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  • The Immortals by Tamora Pierce

    The Immortals by Tamora Pierce

    Rated: 4.69 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 42 ratings
    The Immortals by Tamora Pierce, is the story of Verilidaine Sarrasri (known as Daine), a parentless girl with an extraordinary talent...
  • Mistborn: The Wax and Wayne Series: The Alloy of Law, Shadows of Self, The Bands of Mourning by Brandon Sanderson

    Mistborn: The Wax and Wayne Series: The Alloy of Law, Shadows of Self, The Bands of Mourning by Brandon Sanderson

    Rated: 4.66 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    This discounted Mistborn ebundle Alloy of Law, Shadows of Self, The Bands of MourningFrom #1 New York Times bestselling author Brandon Sanderson, the Wax & Wayne series is a heist story of political intrigue and magical, martial-arts action...
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  • The Silent Shield by Jeff Wheeler

    The Silent Shield by Jeff Wheeler

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 42 ratings
    Thrust into the heart of events threatening to rip her kingdom apart, young Trynne Kiskaddon will gain new powers and see old allies fall and new heroes rise as the battle for the kingdom and the lands beyond begins.Courtly intrigue and rumors of invasion plunge Kingfountain into turmoil as the search for Trynne’s father begins in earnest...
  • The Forsaken Throne by Jeff Wheeler

    The Forsaken Throne by Jeff Wheeler

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 41 ratings
    A devastating disaster has left the Forbidden Court in ashes, its fountains destroyed, and its magic at risk. It was destined as the site of Trynne Kiskaddon’s coronation as empress. Now, all Trynne can imagine is the roar of flames, the cries of Gahalatine’s people, and the smell of cinders in a city gone dark...
  • Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation  Vol. 14 by Rifujin na Magonote

    Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation Vol. 14 by Rifujin na Magonote

    Rated: 4.59 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    CASTLE IN THE SKYNanahoshi, Rudeus, and the rest of their group take a trip to Perugius’s mysterious floating fortress, seeking adventure and a once-in-a-lifetime chance to learn new magic. What they find instead is disaster as one of their number is struck down by a deadly illness...
  • 暁のヨナ 10 [Akatsuki no Yona 10] by Mizuho Kusanagi, Sandra Nogués Graell

    暁のヨナ 10 [Akatsuki no Yona 10] by Mizuho Kusanagi, Sandra Nogués Graell

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    This bundles contains volumes 1-10 of Yona of the Dawn by Mizuho Kusanagi. A red-haired princess loses her family and her kingdom… Now she must rise and fight for her throne! Princess Yona lives an ideal life as the only princess of her kingdom. Doted on by her father, the king, and protected by her faithful guard Hak, she cherishes the time spent with the man she loves, Su-won...
  • Yona of the Dawn, Vol. 2 by Mizuho Kusanagi, Sandra Nogués Graell

    Yona of the Dawn, Vol. 2 by Mizuho Kusanagi, Sandra Nogués Graell

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    A red-haired princess loses her family and her kingdom… Now she must rise and fight for her throne!Princess Yona lives an ideal life as the only princess of her kingdom. Doted on by her father, the king, and protected by her faithful guard Hak, she cherishes the time spent with the man she loves, Su-won...
  • Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation  Vol. 15 by Rifujin na Magonote, 理不尽な孫の手

    Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation Vol. 15 by Rifujin na Magonote, 理不尽な孫の手

    Rated: 4.69 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    SECOND CHANCERudeus’s brief meeting with his time-travelling future self leaves him struggling to process the terrible suffering that version of him endured...
  • The Hollow Crown by Jeff Wheeler

    The Hollow Crown by Jeff Wheeler

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 41 ratings
    Following the downfall of a tyrant, years have passed in prosperity for the kingdom of Ceredigion. Now, as the time comes to celebrate the new king’s nuptials, the specter of a new enemy emerges to destroy all that has been painstakingly built in those years.Tryneowy Kiskaddon has grown up learning military and diplomatic strategy from her father, one of the king’s closest advisors...
  • The Ciphers of Muirwood by Jeff Wheeler

    The Ciphers of Muirwood by Jeff Wheeler

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 35 ratings
    From the moment she was banished by her father, the king, Princess Maia journeyed to seek sanctuary at Muirwood Abbey, the epicenter of magic and good in the land. Now safe for the first time since her cruel abandonment, Maia must foster uneasy friendships with other girls training to be Ciphers: women who learn to read and engrave tomes of ancient power, despite the laws forbidding them to do so...
  • The Hero's Lot by Patrick W. Carr

    The Hero's Lot by Patrick W. Carr

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    Riveting Sequel from Christian Fantasy's Most Talented New Voice When Sarin Valon, the corrupt secondus of the conclave, flees Erinon and the kingdom, Errol Stone believes his troubles have at last ended. But other forces bent on the destruction of the kingdom remain and conspire to accuse Errol and his friends of a conspiracy to usurp the throne...
  • Resistance by Jaye L. Knight

    Resistance by Jaye L. Knight

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 16 ratings
    “Don’t you know? Animals like you have no soul.” Could God ever love a half-blood all of society looks upon with such fear and disdain? Jace once believed so, but when a tragic loss shatters the only peace he’s ever known, his faith crumbles as the nagging doubts he’s tried to put behind him descend on his grieving heart...
  • Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation  Vol. 16 by Rifujin na Magonote

    Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation Vol. 16 by Rifujin na Magonote

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    LONG LIVE THE KINGNow officially Dragon God Orsted’s underling, Rudeus receives his first mission: to make Princess Arielle the next king of Asura Kingdom! Mighty as the endeavor might seem, it’s just the first of many steps he’ll have to take if he’s going to help Orsted bring down the Man God...
  • The King's Scrolls by Jaye L. Knight

    The King's Scrolls by Jaye L. Knight

    Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Following the harrowing events that brought them to Landale Forest, Jace and Kyrin have settled comfortably into their new lives and the mission of protecting those under the emperor’s persecution. The fast approach of winter brings with it the anticipation of a quiet few months ahead...
  • Snow White with the Red Hair, Vol. 3 by Sorata Akiduki, Sorata Akizuki

    Snow White with the Red Hair, Vol. 3 by Sorata Akiduki, Sorata Akizuki

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    A job she loves, free time with Zen—Shirayuki’s life couldn’t be better. But the return of Zen’s brother, Crown Prince Izana, puts everyone on edge. Even worse, Izana has much to say about Zen’s red-haired friend...
  • Trial of Magic by K.M. Shea

    Trial of Magic by K.M. Shea

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Lord Enchanter Evariste has been missing for years. Everyone has given up all hope of finding him—except for Angelique.Because he dared to befriend her when all other mages scorned her due to her dangerous magic, Angelique is determined to find him—no matter the cost. But as years have passed and she has failed to locate Evariste, she’s forced to realize that he was more than a friend...
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    christian  fantasy  young adult
  • Samara's Peril by Jaye L. Knight

    Samara's Peril by Jaye L. Knight

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    When news arrives that Emperor Daican has been in contact with his chief war strategist, it signals potential doom for the country of Samara. Determined to intervene, the resistance in Landale, headed by Lady Anne, embark on a covert mission in hopes of unearthing further information. However, a shocking discovery leads to complications no one could have foreseen...
  • Contest of Queens by Jordan H. Bartlett

    Contest of Queens by Jordan H. Bartlett

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    In a Queendom divided, can one girl unite the realms?Jacs, an inventor’s apprentice from the Lower Realm, has only ever dreamed of what the land among the clouds holds. That is until she finds a letter from Connor, an Upperite boy hoping to learn more about the land below. Little does Jacs know, Connor is actually Prince Cornelius of the Queendom of Frea...
  • Fate Breaker by Victoria Aveyard

    Fate Breaker by Victoria Aveyard

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 23 ratings
    “A true fantasy masterpiece." —Sabaa Tahir, #1 New York Times bestselling author Since Victoria Aveyard launched the instant #1 New York Times bestselling Realm Breaker, the series has taken readers by storm. Now the finale is here to continue this epic fantasy series. Change your fate—or kneel to it. The Companions are scattered and hopeless, torn from each other...
  • Half-Blood by Jaye L. Knight

    Half-Blood by Jaye L. Knight

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The gasps and murmuring grew. Though some were hardly more than whispers, clear words reached Jace’s ears—dangerous, monster, animal, soulless. He tried to back away from their accusing eyes, but the collar pulled hard against his throat and held him in place...
  • Hereafter by Jody Hedlund

    Hereafter by Jody Hedlund

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The third lost princess. The final key to the treasure. And a battle for the throne. Growing up deep in the forest as a poor charcoal burner’s daughter, Emmeline has always known her identity as a princess of Mercia, and she lives in fear of being caught and killed...
  • Arrow's Fall by Mercedes Lackey

    Arrow's Fall by Mercedes Lackey

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 60 ratings
    With Elspeth, the heir to the throne of Valdemar, come of marriageable age, Talia, the Queen's Own Herald returns to court to find Queen and heir beset by diplomatic intrigue as various forces vie for control of Elspeth's future...
  • Dare by Tricia Mingerink

    Dare by Tricia Mingerink

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Courage could cost him everything. Third Blade Leith Torren never questions his orders or his loyalty to King Respen until an arrow wound and a prairie blizzard drive him to the doorstep of the girls whose family he once destroyed. Their forbidden faith and ties to the Resistance could devastate their family a second time. Survival depends on obedience, but freedom beckons...
  • ЯED by Jennifer Anne Davis

    ЯED by Jennifer Anne Davis

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Sentenced to be executed. Betrayed. Alone. Hung on the gallows. Rema thought her life was over, but she was wrong. Saved by a rebel force she’d only ever heard rumors about, Rema finds herself in a forbidden place. She is finally safe—free from the king and Prince Lennek. But not everything is as it seems at the rebel fortress. Secrets are whispered, and loyalties are tested...
  • A Beast as Dark as Night by Jennifer Kropf

    A Beast as Dark as Night by Jennifer Kropf

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Once, there was the Truth, which shone as pure as Gold.Then, came a Beast, who devoured Winter's lights.'Twas Gold versus PoisonDarkness versus LightKing versus BeastDay verses NightA Beast as Dark as Night is the epic finale to The Winter Souls Series, a Christmas themed collection with holiday myths and folklore. Ideal for fans of The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S...
  • A Kingdom Discovered by Deborah Grace White

    A Kingdom Discovered by Deborah Grace White

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Merletta’s reality has been overturned…but nothing in her world has changedMerletta’s enemies may think they’ve bested her, but she’s always been a survivor. Now she has a choice to make—protect herself, or expose the Center’s lies? The question only becomes more complex when she learns she’s not the only one to have paid the price for her flight to Vazula...
  • A Heart as Red as Paint by Jennifer Kropf

    A Heart as Red as Paint by Jennifer Kropf

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    "Deck the halls with bells and folly..."Helen Bell has changed since facing off with Mara Rouge in the Quarrel of Sword and Bone. But so has Winter.When a Timepiece crosses the intersect to give Helen a set of three warnings in the form of a puzzle, she's forced to re-enter the world she thought she might never see again to solve it before she meets a deadly end.But things are different in Winter...
  • Entwined by Jody Hedlund

    Entwined by Jody Hedlund

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    During a time when legends were born . . .ENTWINEDA princess cursed from birth, a loyal knight worthy of being king, and a sword that can determine their destiny.After growing up on a remote farm, Lis learns she is the rightful heir to the throne of Norvegia...
  • Casual Farming 5: A Slow Living LitRPG by Wolfe Locke, Mike Caliban

    Casual Farming 5: A Slow Living LitRPG by Wolfe Locke, Mike Caliban

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Four years have come and gone.Jason Hunter has done a lot of growing up since coming to Summer Shandy.He's learned how to fight, he's grown his cookbook, and he's ended his farm.Friends have been made and ties have been strengthened.Jason is happy with the path his life has taken.Most of all, love has been found.But the hardest part of the journey is yet ahead.Fatherhood...
  • Emerald of the Sea by Kimberly Pearl

    Emerald of the Sea by Kimberly Pearl

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Backstabbing pirates. Extravagant dinner parties. Falling in love with the one man who’s out of reach. Seventeen-year-old Emma doesn’t know who she is or where she came from. The not-exactly-legal merchant ship she was raised on is the only home she’s ever known, and she’s had enough of the captain’s lies...
  • Fire & Ash by Heather Frost

    Fire & Ash by Heather Frost

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    First the flames . . .When Desfan Cassian, the future ruler of Mortise, skips his fifteenth birthday celebration so he can gamble in the slums, he knows his father won't be pleased. Then again, the serjan hasn’t been happy with him in years...
  • The Remedy by Serena Chase

    The Remedy by Serena Chase

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Having come to terms with her long-hidden identity, Princess Rynnaia E’veri is ready to take her rightful place. But before she can join her father at Castle Rynwyk, she must endeavor to fulfill a 200-year-old prophecy and defeat the Kingdom’s ancient enemy, the Cobelds...
  • Beguiled by Jody Hedlund

    Beguiled by Jody Hedlund

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    In a land where being the fairest maiden is a curse . . .A princess rejected and hunted by her mother, and a prince who lives as a shunned outcast.Princess Pearl flees for her life after her mother, Queen Margery, tries to have her killed during a hunting expedition. Pearl finds refuge on the Isle of Outcasts among criminals and misfits, disguising her face with a veil so no one recognizes her...
  • Besotted by Jody Hedlund

    Besotted by Jody Hedlund

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    In a land where being the fairest maiden is a curse . . .A young queen trying to stay alive until she comes of age to rule, and a prince turned into a pauper.Queen Aurora of Mercia has spent her entire life deep in Inglewood Forest, hiding from Warwick’s Queen Margery, who seeks her demise. As the time draws near for Aurora to take the throne, she happens upon a handsome woodcutter...
  • Destroy by Tricia Mingerink

    Destroy by Tricia Mingerink

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Before the war, before the Blades, before the Leader… There was a boy and a scullery maid and a secret shame. One moonlit night of blood and knives destroyed their country and their lives forever...
  • Bitter Winter by Jaye L. Knight

    Bitter Winter by Jaye L. Knight

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Already struggling with a harsh winter and the threat of food shortage, a catastrophic event leaves those in the Landale camps reeling. Just when things couldn’t get much worse, camp members fall ill with the same devastating sickness that’s sweeping across the country.Determined to gain the cure, Jace sets off to Valcré...
  • Dragons Rising: Complete Series by Alisha Klapheke

    Dragons Rising: Complete Series by Alisha Klapheke

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    This set includes all five books of an internationally bestselling young adult epic fantasy with a slow-burn romance!The world will drown beneath the waves…only the last mage can stop it.Vahly, the last mage, is the world’s biggest disappointment...
    Categorized as:
    high fantasy  fantasy  young adult  dystopian
  • Snow White by K.M. Shea

    Snow White by K.M. Shea

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 9 ratings
    Once upon a time, a princess and her stepmother ruled together with all happiness and joy…until the Queen’s chronic headaches and mood swings escalate to violence, and Princess Snow White is forced to flee for her life. Snow White is certain that a dark magic has pushed her once loving stepmother into madness...
  • Kingslayer by Honor Raconteur

    Kingslayer by Honor Raconteur

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    He had known this day would come. No man could escape the entire might of the Sovran forever. He just found it humorous that it was an enemy of the Sovran that had caught him instead.Bound, kneeling before a queen whom he had hounded for a straight year, he should have been anxious. Or at least a little worried. Instead, a strange sense of relief filled him. It was over...
  • Storms of Allegiance by Melanie Cellier

    Storms of Allegiance by Melanie Cellier

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Even absorbed in her studies, Delphine can’t forget Nik or his mission to find Grey. When he reappears with a plan to defeat Grey, she’s desperate to convince Amara and Hayes to agree—even if it means putting herself in danger.But there are things Delphine doesn’t know about her own ability, and once in Grey’s orbit, it might not be as easy to extricate herself as she expects...
  • Beholden by Jody Hedlund

    Beholden by Jody Hedlund

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    In a land where being the fairest maiden is a curse . . .A beautiful noblewoman with a terrible secret, and a prince subjected to slavery.Upon the death of her wealthy father, Lady Gabriella is condemned to work in Warwick’s gem mine. As she struggles to survive the dangerous conditions, her kindness and beauty shine as brightly as the jewels the slaves excavate...
  • A Crown as Sharp as Pines by Jennifer Kropf

    A Crown as Sharp as Pines by Jennifer Kropf

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    I'm dreaming of a frightful Christmas...The first thing that Patrolman Zane Cohen notices when he meets Helen Bell again in this new season is that she is not herself.The libraries of the Volumes of Wisdom have been burned to ash. Believers of the Truth are disappearing across the snow globe. A Beast of the darkness is taking hostages and building his army in Winter. And Helen..
  • Swords of Empire by Robert Ryan

    Swords of Empire by Robert Ryan

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    They killed him. They stole his power. They split his empire into chiefdoms. But he foretold a day when his descendant would rise against their sorcery…Shar was no ordinary girl. Her clan was the Fen Wolves, a poor tribe that dwelt in the marshes. Yet she meant to bring them glory.She was a young warrior, but few men could stand against her. If they were strong, she was fast...
  • Rhone by Kelly St. Clare

    Rhone by Kelly St. Clare

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    He’s leaving Glacium. Rhone has always been an outcast. Life in the castle may come with a soft bed and regular food, but that's the only difference he can see from the childhood he spent in the gutter. The assembly fear him. Rhone exists on the fringes of their friendship. He could have handled that yesterday...
  • Tegami Bachi, Vol. 10 by Hiroyuki Asada

    Tegami Bachi, Vol. 10 by Hiroyuki Asada

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    A New York Times best-selling sci-fi fantasy series with heart.Amberground is locked in darkness. A man-made star casts only a dim light over the land. The pitch-black wilderness is infested with Gaichuu—colossal insects with metal exoskeletons. The Gaichuu make travel between the cities of Amberground extremely dangerous...
  • Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation  Vol. 20 by Rifujin na Magonote

    Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation Vol. 20 by Rifujin na Magonote

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    TUGGED ALONG BY FAMILY TIES Rudeus brings Zanoba back to Ranoa Kingdom to plan the Man-God's future downfall when a letter arrives from the Holy Kingdom of Millis--Cliff's grandfather is urging him home. Though he suspects another Man-God plot is afoot, Rudeus is soon distracted by a missive from his own matriarchal relatives and races off to the capital of Millis...
  • Rampage by Aaron Oster

    Rampage by Aaron Oster

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Life is cruel. Arbor learns this lesson the hard way, when everything he loves is taken from him in a single night. Left alive by the men who butchered his family, Arbor has two options: give up and perish, or rise up and fight to take back the life he's lost. To do that though, he'll have to leave behind the only home he's ever known and venture out into the world beyond...
  • The Piano Girl 2 by Sherri Schoenborn Murray

    The Piano Girl 2 by Sherri Schoenborn Murray

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Part One is now FREE. This is part two of The Piano Girl. She plays from memory. Her memories. The continuing saga of a girl, a boy, and the future of a kingdom. This princess to pauper story is filled with prayers, promises and plenty of piano. Part one and two are combined in paperback, which is now available. In 2016, the Counterfeit Princess series will continue with Alia's sister, Wren...
    Categorized as:
    christian  young adult  fantasy  length-short
  • Keeping Kinley by Annette K. Larsen

    Keeping Kinley by Annette K. Larsen

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    "Rylan made me feel like things were possible. Like I was possible, and he was possible, and we could be possible together." Kinley is content tending her apple orchard, until a chance meeting with a childhood friend changes her priorities. Spending time with nobility is not socially acceptable, but Rylan rejects the norm...
  • The Black Crow Flies: by L.B. Perdan

    The Black Crow Flies: by L.B. Perdan

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 8 ratings
    Ten years ago, their city burned around them. Now they are on opposite sides of a country crumbling into war. Catrice Aetos, a Follower of the Creator, has been on the run since her family was wiped out and home burned to the ground. Blaze Laskaris is a High Crow, an elite soldier, and commissioned by the Commander to hunt the Followers down...
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