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  • Kushiel's Avatar by Jacqueline Carey

    Kushiel's Avatar by Jacqueline Carey

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 44 ratings
    The land of Terre d'Ange is a place of unsurpassed beauty and grace. It's inhabited by the race that rose from the seed of angels, and they live by one simple rule: Love as thou wilt. Phèdre nó Delaunay was sold into indentured servitude as a child. Her bond was purchased by a nobleman who recognized that she was pricked by Kushiel's dart, chosen to forever experience pain and pleasure as one...
  • Magic's Price by Mercedes Lackey

    Magic's Price by Mercedes Lackey

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 41 ratings
    The final chapter in Mercedes Lackey's spellbinding fantasy trilogy! The Herald-Mage, Vanyel, and his Companion, Yfandes, are alone responsible for saving the once-peaceful kingdom of Valdemar from the forces of a master who wields a dark, forbidding magic. And if either Vanyel or Yfandes falters, both Valdemar and its Herald-Mage must pay the ultimate price...
  • Autumn of the Grimoire by J.L. Vampa

    Autumn of the Grimoire by J.L. Vampa

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Some witches cast spells. Others slay kings.A mysterious Grimoire. A marriage full of dark secrets. A History sculpted by a quartet of ancient Sister witches.For three hundred years, Sister Autumn has incited wars, burnt villages, killed kings, and released plagues at the bidding of the Grimoire. Meanwhile, her Sister Winter, Sister Spring, and Sister Summer have brought forth only peace...
  • Terciel and Elinor by Garth Nix

    Terciel and Elinor by Garth Nix

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Bestselling novelist Garth Nix returns to the Old Kingdom for the never-before-told love story of Sabriel’s parents, Terciel and Elinor, and the Charter magic that brought them together—and threatened to tear them apart. A long-awaited prequel to a classic fantasy series...
  • Paladin of Souls by Lois McMaster Bujold

    Paladin of Souls by Lois McMaster Bujold

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 40 ratings
    In a land threatened by treacherous war and beset by demons, royal dowager Ista, released from the curse of madness and manipulated by an untrustworthy god, is plunged into a desperate struggle to preserve the endangered souls of a realm...
  • The Black Shriving by Phil Tucker

    The Black Shriving by Phil Tucker

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    When invasion looms...After a harrowing battle Lady Kyferin and her stalwart followers have earned themselves a brief respite from Lord Laur's fury. They know, however, that the next assault will be impossible to resist. Their sole hope of survival lies in forging an alliance with the only force capable of resisting the empire's might: the Agerastian heretics themselves.But time is running out..
  • The Oracle's Queen by Lynn Flewelling

    The Oracle's Queen by Lynn Flewelling

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    Under the rule of a usurper king, the realm of Skala has suffered famine, plague, and invasion. But now the time for the rightful heir has come, a return to the tradition of warrior queens. And the Lightbearer's prophecy is to be upheld at last: so long as a daughter of the royal line defends and rules, Skala will never be subjugated...
  • Corambis by Sarah Monette

    Corambis by Sarah Monette

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    In the spellbinding conclusion to the brilliant fantasy series, Doctrine of Labyrinths, two brothers discover their ultimate destiny.Exiled from Melusine for the crime of heresy, Felix Harrowgate and his half-brother Mildmay journey to the land of Corambis to face judgement from a ruling body of wizards. Both brothers carry memories, regret, and-hidden deep in their hearts-hope...
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    lgbtq  magic  mlm  paranormal  abuse  action-adventure  adult  book
  • Small Favors by Erin A. Craig

    Small Favors by Erin A. Craig

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - From the critically-acclaimed author of House of Salt and Sorrows comes a mesmerizing and chilling fairy-talesque novel about Ellerie Downing, a young woman in a small town with monsters lurking in the trees and dark desires hidden in the shadows--in Amity Falls, nothing is more dangerous than a wish come true. Unique, enchanting, and haunting...
  • Curse of the Dark Prince by Ariana Nash

    Curse of the Dark Prince by Ariana Nash

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    With the powerful cities of Seran and Loreen having fallen to elves, and the dark flame escaping its bonds, Prince Vasili Caville’s plight has never been more desperate. But for the first time in his lifetime, he’s not alone. With the formidable Nikolas Yazdan at his side, not all is lost. But Nikolas has changed...
  • The Soul Mirror by Carol Berg

    The Soul Mirror by Carol Berg

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    By order of His Royal Majesty Philippe de Savin-Journia y Sabria, Anne de Vernase is hereby summoned to attend His Majesty's Court at Merona...Anne de Vernase rejoices that she has no talent for magic. Her father's pursuit of depraved sorcery has left her family in ruins, and he remains at large, convicted of treason and murder by Anne's own testimony...
  • Delusion's Master by Tanith Lee

    Delusion's Master by Tanith Lee

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Delusion's Master is the third book of the stunning arabesque high fantasy series Tales from the Flat Earth, which, in the manner of The One Thousand and One Nights, portrays an ancient world in mythic grandeur via connected tales...
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    myths  20th-century  adult  audiobook  book  dark  dark-fantasy  demons
  • Priestess of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley, Diana L. Paxson

    Priestess of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley, Diana L. Paxson

    Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    Long-awaited final volume in the Avalon series by bestselling fantasy author, Marion Zimmer Bradley. As the Merlin of Britannia keeps his vigil atop the Tor of Avalon, Rian, the High Priestess of Avalon, dies giving birth to her fifth child. The girl, named Eilan with her mother's dying breath, takes life...
  • Bloodraven by P.L. Nunn

    Bloodraven by P.L. Nunn

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    A son of a forest dwelling people, Yhalen knows little of the world outside the ancestral forest, until he is captured by a band of ogres on a slave-taking mission. Only grim tales of the barbaric giants had reached the forest, but Yhalen soon learns that even the darkest fireside story only hinted at the brutality of these Northern warriors...
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    lgbtq  magic  mlm  paranormal  abuse  action-adventure  adult  alpha-mc
  • Shadows and Light by Anne Bishop

    Shadows and Light by Anne Bishop

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    Ever since the slaughter of the witches, the Fae—who should be shielding their long-lost cousins from danger—have ignored the needs of the rest of the world. And shadows are again gathering in the eastern villages—dark, potent shadows that threaten the lives of every witch, woman, and Fae...
  • Silver in the Wood by Emily Tesh

    Silver in the Wood by Emily Tesh

    Rated: 3.97 of 5 stars
    · 41 ratings
    There is a Wild Man who lives in the deep quiet of Greenhollow, and he listens to the wood. Tobias, tethered to the forest, does not dwell on his past life, but he lives a perfectly unremarkable existence with his cottage, his cat, and his dryads.When Greenhollow Hall acquires a handsome, intensely curious new owner in Henry Silver, everything changes...
  • The Cold Commands by Richard K. Morgan

    The Cold Commands by Richard K. Morgan

    Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars
    · 33 ratings
    The otherworldly Kiriath once used their advanced technology to save the world from the dark magic of the Aldrain, only to depart as mysteriously as they arrived. Now one of the Kiriath’s uncanny machines has fallen from orbit, with a message that humanity once more faces a grave danger: the Ilwrack Changeling, a boy raised to manhood in the ghostly realm of the Gray Places...
  • Dante's End by Ariana Nash

    Dante's End by Ariana Nash

    Rated: 3.82 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Monsters are made, not born... Most called him the Jailor. Some called him a monster. If he had a name, nobody had survived meeting him long enough to tell it. They said he sat atop a mound of skulls and marked each death on his throne, like notches on a bedpost. Some tales told of how he had wings as dark as night, and of how he wore a crown of razor wire woven around four horns...
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    lgbtq  magic  mlm  paranormal  abuse  action-adventure  adult  angst
  • Sebastian by Anne Bishop

    Sebastian by Anne Bishop

    Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars
    · 33 ratings
    A world of shifting lands connected only by bridges, Ephemera has been kept stable by the magic of the Landscapers. In one land where night reigns and demons dwell, the half-incubus Sebastian revels in dark delights. But then in dreams she calls to him: a woman who wants only to be safe and loved-a woman he hungers for while knowing he may destroy her...
  • House of Salt and Sorrows by Erin A. Craig

    House of Salt and Sorrows by Erin A. Craig

    Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars
    · 69 ratings
    In a manor by the sea, twelve sisters are cursed.Annaleigh lives a sheltered life at Highmoor, a manor by the sea, with her sisters, their father, and stepmother. Once they were twelve, but loneliness fills the grand halls now that four of the girls' lives have been cut short...
  • The Mist-Torn Witches by Barb Hendee

    The Mist-Torn Witches by Barb Hendee

    Rated: 3.87 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    National bestselling author Barb Hendee presents a dark, fascinating new series set in the world of the Noble Dead Saga... the story of two sisters who will discover they have far more power than they ever envisioned...In a small village in the nation of Droevinka, orphaned sisters Céline and Amelie Fawe scrape out a living selling herbal medicines in their apothecary shop...
  • Falcondance by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes

    Falcondance by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes

    Rated: 3.87 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    Nicias has never felt completely at home among the avians and serpiente in Wyvern's Court, despite his loyalty to Oliza Shardae Cobriana, the heir to both thrones. He is a falcon, the son of two exiles from Anhmik and images of this distant island have always haunted his dreams...
  • A Lust for Blood by K.C. Smith

    A Lust for Blood by K.C. Smith

    Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    There is no escape when the monster is you.When Oriana awakens in a field of blood and bodies, she is devastated to realize the patchwork of death was caused by her own hand. A curse lingers in the air, and there is only one option to save herself from further bloodshed. Oriana uses her magic to create an enchanted forest imprisoning the monster responsible for the massacre–herself...
  • Wolfcry by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes

    Wolfcry by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes

    Rated: 3.78 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Oliza Shardae Cobriana is heir to Wyvern's Court, home of the avians and serpiente, whose war with each other ended just before Oliza was born. But hatred is slow to die, and not everyone likes the expressive way in which Urban, a serpiente dancer, is courting Oliza--especially not Marus, her reserved avian suitor. And when Urban is found beaten in avian land, Oliza is filled with despair...
  • Bloodleaf by Crystal Smith

    Bloodleaf by Crystal Smith

    Rated: 3.82 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    Aurelia is a princess, but they call her a witch.   Surrounded by spirits and burdened with forbidden magic, she lives in constant fear of discovery by the witch-hunting Tribunal and their bloodthirsty mobs. When a devastating assassination attempt reveals her magical abilities, Aurelia is forced to flee her country with nothing but her life...
  • Ruthless Gods by Emily A. Duncan

    Ruthless Gods by Emily A. Duncan

    Rated: 3.82 of 5 stars
    · 33 ratings
    Darkness never works alone...Nadya doesn’t trust her magic anymore. Serefin is fighting off a voice in his head that doesn’t belong to him. Malachiasz is at war with who--and what--he’s become. As their group is continually torn apart, the girl, the prince, and the monster find their fates irrevocably intertwined. They’re pieces on a board, being orchestrated by someone… or something...
  • The Lady Alchemist by Samantha Vitale

    The Lady Alchemist by Samantha Vitale

    Rated: 3.66 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    In a land torn between magic and alchemy, Sepha is an exceptional alchemist, able to bend the rules in ways no one else can. But when a slip of the tongue lands her in prison with a mountain of straw, even she has to admit that she can’t transmute straw into gold.With the threat of a death sentence hanging over her, she’s forced to make a deal with a conniving magician...
  • Red Wolf by Rachel Vincent

    Red Wolf by Rachel Vincent

    Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A high stakes reimagining of Little Red Riding Hood.For as long as sixteen-year-old Adele can remember the village of Oakvale has been surrounding by the dark woods—a forest filled with terrible monsters that light cannot penetrate. Like every person who grows up in Oakvale she has been told to steer clear of the woods unless absolutely necessary...
  • Down Comes the Night by Allison Saft

    Down Comes the Night by Allison Saft

    Rated: 3.76 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    He saw the darkness in her magic. She saw the magic in his darkness.Wren Southerland’s reckless use of magic has cost her everything: she’s been dismissed from the Queen’s Guard and separated from her best friend—the girl she loves...
  • Forest of a Thousand Lanterns by Julie C. Dao

    Forest of a Thousand Lanterns by Julie C. Dao

    Rated: 3.72 of 5 stars
    · 33 ratings
    An East Asian fantasy reimagining of The Evil Queen legend about one peasant girl's quest to become Empress—and the darkness she must unleash to achieve her destiny.Eighteen-year-old Xifeng is beautiful. The stars say she is destined for greatness, that she is meant to be Empress of Feng Lu. But only if she embraces the darkness within her...
  • Dragons Realm by Tessa Dawn

    Dragons Realm by Tessa Dawn

    Rated: 3.66 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    From the bestselling author of the Blood Curse Series...Mina Louvet is a fighter, a human with a powerful will to survive in a world dominated by warlocks, soul-eaters, and shifters...
  • Julia Vanishes by Catherine Egan

    Julia Vanishes by Catherine Egan

    Rated: 3.57 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Julia has the unusual ability to be…unseen. Not invisible, exactly. Just beyond most people’s senses.It’s a dangerous trait in a city that has banned all forms of magic and drowns witches in public Cleansings. But it’s a useful trait for a thief and a spy. And Julia has learned—crime pays.Her latest job is paying very well indeed. Julia is posing as a housemaid in the grand house of Mrs...
  • Cobweb Bride by Vera Nazarian

    Cobweb Bride by Vera Nazarian

    Rated: 3.63 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Many are called...She alone can save the world and become Death's bride.Cobweb Bride is a history-flavored fantasy novel with romantic elements of the Persephone myth, about Death's ultimatum to the world...
  • The Curse Giver by Dora Machado

    The Curse Giver by Dora Machado

    Rated: 3.62 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Lusielle's bleak but orderly life as a remedy mixer is shattered when she is sentenced to die for a crime she didn't commit. She's on the pyre, about to be burned, when a stranger breaks through the crowd and rescues her from the flames.Brennus, Lord of Laonia is the last of his line...
  • Into the Dark Lands by Michelle Sagara West

    Into the Dark Lands by Michelle Sagara West

    Rated: 3.59 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    War has its cost, and the Servants of the Bright Heart and the Servants of the Dark Heart have been locked in a struggle that has defined life—and death—for millennia. But the end is coming, and only the Lady who has served the Bright Heart for the whole of her immortal life has seen it, in a vision that spans time and demands the highest of prices...
  • Crimson Bound by Rosamund Hodge

    Crimson Bound by Rosamund Hodge

    Rated: 3.65 of 5 stars
    · 39 ratings
    When Rachelle was fifteen she was good—apprenticed to her aunt and in training to protect her village from dark magic. But she was also reckless— straying from the forest path in search of a way to free her world from the threat of eternal darkness. After an illicit meeting goes dreadfully wrong, Rachelle is forced to make a terrible choice that binds her to the very evil she had hoped to defeat...
  • Strange Grace by Tessa Gratton

    Strange Grace by Tessa Gratton

    Rated: 3.57 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Once, a witch made a pact with a devil. The legend says they loved each other, but can the story be trusted at all? Find out in this lush, atmospheric fantasy novel that entwines love, lies, and sacrifice.Long ago, a village made a bargain with the devil: to ensure their prosperity, when the Slaughter Moon rises, the village must sacrifice a young man into the depths of the Devil’s Forest...
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    lgbtq  magic  mlm  paranormal  retellings  audiobook  bisexuality  book
  • The Wolf and the Woodsman by Ava Reid

    The Wolf and the Woodsman by Ava Reid

    Rated: 3.59 of 5 stars
    · 35 ratings
    In her forest-veiled pagan village, Évike is the only woman without power, making her an outcast clearly abandoned by the gods. The villagers blame her corrupted bloodline—her father was a Yehuli man, one of the much-loathed servants of the fanatical king...
  • The Beast Is an Animal by Peternelle van Arsdale

    The Beast Is an Animal by Peternelle van Arsdale

    Rated: 3.53 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    A girl with a secret talent must save her village from the encroaching darkness in this haunting and deeply satisfying tale.Alys was seven when the soul eaters came to her village.These soul eaters, twin sisters who were abandoned by their father and slowly morphed into something not quite human, devour human souls...
  • Music of the Night by Angela J. Ford

    Music of the Night by Angela J. Ford

    Rated: 3.35 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    A haunted tower, a mysterious instructor and the lure of the music of the night. . .After the death of her father, Aria is left penniless and destitute. To avoid working the streets she becomes the ward of a Count and moves to a remote town called High Tower.High Tower is a gloomy place with one vivid attraction: the theater...
  • Red Riding Hood by Sarah Blakley-Cartwright, David Leslie Johnson

    Red Riding Hood by Sarah Blakley-Cartwright, David Leslie Johnson

    Rated: 3.44 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    The blacksmith would marry her.The woodcutter would run away with her.The werewolf would turn her into one of its own.Valerie's sister was beautiful, kind, and sweet. Now she is dead. Henry, the handsome son of the blacksmith, tries to console Valerie, but her wild heart beats fast for another: the outcast woodcutter, Peter, who offers Valerie another life far from home...
  • Lakesedge by Lyndall Clipstone

    Lakesedge by Lyndall Clipstone

    Rated: 3.45 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    A gothic fantasy about monsters and magic, set on the banks of a cursed lake.There are monsters in the world.When Violeta Graceling arrives at haunted Lakesedge estate, she expects to find a monster. She knows the terrifying rumors about Rowan Sylvanan, who drowned his entire family when he was a boy. But neither the estate nor the monster are what they seem.There are monsters in the woods...
  • Wicked Saints by Emily A. Duncan

    Wicked Saints by Emily A. Duncan

    Rated: 3.51 of 5 stars
    · 44 ratings
    A girl who can speak to gods must save her people without destroying herself.A prince in danger must decide who to trust.A boy with a monstrous secret waits in the wings.Together, they must assassinate the king and stop the war...
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