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The House Witch 2 by Delemhach
House witch Finlay Ashowan must contend with matters of the heart, hearth, family, and kingdom in the second book of a whimsical and winning fantasy series.As a wielder of domestic magic, Finlay Ashowan likes to keep his affairs as neat and orderly as his kitchen... -
The Usual Witchspects by Amanda M. Lee
Rated: 4.74 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsTrouble in Hemlock Cove? Say it isn't say.Bay, Clove, Thistle, Landon, Aunt Tillie, and all the rest are back for another fun adventure.Death, as usual, will come calling. It will take a witch to save the day... -
The Vampire and the Case of the Hellacious Hag by Heather G. Harris, Jilleen Dolbeare
Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsWelcome to Portlock: where the dead don’t always stay that way.When a human inspector drops dead in the Chrome Mine, things get messy fast. The dwarves are up in arms, swearing the mine is cursed, and when a second body turns up—this time without its head—all fingers point to the local hag.But I’ve met Matilda. She’s terrifying, sure, but she doesn’t seem like the elaborate crime scene type... -
Pandora Hearts, Vol. 5 by Jun Mochizuki
Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsGuided by Jack Vessalius, the man from Alice's memories, Oz wanders back into the world of lost memories in search of Alice. There, he stumbles upon the devastating tragedy of Sablier, the century-old disaster which sent the old capital into the Abyss, an incident of which no one has any recollection.. -
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Pandora Hearts, Volume 7 by Jun Mochizuki
Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsThe past holds everyone in its thrall, and Oz, Alice, Raven, Break, and their acquaintances are no exception, especially as recollections of the tragedy of Sablier elude even those who were present. Indeed, with his own body playing host to Jack Vessalius, the hero of Sablier, the likelihood of Oz escaping the past seems nigh impossible... -
The Republic of Thieves by Scott Lynch
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 89 ratingsWith what should have been the greatest heist of their career gone spectacularly sour, Locke and his trusted partner, Jean, have barely escaped with their lives. Or at least Jean has. But Locke is slowly succumbing to a deadly poison that no alchemist or physiker can cure... -
Pandora Hearts, Volume 8 by Jun Mochizuki
Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsThe snow-white maiden encountered once upon a time in the depths of the Abyss by the clown christened the Red-Eyed Specter…who was she really? As there are two sides to every story, could it be there are two sides to the existence known as Alice? Duke Barma may have provided a sordid outline, but Break colors the tale with vivid swathes of bloody crimson as he opens up about his past... -
The Complete Arrows Trilogy by Mercedes Lackey
Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsTogether for the first time in a single volume, The Complete Arrows Trilogy is the adventure that launched Valdemar, Mercedes Lackey’s expansive fantasy realm beloved by generations of readers.Talia, once a runaway, is Chosen by the Companion Rolan, a mystical horse-like being with powers beyond imagining... -
You Only Witch Once by Amanda M. Lee
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsIt’s the summer of 2002, and Winnie Winchester is a normal mother. She has the same highs, the same lows, and the same fears as any other mother of a fourteen-year-old girl. Of course, since she’s a witch – and her daughter can talk to ghosts – those fears are amplified to an unnatural degree... -
Sweep: Volume 2 by Cate Tiernan
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsIncludes:Book 4 - Dark MagickBook 5 - AwakeningBook 6 - Spellbound Morgan Rowlands is a blood witch, the last of a long line of ancient and powerful witches and the holder of an unfathomable power. With the help of her love, her soul mate, Cal, she has realized her true self-but at a price... -
Sweep: Volume 4 by Cate Tiernan
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsIncludes:Book 10 - SeekerBook 11 - OriginsBook 12 - Eclipse The fourth Sweep collection Morgan Rowlands had thought her foes were defeated, but demons from the past still haunt her and her beloved, Hunter. Their magick is strong, but the darkness that torments them threatens to overwhelm even their love. Yet there is another, whose magick could save, or could destroy... -
Sweep: Volume 3 by Cate Tiernan
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsIncludes:Book 7 - The CallingBook 8 - Changeling Book 9 - Strife Morgan Rowlands holds profound magickal power. . . a power that some will stop at nothing to obtain. Though she knows she has much still to learn, magick has brought her more than she could ever have imagined: the love of her soul mate. Yet her dreams uncover something else - a dark force threatening her entire world... -
The Void Mage by Honor Raconteur
Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsAfter two years of training in Turransky under a new master, Rena is a proper Void Mage, supposedly ready to handle whatever the world throws at her. Which is just as well because Toh’sellor’s influence has proven it can pop shards up anywhere at any given time across all three continents, with nothing to use to predict it. Worse still, it doesn’t seem to have any real restrictions... -
The Shadow Glass by Rin Chupeco
The dramatic finale to The Bone Witch series! Tea's dark magic eats away at her, but she must save the one she loves most, even while her life—and the kingdoms—are on the brink of destruction. In the Eight Kingdoms, none have greater strength or influence than the asha, who hold elemental magic. But only a bone witch has the power to raise the dead... -
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The Heart Forger by Rin Chupeco
No one knows death like Tea. A bone witch who can resurrect the dead, she has the power to take life…and return it. And she is done with her self-imposed exile. Her heart is set on vengeance, and she now possesses all she needs to command the mighty daeva... -
Cast in Flight by Michelle Sagara
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsNew York Times bestselling author Michelle Sagara returns to the city of Elantra with a thrilling tale rife with ancient magic, assassination attempts and political intrigue. Private Kaylin Neya already has Dragons and Barrani as roommates. Adding one injured, flightless Aerian to her household should be trivial... -
Witch at Heart by Juliette Harper
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsASIN moved from less recent edition hereJinx Hamilton has been minding her own business working as a waitress at Tom’s Cafe and keeping up with her four cats. Then she inherits her Aunt Fiona’s store in neighboring Briar Hollow, North Carolina and learns that her aunt has willed her some special “powers” as well. They say admitting you have a problem is the first step and Jinx has a major problem... -
The Spell by Bella Forrest
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsThe thrilling GRAND FINALE of the Spellshadow... -
The Immortals Collection by Alyson Noel
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsTitles in This Set Everlasting Dark Flame Blue Moon Ever More Shadowland Night... -
Transcendent by A.L. Knorr, Martha Carr
Rated: 4.59 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsThe countdown to a more intolerant Rodania has begun. At a ceremony to honour the fallen Strix soldiers, Prince Diruk delivers the ultimate insult, foreshadowing the kind of kingdom Rodania will become when he takes his ailing father’s throne.Toth believes that the harpy threat will never be over unless the harpies are exterminated... -
Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card, Vol. 4 by Clamp
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsInto the LabyrinthSakura takes to the sky in pursuit of the "fuzzy thing" that made her friend Akiho fall asleep, and in the process gains another of the mysterious transparent cards... -
Spellbound by Cate Tiernan
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 41 ratingsThe second three Sweep books bound into one gorgeous edition at a fabulous price! Morgan Rowlands is a blood witch, the last of a long line of ancient and powerful witches and the holder of an unfathomable power. With the help of her love, her soul mate, Cal, she has realized her true self-but at a price... -
Crystal Storm by Morgan Rhodes
The ruthless Empress Amara of Kraeshia has taken the Mytican throne, and now uncertainty looms over the three kingdoms. Since Lucia unleashed the fire Kindred, wreaking havoc throughout the land, Myticans have been looking for someone—anyone—they can trust. They believe in Amara, not knowing her grand promises are built on lies... -
Combatant by A.L. Knorr, Martha Carr
Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsRodania's protective magic is broken. There is no military. Who's going to step up? Jordan’s father is in deep trouble. He's trapped in the tombs of Trevilsom, and rescuing him is only the first of her challenges. When she, Toth and Eohne find him, Allan is a shadow of his former self and even Eohne isn't sure how to help him... -
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Saved by Magic by Jasmine Walt
Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFenris and Mina's story concludes in the final book of this Baine Chronicles spinoff trilogy!Alerted that Sunaya and Iannis's wedding may be the target of a Resistance plot, Mina and Fenris travel to Solantha despite the very real possibility that Fenris could be recognized and thrown into prison should any of his enemies spot him... -
Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card, Vol. 3 by Clamp
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsMore Cards, More ProblemsNow that she's in middle school, Sakura's having a lot of fun with her new friends, and these days she's busier than ever. But one day when she's about to have dinner, she's transported away by a mysterious darkness... -
Take a Thief (Valdemar (Chronological) #27) by Mercedes Lackey
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 44 ratingsMercedes Lackey's triumphant return to the best-selling world of Valdemar, Take a Thief reveals the untold story of Skif--a popular character from Lackey's first published novel, Arrows of the Queen . Skif was an orphan who would have died from malnutrition and exposure if he had never met Deke the pickpocket. By the time he was twelve, Skif was an accomplished cat burglar... -
Changeling by Cate Tiernan
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 41 ratingsMorgan Rowlands holds profound magickal power . . . a power that some will stop at nothing to obtain. Though she knows she has much still to learn, magick has brought her more than she could ever have imagined: the love of her soul mate. Yet her dreams uncover something elseÑa dark force threatening her entire world... -
Strife by Cate Tiernan
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsMorgan Rowlands holds profound magickal power . . . a power that some will stop at nothing to obtain. Though she knows she has much still to learn, magick has brought her more than she could ever have imagined: the love of her soul mate. Yet her dreams uncover something elseÑa dark force threatening her entire world... -
Cast in Atonement by Michelle Sagara
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIn the City of Elantra, only one holds the key to peace—or eternal darkness.At the end of three long wars, Bellusdeo is the last of her kind, the sole surviving female Dragon in the City of Elantra. When she appears one evening on the doorstep of her former roommate, Corporal Kaylin Neya, her demeanor is dreadful—more so than what’s expected of the Dragons’ notoriously tempestuous temperament... -
Ascendant by A.L. Knorr, Martha Carr
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsWhat if the one person who is supposed to love you unconditionally, wants to kill you instead? Before you go looking for answers, make sure you can handle the truth. Jordan is a step closer to uncovering the mystery of her mother’s disappearance. Sol can finally make his urgent delivery and Allan has received Jordan’s message, but instead of giving him comfort it has only made him desperate... -
Dark Magick by Cate Tiernan
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 45 ratingsThe second three Sweep books bound into one gorgeous edition at a fabulous price! Morgan Rowlands is a blood witch, the last of a long line of ancient and powerful witches and the holder of an unfathomable power. With the help of her love, her soul mate, Cal, she has realized her true self-but at a price... -
The Test by Bella Forrest
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 23 ratings"It will be your moment, Webber, to show us all your worth. But will you fly or will you fall?"The PENULTIMATE book in the Spellshadow series as we lead up to the grand finale in Book 6... -
Awakening by Cate Tiernan
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 40 ratingsThe second three Sweep books bound into one gorgeous edition at a fabulous price! Morgan Rowlands is a blood witch, the last of a long line of ancient and powerful witches and the holder of an unfathomable power. With the help of her love, her soul mate, Cal, she has realized her true self-but at a price... -
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Iron's Prophecy by Julie Kagawa
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 49 ratingsMeghan Chase is finally getting used to being the Iron Queen, ruler of the Iron Fey. Her life may be strange, but with former Winter prince Ash by her side at last, she wouldn’t have it any other way... -
The Calling by Cate Tiernan
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 42 ratingsMorgan, Hunter and other members of their coven go to New York for a few days in search of the Amyranth witches. Hunter, a Seeker for the Council, is looking for Killian, a young witch in danger. It seems that Ciaran, Killian's father, is looking for him and intending to wipe his magic... -
Seeker by Cate Tiernan
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 35 ratingsThe fourth Sweep collection! Morgan Rowlands had thought her foes were defeated, but demons from the past still haunt her and her beloved, Hunter. Their magick is strong, but the darkness that torments them threatens to overwhelm even their love. Yet there is another, whose magick could save, or could destroy... -
Leaf of Faith by Lisa Bouchard
Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsWhen she found the dead body...... it ruined her day.What comes next could ruin her life.Potion-witch-in-training Isabella Proctor is desperate for a normal life – her own apartment, a job that pays the bills, and maybe even a boyfriend. She’s determined to prove to her close-knit family that she can thrive in the non-magical world.Finding her mentor dead is not helping her case... -
Tear Down the Throne by Jennifer Estep
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsBestselling author Jennifer Estep continues her Gargoyle Queen epic fantasy series where magic reigns, alliances are tested, and a dangerous attraction could tear down a throne. . .Crown princess. Clever spy. Powerful mind magier. Gemma Ripley of Andvari is all those things--and determined to stop an enemy from using magical tearstone weapons to conquer her kingdom...Categorized as:
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Cast in Honor by Michelle Sagara, Michelle Sagara West
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsIn the aftermath of a vicious battle between darkness and light, the city of Elantra has emerged victorious. But Shadows continue to haunt every corner of its streets...Elantra stands strong, but countless numbers of Hawks, the city's staunchest protectors, were lost in the brutal attack. Humans, Barrani, Aerians, Leontines—none of the races emerged unscathed from the defense of the city... -
A Burning in the Bones by Scott Reintgen
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsRen’s quest to dismantle Kathor’s corrupt system comes to a head as political machinations and a mysterious disease take hold of the city in this edge-of-your-seat conclusion to the New York Times bestselling Waxways series... -
The Romeo Catchers by Alys Arden
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsTormented by the fate she condemned her mother to, and by the lies she’s forced to tell to cover it up, Adele scours Storm-ravaged New Orleans for the truth about her family’s magical past. But every turn leads her back to the one person she’s determined to forget: Niccolò Medici. Not even the multitude of enchanted locks on the attic door trapping Nicco within can break their connection... -
The Magick of Dark Root by April Aasheim
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 14 ratings“There are rules that must be followed, Maggie.” “Even in witchcraft?” “Especially in witchcraft. What someone puts into the world comes back to them.” “You mean karma?” “Like karma, yes. But for a witch it comes back threefold. Never forget that.” “That doesn’t seem fair... -
The Coven by Cate Tiernan
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 46 ratingsThe first three Sweep books bound into one gorgeous edition at a fabulous price! Morgan Rowlands never thought she was anything other than a typical sixteen-year-old girl. But when she meets Cal, a captivatingly handsome coven leader, she makes a discover that turns her whole world upside down: she is a witch, descended from an ancient and powerful line. And so is Cal... -
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Night's Child by Cate Tiernan
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 35 ratingsBook Details:Format: PaperbackPublication Date: 12/8/2011Pages: 720Reading Level: Age 12 and... -
The Failure at God School, Vol. 1 by Modomu Akagawara, Natsu Hyuuga
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsModern life means modern solutions, even to supernatural problems. So of course the government would have a classification system, special schools, and licenses for people with mysterious powers—any manifestation of a miracle is enough to be called a “Himiko,” but only those with full certification may use the title of “god... -
Prince of Shadows (Red Winter Trilogy) by Annette Marie
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsTengu. Lord of Crows. Prince of Shadows. Long before his name was feared by yokai across the realm, he was a dying raven with silver eyes.Return to the world of yokai and magic in this Red Winter short story, exclusively for subscribers of the author's newsletter... -
Beautiful Demons Box Set, Books 1-3 by Sarra Cannon
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsAn alternate cover edition can be found here.This is a collection of the first three books in the bestselling Peachville High Demons series, a fast-paced Young Adult series filled with magic, mystery, and a touch of romance. (Approx. 150,000 words total.)Books Included:1. Beautiful Demons2. Inner Demons3. Bitter DemonsBeautiful DemonsIn Peachville, even the cheerleaders have a dark side.. -
Cast in Oblivion by Michelle Sagara
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsPOLITICS ARE HELLKaylin wasn’t sent to the West March to start a war. Her mission to bring back nine Barrani might do just that, though. She traveled with a Dragon, and her presence is perceived as an act of aggression in the extremely hostile world of Barrani-Dragon politics...Categorized as:
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Red is for Remembrance by Laurie Faria Stolarz
Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsI know you're alone... Shattered by her boyfriend's tragic death, Stacey is struggling in her first year of college, hoping that somehow, somewhere, Jacob is still alive. Now her nightmares are back, haunted by ghosts and misery. Casting healing spells brings Stacey closer to Porsha—a troubled girl who's also dreaming of death—and to a strange boy whose life is in danger...
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