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All The Young Dudes - Volume One: Years 1 - 4 by MsKingBean89
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 44 ratingsMsKingBean’s “All The Young Dudes” has been divided into three volumes. This first book covers Years 1 - 4...Categorized as:
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Ascendance of a Bookworm , Part 4 Volume 7 by Miya Kazuki
Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsAfter fainting at a tea party for bookworms, Rozemyne is forcibly returned to Ehrenfest. There, she reunites with her lower city associates and enjoys some long-awaited reading time in the temple... but as peaceful as these winter days may seem, a revelation in the bible threatens to turn her days of reclusion on their head... -
Dragon School: Episodes 1-5 by Sarah K.L. Wilson
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsNo one is too broken to soar.From USA Today bestselling author, Sarah K. L. Wilson, comes an epic tale of a disabled teen and her beloved dragon. Sixteen-year-old Amel is disabled and rejected by society. A burden to her family and ignored by her peers, Amel travels to Dragon School for one last chance. If she can find a place among the courageous Dragon Riders, she can hold her head high...Categorized as:
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Shades of Magic Boxed Set by V.E. Schwab
Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsKell is one of the last Antari—magicians with a rare, coveted ability to travel between parallel Londons; Red, Grey, White, and, once, Black. Unofficially, Kell is a smuggler, servicing people willing to pay for even the smallest glimpses of a world they'll never see. It's a defiant hobby with dangerous consequences... -
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The Remarried Empress, Vol. 3 by Alphatart
Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars · 25 ratings"I WONDER WHAT IT WOULD FEEL LIKE IF THERE WAS SOEONE WHO COULDN'T THINK STRAIGHT BECAUSE OF ME." Secrets and schemes are swirling around the palace...and when people are playing with fire, someone's bound to get burned... -
Why Raeliana Ended Up at the Duke's Mansion, Vol. 7 by Whale, Whale
Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsRaeliana is off to save Noah from the terrorists’ trap, gun in hand and Adam in tow! But while hurrying down the dark and dangerous waterway, the ominous echoes of explosions reverberate from the direction her fiancé went in...and Raeliana is horribly unprepared for the scene that awaits her... -
The Remarried Empress, Vol. 2 by Alphatart
Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars · 26 ratings"MY QUEEN...I DON'T WANT TO LIE TO YOU OF ALL PEOPLE." Now that Navier knows the identity of her pen pal, she’s happy to find herself growing closer to Heinrey... -
The Remarried Empress, Vol. 3 by Alphatart, Herelee
Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars · 27 ratings"I WONDER WHAT IT WOULD FEEL LIKE IF THERE WAS SOEONE WHO COULDN'T THINK STRAIGHT BECAUSE OF ME."Secrets and schemes are swirling around the palace...and when people are playing with fire, someone's bound to get burned...Categorized as:
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The Remarried Empress, Vol. 2 by Sumpul, Alphatart
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 29 ratings"MY QUEEN...I DON'T WANT TO LIE TO YOU OF ALL PEOPLE."Now that Navier knows the identity of her pen pal, she’s happy to find herself growing closer to Heinrey... -
The Remarried Empress, Vol. 4 by Alphatart
Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars · 23 ratings“YOU NEED TO BECOME THE EMPRESS, MISS RASHTA.” Sovieshu’s lover, his mistress, and the future mother of his child―Rashta’s got it all…on the surface, that is. What she really wants is to be able to keep herself and the baby safe on her own, regardless of whether she has the favor of the emperor. The largest obstacle standing in her way? Navier, or so she believes...Categorized as:
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Who Made Me a Princess Vol. 3 by Plutus, 스푼
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsIn this full-color fantasy comic/webtoon, a modern woman is reincarnated as the doomed princess in a romance novel—and reaches out to grab a new future with both baby fists!The story of Athanasia, forsaken princess of the Obelian Empire, ends with her execution at the hands of her own father--or does it? Her tragic tale is the plot of the novel The Lovely Princess... -
Of the Curse or the Crown by V.B. Lacey
Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsPrincess Diaries 2 meets King Midas in this swoon-worthy forbidden romance fantasy standalone.An heir. An Empress. A Queen.As a former rebel leader, Clarissa Aris is no stranger to power. She’s ready to reclaim the throne of the Veridian Empire and is eager to guide her people out of a past of violence and into a better future... -
The Frog Prince by K.M. Shea
Crown Prince Lucien has spent his life pretending to be a flirtatious idiot in order to manipulate his courts and hide his deficiencies. His acting backfires, however, when his father orders an enchantress to turn him into a frog for his own safety after he narrowly escapes an assassination plot. Servant. Capable. Expendable...Categorized as:
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Plain Jane and the Mermaid by Vera Brosgol
Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsFrom Eisner Award winner Vera Brosgol comes an instant classic about courage, confidence, and inner beauty.Jane is incredibly plain. Everyone says so: her parents, the villagers, and her horrible cousin who kicks her out of her own house. Determined to get some semblance of independence, Jane prepares to propose to the princely Peter, who might just say yes to get away from his father... -
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Staff & Crown by W.R. Gingell
Three years have passed since Annabel defeated Mordion in the Royal Castle and became the Queen Heir of New Civet. That’s a good thing, since the Castle spat her out three years into the past. Three years of statecraft, politics, and meeting important people are over...Categorized as:
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Athena the Wise by Joan Holub, Suzanne Williams
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsThese classic myths from the Greek pantheon are given a modern twist that contemporary tweens can relate to, from dealing with bullies like Medusa to a first crush on an unlikely boy... -
The Coronation Ball by Melanie Cellier
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsHanna knows all about hard work. For years she’s labored to complete her apprenticeship and become a pastry chef. Driven from her home once before, she’s willing to endure whatever it takes to keep her position in the palace kitchens of Northhelm.But when she finally has a chance for all her dreams to come true, everything goes wrong...Categorized as:
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Flight of the Raven by Morgan L. Busse
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsExiled and on the run, Selene Ravenwood is in search of the real reason her family was given the gift of dreamwalking but first she must adapt to her marriage with the man she was originally assigned to kill. With war impending and a dark being after her gift, she finds herself at a crossroads but time is running out and soon her choice will be made for her...Categorized as:
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Beauty and the Beast Novelization by Elizabeth Rudnick
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsBelle has dreamt of adventures like the ones she reads in her books, of traveling the world outside her small town. When Belle's father is captured, she takes his place as a prisoner of a fearsome Beast. But life in the enchanted castle isn't as terrible as Belle imagines, and she ultimately finds friendship and love... -
Black Moon by Romina Russell
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsBook 3 in the breathtaking sci-fi space saga inspired by astrology that will stun fans of the Illuminae Files and Starbound series. One final secret stands between Rho and the enemy... -
Royal Rebel by Heather Frost
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA PRINCE fighting to save a princess A SERJAH torn between duty and desireA PRINCESS willing to sacrifice everythingA DECOY with nothing to loseA WORLD about to be torn apartAfter his father’s latest punishment, Grayson isn’t at his full strength. Trapped in Ryden and surrounded by enemies, he knows escaping with Mia will be more complicated than anticipated...Categorized as:
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Court of Shadows by Miranda Honfleur
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsAnswers to who killed her family. A trial to death. Is the truth worth the risk?Master Mage Rielle is counting the months to her wedding when an unexpected invitation arrives from Magehold—to compete for magister. The magister’s mantle has been her dream for over a decade, but rumors accuse Magehold of shadowy deeds, among them killing families to collect promising young novices... -
Mythology by Edith Hamilton, Jim Tierney
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 59 ratingsSince its original publication by Little, Brown and Company in 1942, Edith Hamilton's Mythology has sold millions of copies throughout the word and established itself as a perennial bestseller in its various available formats: hardcover, trade paperback, mass market paperback, and e-book...Categorized as:
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Girl, Goddess, Queen by Bea Fitzgerald
To hell with love, this goddess has other plans...Thousands of years ago, the gods told a lie: how Persephone was a pawn in the politics of other gods. How Hades kidnapped Persephone to be his bride. How her mother, Demeter, was so distraught she caused the Earth to start dying.The real story is much more interesting.Persephone wasn't taken to hell: she jumped...Categorized as:
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Aphrodite the Beauty by Joan Holub, Suzanne Williams
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsWell-researched and true to the original myths, each volume in the Goddess Girls series addresses contemporary issues like friendships and relationships from a classically accurate—and entertaining—persepective.In Aphrodite the Beauty, Aphrodite, goddessgirl of love, must deal with jealousy after giving Athena a makeover...Categorized as:
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Stolen Princess by Kelly St. Clare
Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsCertainty is slipping through my fingers like pirates’ gold. After escaping to our secret sanctuary, I’m haunted by the guilt of my decision. And the close call with Malice left me with more than doubt—I’m now harboring a magical fugitive. When Cosmo reveals a darkness is spreading from his wound, our crew must brave capture by our enemies to cure him...Categorized as:
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A Crown of Wishes by Roshani Chokshi
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 35 ratingsAn ancient mystery. An unlikely union. For one young princess in a state of peril, a dangerous wish could be the only answer…She is the princess of Bharata—captured by her kingdom’s enemies, a prisoner of war. Now that she faces a future of exile and scorn, Gauri has nothing left to lose...Categorized as:
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Artemis the Brave by Joan Holub, Suzanne Williams
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsShe may be the goddess girl of the hunt, but that doesn't mean she always feels brave...Categorized as:
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Symphony for a Deadly Throne by E.J. Mellow
From award-winning author E. J. Mellow comes the third and final installment in the Mousai series, following a young woman torn between the man she loves and the kingdom she calls home.Within the world of Aadilor sits the hidden Thief Kingdom, a land overflowing with magic and mayhem...Categorized as:
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Vengeance of the Pirate Queen by Tricia Levenseller
Pirates of the Caribbean meets The Mummy in Vengeance of the Pirate Queen, a beautifully designed standalone YA fantasy romance, set in the world of Tricia Levenseller's Daughter of the Pirate King. You can’t be afraid of the dark when you’re the monster lurking in the shadows...Categorized as:
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Mark of the Raven by Morgan L. Busse
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsDreamwalker. Nightwatcher. Lady of Ravenwood.Lady Selene Has Come into Her Family's Power. But Has She Inherited a Gift or a Curse?Lady Selene is heir to the House of Ravenwood and the secret family gift of dreamwalking. As a dreamwalker, she can enter a person's dreams and manipulate their greatest fears or desires...Categorized as:
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The End Crowns All by Bea Fitzgerald
The second fierce, fresh and gloriously romantic YA Greek myth re-imagining, from Bea Fitzgerald, growing TikTok superstar and Sunday Times bestselling author of GIRL, GODDESS, QUEEN.Princess. Priestess. The most beautiful girl in Troy. Cassandra is used to being adored – and when her patron god, Apollo, offers her the power of prophecy, she sees an opportunity to rise even higher... -
Daughter of the Siren Queen by Tricia Levenseller
The capable, confident, and occasionally ruthless heroine of Daughter of the Pirate King is back in this action-packed sequel that promises rousing high seas adventures and the perfect dash of magic.Alosa's mission is finally complete...Categorized as:
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When Gods Fall by S.E. Bouvier
Two sisters. Both destined for greatness. One will rise. One will fall.In the Freefolk camps, magic is forbidden, and the gods are dead.Alena has lived in the camps all her life but is fascinated by the Old Lands and their magic.When her father is injured in a hunting accident, that same magic is his only hope of survival... -
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Exile for Dreamers by Kathleen Baldwin
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsTess can't run far enough or fast enough to escape the prophetic dreams that haunt her. Dreams bring nothing but death and grief, and Tess refuses to accept that she may be destined for the same madness that destroyed her mother... -
The Gatekeeper's Secret by Eva Pohler
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsWhen Zeus invites Therese and Thanatos to a party on Mount Olympus in their honor, they and the other gods who have formed the Athena Alliance are immediately suspicious of a trap. They fear Zeus has learned of their desire to free Metis and Cybele and to stand up for all the women he has wronged... -
War of the Sea by Dana Claire
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHis powers could save the ocean. Her vendetta could sink a kingdom. Captain Elouise Farrington, the youngest pirate on the Caviar Sea, seeks revenge on her father’s killer. But when her oddly hypnotic foe proposes a pact to kill the Siren Queen and end the War of the Sea’s bloodshed, she must make a choice... -
Villains Are Destined to Die (novel), Vol. 1 (Villains Are Destined to Die (Novel) #1) by Gwon Gyeoeul
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhen a college student with a tragic past picks up reverse harem video game Daughter of the Duke’s Super Love Project, she immediately sees herself in one of the characters. Not the adored heroine of easy mode Ivonne, no-but the protagonist of hard mode, misunderstood villain Penelope. Little did she know that she’d go to sleep playing the story.. -
이번 생은 가주가 되겠습니다 [Ibeon Saeng-eun Gajuga Doegessseubnida] (I Shall Master this Family (Novel) #1) by Kim Ro Ah, 김로아
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratings제국에서 제일가는 부자 가문의 사생아로 환생한 피렌티아.이대로 탄탄대로일 줄 알았건만.아버지는 돌아가시고, 친척들에게 문전박대에, 잘나가던 가문마저 쫄딱 망해 버리기까지…….그런데 이거 진짜인가?술을 좀(많이) 마셨다가 마차에 치였는데,다시 눈을 뜨니 일곱 살로 돌아왔다?거기다 이전 생에 가문의 원수였던 찬바람 쌩쌩 불던 2황자가대형견처럼 나를 쫄래쫄래 쫓아다닌다!“나보단 티아 네가 더 예뻐.”“……놀려 지금?”“아니. 진심인데.”좋아, 2황자도 가문도 다 내 거다!이번 생은 내가 가주 하든가 해야지...Categorized as:
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Divined by Emily Wibberley
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsThe epic conclusion to the Last Oracle Series... Clio has forsaken the Deities and turned her back on her powers. Unable to trust her Visions, she is left alone and weak on the outskirts of Sheehan... -
Nemesis by Kat Ross
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn the fourth volume of the Fourth Talisman series, Nazafareen risks everything on a desperate gamble to stop the Vatras once and for all… With Meb safely among her own people, Nazafareen has finally embraced her dangerous fire magic. She is the Fourth Talisman, destined to free the heirs from the wards binding their own extraordinary power... -
Chasing Midlife Demons by Heloise Hull
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA NEW PWF novel from the author of Making Midlife Magic, for those who like their rosé chilled and their demons hot!The last time the police knocked on my door, I lost my husband. Now they’re back, and this time, it’s about my mother.She’s fine, for now, but she’s deteriorating fast. Her mind is failing her, and her body isn’t far behind... -
Raising Hell by Melissa Haag
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHades sleeps no more.I woke the god of the underworld and paid his price for a chance to win my freedom. A kiss. Just one. But since surrendering his fee, I can’t stop thinking about doing it again. I am in so much trouble.Convincing Hades that she’s human is proving more difficult than Ashlyn imagined. The sexy king of Hell believes she’s playing games by withholding what he truly wants: Her... -
Sacred Heart by Celeste Baxendell
An ambitious mage. A warrior priest. A divine power… they would both rather her die than let her keep it.Nadiya has been told countless times her ambition to become the first no-name mage to hold a commander’s position amongst the Runai would get her killed... -
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Mountain of Dragons and Sacrifice by Tara Grayce
It’s a tale as old as myth and legends: the village maiden sacrificed to a monster.Every year, Nessa’s village sacrifices a maiden to the dragon in the mountain. If they don’t, the dragon will sweep down from his lair and destroy them all.When Nessa is chosen to be that year’s sacrifice, she’s prepared to be eaten, as much as anyone can prepare for such a thing... -
Prince's Poison by Frost Kay
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsLife and death were no game.Becoming the the first female royal healer was a balance between being a goddess of health and the mistress of death.Dueling with sharp-tongued highborns, playing with poison, and watching Mira's best friends pass her by wasn't what she had prepared for after coming home from the frontline...Categorized as:
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Bride of the Water God, Volume 2 by Mi-Kyung Yun
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsHabaek, the mysterious Water God, is cursed to live his days in the form of a little boy-while he turns back to his true adult self at night. His new human bride, Soah, thinks that she's been married to a child and has no idea that the attractive "Mui" is actually the adult Habaek... -
Sugar Apple Fairy Tale, Vol. 1 : The Silver Sugar Master and the Obsidian Fairy by Miri Mikawa
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsRUSH TO THE ROYAL CANDY FAIR!Anne Halford is a candy crafter determined to follow in her mother’s footsteps and become a Silver Sugar Master—a title bestowed only by royalty—by winning first place in the Royal Candy Fair. The journey to the capital will be dangerous, however, so she purchases Challe, a handsome but foulmouthed fairy, to be her bodyguard... -
Fortune of Emerald and Salt by Monroe Wildrose
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsEighteen-year-old Georgette Baine is a young pirate captain who was raised with utter disdain toward royalty. But when she and her twin brother, Captain Elias Baine, make a precarious deal with a King to gain access to a long-lost treasure, they find themselves in an untenable position...Categorized as:
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An Enchantment of Thorns by Helena Rookwood, Elm Vince
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsA fae beast. An enchanted forest. A beauty destined to break the curse upon them...As town greenwitch, Aster’s spent her whole life defending her people from the nightmarish fae of the forest. Yet despite her best efforts, each year a girl is taken by the fae Beast who rules the Folkwood, sacrificed to the ancient faerie magic of the Tithe.And this year, the Beast claims Aster...
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