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  • Horseman by Shayne Silvers

    Horseman by Shayne Silvers

    Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    ABANDON ALL HOPE, THE FIFTH HORSEMAN SHALL RIDE... Nate Temple is on the hunt to right a wrong. Mordred – King Arthur's son – has escaped from Hell. And it's all Nate's fault.Pro-Tip: Don't let escapees rob the dreaded Nine Souls on their way out of Hell's Gates. It makes the escapee just an itsy-bitsy bit stronger.But what are the Nine Souls? And what does St...
  • Born of Silence by Sherrilyn Kenyon

    Born of Silence by Sherrilyn Kenyon

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    Death Stalks Them All... Kere is the second most infamous member of the shadow organization known as Sentella. An explosive engineer who strikes terror into the hearts of the League, the bounty on his head is truly staggering. No one knows his true identity.The daughter of a traitor, Zarya Starska grew up hard on the back streets of hell- her family hunted to the brink of extinction...
  • Savage by Shayne Silvers

    Savage by Shayne Silvers

    Rated: 4.72 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Boys want attention. Men want respect. Legends just don’t care…Nate Temple is finally taking some time off to appreciate the finer things in life…like his new Valkyrie, Kára. But their weeks of romance come to a swift end and lethal end when assassins invade the sanctity of Chateau Falco...
  • Into Hell by Brenda K. Davies

    Into Hell by Brenda K. Davies

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    River, When I find myself face to face with Lucifer, I realize that what he wants from me could destroy Hell and the world. There isn’t anything I wouldn’t do for those I love, but I’m not sure I can do what is necessary to stop Lucifer’s plans… even if I’m the only one who can. Kobal, As the battle for Hell rages, the line between enemies and allies blurs...
  • Grimalkins Don't Purr by Kim McDougall

    Grimalkins Don't Purr by Kim McDougall

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Kyra Greene is out of this world—literally. Jacoby, her fire dervish has been lost in the Nether for weeks. Only Kyra can save him, but not without help from her estranged father. The problem is, Daddy is dead. His spirit now rests in a Life Tree whose roots pierce the veil between worlds. Join Kyra on a new adventure with her band of misfit creatures...
  • Dark Horse by Shayne Silvers

    Dark Horse by Shayne Silvers

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Rage, rage against the dying of the lightIn the stygian darkness beneath his ancestral mausoleum, Nate sets out to explore the shadowed history of his infamous Temple ancestors.And to brutally destroy a poisonous weed threatening to strangle his family tree.Aiden Maxon, Nate’s half-brother, is on the warpath, committed and capable of killing everything and everyone Nate loves and holds dear...
  • Ember by Travis Bagwell

    Ember by Travis Bagwell

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Desert sands. Arcane magic. A love lost.Finn Harris should have been the one to die.But he wasn't - his wife took his place. What was worse, he only had himself and his company to blame. They let their passion outpace their prudence, determined to revolutionize the world. While all innovation comes with a price, he never imagined it would cost him Rachael...
  • Chosen by Vanessa Nelson

    Chosen by Vanessa Nelson

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Demons on the loose. Ritual murders. An ancient vampire breathing down her neck.Some days Max just doesn't know where to start. The problems facing her city are piling up, and there seems no end or solution in sight.Max's job used to be dealing with supernatural creatures...
  • Painting the Blues in Gretna Green by Linzi Day

    Painting the Blues in Gretna Green by Linzi Day

    Rated: 4.69 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    My powers are growing, and my tolerance is low. My second week in my new role as the Gretna Green Recorder is making the first week look relaxing.I have quite the to-do list.✅ Fix a thousand-year-old injustice that threatens the future of the Pictish royal family and their realm? Check.✅ Test my new Knight Adjutant candidates? Check...
  • Angel's Flight by Ella Summers

    Angel's Flight by Ella Summers

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    The old saying is true. Knowledge really is power, especially when angels and gods play the game. The original Immortals, masters of magic, once reigned over every world in the known universe—until they suddenly vanished. The gods and demons have been fighting over the remains of their fractured empire ever since...
  • Dangerous Ways by R.R. Virdi

    Dangerous Ways by R.R. Virdi

    Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    From the Dragon Award-nominated author, R.R. Virdi.Jonathan Hawthorne has lived over a century beholden to one rule: do not meddle in mortal affairs. He's broken it twice. So when he crosses paths with Cassidy Winters, he's forced to interfere again.Strike three. And the third time's not the charm.Hawthorne is swept along as Cassidy slips through the cracks in reality...
  • Devil’s Blood by Shayne Silvers

    Devil’s Blood by Shayne Silvers

    Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    The greatest trick the First Vampire ever pulled was convincing the world that he didn't exist.Before the now-infamous Count Dracula ever tasted his first drop of blood, Sorin Ambrogio owned the night. Humanity fearfully called him the Devil...
  • The Might by Siri Pettersen

    The Might by Siri Pettersen

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Hirka prepares to meet the ruling house of a cold, hierarchical world where contempt for weakness is paramount. Reluctantly, she accepts her fate, hoping to keep Rime alive and Ymslanda safe. But the dead borns thirst for the Might is absolute and Hirka realize that war she wanted to prevent, is inevitable. An awareness that will soon challenge everything she ever believed in and fought for...
  • Invent by Dakota Krout

    Invent by Dakota Krout

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Class secrets revealed. A large Shoe to fill. Peace is only on the table.Joe’s Candidacy was successful beyond his wildest dreams. Between driving the Elves out of Dwarven sovereign territory, utterly destroying an army of thousands, and using resources he could have used for himself to bring back the fallen on his own side… his reputation begins to precede him once more...
  • The Second Realm by Michael Chatfield

    The Second Realm by Michael Chatfield

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    When Erik and Rugrat entered the ten realms they didn’t know what was going on. They only knew that they had contracted the two week curse. When entering the second realm they came to understand their character sheets, and part of the system that is called the ten realms. A place that the strong make the rules and the weak cling to them for protection and hope that they might be left in peace...
  • Seeing Red in Gretna Green by Linzi Day

    Seeing Red in Gretna Green by Linzi Day

    Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Have you ever agreed to something and, when the time came, wondered what planet your mouth had been on when it accepted the invitation?Welcome to my freaking world.A warning from a Fae seer didn’t help Tilly and me get into the right mood for our break in Prince Dai ap Modron’s ‘lovely mountain home’ for the St. David’s Day festival...
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    myths  retellings  europe  scandinavia  fantasy  magic  dragons  humor
  • Moonshine by Shayne Silvers, Cameron O'Connell

    Moonshine by Shayne Silvers, Cameron O'Connell

    Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Witches and werewolves and rednecks, oh my!After surviving one Hell of a journey, Quinn MacKenna - black magic arms dealer turned demigoddess - was really looking forward to spending some quality time with friends. And maybe a beer. Unfortunately time is the only thing Quinn doesn’t have, and all her friends are either missing, in hiding, or imprisoned - including her favorite bartender...
  • The Frontier by Alexey Osadchuk

    The Frontier by Alexey Osadchuk

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    No one knows for certain what caused the Shadow to come into existence. Clerics say it was the gods laying a curse upon this world. Philosophers maintain that the Shadow of Strix is nothing short of a blessing and new milestone in human progress. But both sides agree that the Shadow will eventually swallow up this world and change it beyond recognition...
  • A Faerie's Curse by Rachel Morgan

    A Faerie's Curse by Rachel Morgan

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    An alternative cover edition for this ASIN can be found here.A witch’s curse. A world-ending prophecy. A daring rescue mission. Don’t miss the heart-pounding finale to Calla’s story! On the run from the Guild of Guardians, Calla Larkenwood and her team of fellow outlaws plan a daring rescue operation into the Seelie Court itself...
  • Power of the Lost by Cebelius

    Power of the Lost by Cebelius

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A man is only as good as his word ... Celestine is a vast world, filled with mysteries and peopled by creatures most men consider nothing but flights of fancy. Terrence Mack knows better. Free of Florence at last, he wants nothing more than to make good on a promise. Yuri Kolenko journeyed across the world on a quest to be made chieftain and end the abuses of an evil shaman...
  • Beast Master by Shayne Silvers

    Beast Master by Shayne Silvers

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Nate's To-Do List: De-pants Ganesh. Shut down a Monster Circus. Rescue a Chimera. And host Friendsgiving for his guests - an Angel, Achilles, and Death, just to name a few... Easy-Peasy... The Beast Master has come to town, and he's kidnapping shifter kids for his show.But the Queens of Fae also want a little deep-fried wizard for the holidays...
  • A Faerie's Revenge by Rachel Morgan

    A Faerie's Revenge by Rachel Morgan

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Secrets define her past… Dangerous visions threaten her future… Framed for a crime she didn’t commit… Whom can she...
  • Forged by Vanessa Nelson

    Forged by Vanessa Nelson

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Blood may be thicker than water, but not all families are meant to stay together.Struggling to maintain her independence, and the life she has fought so hard to build, Max finally learns the truth about her own origins and her family.Max has no time to absorb the shocking news...
  • Holy Sheoly by Hunter Blain

    Holy Sheoly by Hunter Blain

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Go to Heaven for the climate, Hell for the company, and Sheol for…well, the screaming silence of eternal nothingness?In the frigid lands belonging to the Queen of the Unseelie, a beautiful stranger dressed all in ivory makes his approach. A debt is owed, and payment is due.Below the burning lakes of everlasting woe and the single, vast city of Hell, lies Sheol—the Hell below Hell...
  • The Reginnaglar Ceremony by D.C. Haenlien

    The Reginnaglar Ceremony by D.C. Haenlien

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Worthiness isn't given but taken.After her twelfth birthday, Adelheid von Vuldar, must take the next step for her ascension to the throne, the Reginnaglar Ceremony. For generations, members of the imperial family have tested their mettle in dungeons to prove their abilities, and now, it's Adelheid's turn...
  • 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...
  • The Seventh Princess by D.C. Haenlien

    The Seventh Princess by D.C. Haenlien

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    A Tale of Ambition and PowerA soul from Earth awakens as Seventh Princess Adelheid of the Vuldar Empire. With a weak body but a monstrous reservoir of mana that threatens her very life, Adelheid engraves an oath into her very soul. She shall seize the throne no matter the sacrifices. Never again, shall her birthright be stolen...
  • Glass Faerie by Rachel Morgan

    Glass Faerie by Rachel Morgan

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    An alternative cover edition for this ASIN can be found here.Emerson Clarke: Sarcastic. Independent. Possibly losing her mind.Because that’s the only explanation for why she occasionally sees things that aren’t there, right? But one night, an impossible power erupts from her, and Em realizes the truth is crazier than she ever thought: she isn’t losing her mind; she’s magical...
  • Silksinger by Laini Taylor

    Silksinger by Laini Taylor

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    One faerie, the last of her clan, must fight to complete her sacred dutyWhisper Silksinger is the last of the secret guardians of the Azazel, one of the powerful Djinn who dreamed the world into being. Relentlessly pursued by bloodthirsty devils, she flees to the city of Nazneen to restore the Azazel to his temple...
  • The Rivers of Zadaa by D.J. MacHale

    The Rivers of Zadaa by D.J. MacHale

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    THE BATTLE CONTINUES.THE STRUGGLE OF GOOD VERSUS EVIL continues as Bobby Pendragon follows Saint Dane to the territory of Zadaa. Saint Dane's influence has fueled the fire of discontent between two warring tribes: the Rokador and the Batu. This is also the territory where the Traveler Loor lives as a member of the Batu...
  • Before I Wake by Rachel Vincent

    Before I Wake by Rachel Vincent

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 35 ratings
    I died on a Thursday— killed by a monster intent on stealing my soul.The good news? He didn't get it.The bad news? Turns out not even death will get you out of high school…Covering up her own murder was one thing, but faking life is much harder than Kaylee Cavanaugh expected...
  • Sacrifice by K.M. Shea

    Sacrifice by K.M. Shea

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Sacrifice: the thrilling conclusion to the Snow Queen series! Rakel, once feared and exiled for possessing magic, is now hailed a hero. Leading resistance forces against the Chosen—an army of magic users that invaded her homeland—she is granted everything she has longed for: acceptance, a home, and the love of her friends. But the battle for her country has just begun...
  • The Starlit Loom by Ted Sanders

    The Starlit Loom by Ted Sanders

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    This heart-racing conclusion of the epic middle grade fantasy series The Keepers will have readers breathless.Horace F. Andrews, Keeper of the fabled Box of Promises, knows that nothing is impossible. He can see into the future, and his friend Chloe can walk through walls. They know others who can float through the air or communicate with animals...
  • Red Moon by R.K. Close

    Red Moon by R.K. Close

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    She knows what hides in the shadows...and now they know about her... Private Investigator Samantha Chase has defeated one immortal killer. But just when Sam believes the danger has passed, a wave of deadly animal attacks throws the city of Phoenix into panic. Are these deaths the result of a wild animal, or something...premeditated? Gone without a trace..
    Categorized as:
    myths  action-adventure  adult  alpha-mc  book  dark  fae  female-mc
  • I Shall Seal the Heaven! by Er Gen

    I Shall Seal the Heaven! by Er Gen

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Diese Geschichte stammt zwischen dem achten und neunten Berg. Es geht um die ausgefallenen jungen Wissenschaftler namens Meng Hao, die gezwungen wurde, in eine Sekt Immortals Praxis zu betreten. Welt Anbau, wo die Starken die Schwachen isst, wo das Gesetz des Dschungels herrscht. Meng Hao muss in der neuen Welt oder untergehen anzupassen...
  • The Shadow of Glory by D.C. Haenlien

    The Shadow of Glory by D.C. Haenlien

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Scarred but Victorious.Adelheid returned to the capital of the Vuldar Empire after completing her Reginnaglar Ceremony. Armed with prestige and power, the seventh princess lays down the foundation for her rise. Although Adelheid has set her sights on the future, the past never escaped her eyes. Now, is the time for vengeance for both herself and her fallen knight.For Neun...
  • Unleash the Storm by Annette Marie

    Unleash the Storm by Annette Marie

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    New/alternate cover edition for ASIN# B016E6Y270.Piper thought she could handle the Sahar, the most powerful magical weapon in existence. She thought she could protect her loved ones and stop a war. She thought she could make a difference.She was wrong, and her mistakes were paid for in blood...
  • Blades of Accession by Breeana Puttroff

    Blades of Accession by Breeana Puttroff

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Peace has finally come to the kingdom of Philotheum, but now William, Quinn, Zander, and Linnea find themselves facing the biggest challenge of all: coming into their own as adults. Newly re-installed as queen, Quinn must learn how to manage not only her kingdom, but the challenging history of her bloodline...
  • The Elemental Ruins by Sam Burns

    The Elemental Ruins by Sam Burns

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    What do you do the day after the world doesn’t end?If you’re River Keyes (yeah, me), you try to figure out how you’re going to live without the internet. Because we might have kept two worlds from being destroyed, but now I’m trapped in a place with no electricity, no takeout, and no phoning home...
  • Dragonsdawn by Anne McCaffrey

    Dragonsdawn by Anne McCaffrey

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 42 ratings
    The beautiful planet Pern seemed a paradise to its new colonists - until unimaginable terror turned it into hell. Suddenly deadly spores were falling like silver threads from the sky, devouring everything - and everyone - in their path. It began to look as if the colony, cut off from Earth and lacking the resources to combat the menace, was doomed...
  • The Pilgrims of Rayne by D.J. MacHale

    The Pilgrims of Rayne by D.J. MacHale

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    When Bobby Pendragon first arrives on the tropical world of Ibara, he finds paradise. There is beauty all around and the people of Ibara are blissfully happy. It's not long before Bobby discovers, however, that they are also blissfully...oblivious...
  • 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...
  • Broken Prince by Jen Wylie

    Broken Prince by Jen Wylie

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Sometimes, when you're broken, you can heal on your own. Sometimes, you need the help of your friends, your family, and the people you love. Keeping those pieces together when the world seems intent on ripping you apart is the greatest challenge of all. Especially when the ones you love, the ones who hold you together, start falling apart themselves...
  • Angel Fury by Ella Summers

    Angel Fury by Ella Summers

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Cadence Lightbringer, daughter of a legendary archangel, has always known her gods-endowed magic comes with a price. As an angel in the Legion of Angels, she lives where the Legion commands her to live, trains how the Legion tells her to train, and marries whom the Legion instructs her to marry. Somehow it all sounded simpler in her head...
  • Shadow Castle by Marian Cockrell

    Shadow Castle by Marian Cockrell

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    In the middle of a deep forest is an enchanted valley and a castle where only shadows live, shadows of kings and queens who have waited for hundreds of years for the spell cast upon them to be broken...
  • Drums of War by Tinalynge

    Drums of War by Tinalynge

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Stepping out from the Dungeons of the Divine, Hui Yue found himself in a world unlike anything he had ever seen before. This was a dog eat dog world where he had to fight to prove his worth. With Lan Feng by his side, Hui Yue continues his adventure, soaring towards the heavens, towards the world where people will sing songs about his achievements and fear his overwhelming strength...
  • 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...
  • Fates by C. Gockel

    Fates by C. Gockel

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The Leader Who Rules Chaos, Rules the Realms… Two years ago Loki, God of Mischief and Chaos, destroyed a large chunk of Chicago’s financial district and then vanished into thin air. He still has not been found. Odin, ruler of the Nine Realms, is desperate. To find Loki, he sends his son Thor on a dangerous quest to consult the all-seeing Norns. But Thor needs humanity’s help..
  • The Jade Lord by James A. Hunter

    The Jade Lord by James A. Hunter

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    November, 2042 It’s been a busy month for thirty-two-year-old Jack Mitchel: Three weeks ago, he died. Two weeks ago, he founded the first Faction in the ultra-immersive, fantasy-based VRMMORPG, Viridian Gate Online. A week and a half ago the world ended, destroyed by a cataclysmic asteroid...
  • Raven Rise by D.J. MacHale

    Raven Rise by D.J. MacHale

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 39 ratings
    The moment of truth...This is where it begins. The showdown for Halla. At stake is nothing less than all that ever was and all that will be.There's only one thing missing - Bobby Pendragon.While Bobby remains trapped on Ibara, the battle moves to his home territory: Second Earth. Mark Dimond and Courtney Chetwynde are left on their own to defend Second Earth against the forces of Saint Dane...
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