Books like 'A Crown of Ash and Silver'

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  • Song of Sorrows and Fate by L.J. Andrews

    Song of Sorrows and Fate by L.J. Andrews

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 37 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...
    Categorized as:
    fae  fated-mates  new adult  dual-pov  fantasy  vikings  magic  dark
  • The Ever Queen by L.J. Andrews

    The Ever Queen by L.J. Andrews

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 95 ratings
    Welcome to the conclusion of the tantalizing romance of Erik and Livia. The Songbird: Captive. Challenger. Queen. Enemies took her from the man who holds her heart. They might see her as weak, as a pawn in wicked games, but they’re no match for the first Ever Queen. Let them think they’ve won...
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  • Crown of Blood and Ruin by L.J. Andrews

    Crown of Blood and Ruin by L.J. Andrews

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 75 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...
  • Steel Heart Iron Claws by Evie Marceau

    Steel Heart Iron Claws by Evie Marceau

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 21 ratings
    The fae gods have woken…and they’re merciless.Sabine finally had a chance at a life with Basten. Simple. Free. But gods and men conspired to rip them apart. Now, on the eve of war, Sabine is trapped in her father’s secret-shrouded court, prized as the gods’ new plaything. She clings to memories of Basten, the only thing that grounds her in the dangerously bewitching new world...
    Categorized as:
    new adult  fae  dark  fantasy  magic  paranormal  m-f
  • A Tongue so Sweet and Deadly by Sophia St. Germain

    A Tongue so Sweet and Deadly by Sophia St. Germain

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Half-Fae Elessia could have had everything.Literally.Since her magic allows her to compel anyone to do her bidding by merely looking into their eyes, the world was at her feet.But after a tragic accident, she is thrown into the Fae king’s dungeons and forced to swear a blood oath to him, binding her to his service...
  • Fae Exile by Lucia Ashta

    Fae Exile by Lucia Ashta

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 18 ratings
    Escape the trials, lose the crown—or rebel, risking everything to save the realm.I've exposed the queen for the tyrant she is. Now it's time to show the kingdom of Embermere who I am.A rebellion has been gathering force against the queen. It needs only a spark to gain momentum. It needs the secret heir.First, I must survive the Wilds—savage, brutal, and even more dangerous than the queen herself...
  • Lords of the Hunt by Kate King

    Lords of the Hunt by Kate King

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 39 ratings
    Their games will change her. Their love will ruin her.Lonnie Skyeborne is a human servant bound to the immortal court, until a cruel fairy tricks her into killing the High Fae King...and she finds herself next in line for the throne...
  • Between Sun and Moon by Jaclyn Kot

    Between Sun and Moon by Jaclyn Kot

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 13 ratings
    “But heed this warning, and heed it well—your mate’s life is linked with the very male she is destined to kill.”With an iron collar wrapped around her throat, Sage is cut off from her powers and forced to live in Clearwell Castle, home to her enemy—the ruthless king whose bloodthirsty rule has led to the deaths of thousands of Cursed...
  • Blood and War by Belle Walker

    Blood and War by Belle Walker

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 11 ratings
    Loyalty and love can ruin you. But hope is the deadliest of all. For ten years Demitria Collins has fought the creatures of nightmares to protect the one person she has left. With a rising string of demon attacks on the forefront, she knows it’s only a matter of time until they’re next...
  • To Kill a Nightmare: The Complete Series by Rory Miles, Harper Frey

    To Kill a Nightmare: The Complete Series by Rory Miles, Harper Frey

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The best way to ruin a rogue slayer's day? Force an arranged marriage on her. Despite being the best of the best, my parents–who run our region's slayer council–decide it's time for me to get married. Apparently, being the wife of a high-born slayer will finally make me respectable. Or so they say. I see the arrangement for what it really a power grab...
  • Shadow Me by Annie Anderson

    Shadow Me by Annie Anderson

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Once upon a time, I killed a god and stole his power. I’ve been paying for it ever since.After my banishment, I promised myself three things.One: I would never take a mate.Two: I would find a way to get rid of the power I stole.Three: I would punish the gods who banished me.Not necessarily in that order.There’s just one teeny, tiny little problem...
  • Son of the Drowned Empire by Frankie Diane Mallis

    Son of the Drowned Empire by Frankie Diane Mallis

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A Treacherous Oath Lord Rhyan Hart, Heir Apparent to the Arkasva, High Lord of Glemaria, Imperator to the North, has carried the weight of his title his entire life. But never has he felt it more than now. After sacrificing everything to protect the girl he loves, a shocking revelation endangers her again. The consequences stretch across the Empire and increase his father's power over him...
  • Warrior of the Drowned Empire by Frankie Diane Mallis

    Warrior of the Drowned Empire by Frankie Diane Mallis

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    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...
  • The Reaper by Melissa K. Roehrich

    The Reaper by Melissa K. Roehrich

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Before he was the Fire Court Third, he was the Reaper.And before he was the Reaper, he was her Ash Rider.Moranna. The Baroness of a colony hidden away on the Southern Islands. She works tirelessly to keep some of the most powerful Fae of the realm safe from those who seek to use them for their gifts.Or that's what Rayner has always believed...
  • Hell Fae Commander by Lexi C. Foss, J.R. Thorn

    Hell Fae Commander by Lexi C. Foss, J.R. Thorn

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 19 ratings
    “I’ll never trust you.”The words resonate in my very soul.They make me feel like death.Of course, I can’t actually die.I would just burn to ash and wake up again with the same damn problem swirling around in my heart and mind.My inner beast thinks it has imprinted on a Halfling Hell Fae.Without my permission.Now all I want to do is hold her. Kiss her. F-ck her.Claim her.But I can’t...
  • The Aspect of Essence by Samantha Amstutz

    The Aspect of Essence by Samantha Amstutz

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 14 ratings
    For over a millennium, the elves have concealed their powers.Until now.Since arriving on the mortals’ shores, the elves have systematically colonized the primitive human race. As subjugated peasants, the mortals toil to supply the elven realm with riches.The elves’ magic has degraded their race to a point where they have been rendered infertile...
  • Bound by Fate by A.N. Caudle

    Bound by Fate by A.N. Caudle

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Ryker Lost without his mate, Ryker is driven to the point of madness. He won’t let her escape her shadow. Not this time, not ever. But now, his enemies are threatening what was once lost. Will he find Kya before it’s too late, or will he be forced to choose between his bond and the realm? Kya Having just evaded the clutches of death, Kya is now bound by the nightmare of her reality...
    Categorized as:
    fated-mates  fae  new adult  fantasy  magic  found-family  dark  horror
  • Prey for Rabbit by Aiden Pierce

    Prey for Rabbit by Aiden Pierce

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    The silver wolf thinks I’m his prey. Little does he know, he’s mine. The rabbit shifters and the werewolves have had a truce for centuries. Our burrow sets three of our kind loose in the woods on Easter to be hunted, to be slaughtered like the prey we are.Then, the wolves leave us alone for the rest of the year...
  • The Vicious Fae's Love by Lola Glass

    The Vicious Fae's Love by Lola Glass

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    I ran from one hot fae guy who wasn't interested in me… and ended up in the arms of another.We're just friends, though, me and Remmo.Just. Friends.Never mind the way he smells.Or the sparks that fly between us--literally.He's showing me around Vevol while I get over my heartbreak, and then we'll go back to our friends and break the temporary mate bond we've created.At least, that's my plan...
  • Court of Claws by Briar Boleyn

    Court of Claws by Briar Boleyn

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 42 ratings
    He will drown kingdoms in blood for her sake. Bound to a man she hates more than she ever thought possible... Everything Morgan Pendragon knows and loves is gone as she wakes in the dangerous court of the Siabra. The man she was falling in love with is dead, and in his place is a man she barely knows...
  • The Blood of Doves by Melissa McSherry

    The Blood of Doves by Melissa McSherry

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    As an orphan, Kasia was raised in the slums of Lethe, forced to steal and kill to survive, but somehow always managed to evade the law. Her luck eventually runs out when she finds herself on the brink of death. A handsome stranger rescues her, bringing her back to his realm. Once there, he informs her of her past, a past she refuses to believe to be true...
  • The Shadow of Wings by C.C. Davie

    The Shadow of Wings by C.C. Davie

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The Heliacle has risen.But it wasn’t without a cost. After being freed from her ordeal in Lylican,Amylia begins to heal as she forges a new life in Asteryn. But within its borders, bonds are being strained to the limit.Old wounds test the strength of those closest to each other.The eight territories of Labrynth are still dangerously divided, human distrust of Wytchlings cleaving them apart...
    Categorized as:
    new adult  fae  fantasy  magic  high fantasy  dark  paranormal
  • A Simple Truth: Book 2 in the Freckled Fate Trilogy by Tetyana Walker

    A Simple Truth: Book 2 in the Freckled Fate Trilogy by Tetyana Walker

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A Simple Truth is the second book in the slow-burn, enemies-to-lovers dark fantasy trilogy The Freckled Fate."After the enemy she captured reveals an earth-shattering truth, Finn finds herself in alliance with the one man she despised the most. Torn between her haunted past and her unclear future, she is determined to fulfill her promises at last, overcoming any hindrance in her path...
  • A Pocket of Lies by R.A. Sandpiper

    A Pocket of Lies by R.A. Sandpiper

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    BLOOD BOUND AND PENNILESS. EXILED INTO CURSED LANDS. HUNTED BY DEATH.When the thief Suri suffers a humiliating robbery, she has one day to pay off an ugly debt. Her solution: abduct and impersonate a foreign princess at the royal ball. But the wickedly handsome fae lord of the wasteland, Kol, has gatecrashed the party to find the princess she’s pretending to be...
  • The Heir of Vasilica by C.C. Davie

    The Heir of Vasilica by C.C. Davie

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I was born in blood and pain. I should have been thrown to the wolves with my mother’s body, my soul destined to roam the woods with my sisters. But fate laid its cold hand on me as I entered this world, wrapping its icy fingers around mine and leading me towards a life I could so easily have never seen.My name is Lyrik Damaris.And this is my story...
    Categorized as:
    new adult  fae  fantasy  magic  dark  f-f  paranormal  queer
  • Violence in the Void by Alice Stanco

    Violence in the Void by Alice Stanco

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    That day at the Armantrea market was the same as any other, until a tall, beautiful stranger appeared and snapped his fingers.In an instant, my world disappeared, replaced by his strange land. I’m suddenly surrounded by foreign accents, mysterious, magic-wielding Astrales like Xander, and powers I never knew existed.Except, in Xander’s eyes, I belong here...
  • His in the Dark by Willow Winters

    His in the Dark by Willow Winters

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    There are two things I’ve always known:Magic is real.The Gods have no mercy for women like me. I was born into power although what little I have is dying. Nonetheless, I’ve been protected all my life. There are myths and tales that say one day I will come to a fork in a long, long path. Either the light will take me or the dark...
  • Bewitching Her Monsters by Yve Vale

    Bewitching Her Monsters by Yve Vale

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    A werewolf, a gargoyle, a phoenix, and a demon walk into the bar…Yeah, it sounds like a set-up to a bad joke. But this is my life, and it just got weird. Jade :As a hopeless romance author, I go out to a local bar, looking for something to cure my writer’s block. When I discover four of the hottest guys I’ve ever seen in real life, this forty-year-old homebody finds all the inspiration I need...
  • Bound by Fate by A.N. Caudle

    Bound by Fate by A.N. Caudle

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    RykerLost without his mate, Ryker is driven to the point of madness. He won’t let her escape her shadow. Not this time, not ever. But now, his enemies are threatening what was once lost. Will he find Kya before it’s too late, or will he be forced to choose between his bond and the realm?KyaHaving just evaded the clutches of death, Kya is now bound by the nightmare of her reality...
    Categorized as:
    fated-mates  fae  new adult  fantasy  magic  witches  dark  horror
  • Dragons' Mate by Alex Lidell

    Dragons' Mate by Alex Lidell

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 16 ratings
    Breaking the rules was the only way in. Death is the only way out.I thought I knew danger, but the Equinox Trials? They are vicious. Cruel. And they hide a secret that can change the very fabric of our world.A secret that the priests will kill to keep hidden...
  • Cruel Is My Court by L.A. McGinnis

    Cruel Is My Court by L.A. McGinnis

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 10 ratings
    They were right to call me a thief. I stole the king’s magic and made his power mine. The day I claimed the magic, I was cursed by an ancient prophecy, binding me to four others—a beastly gambler, an honorable slave, the Shadow King’s deadly general and a mysterious aristocrat. Every time I use my new power, we’re tangled more tightly togethe...
  • The Brutal Fae's Life by Lola Glass

    The Brutal Fae's Life by Lola Glass

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 18 ratings
    The hot fae guy I'm in love with thinks of me like a sister… doesn't he?I've been trying to make him see that we're more than just friends for months, to no avail.But then we find an entire society of fae women, who threaten to take me from him.And he steals me away to his house to make sure no one can remove me from his side.Even after a night in his bed, he won't admit what he feels for me...
  • The Mistress & The Renowned by Alexis Rune, Jeanette Rose

    The Mistress & The Renowned by Alexis Rune, Jeanette Rose

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 14 ratings
    God of the Dead. King of the Underworld. The Unseen. The Renowned…Trapped.One moment, Hades was next to Persephone, having finally claimed her as his queen. The next, he knows only true void, and roots burrowing into his body, feeding from his power and essence. Every ounce of his abilities is used to keep the roots from taking everything, leaving him a broken shell. The King of the Dead...
  • Protect Me by Jessica Wayne, Heather Hildenbrand

    Protect Me by Jessica Wayne, Heather Hildenbrand

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I ran from my cruel fiancé…and found myself in the arms of three powerful shifters.When I throw myself at the mercy of the Ringmaster in No Man’s Land, I’m only seeking temporary refuge. A place to hide from the corruption and death that waits for me back home.Three months. That’s all I have until the protection the circus provides me expires...
  • Assassin's Quest by Kira Stanley

    Assassin's Quest by Kira Stanley

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 8 ratings
    We delivered a deep cut to the enemy, but not deep enough. Zayden, Rykon and Ajax are now in my corner, mostly, and working towards our goal—dethroning the evil king. Things get complicated as we try to make plans and Vance, the crown prince and my best friend, finds a solution. One that might save us a lot of time and bloodshed. The catch? The journey alone might kill us...
  • Fey Dominion by S. Rodman

    Fey Dominion by S. Rodman

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    He is a fey prince. A ruler of the race that conquered Earth.I’m a leader of the Resistance.There can never be anything between us.I’m lucky he didn’t kill me when he caught me snooping around the palace, but then again, Prince Mabon Y Mabinogi is unlike anyone I’ve ever met.His decisions don’t make sense.He is beautiful.Demanding.Loud and dramatic.He loves sparkly things and pretty things...
  • The Faerie Guild Trials by Gem L. Preston, Brittany Corley

    The Faerie Guild Trials by Gem L. Preston, Brittany Corley

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The Faerie Guild Trials is the first book in a duology with angsty romance. If you love morally grey women and dirty-talking cinnamon rolls, you’ll fall in love with this dark romantasy with a jaw-dropping plot twist.Efia Mathonwy, the last Nüwch, must survive the deadly trials of the Seelie and Unseelie courts, wielding the rare power to control shadows...
  • The Last Dream by Alana Kay

    The Last Dream by Alana Kay

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Play along. Escape the cage. Stay alive.My name is Sheena May, and everything has changed. All my secrets are out, and now I’m a hostage again. Trapped in a concrete box surrounded by the very magical objects my life depends upon, I have to find a way to outsmart the witches who betrayed us and get back to the men I love...
  • Vampire's Bite by Helen Scott

    Vampire's Bite by Helen Scott

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Cordelia trusted Rook, but was that a mistake?She’s always known that Rook was different from the other vampires at The Nest, but being a prince put him on a whole different level. And put an even bigger target on her back.One she can’t escape from.Now she’s being forced to work with vampire hunters who want Rook dead, and if she disobeys then Gran’s life is forfeit...
  • Dark Heart by Donna Grant

    Dark Heart by Donna Grant

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 7 ratings
    Deepest passion. Darkest betrayal.Once, she was my world. The only one I loved. Then it was all ripped away—including my freedom.Vengeance kept me alive. It paved every step, shaped every plot.Until I finally caught her.I learned that line between love and hate is wafer-thin...
  • Assassin's Capture: Assassin's of Onisea #3 by Kira Stanley

    Assassin's Capture: Assassin's of Onisea #3 by Kira Stanley

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    I have been captured by the shadow fae, and it's my fault.They had us surrounded, trapped, and I did the only thing I could think of to save Zayden, Ajax and Rykon. In that moment, the only thing that mattered was keeping them safe...
  • Malice by Mia Monroe

    Malice by Mia Monroe

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    His undead ex is hellbent on dragging him to a premature afterlife. It’s my job to save him without getting us both killed.AsterI’m dead.Or at least I was.Until I got the opportunity to return to the life I was abruptly torn away from. It’s a no-brainer as far as I’m concerned. I’m not done living yet.The catch? Become a Soul Chaser...
  • Ally and her Mad Hatter by S.N. Hunt

    Ally and her Mad Hatter by S.N. Hunt

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Wonderland is just a story....Ally spent her whole life being told Wonderland was just a fantasy, nothing more than a story that lived inside her mother's head. All it took was a tumble through a mirror to prove that was a lie. Now she must find her place within this world of madness without losing her sanity in the arms of the Mad Hatter...
  • The Barbaric Fae's Soul by Lola Glass

    The Barbaric Fae's Soul by Lola Glass

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    I formed a temporary mate bond with the unseelie king… but he wants to make it permanent.And with the klynnas now hunting us down, we don't have time to worry about a relationship.Friends with benefits?Maybe.But now that the klynnas are attacking and our world is changing, I can't risk falling in love again...
  • Of Mischief & Mages by L.J. Andrews

    Of Mischief & Mages by L.J. Andrews

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 18 ratings
    A sorceress with lost power to claim the throne.A royal thief fading to a cursed heart.A forgotten love that will destroy their world.When Adira’s crook of a boss sends her to a Las Vegas casino as one of his goons, her world turns upside down and she’s tossed through the gates of a strange, dangerous world of Mage courts and curses...
  • Rise of the Cinder Fae by Whitney Dean

    Rise of the Cinder Fae by Whitney Dean

    Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Born and raised in the forgotten and broken kingdom of Ashbury, Elora has spent years resenting the royals of Pumpkin Hollow, the kingdom that forced the fall of Ashbury and procured the town as its own...
  • A Kingdom of Frost and Fear: Whitney's Version by Whitney Dean

    A Kingdom of Frost and Fear: Whitney's Version by Whitney Dean

    Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 19 ratings
    After years of wondering where she came from and what her story was, Raven received the answers she had been craving: she has a family and is the true heir to the throne of Seolia. But the answers she so hopelessly sought only bred more questions...
  • This Wicked Curse by Amanda Aggie

    This Wicked Curse by Amanda Aggie

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A cursed princess, a soulless pirate, and a deal that could change both of their fate. In a realm full of monsters, shadows are stolen, and promises are bound with blood… and sometimes marriage vows. Princess by birth and sacrificial lamb by royal decree, Scarlet Midicious is ready to face her fate. She’s known her entire life that this day would come...
  • The Vicious King by Gina L. Maxwell

    The Vicious King by Gina L. Maxwell

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 10 ratings
    "...nothing short of epic, standing equally among those from the likes of Rebecca Yarros and Sarah J Maas. Gina has earned her place among them several times over with the Verran Kings." ~The British Bibliophile IN A WAR WHERE SHADOWS AND LIGHT COLLIDE, ONLY THE VICIOUS WILL EMERGE VICTORIOUS..
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