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Yakuza Fiance: Raise wa Tanin ga Ii Vol. 8 by Asuka Konishi
Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsTHE PAST OF A MAN WHO HIDES HIMSELFAfter Yoshino's harrowing ordeal with the mysterious man with the octopus tattoo, it's Kirishima who now needs help. Wounded from his escape from Azami but otherwise in one piece, it's time that Kirishima share the truth of some of his shrouded past. From his troubled youth emerged a man who relied on no one, only to find his one true weakness in a girl... -
![Quintana of Charyn by Melina Marchetta]()
Quintana of Charyn by Melina Marchetta
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 43 ratingsThere's a babe in my belly that whispers the valley, Froi. I follow the whispers and come to the road . . . Separated from the girl he loves and has sworn to protect, Froi must travel through Charyn to search for Quintana, the mother of Charyn's unborn king, and protect her against those who will do anything to gain power... -
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![Monsters by M. Sinclair]()
Monsters by M. Sinclair
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsIf King Mario wanted a war, he would get one. It has been one week since I promised war against the Dark Fae. One week of planning and aligning all the pieces on my board to assure victory. Then he did something unexpected. Now, I have no idea which way to move. Offense? Defense? Offense? Defense? Good news? I’ve got some quality drama to keep me entertained... -
![The Darkangel Trilogy by Meredith Ann Pierce]()
The Darkangel Trilogy by Meredith Ann Pierce
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 16 ratings3 novels in 1 The Darkangel; A Gathering of Gargoyles; The Pearl of the Soul of the World... -
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![What Lies Within Masks & Shadows by Nicolle May]()
What Lies Within Masks & Shadows by Nicolle May
Throne of Glass meets The Witcher and Once Upon a Time in this heart-wrenching, high fantasy romance packed with trauma healing, epic magic, and high-stakes rebellion."What could be worse than death?"They made her kneel. So, she would see them burn...Alora—a Marked One—is bound to a fate of suffering... -
![Rise by Ellen Goodlett]()
Rise by Ellen Goodlett
Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsSisters Akeylah, Ren, and Zofi are all a step closer to their dying father's throne, a step closer to the crown that will allow one of them to rule over Kolonya. But the sisters' pasts continue to haunt them. Each hides a secret marked with blood and betrayal, and now their blackmailer is holding nothing back... -
![The Honeys by Ryan La Sala]()
The Honeys by Ryan La Sala
Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars · 44 ratingsFrom Ryan La Sala, the wildly popular author of Reverie, comes a twisted and tantalizing horror novel set amidst the bucolic splendor of a secluded summer retreat.Mars has always been the lesser twin, the shadow to his sister Caroline's radiance... -
![Tiger Lily by Jodi Lynn Anderson]()
Tiger Lily by Jodi Lynn Anderson
Rated: 3.95 of 5 stars · 47 ratingsBefore Peter Pan belonged to Wendy, he belonged to the girl with the crow feather in her hair. . . . Fifteen-year-old Tiger Lily doesn't believe in love stories or happy endings. Then she meets the alluring teenage Peter Pan in the forbidden woods of Neverland and immediately falls under his spell. Peter is unlike anyone she's ever known. Impetuous and brave, he both scares and enthralls her... -
![My Sister's Reaper by Dorothy Dreyer]()
My Sister's Reaper by Dorothy Dreyer
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSixteen-year-old Zadie’s first mistake was telling the boy she liked she could bring her dead sister back to life. Her second mistake was actually doing it. When Zadie accidentally messes with the Reaper’s Rite that should have claimed her sister Mara, things go horribly wrong... -
![The Dark Becomes Her by Judy I. Lin]()
The Dark Becomes Her by Judy I. Lin
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsPerfect for fans of Ryan LaSala and Trang Thanh Tran: a sinister tale of the supernatural, sisterhood, and the shadows that rule our darkest desires, New York Times best-selling author Judy I... -
![The Depths by Nicole Lesperance]()
The Depths by Nicole Lesperance
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsA tropical island full of secrets. Two Victorian ghosts, trapped for eternity. And a seventeen-year-old girl determined not to be next.Eulalie Island should be a paradise, but to Addie Spencer, it's more like a prison.Forced to tag along to the remote island on her mother's honeymoon, Addie isn't thrilled about being trapped there for two weeks... -
![Monster Tamer: Volume 1 by Minto Higure]()
Monster Tamer: Volume 1 by Minto Higure
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsOne thousand Japanese high school students are suddenly thrust into an unfamiliar world rife with dangerous monsters. Their survival becomes dependent on those who awaken to unexplainable powers. Majima Takahiro, a normal second-year student, does not get any such power. Instead, he joins the majority of students building the homestead... -
![Quinsey Wolfe's Glass Vault by Candace Robinson]()
Quinsey Wolfe's Glass Vault by Candace Robinson
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsYOUNG ADULT EDITION OUT OF PRINTA girl without answers. A boy who wants to help her. A mysterious museum that some see... And some don't...Perrie Madeline lives a simple life. Her only concern is deciding whether or not to let herself fully fall for August Hartley. That is, until a strange museum, known as Quinsey Wolfe’s Glass Vault, appears overnight and people around her begin to go missing... -
![Blood of Wonderland by Colleen Oakes]()
Blood of Wonderland by Colleen Oakes
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsThe queen will rise.Dinah has been exiled from Wonderland. The vicious father she always feared has framed her for the brutal murder of her brother and turned the kingdom against her. Now hiding in the lush and mysterious Twisted Wood with only her war steed at her side, Dinah is faced with a choice... -
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![Black Pearls: A Faerie Strand by Louise Hawes, Rebecca Guay]()
Black Pearls: A Faerie Strand by Louise Hawes, Rebecca Guay
Rated: 3.76 of 5 stars · 11 ratings“ . . . and they lived happily ever after.” Remember the fairy tales you put away after you found that no princess is as beautiful as common sense and happy endings are just the beginning? Well, the old tales are back, and they’ve grown up! Black Pearls brings you the stories of your childhood, told in a way you’ve never heard before...Categorized as:
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![Seasons of Chaos by Elle Cosimano]()
Seasons of Chaos by Elle Cosimano
Rated: 3.78 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsPerfect for fans of Holly Black and Victoria Schwab, this enthralling duology follows Jack and Fleur, star-crossed lovers trapped in an endless cycle of death.As immortal Seasons, Jack and Fleur wielded powerful magic in their roles as a Winter and a Spring... -
![Sorrow's Knot by Erin Bow]()
Sorrow's Knot by Erin Bow
Rated: 3.79 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsIn the world of Sorrow’s Knot, the dead do not rest easy. Every patch of shadow might be home to something hungry and nearly invisible, something deadly. The dead can only be repelled or destroyed with magically knotted cords and yarns. The women who tie these knots are called binders. Otter is the daughter of Willow, a binder of great power... -
![Absent by Katie Williams]()
Absent by Katie Williams
Rated: 3.78 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsWhen seventeen-year-old Paige dies in a freak fall from the roof during Physics class, her spirit is bound to the grounds of her high school. At least she has company: her fellow ghosts Evan and Brooke, who also died there. But when Paige hears the rumor that her death wasn't an accident--that she supposedly jumped on purpose--she can't bear it. Then Paige discovers something amazing... -
![Daughter of Darkness by Katharine Corr, Elizabeth Corr]()
Daughter of Darkness by Katharine Corr, Elizabeth Corr
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsEnter the Underworld in an epic new fantasy, where the Gods of ancient Greece rule everything but fate.Deina is trapped. As one of the Soul Severers serving the god Hades on earth, her future is tied to the task of shepherding the dying on from the mortal world - unless she can earn or steal enough to buy her way out... -
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Galatea by Madeline Miller
Rated: 3.85 of 5 stars · 85 ratingsIn Ancient Greece, a skilled marble sculptor has been blessed by a goddess who has given his masterpiece – the most beautiful woman the town has ever seen – the gift of life. Now his wife, Galatea is expected to be obedience and humility personified, but it is not long before she learns to use her beauty as a form of manipulation... -
![I Am Morgan le Fay by Nancy Springer]()
I Am Morgan le Fay by Nancy Springer
Rated: 3.71 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsMorgan is a willful, mischievous girl with mismatched eyes of emerald and violet. A girl of magic, whose childhood ends when King Uther Pendragon murders her father and steals away her mother. Then Pendragon dies and, in a warring country with no one to claim the throne, there are many who want Morgan dead. But Morgan has power, and magic... -
![Tender Morsels by Margo Lanagan]()
Tender Morsels by Margo Lanagan
Rated: 3.64 of 5 stars · 33 ratingsTender Morsels is a dark and vivid story, set in two worlds and worrying at the border between them. Liga lives modestly in her own personal heaven, a world given to her in exchange for her earthly life. Her two daughters grow up in this soft place, protected from the violence that once harmed their mother... -
![Queen of Hearts by Colleen Oakes]()
Queen of Hearts by Colleen Oakes
Only queens with hearts can bleed.This is not the story of the Wonderland we know. Alice has not fallen down a rabbit hole. There is no all-knowing cat with a taunting smile. This is a Wonderland where beneath each smile lies a secret, each tart comes with a demand, and only prisoners tell the truth.Dinah is the princess who will one day reign over Wonderland... -
![Dark Breaks the Dawn by Sara B. Larson]()
Dark Breaks the Dawn by Sara B. Larson
Rated: 3.58 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsBook one in a haunting and romantic YA duology packed with action, romance, and betrayal from the critically acclaimed author of the Defy trilogy, Sara B. Larson. On her eighteenth birthday, Princess Evelayn of Eadrolan, the Light Kingdom, can finally access the full range of her magical powers... -
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![Briar Rose by Jana Oliver]()
Briar Rose by Jana Oliver
Rated: 3.44 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsA dark and sexy reimagining of the Sleeping Beauty fairy tale from the author of THE DEMON TRAPPERS.For Briar Rose, life is anything but a fairy tale... -
![The Fall by Bethany Griffin]()
The Fall by Bethany Griffin
Rated: 3.42 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsMadeline Usher is doomed. She has spent her life fighting fate, and she thought she was succeeding. Until she woke up in a coffin. Ushers die young. Ushers are cursed. Ushers can never leave their house, a house that haunts and is haunted, a house that almost seems to have a mind of its own... -
![The Dead Girls Club by Damien Angelica Walters]()
The Dead Girls Club by Damien Angelica Walters
Rated: 3.30 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsIn 1991, Heather Cole and her friends were members of the Dead Girls Club. Obsessed with the macabre, the girls exchanged stories about serial killers and imaginary monsters, like the Red Lady, the spirit of a vengeful witch killed centuries before. Heather knew the stories were just that, until her best friend Becca began insisting the Red Lady was real--and she could prove it... -
![The Rotten Witch by Chandelle LaVaun]()
The Rotten Witch by Chandelle LaVaun
Rated: 4.72 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsSometimes magic just isn't enough...Sometimes you have to start a war, and that’s just what I’m going to do.They took my soulmate. I will get him back, even if I have to destroy everything to do so.Don't miss the penultimate book in The Coven: Fae Magic Series!**Trigger Warning: This book contains a scene with minor sexual violence that some may find triggering... -
![The Empire Witch by Chandelle LaVaun]()
The Empire Witch by Chandelle LaVaun
Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsNew year, new magic?A witch can make resolutions, too…right?Psh. First I have to get to the new year. Just when I thought everything was going perfect BOOM. Problems. And not just any problems…missing children problems. One of them is my soulmate’s little cousin, which is bad enough for my anxiety, but the other is a young cousin of the shifter King... -
![The Frozen Witch by Chandelle LaVaun]()
The Frozen Witch by Chandelle LaVaun
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsMy magic runs ice cold.I am Judgement.I’ve gone from human to witch…to now Coven member. It’s amazing, awesome, and entirely overwhelming. I’m scared out of my mind right now. I shouldn’t be, I know that. I finally have real magic. I have elemental magic. I have ice at my fingertips and its the deadliest weapon I’ve ever seen.But now I can’t run from Joseph...
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