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  • Fourth Wing (Part 1 of 2) [Dramatized Adaptation] by Rebecca Yarros

    Fourth Wing (Part 1 of 2) [Dramatized Adaptation] by Rebecca Yarros

    Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Enter the brutal and elite world of a war college for dragon riders from New York Times bestselling author Rebecca Yarros.Twenty-year-old Violet Sorrengail was supposed to enter the Scribe Quadrant, living a quiet life among books and history...
  • A Court of Thorns and Roses eSampler by Sarah J. Maas

    A Court of Thorns and Roses eSampler by Sarah J. Maas

    Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Get a FREE sneak peek at the first four chapters of New York Times bestselling author Sarah J. Maas' thrilling and seductive new series, which blends Beauty and the Beast with faerie lore.When nineteen-year-old huntress Feyre kills a wolf in the woods, a beast-like creature arrives to demand retribution for it...
  • Memories of Prophecies by Davis Ashura

    Memories of Prophecies by Davis Ashura

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The memories of the past may be forgotten, but prophecies linger.Cinder Shade and his fellow cadets have survived a brutal mission in the vast wilds of the Dagger Mountains. Laying to rest many of their brother warriors, they return to the Third Directorate, battered, bruised, and weary of soul.But the world turns, and new challenges press...
  • Dao Dominion by Bruce Sentar

    Dao Dominion by Bruce Sentar

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Dar and his dao companions are free of Bellhaven and breaking ground for their new village. But the forest by their village brings its own share of problems. A feral jaguar demoness harasses their hunters while a hive of devil ettercaps threatens village’s safety.All Dar wants to do is get the village ready for the harsh winter. He needs food and lumber to do that...
  • Secrets and Spellcraft by Michael G. Manning

    Secrets and Spellcraft by Michael G. Manning

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    Now a student at Wurthaven, Will is confronted with the truth of the present. The powerful magic embodied by wizards like his grandfather is but a distant memory, while the practice of the current day is timid and uninspired, and yet he needs the knowledge still preserved and managed by the college...
  • 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...
  • Golden Prophecy by Paulina Vasquez

    Golden Prophecy by Paulina Vasquez

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    He's not just an Alpha, he's THE Alpha. The one they fear. The one they whisper about. The one they call The Rogue King. Every King needs his Queen and Cassiopeia happens to be at the right place at the right time. They can't help who they are - He's the Rogue King and she's unlike anything he's ever met...
  • The Silver Siren by Chanda Hahn

    The Silver Siren by Chanda Hahn

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    Every journey has an end.Unable to find the answers she sought in Skyfell, Thalia, Joss, and Kael travel to Haven with a prisoner in tow. An attack on the road waylays their plans, and Thalia finds herself traveling alone with Kael to the hidden sanctuary of the SwordBrothers.But war is on the horizon and the Raven is amassing his army...
  • 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...
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    epic  fae  magic  paranormal  action-adventure  book  demons  dragons
  • Revelations by Lindsay Buroker

    Revelations by Lindsay Buroker

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Power that’s growing ever more impossible to hide… Captain Telryn “Trip” Yert is on the most important mission of his life. Accompanied by Captain Kaika, the sentient soulblade Jaxi, and Rysha Ravenwood—the noble-born scholar and officer he definitely shouldn’t be developing feelings for—he must find a way to close a portal that’s allowing more and more dragons into the world...
  • Origins by Lindsay Buroker

    Origins by Lindsay Buroker

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Are you still human if your father was a dragon? Even though Captain Trip always knew he was a little odd, he’s still shocked by the revelation that the elder gold dragon, Agarrenon Shivar, sired him. It’s time, however, to accept reality and learn to use his power, even if it alienates him from his magic-fearing friends—and the woman he’s come to care about...
  • The Obsidian Palace by Benjamin Medrano

    The Obsidian Palace by Benjamin Medrano

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Ruethwyn’s body had been made whole and her magic restored in the Frostglades to the north, though in a way she’d never anticipated. Supported by her friends, at long last, she looks to the future and her ultimate goal, to rescue those who Resvarygrath had stolen from her...
  • The Ciphers of Muirwood by Jeff Wheeler

    The Ciphers of Muirwood by Jeff Wheeler

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 32 ratings
    From the moment she was banished by her father, the king, Princess Maia journeyed to seek sanctuary at Muirwood Abbey, the epicenter of magic and good in the land. Now safe for the first time since her cruel abandonment, Maia must foster uneasy friendships with other girls training to be Ciphers: women who learn to read and engrave tomes of ancient power, despite the laws forbidding them to do so...
  • Dragonwitch by Anne Elisabeth Stengl

    Dragonwitch by Anne Elisabeth Stengl

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A New Tale Is Added to this Christy Award-Winning Fantasy Saga!Submissive to her father's will, Lady Leta of Aiven travels far to meet a prospective husband she neither knows nor loves--Lord Alistair, future king of the North Country. But within the walls of Gaheris Castle, all is not right. Vicious night terrors plague Lord Alistair to the brink of insanity. Whispers rise from the family crypt...
  • Bloodwitch by Susan Dennard

    Bloodwitch by Susan Dennard

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    Fans of Susan Dennard's Witchlands series have fallen in love with the Bloodwitch Aeduan. And now, finally, comes his story.High in a snowy mountain range, a monastery that holds more than just faith clings to the side of a cliff. Below, thwarted by a lake, a bloodthirsty horde of raiders await the coming of winter and the frozen path to destroy the sanctuary and its secrets...
  • Ferran's Map by T.L. Shreffler

    Ferran's Map by T.L. Shreffler

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The bloodmage Volcrian is dead, but a new enemy lurks in the shadows. The Shade, a fanatical cult of demonic assassins, is trying to resurrect the Dark God and unleash His power back into the world. In their wake, a deadly plague is spreading across the land.Sora and her companions are the only ones who know of the plague’s true source...
  • 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...
  • The Fathomless Caves by Kate Forsyth

    The Fathomless Caves by Kate Forsyth

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    In Eileanan, victory has finally been won, and those of faery kind--from the mighty dragons to the mysterious nyx--have sworn their friendship and aid. Only the sea-dwelling Fairgean have refused to sign the Pact of Peace. Driven by ancient hatreds, they have devoted themselves to destroying all who dwell upon the land...
  • Unraveled by Lindsay Buroker

    Unraveled by Lindsay Buroker

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    A mission to a foreign land has left Captain Trip Yert with a responsibility he never anticipated: watching over two dozen magical stasis chambers containing half-dragon young, including eight that are half-human. As bewildering as he finds it, all of them are related to him...
  • The Prisoner of Limnos by Lois McMaster Bujold

    The Prisoner of Limnos by Lois McMaster Bujold

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    In this sequel novella to “Mira’s Last Dance”, Temple sorcerer Penric and the widow Nikys have reached safety in the duchy of Orbas when a secret letter from a friend brings frightening news: Nikys’s mother has been taken hostage by her brother’s enemies at the Cedonian imperial court, and confined in a precarious island sanctuary...
  • Starflower by Anne Elisabeth Stengl

    Starflower by Anne Elisabeth Stengl

    Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    The Black Dogs are on the hunt, but who is their prey?When a cursed dragon-witch kidnaps fairest Lady Gleamdren, the Bard Eanrin sets boldly forth on a rescue mission...and a race against his rival for Gleamdren's favor. Intent upon his quest, the last thing the immortal Faerie needs is to become mixed up with the troubles of an insignificant mortal...
  • Marin's Codex by Benjamin Medrano

    Marin's Codex by Benjamin Medrano

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    This is a prequel to the Ancient Dreams trilogy, but is best read after the other volumes.Some mysteries are shrouded by both time and wars long since past. One of these mysteries revolves around the discovery of the true nature of magic, and the High Mage who ushered in a new era of understanding. Her name was Marin, and her life's work was consumed in the writing of her research...
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    epic  fae  magic  paranormal  wlw  action-adventure  adult  angels
  • Magic and Mayhem by Hannah Walker

    Magic and Mayhem by Hannah Walker

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Life in Corent is exciting and challenging. As one of the main paranormal communities you never know what might be around the corner. Matt’s life has always been peaceful. He splits his time between helping at his mama’s shop and spending time with family, friends, and his coven...
  • 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...
  • Blood: Becoming the Vampire Queen by B.E. Brouillard

    Blood: Becoming the Vampire Queen by B.E. Brouillard

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    What is that old saying? “Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.”I think I took it too far.I got intimately close to the vampire king and then lied to him.I betrayed him in the worst of ways.Now I have to work closely with the one person who hates me most of all in order to help save his people.But he forgets that he lied too, and all’s fair in love and war...
  • Queen of Ice by Benjamin Medrano

    Queen of Ice by Benjamin Medrano

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Ruethwyn hadn’t expected to risk death while attending the most renowned mage academy in the kingdom, but after surviving a dragon’s attack, she hadn’t been willing to back down. Though she’d nearly died due to her efforts, Ruethwyn managed to protect the lives of her friends and earn the grudging respect of some of her opponents...
  • Crisis of Faith by Benjamin Medrano

    Crisis of Faith by Benjamin Medrano

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Reconciling two divergent faiths to a single goddess is much more difficult when the conference begins with an assassination attempt. As her followers have to deal with the multiple unknown attackers which are assaulting them, Tyria finds her hands tied by divine law and her struggle to decide who she is, and who she should be...
    Categorized as:
    epic  fae  magic  paranormal  wlw  action-adventure  adult  angels
  • 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...
  • I Destroyed the Elf Prince's Harem by Jocelynn Drake

    I Destroyed the Elf Prince's Harem by Jocelynn Drake

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Who hasn't wanted to disappear into their favorite book? Live in the world of their favorite characters?Well, when this author fell off a bridge thanks to flipping a magic coin, I woke up in the one place I didn't want to be—my own unfinished novel.Now I'm trying to untangle this twisted plot, put the hero back on track to finding his brother's killer, and getting his happily ever after...
    Categorized as:
    fae  magic  paranormal  sword-sorcery  romance  fantasy  mlm  mystery
  • The Princess Must Reign by Everly Frost, Jaymin Eve

    The Princess Must Reign by Everly Frost, Jaymin Eve

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    The battle begins. The storm will rage. In a world of elves and gargoyles hidden beneath the streets of Chicago, Storm Princess Marbella Mercy has awakened a deadly power in a bid to free Baelen Rath from the savage gargoyle king...
  • Render by Elizabeth C. Mock

    Render by Elizabeth C. Mock

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Just when Faela Durante dared to hope that her mission of atonement might succeed, it all shattered with the senseless massacre of the Tereskan healers in Kilrood. None survived the slaughter, not even her son. With her mentor, Ianos Wilkerson, missing and presumed dead, Faela and her new allies must heed Rivka’s dying prophecy in order to stand against the coming darkness...
  • The Well of Shades by Juliet Marillier

    The Well of Shades by Juliet Marillier

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    Juliet Marillier continues the epic fantasy begun with" The Dark Mirror, " which" Interzone" called: "A fascinating evocation of life in Pictish England and an emotional roller coaster of a story." King Bridei is a man with a mission. His wish to unite his kingdom seems almost within his grasp but there are forces working to undo his dream...
  • 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...
  • Light Mage by Laurie Forest

    Light Mage by Laurie Forest

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    Journey to the magical world of Erthia in this exciting full-length ebook prequel to The Black Witch by critically acclaimed author Laurie Forest.Before Elloren Gardner came to possess the Wand of Myth, the Wand was drawn to another bearer: Sagellyn Gaffney...
  • Ancient Ruins by Benjamin Medrano

    Ancient Ruins by Benjamin Medrano

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Newly edited for clarity. Sistina awakened after millennia of dormancy, her memories in tatters and born anew. Residing in the ruins of an ancient city, she finds herself drawn into a war between two elven nations and the slaver kingdom of Kelvanis when she rescues a princess from slavery...
    Categorized as:
    epic  fae  magic  paranormal  wlw  action-adventure  adult  angels
  • The Forbidden Land by Kate Forsyth

    The Forbidden Land by Kate Forsyth

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    After her adventures with the League of the Healing Hand, Finn the Cat finds her life at Castle Rurach boring. Snowbound for the winter and faced with the prospect of being molded into "Lady Fionnghal" by her mother, she pines to be on the battlefront with her father against the sea demons.But Finn's talents are needed elsewhere...
  • 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...
  • Starlight by Adrienne Woods

    Starlight by Adrienne Woods

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    In the Fifth and final part of the Dragonian Series, eighteen-year-old Elena Watkins and her dragon, the Rubicon, need to find the missing ingredients in order to free her father from Etan...
  • 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...
  • By Blood and Magic by Jamie A. Waters

    By Blood and Magic by Jamie A. Waters

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A priceless treasure is hidden within the ocean's depths... Sabine barely managed to escape from Akros with her life.But the ocean isn't safe for someone whose power stems from the forests.When their ship is attacked on the high seas and one of Sabine's companions is taken hostage, only an agreement forged by blood and magic may save her friend's life...
  • The Avatar's Flames by Benjamin Medrano

    The Avatar's Flames by Benjamin Medrano

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Ruethwyn’s life was promising. Talented in magic, the young elven woman didn’t fit in in her hometown, but was scheduled to attend the most renowned academy of magic in the kingdom, and was even building up the courage to confess her love in the hope that it might be returned. That all ended in a dragon’s fire...
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    epic  fae  magic  paranormal  wlw  action-adventure  audiobook  book
  • 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 Prince's Dragon by W.M. Fawkes, Sam Burns

    The Prince's Dragon by W.M. Fawkes, Sam Burns

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The last place Lord Tristram Radcliffe ever expected to find himself was right hand to the Llangardian throne. His parentage should have seen him banished, but he managed to keep his draconic secret. Now, King Reynold is dead. Long live King Roland...
  • 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...
  • Barbarian Outcast by Aaron Crash

    Barbarian Outcast by Aaron Crash

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The lands to the South are full of depraved women driven mad by forbidden sorcery. Now that sounds like fun for a barbarian from the Black Wolf Clan. The barbarians of the frozen north live to fight, drink, hunt, and screw, and Ymir is a true son of the Ax Tundra, until a demon curses him with magic...
  • Child of the Flames by D.W. Hawkins

    Child of the Flames by D.W. Hawkins

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The Red Swords came with the sunrise and took everything Shawna Llewan held dear. Her family massacred, her home destroyed, she escapes with nothing but her mother’s heirloom and the desire for vengeance. When she’s found by Dormael, a Warlock of the Conclave, she learns that her mother’s keepsake—the reason her family was killed—holds the power to unleash boundless destruction...
  • Dragonsbane by Shae Ford

    Dragonsbane by Shae Ford

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    With the thrones of the Sovereign Five broken, the Kingdom sits on the brink of ruin. A new threat rises from the north — an alliance between two rulers. While the Earl and the Countess plot for the throne, King Crevan slips deeper into madness. All of their fates are intertwined … and may yet be tied to a boy from the mountains...
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