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  • Night of Masks and Knives by L.J. Andrews

    Night of Masks and Knives by L.J. Andrews

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 67 ratings
    Wicked men stole the boy she loved. But when she found him again, he'd become more wicked than them all.Many enter the masquerade, but some never come out. Malin Strom has been searching for Kase, her childhood sweetheart, since he was lost at the annual masquerade years ago, and with her gift of stealing memories she crosses more than one dangerous line to do it...
  • Knight of Shadows by Kel Kade

    Knight of Shadows by Kel Kade

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    Rezkin’s army has been defeated and he is among the dead. Rising in the shadows, Rezkin is free from the shackles of power. But the darkness is his home, and there he stalks his foes. His friends, alone and scattered, face the war with an empty throne. Rumors of Rezkin’s survival spawn hope and discord on the Souelian. Unable to put Rezkin to rest, Azeria chases answers...
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  • Perfectly In Pieces by CDLynn

    Perfectly In Pieces by CDLynn

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 14 ratings
    A Golden Girl missing.A Slytherin Prince trapped.An Order holding secrets.And a Dark Lord ruling.Warning: Dark AU (not dark main character) with deep discussions of trauma caused by physical, emotional, and sexual abuse...
  • Lady of Istok by Isabelle Olmo

    Lady of Istok by Isabelle Olmo

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    “The lies we tell to protect ourselves are the most important lies we ever tell."A heavily pregnant Almira forces Hira to return to Istok and lead her people. When Hira boards the Sea Wife, she doesn’t expect Commander Justan to be combative and surly. He questions her every decision and challenges her authority. He’s also clearly keeping his own secrets...
    Categorized as:
    new adult  war  fantasy  historical  dark  horror  length-epic
  • The Ryder of the Night by Eden Eaves

    The Ryder of the Night by Eden Eaves

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 8 ratings
    I am half of a whole.A dragon without a ryder.My kind are on the brink of extinction, I should be out there fighting, leading the flyers of the First Kingdom. But without my ryder I’m grounded.She was the key to my magic and my future. But as soon as I found her she was stolen away, hidden somehow from even our bond’s pull.I’d searched the Twelve Kingdoms for over a decade and lost all hope...
    Categorized as:
    found-family  fae  war  high fantasy  magic  m-f  abduction  cold hero
  • The Sin of Saints by Lauren M. Leasure

    The Sin of Saints by Lauren M. Leasure

    Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Growing up in Eserene's slums, Petra's life is marred by unimaginable tragedy. Things finally begin to look up when she meets Calomyr, member of the Royal Guard and keeper of just as much heartache as Petra.Once again, though, her life is upended when her mother remarries a Lord, forcing Petra to undergo a brutal initiation ceremony in order to ascend to the Royal Court...
  • This Wicked Fate by Amanda Aggie

    This Wicked Fate by Amanda Aggie

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    For fans of The Witcher and Brave, this fantasy romance, featuring a fierce heroine and a druid with Golden Retriever energy, is both steamy and swoon worthy! I’m the Princess of Solaria, a realm full of beasts that could make the Devil cower. Except that title means nothing, because I’ll be dead by the week’s end...
  • The Muddy Princess by Colubrina

    The Muddy Princess by Colubrina

    Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 7 ratings
    A hidden adoption revealed, a brother found, a new world to figure out: "What are you hoping for?" he asked as they stood ready to do the spell. "I don't know," Hermione admitted. "You?" His knuckles were white on his wand. "A sister," he said, his voice very low, "I'm hoping for a sister...
  • Beg The Night by Emily Blackwood

    Beg The Night by Emily Blackwood

    Rated: 3.79 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 20 ratings
    From author Emily Blackwood comes a new dark and twisted romantasy about two powerful mystics and the forces that urge them together—even if they hate each other.Athena is an earthly. She wields no power, and though war rages across the lands, she lives a relatively normal life in isolation until she’s kidnapped by the Ministry and questioned for the magic they’re certain she possesses...
  • Slaying the Naga King by Jessica M. Butler, J.M. Butler

    Slaying the Naga King by Jessica M. Butler, J.M. Butler

    Rated: 2.62 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 11 ratings
    Fierce heroines. Inhuman heroes. Love that can turn the tides of fate.Slaying the Naga King is part of Mortal Enemies to Monster Lovers – a series of standalone fantasy romance novels by seven different authors, designed to be read in any order.Together, they feature steamy enemies-to-lovers romance with nonhuman love interests and a complete HEA for each story...
  • Reign of Stars and Fire by L.J. Andrews

    Reign of Stars and Fire by L.J. Andrews

    Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 50 ratings
    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...
    Categorized as:
    new adult  vikings  fae  magic  found-family  m-f  war  dark
  • Of War and Ruin by Ryan Cahill

    Of War and Ruin by Ryan Cahill

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 32 ratings
    Solian ata'yar. Dauv ata'yar. Nur temen vie'ryn valana.Live as one. Die as one. For those we've lost.The city of Kingspass burns, and Calen Bryer's world has been shaken to its core. With Valerys at his side, Calen must battle his demons and push forward. There are people who need him, people who need what he must become, and he will not let them stand alone...
    Categorized as:
    high fantasy  magic  vikings  m-f  fantasy  dark  military  young adult
  • Song of Sorrows and Fate by L.J. Andrews

    Song of Sorrows and Fate by L.J. Andrews

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 45 ratings
    "Sing with me, Little Rose."A storyteller with the power of twisting the tales of Fate never lives long. From the beginning, Calista has always told her royals this truth, but she's determined to break the chain of violence by avoiding the attention from the tricky Norns...
  • Light Singer by Audrey Grey

    Light Singer by Audrey Grey

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · 38 ratings
    Haven escaped the clutches of the new Sun Sovereign and found solace in Shadoria, but for how long? Now that the extent of her powers is known, Solis, Noctis, and mortals all hunt her. Meanwhile, chaos reigns across the land...
  • Thorns & Fire by Helen Scheuerer

    Thorns & Fire by Helen Scheuerer

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 24 ratings
    A golden thread joined them, a bond that went deeper than love – and it had nearly destroyed them.Wren Embervale and Torj Elderbrock share a dark and bloody history. With Thezmarr on the brink of another war, and overwhelmed by the force of their feelings for one another, Torj discovers there is far more to their bond than mere passion...
  • Gilded Serpent by Danielle L. Jensen

    Gilded Serpent by Danielle L. Jensen

    Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 33 ratings
    From bestselling author Danielle L. Jensen comes another thrilling novel in the Dark Shores world, a series that Sarah J. Maas called "everything I look for in a fantasy novel."THEIR BATTLES ENDED IN VICTORYLydia returns to Mudaire to enter training at the healing temple. But instead of fighting to save lives, she’s convinced she is doing more harm than good...
    Categorized as:
    new adult  high fantasy  war  magic  m-f  fantasy  pirates  young adult
  • The Last Herald-Mage by Mercedes Lackey

    The Last Herald-Mage by Mercedes Lackey

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 35 ratings
    The Last Herald-Mage Trilogy—three groundbreaking, Lambda Award-winning novels that established Mercedes Lackey as a fantasy tour-de-force and her Kingdom of Valdemar as a place millions of readers return to again and again...
    Categorized as:
    magic  high fantasy  fantasy  m-m  young adult  dark  paranormal  queer
  • A Fire Endless by Rebecca Ross

    A Fire Endless by Rebecca Ross

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 62 ratings
    In the stunning conclusion to the Elements of Cadence duology, A Fire Endless finds the delicate balance between the human and faerie realm threatened by Bane, the spirit of the North Wind, whose defeat can only come through fire, song, and heart-rending sacrifice.East and West. Humans and Spirits. Breccans and Tamerlaines...
  • The Sins of Silas by Kylie Snow

    The Sins of Silas by Kylie Snow

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 36 ratings
    In this second book in the spicy and heart-wrenching dark romantasy series, one mage must unite forces with her cruel enemy—and first love—while fighting the growing angst and passion between them. Five years ago, Silas La’Rune lost everything. After the deaths of his mother and Lena Daelyra, the love of his life, something in Silas changed, turning him into a cold, merciless man...
    Categorized as:
    magic  new adult  found-family  fae  war  fantasy  dark  fated-mates
  • Winterlight by Kristen Britain

    Winterlight by Kristen Britain

    Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    This seventh novel of the Green Rider series follows the adventures of messenger, magic wielder, and knight Karigan G'ladheon as she fights to save king and country from dark magic and a looming war.After her capture at the hands of Grandmother and the Second Empire, Karigan G'ladheon is making halting progress towards recovery...
  • Death Before Dawn by Amelia Hutchins

    Death Before Dawn by Amelia Hutchins

    Rated: 4.59 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Hello Diary, Not sure when I will have a chance to write again, so I’ll have to make this fast. The search for my brother has been a long one and what I have seen along the way makes me question everything I was taught to believe about people and reinforces what my father said might happen if an apocalyptic event were to occur...
  • Beyond the Shadows by Brent Weeks

    Beyond the Shadows by Brent Weeks

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 88 ratings
    A new queen has usurped the throne and is leading Cenaria into disaster. The country has become a broken realm with a threadbare army, little food and no hope. So Kylar Stern plans to reinstate his closest friend Logan as King, but can he really get away with murder?In the north, the Godking's death has thrown Khalidor into civil war...
  • Before They Are Hanged by Joe Abercrombie

    Before They Are Hanged by Joe Abercrombie

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 80 ratings
    The second novel in the wildly popular First Law Trilogy from New York Times bestseller Joe Abercrombie. Superior Glokta has a problem. How do you defend a city surrounded by enemies and riddled with traitors, when your allies can by no means be trusted, and your predecessor vanished without a trace? It's enough to make a torturer want to run -- if he could even walk without a stick...
  • Rise Of Ashes by Stephanie Hudson

    Rise Of Ashes by Stephanie Hudson

    Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 26 ratings
    Amelia Lego sets, Star Trek and junk food in my pajamas, These used to be how I would spend my safe and lazy days off. Now, what am I doing with my time…? High-speed chases, running from Hellhounds, fighting witches, opening boxes that threaten the entire Vampire race, and stabbing bitches with my shoes. But hey, at least I get to wear a pretty dress on my date...
    Categorized as:
    magic  found-family  m-f  fantasy  vampires  paranormal  demons  dark
  • The Fires of Vengeance by Evan Winter

    The Fires of Vengeance by Evan Winter

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 37 ratings
    In this "relentlessly gripping, brilliant" epic fantasy (James Islington), an ousted queen must join forces with a young warrior in order to reclaim her throne and save her people.Tau and his Queen, desperate to delay the impending attack on the capital by the indigenous people of Xidda, craft a dangerous plan...
  • Crown of Blood and Ruin by L.J. Andrews

    Crown of Blood and Ruin by L.J. Andrews

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 88 ratings
    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...
    Categorized as:
    magic  fae  new adult  found-family  high fantasy  war  vikings  m-f
  • Ship of Destiny by Robin Hobb

    Ship of Destiny by Robin Hobb

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 67 ratings
    The third book in a seafaring fantasy trilogy that George R. R. Martin has described as “even better than the Farseer Trilogy—I didn’t think that was possible.” As Bingtown slides toward disaster, clan matriarch Ronica Vestrit, branded a traitor, searches for a way to bring the city’s inhabitants together against a momentous threat...
  • By the Moonbeam and the Mist by Mariah Montoya

    By the Moonbeam and the Mist by Mariah Montoya

    Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Her memories are gone, but her powers are only growing…Rayna Drey’s second year at the Esholian Institute should be spent advancing her Wild Whispering magic that the Good Council bestowed upon her last year. Unfortunately, she can’t quite focus on her new classes or enjoy all the parties with her friends...
  • A Requiem for Fallen Stars by Hazel S. Wilkes

    A Requiem for Fallen Stars by Hazel S. Wilkes

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 15 ratings
    Lyra Izacalli does not clutch onto the jagged remnants of her past—she buries them deep beneath her skin.To feel is to give power to the past—to let grief and memory carve through her like a blade. But Lyra refuses to let them win. She will not let the sharpened words of men who call themselves nobles and kings cut deeper than they deserve. If they cannot wound her, they cannot control her...
  • War of Mist by Helen Scheuerer

    War of Mist by Helen Scheuerer

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 27 ratings
    War is here. Toxic mist drives all life to the brink of destruction and the conqueror queen, Ines, has her talons in the kings of the realm. Bleak, having discovered her true heritage, must now scour the lands for the one thing that might save them all. But the search is a treacherous one – and it will push her to the very limits of endurance...
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