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  • Light Singer by Audrey Grey

    Light Singer by Audrey Grey

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · 38 ratings
    Haven escaped the clutches of the new Sun Sovereign and found solace in Shadoria, but for how long? Now that the extent of her powers is known, Solis, Noctis, and mortals all hunt her. Meanwhile, chaos reigns across the land...
  • War of Mist by Helen Scheuerer

    War of Mist by Helen Scheuerer

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 27 ratings
    War is here. Toxic mist drives all life to the brink of destruction and the conqueror queen, Ines, has her talons in the kings of the realm. Bleak, having discovered her true heritage, must now scour the lands for the one thing that might save them all. But the search is a treacherous one – and it will push her to the very limits of endurance...
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  • Night of Masks and Knives by L.J. Andrews

    Night of Masks and Knives by L.J. Andrews

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    Wicked men stole the boy she loved. But when she found him again, he'd become more wicked than them all.Malin Strom has been searching for Kase, her childhood sweetheart, since he was lost at the annual masquerade years ago.With her gift for stealing memories, Malin crosses more than one dangerous line to take secrets from those who know what goes on behind the curtain of the wicked festival...
  • Blackthorn by Emily Eve

    Blackthorn by Emily Eve

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    A brutal head wound left twenty-year-old Bonnie unable to read, write, or speak the languages of the continent.Nursed back to health and trained as an assassin within the Amlucen rebellion, Bonnie has dedicated her life to removing the tyrannical King Aborn from his throne in order to avenge her murdered family...
  • Among Monsters by Jamie McGuire

    Among Monsters by Jamie McGuire

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    Being thirteen has pitfalls of its own, but growing up has never been this hard. Jenna had promised her mother that if the worst happened during her dad’s weekend, they would meet at Red Hill Ranch...
  • Crown of Nightmares by Sylvia Mercedes

    Crown of Nightmares by Sylvia Mercedes

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Who will live?Who will die?Who will be changed . . . forever?Separated from the Evanderians, Ayleth finds herself alone in the malevolent Witchwood.Or perhaps not entirely alone . . .Confronted with the reality of her living grandmother, Ayleth soon learns that the horrors once ascribed to Dread Odile’s name and legend may not be entirely true...
  • Dance of Souls by Sylvia Mercedes

    Dance of Souls by Sylvia Mercedes

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    Venatrix Ayleth made a vow of loyalty to her Holy Order.But is the Order loyal to Ayleth?Still recovering from her deadly encounter with the Phantomwitch, Ayleth finds herself the unwilling guest of the Golden Prince, forced to enjoy his hospitality . . . and the not-so-gentle ministrations of Venator Fendrel du Glaive.There’s something strange about Fendrel...
  • Son of the Drowned Empire by Frankie Diane Mallis

    Son of the Drowned Empire by Frankie Diane Mallis

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    A Treacherous Oath Lord Rhyan Hart, Heir Apparent to the Arkasva, High Lord of Glemaria, Imperator to the North, has carried the weight of his title his entire life. But never has he felt it more than now.After sacrificing everything to protect the girl he loves, a shocking revelation endangers her again. The consequences stretch across the Empire and increase his father's power over him...
  • Moonbreeze by Adrienne Woods

    Moonbreeze by Adrienne Woods

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    The life of a star-studded royal has not been kind to eighteen year-old Elena Watkins. With a Council breathing down her neck and a dragon that refuses to accept her as her rider, she must convince everyone that she is ready to rule Paegeia like her parents before her. But she has made a promise to her father King Albert, that she will not go looking for him and free the people of Etan...
  • A Promise of Blood by R.A. Sandpiper

    A Promise of Blood by R.A. Sandpiper

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    OLD FATES AWAKEN. DEADLY PASSIONS MEET DEADLIER DEALS.Suri survived the fallout of Queen Lera’s ceremony, but now finds herself deep in unfamiliar territory—the City of the Damned. The City’s deadly ruler, Kol, believes she's the key to breaking the curse upon the desert wasteland. Suri just wants to save her brother and forge her own destiny away from the growing temptations of Kol’s court...
  • Of Earth and Air by Cameo Renae

    Of Earth and Air by Cameo Renae

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Prince Roehl holds Calla’s fragile heart in his cruel hands. In a wicked twist of fate, Roehl captures the two men Calla loves most. By his command, she will come to him in Aquaris... or both will be put to death. It may be a fatal mistake, but that’s the risk Calla is willing to make when she leaves her friends behind and races through the Argent Sea...
  • Of Fire and Water by Cameo Renae

    Of Fire and Water by Cameo Renae

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Calla escaped Morbeth only to find herself fighting for her life once more. Incendia seemed the perfect sanctuary of escape. The stories told of the mystical island claim all inhabitants were annihilated. Those tragic tales . . . were lies.Desperate to keep their truth hidden, the islanders take Calla and her friends prisoner...
  • Ghostsmith by Nicki Pau Preto

    Ghostsmith by Nicki Pau Preto

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 20 ratings
    In this action-packed finale to the House of the Dead Duology, Wren and her friends put everything they know to the test as they battle the living and the undead to save their world.Wren is still reeling from the revelation that the mother she thought was dead is actually the Corpse Queen, a ghostsmith with the terrifying power to control the undead...
  • Reborn Throne by Angelina J. Steffort

    Reborn Throne by Angelina J. Steffort

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Fighting herself is a battle she cannot win.Gandrett Brayton’s adventure finds its heart-wrenching pinnacle as the forces of Neredyn unite and fates are decided at the brink of the Dragon King’s victory.Gandrett has given everything to save them—her friends, her people, her Mate. But at a high cost that now might make her into the very tool to end them all...
  • Broken Promise by Jen Wylie

    Broken Promise by Jen Wylie

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A year of turmoil takes its toll on Arowyn Mason and her companions. After delivering the Elven prince to his homeland, they decide to ride out the winter in the city of Westport before starting their quest to heal the Fey. Like most things in Aro’s life, nothing goes according to plan.As Kei struggles with the prophecy bound within him, his sanity begins to unravel...
  • Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World-, Vol. 2 by Tappei Nagatsuki

    Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World-, Vol. 2 by Tappei Nagatsuki

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Breaking free of his death loop in the royal city, Subaru awakes in an opulent mansion, being tended to by the twin maids Ram and Rem. After sustaining terrible injuries, he has been taken to the home of the Margrave Roswaal, Emilia's guardian...
    Categorized as:
    magic  horror  fantasy  young adult  time travel  mystery  death  dark
  • Of Realms and Chaos by Brea Lamb

    Of Realms and Chaos by Brea Lamb

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 8 ratings
    Asher Daniox was free. After being taken from her home and shown the treachery committed by the fae king and queen, the wayward princess is now determined to end the coming war before it begins. As loss and destruction follow her every step, she will be forced to seek alliances in a frantic attempt to save the innocents she believes she wronged for years...
  • Above by Brea Lamb

    Above by Brea Lamb

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Everything that ever was and ever will be, came from the stars.On Dajahim, magic is awarded to those who earn it—who entertain and please the stars. Nova Tershetta was lucky enough to have her prayers answered, and she is now the first person in her known bloodline to possess magic. But all things come with a cost...
  • A House of Cloaks & Daggers by Loren Little

    A House of Cloaks & Daggers by Loren Little

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    A dark fantasy romance invites you to explore Faerie through the pages of this spicy book. This is the first instalment of a whirlwind new romantasy series filled with magic and secrets, an enemies-to-lovers storyline with hilarious banter, a delicious slow burn tension, and plot twists to keep you guessing.Faeries can’t lie, but they can keep a secret...
  • Immortal Origins by Taryn Knightly

    Immortal Origins by Taryn Knightly

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    “Champions are fated. Not even the gods can interfere. Once a name has been given, it can’t be taken back.”Born into servitude to the warrior kingdom of Eltoria, Ambrose has spent her entire life confined within the palace walls. Forced to train in secret, she’s a shadow among the warriors that are the pride of the empire...
  • Muted, Vol. 1 by Miranda Mundt

    Muted, Vol. 1 by Miranda Mundt

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A summoning ritual gone awry kicks off a lush, witchy graphic novel series with joyful streaks of found family and polyamorous sapphic romance—in this first volume of the hit Webtoon coming-of-age story, now with bonus content...
    Categorized as:
    horror  magic  fantasy  queer  witches  f-f  young adult  paranormal
  • Prince of Bluestone by Quinn Blackbird

    Prince of Bluestone by Quinn Blackbird

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 9 ratings
    Dray Sinclair will inherit the world one day. The devil in Prada has no use for masks—not at Bluestone. I should be among them, the Snakes, the future kings and queens of this world. But I am ostracised, a deadblood— And I pay the price for that everyday. I have one goal I cling to: Finish my senior year... I just need to avoid Dray Sinclair at all costs to do it...
  • The Stolen Throne by Abigail Owen

    The Stolen Throne by Abigail Owen

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 20 ratings
    My twin sister is the true queen of Aryd. She survives, hiding and clinging to life in the desert, while I reign as the false queen alongside the monstrous King Eidolon. There’s only one escape from this gilded prison: Reven. My Shadowraith. My heart. Only the shadows that he struggles to control are growing more sinister, more powerful.It’s just a matter of time before they turn on him…and on me...
  • Nightstrider by Sophia Slade

    Nightstrider by Sophia Slade

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    To stop a vicious demon’s conquest, nightmares and humans will band together in book one of a heart-stopping new dark fantasy series.  Wren is a nightmare, a deadly manifestation of the frightening dreams of humans. She is forever bound to the insidious Para Warwick, the only night creature who can cross the boundary between the dream and waking realms...
  • Find Me Between the Stars by Iris Lake

    Find Me Between the Stars by Iris Lake

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Seven powerful individuals transcend the boundaries of morality and follow the invisible threads that bind all of their fates together. After Neira Aroya strikes a bargain with the enigmatic and dangerous Herald of Death, Orion Kallistar, she realizes that he has been holding on to secrets far graver than she could have ever imagined...
    Categorized as:
    new adult  magic  horror  fantasy  fae  young adult  paranormal  dark
  • Blade of Shadow by Sarah K.L. Wilson

    Blade of Shadow by Sarah K.L. Wilson

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 8 ratings
    Every surface of the land creeps with monsters. I escaped from the first wave of monsters with a magic sword, a kidnapped duke, and a big chip on my shoulder. It's not enough for me to run. Not when this tide threatens to sweep over the entire world. I'm the only one who can warn people of what's coming. I'm the only one who knows the truth...
  • Shadows & Flame: Books 1-4 by C.N. Crawford

    Shadows & Flame: Books 1-4 by C.N. Crawford

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    She's forgotten her past. Too bad her past won't return the favor. Ursula can't remember a single thing from before three years ago, so she has to keep her life simple. All she wants is to earn enough money for rent--and maybe a bit left over for a new pair of boots.But on her eighteenth birthday, all hell breaks loose... quite literally... when a hellhound shifter shows up in her kitchen...
  • Wing Magic by Sarah K.L. Wilson

    Wing Magic by Sarah K.L. Wilson

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    CAN SHE OUTRUN HER MOST POWERFUL ALLY? Aella has used every scrap of magic at her disposal to fight against the Winged Empire and save her family but now she’s on the run from the person she thought she could trust the most. All Aella wanted to do was fight injustice and use her powerful bee swarm magic to do that. She thought she’d be spared the wrath of the crown prince when she saved his city...
    Categorized as:
    magic  horror  fantasy  young adult  war  dark  historical  paranormal
  • Nightstrider by Sophia Slade

    Nightstrider by Sophia Slade

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    To stop a vicious demon’s conquest, nightmares and humans will band together in book one of a heart-stopping new dark fantasy series.  Wren is a  a deadly manifestation of the frightening dreams of humans. She is forever bound to the insidious Para Warwick, the only night creature who can cross the boundary between the dream and waking realms...
  • This Raging Sea by De Elizabeth

    This Raging Sea by De Elizabeth

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    18-year-old Briar Winters must untangle the horrifying eldritch secrets of her picture-perfect coastal town in order to save the boy she loves after he disappears from time itself in this YA dark fantasy for fans of Bly Manor...
  • Unbound by Katherine Hurley, Katherine Hurley

    Unbound by Katherine Hurley, Katherine Hurley

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    As the growing conflict forces Logan to embrace his newly discovered heritage, he fights to control a power he has long kept buried—a power that threatens everything he has tried to make of himself. Desperate to spare Astarti yet another burden, he tries to hide his crumbling control, but she has long since learned to recognize a lie...
  • Spark of Ash by Molly E. Lee

    Spark of Ash by Molly E. Lee

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    The Seven―the Divine beings meant to protect the world―just declared war. On me. They took Ray, my baby sister, and now they’re using my boyfriend to do their dirty work.Well, screw that.I may not be able to wipe them off the face of the earth now, but I know what can.Thanks to an Ather connection, I know about the Seven Scrolls...
  • While the Dark Remains by Joanna Ruth Meyer

    While the Dark Remains by Joanna Ruth Meyer

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 14 ratings
    In an icebound palace of magic and menace, a young woman plots to outwit a cruel king in a bracing fantasy about love, found family, and immeasurable revenge. Brynja spent her childhood as a captive performer in Tenebris, the imposing mountain palace of King Kallias. Every night she risked death for the king’s entertainment until his rebellious son, Prince Ballast, helped her escape...
  • A Lair of Bones by Helen Scheuerer

    A Lair of Bones by Helen Scheuerer

    Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 20 ratings
    Perfect for fans of Sarah J. Maas, Marie Rutkoski and Alexandra Christo, A Lair of Bones is the first book in a binge-worthy epic dark fantasy series. As the daughter of an infamous criminal, Roh only cares about three things: her friends, finding her deathsong, and the upcoming royal Queen’s Tournament.A treacherous competition determines the ruler of magic every fifty years...
  • Betrayals of the Broken: A Dark Fantasy Dark Romance by Jaime L. Tlax

    Betrayals of the Broken: A Dark Fantasy Dark Romance by Jaime L. Tlax

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    A broken soul. A possessive stranger. The chance to be found…or ruined When Ever and her only friend are abducted to a magical realm, her worst nightmares once again rise like a dark wave in her mind. And Ever has seen enough to know that nightmares can easily become reality...
  • Songs of the Wicked by C.A. Farran

    Songs of the Wicked by C.A. Farran

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Fear is not my master. I will never submit. A grave threat looms over the mortal world. The veil that separates the realms has weakened over time, and monsters-Undesirables-claw their way out of the Netherworld to torment the living. What once dwelled in whispered stories now stalks the shadows. The only guard against chaos is balance...
  • King's Warrior by Frost Kay

    King's Warrior by Frost Kay

    Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    Revolution and war come with a price in the fourth volume of USA Today Bestselling Author Frost Kay’s The Aermian Feuds Series. Returning to Aermia should’ve been easy, but nightmares and death haunt her, leaving Sage as an outsider, even in her own family...
  • The Blood Kingdom by Kate Cunningham

    The Blood Kingdom by Kate Cunningham

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A dark omen.An ominous gift.A chance encounter with a handsome stranger that no one else remembers.Aurelia’s life has always been dictated by court politics and the watchful eye of nobility. But the glamour of court life is an ever-tightening noose, one that will never allow her to marry the man she loves or question the decisions that are made for her future.A predictable, monotonous future...
  • Piper Prince by Amber Argyle

    Piper Prince by Amber Argyle

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Can you hear him? The beast is coming for you.Long ago, a curse fell upon the land—a curse of forgetting and wraiths, a curse that ensured no daughters were born to the pied pipers in over three centuries. The pipers were all that stood between humanity and utter destruction, so they did the only thing they could: they stole the daughters of the nearby kingdom with their hypnotizing melodies...
  • Wings of Ash & Flame by Jocelyn Bleu

    Wings of Ash & Flame by Jocelyn Bleu

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 9 ratings
    Rivals by design. Lovers by choice. Enemies by destiny.Alaire Aerendyl has survived by her fists, her wits, and sheer defiance. An orphaned human, unjustly imprisoned by the powerful fae houses that rule her world, she's never truly known freedom—only how to fight for scraps of it...
  • Mara and Morok by Лия Арден, Leah Arden

    Mara and Morok by Лия Арден, Leah Arden

    Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Welcome to the world of belligerent kingdoms of Serat and Araken, where on the border of good and evil Mara is resurrected for revenge. Grey haired, wearing a scarlet cape, she is tied to the one who has brought her from the grave.The perfect blend of dark epic fantasy and romance swirls “Corpse Bride” and “Van Helsing” under the scarlet cape of the one, whose spirit is free...
  • Feast of Fates by Christian A. Brown

    Feast of Fates by Christian A. Brown

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Morigan lives a quiet life as the handmaiden to a fatherly old sorcerer named Thackery. But when she crosses paths with Caenith, a not wholly mortal man, her world changes forever. Their meeting sparks long buried magical powers deep within Morigan...
    Categorized as:
    magic  horror  fantasy  paranormal  young adult  dark  audiobook
  • The Secret Gift by Bethany Atazadeh

    The Secret Gift by Bethany Atazadeh

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Jezebel's newfound shapeshifting gift breaks every rule in Jinn. She’s forced to keep it secret or risk having her ability severed, stolen from her completely. Despite the danger, part of her is desperate to embrace her power...
  • Revenant by Catrina Burgess

    Revenant by Catrina Burgess

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Colina grows in power and ability…and faces danger like never before. After miraculously escaping the research hospital, it becomes clear that Colina holds unprecedented power—she can force spirits into the afterlife, summon a pack of spirit animals, and even raise the dead...
  • The Path of Thorns (Sourdough Universe) by A.G. Slatter, Angela Slatter

    The Path of Thorns (Sourdough Universe) by A.G. Slatter, Angela Slatter

    Rated: 3.99 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    Alone in the world, Asher Todd travels to the remote estate of Morwood Grange to become governess to three small children. Her sole possessions comprise a sea chest and a large carpet bag she hangs onto for dear life. She finds a fine old home, its inhabitants proud of their lineage and impeccable reputation, and a small village nearby...
  • Court of Vipers by Jacqueline Pawl

    Court of Vipers by Jacqueline Pawl

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    "We are enemies by necessity, not by desire. You are my perfect torture, and I would have it no other way."Riona Nevis has been a pawn in her uncle's court all her life. The moment she was born, her future was decided for her: when she came of age, she would marry the man her uncle chose and secure her kingdom a valuable political alliance. She obeyed once, and it nearly cost her life...
  • Blessedly Bound: A Witchy Paranormal Fantasy by Lucretia Stanhope

    Blessedly Bound: A Witchy Paranormal Fantasy by Lucretia Stanhope

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Gwen Hensley finds herself pulled into something life altering when she inherits a sprawling manor from a grandmother she never knew. As a witch, she uses her gift of sight to experience her grandmother die in a brutal execution by flames. The vision is only the catalyst that tosses her into a mystery involving a killer with psychopathic tendencies and a vitriol for witches...
  • Prisoner of the Elements by Zian Schafer

    Prisoner of the Elements by Zian Schafer

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    They said it would be a great war to end all wars. To create peace between the Elemental Empires: Fire, Water and Earth. As one war ended, another started. The gods came back with a vengeance because peace was never meant to be an option.Now, the lands of Zephryine are cracking, the ocean is a living plague, and crops have become nothing more than skeletons...
  • Smoke and Mirrors: Tales of Atatacia: Book 1 by J.D. Laubach

    Smoke and Mirrors: Tales of Atatacia: Book 1 by J.D. Laubach

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 5 ratings
    Every Fairy Tale Comes From A Very Real Story.Fairy tales are just that—tales. Stories. At least that’s what nineteen-year-old Vera and her brother Lieve believed until dangerous characters from their childhood stories turn their world upside down...
    Categorized as:
    new adult  magic  horror  fantasy  suspense  young adult  fae  dark
  • We Shall Be Monsters by Tara Sim

    We Shall Be Monsters by Tara Sim

    Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Frankenstein meets Indian mythology in this twisty, darkly atmospheric fantasy where the horror is not the monsters you face but the ones you create.After her sister Lasya’s sudden death, Kajal vows to do whatever it takes to bring her back. No cost is too great, even if it means preventing Lasya’s soul from joining the cycle of reincarnation...
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