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Reign of Stars and Fire by L.J. Andrews
Nothing is as it seems. It never was. With darkness spreading across the fae isles, the reluctant raven queen seeks the aid of Calista, the storyteller, and unwittingly falls into a dark tale of twisted fates. To save Ari from being lost in a fae sleep, Saga will reach into the past and uncover deadly secrets left behind by her brother, the last fate king... -
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Daughter of the Forest by Juliet Marillier
Daughter of the Forest is a testimony to an incredible author's talent, a first novel and the beginning of a trilogy like no other: a mixture of history and fantasy, myth and magic, legend and love... -
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![Son of the Shadows by Juliet Marillier]()
Son of the Shadows by Juliet Marillier
Beautiful Sorcha is the courageous young woman who risked all to save her family from a wicked curse and whose love shattered generations of hate and bridged two cultures. It is from her sacrifice that Sorcha's brothers were brought home to their ancestral fortress Sevenwaters, and her life has known much joy... -
![The Road of Bones by Demi Winters]()
The Road of Bones by Demi Winters
A woman on the run. A crew of Viking mercenaries. A forbidden romance. And the secret which could destroy them all. Silla Nordvig is running for her life. The Queen of Íseldur has sent warriors to bring Silla to Sunnavík, where death awaits her...Categorized as:
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![The Heroes by Joe Abercrombie]()
The Heroes by Joe Abercrombie
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 57 ratingsThey say Black Dow’s killed more men than winter, and clawed his way to the throne of the North up a hill of skulls. The King of the Union, ever a jealous neighbour, is not about to stand smiling by while he claws his way any higher. The orders have been given and the armies are toiling through the northern mud... -
![The Scum Villain's Self-Saving System: Ren Zha Fanpai Zijiu Xitong Vol. 2 by Mò Xiāng Tóng Xiù]()
The Scum Villain's Self-Saving System: Ren Zha Fanpai Zijiu Xitong Vol. 2 by Mò Xiāng Tóng Xiù
[CHARACTER DEPTH LEVEL +10]. Three years have passed since Shen Qingqiu betrayed Luo Binghe, and now there are only two years left before his "deceased" disciple rises from the dead to claim his bloody glory as the protagonist. At least, that's how the story is supposed to go... -
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The Rebel's Vision by Kristen Banet
One declaration was all it took. The Andinna Rebellion has begun. Knowing that the fight will be hard, Mave has taken back the title of Champion. King’s Champion. She’s resolved to stand tall beside King Alchan Andini and fight for him, and to fight for her people. But it’s off to a troubling start... -
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Crown of Blood and Ruin by L.J. Andrews
War begins. But secrets have the power to end. .. everything. Fallen princess. Traitor. Queen. Forsaking her people and her birthright, Elise Lysander takes her place at the side of the new fae king of a broken land. Revered by some, hated by many, Elise’s fight for her love and freedom is only beginning... -
![Reign of Darkness by Ariana Nash]()
Reign of Darkness by Ariana Nash
"Know your place, Nikolas. ". "Under the heel of your boot, Your Highness? ". After a terrible inferno destroys the Caville palace, and with the people of Loreen turned against him, Prince Vasili is left with no choice but to flee his ancestral home, leaving Amir to proclaim himself king. But the prince's life isn't the only one left in ashes... -
![Between the Moon & Her Night by Jaclyn Kot]()
Between the Moon & Her Night by Jaclyn Kot
“It was like he had lifted the lid to a small locket box, because a soft, beautiful melody began to play—happy and sad, and filled with love and loss. It was the song of us. The song of Life and Death. ”. Centuries before the events of Between Life and Death and Between Sun and Moon . . . Centuries before she was Sage . . . She was Aurelia, the Goddess of Life...Categorized as:
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![When We Were Kings by Auryn Hadley]()
When We Were Kings by Auryn Hadley
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsON THE FIRST DAY SHE MET HER MATCH. THEN SHE KILLED 16 MEN. Tossed into the gladiator arena, the delicate girl in the fancy pink dress should have been the first to die. Leyli had other plans. Surviving was at the top of her list. Revenge was a close second. Having grown up behind the sheltered walls of the Oberhame Palace, she knew what the crowd wanted... -
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The Scum Villain's Self-Saving System: Ren Zha Fanpai Zijiu Xitong Vol. 3 by Mò Xiāng Tóng Xiù
[SATISFACTION POINTS +500! ]To save his sect from destruction, Shen Qingqiu has at last submitted to Luo Binghe--though he wishes people would stop saying it like that! Unfortunately, they're not wrong. Luo Binghe has finally made his desire for his old master clear...Categorized as:
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The Knight and the Necromancer - The Complete Series by A.H. Lee
Roland is the premier knight of the realm. Sairis is the closest thing Mistala has to a dragon. Prince Roland comes home from the war to bury his father and see his sister on the throne. He sneaks out to his favorite tavern for nostalgia’s sake. It’s the place where he kissed a man for the first time, the place where he used to carouse with the lover he buried on a battlefield...Categorized as:
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![Enchantra by Kaylie Smith]()
Enchantra by Kaylie Smith
Return to the world of USA Today bestselling BookTok favorite Phantasma in this spicy, stand-alone romantasy, where seven immortal siblings are trapped in a deadly game of hide and seek . . . until one mortal woman changes the rules. The print edition includes custom silver foiling on the cover. Welcome to Enchantra. There’s only one rule: Never, ever trust your heart... -
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![Magician's End by Raymond E. Feist]()
Magician's End by Raymond E. Feist
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsThree decades . . . Five Riftwars . . . One magnificent saga: From New York Times bestselling author Raymond E. Feist comes Magician's End, the final book in the epic Riftwar Cycle... -
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Kissed by the Gods by Caty Rogan
Leina has spent a lifetime submitting. Kneeling. Enduring. Then soldiers come for her brother, and divine fury surges through her veins. She expects execution for the bodies she left in her wake. Her people have met bloody ends for far, far less. Instead, Ryot, a godsworn warrior born to privilege and raised in order, drags her into a world that was never meant for her...Categorized as:
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Man of Shadow and Mist by Michelle Griep
“The world seems full of good men—even if there are monsters in it. ”. –Bram Stoker, Dracula. England, 1890. Vampires are alive and well in North Yorkshire, leastwise in the minds of the uneducated. Librarian Rosa Edwards intends to drive a stake through the heart of such superstitions. But gossip flies when the mysterious Sir James Morgan returns to his shadowy manor... -
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The Infernal Battalion by Django Wexler
Military might and arcane power clash in Django Wexler's thrilling new Shadow Campaigns novel. The Beast, the ancient demon imprisoned beneath the fortress-city of Elysium for a thousand years, has been loosed on the world. It absorbs mind after mind, spreading like a plague through the north... -
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The Daughters' War by Christopher Buehlman
A standalone novel following young warrior Galva dom Braga on her journey from untested academy swordswoman to feared and bloodied veteran knight, set during the war-torn, goblin-infested years just before The Blacktongue Thief . The goblins have killed all of our horses and most of our men. They have enslaved our cities, burned our fields, and inflicted a waking nightmare on the known world... -
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Court of Ice and Ash by L.J. Andrews
She chose him. He chose revenge. But some choices have deadly consequences. When Elise agreed to break a vicious curse over the man she loved, she never imagined he was a lost fae prince. But Valen left her to carry out vengeance for his slaughtered family. So when she joins the outlaw fae in their uprising against her own sister, all Elise wants is to forget the prince who holds her heart... -
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The Half-Hearted Queen by Charlie N. Holmberg
In this spellbinding dark fantasy from Wall Street Journal bestselling author Charlie N. Holmberg that concludes the Shattered King duology, Nym must escape the clutches of her captors and find her way back to Renn even as forbidden love, magic, and secrets collide with the weight of the crown and the war between kingdoms. Nym never told Prince Renn she loved him... -
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Thorns of Frost by Krista Street
Being entered into the Rising Queen Trial is equivalent to death. If I win, I’ll marry my enemy. If I lose, I’ll marry another fae of the king’s choosing. Either way, my freedom is lost unless I find a way to escape. Intent on fleeing, I train my new affinities and learn what’s needed to survive while pretending to vie for the throne...Categorized as:
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THE SOULBOND AND HER BELOVED by Kiss Leilani
Part 4 of 'The Princess In A Prince Disguise'. This CANNOT be read as a standalone, as it is a direct continuation of Book 3: 'The Princess and her Grand King. '. . . I am home, yet it does not feel like home. The chains on my wrists and ankles are gone, but those around my heart tighten... -
![A Promise of Lies by Clare Sager]()
A Promise of Lies by Clare Sager
The King is dead. Long live the King. And death to his enemies. Bargained away to Dawn Court, Kat must play the part of a helpless human bewitched by the Day King. But beneath the veneer of submission, she’s playing a far more dangerous game—spying for Dusk Court, and for the one person who holds her heart: Bastian...Categorized as:
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![Bite The Terror That Feeds by Penelope Barsetti]()
Bite The Terror That Feeds by Penelope Barsetti
He gave me his word—and he broke it. Kingsnake promised me he would let me go once he found the cure, but he’s known this entire time and never once shared it with me. And now that I know the truth, that there is no cure, he still won’t let me go. Now I’m his prisoner once again. He asks to feed from me several times, but I refuse all his advances... -
![The Cruel Dark by Bea Northwick]()
The Cruel Dark by Bea Northwick
Millicent Foxboro is haunted. Not by ghosts but by the anguish of her past and the uncertainty of her future. After all, even in the progressive year of 1928, most people would balk at hiring a woman who’d spent two months in a mental ward for traumatic amnesia... -
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ENNEAD Vol. 2 [Mature Hardcover] by Mojito
Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsThe full-color Boys’ Love webtoon hit inspired by ancient Egyptian mythology! (Hardcover Edition for Mature Audiences). Nine powerful gods of ancient Egypt are known as the Ennead. When the god of war, Seth, kills his brother Osiris to take over Egypt, he ushers in an era of chaos and cruelty under his rule... -
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Dark Moon, Shallow Sea by David R. Slayton
The first in a new epic fantasy series from David R. Slayton, Dark Moon, Shallow Sea is a powerful story of divine betrayal, ghosts, and self-discovery, perfect for fans of the Dark Souls series or Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson. When Phoebe, goddess of the moon, is killed by the knights of the sun god, Hyperion, all who follow her are branded heretics... -
![To Poison a King by S.G. Prince]()
To Poison a King by S.G. Prince
S. G. Prince's new standalone is a breathtaking fantasy about sacrifice, self-discovery, and a girl tasked with saving the very man she aimed to kill. Selene is the youngest daughter in a gifted line of healers, born to serve as the king's royal physician. Yet when Selene's mother Persaphe embroils her in a plot to kill the king, Selene finds herself poisoning the very man she is sworn to protect... -
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Darling Unchained by JanJan Untamed
The thrilling conclusion to Devil's Darling.Categorized as:
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![King of the Dark by Ariana Nash]()
King of the Dark by Ariana Nash
From the author who brought you the award-winning Silk & Steel series comes a new dark MM high fantasy. "Your love is worthless, it's your hate I need. " ~Prince Vasili Caville. When King Talos Caville surrendered the war to the elves, soldier Nikolas Yazdan vowed never to serve the royals again... -
![The Hidden Falling by Kelly Cove]()
The Hidden Falling by Kelly Cove
We were hidden. For years we have been living in secret, in a safe haven called Eridian for wolves and others alike inside The Deadlands. Hiding from the Highers laws and the eyes of the Elites, I make sure we survive the best we can while we live our simple life. When we collect a female in need to bring her back to Eridian, it was supposed to go as planned, like any other time...Categorized as:
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Court of Blood and Bindings by Lisette Marshall
They call him the Silent Death, because he kills without sound and leaves none capable of speaking in his wake…. When the empire’s deadliest fae murderer catches her wielding forbidden magic, twenty-year-old Emelin believes her hour has come. Instead, her inhumanly beautiful captor spares her life, but carries her off on his velvet wings – into the one place from which no human ever returns... -
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Finding Gabriel by Rachel L. Demeter
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsColonel Gabriel de Laurent departed for the war intending to die. After a decade of bloodstained battlegrounds while fighting in Napoleon's army, Gabriel returns to the streets of Paris a shattered and haunted soul. Plagued by inner demons, he swallows the barrel of his flintlock pistol and pulls the trigger. But fate has a different plan. Ariah Larochelle is a survivor...Categorized as:
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![A Dream So Wicked by Tessonja Odette]()
A Dream So Wicked by Tessonja Odette
A vicious rivalry. A forbidden desire. A curse only her enemy can break. After twenty years stuck in a fae convent with no word from whoever abandoned her there, Briony Rose is all out of hope. But when her parents suddenly claim her and reveal she’s a lost fae princess, she’s burdened with the weight of a kingdom on the brink of collapse... -
![The Capital by A.H. Lee]()
The Capital by A.H. Lee
It’s a classic fairytale: Knight meets necromancer. They argue. They fight. They…make out? Prince Roland comes home from the war to bury his father and see his sister on the throne. He sneaks out to his favorite tavern for nostalgia’s sake. It’s the place where he kissed a man for the first time, the place where he used to carouse with the lover he buried on a battlefield... -
![Entreat Me by Grace Draven]()
Entreat Me by Grace Draven
Afflicted by a centuries-old curse, a warlord slowly surrenders his humanity and descends toward madness. Ballard of Ketach Tor holds no hope of escaping his fate until his son returns home one day, accompanied by a woman of incomparable beauty. His family believes her arrival may herald Ballard's salvation. . .. until they confront her elder sister... -
![Court of Vice and Death by Alexis Calder]()
Court of Vice and Death by Alexis Calder
The stories about the fae court were true and I’m not sure if any of us will survive. Everything in the fae court wants me dead. The monsters who live here, the royal family, even the other tributes. I’m surrounded by enemies but I won’t forget the cause of all this suffering: The Fae King. If I’m going down, I’m going to take him with me. But nothing is easy in Konos... -
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Warrior of the Drowned Empire by Frankie Diane Mallis
Warrior of the Drowned Empire is the highly-anticipated fourth book in a sensational romantic series. Perfect for fans of Jennifer L. Armentrout, Danielle L. Jensen, and Rebecca Yarros. The Guardians have returned. As Moriel's reincarnation nears, Lyr is determined to fulfil her harness the power of the red shard and defeat him...Categorized as:
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![So Below by Julie Mannino]()
So Below by Julie Mannino
Riley was his, and he better remember that even if he was currently in an angel's bed and shouting someone else's name. The image made Eren see red. Riley While healing from Eren’s betrayal, the first nephalem in centuries will have to learn to feed, do magic, and navigate a different way of life... -
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Bite The Power That Feeds by Penelope Barsetti
Ellasara came at me with a blade—and she defeated me. But my eyes open to my bedchambers and I see Kingsnake sitting at my beside with Fang next to my pillow. I expect to feel the horrible pain of my injury, but I already feel healed. When I sit up, the room doesn’t spin and I don’t feel weak. In fact, I feel better than I ever have…. Kingsnake takes my face in my hands and pulls me close...Categorized as:
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![Bump in the Night by Cassie Mint]()
Bump in the Night by Cassie Mint
He’s smart, handsome, and we have an instant connection. Pity all these ghosts keep interrupting our moments…. All my life, I’ve wanted a ghostly encounter. It’s my greatest dream, and it’s never happened for me—not even in Belladonna Bay, where every other building is haunted... -
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Under the Oak Tree: Volume 1 by Suji Kim
Most fairytales end with a wedding and a happily-ever-after—but this is no fairytale. The updated and official translation of Under the Oak Tree, the #1 webnovel on MANTA. Lady Maximilian is the daughter of the powerful Duke Croyso, but she is rarely allowed outside her family’s sprawling castle for fear that her stutter will tarnish their noble name...Categorized as:
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![The Butcher Of Beaumont by JanJan Untamed]()
The Butcher Of Beaumont by JanJan Untamed
“I read her mind before she died, witch. And I know what I saw. You are disobedient and a spoiled fucking brat. A good daughter would have heeded her mother’s warning and stayed away. ” He drags me to my feet. “Get up. We need to move. It is only a matter of time before someone turns you in and the palace guard comes searching for us. ”“I am grieving, you beastly man. ” I snarl at him...Categorized as:
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![Storm Front by Iris Foxglove]()
Storm Front by Iris Foxglove
In a remote village, a man named Azaiah goes wreathed in flowers and smiling to the sacrificial altar, willing to die to keep his village safe from plague. But the Harvester has something else in store for Azaiah, and it isn’t the shores of the world beyond that await him…but the cloak and scythe itself...Categorized as:
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![Bound in Crimson Cord by Augusta Grey]()
Bound in Crimson Cord by Augusta Grey
Brynen Harlow has an impossible choice to make. Betray her country or betray her heart. Born with the power to heal, Brynen is a commoner hiding a deadly secret from the Crown. When the Witch Finder catches her practicing unlawful healing, she's sent to the Tower to be burned. Before Brynen faces the pyre, an ancient enemy attacks from the continent...Categorized as:
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![To Hunt a Demon King by Madeleine Eliot]()
To Hunt a Demon King by Madeleine Eliot
Little Red Riding Hood meets spicy romantasy in this witchy retelling of a classic fairy tale. Elara has only one goal in her life: to convince her mother to treat her like the fully grown witch she is and let her attend a Coven meeting. But on her twenty-fifth birthday, Elara discovers that her mother had good reasons for keeping her away from the Coven and her grandmother, its unfeeling Crone...Categorized as:
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![The Silent Prince by L. Eveland]()
The Silent Prince by L. Eveland
I will be free, even if it kills me. As a prince of Ostovan, I had everything I the finest wine in my cup, scores of attractive knights to duel and bed, and an endless library of books. I never even saw my brother’s betrayal coming. Captured and stripped of my voice by a magical collar, I’m sold as a slave to a warband of elves... -
![Ancient Retribution by Katie Reus]()
Ancient Retribution by Katie Reus
A dragon princess once lost…. Juniper hunts down the most dangerous criminals on her black ops missions—and she’s good at it. A dragon shifter who was raised by wolves, she doesn’t know her birth clan and gave up trying to find them a hundred years ago... -
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악녀를 죽여 줘 1 [Agnyeoreul Jugyeo Jwo 1] (Kill the Villainess (Webtoon) #1) by Your April, 사월생
소설 속 악녀, 에리스 미제리안. 착하고 사랑스러운 주인공 헬레나를 질투해. 음모를 꾸미다 사형당하는 후작가의 외동딸. 그녀에게 빙의한 '나'의 목표는 오직. 이 세계를 탈출해서 집으로 돌아가는 것. 그것을 위해서라면 죽음도 불사하겠노라 각오했지만. '나'를 옭아맨 세계의 법칙은 끈질기기만 하다. 예전과는 달라진 에리스의 모습에. 에리스를 증오하던 소설 속 세 남주,. 황태자와 대신관, 용사마저 시선을 보내기 시작하는데…. "그렇다고 해도 나는 도저히. 이 세계를 사랑할 수 없다. ". 여기를 나갈 방법이 오직 죽음뿐이어도. 그걸 위해 마녀와 손을 잡는다고 해도. 나는 반드시 이 세계를 탈출하겠어! 운명을 거부하는 악녀 에리스의 이세계 탈출기!Categorized as:
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