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Crimson Rivers by bizarrestars, Zeppazariel
Regulus Black was fifteen the first time his name was called at a reaping. He's twenty-five when it happens to him again. A lot has changed in that time, and one of them is that he's ready to do whatever it takes to make it home. Nothing or no one will stop him, not even James Potter. James Potter has no plans to stop Regulus Black from making it home...Categorized as:
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Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation: Vol. 6 by Mò Xiāng Tóng Xiù
Also known as MDZS, the comic/manhua version of the New York Times bestselling novels from China that also inspired an animated adaptation and the live-action series The Untamed ! Experience this historical fantasy tale of two powerful men who find each other through life and death in this English version of the beautiful, full-color comic! Feared and hated for his sinister abilities, Wei... -
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![Don't Be Cruel, Vol. 07 by Yonezou Nekota]()
Don't Be Cruel, Vol. 07 by Yonezou Nekota
Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhen a playboy falls for a nerd, chemistry results in an explosive reaction! Playboy Maya catches studious Nemugasa cheating on a test, and to ensure his silence, Maya blackmails Nemugasa into doing whatever he wants! But is this merely just a ruse so Maya can spend more alone time with him? After spending a blissful night wrapped in each other’s arms, Maya and Nemugasa get a rude awakening when... -
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Secrets of Dorley Hall by Alyson Greaves
Stef Riley worked hard to get into the Royal College of Saint Almsworth, so he could find out what happened to the women who live at the mysterious Dorley Hall. But now he’s on the inside his plan is falling apart. Because what’s saving his life is torture to the men he now lives with, and he can’t just ignore their suffering... -
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![ENNEAD Vol. 5 [Mature Hardcover] by Mojito]()
ENNEAD Vol. 5 [Mature Hardcover] by Mojito
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWINNER TAKES ALL. The battle that will decide the fate of Egypt’s throne draws nigh! Will Horus become the new ruler, or will Seth reclaim his seat of power? Meanwhile, truths from the past reveal themselves—and with them comes the identity of the one who cursed Horus! -
![The Ghosts of Blood and Innocence by Storm Constantine]()
The Ghosts of Blood and Innocence by Storm Constantine
Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsDarquiel har Aralis lives among the hidden tribe of Olopade, in ignorance of his identity, and as he grows up, Darq realizes he is different from any other har. After a disastrous attempt to incept his closest friend, he attracts the attention of the mysterious Thiede, and learns that his origins are more astounding than he imagined... -
![Highschool of the Dead, Vol. 7 by Daisuke Sato, Shouji Sato]()
Highschool of the Dead, Vol. 7 by Daisuke Sato, Shouji Sato
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsOnce again, Takashi and his friends are without shelter and on the run. The group gradually makes their way to the local police station, where the hungry officers within give a whole new meaning to the phrase "police brutality. " After tidying up, the team reloads and begins their search of the station: Rei for news of her father, and Saya for information... -
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Be Kind, My Neighbor by Yugo Limbo
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsMurder. Love. Cults. Puppets! It’s 1973, the town of Baths, cozy middle-of-nowhere American heartland. Traveling musician Wegg rolls in, content to busk for a beat and be on his merry way once more. That is, until he meets Mr. Neighbor, the disarmingly sweet man made of cloth who offers him company and a place to stay... -
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Ōoku: The Inner Chambers, Vol. 3 by Fumi Yoshinaga
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe tale told in the Chronicle of the Dying Day continues as the young female shogun Iemitsu tries desperately to conceive a male heir. But her lover Arikoto seems unable to give her a child, and they must betray their hearts to save their country. Meanwhile, the Redface Pox continues its ruthless progress through Japan, leaving famine, despair, and the threat of anarchy in its wake. -
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Highschool of the Dead , Vol. 2 by Daisuke Sato, Shouji Sato
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsThe hottest zombie manga from Japan remastered in full color. This collection of volumes five through seven includes an art book featuring Shouji Sato's early art and addition illustrations from Highschool of the Dead and Triage X! A mysterious illness is spreading rapidly through the halls of Fujimi High School... -
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Highschool of the Dead, Vol. 5 by Daisuke Sato, Shouji Sato
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsTakashi and his fellow students join up with a band of survivors who have barricaded themselves inside a local mall. Though the shopping center seems a well-stocked place to hide from the undead lurking outside, the policewoman in charge is having a hard time maintaining peace within... -
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Kaleidoscope of Death Vol. 1 by Xi Zi Xu
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsOpen the wrong door… and you may never return. One ordinary day, Lin Qiushi discovers a black door in the corridor outside his flat—a door that shouldn’t exist. When he steps through, he finds himself in a world governed by a deadly set of rules, where cryptic villagers speak in riddles, and the only way out is to take their obscure “tests”. The reward for passing: a key... -
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Don't Be Cruel, Vol. 08 by Yonezou Nekota
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen a playboy falls for a nerd, chemistry results in an explosive reaction! Playboy Maya catches studious Nemugasa cheating on a test, and to ensure his silence, Maya blackmails Nemugasa into doing whatever he wants! But is this merely just a ruse so Maya can spend more alone time with him? It’s been a while since Maya and Nemugasa have had any alone time, so they can’t help but go a little... -
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Pawn by Robin Roseau
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI'm no one's pawn. Not with my skills. I may outwardly kneel in allegiance, but when I do, it is by my choice, and only my choice. In more private settings, well, in the words of my people, "She carries the spear from that hut. ". It's never meant as a compliment. No, I'm no one's pawn. Not anymore. ---. Yallameenara is a 13-year-old girl of the Horse People when the strangers come to The Hippa... -
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![Ten Count, Vol. 3 by Rihito Takarai, 宝井理人]()
Ten Count, Vol. 3 by Rihito Takarai, 宝井理人
Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars · 33 ratingsCorporate secretary Shirotani suffers from obsessive-compulsive disorder in this doctor-patient romance fraught with compulsion! Corporate secretary Shirotani suffers from obsessive-compulsive disorder. One day he meets Kurose, a therapist who offers to take him through a ten-step program to cure him of his compulsion... -
![Highschool of the Dead, Vol. 6 by Daisuke Sato, Shouji Sato]()
Highschool of the Dead, Vol. 6 by Daisuke Sato, Shouji Sato
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsAs the mall refugees grow restless, Takashi and his comrades make plans to leave before Officer Asami's authority slides further and the group's order is completely undone. Unfortunately, just as final preparations for their departure are nearly complete, the mall's defenses are breached, and 'they' come streaming in... -
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Food For Thought by Ariana Ferrante
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLimos is the goddess of starvation. Whatever she touch withers and wastes, crumbling to dust. She aids those seeking destruction, plaguing fields with famine and waters with drought. When mortals see her, they yearn. Her opposite, harvest goddess Demeter, makes life flourish wherever she goes. She supplies mortals with fruits and vegetables, piling their tables with sustenance and satisfaction... -
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Mirrorstrike by Benjanun Sriduangkaew
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWith her mother's blood fresh on her hands, Nuawa has learned that to overthrow the tyrant Winter Queen she must be as exact as a bullet. .. and as pitiless. In the greatest city of winter, a revolt has broken out and General Lussadh has arrived to suppress it. She's no stranger to treason, for this city is her home where she slaughtered her own family for the Winter Queen... -
![Love Is An Illusion Vol 2 by Fargo]()
Love Is An Illusion Vol 2 by Fargo
BABY ON THE WAY…ALPHA BETTER PAY. It might be said that omega Hye-sung has an attitude problem. His life as an alpha has been turned completely on its head thanks to meeting Dojin, except unfortunately for him, his life is about to get even more uncertain… When Hye-sung gets sick, a quick trip to the doctor results in a life-changing surprise for them both... -
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Change World, Vol. 2 by Yuu Minaduki
Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA longtime crush has blossomed into a dream relationship in this Sayonara Game sequel, until a ghost from the past suddenly appears. Ever since Yosuke confessed his long-held feelings for Arimura, his life with his new boyfriend has been a dream. But when a work colleague and former college classmate enters the scene, his dream relationship faces its first threat... -
![Dead Lez Walking by G. Benson]()
Dead Lez Walking by G. Benson
Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsOne hospital. One zombie virus. One desperate group. One way out. A new virus has appeared, and all Taren can do is groan. Being a nurse in Accident and Emergency has its downsides, and dealing with the flood of people freaking out over symptoms they don’t really have is definitely one of them... -
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Change World, Vol. 1 by Yuu Minaduki
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsYosuke had a crush on Arimura—an upperclassman from his high school baseball team—for years before he finally confessed his feelings. And even after a year of being his boyfriend, every day still feels like a dream... -
![Turning the Storm by Naomi Kritzer]()
Turning the Storm by Naomi Kritzer
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA powerful new voice in fantasy fiction, the acclaimed author of Fires of the Faithful continues her enthralling epic of persecution and war, passion and triumph, and of the brave young woman who must succeed in. .. Turning the StormShe is called musician, rebel, soldier, legend... -
![UNDEAD: Finding Love in the Zombie Apocalypse, Volume 2 by Fumi Tsuyuhisa]()
UNDEAD: Finding Love in the Zombie Apocalypse, Volume 2 by Fumi Tsuyuhisa
Rated: 3.78 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsWhich will you find in this devastated world — love or despair? Nineteen-year-old Hikaru Asahina lost everything the day the world ended. Everything, that is, except his childhood friend Ai Kosaka, who has always taken care of him. Now the two of them, along with other survivors, struggle to stay alive in a post-apocalyptic world filled with man-eating zombies... -
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![Yarichin Bitch Club, Vol. 4 by Tanaka Ogeretsu]()
Yarichin Bitch Club, Vol. 4 by Tanaka Ogeretsu
In an extracurricular experience gone hilariously wrong, innocent Takashi Tono accidentally joins a club of young men who put the “dick” in “valedictorian. ”... -
![Moon & Sun, Vol. 2 by Akane Abe]()
Moon & Sun, Vol. 2 by Akane Abe
Rated: 3.70 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA laid-back yakuza heir and a striking cross-dressing beauty start an unlikely love affair. A yakuza heir indifferent to the family business butts heads with the stunning proprietress of a nearby drag club... -
![Meet Me at the Surface by Jodie Matthews]()
Meet Me at the Surface by Jodie Matthews
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratings‘Drenched in myths and mystery, this is an uncanny, evocative ode to belonging. The story blazed from the page. ’ Kiran Millwood Hargrave, author of The Mercies. EVERYTHING THAT COMES FROM THE GROUND HAS TO GO BACK DOWN, EVENTUALLY…. Merryn grew up on the wilds of Bodmin moor, raised by her mother and her aunt in an old farmhouse... -
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Luckless by Cari Z.
Rated: 3.66 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsEvan Luck is a dragon rider with no dragon. Five years ago, his dragon gave her life defending the monster-ridden remnants of Marble, and ever since, his ability to connect empathically to another dragon had been as broken as his heart... -
![Moon & Sun, Vol. 1 by Akane Abe]()
Moon & Sun, Vol. 1 by Akane Abe
Rated: 3.59 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA laid-back yakuza heir and a striking cross-dressing beauty start an unlikely love affair. A yakuza heir indifferent to the family business butts heads with the stunning proprietress of a nearby drag club... -
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Luna by Maria Llovet
Rated: 3.44 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsMeet Teresa, a young woman named who’s plagued by prophetic dreams that connect her to something powerful, something divine. .. and the dark, twisted journey that will lead her to the truth. WILL THE FAMILY SET HER FREE? Meet Teresa, a young woman named who’s plagued by prophetic dreams that connect her to something powerful, something. .. divine... -
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Alpha Wolfgirl x Omega Wolfboy Vol. 1 by Natsuha Kasazaki
Rated: 2.60 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsWho's the Top Dog? Nobody realizes Ohkami Ichirou is an omega. At his high-class restaurant job, he poses as an alpha to advance his career and status. Everything is going smoothly until a new trainee, Oukami Ako, becomes a thorn in his side. When he tries to show her who's boss, she reveals she's secretly an alpha. If he doesn't submit to her will, his life will be ruined... -
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Twisted Romance by Alex de Campi, Magen Cubed
Rated: 3.19 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsFour stories of love and lust from comics’ coolest artists and writer ALEX de CAMPI! First, a demon prowls the 1978 New York disco scene in “OLD FLAMES,” drawn by KATIE SKELLY. Then, a curvy photographer’s assistant falls in love with someone way out of her league in “TWINKLE & THE STAR,” with art from ALEJANDRA GUTIÉRREZ...
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