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Fantasy of Fire by Kelly St. Clare
Fantasy of Fire is the third action-packed title in The Tainted Accords series.An army is half way to Glacium. And not just any army - it belongs to my mother. ************************************************************************** Time is running out as I rush to prevent a war which will kill thousands; The Solati people, my brothers, and the many Bruma I've come to care for...Categorized as:
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![Fantasy of Flight by Kelly St. Clare]()
Fantasy of Flight by Kelly St. Clare
My veil is gone and I need it back.Stuck in the lethal Outer Rings of Glacium, I must fight to survive while keeping my true identity the gravest of secrets. Only then can I continue the search for Prince Kedrick's murderer and navigate my way back to King Jovan's castle.No one can discover I'm the Tatuma of Osolis - the princess of their enemy world.. -
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![When We Were Kings by Auryn Hadley]()
When We Were Kings by Auryn Hadley
Born a princess, Leyli never expected to find herself in a gladiatorial arena. Her cousin's plot to secure himself as heir means she got thrown in with the criminals and debtors, sentenced to fight until she either wins her freedom or dies. But Leyli comes from a line of warriors. Raised to be demure and gentle, she might not know how to fight – but she knows how to not give up... -
![When We Were Crowned by Auryn Hadley]()
When We Were Crowned by Auryn Hadley
Long Live the Gladiator Queen! With the crown safely on Leyli's head, her problems should've been over. Her country is safe. Her family is together. What more could a new Queen ask for? Unfortunately, spending her mornings purging her stomach isn't it. Evidently, not even the Queen of Norihame is immune to morning sickness... -
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![Ballad of Sword and Wine: Qiang Jin Jiu Vol. 4 by Tang Jiu Qing]()
Ballad of Sword and Wine: Qiang Jin Jiu Vol. 4 by Tang Jiu Qing
OPENING GAMBITHaving successfully foiled the bandit attack on the city of Cizhou in Zhongbo, Xiao Chiye sets off in pursuit of their leader, attempting to cut him off before he returns to his lair. At the same time, having gained control of Cizhou, Shen Zechuan sets his sights on the neighboring prefecture of Chazhou in hopes of brokering a trade agreement... -
![Never Love a Highlander by Maya Banks]()
Never Love a Highlander by Maya Banks
In a tale of strong ties and true love, Maya Banks' trilogy comes to its conclusion, as the youngest McCabe brother uses sword and seduction to save his clan - and seal his heart. Caelen McCabe’s young, reckless heart nearly destroyed his clan. Now, putting family loyalty above all else, he steps up to marry his older brother’s jilted bride and salvage the uneasy alliance between two clans... -
![Roots of Darkness by Demi Winters]()
Roots of Darkness by Demi Winters
Traveling the Road of Bones was only the start of Hekla’s troubles.The Bloodaxe Crew have arrived at the village of Istré—beleaguered and missing three of their members. They might be down in numbers, but Hekla ‘Rib Smasher’ is determined they’ll complete their job all the same: defeat the evil mist with a heartbeat and keep the citizens of Istré safe... -
![The Archer's Tale by Bernard Cornwell]()
The Archer's Tale by Bernard Cornwell
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 41 ratingsFrom New York Times bestselling author Bernard Cornwell, now available in paperback—the first book in the Grail Series--a spellbinding tale of a young man, a fearless archer, who sets out wanting to avenge his family's honor and winds up on a quest for the Holy Grail... -
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Heretic by Bernard Cornwell
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsWith Calais in English hands, hostilities are suspended, but Thomas' quest to find the Holy Grail continues. His cousin Guy of Vexille still pursues him with deadly purpose, convinced that there is a link between Thomas and what he covets... -
![The Viking by Carrie Cotten]()
The Viking by Carrie Cotten
Will the loyalty that saved their kingdom destroy their hearts?As a girl, Astrid washed up on the shores of the Picts, haunting memories of her homeland locked deep inside. She began a new life serving Queen Cyrene, ultimately becoming her dearest friend and the captain of her army...Categorized as:
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![Heir to the Crown by Ron C. Nieto]()
Heir to the Crown by Ron C. Nieto
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe raiding season might be over, but the court is a new threat on its own …A victorious Oren, newly minted Lord Commander of the Mountain Guard, returns to the capital to receive the King’s accolades and to ask for the one thing he wants as his prize—the right to marry the woman he loves.But the court is a dangerous place, and nothing is as Oren expects when he arrives at his childhood home... -
![빛과 그림자 by Ryu Hyang]()
빛과 그림자 by Ryu Hyang
주인의 명령에 신분을 속이고 결혼하게 된 하녀, 에드나. 일라이 공작을 싫어하는 자작의 딸 대신 결혼하게 됐지만 그에게 정체가 탄로 나는 건 시간문제였다... -
![Vagabond by Bernard Cornwell]()
Vagabond by Bernard Cornwell
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsFrom New York Times bestselling author Bernard Cornwell, the sequel to The Archer's Tale—the spellbinding tale of a young man, a fearless archer, who sets out wanting to avenge his family's honor and winds up on a quest for the Holy Grail.In 1347, a year of conflict and unrest, Thomas of Hookton returns to England to pursue the Holy Grail... -
![How to Turn a Frog into a Prince by Bree Wolf]()
How to Turn a Frog into a Prince by Bree Wolf
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA barefoot maiden.A painfully proper gentleman.And a friendship most unexpected. After losing her entire family to a horrible sickness, Miss Charlaine Palmer leaves Jamaica and crosses an ocean, hoping for a new beginning in England. Unfortunately, her raven-black hair and olive skin immediately mark her as an outsider, eyed suspiciously by the English ton... -
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![The Golden Wolf by Linnea Hartsuyker]()
The Golden Wolf by Linnea Hartsuyker
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsThe fates of Ragnvald and his sister Svanhild unfold to their stunning conclusion in this riveting final volume in The Golden Wolf Saga, a trilogy that conjures the ancient world with the gripping detail, thrilling action, and vivid historical elements of Game of Thrones and Outlander... -
![The Kingmaker Chronicles Complete Set by Amanda Bouchet]()
The Kingmaker Chronicles Complete Set by Amanda Bouchet
The complete USA Today bestselling trilogy The Kingmaker Chronicles! KINGDOMS WILL RISE AND FALL FOR HER...BUT NOT IF SHE CAN HELP IT Promise of Fire Catalia "Cat" Fisa lives disguised as a soothsayer in a traveling circus. She is perfectly content avoiding the danger and destiny the Gods—and her homicidal mother—have saddled her with...Categorized as:
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![Scent of a Wolf by Alex Lidell]()
Scent of a Wolf by Alex Lidell
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsLera isn’t a hero. The world doesn’t know that. Lera needs to keep her head down—not an easy feat when a giant gray wolf with a fondness for her dorm room starts roaming the Academy... -
![Song of Silk and Scars by Violet Froste]()
Song of Silk and Scars by Violet Froste
Naria just wants to be free.Trapped in the palace, she would rather die than become a courtesan, but she refuses to be a slave all her life either.Ivan is the greatest warrior in Karscha.He is ruthless and used to absolute obedience. Nothing and nobody can call his power to account.So when Ivan is sent to a mission to an enemy kingdom, he expects everything to go exactly according to his plan...Categorized as:
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![Bound by Blood by Mia West]()
Bound by Blood by Mia West
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHe’ll do anything for the man he loves.Even the unthinkable.Bedwyr has everything he could want. He’s come back from a devastating injury, and he’s a warrior again, regaining his father’s respect battle by successful battle.Best of he has Arthur. When they aren’t fighting effortlessly side by side, they’re making the most of every secret nook and shadow in the village to celebrate their victories... -
![All the Painted Stars by Emma Denny]()
All the Painted Stars by Emma Denny
To win her heart, she'll have to fight…Oxfordshire 1362When Lily Barden discovers her best friend Johanna’s hand in marriage is being awarded as the main prize at a tournament, she is determined to stop it. Disguised as a knight, she infiltrates the contest, preparing to fight for Jo’s hand...Categorized as:
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![Lena & Ivar by Celeste Barclay]()
Lena & Ivar by Celeste Barclay
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsWhat happens when love and war don’t mix? Ivar Sorenson is not only his father’s heir to their jarldom, he’s his parents’ last remaining son. There isn’t much choice for the future jarl when his father demands an alliance with their feuding neighbor. That alliance can only come in the form of a marriage...to a woman Ivar doesn’t want and doesn’t like... -
![Jasyn and the Astronauts: Under The Ice Skies by Gwenhyver]()
Jasyn and the Astronauts: Under The Ice Skies by Gwenhyver
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsA sapphic swords & sorcery space adventure!JASYN is an explorer with a talent for reaching for the stars and upending weather systems with her emotions... -
![Crown of Serpents by Lara Reed]()
Crown of Serpents by Lara Reed
The sizzling tale of Perseus & Medusa featuring female rage, enemies-to-lovers, and high-stakes action Medusa wants only one thing: revenge against the gods who abused and shunned her. Perseus would do anything to save his family from King Polydectes, the tyrant ruling his home – even slaying the infamous monster in exchange for his mother’s freedom... -
![Across a Moonlit Sea by Marsha Canham]()
Across a Moonlit Sea by Marsha Canham
A rip roaring high seas adventure set in Elizabethan England, when dashing privateers, known as sea hawks, banded together to guard their country and their queen against the Invincible Armada being amassed by Spain. Simon Dante, the Pirate Wolf, meets his match in battle and in love when he crosses swords with Isabeau Spence... -
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![Highlander Sworn by Jayne Castel]()
Highlander Sworn by Jayne Castel
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsLetting her instincts rule could mean her ruin. A prisoner, a clan-chief’s daughter, and an impossible love.Beautiful yet flighty, Eilidh Munro has caught a chieftain’s eye—but it’s not him she wants. Instead, she longs for the enigmatic Gunn hostage, who works the fields by day and is locked away in the dungeons beneath her keep at night...Categorized as:
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![An Ill-Made Match by Alice Coldbreath]()
An Ill-Made Match by Alice Coldbreath
Roland Vawdrey is used to the best. As the King’s champion he sets all the maiden’s hearts a-flutter. When it comes to picking out a wife, he knows exactly what he requires, perfection of face and form. Naturally, his choice falls on the fair Lenora... -
![Driven by Duty by Mia West]()
Driven by Duty by Mia West
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA woman’s place is with those she’s willing to fight for…A warlord’s daughter has responsibilities. No one knows that better than Gwen, only daughter and political pawn of her father, Uthyr.But with her husband banished and her brother gone after him, Gwen isn’t leaving her fate in Uthyr’s hands one moment longer. She has a plan and needs an accomplice she can trust... -
![Lord Hunter's Cinderella Heiress by Lara Temple]()
Lord Hunter's Cinderella Heiress by Lara Temple
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsBetrothed…to the wrong man! Building a life away from her bullying family, schoolmistress Helen Tilney now needs to convince her childhood sweetheart she's a worthy bride... -
![Yours Until Dawn by Teresa Medeiros]()
Yours Until Dawn by Teresa Medeiros
Gabriel Fairchild's valor during battle earns him the reputation of hero, but costs him both his sight and his hope for the future. Abandoned by the fiancée he adored, the man who once walked like a prince among London's elite secludes himself in his family's mansion, cursing his way through dark days and darker nights... -
![The Princess & the Spy: Complete Trilogy by Lisette Marshall]()
The Princess & the Spy: Complete Trilogy by Lisette Marshall
She despises his coldness. He loathes her nosy questions. But when a war threatens their small kingdom, they have no choice but to work together...The Princess...Three years at a foreign court have completed Viviette’s education as crown princess of the Peaks...Categorized as:
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![Court of Blades by Tanya Bird]()
Court of Blades by Tanya Bird
They say hope is the last thing lost.Charlotte Livingston might be a descendent of the last Prince of Wales, but she is every bit English born and raised. So when her father informs her that she is to go Dinefwr Castle and play the role of Welsh royalty, she thinks he has lost his mind. The castle has a reputation for consuming its English occupants, and wastelanders can smell deceit a mile away... -
![Spoils of War by Kellie Dennis Book Cover by Design, Hannah Walker]()
Spoils of War by Kellie Dennis Book Cover by Design, Hannah Walker
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsJecks Cordant, High General of the Kabarian army was used to life being a certain way. Jecks knew things didn’t tend to change when you were at the top of your career. He was wrong. In one moment, because of one small letter, his entire world tilted. Everything was different... -
![The Song of the Marked by S.M. Gaither]()
The Song of the Marked by S.M. Gaither
An ancient evil is stirring. The old gods are growing restless. Can she stop the coming storm? A Devastating Sickness For decades, the Kethran Empire has been plagued by a strange illness that leaches the very life and soul from its victims. The Girl Who Survived Casia is one of the Fade-Marked—one of the few people who caught this sickness and lived... -
![Golden Surrender by Heather Graham]()
Golden Surrender by Heather Graham
TWO BOLD WARRIORS, TWO PROUD LANDS, UNITED BY PASSION—AND REVENGE. . . . PRINCE OLAF OF NORWAY—Lord of the Wolves, the golden Viking warrior who came in his dragon ship to forge a great kingdom in the Emerald Isle... -
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![如珠似玉 Like Pearl and Jade by Yue Xia Die Ying, 月下蝶影]()
如珠似玉 Like Pearl and Jade by Yue Xia Die Ying, 月下蝶影
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsMany people thought that the sweet-looking second miss of the Gu Family must be a gentle, kind and soft person.Yet sometimes, the truth was in the hands of the few.This is a story of a tyrant flower in the guise of a delicate flower and a seemingly sickly but extremely long-lived and infatuated emperor... -
![Sol & Lune by Kathryn Moon]()
Sol & Lune by Kathryn Moon
A war without end, a woman alone, and a sacred duty she must protect. Born into a war almost as old as Sol and Lune themselves, Lumen, Lady of Fenn Manor has watched her family sacrifice for years at the altar of her country's ambitions...Categorized as:
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![How to Catch a Sinful Marquess by Amy Rose Bennett]()
How to Catch a Sinful Marquess by Amy Rose Bennett
A reserved debutante and a former soldier make an unlikely but fated match as they hasten for the Isle of Skye. Orphaned heiress Olivia de Vere should have the world--or at least the men of the ton--at her feet. But when she's thrown out of a young ladies' academy, Olivia doubts she'll ever find someone who will love her, rather than her bank account...Categorized as:
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![Betrayer by Lianne Kay]()
Betrayer by Lianne Kay
She marries him for revenge. He marries her for her serpent mark.On the eve of her twentieth birthday, Sol is kidnapped by a barbarian. He wants her to use the magic she doesn’t have to heal someone. She wants to avenge her mother by killing his chieftain.Desperate to get close to their leader, she marries one of their warriors. Her husband vows to never bed her. She vows to win his favor... -
![The Sword by Bryan M. Litfin]()
The Sword by Bryan M. Litfin
Four hundred years after a deadly virus and nuclear war destroyed the modern world, a new and noble civilization emerges. In this kingdom, called Chiveis, snowcapped mountains provide protection, and fields and livestock provide food. The people live medieval-style lives, with almost no knowledge of the "ancient" world...Categorized as:
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![Daughter of a Thousand Years by Amalia Carosella]()
Daughter of a Thousand Years by Amalia Carosella
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsGreenland, AD 1000More than her fiery hair marks Freydís as the daughter of Erik the Red; her hot temper and fierce pride are as formidable as her Viking father’s. And so, too, is her devotion to the great god Thor, which puts her at odds with those in power—including her own brother, the zealous Leif Eriksson... -
![Solomon's Crown by Natasha Siegel]()
Solomon's Crown by Natasha Siegel
Two destined rivals fall desperately in love—but the fate of medieval Europe hangs in the balance."I will always want you. Enemy or ally, I always shall."Twelfth-century Europe. Newly crowned King Philip of France is determined to restore his nation to its former empire and bring glory to his name... -
![Jego wysokość pirat by Gaelen Foley]()
Jego wysokość pirat by Gaelen Foley
Rated: 3.84 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsWhen Allegra Monteverdi, the daughter of Lazar's sworn enemy, throws herself on his mercy, the pirate prince Lazar di Fiori agrees to spare the lives of her family but only if she sails away with him. Alone at sea with this dark, intriguing man, moving between seduction and fear, Allegra realizes it will take more than her growing love for this pirate prince to bring peace to her beloved home... -
![Lancelot by Gwen Rowley]()
Lancelot by Gwen Rowley
Strong and powerful warriors of nobility and honor, the Knights of the Round Table fought for kings, rescued damsels, and undertook dangerous quests. But true love may be the most perilous quest of all Sir Lancelot, First Knight of King Arthur’s realm and the Queen’s champion, cannot be defeated by any earthly manas long as he keeps his oaths to Arthur and Guinevere...Categorized as:
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![My Man Godric by R. Cooper]()
My Man Godric by R. Cooper
Bertie is just the king's foolish, poetry loving, sometimes crossdressing brother. useless in times of crisis, or so he tells himself. He is completely beneath the notice of someone like the country's most famous general, Godric of the South. It's too bad that he happens to be in love with Godric... and that with the entire country at stake, Bertie might be the only one who can save it... -
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![Pillars of Light by Jane Johnson]()
Pillars of Light by Jane Johnson
Rated: 3.63 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsDiana Gabaldon meets Ken Follett in this epic story of love, war and redemption.In the Syrian city of Akka, Nathanael, a young Jewish doctor, and a Muslim girl called Zohra are about to fall in love, unaware that Jerusalem has just been taken by Saladin's army and that their city will soon be engulfed by war... -
![A Misplaced Love by Renee M. Palstring]()
A Misplaced Love by Renee M. Palstring
Rated: 2.90 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsAn arranged marriage, a secret love, and one mistake.Estelle, Princess of Isara, has always known one day she would wed, that it is her duty as a princess. However, as long as she can remember she’s dreamed of marrying her best friend, Griffith. She’s always lived in this fantasy, kept her feelings a secret till the day she had the courage to speak them...Categorized as:
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![The Lady's Champion by Marie Lipscomb]()
The Lady's Champion by Marie Lipscomb
"I'm not gentle with you because I doubt your strength, my lady, but because I know the full extent of mine."Lady Natalie Blackmere has always dreamed of meeting the renowned champions of Aldland, especially the legendary Brandon the Bear. When at last the Grand Tourney comes to Blackmere, Natalie swaps places with a barmaid and sneaks out to follow her dreams...Categorized as:
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