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Midlife in Gretna Green by Linzi Day
Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIt’s never too late to learn how to stand up for yourselfNiki McKnight has spent her entire adult life being bullied—first by her husband and then by her boss. Recently widowed, she’s in dire need of an extreme life makeover...Categorized as:
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Lost in the Moment and Found by Seanan McGuire
Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsWelcome to the Shop Where the Lost Things Go.If you ever lost a sock, you’ll find it here.If you ever wondered about favorite toy from childhood... it’s probably sitting on a shelf in the back.And the headphones that you swore that this time you’d keep safe? You guessed it….Antoinette has lost her father. Metaphorically. He’s not in the shop, and she’ll never see him again...Categorized as:
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Kacy Chronicles Boxed Set: The Revelations of Oriceran by A.L. Knorr, Martha Carr
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThis box set includes all four books in The Kacy Chronicles, a Prophesies of Oriceran Series full of portal-travel, magic, dragons, action, adventure and romance. Born to a wealthy Virginian family, privileged Jordan's got her life all planned out. Get her PhD, find the perfect Virginia man to marry, pop out a few more Kacy’s and make her State Senator father proud...Categorized as:
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The Wizard's Butler by Nathan Lowell
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsFor five grand a month and a million dollar chaser, Roger Mulligan didn't care how crazy the old geezer is. All he had to do was keep Joseph Perry Shackleford alive and keep him from squandering the estate for a year.They didn't tell him about the pixies... -
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Candle & Crow by Kevin Hearne
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsFrom the New York Times bestselling author of The Iron Druid Chronicles comes the final book in the Ink & Sigil series, as an ink-slinging wizard pursues the answer to a very personal mystery: Who cast a pair of curses on his head? Al MacBharrais has a most unusual job: He’s a practitioner of ink-and-sigil magic, tasked with keeping order among the gods and monsters that dwell hidden in the... -
Chew the Bullet by Martha Carr, Michael Anderle
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIdina Moorfield isn’t the only one on her team with unusual powers.Her buddy, Stop remembers everything he sees, and Cake is a new kind of man of steel.That’s the last two, which means everyone in Idina’s unit has a unique talent.Why would the Army want to bring them all together?Her commander, Hines is still refusing to answer her questions...Categorized as:
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Тубурская игра by Max Frei
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsИз этой книжки читатель узнает так много тайн и секретов, что даже непонятно, как справится с этим бедная его голова. Новая книга знаменитого Макса Фрая о тубурских Мастерах Снов, их азартных играх и опасных сновидениях станет не только логичным финалом дружеских посиделок в "Кофейной гуще", в городе, который сам еще недавно был просто сном, но и началом чего-то нового...Categorized as:
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Chaos and Gunfire by Martha Carr, Michael Anderle
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIdina Moorfield is a new kind of magical with a dark and twisty lineage.Any other combat engineer in the 82nd Airborne Division would be proud of how far Idina's come, but the visions and voices in her mind are only getting worse.When it affects her work, Idina gets transferred to a new unit—a unit of misfits with their own problems...Categorized as:
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Someplace to Be Flying by Charles de Lint
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsLily is a photojournalist in search of the "animal people" who supposedly haunt the city's darkest slums. Hank is a slum dweller who knows the bad streets all too well. One night, in a brutal incident, their two lives collide--uptown Lily and downtown Hank, each with a quest and a role to play in the secret drama of the city's oldest inhabitants.For the animal people walk among us...Categorized as:
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The Very Best of Charles de Lint by Charles de Lint
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAt turns whimsical, dark, and mystical, this extraordinary collection of retold fairy tales and new, modern myths redefine the boundaries of magic. Compiling favored stories suggested by the author and his fans, this delightful treasury contains the most esteemed and beloved selections that de Lint has to offer... -
Unspeakable Magic by Iris Beaglehole
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAs the winter solstice approaches in Myrtlewood, the Yuletide festivities are in underway, but the cheer is overshadowed by mysterious winter deaths.Athena and Rosemary must embark on a perilous journey to the Underworld. Along the way, they uncover clues about a prophecy and encounter allies and adversaries in the dreamrealm... -
Memory and Dream by Charles de Lint
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsFrom World Fantasy Award-winning author Charles de Lint, a tale of love, courage, and the transforming power of imagination Isabelle Copley's visionary art frees ancient spirits. As the young student of the cruel, brilliant artist Vincent Rushkin, she discovered she could paint images so vividly real they brought her wildest fantasies to life...Categorized as:
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The Midwest Whisperer: The Revelations of Oriceran by Flint Maxwell, Martha Carr
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen the dragon whispers, who will listen? The lakeside town of Ashbourne is under siege. Inside, the manic worshippers of the legendary Rogue Dragons—the Dragon Tongue—plan to offer the town's citizens up as sacrifice. And one of these people happens to be an unlucky Gnome named Gelbus Cogspark, whom Maria thinks she needs to complete her quest...Categorized as:
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The Midwest War: The Revelations of Oriceran by Flint Maxwell, Martha Carr
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe inevitable has finally come: War. The Arachnids, controlled by the magically insane Widow, make their move for the Jewel of Deception, knowing the Jewel, combined with the music box, can save the lost villagers of Dominion from the world in between. Or, it can release the mad king Arazon and his followers...Categorized as:
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Hidden Magic by Amy Patrick
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe evil of the Ancient Court is spreading... Macy Moreno has been through hell. She only survived because the guy she loved — Nicolo Buonaccorsi — sacrificed his own life to save her. Though she’s discovered there’s much more to the world than she ever imagined, as far as Macy is concerned, all its magic died with him. She’s alive, but her heart will never recover...Categorized as:
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Storms Of Magic Boxed Set: by P.T. Hylton
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn a time when magic rules the sea, she only trusts her sword. Buy the complete four-book Storms of Magic Series at a discounted box set price. Storm Raiders Abbey has always been an outsider in Holdgate. While the people of her adopted city dominate the seas with their weather-controlling storm magic, she prefers the work in her father’s blacksmith shop...Categorized as:
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The Mysterious Plato by Sarah Noffke, Michael Anderle
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWho would suspect that one of the most powerful entities in the world is a black and white cat?Few know that most historical events in the last several centuries were orchestrated by this innocuous feline. Plato isn’t an ordinary cat. He’s a magical lynx with extraordinary powers...Categorized as:
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Storm Warrior: Age Of Magic - A Kurtherian Gambit Series by P.T. Hylton, Michael Anderle
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe greatest threat to the future comes from the secrets of the past. Abbey and her friends return home after their long journey west to find Holdgate threatened by both an enemy to the south and a hidden Barskall army to the east.Lucky for Holdgate, Abbey and the crew of The Foggy Day are more than ready to defend their home.But there’s an even greater threat to the city… one nobody sees coming... -
Excantation by Honor Raconteur
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBeing an adult is the dumbest thing I have ever done.Our Heroine: still me. A sleep-deprived me, which, considering I’m a murder and ten cups of coffee away from showing my displeasure to the world, and there’re clans to save, is not a good combination...Categorized as:
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Ascendant: The Revelations of Oriceran by A.L. Knorr, Martha Carr
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhat if the one person who is supposed to love you unconditionally, wants to kill you instead? Before you go looking for answers, make sure you can handle the truth. Jordan is a step closer to uncovering the mystery of her mother’s disappearance. Sol can finally make his urgent delivery and Allan has received Jordan’s message, but instead of giving him comfort it has only made him desperate...Categorized as:
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The Morrigan's Curse by Dianne K. Salerni
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn this third and final book in the series that VOYA recommends “for fans of Percy Jackson and Harry Potter,” the war over the Eighth Day continues—and there’s more at stake than ever before.The battle between Kin and Transitioners that’s been brewing for centuries has come to a head... -
End In Sight by W.J. May
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsEND IN SIGHT is the 6th Book of W.J. May's best selling series, The Chronicles of Kerrigan. When life couldn't get anymore confusing, fate steps in and throws a curveball. Rae Kerrigan should be ecstatic. She's found her mother and Devon has admitted he wants nothing more than to be with her...Categorized as:
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The Essential Bordertown by Terri Windling, Delia Sherman
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBordertown. Once a normal American city, now a perilous nexus between the World and returned Elfland. From the banks of the addictive Mad River to the all-night clublands where young elves and humans fight and play, all the way up to glittering dragon's Tooth Hill, where high society seals itself away from the street--this is no city to trifle with.Bordertown... -
Firecracker by A.L. Knorr
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn love with one twin, bonded by fire to the other. Welcome to Arcturus Academy.98% of fire magi who attempt the agonizing forbidden ritual known as The Burning don’t survive. Those who do… level up in ways undreamt of by the Unburned.I survived.Now I've got other problems...Categorized as:
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Imagineer by Honor Raconteur
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsImagination has no limit… Our Heroine: Me. And boy, are we all in trouble. A seventeen-year-old with a love of fantasy and unmanageable hair? Hardly anyone’s idea of the knight in shining armor. I went about life with no idea the world around me was not as it seemed, until one dark night I saw glimpses of things I knew shouldn’t exist...Categorized as:
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The Forgotten Mountain by Heather Lyons
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAfter years spent in Wonderland, Alice Reeve learned the impossible was quite possible after all. She thought she left such fantastical realities behind when she finally returned to England. Now Alice has become a member of the clandestine Collectors’ Society, and the impossible has found her again in the form of an elusive villain set on erasing entire worlds...Categorized as:
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Royally Hitched: The Fae Prince by G.K. DeRosa
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA fight to the death… Or at least that’s what it feels like when my twin sister and I are pitted against a dozen ruthless Fae females in a competition to marry the Spring Court prince. On live television.If we can survive eight weeks on Royally Hitched, we’ll earn our freedom and a one-way ticket home to the human world. All we have to do is play nice with the mean girls and stuck up ice prince... -
Just Breathe by Kendall Grey
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratings“Kendall Grey has taken my breath away once again … Just Breathe surpassed my expectations with its brutal harshness and beautiful passion rolled into a story of love, magic, and whales.” —Annie, Booked and LoadedAfter betrayal rocks the foundation of their relationship, Australian Sentinel Gavin Cassidy and whale biologist Zoe Morgan call it quits... -
The Mysterious Daughter by Sarah Noffke, Michael Anderle
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsRose Harkness is not just mortal. She’s half magician. And she’s in a lot of trouble.By the way, she’s not a Harkness, either.Her entire life, she’s been guarded, shielded, protected.She’s also been lied to…When a magical dragon emerges, Rose learns the truth.Now, Rose must leave the safety of her only home—and embrace her birthright. Can she do it?The House of Fourteen is relying on her... -
Under Fire by W.J. May
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe highly anticipated fifth book in the Chronicles of Kerrigan. Now that the secret is out, Rae Kerrigan is determined to find her mother. No amount of convincing from Devon, or the Privy Council, is going to make her believe her mother is not alive. Working with Devon and Luke against the PC’s wishes, Rae will stop at nothing to find her...Categorized as:
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Magic 101 by Mercedes Lackey
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsBefore Buffy ever staked out a vampire, before anyone was “Grimm,” before the “Supernatural” Winchester brothers locked horns with things that go bump in the night, there was Diana Tregarde. Diana Tregarde. Occult investigator. Witch. And Guardian. Pledged to protect and shield the innocent from the deadly menaces of the Dark, the things most people have never seen--and would never want to... -
The First Witch-Mage by Isabel Campbell, Michael Anderle
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThose who cross a Blackwood soon learn that they won’t like the results.Theadora Kathryn Blackwood’s life is just the way she wants it. Thea focuses on what she wants to do, what she wants to study, and the local COVEN hierarchy leaves her the hell alone...Categorized as:
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Tapping the Dream Tree by Charles de Lint, Charles Vess
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWorld Fantasy Award-winning author of The Onion GirlThe city of Newford could be any contemporary North American city...except that magic lurks in its music, in its art, in the shadows of its grittiest streets, where mythic beings walk disguised. And its people are like you and me, each looking for a bit of magic to shape their lives and transform their fate...Categorized as:
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Dresden Files Roleplaying Game: Vol 1: Your Story by Leonard Balsera, Jim Butcher
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsTell Us Your StoryBeneath the "normal" surface of the world are things and people which most of us don't want to know about, and will do our best to forget about if we ever come near them. People won't see what they don't want to see.But that's most of us. And you-you're not most of us... -
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A Very Declan Christmas by Maggie Stiefvater
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratings"I’ve done a holiday short for the last few years. Here’s another one from the Raven Cycle universe...Categorized as:
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Moonlight and Vines by Charles de Lint
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsReturn to NewfordFamiliar to Charles de Lint's ever-growing audience as the setting of the novels Moonheart, Forests of the Heart, The Onion Girl, and many others, Newford is the quintessential North American city, tough and streetwise on the surface and rich with hidden magic for those who can see...Categorized as:
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Forests of the Heart by Charles de Lint
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIn the old century, they called them the Gentry: ancient spirits of the land, magical, amoral, and dangerous. When the Irish emigrated to North America, some of the Gentry followed...only to find that the New World already had spirits of its own, called manitou and other such names by the Native tribes... -
Ride The Thunder by Martha Carr, Michael Anderle
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAn international mission tracking the source of monsters, and a familiar surprise, await the Elemental, Idina Moorfield and Hellion's Bravo Team.Now that they've recognized the pattern, Idina and her unit need to close the Monstrous Pandora's Box to balance out the scales after defeating the Olc.But supernatural entities in Scotland are nothing like what Bravo Team has dealt with back home... -
Goblins Wear Suits by K.M. Shea
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsMorgan thought the most difficult decision of her life was deciding to become an official employee of the MBRC. But now, a senior in high school, she’s realizing it only gets worse... -
Fishing for the Little Pike by Juhani Karila
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsWinner of the Jarkko Laine Literature Prize In the utterly original, genre-defying, English-language debut of Finnish author Juhani Karila, a young woman’s annual pilgrimage to her home in Lapland to catch an elusive pike in three days is complicated by a host of mythical creatures, a murder detective hot on her trail, and a deadly curse hanging over her head... -
The Dark Forest: The Revelations of Oriceran by Sarah Noffke, Martha Carr
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Kingdom of Virgo has lived in peace for thousands of years…until now. Azure’s world flips when she discovers her father is the emperor of Terran. Wait…was the emperor. Now the two are prisoners in the Land of Terran. Azure must escape and locate her mother’s soul stone. The virus that stole the queen’s magic is going after her very life, and the soul stone is her only hope...Categorized as:
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Mountain of Truth: The Revelations of Oriceran by Sarah Noffke, Martha Carr
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Kingdom of Virgo has lived in peace for thousands of years…until now. Terran has gone too far, poisoning the wells and streams of Virgo. Queen Azure must act fast in order to save her people from a deadly virus that steals their magic. Only one witch knows the cure to the virus and no one knows how to find her...Categorized as:
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Soul Stone Mage Complete Collection Boxed Set by Sarah Noffke, Martha Carr
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratings“Magic could be the very death of you…or it could be what saves the world.” In the Kingdom of Virgo, witches and wizards have lived peacefully for thousands of years. On the other side of the Dark Forest resides the Land of Terran. The humans of Terran treat those from Virgo as second-class citizens, disgracing and trapping them at every turn...Categorized as:
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House of Enchanted: The Revelations of Oriceran by Sarah Noffke, Martha Carr
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Kingdom of Virgo has lived in peace for thousands of years…until now.The humans from Terran have always been real assholes to the witches of Virgo. Now a silent war is brewing, and the timing couldn’t be worse. Princess Azure will soon be crowned queen of the Kingdom of Virgo.In the Dark Forest a powerful potion-maker has been murdered...Categorized as:
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The Midwest Wanderer: The Revelations of Oriceran by Flint Maxwell, Martha Carr
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe magic returned. Now the epic quest begins… Maria Apple defeated the Arachnids, but there's a village of people still trapped in the world in between. The key, Maria knows, is the music box her grandfather Ignatius gave her. The only one who can unlock its power? Maria. Problem is, she doesn't know how. But a Gnome named Gelbus Cogspark does...Categorized as:
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Probationary Agent by Judith Berens, Martha Carr
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSenior year. Two semesters remain before Raine Campbell and her friends graduate from the School of Necessary Magic. What are the chances of two, nice and quiet semesters? Chances are pretty slim. Louper finals are in full swing. Raine’s friends are trying to figure out their plans post high school. A teacher is being threatened... -
Reign of the Stone Queen by Jayne Faith
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsShe must rule a kingdom that is against her . . . Petra Maguire wants to fight for her people, not rule them. But by Oberon's decree, she is now Queen of the new Carraig Sidhe kingdom. Problem is, many of her subjects would rather see her dead than on the throne... -
A Spell to Unbind: Spellbound Book One by Victoria Laurie
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn the first novel of NYT’s bestselling author Victoria Laurie’s Spellbound series, Esmé Bellerose’s search for a magical trinket in the mean streets near D.C. might be the difference between getting hired or actually set on fire... -
Shadowshaper Legacy by Daniel José Older
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe epic conclusion to the acclaimed Shadowshaper Cypher series!A house dividedSierra and the shadowshapers have been split apart. Juan, Anthony, and Izzy are in jail, anxiously waiting to find out what will become of them...Categorized as:
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Demons and Dragons: Dragon Reign Box Set Series Books 1-5 by Kit Bladegrave
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMysterious dragons. Hot demons. Fierce witches. Powerful shifters. Enigmatic elves. Secret councils. Forbidden alliances. The Dragon Reign Saga is just starting. Rivals Mysterious demons. Fierce dragon shifters. Secret councils. New alliances. The Dragon Reign Saga is just starting. Kate’s whole world just turned upside down. She’s hearing weird things, and seeing weird things...
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