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  • Ponniyin Selvan- Whirlwinds : Part 2 by Kalki

    Ponniyin Selvan- Whirlwinds : Part 2 by Kalki

    Rated: 4.66 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    Whirlwinds, the exciting second part of Kalki R Krishnamurthy's historic magnum opus Ponniyin Selvan, our hero Vallavarayan Vandhiyathevan's adventures continue as he rides into marshy quagmires, befriends a mysterious girl, becomes the object of intense suspicion by the wily Pazhuvettarayars - and meets the hero of his dreams...
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    mystery  historical  fantasy  war  suspense  length-long
  • Whirlwinds by Kalki

    Whirlwinds by Kalki

    Rated: 4.65 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    Whirlwinds, the exciting second part of Kalki R Krishnamurthy's historic magnum opus Ponniyin Selvan, our hero Vallavarayan Vandhiyathevan's adventures continue as he rides into marshy quagmires, befriends a mysterious girl, becomes the object of intense suspicion by the wily Pazhuvettarayars - and meets the hero of his dreams...
    Categorized as:
    mystery  historical  fantasy  war  suspense  length-long
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  • Sword of Slaughter by Kalki

    Sword of Slaughter by Kalki

    Rated: 4.66 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    Kalki Krishnamurthy’s Ponniyin Selvan is a masterpiece that has enthralled generations of Tamil readers. Many authors have written phenomenal books in Tamil literature after Kalki Krishnamurthy, but Ponniyin Selvan remains the most popular, widely-read novel...
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    mystery  historical  fantasy  war  suspense  length-long
  • Ponniyin Selvan-Part 1-Fresh Floods by Kalki

    Ponniyin Selvan-Part 1-Fresh Floods by Kalki

    Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    Ponniyin Selvan is Kalki’s magnum opus based in the 10th century and presents the early life of Raajaraajan and the kings of Chozha Empire. Though written more than 60 years ago this saga is timeless, reeling the readers in its gripping plot which is interwoven with intrigue, conspiracies and romance...
  • The Death of Dulgath by Michael J. Sullivan

    The Death of Dulgath by Michael J. Sullivan

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 40 ratings
    Three times they tried to kill her. Then a professional was hired. So was Riyria.When the last member of the oldest noble family in Avryn is targeted for assassination, Riyria is hired to foil the plot. Three years have passed since the war-weary mercenary Hadrian and the cynical ex-assassin Royce joined forces to start life as rogues-for-hire...
    Categorized as:
    mystery  fantasy  high fantasy  magic  length-long
  • The Pearl Sister by Lucinda Riley

    The Pearl Sister by Lucinda Riley

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 52 ratings
    CeCe D’Aplièse has never felt she fitted in anywhere. Following the death of her father, the elusive billionaire Pa Salt – so-called by the six daughters he adopted from around the globe and named after the Seven Sisters star cluster – she finds herself at breaking point...
  • Dirty Thirty by Janet Evanovich

    Dirty Thirty by Janet Evanovich

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 39 ratings
    #1 New York Times bestselling author and “most popular mystery writer alive” (The New York Times) Janet Evanovich is in top form as she sends Stephanie Plum on the trail of a stolen cache of dirty diamonds. Stephanie Plum, Trenton’s hardest working, most underappreciated bounty hunter, is offered a freelance assignment that seems simple enough...
  • The Light Through the Leaves by Glendy Vanderah

    The Light Through the Leaves by Glendy Vanderah

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 32 ratings
    One unbearable mistake at the edge of the forest.In a moment of crisis, Ellis Abbey leaves her daughter, Viola, unattended—for just a few minutes. But when she returns, Viola is gone. A breaking point in an already fractured marriage, Viola’s abduction causes Ellis to disappear as well—into grief, guilt, and addiction...
  • White Wolf by David Gemmell

    White Wolf by David Gemmell

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 38 ratings
    The start of a gripping new series in the tradition of The Drenai TalesSkilgannon the Damned had vanished from the pages of history. Following the terrible triumph at Perapolis, the General had taken the legendary Swords of Night and Day and ridden from the lands of Naashan. No-one knew where he had gone, and the assassins sent by the Witch Queen could find no trace of his passing...
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    mystery  fantasy  high fantasy  war  length-long
  • The Storm Sister by Lucinda Riley

    The Storm Sister by Lucinda Riley

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 68 ratings
    Ally D'Aplièse is about to compete in one of the world's most perilous yacht races, when she hears the news of her adoptive father's sudden, mysterious death. Rushing back to meet her five sisters at their family home, she discovers that her father - an elusive billionaire affectionately known to his daughters as Pa Salt - has left each of them a tantalising clue to their true heritage...
  • Golden Girl by Elin Hilderbrand

    Golden Girl by Elin Hilderbrand

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 71 ratings
    In this #1 bestselling page-turner a Nantucket novelist has one final summer to protect her secrets while her loved ones on earth learn to live without their golden girl.On a perfect June day, Vivian Howe, author of thirteen beach novels and mother of three nearly grown children, is killed in a hit-and-run car accident while jogging near her home on Nantucket...
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    mystery  contemporary  fantasy  length-long
  • The Moon Sister by Lucinda Riley

    The Moon Sister by Lucinda Riley

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 39 ratings
    From New York Times bestselling author and “remarkable reading phenomenon” (Lancashire Post) Lucinda Riley, The Moon Sister transports you to the grandeur of the remote Scottish Highlands and the gypsy caves of Granada, just as Spain descends into civil war, interweaving the stories of two women searching for their destinies, at the risk of potentially losing their chance at love...
  • Penric's Fox by Lois McMaster Bujold

    Penric's Fox by Lois McMaster Bujold

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 34 ratings
    Some eight months after the events of Penric and the Shaman, Learned Penric, sorcerer and scholar, travels to Easthome, the capital of the Weald. There he again meets his friends Shaman Inglis and Locator Oswyl...
  • The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton

    The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 72 ratings
    A lost child: On the eve of the First World War, a little girl is found abandoned on a ship to Australia. A mysterious woman called the Authoress had promised to look after her - but has disappeared without a trace. A terrible secret: On the night of her twenty-first birthday, Nell Andrews learns a secret that will change her life forever...
  • A Grim Telling by Sabrina Flynn

    A Grim Telling by Sabrina Flynn

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    WHEN WORDS CAN KILL,SILENCE IS EVERYTHING.Tobias White thought he knew his family, but when his mother drags him from the only home he’s ever known, he realizes he didn’t know the half of it—even his own name.His family is being hunted by an Angel of Death, his brother Grimm is a wanted criminal, and his mother carries a painful secret...
    Categorized as:
    mystery  historical  fantasy  length-medium
  • Heir of Hope by Morgan L. Busse

    Heir of Hope by Morgan L. Busse

    Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    What would you sacrifice to save mankind?The great city of Thyra has fallen and shadows spread across the land. Rowen Mar, the last Truthsayer, is taken before the Shadonae. But the Shadonae are not who she thought they were, and now they want to claim her as their own. Caleb Tala, former assassin and prince, is now a Guardian of mankind...
  • Waking Rose by Regina Doman

    Waking Rose by Regina Doman

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    A novel for teens and adults based on a fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm "I love him more than poetry... I love him more than song." Ever since he rescued her from Certain Death, Rose Brier has had a crush on Ben Denniston, otherwise known as Fish. But Fish, struggling with problems of his own, thinks that Rose should go looking elsewhere for a knight in shining armor...
  • A Stepmother's Marchen Vol. 2 by Spice&Kitty, 냥이와향신료

    A Stepmother's Marchen Vol. 2 by Spice&Kitty, 냥이와향신료

    Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    A full-color fantasy comic/webtoon of romance, drama, and second chances. Also known in English as The Fantasie of a Stepmother on the Tapas Media digital platform, this is the story of a beleaguered young noblewoman raising her stepchildren on her own..
    Categorized as:
    mystery  fantasy  historical  length-medium
  • A.D. 33 by Ted Dekker

    A.D. 33 by Ted Dekker

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    New York Times bestselling author Ted Dekker delivers the gripping story of Maviah, a slave who becomes a queen in Arabia, A.D. 33. They call her the Queen of the Outcasts. Maviah, a woman whose fate was sealed on her birth by this world-unwanted, illegitimate, female, a slave-subject to the whims of all. But then she met a man named Yeshua who opened her eyes...
  • Lullaby of the Dawn, Volume 3 by Ichika Yuno

    Lullaby of the Dawn, Volume 3 by Ichika Yuno

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Elva is a battle shaman whose life is eroded bit by bit every time he drives back monsters that emerge from the black sea. Indignant when he sees this, a young boy named Alto is determined to find a cure and stay by Elva's side.After 8 long years, Alto has become a fearless young man, though he hides his love deep inside...
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    mystery  fantasy  queer  m-m  length-short
  • Dovetail by Karen McQuestion

    Dovetail by Karen McQuestion

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    From the bestselling author of Hello Love comes a spellbinding new novel of enduring love, family secrets, and mysterious death.Joe Arneson’s ordinary life is upended by troubling dreams of himself as a different man in another place and time. It isn’t until he visits his estranged grandmother, Pearl, in her Wisconsin hometown that a startling connection emerges...
  • It's Raining Men by Milly Johnson

    It's Raining Men by Milly Johnson

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Best friends May, Lara and Clare are desperate for a holiday. They have been dreaming of a little cottage away from it all, long walks in the country and just a bit of time away from it all. But when they arrive in Ren Dullem, a small Yorkshire seaside town, it seems it is not the place they thought it was...May has never quite found her niche in life, or her Mr Right...
  • A Midnight Kiss on Ever After Street by Jaimie Admans

    A Midnight Kiss on Ever After Street by Jaimie Admans

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A picture-perfect town; a place where dreams come true. Welcome to Ever After Street... Will a kiss at midnight change her life forever? Sadie Winters has spent her whole life doing as she’s told...
  • Susannah's Garden by Debbie Macomber

    Susannah's Garden by Debbie Macomber

    Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    When Susannah Nelson turned eighteen, she said goodbye to her boyfriend, Jake--and never saw him again. She never saw her brother, Doug, again, either. He died unexpectedly that same year. Now, at fifty, Susannah finds herself regretting the paths not taken. Long married, a mother and a teacher, she should be happy. But she feels there's something missing in her life...
  • Nothing Less than Magic by Stacy Finz

    Nothing Less than Magic by Stacy Finz

    Rated: 3.91 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    When a popular marriage counselor’s own marriage falls apart, she’s forced to question her methods—and discovers the magical ingredient she’s been missing all along—in the dreamiest possible way . . .Just one year ago, Chelsea Knight was living the life she’d always wanted. Marriage to the perfect guy, a thriving career, and a gorgeous condo overlooking San Francisco Bay...
  • Talk Me Down by Victoria Dahl

    Talk Me Down by Victoria Dahl

    Rated: 3.56 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 54 ratings
    Molly Jennings has one naughty little secret: her job as a bestselling erotic fiction author. Until her inspiration runs dry—thanks to a creepy ex—and it's time to skip town and move back to tiny Tumble Creek, Colorado. One look at former high school hunk chief of police Ben Lawson and Molly is back in business...
  • The Keeper of Happy Endings by Barbara Davis

    The Keeper of Happy Endings by Barbara Davis

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 60 ratings
    An enchanting novel about fate, second chances, and hope, lost and found, by the Amazon Charts bestselling author of The Last of the Moon Girls.Soline Roussel is well schooled in the business of happy endings. For generations her family has kept an exclusive bridal salon in Paris, where magic is worked with needle and thread...
    Categorized as:
    mystery  war  magic  paranormal  fantasy  length-long
  • The Apothecary Diaries (Manga), Vol. 6 by Nekokurage, Natsu Hyuuga

    The Apothecary Diaries (Manga), Vol. 6 by Nekokurage, Natsu Hyuuga

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 38 ratings
    CAN MAOMAO DULL THE CHARMS OF A HEAVENLY MAIDEN?! When the ever luminous Jinshi asks for her help in disguising himself to see to a matter beyond the palace walls, Maomao must dig deep to mar her employer's divine allure! And to make the ploy believable, Maomao herself is roped into a spot of theater right alongside her master...
  • The Apothecary Diaries Manga, Vol. 8 by Nekokurage, Natsu Hyuuga

    The Apothecary Diaries Manga, Vol. 8 by Nekokurage, Natsu Hyuuga

    Rated: 4.59 of 5 stars
    · 35 ratings
    THE TRUTH OF MAOMAO’S BIRTH IS REVEALED?!Sly tactician Lakan’s attempts at provocation lead to his own downfall when Maomao challenges him to elephant chess, only to outplay him in a game of wits! In a stupor from drinking “poison” as punishment for his loss, Lakan dreams of a long-lost past, his affair with a beautiful courtesan, and meeting her daughter for the very first time...
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