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Last Argument of Kings by Joe Abercrombie
The final novel in the First Law Trilogy by New York Times bestseller Joe Abercrombie.Logen Ninefingers might only have one more fight in him -- but it's going to be a big one. Battle rages across the North, the king of the Northmen still stands firm, and there's only one man who can stop him. His oldest friend, and his oldest enemy: it's time for the Bloody-Nine to come home... -
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Assassin's Quest by Robin Hobb
King Shrewd is dead at the hands of his son Regal. As is Fitz--or so his enemies and friends believe. But with the help of his allies and his beast magic, he emerges from the grave, deeply scarred in body and soul. The kingdom also teeters toward ruin: Regal has plundered and abandoned the capital, while the rightful heir, Prince Verity, is lost to his mad quest--perhaps to death... -
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![A Sea of Song and Sirens by Whit Stanfield]()
A Sea of Song and Sirens by Whit Stanfield
Raised in a trading port, I'd seen my share of attractive sailors.But I'd never cared to get to know one, let alone allow one to follow me around, drawing my neighbors' suspicions that I was a seductress.Until the day I pulled him from the water.I found him drowned and alone, and I breathed life into him before I knew his name...Categorized as:
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![The Queen's Blade by Evelyn Ward]()
The Queen's Blade by Evelyn Ward
Go to sleep, or the Queen’s Blades will find you.Be good, or the Queen’s Blades will get you.Follow the edicts of the Goddess, or the Queen’s Blades will hunt you…Will hurt you…Will kill you…Every citizen in the realm knows Witches are the favored Faction. That’s why a Witch occupies the throne, and why the laws of the Eternal City grant Witches far more than their fair share... -
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![Beg The Night by Emily Blackwood]()
Beg The Night by Emily Blackwood
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... -
![A Wraith Beneath the Tides by Emilia Jae]()
A Wraith Beneath the Tides by Emilia Jae
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsPIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN MEETS ATLANTIS THE LOST EMPIRE. --> Raised in secret by the sea’s most feared pirate, Esmyra Blackwood knows nothing of her past or the origins of her mysterious powers.In the mortal kingdom, Draevyn Rowe is the second-born son of the tyrant king, and the only known fire-wielder of their realm...Categorized as:
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![The Unseelie Court by Kathryn Ann Kingsley]()
The Unseelie Court by Kathryn Ann Kingsley
Some webs are meant to be broken.Ava Cole thought she'd escaped the Web—and the dangerously seductive spider who ruled it. She was wrong.Now the “guest” of the Moonlit Court of the Unseelie, Ava finds herself caught between two immortal brothers preparing for an ancient war. Valroy, the vicious Unseelie King, offers her power in exchange for becoming his weapon...Categorized as:
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Null & Void by R. Moody
There is only one thing worse than being born a Patron of the Divine; being branded Null & Void .Absent of a Gift.After enduring a life of servitude, Mika, retired assassin and Null, thought she would live out her days alone…But, once an assassin, always an assassin.When Mika is sold as a slave—a fate she was promised would never be hers—hope for a solitary life is lost... -
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Of Song and Scepter by Liesl West
She's a killer in disguise. He's determined to make her his queen.As a deep sea death-dealer, Enna Valomir's life is kill the siren, deliver the body, collect the reward. There's just one problem. Enna owes a mermaid her life, and in the cutthroat waters of the Abyss, that's a lifelong blood oath of service...Categorized as:
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![The South Wind by Alexandria Warwick]()
The South Wind by Alexandria Warwick
A sizzling standalone fantasy of second-chance love inspired by Sleeping Beauty and the Greek myth of Theseus and the Minotaur from the author of The North Wind.Princess Sarai of Ammara is cursed: on her twenty-fifth birthday she will fall into an endless, deadly sleep, plunging the kingdom into chaos and ruin...Categorized as:
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![품격을 배반한다 1 [Pumgyeog-eul Baebanhanda 1] by Kimpa, 김빠]()
품격을 배반한다 1 [Pumgyeog-eul Baebanhanda 1] by Kimpa, 김빠
전쟁이 끝나 평화를 되찾은 스완튼 왕국의 남서쪽, 작은 영지를 가지고 있는 베르디에 가문은 심각한 재정난을 겪고 있다. 아들이 없는 자작가의 아름다운 둘째 딸 앨리스가 이번 사교 시즌에 훌륭한 신랑감을 맞이하는 것 외에는 집안을 살릴 방법이 없어 보인다.어디로 튈지 모르는 여동생의 결혼을 위해 다리가 불편한 장녀 ‘클로이 베르디에’도 고군분투하는 가운데, 그녀는 여름밤 무도회에서 재회한 ‘데미안 에른스트 폰 티세’ 공작에게 그만 큰 약점을 잡히고 만다. 3년 전 전쟁 중에 달갑지 않은 첫 만남을 했던 공작과의 악연은 현재 진행형이었던 것이다... -
![Ashes by Suzanne Wright]()
Ashes by Suzanne Wright
Knox and Harper's story continues as the Las Vegas lair - and its two infamous Co-Primes - face their most terrifying enemy yet . . . Together, Harper and Knox have overcome just about every evil thing you can think of - from Horsemen of the Apocalypse to dark magic practitioners to Lucifer's insistent belief that he's hilarious...Categorized as:
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![The Queen of Nothing by Holly Black]()
The Queen of Nothing by Holly Black
He will be destruction of the crown and the ruination of the throne. Power is much easier to acquire than it is to hold onto. Jude learned this lesson when she released her control over the wicked king, Cardan, in exchange for immeasurable power. Now as the exiled mortal Queen of Faerie, Jude is powerless and left reeling from Cardan’s betrayal...Categorized as:
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Revenant by Larissa Ione
HELL HATH NO FURY . . . For five thousand years, Revenant believed he was alone in the world, a fallen angel beyond any redemption. Now he finds he has a twin brother who had all the light and love Revenant was denied... -
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![Lady of Embers by Melissa K. Roehrich]()
Lady of Embers by Melissa K. Roehrich
There was no preparing for her storm.Wrath.When they met her, she was a whirlwind of shadows and darkness. Standing among the ashes of betrayal and grief, now she is a tempest of rage and malice. Queen Scarlett Aditya will hunt them all down, one by one, and make them pay. Starting with the one who took her brightest star from her.Acceptance.She knows she will come for her...Categorized as:
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![The Mist Thief by L.J. Andrews]()
The Mist Thief by L.J. Andrews
She tried to kill him, so he made her his wife.Skadi first met her husband-to-be with blades in hand on the opposite side of a battle. She lost, and he claimed his prize.To her horror, the king of the shadow elven agrees to marry her off to Jonas, a prince in the fae realms, as a way to unite their kingdoms against a shared enemy—the light elves... -
![Unraveling Destiny by Amelia Hutchins]()
Unraveling Destiny by Amelia Hutchins
I knew Destiny wasn’t done with me. I knew that she was just getting warmed up, but I had no clue just how hard my world was going to come crashing down on me. I had thought that I was going to get my fairytale wedding and marry the man of my dreams. I was wrong. Now, faced with having my world torn asunder and Faery exposed, I have to make choices I never thought I’d have to make...Categorized as:
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![Reaver by Larissa Ione]()
Reaver by Larissa Ione
WARRIOR OF HEAVEN Reaver is an angel with a past, a record, and a less-than-heavenly attitude. Powerful enough to fight alongside the fiercest battle angels-and crazy enough to risk his wings on a one-way mission to hell-he's agreed to go where no angel has ever gone before...to steal the most seductive and dangerous prize of Satan himself...Categorized as:
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![The HellBeast's Prisoner by Stephanie Hudson]()
The HellBeast's Prisoner by Stephanie Hudson
Rated: 4.62 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsI tried to run.I tried to hide.But look where it got me.Captured and held firmly in the grasp of my HellBeast King.One still intent on completing the claim he feels he has on me.Which I knew meant only one thing,Making me his, in every single way.By claiming my heart, then my blood, and now the very last thing left of me to give…He wants my body...Categorized as:
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![Goldfinch by Raven Kennedy]()
Goldfinch by Raven Kennedy
The seductive and thrilling dark fantasy series comes to an end in this powerful finale. With sizzling romance, devastations, and triumphs, this is the epic conclusion to the gilded world of Orea that everyone has been waiting for.If there is ever a choice between her or the world, it's going to be her.One king caged my body.Another has caged my mind... -
![Dark Memory by Christine Feehan]()
Dark Memory by Christine Feehan
Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsSafia Meziane has trained since birth to protect her tribe, the family she holds so dear. All along she told herself the legends she was raised with were simply that. But now, she must call upon all of her skills to fight what lies ahead. Evil has come to their small town on the cost of Algeria, evil that Safia can feel but cannot see... -
![Rise Of Ashes by Stephanie Hudson]()
Rise Of Ashes by Stephanie Hudson
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... -
![Dark Slayer by Christine Feehan]()
Dark Slayer by Christine Feehan
A rumor has persisted in the vampire world of a dark slayer—a woman—who travels with a wolf pack and any among the vampires who meets her is slain. Mysterious, elusive and seemingly impossible to kill, she is the one hunter who strikes terror into the hearts of the vampires...Categorized as:
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![Passion Unleashed by Larissa Ione]()
Passion Unleashed by Larissa Ione
FORBIDDEN TEMPTATIONS Serena Kelley is an archaeologist and treasure hunter-and a woman with a secret. Since she was seven, she's been the keeper of a powerful charm that grants her health and immortality . . . as long as she stays a virgin. But Serena isn't all that innocent... -
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![Dark Wolf by Christine Feehan]()
Dark Wolf by Christine Feehan
In Dark Lycan, Christine Feehan journeyed into the heart of the Carpathians, and into the souls of two lifemates stirred by the flush of passion and the threat of annihilation. In Dark Wolf, the breathtaking story continues as the bonds of family are imperiled, and the fate of two lovers lies hidden in the seductive shadows between life and death... -
![Azagoth by Larissa Ione]()
Azagoth by Larissa Ione
Even in the fathomless depths of the underworld and the bleak chambers of a damaged heart, the bonds of love can heal…or destroy. He holds the ability to annihilate souls in the palm of his hand. He commands the respect of the most dangerous of demons and the most powerful of angels. He can seduce and dominate any female he wants with a mere look...Categorized as:
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Dark Lycan by Christine Feehan
The erotic, gripping series that has defined an entire genre” (J. R...Categorized as:
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![Foxy Tales by Caroline Peckham, Susanne Valenti]()
Foxy Tales by Caroline Peckham, Susanne Valenti
Take a walk into the dark,Feast on the minds of men,A path well trodden,Can bring great joy again.100% of the royalties from the ebook and digitally signed, beautifully designed paperback will be donated to The Fox Project - a British wildlife charity which is close to our hearts and do wonderful work for countless animals in need of their love and care... -
![Whispers of Fate by Amelia Hutchins]()
Whispers of Fate by Amelia Hutchins
Prelude for Khaleena's story. Does not need to be read for the series. It was written as a thank you holiday story for fans of the series. From WSJ and USAT Bestselling Author Amelia Hutchins comes a story of betrayal and hope.Old acquaintances are gathering as events unravel and unmask new obstacles in war-torn Faery.Kahleena assumed the Fates had offered her a glimpse into her destiny...Categorized as:
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![A Cage of Crimson by K.F. Breene]()
A Cage of Crimson by K.F. Breene
Of all the people in the world, why her? It was supposed to be find the drug maker. Find her, and drag her back to the dragons to deal with. She deserves death for what she's done. For someone like Weston, the best alpha in the world, the one who shuts people up just by walking in the room, it would've been. Until he learns what she is… Finding a fated mate is nearly impossible...
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