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  • The ​Missing of Clairdelune by Christelle Dabos

    The ​Missing of Clairdelune by Christelle Dabos

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    Book Two in the Internationally Bestselling Mirror Visitor QuartetWhen our heroine Ophelia is promoted to Vice-storyteller by Farouk, the ancestral Spirit of Pole, she finds herself unexpectedly thrust into the public spotlight and her special gift is revealed to all...
  • The Twelve Dancing Princesses by K.M. Shea

    The Twelve Dancing Princesses by K.M. Shea

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Quinn is a loyal soldier of Farset, willing to risk her life on behalf of her country and squad. So, when a fellow soldier volunteers for a dangerous mission, Quinn joins him. Their assignment is to investigate the nightly disappearance of the twelve royal princesses, a mystery none have solved as those who attempt it vanish...
  • 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...
  • The Exiled Queen by Cinda Williams Chima

    The Exiled Queen by Cinda Williams Chima

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 51 ratings
    Haunted by the loss of his mother and sister, Han Alister journeys south to begin his schooling at Mystwerk House in Oden’s Ford. But leaving the Fells doesn’t mean that danger isn't far behind. Han is hunted every step of the way by the Bayars, a powerful wizarding family set on reclaiming the amulet Han stole from them. And Mystwerk House has dangers of its own...
  • Crown of Crystal Flame by C.L. Wilson

    Crown of Crystal Flame by C.L. Wilson

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 33 ratings
    A Song of Love won her heart.A Song of Darkness haunted her soul.A Song in the Dance would seal her fate.Seers had long foreseen an extraordinary destiny for Ellysetta Baristani. Already she had won the heart of the Fey King—the magnificent Rain, ever her ally, eternally her love. She had saved the offspring of the magical tairen and fought beside her legendary mate against the armies of Eld...
  • Den of Wolves by Juliet Marillier

    Den of Wolves by Juliet Marillier

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    The “powerful and emotionally-charged” fantasy series from the author of the Sevenwaters novels continues, as Blackthorn and Grim face haunting secrets and old adversaries... Feather bright and feather fine, None shall harm this child of mine... Healer Blackthorn knows all too well the rules of her bond to the fey: seek no vengeance, help any who ask, do only good...
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    dark  epic  family  female-mc  magic  myths  paranormal  slow-burn
  • A Fae Coin Transported Me Into Another World and Now I'm the Gay Holy Maiden by A.J. Sherwood

    A Fae Coin Transported Me Into Another World and Now I'm the Gay Holy Maiden by A.J. Sherwood

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    What happens when you fall and hit the webtoons trope tree? You get killed by Truck-kun, get transported to a fantasy world by a sentient Fae coin, and become the first gay holy maiden.Jake Alexander is Not Happy to be sure. Fortunately in Jake’s case, part of the trope tree includes the gorgeous Duke of the North, Theon. And starting a business from scratch, which he’s always wanted to do...
    Categorized as:
    magic  paranormal  dragons  steamy  slow-burn  family  dark  romance
  • Kushiel's Chosen by Jacqueline Carey

    Kushiel's Chosen by Jacqueline Carey

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 43 ratings
    Mighty Kushiel, of rod and wealLate of the brazen portalsWith blood-tipp'd dart a wound unhealedPricks the eyen of chosen mortalsThe land of Terre d'Ange is a place of unsurpassed beauty and grace. The inhabiting race rose from the seed of angels and men, and they live by one simple rule: Love as thou wilt.Phèdre nó Delaunay was sold into indentured servitude as a child...
  • Six Crimson Cranes by Elizabeth Lim

    Six Crimson Cranes by Elizabeth Lim

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 46 ratings
    A princess in exile, the boy she left at the altar, six enchanted cranes, and a dragon from the deepest sea.Shiori, the only princess of Kiata, has a secret. Forbidden magic runs through her veins. Normally she conceals it well, but on the morning of her betrothal ceremony, Shiori loses control...
  • Froi of the Exiles by Melina Marchetta

    Froi of the Exiles by Melina Marchetta

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    Blood sings to blood, Froi . . . Those born last will make the first . . . For Charyn will be barren no more. Three years after the curse on Lumatere was lifted, Froi has found his home... Or so he believes...Fiercely loyal to the Queen and Finnikin, Froi has been trained roughly and lovingly by the Guard sworn to protect the royal family, and has learned to control his quick temper...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  dark  epic  family  female-mc  magic  myths  paranormal
  • 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...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  dark  epic  family  female-mc  magic  myths  paranormal
  • Quintana of Charyn by Melina Marchetta

    Quintana of Charyn by Melina Marchetta

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    There's a babe in my belly that whispers the valley, Froi. I follow the whispers and come to the road . . .Separated from the girl he loves and has sworn to protect, Froi must travel through Charyn to search for Quintana, the mother of Charyn's unborn king, and protect her against those who will do anything to gain power...
  • Light My Fire by G.A. Aiken

    Light My Fire by G.A. Aiken

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    The trouble with humans is that they're far too sensitive. Forget you put a woman in the local jail for a few months - and she takes it so personally! And yet she is the one trying to assassinate the queen. And now I'm trapped with Elina Shestakova of the Black Bear Riders of the Midnight..
  • The Blade's Memory by Lindsay Buroker

    The Blade's Memory by Lindsay Buroker

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    The king is missing.A secret organization is hunting sorcerers.The enemy has powerful new weapons to deploy, and the capital is more vulnerable than it's ever been.Worst of all, at least in Ridge Zirkander's view, someone put that jackass Colonel Therrik in charge of the flier battalion...
  • Dragon Tear by Lindsay Buroker

    Dragon Tear by Lindsay Buroker

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Now that Jev is no longer obligated to marry a manipulative noblewoman, Zenia can finally pursue a relationship with him. But there’s something else she must deal with first. She’s learned that the magical dragon-tear gem she wears around her neck is linked to a living dragon, one that is being held prisoner and tortured. Zenia owes her life several times over to the creature...
  • Lady of Light and Shadows by C.L. Wilson

    Lady of Light and Shadows by C.L. Wilson

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    She feared the dark visions and the magic within her. And she dreamed of the miraculous love that could save her.Like an enchanted fairy tale prince he stepped from the sky to claim her—the Fey King, her destiny, her one and true love.But behind the mesmerizing beauty of Rain’s violet eyes Ellysetta saw the passionate hunger of the beast . .
  • Queen of Song and Souls by C.L. Wilson

    Queen of Song and Souls by C.L. Wilson

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 32 ratings
    Two lovers, two hearts, one soul.Only joined can they be truly complete.Only joined can they survive the darkness.The Fey King Rain and his truemate Ellysetta share a passionate love unrivaled in the history of their world—and a forbidden power that made them outcasts from the Fading Lands...
  • Night of the Dragon by Julie Kagawa

    Night of the Dragon by Julie Kagawa

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    Master storyteller Julie Kagawa concludes the enthralling journey into the heart of the fantastical Empire of Iwagoto in the third book of the Shadow of the Fox trilogy. As darkness rises and chaos reigns, a fierce kitsune and her shadowy protector will face down the greatest evil of all. A captivating fantasy for fans of Sabaa Tahir, Sarah J. Maas and Marie Lu...
  • A Fate of Wrath & Flame by K.A. Tucker

    A Fate of Wrath & Flame by K.A. Tucker

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 33 ratings
    Gifted thief Romeria has flourished from her days as a street kid pilfering wallets to survive. Now she thrives, stealing jewels from the rich under the involuntary employ of New York City’s most notorious crime boss...
  • Dragon Slippers by Jessica Day George

    Dragon Slippers by Jessica Day George

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 38 ratings
    Poor Creel. She can't believe her aunt wants to sacrifice her to the local dragon. It's a ploy to lure a heroic knight so that he will fight the dragon, marry Creel out of chivalrous obligation, and lift the entire family out of poverty. Creel isn't worried. After all, nobody has seen a dragon in centuries...
  • The Princess Knight by G.A. Aiken

    The Princess Knight by G.A. Aiken

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Gemma Smythe dedicated her life to the glory of battle. With her fellow War Monks, she worshipped the war gods, rained destruction on her enemies, and raised the dead when the fancy took her. Until her sister Keeley became the prophesied Blacksmith Queen, and Gemma broke faith with her order to journey to the Amichai Mountain and fight by Keeley’s side...
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    alpha-mc  dragons  epic  family  female-mc  magic  myths  paranormal
  • Viper's Creed by T.L. Shreffler

    Viper's Creed by T.L. Shreffler

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Sora is having visions. Strange, terrifying visions brought on by her Cat's Eye necklace, an ancient and magical device. Spurred to action, she leaves her mother's cabin to find Crash, the mysterious assassin who once changed her life. She is certain that together, they can discover what the necklace is trying to tell her...
  • 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...
  • The Searching by Vanessa Nelson

    The Searching by Vanessa Nelson

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Oath-sworn to help those in need, Yvonne has been framed for murder.Tracking down those responsible for the destruction of the Stone Walls was a difficult enough task, but someone has made it much harder. The King is dead, and Yvonne is accused of his murder...
  • Herald of the Witch's Mark by Kellen Graves

    Herald of the Witch's Mark by Kellen Graves

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Saffron finally has the one thing he's always wanted: a chance to attend school. To be able to do so alongside Prince Cylvan, even while glamoured as a high fey and pretending not to know one another, Saffron is eager to finally experience the education he's always dreamed of...
  • The Plan Commences by Kristen Ashley

    The Plan Commences by Kristen Ashley

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Once upon a time, in a parallel universe, there existed the continent of Triton. The land was filled with beauty, but it was also splintered by war. Out of the chaos grew a conspiracy to reawaken the Beast, a fearsome creature who wrought only tragedy and devastation...
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    alpha-mc  dragons  epic  female-mc  magic  myths  paranormal  steamy
  • Frostbite by Adrienne Woods

    Frostbite by Adrienne Woods

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 32 ratings
    Losing Lucian McKenzie, the Prince of her heart and discovering her true identity has made Elena Watkins' life almost unbearable. However, new trials will test the 17 year-old's strength and push her to limits she didn’t think were possible.Only a mysterious offer from Blake Leaf, the Rubicon and a dragon predestined for evil, reveals there may be a light at the end of Elena’s dark tunnel...
  • The Bird and the Sword by Amy Harmon

    The Bird and the Sword by Amy Harmon

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 43 ratings
    Swallow, Daughter, pull them in, those words that sit upon your lips. Lock them deep inside your soul, hide them ‘til they’ve time to grow. Close your mouth upon the power, curse not, cure not, ‘til the hour. You won’t speak and you won’t tell, you won’t call on heav’n or hell. You will learn and you will thrive. Silence, Daughter. Stay alive...
  • Wayfarer's Keep by T.A. White

    Wayfarer's Keep by T.A. White

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Branded a traitor by her people, Shea and her warlord—the fiercely dangerous Fallon—travel to the Pathfinders’ seat of power at her father’s request, hoping to form an alliance despite the distrust between them. It doesn’t take long before Shea and Fallon realize something is dangerously wrong in the place she once called home...
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    alpha-mc  dark  epic  female-mc  magic  myths  paranormal  steamy
  • Remnants by Honor Raconteur

    Remnants by Honor Raconteur

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Finally over with the wedding, managed to escape the parents, signed up with the MISD, yay! Got assigned a permanent team with Chi, Vee, and Maksohm, double yay! Toh’sellor has been stolen. Yeah, this is not going to be fun. It is, in fact, anti-fun. Oh, and monkeys. Poor Chi...
  • Patterns in the Dark by Lindsay Buroker

    Patterns in the Dark by Lindsay Buroker

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    Everyone knows dragons have been extinct for over a thousand years. Everyone is wrong. At least one dragon remains, and military scientists from the Cofah Empire are experimenting with its blood, using the magical substance to power deadly new weapons that could be used to bring the world to its knees...
  • Touch of Power by Maria V. Snyder

    Touch of Power by Maria V. Snyder

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    Laying hands upon the injured and dying, Avry of Kazan assumes their wounds and diseases into herself. But rather than being honoured for her skills, she is hunted. Healers like Avry are accused of spreading the plague that has decimated the Territories, leaving the survivors in a state of chaos...
  • Masque by W.R. Gingell

    Masque by W.R. Gingell

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Beauty met the Beast and there was . . . Bloody murder? It’s the Annual Ambassadorial Ball in Glause, and Lady Isabella Farrah, the daughter of New Civet’s Ambassador, is feeling pleasantly scintillated. In the library is Lord Pecus, a charming gentleman whose double mask hides a beastly face, and who has decided that Isabella is the very person to break the Pecus curse...
  • Heir to Sevenwaters by Juliet Marillier

    Heir to Sevenwaters by Juliet Marillier

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 35 ratings
    A brand new novel in the beloved world of Sevenwaters, a fantasy series that should appeal to "Lord of the Rings" fans (VOYA). The chieftains of Sevenwaters have long been custodians of a vast and mysterious forest. Human and Otherworld dwellers have existed there side by side, sharing a wary trust...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  dark  epic  family  female-mc  magic  myths  paranormal
  • The Queen and the Cure by Amy Harmon

    The Queen and the Cure by Amy Harmon

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    There will be a battle, and you will need to protect your heart. Kjell of Jeru had always known who he was. He'd never envied his brother or wanted to be king. He was the bastard son of the late King Zoltev and a servant girl, and the ignominy of his birth had never bothered him. But there is more to a man than his parentage...
  • The Border by A.H. Lee

    The Border by A.H. Lee

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Roland thought necromancers were inhuman monsters. Until he met Sairis.Roland and Sairis have escaped from a traumatic assassination attempt, solved the mystery of their attacker, and enjoyed plenty of heavy petting along the way. Roland knows that it’s too soon for love, but he feels like he’s falling head over heels...
  • 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...
  • Fearless by Cornelia Funke

    Fearless by Cornelia Funke

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    With the fatal fairy moth on his chest giving only a few months to live, Jocob Reckless tries, the blood of a Northern Djinn, then a mythical crossbow that can kill thousands, or heal one, when shot through the heart. But famed Goyl assassin treasure hunter is also searching for the prized crossbow. Jacob must find it first--and somehow convince Fox to do whatever it takes to save him...
  • Find Me Their Bones by Sara Wolf

    Find Me Their Bones by Sara Wolf

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    No one can save her.In order to protect Prince Lucien d’Malvane’s heart, Zera had to betray him. Now, he hates the sight of her. Trapped in Cavanos as a prisoner of the king, she awaits the inevitable moment her witch severs their magical connection and finally ends her life.But fate isn't ready to give her up just yet...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  dark  dragons  epic  family  female-mc  magic  paranormal
  • Champion of the Scarlet Wolf, Book One by Ginn Hale

    Champion of the Scarlet Wolf, Book One by Ginn Hale

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Five years after abandoning the Sagrada Acedemy, Elezar Grunito has become infamous in the sanctified circles of noble dueling rings for his brutal temper and lethal blade. Men and women of all ranks gather to cheer and jeer, none of them knowing Elezar’s true purpose. But a violent death outside the ring marks Elezar as a wanted man and sends him into hiding in the far northern wilds of Labara...
  • The Wide-Awake Princess by E.D. Baker

    The Wide-Awake Princess by E.D. Baker

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    In this new stand-alone fairy tale, Princess Annie is the younger sister to Gwen, the princess destined to be Sleeping Beauty. When Gwennie pricks her finger and the whole castle falls asleep, only Annie is awake, and only Annie-blessed (or cursed?) with being impervious to magic-can venture out beyond the rose-covered hedge for help. She must find Gwen's true love to kiss her awake...
  • Daughter of the Siren Queen by Tricia Levenseller

    Daughter of the Siren Queen by Tricia Levenseller

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 53 ratings
    Alosa's mission is finally complete. Not only has she recovered all three pieces of the map to a legendary hidden treasure, but the pirates who originally took her captive are now prisoners on her ship. Still unfairly attractive and unexpectedly loyal, first mate Riden is a constant distraction, but now he's under her orders...
  • 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...
  • Tomes Apprentice by Honor Raconteur

    Tomes Apprentice by Honor Raconteur

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    It’s like the start of a bad joke: a Master of Tomes, his apprentice, and ninety world-saving records get lost at sea. Mei Li really wishes the joke wasn’t her life. For two years she’s been stranded in a remote village with no knowledge of where her master is or what’s going on in the world...
  • Lavish Destruction by Myra Danvers

    Lavish Destruction by Myra Danvers

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    “It’s the fight, isn’t it? The struggle. The idea that I’ll pin you down and take what I want…” He smiled, slow and dangerous. Watching me struggle to deny him. Watching me fail… Enslaved to a man I hate, I’m bound. All that I was is gone. Taken. Stripped away, only to feed the beast who dares to call himself my equal, while having the gall to leave me helpless to his whims...
  • Ghost in the Cowl by Jonathan Moeller

    Ghost in the Cowl by Jonathan Moeller

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    OverviewCaina Amalas was a nightfighter of the Ghosts, the spies and assassins of the Emperor of Nighmar, and through her boldness and cunning saved the Empire and the world from sorcerous annihilation.But the victory cost her everything.Now she is exiled and alone in the city of Istarinmul, far from her home and friends...
  • Into the Dying Light by Katy Rose Pool

    Into the Dying Light by Katy Rose Pool

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    In the jaw-dropping conclusion to the Age of Darkness trilogy, hearts will shatter, cities will fall, and a god will rise. "Solidifies Katy Rose Pool's status as one of the best fantasy writers of the 21st century."—Popsugar on As the Shadow RisesFollowing the destruction of the City of Mercy, an ancient god has been resurrected and sealed inside Beru's body...
  • Castles in Their Bones by Laura Sebastian

    Castles in Their Bones by Laura Sebastian

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A spellbinding story of three princesses and the destiny they were born for: seduction, conquest, and the crown. Immerse yourself in the first book in a new fantasy trilogy from the author of the New York Times bestselling Ash Princess series.Empress Margaraux has had plans for her daughters since the day they were born. Princesses Sophronia, Daphne, and Beatriz will be queens...
  • Temple of the Winds by Terry Goodkind

    Temple of the Winds by Terry Goodkind

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · 39 ratings
    Everything Richard Rahl has learned will be for naught as the ruthless Emperor Jagang returns with his vast legions...heralded by a mystical plague that kills innocents in the thousands.Richard must now challenge the undefeatable: the magic that thwarts magic, sealed away for three thousand years in the Temple of Winds...
  • Encrypted by Lindsay Buroker

    Encrypted by Lindsay Buroker

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    Professor Tikaya Komitopis isn’t a great beauty, a fearless warrior, or even someone who can walk and chew chicle at the same time, but her cryptography skills earn her wartime notoriety. When enemy marines show up at her family’s plantation, she expects the worst. But they’re not there to kill her...
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