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Age of Legend by Michael J. Sullivan
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 39 ratingsEach culture has its own myths and legends, but only one is shared, and it is feared by all. With Age of Myth, Age of Swords, and Age of War, fantasy master Michael J. Sullivan riveted readers with a tale of unlikely heroes locked in a desperate battle to save mankind... -
The Black Magician Trilogy by Trudi Canavan
Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars · 21 ratings"We should expect this young woman to be more powerful than our average novice, possibly even more powerful than the average magician."This year, like every other, the magicians of Imardin gather to purge the city of undesirables... -
The Dragonriders of Pern by Anne McCaffrey
Finally together in one volume, the first three books in the world's most beloved science fiction series, THE DRAGONRIDERS OF PERN, by Anne McCaffrey, one of the great science fiction writers of all time: DRAGONFLIGHT, DRAGONQUEST, THE WHITE DRAGON. Those who know these extraordinary tales will be able to re-visit with Lessa, F'lar, Ruth, Lord Jaxon, and all the others... -
Knot of Shadows by Lois McMaster Bujold
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsWhen a corpse is found floating face-down in Vilnoc harbor that is not quite as dead as it seems, Temple sorcerer Penric and his chaos demon Desdemona are drawn into the uncanny investigation. Pen’s keen questions will take him across the city of Vilnoc, and into far more profound mysteries, as his search for truths interlaces with tragedy... -
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Where Dragons Collide by T.A. White
Tate is about to face her biggest challenge yet—navigating high society.After the events in the Harridan’s city, Tate is settling back into life in her chosen home of Aurelia. Peace doesn’t last long when a simple misjudgment leads to an event Tate would do anything to avoid—making her formal debut to court... -
Rise of the Cheat Potion Maker #1 by Alvin Atwater
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsIn a blink, I found myself in an unknown land, greeted by the textbox of an unfriendly system.It wanted me to become a great hero, save the world, win the love of the people and all that crap. But this new world already had a hero. Why should I bust my ass, deal with dragons and the unknown, for people I didn't know? Let him deal with that... -
The Inheritance Trilogy by N.K. Jemisin
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsIn this omnibus edition of N.K. Jemisin's brilliantly original award-winning fantasy series, a young woman becomes entangled in a power struggle of mythic proportions.A REALM OF GODS AND MORTALS.Yeine Darr is an outcast from the barbarian north. But when her mother dies under mysterious circumstances, she is summoned to the majestic city of Sky... -
High Bet by Delta James
Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAt night he invades my dreams… during the day I can’t forget the way he made me feel during those dreams.LaurenI am the leader of a rogue band of vixens, who left our origin skulk to live our dream—owning a catering company. The problem is our dream costs money, and we don’t have any. The solution is doing what foxes do best… steal. Now I’m way in way over my head... -
Ashes of Time by Sarah Woodbury
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsNovember 1291. Meg and Llywelyn gather their family at Rhuddlan Castle to celebrate their seventh anniversary and David's twenty-third birthday. But the joyful reunion goes grievously awry when an old enemy raises the banner of rebellion, followed immediately by an even more catastrophic betrayal by an old friend...Categorized as:
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Kiss of Luck (Syndicate Masters: Midwest) by Delta James
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsDifferent Vices.Different Beasts.Different Mafias.The need to claim their mate's heart is the same... -
Dragonwitch by Anne Elisabeth Stengl
Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsWho Will Dare to Face the Dragonwitch? Submissive to her father’s will, Lady Leta of Aiven travels far to meet a prospective husband she neither knows nor loves–Lord Alistair, future king of the North Country. But within the walls of Gaheris Castle, all is not right. Vicious night terrors plague Lord Alistair to the brink of insanity. Whispers rise from the family crypt... -
The High Lord by Trudi Canavan
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 63 ratingsIn the city of Imardin, where those who wield magic wield power, a young street-girl, adopted by the Magician's Guild, finds herself at the centre of a terrible plot that may destroy the entire world . . . Sonea has learned much at the magicians' guild and the other novices now treat her with a grudging respect... -
The Ivory Tomb by Melissa Caruso
The Ivory Tomb concludes the wildly original epic fantasy series bursting with intrigue and ambition, questioned loyalties, and broken magic that began with The Obsidian Tower.The Dark Days have returned. The Demon of Carnage mercilessly cuts through villagers and armies. The Demon of Corruption poisons/rots the land. The Serene Empire and the Witch Lords race towards war... -
Savage Mate by Delta James
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA Small Town Grumpy Shifter RomanceThe first time she saw him he was coming out of the river... Oh! what a view.Jackson Miller (Jax) left the SEALs to return to his small hometown, Mystic River, Alaska where all the residents are shifters. He’s a grumpy bear shifter and the sheriff.Autumn Bradley was hiking with her fiancé for a birthday weekend... -
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Making Monster Girls 5 by Eric Vall
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe duchess has believed my con, and now she is almost mine.As soon as I make her my monster girl, my coup of this city will begin.Then I will make every aristocrat my monster girl and rule this place... -
The Neptune Project by Polly Holyoke
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsWith her weak eyes and useless lungs that often leave her gasping for air, Nere feels more at home swimming with the dolphins her mother studies than she does hanging out with her classmates... -
The House of Always by Jenn Lyons
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsFor fans of Brandon Sanderson and Patrick Rothfuss, The House of Always is the fourth epic fantasy in Jenn Lyons' Chorus of Dragons series that began with The Ruin of Kings.What if you were imprisoned for all eternity?In the aftermath of the Ritual of Night, everything has changed... -
The Warrior's Path by Catherine M. Wilson
Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars · 33 ratingsIn Book I of the trilogy, Tamras, our hero, arrives in Merin’s house to begin her apprenticeship as a warrior, but her small stature causes many, including Tamras herself, to doubt that she will ever become a competent swordswoman... -
Betrayed by C.R. Jane, Mila Young
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsSurvival is just the beginning. Ella must fight for love and freedom on the rim of the galaxy...Years ago, the skies blackened with the arrival of the Vepar to Earth. Dominant and secretive, they changed the world, ruling over Earth with fear.Ella’s always been a survivor, a fighter. But now kidnapped, she finds herself on a foreign planet and running for her life... -
Threshold by Sara Douglass
Over the hot southern land of Ashdod looms the shadow of Threshold, the pyramid which the Magi of Ashdod are building to propel themselves into Infinity. Over the years, thousands of slaves have given their lives to the construction of Threshold. Now construction is almost complete; the Magi need only to add the finishing touches...Categorized as:
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The Copper Crown by Patricia Kennealy-Morrison
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsWHEN EARTH MEETS KELTIA WILL STAR EMPIRES FALL?When lore became legend on ancient Earth and the powers of magic waned, the Kelts and their allies fled the planet for the freedom of distant star realms.But the stars were home to dangerous foes, and millenia later, the worlds of Keltia still maintained uneasy truce with two enemy empires -the Imperium and the Phalanx... -
The Tentacle Awakens by J.J. Pavlov
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsDeath and Reincarnation. Kuroe Makoto, the tomboyish ace of her high school track and field club, never spared a thought for these things before. However, when she falls asleep in her Tokyo home after an exhausting marathon and wakes up in a fantasy world, those concepts become her reality... -
The Minotaur and the Mage by Cora Crane
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsA city girl who’s inherited a small town magical storefront, the minotaur single dad next door, and a rivalry that’ll drive them both wild. I thought I had it all figured out—a thriving career in the music industry, a promotion on the horizon, and enough work to keep me distracted from my love life (or lack thereof)... -
The Key of the Keplian by Andre Norton, Lyn McConchie
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsAll of Witch World knows to fear the hated, fire-eyed Keplian horses who lure riders to their deaths. All that is, save for one young Native American girl new to Witch World, who rescues a Keplian mare and her foal and discovers an awesome truth--the Keplians were created to serve light, not darkness, and to ride with humans. This is the first in a new trilogy... -
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Legendary Rule by Bruce Sentar
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTired of the main character one shotting every boss? Every girl inexplicably in love with him on first sight? Legendary Rule is certainly not an 'easy mode' harem. Ajax Demos finds himself lost in society. Graduating shortly after artificial intelligence is allowed to enter the workforce; he can’t get his career off the ground... -
The Ladies of Mandrigyn by Barbara Hambly
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsWhen the women of the City of Mandrigyn, led by Sheera Galernas, hired the mercenary army of Captain Sun Wolf, to help them rescue their men from the mines of evil, he refused. Little did he realize how insistent the ladies could be, and how far they would go to persuade him to train them against the evil of Altiokis... -
Gravemound by Kim Fielding
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsGrimm in spaaaaace!In this retelling of a classic fairy tale, Phineas Coleman is stranded on a planet far from home and must find a way to support himself in this new land. A selfish local man offers to help him with a livelihood if Phin will promise to protect him from a soul-reaper... -
Wicked Academia: Lost Stars by Jasmine Jenkins, Sophie Suliman
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThere is something wicked about the Greywick triplets.The eldest has a wicked smile.The middle has a wicked mind.The youngest has a wicked heart.Vivian, Marion, and Timothée Greywick’s father told them one thing before he died: stay away from the Celestial Academy for Fallen Stars. And they’ve done just that, becoming perfectly respectable members of society, with no use for star magic...Categorized as:
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The Alpha’s Arranged Mate by Kayla Wolf
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHe’s the cruel alpha of the enemy. And I’ve been chosen to marry him.He’s everything I hate. An entitled billionaire, an arrogant alpha wolf, and much older than me.They told me our arranged marriage doesn’t need to be consummated.But now that I’m his mate…how much longer can I hide my feelings…and my pregnancy?Guys like him get what they want and are obeyed without question... -
Gem Knight 2 by Kirk Mason
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsADVENTURE TO THE TOWERS, SAVE THE PRINCESSES, GAIN NEW POWERS.When we rescued the first fluffy-eared princess, I didn't realize how lucky we’d been. She was a kind soul, and gentle—everything you’d imagine a sweet princess to be.Though atop the second tower, the next stripey-tailed princess bore a rage as wild as the sun... -
People Collide by Isle McElroy
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen Eli leaves the cramped Bulgarian apartment he shares with Elizabeth, his more organized and successful wife, he discovers that he now inhabits her body. Not only have he and his wife traded bodies but Elizabeth, living as Eli, has disappeared without a trace... -
Camelot's Blood by Sarah Zettel
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAn evocative and highly engaging romantic fantasy set in the evocative time of King Arthur. Laurel Carnbrea, Queen of Cambryn, arrives at Camelot to marry a man she has never met -- Sir Agravain, the brother of the renowned Sir Gawain. Laurel has heard that Agravain is a reserved and cold man, but marriage to King Arthur's nephew will give vital protection to her own lands... -
Bridge of Souls by Fiona McIntosh
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsGeneral Wyl Thirsk of Morgravia has died many times . . . But thanks to the miraculous gift bestowed upon him by the slain witch Myrren, Wyl lives on—though greatly altered and unrecognizable. Only by assuming Morgravia's throne will he be freed from the dark spell that has both cursed and sustained him. But Wyl's time is running out... -
Flamethroat by Kate Bloomfield
Rated: 3.95 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAvalon Redding has returned to Mortlock to find her home destroyed, and her family missing. They have been taken by 'The Realm' for harboring an illegal human, Avalon's sister. Desperate to find her family, Avalon travels across the country to the Headquarters of the Realm, with Healer Jack Greenwood, and animal companion Hawthorne... -
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Aurian by Maggie Furey
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsIn ages past, there had been four magical weapons, fashioned to be used only by the Magefolk. But their history had been lost, together with the Artefacts themselves, in the Cataclysm which had wrought changes on land and water alike. Lost also had been the history of the Magefolk, and the Winged Ones, the Leviathans and Phaerie... -
Spy's Honor by Amy Raby
Rhianne, mind mage and Imperial Princess of Kjall, cannot openly challenge the emperor. Instead, she acts in secret to aid the victims of his worst excesses. But now the emperor plans to wed her to the cruel Augustan, the man leading Kjall’s attack against the nation of Mosar. Soon she will be torn from her supporters and shipped overseas, where she can help no one... -
Shield of Fire by Boone Brux
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsProtecting humans is the Bringers' duty. Sending demons to the Shadow World is their pleasure. In one night, Ravyn's life plunges from barely tolerable to deadly. Forced to flee the only home she's known, she stumbles headlong into the clutches of Icarus, a powerful demon intent on stealing her powers. Unfortunately for him, she has no intention of cooperating...Categorized as:
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Poisoned Web by Crista McHugh
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsBook 2 of the Deizian Empire The fate of the empire hangs on one slave breaking her silence… As the Deizian Empire prepares for the upcoming wedding of Emperor Titus Sergius Flavus and Azruha, one mystery remains unsolved—the sudden and unexplained death of the former emperor. And as her wedding gift to Titus, Azurha wants to give him answers... -
Star Rebels: Stories of Space Exploration, Alien Races, and Adventure by Audrey Faye, C. Gockel
Rated: 3.84 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThere are rebels among the stars...Meet eleven protagonists battling to save themselves and the ones they love. Human, cyborg, clone, or alien, they'll find themselves pitted against intergalactic crime bosses, interstellar mercenaries, a quantum-wave-riding collective mind, and the universe itself. Along the way, there's plenty of action, adventure, humor, and even some romance... -
The Serpent Bride by Sara Douglass
Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsSara Douglass has won legions of fans around the world for her epic tales of sorcery, forbidden love, and heart-pounding action. Now, with the DarkGlass Mountain saga, she reveals her biggest adventure yet. Rescued from unspeakable horror, Ishbel Brunelle has devoted her life to a Serpent cult that reads the future in the entrails of its human sacrifices... -
Tangled Web by Crista McHugh
Rated: 3.82 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsThe deadliest assassin in the empire just got too close to her target… Azurha, a former slave turned deadliest assassin in the empire, has just been offered the ultimate challenge—seduce, then murder the new Emperor. But Titus is not the tyrant his forefathers were, and his radical ideas might be the glimmer of hope the empire needs...Categorized as:
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This Place Has No Atmosphere by Paula Danziger
Rated: 3.84 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsA gorgeous new package for Paula Danziger’s backlist with an introduction from Ann Martin! In the year 2057 people live in malls, take classes in ESP, and get detention from robots. Fifteen-year-old Aurora loves everything about her life. She’s part of the coolest group of kids at school and has just started dating the best-looking guy in her grade... -
The Witches of Wenshar by Barbara Hambly
Rated: 3.84 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsOnce, it was said, Wenshar had been a city of witches, summoning and controlling demons for their evil magic. But in nearby Tandieras, Kaltha claimed to have found their lost book of spells to perform only white magic. When Sun Wolf arrived, he discovered increasing signs of evil magic and demon-controlling spells... -
The Night Has Teeth by Kat Kruger
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBest Book for Kids & Teens 2013, Canadian Children's Book Centre Winner, 34th Atlantic Writing Competition ****/4, Highly Recommended. "Kruger creates an imaginary but entirely believable world where ordinary citizens and werewolves co-exist." — CM Magazine "I daresay that Kruger has written [werewolves] so well that it should become canon... -
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The Lady of the Sorrows by Cecilia Dart-Thornton
Rated: 3.82 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsTHE LADY OF THE SORROWS The Bitterbynde Trilogy #2 This special, revised edition includes the author's new introduction - in which she discusses the writing of the Bitterbynde trilogy - images of part of the original, handwritten manuscript and copies of some original notes and calculations created while the work was in progress... -
Daughter of the Bright Moon by Lynn Abbey
Rated: 3.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsPriestess, healer, warrior, witch. In a desert world ruled by men Rifkind has always been one apart. A chieftain's daughter, she has learned to wield a sword while all other women are bound by tribal custom to children and the cooking fire. While other women are chattel to their men, Rifkind has been Marked by the Goddess for Her own... -
Five First Chances by Sarah Jost
Rated: 3.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratings"A compassionate ode to the beautiful messiness of being human." — Glendy Vanderah"Reminiscent of Matt Haig's The Midnight Library and Rebecca Serle's In Five Years." — BooklistA life-affirming debut that blends a poignant exploration of friendship and loss with a truly unforgettable love story... -
The Dark Age by Traci Harding
Rated: 3.79 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsThe white light surrounded her, exuding from the ground within the circle. The mist rose towards the sky to form a billowing cloud. From within the largest stone a ball of blue light steadily made its way towards her. Late one evening, a car accident leaves Tory - a daughter of a prominent history professor - stranded near a ring of stones in the English countryside... -
The Girl Who Heard Dragons by Anne McCaffrey
Rated: 3.81 of 5 stars · 38 ratingsThe Girl Who Heard Dragons and fourteen other stories of alien worlds and strange beings are all brought magically alive by the magic pen of Anne McCaffrey... -
The Magicians' Guild by Trudi Canavan
Rated: 3.81 of 5 stars · 83 ratings"We should expect this young woman to be more powerful than our average novice, possibly even more powerful than the average magician." This year, like every other, the magicians of Imardin gather to purge the city of undesirables...
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