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The Death of Dulgath by Michael J. Sullivan
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 42 ratingsThree 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... -
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The Hands of the Emperor by Victoria Goddard
An impulsive word can start a war.A timely word can stop one.A simple act of friendship can change the course of history.Cliopher Mdang is the personal secretary of the Last Emperor of Astandalas, the Lord of Rising Stars, the Lord Magus of Zunidh, the Sun-on-Earth, the god.He has spent more time with the Emperor of Astandalas than any other person.He has never once touched his lord... -
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Valdemar by Mercedes Lackey
Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsThe long-awaited story of the founding of Valdemar comes to life in this 3rd book of a trilogy from a New York Times bestselling author and beloved fantasist.The refugees from the Empire have established a thriving city called Haven with the help of the Tayledras and their allies...Categorized as:
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Penric’s Mission by Lois McMaster Bujold
Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsIn his 30th year, Penric fell in love with light.Learned Penric, a sorcerer and divine of the Bastard's Order, travels across the sea to sunlit Cedonia on his first covert diplomatic mission, to attempt to secure the services of a disaffected Cedonian general for the Duke of Adria. However, nothing is as it seems... -
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![At the Feet of the Sun by Victoria Goddard]()
At the Feet of the Sun by Victoria Goddard
Cliopher Mdang has been appointed Viceroy of Zunidh by his beloved Radiancy, the Last Emperor, who has now left him behind in the Palace to safeguard the world during his absence on a quest to find an appropriately magical heir...Categorized as:
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Penric's Fox by Lois McMaster Bujold
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 35 ratingsSome 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 Curse of Chalion by Lois McMaster Bujold]()
The Curse of Chalion by Lois McMaster Bujold
A man broken in body and spirit, Cazaril returns to the noble household he once served as page and is named secretary-tutor to the beautiful, strong-willed sister of the impetuous boy who is next in line to rule... -
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She Walks in Majesty by MaryLu Tyndall
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDanger around every corner. Intrigues in everyone’s past. And a romance that’s swoon worthy. She Walks in Majesty is all that and more, with a plot that twists and turns and truths that are hard-hitting... -
![Liu Yao: The Revitalization of Fuyao Sect (六爻) by Priest]()
Liu Yao: The Revitalization of Fuyao Sect (六爻) by Priest
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![Corrupted Deception by Kiana Hettinger]()
Corrupted Deception by Kiana Hettinger
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsI’m hunting down the man who has taken my father.We’re finally in the same room and this time,He won’t get away.Nothing will stop me from finding the truthNothing…Until I lock eyes with a ghost from my past.Cielo Luciano.As gorgeous as he is lethal.The way he stares at me throughthose piercing blue eyesmakes my body shiver,and it’s not out of fear.Now we're forced togetherin this dangerous world... -
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Bound by K.A. Riley
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe Thrall Series continues... Ever since her childhood arrival in the land known as the Peaks, Soleia has been raised by a cruel couple called the Hursts—with a son who’s even crueler than they are... -
![Silence: Little Mermaid Retold by Demelza Carlton]()
Silence: Little Mermaid Retold by Demelza Carlton
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA little mermaid. A prince to save. Only silence can break the spell. Once upon a time...The mermaid Margareta saved Prince Erik from a shipwreck. Wanting to see the prince again, Margareta strikes a bargain with the Master of Beacon Isle. If she saves his sons from a terrible curse, he will reunite her with Prince Erik. All she has to do is stay silent until the curse is broken... -
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Winds of Fate by Mercedes Lackey
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 51 ratingsLackey, who has enchanted readers since the publication of her first novel, Arrows of the Queen in 1987, scores another hit with the paperback release of the first book in an exciting new series. High magic had been lost to Valdemar when Vanyel gave his life to save his kingdom from destruction by the dark sorceries... -
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Dreaming Death by J. Kathleen Cheney
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsIn the Novels of the Golden City, J. Kathleen Cheney created a “mesmerizing” (Publishers Weekly) realm where magic, history, and intrigue combine. Now, she presents a new world ruled by psychic talents and fatal magic... Shironne Anjir's status as a sensitive is both a gift and a curse... -
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Cleopatra's Tomb by Nellie H. Steele
Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIndies Today Best Book 2020 Award FinalistWhy in the world would her uncle send her a bejeweled golden scarab? When Maggie Edwards opened the mysterious package from her archeologist uncle, Oliver Keene, she had no clue what it was for. At first, she couldn’t understand why he had sent her something so obviously valuable when he had never done so before... -
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Between Two Fires by Mark Noce
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSaxon barbarians threaten to destroy medieval Wales. Lady Branwen becomes Wales' last hope to unite their divided kingdoms when her father betroths her to a powerful Welsh warlord, the Hammer King. But the fledgling alliance is fraught with enemies from within and without as Branwen becomes the target of assassination attempts and courtly intrigue... -
![The First Princess of Wales: A Novel by Karen Harper]()
The First Princess of Wales: A Novel by Karen Harper
Rated: 3.81 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsThe daughter of a disgraced earl, she matched wits with a prince.It is the fourteenth century, the height of the Medieval Age, and at the court of King Edward III of England, chivalry is loudly praised while treachery runs rampant. When the lovely and high-spirited Joan of Kent is sent to this politically charged court, she is woefully unprepared for the underhanded maneuverings of her peers... -
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Altdorf by J.K. Swift
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsA wild land too mountainous to be tamed by plows. A Duke of the Holy Roman Empire, his cunning overshadowed only by his ambition. A young Priestess of the Old Religion, together with a charismatic outlaw, sparking a rebellion from deep within the forests... and an ex-Hospitaller caught between them all... -
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Intricate Deceptions by Jennifer Rayes
Rated: 3.68 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsWaking up in a desolate cell, Gaia realizes that she has been kidnapped by a human trafficking organization, doomed to be sold to the highest bidder and unable to remember anything before her capture. An opportune rescue by Raoul, the Prince of Kayamato, saves Gaia from a gruesome future, and she is thrown into a world of luxury and privilege... -
![The Assassins of Thasalon by Lois McMaster Bujold]()
The Assassins of Thasalon by Lois McMaster Bujold
Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsAn unholy attack upon his brother-in-law General Arisaydia pitches sorcerer Learned Penric and his Temple demon Desdemona headlong into the snake-pit of Cedonian imperial politics. But they will not travel alone. The mission from his god brings Penric some of his strangest new allies yet, and the return of some of his most valued old ones... -
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The Thief's Daughter by Jeff Wheeler
A Wall Street Journal bestseller. The second book in the million-copy bestselling Kingfountain series from Jeff Wheeler. Owen Kiskaddon first came to the court of the formidable King Severn as a prisoner, winning favor with the stormy monarch by masquerading as a boy truly blessed by the Fountain...Categorized as:
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Royal Assassin by Robin Hobb
“Fantasy as it ought to be written . . . Robin Hobb’s books are diamonds in a sea of zircons.”—George R. R. Martin Fitz has survived his first hazardous mission as king’s assassin, but is left little more than a cripple. Battered and bitter, he vows to abandon his oath to King Shrewd, remaining in the distant mountains... -
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A King of Masks and Magic by Lisa Cassidy
Vengeance rises in the shadows A storm is coming… The Shadowhawk has been unmasked to those he trusts most. Montagn, the most powerful empire in the world, prepares for invasion. And back in the tangled alleys and dark streets of Dock City, Vengeance lurks... -
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Beyond by Mercedes Lackey
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsThe long-awaited founding of Valdemar comes to life in this new series from a New York Times bestselling author and beloved fantasist.Within the Eastern Empire, Duke Kordas Valdemar rules a tiny, bucolic Duchy that focuses mostly on horse breeding...Categorized as:
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![Free the Darkness by Kel Kade]()
Free the Darkness by Kel Kade
Raised and trained in complete seclusion at a secret fortress on the edge of the northern wilds of the Kingdom of Ashai, a young warrior called Rezkin is unexpectedly thrust into the outworld when a terrible battle destroys all that he knows... -
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Court Duel by Sherwood Smith
Young Countess Meliara swears to her dying father that she and her brother will defend their people from the growing greed of the king. That promise leads them into a war for which they are ill-prepared, which threatens the very people they are trying to protect. But war is simple compared to what follows, in peacetime...Categorized as:
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Redemptor by Jordan Ifueko
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsFor the first time, an Empress Redemptor sits on Aritsar's throne. To appease the sinister spirits of the dead, Tarisai must now anoint a council of her own, coming into her full power as a Raybearer. She must then descend into the Underworld, a sacrifice to end all future atrocities.Tarisai is determined to survive. Or at least, that's what she tells her increasingly distant circle of friends... -
![Breaking Legacies by Zoe Reed]()
Breaking Legacies by Zoe Reed
In a land impoverished by a war that started before she was born, Kiena has provided for her mother and brother by becoming one of the best hunters in the kingdom. But when a lifelong friend with connections recommends her to the king to track down a runaway princess, her life gets turned upside down. Finding the princess is easy... -
![Elantris [Dramatized Adaptation] by Brandon Sanderson, Johann Dettweiler]()
Elantris [Dramatized Adaptation] by Brandon Sanderson, Johann Dettweiler
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsThe city of the gods. Elantris once stood as the symbol of all that is beautiful. A sprawling metropolis of unrivaled grandeur, it was a symbol of power and strength, built to be as imposing as it was magnificent.The only thing more glorious than the city itself was its inhabitants, Godlike beings, with silvery skin and hair of the purest, flowing white... -
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Dark Territory by A.C. Cobble
After uncovering the existence of an ancient, secret organization, Ben must track down its whereabouts to enlist help in a battle for the fate of humanity. He goes behind enemy lines and faces certain danger. He must convince the powerful elites that the looming threat to Alcott is real...
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