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Winter by Marissa Meyer
Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars · 82 ratingsPrincess Winter is admired for her grace, kindness and beauty, despite the scars on her face. She's said to be even more breath-taking than her stepmother, Queen Levana...When Winter develops feelings for the handsome palace guard, Jacin, she fears the evil Queen will crush their romance before it has a chance to begin.But there are stirrings against the Queen across the land... -
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Cress by Marissa Meyer
Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars · 82 ratingsIn this third book in the Lunar Chronicles, Cinder and Captain Thorne are fugitives on the run, now with Scarlet and Wolf in tow. Together, they're plotting to overthrow Queen Levana and her army.Their best hope lies with Cress, a girl imprisoned on a satellite since childhood who's only ever had her netscreens as company. All that screen time has made Cress an excellent hacker... -
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Forged in Blood II by Lindsay Buroker
Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsAmaranthe Lokdon survives her reckless plan to destroy the enemy’s weapon-filled super aircraft only to learn that thousands of people perished when it crash landed. Half of her team is missing...or dead. Meanwhile, the fighting in the capital has escalated, the Imperial Barracks have been taken by a pretender, and a deadly new danger threatens the populace... -
![The Ship of the Dead by Rick Riordan]()
The Ship of the Dead by Rick Riordan
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 69 ratingsMagnus Chase, a once-homeless teen, is a resident of the Hotel Valhalla and one of Odin's chosen warriors. As the son of Frey, the god of summer, fertility, and health, Magnus isn't naturally inclined to fighting... -
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![Deosil by Jordan L. Hawk]()
Deosil by Jordan L. Hawk
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWhyborne, Griffin, and their friends have faced down cultists, monsters, and sorcerers. But their greatest challenge is now upon them.On the return voyage from Balefire Manor, Whyborne receives the worst news possible: Widdershins has fallen before the onslaught of the Fideles and their servants. There’s still time to stop the return of the Masters, but that window grows shorter by the hour...Categorized as:
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![Blood and Betrayal by Lindsay Buroker]()
Blood and Betrayal by Lindsay Buroker
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsThe last thing Maldynado Montichelu—former aristocrat and current ladies' man—ever wanted was to be left in charge. After all, the team just blew up a train, crashed a dirigible, and kidnapped the emperor. It's kind of an important time.But, with Amaranthe captured by the nefarious Forge coalition, and Sicarius off to find her, the team is lacking in leaders...Categorized as:
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Conspiracy by Lindsay Buroker
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsWhen you’re an outlaw hoping for a pardon, and the emperor personally sends a note requesting that your team kidnap him, you make plans to comply…Even if it’ll involve infiltrating a train full of soldiers, bodyguards, and spies loyal to a nefarious business coalition that has numerous reasons to hate you... -
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Siege by K.F. Breene
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsThe land has become unnaturally quiet. It's as if everyone is waiting for some sign that Xandre can be beaten. That someone will stand up to him, and win.With Shanti calling the shots, and Cayan's battle know-how, it seems certain that the Chosen can be the catalyst. That they can lead the oppressed to freedom... -
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Forged in Blood I by Lindsay Buroker
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsThe emperor has been ousted from the throne, his bloodline in question, and war is descending on the capital. Forge, the nefarious business coalition that has been manipulating the political situation from the beginning, has the ultimate weapon at its disposal... -
![What a Dragon Should Know by G.A. Aiken]()
What a Dragon Should Know by G.A. Aiken
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 35 ratingsAttraction that’s off the scale…Only for those I love would I traipse into the merciless Northlands to risk life, limb, and my exquisite beauty. But do they appreciate it? Do they say, “Gwenvael the Handsome, you are the best among us—the most loved of all dragons?” No! For centuries my family has refused to acknowledge my magnificence as well as my innate humility... -
![Demon's Throne 2 by K.D. Robertson]()
Demon's Throne 2 by K.D. Robertson
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsRys is still shaking dust from his hair after a thousand years of sleep, and he already finds himself in a two-front war. The sorcerers of the Malus League are summoning a demon lord, while his northern neighbor marches south. Now that Rys has claimed a kingdom, he needs to keep it.Naturally, he'll expand his territory while crushing his new enemies... -
![A Leaf on the Wind of All Hallows by Diana Gabaldon]()
A Leaf on the Wind of All Hallows by Diana Gabaldon
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 39 ratingsAvailable for the first time as an exclusive eBook in this original Outlander novella, Diana Gabaldon reveals what really happened to Roger MacKenzie Wakefield’s parents. Orphaned during World War II, Roger believed that his mother died during the London Blitz, and that his father, an RAF pilot, was killed in combat. But in An Echo in the Bone, Roger discovers that this may not be the whole story...Categorized as:
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![The Space Between by Diana Gabaldon]()
The Space Between by Diana Gabaldon
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 35 ratingsJoan MacKimmie is on her way to Paris to take up her vocation as a nun. Yet her decision is less a matter of faith than fear, for Joan is plagued by mysterious voices that speak of the future, and by visions that mark those about to die. The sanctuary of the nunnery promises respite from these unwanted visitations . . . or so she prays...Categorized as:
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![Forsaken Relic by Caroline Peckham, Susanne Valenti]()
Forsaken Relic by Caroline Peckham, Susanne Valenti
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe curse will destroy us all.’m changed beyond return, my life torn apart by the god who forced this fate upon me.Now I’m a creature of ruin and bloodshed, but the price I’ve paid comes with the sweetest of gifts.The prince who claimed my heart has seized me once again, but this time, I’m on equal ground... -
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![Bring the Heat by G.A. Aiken]()
Bring the Heat by G.A. Aiken
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsHE SAYS . . .I, Aidan the Divine, am, well divine. My name was given to me by the Dragon Queen herself! I’m a delight! Cheerful. Charming. And a mighty warrior who is extremely handsome with a very large and well-hidden hoard of gold. I am also royal born, despite the fact that most in my family are horrendous beings that don’t deserve to live... -
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Rebel Queen by May Dawson
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTo escape a curse, I married four cocky Fae kings. The arrogant sea king who would pursue me to the ends of the world. The brothers of autumn, who have loved me, and hated me, and can’t quite make their minds where they fall now. The winter king, who betrayed me to save his own court. The five of us are bound together, even if we’re not sure now if we’re enemies or lovers or both... -
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The Marked Prince by M.A. Grant
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTorn between two worlds, desperate to save one love.The Summer Court is nothing like Sebastian remembers. The oppressed lower classes are drained of their magick, and around every corner political intrigues threaten an already unstable regime... -
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Wrathful Mortals by Caroline Peckham, Susanne Valenti
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe gods play havoc with our souls.’m torn in two.The mark of the gods has bound me to my mortal enemy, and not even the most desperate yearnings of my heart can break this tie.Between the slayer’s vow and the cruel tricks of Idun, my free will has been stolen from me... -
![The Song Rising by Samantha Shannon]()
The Song Rising by Samantha Shannon
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 37 ratingsThe hotly anticipated third book in the bestselling Bone Season series – a ground-breaking, dystopian fantasy of extraordinary imaginationFollowing a bloody battle against foes on every side, Paige Mahoney has risen to the dangerous position of Underqueen, ruling over London's criminal population...Categorized as:
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![Origins by L.J. Smith, Kevin Williamson]()
Origins by L.J. Smith, Kevin Williamson
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 67 ratingsA love triangle that will span eternity… The year is 1864 and the Civil War rages on. But seventeen-year-old Stefan Salvatore is fighting a battle all his own. Engaged to marry someone he does not love, Stefan falls for a mysterious girl named Katherine. With her gleaming curls and mischievous brown eyes, Katherine is beautiful and seduction…but she also harbors a dark secret: She’s a vampire...Categorized as:
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![Omega's Gamble by Claire Cullen]()
Omega's Gamble by Claire Cullen
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsPrince Raine has only one chance to escape a miserable life—find an alpha husband before the end of the marriage circuit. With the threat of being banished to the priory hanging over his head, Raine will do whatever it takes to find himself a husband. Even visit Stormshield, a remote kingdom no omega prince ever sets foot on. A kingdom that just so happens to have three eligible alphas... -
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Tiger's Promise by Colleen Houck
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsBefore the curse, there was a promise. A prequel to the bestselling Tiger’s Curse series, this much anticipated novella recalls the beginning of Ren and Kishan’s story. Before Kelsey there was a girl, raised by a villain, whose love for a hero changed the course of history... -
![The Vanishing Throne by Elizabeth May]()
The Vanishing Throne by Elizabeth May
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsEverything she loved is gone.Trapped. Aileana Kameron, the Falconer, disappeared through the fae portal she was trying to close forever. Now she wakes in an alien world of mirrors, magic, and deception—a prisoner of the evil fae Lonnrach, who has a desperate and deadly plan for his new captive.Tortured...Categorized as:
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Rift by Andrea Cremer
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsChronicling the rise of the Keepers, this is the stunning prequel to Andrea Cremer's internationally bestselling Nightshade trilogy!Sixteen-year-old Ember Morrow is promised to a group called Conatus after one of their healers saves her mother's life. Once she arrives, Ember finds joy in wielding swords, learning magic, and fighting the encroaching darkness loose in the world...Categorized as:
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![The Mind's Eye by K.C. Finn]()
The Mind's Eye by K.C. Finn
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA girl with a telepathic gift finds a boy clinging to his last hope during the war-torn climate of Europe, 1940. At fifteen, Kit Cavendish is one the oldest evacuees to escape London at the start of the Second World War due to a long term illness that sees her stuck in a wheelchair most of the time...Categorized as:
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![Queen of Chaos by Kat Ross]()
Queen of Chaos by Kat Ross
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsPersepolae has fallen. Karnopolis has burned. As the dark forces of the Undead sweep across what remains of the empire, Nazafareen must obey the summons of a demon queen to save Darius's father, Victor. Burdened with a power she doesn't understand and can barely control, Nazafareen embarks on a perilous journey through the shadowlands to the House-Behind-the-Veil... -
![Spectred Isle by K.J. Charles]()
Spectred Isle by K.J. Charles
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsArchaeologist Saul Lazenby has been all but unemployable since his disgrace during the War. Now he scrapes a living working for a rich eccentric who believes in magic. Saul knows it’s a lot of nonsense...except that he begins to find himself in increasingly strange and frightening situations. And at every turn he runs into the sardonic, mysterious Randolph Glyde...Categorized as:
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Shifter by Angela Knight, Lora Leigh
Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsWHEN IT COMES TO SHAPESHIFTING PARANORMAL ROMANCE, WHO CAN RESIST.. -
![Con & Conjure by Lisa Shearin]()
Con & Conjure by Lisa Shearin
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsRaine Benares is a seeker who finds lost things and people. Ever since the Saghred, a soul-stealing stone that's given her unlimited power, has bonded to her, the goblin king and the elves have wanted to possess its magic themselves. Which means a goblin thief and her ex-fiancé-an elven assassin-are after her. To survive, she'll need the help of her notorious criminal family... -
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Blood of the Prophet by Kat Ross
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsVisionary. Alchemist. Savior. Saint.The Prophet Zarathustra has been called many things. Now he spends his time drawing pictures of weird-looking goats. That's what happens when you've been stuck in a prison cell for two hundred years... -
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For All Eternity by Linda Lael Miller
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsShe is a creature of the night. Beautiful. Seductive. Immortal. Her kiss brings the mercy of death to wounded soldiers at Gettysburg. Her courage defies the darkest schemes of the queen of the vampires. Her soul struggles for peace in a war that is brewing with angels and warlocks... -
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Phoenix and Ashes by Mercedes Lackey
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsMercedes Lackey's magical Elemental Masters series recasts familiar fairy tales in a richly-imagined alternate Victorian worldEleanor Robinson’s life had shattered when Father volunteered for the Great War, leaving her alone with a woman he had just married...Categorized as:
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Soras by Erik Schubach
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLaney Herder and Lady Celeste, are called upon by the Lipei of the Mountain Gypsies as their Soras, to help free their leader who had been kidnapped, and to stop a war between the realms of Sparo and the Gypsies. Again, Laney is thrown into a world and politics that seem alien to her... -
![Vital: The New Protectorate Stories: Volume Four by Abigail Kelly]()
Vital: The New Protectorate Stories: Volume Four by Abigail Kelly
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThere's power in connection.Josephine Wyeth has only ever known the shadow of war. Sheltered by her father’s secretive work, she exists as both prisoner and caretaker as the violence creeps ever-closer. Once powerless, now she is something a new being crafted by her father’s cruel hands, proof of his genius and threat to all who meet her... -
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![A Poison Dark and Drowning by Jessica Cluess]()
A Poison Dark and Drowning by Jessica Cluess
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe magicians want her to lead. The sorcerers want her to lie. The demons want her blood. Henrietta wants to save the one she loves. But will his dark magic be her undoing?Henrietta doesn’t need a prophecy to know that she’s in danger. She came to London to be named the chosen one, the first female sorcerer in centuries, the one who would defeat the bloodthirsty Ancients...Categorized as:
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![Silence for the Dead by Simone St. James]()
Silence for the Dead by Simone St. James
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsIn 1919, Kitty Weekes, pretty, resourceful, and on the run, falsifies her background to obtain a nursing position at Portis House, a remote hospital for soldiers left shell-shocked by the horrors of the Great War. Hiding the shame of their mental instability in what was once a magnificent private estate, the patients suffer from nervous attacks and tormenting dreams... -
![Burning Bright by Melissa McShane]()
Burning Bright by Melissa McShane
Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsElinor is an Extraordinary, and the only one in England capable of wielding fire in over one hundred years. As an Extraordinary, she is respected and feared, but to her father, she represents power and prestige for himself. Mr... -
![Shadows, The by Megan Chance, Karen Peakes]()
Shadows, The by Megan Chance, Karen Peakes
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsGrace Knox is about to turn seventeen, and the world of Victorian New York society should be opening to her—a time of dances and parties and boys vying for her heart and her hand. Instead, Grace’s world is closing in: the family business is gone; her brother is drinking and gambling away whatever is left; her widowed mother cannot cope; and her grandmother is slipping into madness... -
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Soulstar by C.L. Polk
Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsWith Soulstar, C. L. Polk concludes her riveting Kingston Cycle, a whirlwind of magic, politics, romance, and intrigue that began with the World Fantasy Award-winning Witchmark. Assassinations, deadly storms, and long-lost love haunt the pages of this thrilling final volume...Categorized as:
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![The Deepest Well by Juliette Cross]()
The Deepest Well by Juliette Cross
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe same night Lady Katherine Blakely discovers just what a monster her husband is, she meets a charming stranger, a gentleman from top to toe, not a wolf in gallant evening dress as so many of them are. But even he is not all that he seems.Lord George Draconis Thornton has returned from abroad as Earl of Melbourne... -
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Bellewether by Susanna Kearsley
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 37 ratingsSome houses seem to want to hold their secrets.It’s 1759 and the world is at war, pulling the North American colonies of Britain and France into the conflict. The times are complicated, as are the loyalties of many New York merchants who have secretly been trading with the French for years, defying Britain’s colonial laws in a game growing ever more treacherous...Categorized as:
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The Secret Language of Stones by M.J. Rose, Anna Bentinck
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsListening Length: 11 hours and 44 minutesNestled within Paris’s historic Palais Royal is a jewelry store unlike any other. La Fantasie Russie is owned by Pavel Orloff, protégé to the famous Faberge, and is known by the city’s fashion elite as the place to find the rarest of gemstones and the most unique designs... -
![Time's Convert by Deborah Harkness]()
Time's Convert by Deborah Harkness
Rated: 3.91 of 5 stars · 47 ratingsFrom the #1 New York Times bestselling author of A Discovery of Witches comes a novel about what it takes to become a vampire. On the battlefields of the American Revolution, Matthew de Clermont meets Marcus MacNeil, a young surgeon from Massachusetts, during a moment of political awakening when it seems that the world is on the brink of a brighter future...Categorized as:
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Witchmark by C.L. Polk
Rated: 3.87 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsC. L. Polk arrives on the scene with Witchmark, a stunning, addictive fantasy that combines intrigue, magic, betrayal, and romance.In an original world reminiscent of Edwardian England in the shadow of a World War, cabals of noble families use their unique magical gifts to control the fates of nations, while one young man seeks only to live a life of his own... -
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![Steadfast by Mercedes Lackey]()
Steadfast by Mercedes Lackey
Rated: 3.85 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsThe new novel in Mercedes Lackey’s bestselling series of an alternative Edwardian Britain, where magic is real—and Elemental Masters are in control.Lionel Hawkins is a magician whose act is only partially sleight of hand. The rest is real magic. He’s an Elemental Magician with the power to persuade the Elementals of Air to help him create amazing illusions...Categorized as:
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![Rebel Spirits by Lois Ruby]()
Rebel Spirits by Lois Ruby
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsInfused with history and mystery, this tale of ghosts, love, and murder takes place in present-day Gettysburg, where the Civil War still looms large.Lori Chase doesn't know what to think about ghosts. She may have seen a few in the past, but those were just childish imaginings...right? Only now that she is living in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, spirits seem to be on everyone's mind... -
![Unnatural Issue by Mercedes Lackey]()
Unnatural Issue by Mercedes Lackey
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsA brand-new Elemental Masters novel from the national bestselling author Mercedes Lackey. Richard Whitestone is an Elemental Earth Master. Blaming himself for the death of his beloved wife in childbirth, he has sworn never to set eyes on his daughter, Suzanne...Categorized as:
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![Romanov by Nadine Brandes]()
Romanov by Nadine Brandes
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsThe history books say I died.They don’t know the half of it. Anastasia “Nastya” Romanov was given a single mission: to smuggle an ancient spell into her suitcase on her way to exile in Siberia. It might be her family’s only salvation. But the leader of the Bolshevik army is after them, and he’s hunted Romanov before...Categorized as:
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![Deathless by Catherynne M. Valente]()
Deathless by Catherynne M. Valente
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 40 ratingsKoschei the Deathless is to Russian folklore what devils or wicked witches are to European culture: a menacing, evil figure; the villain of countless stories which have been passed on through story and text for generations... -
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Hadrian's Wall by William Dietrich
Rated: 3.70 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA fusion of Steven Pressfield's Gates of Fire and the movie Braveheart; a novel of ancient warfare, lethal politics, and the final great clash of Roman and Celtic culture.For three centuries, the stone barrier we know as Hadrian's Wall shielded Roman Britain from the unconquered barbarians of the island's northern highlands...
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