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  • A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire by Jennifer L. Armentrout

    A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire by Jennifer L. Armentrout

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 85 ratings
    A Betrayal…Everything Poppy has ever believed in is a lie, including the man she was falling in love with. Thrust among those who see her as a symbol of a monstrous kingdom, she barely knows who she is without the veil of the Maiden. But what she does know is that nothing is as dangerous to her as him. The Dark One. The Prince of Atlantia...
  • Risen by Auryn Hadley

    Risen by Auryn Hadley

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    In the final stretch of the war, the rules are changing faster than Anglia can keep up. The Kaisae of all Iliri is gone. Her mates are holding the army together. Her dreams are changing everything—and Sal? She's not done yet. The Emperor has taken too much from her. Life, loves, and much of her happiness. All she has left is desperation—and blind trust. But she's not alone. She never has been...
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    dark  epic  female-mc  lgbtq  magic  paranormal  royalty  sword-sorcery
  • From Blood and Ash by Jennifer L. Armentrout

    From Blood and Ash by Jennifer L. Armentrout

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 97 ratings
    A Maiden…Chosen from birth to usher in a new era, Poppy’s life has never been her own. The life of the Maiden is solitary. Never to be touched. Never to be looked upon. Never to be spoken to. Never to experience pleasure. Waiting for the day of her Ascension, she would rather be with the guards, fighting back the evil that took her family, than preparing to be found worthy by the gods...
  • Raybearer by Jordan Ifueko

    Raybearer by Jordan Ifueko

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 41 ratings
    Tarisai has always longed for the warmth of a family. She was raised in isolation by a mysterious, often absent mother known only as The Lady. The Lady sends her to the capital of the global empire of Aritsar to compete with other children to be chosen as one of the Crown Prince’s Council of 11...
  • The Reckoning by Vanessa Nelson

    The Reckoning by Vanessa Nelson

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Missing girls. A plea for help she can’t ignore. An ancient enemy with plans of his own. Nine-year-old girls are missing from across the lands. Yvonne has promised to find them, and she always keeps her promises. Even when she doesn’t know where to start looking. There’s more trouble around. Mercenaries are disappearing...
  • King Maker by Audrey Grey

    King Maker by Audrey Grey

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Perfect for fans of Sarah J. Maas and Holly Black, this long awaited third book promises even more action and romance than the last! They broke the curse, but at what cost? Haven and her crew may be considered heroes, but they arrive back in Penryth harboring dangerous secrets...
  • The Steele Wolf by Chanda Hahn

    The Steele Wolf by Chanda Hahn

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    After finally settling into her new life at the Citadel, Thalia is reunited with her father, who is disturbed at the changes within her. Risking banishment, Thalia must work to prove to her clan and herself that she is still capable of leading them. The problem is, her memories haven’t returned, and she cannot shake the feeling that she doesn’t belong...
  • The Rise of the Dawnstar by Farah Oomerbhoy

    The Rise of the Dawnstar by Farah Oomerbhoy

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Aurora Firedrake returns in the spellbinding sequel to The Last of the Firedrakes.The seven kingdoms of Avalonia are crumbling and evil is spreading across the land like a plague. Queen Morgana is close to finding a way to open The Book of Abraxas and it’s only a matter of time until she uses the power trapped inside its pages to enslave the entire world...
  • The Iron Flower by Laurie Forest

    The Iron Flower by Laurie Forest

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 39 ratings
    Elloren Gardner and her friends were only seeking to right a few wrongs, but their actions have propelled them straight into the ranks of the realm-wide Resistance against Gardnerian encroachment...
  • Finale by Stephanie Garber

    Finale by Stephanie Garber

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 60 ratings
    A love worth fighting for. A dream worth dying for. An ending worth waiting for.It’s been two months since the Fates were freed from a deck of cards, two months since Legend claimed the throne for his own, and two months since Tella discovered the boy she fell in love with doesn’t really exist...
  • Pain by Jane Washington, Jaymin Eve

    Pain by Jane Washington, Jaymin Eve

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 37 ratings
    Willa Knight: The saviour of both worlds, or the destruction of everything? Sometimes history lies, and the tales of Minatsol and Topia are no different. Since the birth of Topia, Staviti has woven a web of deceit around the truth of Creation, striving only to maintain his power while destroying anything that gets in his way...
  • Wandfasted by Laurie Forest

    Wandfasted by Laurie Forest

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Magic, romance and adventure collide in WANDFASTED, the irresistible ebook prequel to THE BLACK WITCH Twenty years before Elloren Gardner enrolled at the illustrious Verpax University, Erthia was rent asunder during the devastating Realm War. When Tessla Harrow is driven from her home by the fighting, she discovers a depth of power she never knew she had..
  • The Iron Butterfly by Chanda Hahn

    The Iron Butterfly by Chanda Hahn

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Imprisoned, starved and left with no memories, Thalia awakens to find herself at the mercy of an evil cult known as the Septori. Their leader has chosen Thalia as the test subject for a torture device of untold power, designed to change and twist her into something that is neither human nor Denai.Escaping, Thalia finds an unwilling warrior to protect her and an unlikely Denai to befriend her...
  • Glint by Raven Kennedy

    Glint by Raven Kennedy

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 44 ratings
    For ten years, I’ve lived in a gilded cage inside King Midas’s golden castle. But one night changed everything.Now I’m here, a prisoner of Fourth Kingdom’s army, and I’m not sure if I’m going to make it out of this in one piece. They’re marching to battle, and I’m the bargaining chip that will either douse the fire or spark a war.At the heart of my fear, my worry, there’s him—Commander Rip...
  • The Faithless Hawk by Margaret Owen

    The Faithless Hawk by Margaret Owen

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    Kings become outcasts and lovers become foes in the thrilling sequel to Margaret Owen's The Merciful Crow.As the new chieftain of the Crows, Fie knows better than to expect a royal to keep his word. Still she’s hopeful that Prince Jasimir will fulfill his oath to protect her fellow Crows...
  • The Holy Road by Ginn Hale

    The Holy Road by Ginn Hale

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    When John opens a letter addressed to his missing roommate, Kyle, he expects to find a house key, but instead he is swept into a strange realm of magic, mysticism, revolutionaries and assassins. Though he struggles to escape, John is drawn steadily closer to a fate he share with Kyle—to wake the destroyer god, the Rifter, and shatter a world...
  • His Holy Bones by Ginn Hale

    His Holy Bones by Ginn Hale

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    When John opens a letter addressed to his missing roommate, Kyle, he expects to find a house key, but instead he is swept into a strange realm of magic, mysticism, revolutionaries and assassins. Though he struggles to escape, John is drawn steadily closer to a fate he share with Kyle—to wake the destroyer god, the Rifter, and shatter a world...
  • Elantris by Brandon Sanderson

    Elantris by Brandon Sanderson

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 77 ratings
    Elantris was the capital of Arelon: gigantic, beautiful, literally radiant, filled with benevolent beings who used their powerful magical abilities for the benefit of all. Yet each of these demigods was once an ordinary person until touched by the mysterious transforming power of the Shaod. Ten years ago, without warning, the magic failed...
  • Once Upon a Broken Heart by Stephanie Garber

    Once Upon a Broken Heart by Stephanie Garber

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 34 ratings
    How far would you go for happily ever after?For as long as she can remember, Evangeline Fox has believed in true love and happy endings...until she learns that the love of her life will marry another.Desperate to stop the wedding and to heal her wounded heart, Evangeline strikes a deal with the charismatic but wicked Prince of Hearts...
  • The Heart of Betrayal by Mary E. Pearson

    The Heart of Betrayal by Mary E. Pearson

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 57 ratings
    Held captive in the barbarian kingdom of Venda, Lia and Rafe have little chance of escape . . . and even less of being together.Desperate to save her life, Lia's erstwhile assassin, Kaden, has told the Vendan Komisar that she has a magical gift, and the Komisar's interest in Lia is greater than either Kaden or Lia foresaw...
  • Gathering Darkness by Morgan Rhodes, Michelle Rowen

    Gathering Darkness by Morgan Rhodes, Michelle Rowen

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 40 ratings
    In GATHERING DARKNESS, book three of the New York Times bestselling Falling Kingdoms series, the stakes have never been higher as three teams push forward on a race to find the Kindred, the four elemental crystals possessing ancient all-powerful magic, first:Prince Magnus has just witnessed torture, death, and miracles during the bloody confrontation that decimated the rebel forces...
  • Redemptor by Jordan Ifueko

    Redemptor by Jordan Ifueko

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 32 ratings
    For the first time, an Empress Redemptor sits on Aritsar's throne. To appease the sinister spirits of the dead, Tarisai must now anoint a council of her own, coming into her full power as a Raybearer. She must then descend into the Underworld, a sacrifice to end all future atrocities.Tarisai is determined to survive. Or at least, that's what she tells her increasingly distant circle of friends...
  • Reyr the Gold by Melissa Mitchell

    Reyr the Gold by Melissa Mitchell

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    After fulfilling an Unbreakable Promise to Cyrus, Claire has finally accepted her new life in Dragonwall. She has a new Promise and purpose—one she created for herself. She must save Dragonwall, that much is certain. What isn’t so certain, is how she will achieve this end. Powerful magic courses through her veins, and she has no idea how to control it.Mastering magic isn’t Claire’s only challenge...
  • Ghostsmith by Nicki Pau Preto

    Ghostsmith by Nicki Pau Preto

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    In this action-packed finale to the House of the Dead Duology, Wren and her friends put everything they know to the test as they battle the living and the undead to save their world.Wren is still reeling from the revelation that the mother she thought was dead is actually the Corpse Queen, a ghostsmith with the terrifying power to control the undead...
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    paranormal  magic  lgbtq  dark  epic  sword-sorcery  romance  fantasy
  • Broken Fortress by Ginn Hale

    Broken Fortress by Ginn Hale

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    When John opens a letter addressed to his missing roommate, Kyle, he expects to find a house key, but instead he is swept into a strange realm of magic, mysticism, revolutionaries and assassins. Though he struggles to escape, John is drawn steadily closer to a fate he share with Kyle—to wake the destroyer god, the Rifter, and shatter a world...
  • The Forsaken King by Penelope Barsetti

    The Forsaken King by Penelope Barsetti

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    New York Times bestselling author Penelope Sky releases her first sexy fantasy romance under Penelope Barsetti. Readers have said, "It's got everything I love in her contemporary novels. Alpha. Feisty Heroine. Action. Betrayal. Pretty much everything!"Ivory:I see him watch me.Everywhere I go—he follows.He’s one of my father’s guards at the castle. Goes by the name Mastodon...
  • A Warrior's Knowledge by Davis Ashura

    A Warrior's Knowledge by Davis Ashura

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Alternate Cover Edition for ISBN-10: 099112765X / ISBN-13: 9780991127658."The redemption of the fallen man is neither easy nor quick. It is fraught with hardship and loss, and those who seek to aid someone traveling this twisted path might do best to journey ahead and light the way." (The Word and the Deed)Rukh Shektan has lost everything: his home, his standing, and his future...
  • Between Wrath and Mercy by Jess Wisecup

    Between Wrath and Mercy by Jess Wisecup

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    A mother will do anything to save her child, no matter the cost.After her daughter is kidnapped, Emmeline Highclere—a thirty-four-year-old mother living in isolation with memories and grief her only companion—must do everything in her limited power and divine abilities to get the girl back...
  • Enemies & Shadows by Ginn Hale

    Enemies & Shadows by Ginn Hale

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    When John opens a letter addressed to his missing roommate, Kyle, he expects to find a house key, but instead he is swept into a strange realm of magic, mysticism, revolutionaries and assassins. Though he struggles to escape, John is drawn steadily closer to a fate he share with Kyle—to wake the destroyer god, the Rifter, and shatter a world...
  • The Silent City by Ginn Hale

    The Silent City by Ginn Hale

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    When John opens a letter addressed to his missing roommate, Kyle, he expects to find a house key, but instead he is swept into a strange realm of magic, mysticism, revolutionaries and assassins. Though he struggles to escape, John is drawn steadily closer to a fate he share with Kyle—to wake the destroyer god, the Rifter, and shatter a world...
  • Immortal Reign by Morgan Rhodes

    Immortal Reign by Morgan Rhodes

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 37 ratings
    As two lethal elemental gods set out to destroy Mytica, sworn enemies must become allies in the final fight to save the kingdoms.Jonas continues to willfully defy his destiny, but the consequences of plotting his own course are drastic. As the fight for Mytica rages on, he must decide just how much more he's willing to sacrifice...
  • A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas

    A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 77 ratings
    Feyre's survival rests upon her ability to hunt and kill – the forest where she lives is a cold, bleak place in the long winter months. So when she spots a deer in the forest being pursued by a wolf, she cannot resist fighting it for the flesh. But to do so, she must kill the predator and killing something so precious comes at a price ..
  • Daughter of the Sun by Effie Calvin

    Daughter of the Sun by Effie Calvin

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Orsina of Melidrie is a paladin of the Order of the Sun, sworn to drive out corruption and chaos wherever she finds it. She has been ordered to leave her home and travel around Vesolda in search of a great evil she is supposedly destined to destroy. But after two years of fighting monsters and demons and evil gods, she does not seem to be any closer to her goal—or ever returning home...
  • Legendary by Stephanie Garber

    Legendary by Stephanie Garber

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 76 ratings
    A heart to protect. A debt to repay. A game to win.After being swept up in the magical world of Caraval, Donatella Dragna has finally escaped her father and saved her sister, Scarlett, from a disastrous arranged marriage. The girls should be celebrating, but Tella isn’t yet free...
  • Dreams Lie Beneath by Rebecca Ross

    Dreams Lie Beneath by Rebecca Ross

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    A story about magic and the captivating power of dreams.A curse plagues the realm of Azenor—during each new moon, magic flows from the nearby mountain and brings nightmares to life. Only magicians, who serve as territory wardens, stand between people and their worst dreams...
  • Witches' Blood by Ginn Hale

    Witches' Blood by Ginn Hale

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    When John opens a letter addressed to his missing roommate, Kyle, he expects to find a house key, but instead he is swept into a strange realm of magic, mysticism, revolutionaries and assassins. Though he struggles to escape, John is drawn steadily closer to a fate he share with Kyle—to wake the destroyer god, the Rifter, and shatter a world...
  • The Princess Must Die by Everly Frost, Jaymin Eve

    The Princess Must Die by Everly Frost, Jaymin Eve

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    FORBIDDEN TO LOVE. DESTINED TO BE TORN APART.In an Elven city beneath the streets of Chicago, the perfect storm rages, kept under control only by Marbella Mercy, the Storm Princess. Now she is of age, champions from each of the elven houses will play a game of wit and strength to fight for her hand – and for the chance to control the forces of nature...
  • The Foxglove King by Hannah F. Whitten

    The Foxglove King by Hannah F. Whitten

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    When Lore was thirteen, she escaped a cult in the catacombs beneath the city of Dellaire. And in the ten years since, she’s lived by one rule: don’t let them find you. Easier said than done, when her death magic ties her to the city...
  • Caprion's Wings by T.L. Shreffler

    Caprion's Wings by T.L. Shreffler

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A novella of The Cat's Eye Chronicles.Release Date: February 28th, 2014By the age of nineteen, all Harpies know how to fly—except Caprion. He has yet pass the test of the Singing and gain his wings. His family has disowned him in shame and people are beginning to talk. Now an evil voice haunts his dreams, taunting him, drawing out his worst fears—that he will remain wingless forever...
  • Soldier of Dorsa by Eliza Andrews

    Soldier of Dorsa by Eliza Andrews

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    A war is brewing in the Empire.Not the War in the East — that is a war everyone already knows about, the war that some wanted to end so badly that they murdered an Emperor to stop it. No, this is a different war. A war between the Shadowlands and the mortal world, a war between light and darkness. A war the Brotherhood of Culo has warned about for generations. But no one wanted to listen...
  • The Witches' Blade by A.K. Mulford

    The Witches' Blade by A.K. Mulford

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    The second powerful novel in the Five Crowns of Okrith fantasy series brings us into a new part of the world as the fae princess Rua joins forces with a truly unlikely ally--all with the same romance and adventure readers have come to expect from A.K. Mulford's viral sensation!A magic sword. A powerful curse. An untested fae princess.And a continent on fire..
  • A Painted Goddess by Victor Gischler

    A Painted Goddess by Victor Gischler

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    When the gods go to war, who will stand against their divine fury? In the thrilling conclusion to the A Fire Beneath the Skin trilogy, the enchanted kingdom of Helva faces a nightmarish future of endless bloodshed, and Rina Veraiin—a young warrior-duchess armed with mysterious, magical tattoos—must use her fantastic powers to save her home from eternal war...
  • Twisted is the Crown by Kel Carpenter

    Twisted is the Crown by Kel Carpenter

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Quinn Darkova made a vow from the very beginning.And now she’s home.For revenge . . .Except N’skara isn’t the same as it was ten years ago, and the person she came for is nowhere to be found. After being taken ashore by armed guards of the same Council they came to sway, Quinn knows it’s up to her to uncover the truth about what really happened, while seeking the retribution owed to her...
  • Empire of Night by Kelley Armstrong

    Empire of Night by Kelley Armstrong

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    SISTERS MORIA AND ASHYN ARE THE KEEPER AND SEEKER OF EDGEWOOD.OR AT LEAST, THEY WERE.Their village is gone. Their friends have betrayed them. And now, they are all but prisoners in court, forced to watch and wait while the Emperor decides whether to help the children of Edgewood, who remain hostages of the treacherous Alvar Kitsune...
  • The Warrior Queen by Emily R. King

    The Warrior Queen by Emily R. King

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    In the final volume of The Hundredth Queen Series, Kalinda will risk everything to save the man she loves.Kalinda has brought peace to the Tarachand Empire, at least for now. Bhutas no longer need to hide their gifts. The last of the rebels have been banished. And Prince Ashwin is set to take over as rajah.But for Kalinda, this all came at a great loss. Her childhood home. Her best friend...
  • Crystal Crowned by Elise Kova

    Crystal Crowned by Elise Kova

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    Long live Solaris. One bloodthirsty ruler has been overthrown by another, casting the shadow of death over the Solaris Empire. Vhalla Yarl stands upon the stage of fate, prepared to do battle one final time. Fragile alliances will be tested and new bonds will be formed as the world is reshaped...
  • Destiny: Child of the Sky by Elizabeth Haydon

    Destiny: Child of the Sky by Elizabeth Haydon

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 35 ratings
    A FELLOWSHIP OF THREETo stand against the F'dor-- an ancient, vile being intent on destroying the world-- a fellowship has been forged: Rhapsody, a Singer of great talent and beauty; Achmed, an assassin with unearthly talents; and Grunthor, a giant of jolly disposition and lethal skill with weapons...
  • The Ippos King by Grace Draven

    The Ippos King by Grace Draven

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    The demonic horde that threatened to devour the world has been defeated, but at great cost.Plagued by guilt and nightmares, Serovek Pangion sets out to deliver the soulless body of the monk Megiddo to the heretical Jeden Order for safekeeping. Accompanying him is sha-Anhuset, the Kai woman he admires and desires most--a woman barely tolerant of him...
  • Eona: The Last Dragoneye by Alison Goodman

    Eona: The Last Dragoneye by Alison Goodman

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 41 ratings
    Eon has been revealed as Eona, the first female Dragoneye in hundreds of years. Along with fellow rebels Ryko and Lady Dela, she is on the run from High Lord Sethon's army...
  • Earth's End by Elise Kova

    Earth's End by Elise Kova

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 37 ratings
    A woman awoken in air, a soldier forged by fire, a weapon risen from blood.Vhalla Yarl has made it to the warfront in the North. Forged by blood and fire, she has steeled her heart for the final battle of the Solaris Empire’s conquest. The choices before Vhalla are no longer servitude or freedom, they are servitude or death...
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