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The Crimson Crown by Cinda Williams Chima
Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars · 45 ratingsA thousand years ago, two young lovers were betrayed — Alger Waterlow to his death, and Hanalea, Queen of the Fells, to a life without love.Now, once again, the queendom of the Fells seems likely to shatter apart. For young queen Raisa ana’Marianna, maintaining peace even within her own castle walls is nearly impossible. Tension between wizards and Clan has reached a fevered pitch... -
Pandora Hearts, Volume 23 by Jun Mochizuki, 望月淳
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsThe cogs of destiny guide Oz, Alice, and Gil to the final chapter. Someone once said that what awaited them at the end was all-encompassing darkness that would swallow their world whole. But never was the possibility of a warm glimmer of hope just beyond the dark, waiting to pierce through the shadows, disavowed.. -
Bourne by Lisa Tawn Bergren
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsBOURNE picks up right where TORRENT left off...Find out what has happened to men returning from the battle, gravely wounded, to the Betarrinis, fighting for the men they love, and just who is hunting them next.. -
Cry of the Raven by Morgan L. Busse
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsLady Selene Ravenwood has come into her full power as a dreamwalker just as the war with the Dominia Empire begins. Working with the other Great Houses, Selene and Damien use their gifts to secure the borders and save those devastated by the war. But conflict, betrayal, and hatred begin to spread between the Great Houses, destroying their unity as the empire burns a path across their lands... -
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Defy by Tricia Mingerink
Rated: 4.65 of 5 stars · 11 ratings2017 Alliance Award FinalistThe war for Acktar has begun. With his betrayal revealed, former Blade Leith Torren flees into the Sheered Rock Hills, pursued by King Respen’s vengeful Blades. Left behind at Nalgar Castle, Renna Faythe tries to find her purpose, yet that purpose isn’t what she expected. Brandi Faythe has been torn from her sister, and that isn’t all right... -
A Tale of Beauty and Beast by Melanie Cellier
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsPrincess Sophia has helped her twin sister Lily save the duchy of Marin. But now Sophie faces an even greater threat when she sets out to free the cursed kingdom of Palinar from its beastly prince. Alone, and with danger on every side, Sophie must navigate a magical castle and its even more mysterious master to discover the secret to breaking the curse... -
The Queen's Poisoner by Jeff Wheeler
King Severn Argentine’s fearsome reputation precedes him: usurper of the throne, killer of rightful heirs, ruthless punisher of traitors. Attempting to depose him, the Duke of Kiskaddon gambles…and loses. Now the duke must atone by handing over his young son, Owen, as the king’s hostage. And should his loyalty falter again, the boy will pay with his life... -
A Cast of Stones by Patrick W. Carr
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsThe Fate of the Kingdom Awaits the Cast of Stones In the backwater village of Callowford, roustabout Errol Stone is enlisted by a church messenger arriving with urgent missives for the hermit priest in the hills. Eager for coin, Errol agrees to what he thinks will be an easy task, but soon finds himself hunted by deadly assassins... -
Terrier by Tamora Pierce
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 90 ratingsHundreds of years before Alanna first drew her sword in Tamora Pierce's memorable debut, Alanna: The First Adventure, Tortall had a heroine named Beka Cooper - a fierce young woman who fights crime in a world of magic. This is the beginning of her story, her legend, and her legacy... -
When Heaven Weeps by Ted Dekker
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsA thriller unlike any you have ever read. A love strong enough to bring a tremor to your bones. A sacrifice powerful enough to make heaven weep.At the close of World War II, a shell-shocked solider, Jan Jovic, was forced to inflict a game of life and death on a peaceful Bosnian community... -
Pandora Hearts, Vol. 1 by Jun Mochizuki
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 44 ratingsThe air of celebration surrounding fifteen-year-old Oz Vessalius' coming-of-age ceremony quickly turns to horror when he is condemned for a sin about which he knows nothing. Thrown into the Abyss - an eternal prison from which there is no escape - Oz meets a young girl named Alice who is not what she seems... -
The Scourge of Muirwood by Jeff Wheeler
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 40 ratingsCan Lia rescue her friends from an evil foe and save Muirwood once and for all? A devastating plague continues to rage through the land of Muirwood, and all hope is laid at the feet of the young woman Lia. Called as a magical protector, Lia volunteers to embark on one last quest to rescue the squire Colvin, her great love, and his pupil, the alleged heir to the fallen kingdom of Pry-Ree... -
Mastiff by Tamora Pierce
A New York Times bestseller from the fantasy author who is legend herself: TAMORA PIERCE. In the final book in the Beka Cooper Trilogy, Beka uses her unique magic and street smarts to crack the case that will change an empire!The more secret the Hunt, the more dangerous the mission.Sometimes a distraction arrives at just the right time... -
Blessed Child (The Caleb Books Series Book 1) by Ted Dekker, Bill Bright
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsA young orphaned boy was abandoned and raised in an Ethiopian monastery. He has never seen outside its walls—at least, not the way most people see. Now he must flee or die.But the world beyond is hardly ready for a boy like Caleb... -
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Fairy Tale Romance Collection: The Healer’s Apprentice, The Merchant’s Daughter, The Fairest Beauty, The Captive Maiden, The Princess Spy (Fairy Tale Romance Series) by Melanie Dickerson
Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsRomance, intrigue, and danger abound in this five-book bind-up of Melanie Dickerson’s bestselling fairy-tale retellings.The Healer’s Apprentice: Rose has been appointed as a healer’s apprentice at Hagenheim Castle, and when Lord Hamlin—the future duke—is injured, it is Rose who tends to him. As she works to heal his wound, she begins to fall in love, and wonders if he feels the same...Categorized as:
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Father, I Don't Want This Marriage, Volume 3 by Hong Heesu, Yuri
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIs Lady Juvelian at greater risk of dying at the hands of her father’s political enemies . . . or of falling in love? This manhwa adaptation of Hong Heesu's webnovel is now available in English print for the first time... -
Refine by Nichole Van
Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsEach life is tethered to others, tendrils wrapping through time itself . . . drawing people to each other . . . In 1815, Timothy, Viscount Linwood--handsome, arrogant, privileged--never veers from the refined rules of his world. Cheerfulness and other unsavory emotions are for lesser persons. Anything that smacks of trade is to be shunned. Honor and pride above all else... -
Refuge for Masterminds by Kathleen Baldwin
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsLady Jane Moore has a secret. A secret that must be kept buried. For if anyone discovered the truth, her life at Stranje House would crumble. And with Napoleon Bonaparte’s invasion of England underway, everyone at Stranje House is already in danger. Mortal danger.Jane knows it. She may not be like Tess, who has the advantage of prophetic dreams...Categorized as:
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The Earl and The Fairy, Vol. 01 by Mizue Tani, Ayuko
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsReads R to L (Japanese Style), for audiences T. Lydia Carlton is a fairy doctor, one of the few people with the ability to see the magical creatures who share our world... -
The Earl and The Fairy, Vol. 02 by Mizue Tani, Ayuko
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsLydia can see fairies, but can she tell who the real villain is? Lydia Carlton is a fairy doctor,one of the few people with the ability to see the magical creatures who share our world... -
The River of Time Chronicles by Lisa Tawn Bergren
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLove calls across the centuries in the River of Time Series. WATERFALL: Gabi and Lia are stuck among the rubble of medieval castles in rural Tuscany on yet another hot, boring, and dusty archeological site … until Gabi places her hand atop a handprint in an ancient tomb and finds herself in fourteenth-century Italy... -
Year of the Reaper by Makiia Lucier
The past never forgets...Before an ambush by enemy soldiers, Lord Cassia was an engineer's apprentice on a mission entrusted by the king. But when plague sweeps over the land, leaving countless dead and devastating the kingdom, even Cas’ title cannot save him from a rotting prison cell and a merciless sickness...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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Green Rider by Kristen Britain
On her long journey home from school after a fight which will surely lead to her expulsion, Karigan G'ladheon ponders her future as she trudges through the immense forest called Green Cloak. But her thoughts are interrupted by the clattering of hooves as a galloping horse bursts from the woods, the rider slumped over his mount's neck, impaled by two black-shafted arrows... -
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Daughter of Light by Morgan L. Busse
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWhat if with one touch you could see inside the soul? Rowen Mar lives in fear of her new found power, the ability to see the darkness inside the human heart... -
Wit'ch Storm by James Clemens
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsElena bears the mark of the wit'ch upon her palm, the crimson stain that testifies to the awesome power of unimaginable wild, seductive, difficult to control. Only a mistress of blood magick can stand against the foul minions and all-corrupting evil of the Dark Lord. But Elena is not yet the mistress of her magick... -
The Earl and The Fairy, Vol. 03 by Mizue Tani, Ayuko
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsLydia can see fairies, but can she tell who the real villain is? Reads R to L (Japanese Style), for audiences rated teen. Lydia Carlton is a fairy doctor,one of the few people with the ability to see the magical creatures who share our world... -
The List by Robert Whitlow
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsIn a world of secrets, where evil has reigned for over a hundred years, the power of an ancient covenant will change the life of one man forever. As a struggling young attorney fresh out of law school, Renny Jacobson pines for the day he can afford the luxuries of the partners in his Charlotte firm... -
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... -
Closer to Home by Mercedes Lackey
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 33 ratingsMags was once an enslaved orphan living a harsh life in the mines, until the King's Own Herald discovered his talent and trained him as a spy. Now a Herald in his own right, at the newly established Heralds' Collegium, Mags has found a supportive family, including his Companion Dallen... -
Sanctuary for Seers by Kathleen Baldwin
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA spy school for girls set amidst Jane Austen’s High Society. Sanctuary for Seers, the long-awaited fifth novel in the Stranje House series, brings you to the exciting conclusion of this bestselling series!In this alternate history, England is crumbling. The war on the continent is going badly. French troops have cornered Wellington in Northern Europe... -
Coral Moon by Brandilyn Collins
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe figure remained still as stone. Leslie couldn’t even detect a breath. Spider fingers teased the back of her neck. Leslie’s feet rooted to the pavement. She dropped her gaze to the driveway, seeking … what? Spatters of blood? Footprints? She saw nothing... -
The Audition by Rachel Hartman
Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsThe Audition is a free prequel to Seraphina available online. It takes place a few weeks prior to Seraphina, covering Seraphina Dombegh's audition to become Viridius's assistant and thus Glisselda's music tutor... -
The Cecelia and Kate Novels: Sorcery & Cecelia, The Grand Tour, and The Mislaid Magician by Patricia C. Wrede
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsCourageous cousins are forced to do battle with magical foes in this series, collected here in a single volume In Sorcery & Cecelia, cousins Kate and Cecelia have been inseparable since childhood. But in 1817, as they approach adulthood, their families force them to spend a summer apart... -
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King's Folly by Jill Williamson
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsThe gods are angry.Volcanic eruptions, sinkholes, ground shakers—everything points to their unhappiness. At least that is what the king of Armania believes. His son Prince Wilek thinks his father's superstitions are nonsense, though he remains the ever dutiful First Arm of Armania... -
The King's Beast, Vol. 10 by Rei Tōma
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsAjin boys who show signs of special abilities are conscripted to serve in the imperial palace as beast-servants—status symbols and shields for their royal masters, to be kept or discarded on a whim... -
The Earl and The Fairy, Vol. 04 by Mizue Tani, Ayuko
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsLydia can see fairies, but can she tell who the reLydia Carlton is a fairy doctor,one of the few people with the ability to see the magical creatures who share our world... -
Shinobi Life Vol. 9 by Shoko Conami
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsShirousa who, disguised as Hachikuma, fails to assassinate the head of the Inui Clan Grand Master Ojiji, gets cornered by Kagetora and Renkaku and reveals his true identity. Just how will they handle a man with such a cruel, sorrowful fate.. -
My Unfair Godmother by Janette Rallison
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 33 ratingsTansy Miller has always felt that her divorced father has never had enough time for her. But mistakenly getting caught on the wrong side of the law wasn't exactly how she wanted to get his attention. Enter Chrysanthemum "Chrissy" Everstar, Tansy's fairy in shining, er, high heels. Chrissy is only a fair godmother, of course, so Tansy's three wishes don't exactly go according to plan... -
シノビライフ 7 by Shoko Conami
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsMany, many years ago, a ninja named Kagetora devoted his life to protecting Princess Beni (”Beni-Hime”). Unfortunately, they were attacked and Kagetora was flung into a lake, and sank to the bottom… And is somehow warped to the future where he sees the princess Beni being kidnapped.Little does Kagetora know that Beni is not the real princess, but rather her descendant... -
The End of All Things by Jill Williamson
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsPrince Wilek's father believes the disasters plaguing their land signal impending doom, but he thinks this is superstitious nonsense--until he is sent to investigate a fresh calamity. What he discovers is more cataclysmic than he could've imagined... -
Three by Ted Dekker
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 43 ratingsBy all accounts seminary student Kevin Parsins is leading a good, if not virtuous, life. But like all people, Kevin has his secrets. And someone wants them revealed. While driving home from a day at graduate school, Kevin receives a call from a mysterious stranger who calls himself Slater... -
Stolen Magic by Stephanie Burgis
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWhen Kat’s family travels to a grand country house on the Devon coast for her sister Angeline’s wedding, Kat is stalked by a dangerous magical enemy - and finds everything she thought she knew about her late mother called into question... -
The King's Beast, Vol. 11 by Rei Tōma
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsAjin boys who show signs of special abilities are conscripted to serve in the imperial palace as beast-servants—status symbols and shields for their royal masters, to be kept or discarded on a whim... -
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Renegade Magic by Stephanie Burgis
Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsThe feisty Kat Stephenson is back in the second installment of the Regency era magical trilogy Kirkus Reviews calls “enjoyable mayhem... -
The Captive Maiden by Melanie Dickerson
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsHappily Ever After ...Or Happily Nevermore? Gisela's childhood was filled with laughter and visits from nobles such as the duke and his young son. But since her father's death, each day has been filled with nothing but servitude to her stepmother... -
Shinobi Life Vol. 8 by Shoko Conami
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAware of the dangers of the portal, Kagetora keeps his promise to Hachikuma and heads back into the past in search of Beni. But just who does he run into when he gets there.. -
Fooled & Enlightened: The Englishman's Scottish Wife by Bree Wolf
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThis fated-lovers regency romance featuring a haunted English lord and a determined Scottish lass penned by USA Today bestselling and HOLT Medallion winning author Bree Wolf proves that true love never dies...but sometimes it does test you.Scotland 1812: Returning to England after ten years, Maggie MacDrummond finds herself confronted by a man of her past... -
Fairest Son by H.S.J. Williams
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe Fair and Foul courts of the fey folk have long yearned for one to bring them together in peace, but hopes are dashed when the fairest prince and the prophecy concerning him are laid to ruin. Burdened with shame and sorrow, the prince flees to the cold mountains far above the forests and lochs with nothing but animals and goblins for company... -
Moonscript by H.S.J. Williams
"It is said that Darkness is empty and whatever vanishes into its depths is lost forever. I know this better than anyone. For I have suffered here in the shadows, and there are none who might find me.”Seventy years...
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