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Dark Heir by C.S. Pacat
In this riveting sequel to the New York Times bestselling novel Dark Rise, Will and his allies have survived the Dark’s first assault, but at a terrible cost.A new threat from the past is rising, and only a handful of heroes remain to fight... -
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A Conjuring of Light by V.E. Schwab
Witness the fate of beloved heroes - and enemies.THE BALANCE OF POWER HAS FINALLY TIPPED...The precarious equilibrium among four Londons has reached its breaking point. Once brimming with the red vivacity of magic, darkness casts a shadow over the Maresh Empire, leaving a space for another London to rise... -
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![Hooky by Míriam Bonastre Tur]()
Hooky by Míriam Bonastre Tur
Two twins, one prophecy, and a whole lot of hijinks. From WEBTOON, the #1 digital comic platform, comes a fantastical story about twin siblings Dani and Dorian who have missed the bus to magic school and scramble to find a mentor to teach them before their parents find out. Perfect for fans of THE OKAY WITCH and the 5 Worlds series... -
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Last Violent Call by Chloe Gong
From #1 New York Times bestselling author Chloe Gong comes two captivating new novellas surrounding the events of Foul Lady Fortune and following a familiar cast of characters from the These Violent Delights Duet!In A Foul Thing, Roma and Juliette have established themselves as the heads of an underground weapons ring in Zhouzhuang, making a living the way they do best while remaining anonymous... -
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![The Damning Stone by T.J. Klune]()
The Damning Stone by T.J. Klune
A year has passed since the Dark Wizard Myrin attempted to take control of the Kingdom of Verania. Though the scars of the final battle remain, Veranians have come together in unity in order to rebuild. Good King Anthony sits on the throne once more, with Morgan of Shadows at his side.However, a king is not immortal... -
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The Remarried Empress, Vol. 2 by Alphatart
Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars · 26 ratings"MY QUEEN...I DON'T WANT TO LIE TO YOU OF ALL PEOPLE." Now that Navier knows the identity of her pen pal, she’s happy to find herself growing closer to Heinrey... -
![The Scum Villain's Self-Saving System: Ren Zha Fanpai Zijiu Xitong Vol. 1 by 墨香铜臭, Mò Xiāng Tóng Xiù]()
The Scum Villain's Self-Saving System: Ren Zha Fanpai Zijiu Xitong Vol. 1 by 墨香铜臭, Mò Xiāng Tóng Xiù
Half-demon Luo Binghe rose from humble beginnings and a tortured past to become unrivaled in strength and beauty... -
![Luck in the Shadows by Lynn Flewelling]()
Luck in the Shadows by Lynn Flewelling
When young Alec of Kerry is taken prisoner for a crime he didn’t commit, he is certain that his life is at an end. But one thing he never expected was his cellmate. Spy, rogue, thief, and noble, Seregil of Rhiminee is many things–none of them predictable. And when he offers to take on Alec as his apprentice, things may never be the same for either of them... -
![Lord of the White Hell, Book 2 by Ginn Hale]()
Lord of the White Hell, Book 2 by Ginn Hale
Kiram fought his family and Cadeleonian bigots to remain in the Sagrada Academy to prove himself as a mechanist and to dispel the deadly shadow curse that threatens to destroy his upperclassman, Javier Tornesal.But when his efforts provoke retaliation, Kiram’s family and home are endangered. Both Kiram and Javier risk everything in a desperate gambit to combat the curse... -
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The Nobleman's Guide to Scandal and Shipwrecks by Mackenzi Lee
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 47 ratingsReturn to the enchanting world of the Montague siblings in the finale to the New York Times bestselling and Stonewall Honor-winning series, featuring a teenage Adrian Montague as he desperately seeks the now adult Monty and Felicity—the older siblings he never knew he had.Adrian Montague has a bright future... -
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The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue by Mackenzi Lee
Henry “Monty” Montague was born and bred to be a gentleman, but he was never one to be tamed. The finest boarding schools in England and the constant disapproval of his father haven’t been able to curb any of his roguish passions—not for gambling halls, late nights spent with a bottle of spirits, or waking up in the arms of women or men... -
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Lullaby of the Dawn, Vol. 1 by Ichika Yuno, ユノイチカ
Super gifted up-and-coming author Ichika Yuno’s debut manga!“I’ll be by your side forever.”“You’re a cruel brat.”Elva is a warrior priest whose life is eroded every time he fights against monsters coming from the dark sea. When he learns this, boy Alto is enraged and vows to stay by his side to look for a way to save him.After eight years, Alto has grown into a fearless young man... -
![ENNEAD Vol. 3 [Paperback] by Mojito]()
ENNEAD Vol. 3 [Paperback] by Mojito
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsThe full-color Boys’ Love webtoon hit inspired by ancient Egyptian mythology! (Paperback Edition)Nine powerful gods of ancient Egypt form the Ennead. When the god of war, Seth, kills his brother Osiris and takes over Egypt, he ushers in an era of chaos and cruelty. Centuries later, a new challenger Horus, the child of Isis... -
![Shadows Return by Lynn Flewelling]()
Shadows Return by Lynn Flewelling
With their most treacherous mission yet behind them, heroes Seregil and Alec resume their double life as dissolute nobles and master spies. But in a world of rivals and charmers, fate has a different plan.… After their victory in Aurënen, Alec and Seregil have returned home to Rhíminee. But with most of their allies dead or exiled, it is difficult for them to settle in... -
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![A Light Amongst Shadows by Kelley York, Rowan Altwood]()
A Light Amongst Shadows by Kelley York, Rowan Altwood
James Spencer is hardly the typical troubled youth who ends up at Whisperwood School for Boys. Instead of hating the strict schedules and tight oversight by staff, James blossoms, quickly making friends, indulging in his love of writing, and contemplating the merits of sneaking love poems to the elusive and aloof William Esher... -
![Bound in Fire by Debbie McQueen]()
Bound in Fire by Debbie McQueen
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWar is coming.One way or another, the outcome will forever change the Sixth Realm.Egan once thought his life would be marked with loneliness and invisibility in order to protect the fact that he’s actually a dragon, until meeting Prince Raiden. Now, he’s thrust into a world he never imagined he would be a part of. He's willing to find his place in Raiden’s world to be with the man he loves... -
![Talons of Love by Debbie McQueen]()
Talons of Love by Debbie McQueen
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTwo hearts bound together, suddenly torn apart.When Egan disappears, Prince Raiden will stop at nothing to find him. With his closest friends and an unexpected acquaintance, he leaves the Sixth Realm behind to track down the man he loves. What he sees along the way will stay with him forever... -
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Requiem of the Rose King, Vol. 2 by Aya Kanno, 菅野文
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsRichard, the ambitious third son of the House of York, believes he is cursed, damned from birth to eternal darkness. But is it truly fate that sets him on the path to personal destruction? Or his own tormented longings? Based on an early draft of Shakespeare’s Richard III, Aya Kanno’s dark fantasy finds the man who could be king standing between worlds, between classes, between good and evil... -
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Requiem of the Rose King, Vol. 2 by Aya Kanno
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsRichard, the ambitious third son of the House of York, believes he is cursed, damned from birth to eternal darkness. But is it truly fate that sets him on the path to personal destruction? Or his own tormented longings? Based on an early draft of Shakespeare’s Richard III, Aya Kanno’s dark fantasy finds the man who could be king standing between worlds, between classes, between good and evil... -
![So This Is Ever After by F.T. Lukens]()
So This Is Ever After by F.T. Lukens
Carry On meets Arthurian legend in this funny, subversive young adult fantasy about what happens after the chosen one wins the kingdom and has to get married to keep it…and to stay alive.Arek hadn’t thought much about what would happen after he completed the prophecy that said he was destined to save the Kingdom of Ere from its evil ruler... -
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A Shimmer in the Night by Kelley York, Rowan Altwood
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBenjamin Prichard has spent much of his life feeling like an outsider. Growing up, his odd behaviour and visions of ghosts left him isolated, not to mention being the child of an immigrant mother and an absent father. Benjamin walks the line between not being Chinese enough for one community, and not English enough for the other.Whisperwood School for Boys changes everything... -
![A Calm Before the Storm by Kelley York, Rowan Altwood]()
A Calm Before the Storm by Kelley York, Rowan Altwood
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsJames and William’s first Christmas together in their own home ought to be a cause for celebration. But when money is tight, and William is going through withdrawals in an attempt to get off of his laudanum completely, the level of holiday cheer is dismally low. James won’t give up so easily... -
![Drown the Sea by Elisha Kemp]()
Drown the Sea by Elisha Kemp
Adrienne had everything. The friends, the clothes, the college acceptance letter - not to mention a healthy social calendar. Then one stupid mistake has her packing her bags to spend the summer with her estranged mom in Santorini... -
![Claws by Zaya Feli]()
Claws by Zaya Feli
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsIsa's hunt to find a cure for the Varg's curse has failed and the stakes are only getting higher. The curse is spreading fast, and the runes keeping the Varg from reaching his soul will not hold forever. Eskal has his own agenda: Find the Jera rune before Fenrisborg and claim the power of the Varg for himself... -
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![A Shimmer in the Night by Kelley York]()
A Shimmer in the Night by Kelley York
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsBenjamin Prichard has spent much of his life feeling like an outsider. Growing up, his odd behaviour and visions of ghosts left him isolated, not to mention being the child of an immigrant mother and an absent father. Benjamin walks the line between not being Chinese enough for one community, and not English enough for the other.Whisperwood School for Boys changes everything... -
![Kogitsune by Xia Xia Lake]()
Kogitsune by Xia Xia Lake
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA coming of age story set in medieval Japan. A friendship between a young fox god and his human childhood friend is built on deception, but grows stronger and purer as it's driven by common purpose. However, the vast differences of the worlds they live in can't be ignored, as their relationship is frowned upon by both humans and spirits... -
![The Wrath of Wolves by Kelley York, Rowan Altwood]()
The Wrath of Wolves by Kelley York, Rowan Altwood
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsPreston Alexander has wanted to see the world for as long as he can remember. Now, an opportunity has presented itself. A supposedly haunted item needs transporting clear across the Atlantic. James and William can’t take it, so Preston jumps at the chance. He may not know nearly as much about the dead as his friends, but surely it can’t be that difficult... -
![Dream by Natalia Jaster]()
Dream by Natalia Jaster
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLyrik is a rogue with skills. In the Kingdom of Winter, he’s a swaggering potioneer who hunts for wisdom—a brew that will shake the world. It’s the only secret he craves. Except for the one boy he can’t have. Nicu is a dreamer with hopes. He’s an impish Royal who hunts for wishes—a legendary star that grants yearnings. It’s the only mystery he desires... -
![The Door Into Shadow by Diane Duane]()
The Door Into Shadow by Diane Duane
Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsAs the eternal malice of the Shadow rises once more to threaten Creation with destructions, Freelorn the exiled prince of Arlen stands with four others to confront this looming apocalypse. Reissue... -
![A Call to Arms by Shiriluna Nott, SaJa H.]()
A Call to Arms by Shiriluna Nott, SaJa H.
Rated: 3.91 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsGibben Nemesio is in trouble.His parents are dead, his sister is missing, and he's been left the sole provider for his two younger brothers. With a war brewing in the east and no guarantee of surviving another brutal winter, Gib's life is plagued with uncertainty. To make matters worse, he suddenly finds himself uprooted from his home and drafted into the army... -
![Teeth by Zaya Feli]()
Teeth by Zaya Feli
Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsTwelve years after the death of his family, Isa meets a boy in the woods with an injured foot who can bring ravens back to life. But something else has come to Ulfheim, and when Isa opens the rune ward keeping the village safe to let the strange boy through, the wicked beast that has haunted Isa’s dreams his entire life follows... -
![When First I Met My King by Harper Fox]()
When First I Met My King by Harper Fox
Once upon a time, there was a winter that wouldn’t end. And all that’s standing between the people of White Meadows and starvation is a young man called Lance. He’s sixteen years old, and for all his courage and hunting skills, he’s running out of fight. His family has been wiped out in a border raid, and he’s drowning in loneliness... -
![Prince of Fortune by Lisa Tirreno]()
Prince of Fortune by Lisa Tirreno
Red, White & Royal Blue meets A Darker Shade of Magic in this swoony debut young adult romantic fantasy following a magical young prince and a noble seer who fall in love in the midst of war and intrigue.Shy Prince Edmund will be a great king one it has been Seen again and again... -
![The Storm Lords by Ravon Silvius]()
The Storm Lords by Ravon Silvius
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsThe heat took everything from his parents, his voice when the local cure for heatstroke poisoned him, and the trust of his fellow villagers, who branded him a water thief. It would have claimed his life when he was deemed unworthy of precious resources and left in the sun to die, had not a strange man named Kristoff ridden in on the wind and told Rowen he had power... -
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![The Banished Prince by Zoe Perdita]()
The Banished Prince by Zoe Perdita
Rated: 3.84 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsI was only a child when my own family betrayed me, killed the Queen, and drove me from my kingdom. Six years later, I’m finally strong enough to exact my revenge. With a bit of help from a noble knight, a mysterious crow shifter, and my own growing powers, I can finally reclaim what’s rightfully mine—the Obsidian Throne—and take my place as the Dark King of Eldwyrd... -
![City of Strife by Claudie Arseneault]()
City of Strife by Claudie Arseneault
Rated: 3.85 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsA hundred and thirty years have passed since Arathiel last set foot in his home city. Isandor hasn’t changed—bickering merchant families still vie for power through eccentric shows of wealth—but he has. His family is long dead, a magical trap has dulled his senses, and he returns seeking a sense of belonging now long lost... -
![The Binding by Bridget Collins]()
The Binding by Bridget Collins
Books are dangerous things in Collins's alternate universe, a place vaguely reminiscent of 19th-century England. It's a world in which people visit book binders to rid themselves of painful or treacherous memories. Once their stories have been told and are bound between the pages of a book, the slate is wiped clean and their memories lose the power to hurt or haunt them... -
![A Vile Season by David Ferraro]()
A Vile Season by David Ferraro
Bridgerton meets The Bachelor in this queer regency romance of a vampire competing for the heart of a duke.After being run out of his castle by vampire hunters, Count Lucian encounters the god of vampires, Vrykolakas, while in hiding... -
![The Tiger's Watch by Julia Ember]()
The Tiger's Watch by Julia Ember
Rated: 3.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSixteen-year-old Tashi has spent their life training as a inhabitor, a soldier who spies and kills using a bonded animal. When the capital falls after a brutal siege, Tashi flees to a remote monastery to hide. But the invading army turns the monastery into a hospital, and Tashi catches the eye of Xian, the regiment’s fearless young commander.Tashi spies on Xian’s every move... -
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Nicked by M.T. Anderson
Rated: 3.81 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsFrom the award-winning and bestselling author of Feed comes a raucous and slyly funny adult fiction debut, about the quest to steal the mystical bones of a long-dead saintThe year is 1087, and a pox is sweeping through the Italian port city of Bari. When a lowly monk is visited by Saint Nicholas in his dreams, he interprets the vision as a call to action... -
![There Will Come a Darkness by Katy Rose Pool]()
There Will Come a Darkness by Katy Rose Pool
The Age of Darkness approaches.Five lives stand in its way.Who will stop it... or unleash it? For generations, the Seven Prophets guided humanity. Using their visions of the future, they ended wars and united nations―until the day, one hundred years ago, when the Prophets disappeared... -
![Tristan and Lancelot: A Tale of Two Knights by James Persichetti]()
Tristan and Lancelot: A Tale of Two Knights by James Persichetti
In this queer reimagining of an Arthurian legend, Knights of the Round Table Lancelot and Tristan set out on a quest to find the missing magician Merlin but instead discover an unexpected romance perfect for fans of The Prince and the Dressmaker and Squire... -
![Mordred, Bastard Son by Douglas Clegg]()
Mordred, Bastard Son by Douglas Clegg
Rated: 3.59 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsTraitor. Exile. Lover of Men.“My mother is the Witch-Queen Morgan le Fay and my father, King Arthur. Merlin foretold that if a son like me were born to Arthur, his kingdom would be destroyed... -
![Five Broken Blades by Mai Corland]()
Five Broken Blades by Mai Corland
The instant New York Times bestsellerIt’s the season for treason…The king of Yusan must die.The five most dangerous liars in the land have been mysteriously summoned to work together for a single to kill the God King Joon.He has it coming. Under his merciless immortal hand, the nobles flourish, while the poor and innocent are imprisoned, ruined…or sold... -
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![The Black Tides of Heaven by Neon Yang]()
The Black Tides of Heaven by Neon Yang
Rated: 3.71 of 5 stars · 41 ratingsThe Black Tides of Heaven is one of a pair of standalone introductions to JY Yang's Tensorate Series. For more of the story you can read its twin novella The Red Threads of FortuneMokoya and Akeha, the twin children of the Protector, were sold to the Grand Monastery as children... -
![The Solstice Prince by S.J. Himes, Sheena Jolie]()
The Solstice Prince by S.J. Himes, Sheena Jolie
Rescued from slavers, healer novice Jaime Buchanan finds himself alone and free in Pyrderi, a kingdom of magic, mythical creatures, and a culture as open and kind as his homeland was cruel and close-minded. Despite his rescue, Jaime is not left without scars, both mental and physical...
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