch for months. Homeless, beautiful, and living in Central Park, she seems to charm everyone she meets...
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    witches  magic  fantasy  paranormal  length-long
  • Snarling at the Moon by Zenina Masters

    Snarling at the Moon by Zenina Masters

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Sera has been trying to make ends meet since her family kicked her out. After years away from home in a fey menagerie, she had dreamed of being normal again. It wasn’t possible, and she lived a subsistence life until a strange woman named Pansy arrived in her field...
  • The Witch Apothecary by A.K. Mulford

    The Witch Apothecary by A.K. Mulford

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The magic of a traveling carnival is nothing compared to the magic of a beautiful red witch.Eighteen-year-old Heather Doledir has never left her hometown in the Western Court. As the eldest child of a brown witch family, she is slated to take over the family apothecary and help care for her ailing father...
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    fae  witches  fantasy  paranormal  length-novella
  • Frederick: Paranormal Council Enforcers Book Fifteen by Taylor Rylan

    Frederick: Paranormal Council Enforcers Book Fifteen by Taylor Rylan

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    What happens when your fated One happens to be someone you’re investigating? Frederick Ainsworth’s life is, for lack of a better word, mundane. Needing something to occupy his time, he joins the Council as an enforcer, with the small hope that he’d have a better chance of finding that perfect someone to spend the rest of eternity with too. So far, nothing...
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    witches  magic  paranormal  shapeshifters  fantasy
  • A Petal in the Crown by Megan Shade

    A Petal in the Crown by Megan Shade

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A broken vow. A blood-soaked sacrifice. A bitter end. As Alaric vanishes in the midst of battle, leaving behind nothing but chaos and despair, Lea is consumed by sorrow over her devastating loss. But with the rebel army infected with the Lonely Death and Emma’s life hanging by a thread, there’s no time to grieve...
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    fae  magic  fantasy  paranormal  audiobook
  • The Witching Hour by Fiona Davenport

    The Witching Hour by Fiona Davenport

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The last thing Ren Bancroft expected to find while trick-or-treating with his niece and nephew was his destined consort. Or for her to be a witch…and engaged to another man.Celeste Fortune was thrilled to discover her connection to Ren. He was the key to getting out of the arranged marriage she didn’t want—and to a love she never knew was possible...
  • Dreaming of a Witch Christmas by Louisa West

    Dreaming of a Witch Christmas by Louisa West

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    She’s all set to chill out and enjoy some festive fun, but instead she’s busting out her resting Grinch face.Rosemary Bell is looking forward to some quality family time. With a holiday visit to her Irish in-laws planned and the evil wizard Morgana locked up tight by the Council of Witches, it’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas...
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    witches  magic  paranormal  christmas  horror  fantasy
  • Blood Bound by B.E. Brouillard

    Blood Bound by B.E. Brouillard

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I have a secret, and it's running through my veins.My blood is his lifeline, and I hate him for it.I wish I had killed Darick Drake. I wish it with all my heart, and yet, he still lives. Not for much longer, if I can help it. I know what he did, and it fuels my hatred even more.I hate my traitorous body, too, for still wanting him...for craving him as he craves me...
  • Witch Way or the Highway by Jennifer L. Hart

    Witch Way or the Highway by Jennifer L. Hart

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A homeless single mother is on a collision course with destiny.Laney is at the end of her rope. Homeless with three young girls in the mountains of North Carolina, all she wants is to keep her family together. But no one will give her and her girls a chance. Not until the mysterious Jess covers for her with the local sheriff.But there's more to Jess than meets the eye...
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    magic  witches  paranormal  fantasy  mystery  length-short
  • Wedded Witch by Crystal North

    Wedded Witch by Crystal North

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Meet Swyn Galdur, the wedded witch.Her curse?The curse of the fading witch.Her entire family line is dying out and their power is fading. Cursed with fertility issues, the family need her to wed and produce an heir to save their lineage and their magic. She is the last hope...
    Categorized as:
    witches  magic  paranormal  fantasy
  • Kiss the Crystal Sun by Penelope King

    Kiss the Crystal Sun by Penelope King

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Book #2 in the magical Spellbound series. With Nicholas gone and Justin fighting for his soul, Calista attempts to get back to a normal life. But when Ana reveals a shocking secret about the family's past, and Callie discovers the most important truths in her life are lies, she is faced with a devastating choice...One that will change everything...
  • Creeping it Real by Albany Walker

    Creeping it Real by Albany Walker

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Do dead men tell tales?Before the ink is dry on my last case, I get pulled onto another, and away from what could be a new beginning with the guys.The murder of a high-profile coven leader is being kept a secret, only his inner circle knows. Problem is, they just may be the reason he ended up with a femur through his heart...
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    magic  witches  paranormal  fantasy  m-f  length-short
  • Dreamspinner by Lynn Kurland

    Dreamspinner by Lynn Kurland

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    New York Times bestselling author Lynn Kurland’s enthralling Nine Kingdoms saga brings together a weaver’s apprentice and the son of a mage, both fighting to save the Nine Kingdoms from peril. Aisling of Bruadair has lived a provincial life, heedless of the evil creeping over her land...
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