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Half a Soul by Olivia Atwater
It's difficult to find a husband in Regency England when you're a young lady with only half a soul.Ever since she was cursed by a faerie, Theodora Ettings has had no sense of fear or embarrassment - a condition which makes her prone to accidental scandal...Categorized as:
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A Wish Upon the Stars by T.J. Klune
Sequel to The Consumption of Magic Nearly a year ago, blinded by grief and betrayal, Sam of Wilds made a desperate decision to follow the Great White into the Dark Woods. Now, he emerges to a world changed. The City of Lockes is a prison. The King has been locked away in the dungeons. The Kingdom of Verania has fallen, and the Dark wizard Myrin sits on the throne... -
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How I Took the King on a Bone-a-Fide Quest of Piracy, Piemu, and Profit: Bone 5 by A.J. Sherwood
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsYou must negotiate return of dragon wing. Penalty levied against party members. Piemu unleashed. Accept quest? (YES) (no) How is this harder than the pirates? I’m looking at the reason. Uncalled for. True, but still uncalled for... -
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A Man's Skin by Hubert, Zanzim
Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars · 33 ratingsIn Renaissance Italy, Bianca, a young lady from a good family, is of marriage age. Her parents find her a fiancé to their liking: Giovanni, a rich merchant, young and pleasant. The wedding looks set to go smoothly even though Bianca can’t hide her disappointment at having to marry a man she knows nothing about... -
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How I Took the King on a Bone-a-Fide Quest of Piracy, Piemu, and Profit: Bone 4 by A.J. Sherwood
Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsDragon wing located on pirate ship! Board ship? (YES) (NO?!) I feel like this is a bad idea... -
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A Pirate's Life for Tea by Rebecca Thorne
"You asked for this, Rain. Let's go capture a pirate."While searching for stolen dragon eggs, newly engaged couple Kianthe and Reyna find themselves smack-dab in the middle of a swashbuckling love story.On one side is Serina, a failed farmer turned river pirate. Her booty? Wheat, grains, and the occasional jar of imported tea leaves... -
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The Lord Ruler by Alvin Atwater
Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe saga of Nate the cheat potion maker continues!My place in this world slowly reveals itself to me. Unfortunately, I’m constantly reminded just how magicians truly screwed this place up. The Lord Ruler serves as one of the kingdom’s major problems, though there could be more to it... -
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Emily Wilde's Compendium of Lost Tales by Heather Fawcett
The third installment in the heartwarming and enchanting Emily Wilde series, about a curmudgeonly scholar of folklore and the fae prince she loves.Emily Wilde has spent her life studying faeries. A renowned dryadologist, she has documented hundreds of species of Folk in her Encyclopaedia of Faeries... -
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A Treacherous Curse by Deanna Raybourn
Members of an Egyptian expedition fall victim to an ancient mummy's curse in a thrilling Veronica Speedwell novel from the New York Times bestselling author of the Lady Julia Grey mysteries. London, 1888... -
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I Went on an Adventure and All I Got was This Barbarian Orc by Jennifer Cody
Starting an adventure is always an exciting time. I’ve gone on a few by myself, but nothing compares to gathering a full party and seeing how everyone will mesh. We might have a clumsy bard and a chaotic paladin, but with everyone working together, we’ll figure out what’s happening in Fasgard... -
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Destroy by Sandra R. Neeley
Destroy Whispers From the Bayou Book 2 Destroy is beautiful, strong, charismatic and charming. He is also selfish, shallow, petty and jealous — or is he? One misunderstanding centuries ago resulted in his being labeled as not good enough, untrustworthy, self-serving... -
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I’m a Villainous Daughter, so I’m going to keep the Last Boss (Manga) Vol. 3 (I'm the Villainess, So I'm Taming the Final Boss (Manga) #3) by Anko Yuzu, Sarasa Nagase
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThird volume of an exciting romantic story.Avoid the BAD END! That's the goal of the villainess in this plot-twisting story!! She has been reborn into the world of an otome game as the villainess, Irene... -
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Dragon on Top by G.A. Aiken
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 33 ratingsTry a little dragon tenderness. I am Glheanna the Decimator. I am a warrior. A soldier. I know no fear. No pain. No mercy. I do, however, know acute embarrassment! How could I not after getting dumped by a bastard dragon in front of my own troops? So I tuck tail and return to my cave, drowning my sorrows in ale—as is my family’s way... -
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Lady Avely's Guide to Truth and Magic by Rosalie Oaks
A Regency widow shouldn’t be hunting spectres all night. Lady Judith Avely’s magical gift for divining the truth makes her prodigiously good at lying. To absolve a guilty secret, she travels to the exiled Duke of Sargen’s estate, but the last thing she expects is to run into the duke himself, who is lamentably now even more attractive than in his volatile youth... -
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![Guarding Danger by Wendy Vella]()
Guarding Danger by Wendy Vella
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsTwo things happen to Harry Sinclair the day his ship docks in London: he saves a woman in distress, and meets his long- lost family.Until now Harry has lived his life without betraying the vow he made to his father - never trust a Sinclair. Yet when his newly discovered cousins step aboard his ship he knows that everything is about to change... -
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The Disgraced Debutante by Wendy Vella
From USA Today and Amazon bestselling author Wendy Vella comes a stunning new historical romance featuring a jaded debutante and an arrogant, blue-blooded detective. With a touch of mystery and plenty of heart, this book will have you hooked from the opening page... -
![Pemberley: Mr. Darcy's Dragon by Maria Grace]()
Pemberley: Mr. Darcy's Dragon by Maria Grace
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsAlternate cover edition of ASIN B01MECLQTWEngland is overrun by dragons of all shapes and sizes. Most people are blissfully unaware of them and the Pendragon Treaty that keeps the peace between human and dragon kind. Only those born with preternatural hearing, like Fitzwilliam Darcy and Elizabeth Bennet are able to hear and converse with dragonkind...Categorized as:
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Once Upon a Haunted Knight by Elisa Braden
Every dream job has a catch Housekeeper Adeline Black’s new position seems too good to be true. Dusting a collection of peculiar relics? Too easy. Having a splendid house all to herself? Too lovely. Addy’s not about to question why she was told to never open the library door. Or why there’s a mysterious portrait of a medieval knight locked inside. But libraries need dusting, too... -
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Wicked Memories by Nina Bangs
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsReturn to the Castle of Dark Dreams, where USA Today bestselling author Nina Bangs lures readers into a world of pleasure, adventure, and revenge… Thorn Mackenzie was a young Viking when he met Sparkle Stardust long ago. She used him and then abandoned him. Over a thousand years later, he has finally found a way to repay her... -
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Whisper of Magic: Unexpected Magic Book Two by Patricia Rice
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe death of Celeste Rochester’s father on the voyage from Jamaica to London leaves her and her young siblings nearly penniless in a foreign country. Forced to battle lawyers for her inheritance and the roof over their heads, Celeste has only one weapon: her mysteriously compelling voice... -
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Stealing Time by B.W. Haggart
Shackled and dressed in a neon orange jumpsuit, art thief Cassie Sinatore awaits extradition at Heathrow Airport. An accident with a nearby experimental radar plane throws Cassie back in time, dumping her in a wooded countryside. The rider who discovers her is charismatic, more compelling than any man she has ever met...Categorized as:
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The Brush of Black Wings by Grace Draven
During a foray into the woods of Neith, Martise stumbles upon a ruined temple and reawakens not only a power she thought lost, but also something far more malevolent. An ancient darkness, imprisoned in an eternal cage, sees a chance at freedom in a woman once held in bondage... -
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Spice & Wolf, Vol. 1 by Isuna Hasekura
Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsWith his carthorse as his only companion, the young merchant Kraft Lawrence slowly wends his way through dusty back roads in search of profitable trade. But this monotony screeches to a halt when, one night, he encounters a harvest goddess in the guise of a beautiful young girl.. -
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![Everybody Wants to Rule the World Except Me by Django Wexler]()
Everybody Wants to Rule the World Except Me by Django Wexler
Dark Lord Davi rules the kingdom, but she must now break the time loop that binds her in this hilariously bloody conclusion to the Dark Lord Davi duology. After countless failures (let’s not dwell on it), Davi has finally saved the kingdom from evil–by becoming the Dark Lord herself. But now, the hordes of wilders are at her command, and they still want blood. Human blood... -
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The Scandalous Confessions of Lydia Bennet, Witch by Melinda Taub
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsA sparkling, witchy reimagining of Pride and Prejudice, told from the perspective of the troublesome and—according to her—much-maligned youngest Bennet sister, Lydia. In this exuberant reimagining of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, Lydia Bennet puts pen to paper to relate the real events and aftermath of the classic story from her own perspective. Some facts are well known: Mrs... -
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Have Spirit, Will Duchess by Tansy Rayner Roberts
Juno’s old curse has come back to haunt her… literally.After two blissful years of ghost-free marriage, the spirits have come knocking at her door again. Her late mother-in-law the Duchess has taken possession of her home, and her late husband is obsessed with solving his own murder... -
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Spellcracker's Honeymoon by Tansy Rayner Roberts
Our honeymooning heroine must unmask a magical murderer. Happily married, Mrs Mnemosyne Seabourne travels to an island of no magic, for a relaxing honeymoon with her new husband Thornbury.But the magic-free Isle of Aster is not what it seems. There's a monster roaming the hills, a royal scandal brewing on the horizon, and (of course!) an impossible, magical murder to be solved... -
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冷血公爵の心変わり 1 by Bandalbanji, 에디
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 25 ratings백작가의 사생아였던 에르인.반역자가 되어 도망친 가족을 대신해 희생 되기 직전그녀는 목숨을 거두러 온 ‘사신’을 마주 하게 되는데!‘제발 살려주세요! 저는 이런 거, 저런 거 다 해보고 싶어요!’꽃다운 나이에 예쁜 드레스 한 번 못 입어봤다.구애도 받아보고 사랑 받으며 사는 것이 유일한 소원이었던그녀에게, 기적처럼 그녀를 위한 마법진이 발동되고“레이디, 저의 무례를 용서해 주십시오.”“전하!!”“나와 결혼해 주십시오, 내 영혼의 주군이시여... -
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High Energy by Dara Joy
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsFrom the bestselling author of "Tonight or Never" comes the tale of a reporter and the physicist she's sent to interview--and it's turn into the sizzling story of true love and passion. Physics. Zanita Masterson knew nothing about the subject, and cared little to learn--until a reporting job led her to one Tyberius Augustus Evans... -
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The Secret Kiss of Darkness by Christina Courtenay
Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHe has waited an eternity for her.When Kayla Sinclair arrives at Sotheby's auction room in Mayfair, she is mesmerised by a life-size eighteenth-century portrait of a tall, dark man with piercing blue eyes.She finds her life irrevocably changed by a powerful obsession with the portrait, and Kayla’s desire to discover the identity of the man leads her to the mysterious Marcombe Hall... -
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Ghost Walk by Cassandra Gannon
Grace Rivera just wants to be normal. She’s the only member of her spell-casting, fortune-telling family who isn’t hunting unicorns or trying to discover the lost recipe for Troll Powder. Trained as a crime scene investigator, she believes in science and cold, hard facts. And right now, the cold, hard facts are telling Grace that she’s lost her mind...Categorized as:
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Imagine by Jill Barnett
A classic Jill Barnett love and laughter romance, Romantic Times calls Imagine "a delight to read..." After years imprisoned on Devil's Island for a murder he never committed, escaped convict Hank Wyatt knows how to survive and believes his luck has finally changed. But when he stows away on board a ship destined to sink, his luck turns bad...Categorized as:
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![The Wrath of Ashes by Lilo Quie]()
The Wrath of Ashes by Lilo Quie
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAsha is a kind young man, the bastard firstborn of the earl of a once-thriving valley kingdom. As war has torn his country apart, the earldom has grown poorer by the year, and his father meaner. In a land where man loving man is relegated to the dragons and their lands, Asha vows to be celibate, to earn his keep and flee to live a better life anywhere but there...Categorized as:
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![A Lady's Guide to Gossip and Murder by Dianne Freeman, Sarah Zimmerman]()
A Lady's Guide to Gossip and Murder by Dianne Freeman, Sarah Zimmerman
Rated: 3.91 of 5 stars · 33 ratingsThough American by birth, Frances Wynn, the now-widowed Countess of Harleigh, has adapted admirably to the quirks and traditions of the British aristocracy. On August twelfth each year, otherwise known as the Glorious Twelfth, most members of the upper class retire to their country estates for grouse-shooting season... -
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Dangerous by Amanda Quick
From a magnificent ballroom ablaze with lights to an imposing country house steeped in shadows comes a breathtaking tale of an impetuous miss--and a passion that leads to peril... At five and twenty, Prudence Merryweather knew very well the risks a woman took by visiting a gentleman in the dead of night... -
![Echoes of the Past: A completely gripping and captivating historical timeslip romance by Kirsty Ferry]()
Echoes of the Past: A completely gripping and captivating historical timeslip romance by Kirsty Ferry
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsPlease note this book was previously published as A Secret Rose by Kirsty FerryA love that never dies . . . 1886. Alys Trelawney arrives at Pencradoc in Cornwall where she meets the alluring Jago Pencradoc.Little does she know that their encounter will have repercussions that will ripple through the generations . . .Present day... -
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The Magician of Tiger Castle by Louis Sachar
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratings*AN INDIE NEXT LIST PICK * A LIBRARY READS PICK *The beloved author of Holes presents his first adult novel, a modern fantasy classic of forbidden love, a crumbling kingdom, and the unexpected magic all around us.Long ago and far away (and somewhere south of France) lies the kingdom of Esquaveta. There, Princess Tullia is in nearly as much peril as her struggling kingdom... -
![The Dark History of the Reincarnated Villainess Vol. 1 by Akiharu Touka]()
The Dark History of the Reincarnated Villainess Vol. 1 by Akiharu Touka
Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsKonoha Satou has a dark history, written throughout middle school—a fantasy adventure of love and magic about the Count’s daughter Konoha Magnolia and the knights who love her! But when it looks like that dark history is going to be uncovered by her mother, Konoha panics and dies in a traffic accident! Opening her eyes, she finds that she’s been reincarnated into the world of her own dark... -
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Chocolat by Joanne Harris
Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars · 82 ratingsIn tiny Lansquenet, where nothing much has changed in a hundred years, beautiful newcomer Vianne Rocher and her exquisite chocolate shop arrive and instantly begin to play havoc with Lenten vows. Each box of luscious bonbons comes with a free gift: Vianne's uncanny perception of its buyer's private discontents and a clever, caring cure for them... -
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왜 이러세요, 공작님! 1 by Bandalbanji, Eddie
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 21 ratings귀여운 그림체와 절묘한 개그 포인트로 독자들의 마음을 사로잡은 웹툰 『왜 이러세요, 공작님!』이 단행본으로 출간되었다. 웹툰 『왜 이러세요, 공작님!』은 반달반지 작가의 동명 웹소설을 원작으로 하고 있으며, 로안과 에르인의 달콤살벌한 분위기가 잘 드러났다는 호평이 연이은 작품이다.이야기는 주인공인 에르인이 전쟁의 포로로 잡혀 적장의 손에 죽기 직전, 갑자기 발휘된 마법으로 인해 운명이 180도 달라지면서 시작된다. 에르인을 죽이려던 적장이자 제국의 냉혈한 공작인 '로안'과 귀여운 종달새라고 에르인을 부르며 끊임없이 사랑을 표하는 '세이'. 아무리 마법에 걸렸다지만 같은 사람이라고는 상상조차 할 수 없는 모습에 정말이지, 절로 ‘왜 이러세요, 공작님!’ 이라는 말이 나올 뿐.Chapters 1-13... -
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Miss Treadwell's Talent by Barbara Metzger
Finders Keepers One-and-twenty and still unwed, Maylene Treadwe ias a talent for finding people and things, but not husbands. High-spirited and unconventional, she is more a worthy adversary than a blushing bride--a fact made all too clear to the Earl of Hyatt when he comes to call... -
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Gary of a Hundred Days by Isabel Murray
The Kingdom of Estla is in turmoil. Power plays, intrigue, and plots seethe in the corridors of power. And Gary of a Hundred Days, Last of the Tyrant Kings is…well, he's pretty offended, actually?Tyrant?Seriously? Who is making this up?Gary said no thanks, don’t want to be king, and they dragged him away from all he's ever known and stuck a stupid crown on his head anyway...Categorized as:
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Sebastian by Sam Argent
Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars · 42 ratingsSebastian Orwell did the only thing a smart wizard could do when he stumbled upon the wounded Crown Prince: he healed him and dumped him in a tavern where he could continue not being Sebastian's problem. Unfortunately, the prince isn’t content with being alive, and he hunts Sebastian down to thank him personally... -
![Tea and Sympathetic Magic by Tansy Rayner Roberts]()
Tea and Sympathetic Magic by Tansy Rayner Roberts
A tale of manners, magic, teacups and thirst.Meet Miss Mnemosyne Seabourne, the one lady in the Teacup Isles who doesn't want to marry the Duke. Meet Mr Thornbury, a spellcracker whose job is protecting the Duke from the love charms of eligible ladies. Together, they fight elopements!Featuring croquet, libraries, enchantresses, teacups, portals and cake... -
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Bewitching by Jill Barnett
THE BEST MAGIC OF ALL IS THE KIND THAT MAKES LOVE COMES TRUE ... Alec, Duke of Belmore, did as he pleased --- and he wanted to marry the beautiful, bubbly girl who had positively bewitched him: Joyous MacQuarrie, who had appeared from nowhere and turned stately Belmore Park upside down with merriment and mischief. It hardly mattered that her Scottish bloodline was shrouded in mystery... -
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The Persephone Code by Julia Golding
Rated: 3.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBridgerton meets The Da Vinci Code in the most page-turning book you will read in 2024!You don’t dabble in satanism. You sell your soul to the devil or not at all.1812Deep below the hills of the Buckinghamshire countryside, the infamous Hellfire Caves house a pleasure palace for the idle rich – a secret society steeped in satanism, opium and debauchery of the highest order... -
![The Bachelor's Valet by Arden Powell]()
The Bachelor's Valet by Arden Powell
Alphonse Hollyhock is blessed with wealth, class, and more beauty than brains. Though he hasn't got a lick of wit or magic to his name, he's perfectly content living life as an airheaded bachelor with his valet—the clever, unflappable Jacobi—by his side to ensure everything runs smoothly. All he lacks, according to his mother, is a wife...Categorized as:
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![The Corset Diaries by Katie MacAlister]()
The Corset Diaries by Katie MacAlister
Rated: 3.72 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsHe was so handsome she could barely breathe. Or maybe it was just the corset… When Tessa is asked to join A Month in the LIfe of a Victorian Duke, a British historical reality tv show, she was thrilled because it meant an end to her debts. But then she found out about the corsets she'd be stuffed into every day for a month...
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