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A Good Chance by Tricia O'Malley
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWill she be swept away? If someone had told Avery that she’d be flying to a tiny island in the Caribbean to film a reality show masquerading as her identical twin sister, she would have thought they were crazy. And yet, she finds herself in a tin can of an airplane, about to land on Siren Island where a film crew waits to document her every move for a new reality love show – Swept Away... -
![Good Moon Rising by Tricia O'Malley]()
Good Moon Rising by Tricia O'Malley
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsEven mermaids fall sometimes…The ladies of The Laughing Mermaid guesthouse are renowned for both their beauty and their enchanting ways. Jolie, one of the owners, has only dated casually for years, as she is searching for the one man who has been foretold to be her future. When he arrives, Jolie is shocked to find him impervious to her charms... -
![Up to No Good by Tricia O'Malley]()
Up to No Good by Tricia O'Malley
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsLola Ramon has cultivated a life most would dream of – or judge – depending on who is doing the looking. A world traveler and artist, she never stays in one place for too long, or with one man. A fateful meeting with a psychic in Italy reveals the cracks in her happy exterior and sends her to Siren Island determined to take a break from her wandering lifestyle... -
![Good Girl by Tricia O'Malley]()
Good Girl by Tricia O'Malley
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsFrom New York Times and USA Today bestselling author, Tricia O'Malley, comes a brand new series about love, self-discovery and embracing your inner mermaid. She shouldn't be on this island. If she was smart, Samantha Jameson would turn around and march right back to the plane that deposited her at a faded hut of an airport on Siren Island... -
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![Royally Hitched: The Fae Twins by G.K. DeRosa]()
Royally Hitched: The Fae Twins by G.K. DeRosa
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe prince is in prison for a murder he didn’t commit—or did he? With all the intrigue at Spring Court, I don’t know who to trust anymore. Even my own sister is keeping secrets from me. The closer we get to Drake, the more dangerous it is for both of us. Not only because of the swirling rumors of murder but also for our traitorous hearts. We were never supposed to fall for the prince... -
![Brewing Trouble by Christine Gael]()
Brewing Trouble by Christine Gael
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAfter barely escaping the business end of the hangman’s noose, Cricket Hawthorne wants nothing more than to forget it all...Maude the magical typewriter, Zoe’s stolen cauldron, Patrick the betrayer, and definitely the witch-hating, robe-wearing cult who tried to end her. Unfortunately, pressing the reboot button isn’t an option...Categorized as:
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![Geminiderne by Nanna Foss]()
Geminiderne by Nanna Foss
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsPi skjuler altid sine følelser bag et smil. Hver dag er hun bange for at gøre skade på andre med sin nyopdagede evne. Hver nat hjemsøges hun af minder om en skæbnesvanger aften. Og imens kæmper hun for at holde sammen på sin ødelagte familie.Det sidste, hun har brug for, er at blive kysset af en mystisk fyr fra fortiden... -
![Imagine a Day by Sarah L. Thomson]()
Imagine a Day by Sarah L. Thomson
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsImagine a day when your swing swings you higher than the highest treetops. Imagine a day when you can ride your bike up a path of falling leaves into the very tree they are falling from. Imagine a day when you release a handful of blue balloons into a cloudy, gray sky to create a postcard-perfect day. Imagine a day when the ordinary becomes the extraordinary...a day when anything is possible...Categorized as:
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![Una sonata de verano by Belén Martínez Sánchez]()
Una sonata de verano by Belén Martínez Sánchez
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsNOVELA GANADORA DEL I PREMIO PUCK¿Y si tu libro favorito fuera mucho más que una buena historia?Casio Oliver está obsesionado con Preludio de invierno, la primera obra de Óscar Salvatierra, un escritor ya retirado... -
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Found by P.C. Cast, Kristin Cast
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsFog rolls into Tulsa, and with it comes Darkness. Zoey knows something is up, and that the something involves Neferet, but Neferet can't possibly be freed, right?Other Neferet and her companion, Lynette, arrive in Woodward Park to set this world's Neferet free from her grotto prison, and discover there may be those who sympathize with their cause... -
![Joe Nuthin's Guide to Life by Helen Fisher]()
Joe Nuthin's Guide to Life by Helen Fisher
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA thoroughly uplifting novel about a neurodivergent young man who unexpectedly builds a community and saves a friend in need by following—in a way only he can—his mother’s words of wisdom.Joe-Nathan likes the two parts of his name separate, just like dinner and dessert. Mean Charlie at work sometimes calls him Joe-Nuthin. But Joe is far from nothing...Categorized as:
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![The Change by Kirsten Miller]()
The Change by Kirsten Miller
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBig Little Lies meets The Witches of Eastwick--a gloriously entertaining and knife-sharp feminist revenge fantasy about three women whose midlife crisis brings unexpected new powers--putting them on a collision course with the evil that lurks in their wealthy beach town... -
![Мастер ветров и закатов by Max Frei]()
Мастер ветров и закатов by Max Frei
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsСамый популярный автор начала ХХI века Макс Фрай дарит своим поклонникам новую серию книг! Таким образом, МАСТЕР ВЕТРОВ И ЗАКАТОВ - первая книга новой серии Макса Фрая "Сновидения ЕХО", которая раскроет ранее неизвестные стороны жизни сэра Макса из Тайного Сыска города Ехо...Categorized as:
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![Royally Hitched: The Fae Prince by G.K. DeRosa]()
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... -
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![Sebastian and the Troll by Fredrik Backman]()
Sebastian and the Troll by Fredrik Backman
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThis is a short story I wrote in December 2017. It’s about pain. It’s been translated by my friend Vanja Vinter and is published here on my blog for now because I’m not really sure where else to put it yet. If you read it and find something you like with it you’re welcome to donate whatever you think it’s worth to a charity of your choice...Categorized as:
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![Tapping the Dream Tree by Charles de Lint, Charles Vess]()
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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![A Very Declan Christmas by Maggie Stiefvater]()
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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![Twilight Vendetta by Maggie Shayne]()
Twilight Vendetta by Maggie Shayne
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratings"My inspiration has always been Maggie Shayne's WINGS IN THE NIGHT." #1 New York Times Bestselling Author CHRISTINE FEEHAN Devlin doesn’t like humans. Most would support the extermination of the entire vampire race, and that’s exactly what will happen, unless his plan to organize a resistance force succeeds. Eva is the only mortal who’s ever managed to get under his skin... -
![Imagine a Place by Sarah L. Thomson]()
Imagine a Place by Sarah L. Thomson
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIf you can imagine a place, you can go there. Imagine a place that makes you feel as free as a bird. Imagine a place where getting there is worth whatever it takes. Imagine a place that makes you feel like it's always been your destination. Imagine a place made out of pure imagination...Categorized as:
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![Spooky Sweet by Connie Shelton]()
Spooky Sweet by Connie Shelton
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsNow that Samantha Sweet has a contract to provide her special handmade chocolates for the wealthy jet-set clients of Book It Travel, Sweet’s Sweets bakery is taking on a whole new dimension. Only problem, Sam isn’t ready. It’s almost Halloween, her pastry shop is bursting at the seams and she needs extra employees but there is no place to put them... -
![Muse and Reverie by Charles de Lint]()
Muse and Reverie by Charles de Lint
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 21 ratings"Muse and Reverie "is an all-new collection of short fiction in Charles de Lint's "Newford" universe--the fifth such collection since 1993, and the first since 2002. Previous collections are "Dreams Underfoot," "The Ivory and the Horn," the World Fantasy Award-winning "Memory and Dream," and "Tapping the Dream Tree...Categorized as:
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![Spells for Forgetting by Adrienne Young]()
Spells for Forgetting by Adrienne Young
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA rural island community steeped in the mystical superstitions of its founders and haunted by an unsolved murder is upended by the return of the suspected killer in this deeply atmospheric novel.Emery Blackwood’s life was forever changed on the eve of her high school graduation, when the love of her life, August Salt, was accused of murdering her best friend, Lily...Categorized as:
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![Flames by Robbie Arnott]()
Flames by Robbie Arnott
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsA young man named Levi McAllister decides to build a coffin for his twenty-three-year-old sister, Charlotte—who promptly runs for her life. A water rat swims upriver in quest of the cloud god. A fisherman named Karl hunts for tuna in partnership with a seal. And a father takes form from fire... -
![Portable Childhoods by Ellen Klages, Neil Gaiman]()
Portable Childhoods by Ellen Klages, Neil Gaiman
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEmerging from a unique and powerful voice, this innovative collection offers a tantalizing glimpse of what lies hidden just beyond the ordinary, skirting the border between childhood and adulthood...Categorized as:
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![Versions of Her by Andrea Lochen]()
Versions of Her by Andrea Lochen
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOn the surface, Melanie Kingstad-Keyes’s life is the picture of success. She’s a tenure track professor at a prestigious university and has a perfect husband. But a recent miscarriage has left her reeling and her marriage tenuous. Selling her family’s Lake Indigo summer home, which she hasn’t visited in fifteen years, feels like the perfect distraction from her problems... -
![Genesis Academy: The Seer's Legacy by Barbara Hartzler]()
Genesis Academy: The Seer's Legacy by Barbara Hartzler
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOne day I’m the darling of the Guardians and the next our whole family is running for their lives.All because I saw my first premonition ever …Now they want me to go undercover at Genesis Academy, the Guardian’s school for rebels and rejects. Me—the goody-goody science nerd with the brand new powers. Oh, and I have to keep my budding Seer powers a secret. Too bad they manifest at the worst times...Categorized as:
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![Safe as Houses by Marie-Helene Bertino]()
Safe as Houses by Marie-Helene Bertino
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSafe as Houses, the debut story collection of Marie-Helene Bertino, proves that not all homes are shelters. The titular story revolves around an aging English professor who, mourning the loss of his wife, robs other people's homes of their sentimental knick-knacks. In "Free Ham," a young dropout wins a ham after her house burns down and refuses to accept it...Categorized as:
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![Caught by Claire Cullen]()
Caught by Claire Cullen
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsRafael is about to betray his oldest friends. Traveling to the Cove under the guise of friendship, Rafe is there for one reason and one reason only— to steal a siren. Drawn to Skye from the moment their eyes meet, he finds himself torn, but there are no good choices here. You're supposed to run away from a predator not toward them. Raised among humans, Skye isn’t a typical siren... -
![The Lost Story by Meg Shaffer]()
The Lost Story by Meg Shaffer
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsInspired by C. S. Lewis’s The Chronicles of Narnia, this wild and wondrous novel is a fairy tale for grown-ups who still knock on the back of wardrobes—just in case—from the author of The Wishing Game... -
![Returning (Mermaid's Return, #1) by A.L. Knorr]()
Returning (Mermaid's Return, #1) by A.L. Knorr
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe series was previously published as "Mira's Return".Mira is a mermaid on a mission. It’s time to leave the ocean. Mira Belshaw has been at sea for… well, she doesn’t know how many years. It’s hard to keep track of time when you live in the ocean. But after enough time, the salt water triggers the desire to procreate, and her time is up. For weeks, she’s been swimming north...Categorized as:
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![Stranded by Claire Cullen]()
Stranded by Claire Cullen
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe sea is the only home Aden has ever known. Aden’s heart was encased in ice when he gave in to the call of the ocean. Weak from sickness, he’s caught in a net and dragged from the water by people who are more than human. Bad wolves. All except one. There’s a trick to hiding in plain sight: don’t get noticed... -
![The Ghostly Grounds: Death and Brunch by Sophie Love]()
The Ghostly Grounds: Death and Brunch by Sophie Love
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMarie Fortune, 39, a successful dog groomer in Boston, leaves the stressful life behind and heads to a small town in coastal Maine to create a new life. She remains intent on renovating the old, historic house her great-aunt left her and giving it a new life as a B&B. Yet there was one thing she couldn’t plan for: the house is haunted... -
![Spiritwalk by Charles de Lint]()
Spiritwalk by Charles de Lint
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsTamson House, in modern, urban Ottawa, is a rambling, eccentric curiosity of a house - and a place of hidden Power. Built at a point where the leylines meet, upon land that was once a sacred site, it is the gateway to a spirit-world where Celtic and Native American magicks mingle and leak into our own... -
![O by Eka Kurniawan]()
O by Eka Kurniawan
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsTentang seekor monyet yang ingin menikah dengan Kaisar Dangdut... -
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![The Warbler by Sarah Beth Durst]()
The Warbler by Sarah Beth Durst
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsFrom the author of The Lies Among Us comes a magical tale about mothers and daughters, choices and consequences, and the real meaning of home when every place feels like a cage.Ten months. That’s the longest Elisa has stayed anyplace, constantly propelled by her fear that if she puts down roots, a family curse will turn her into a tree... -
![Ключ из желтого металла by Max Frei, Макс Фрай]()
Ключ из желтого металла by Max Frei, Макс Фрай
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsРоман «Ключ из желтого металла» сочетает характерные для автора и так полюбившиеся читателю иронию и тонкий мистицизм с крайне популярным сейчас жанром криптологического романа.Главный герой нового романа Макса Фрая, Филипп, тратит свое время, сидя на пустующей даче приятеля, сжигая только что написанные книги в попытках найти новый смысл для собственной жизни... -
![Курильщик by Mariam Petrosyan, Мариам Петросян]()
Курильщик by Mariam Petrosyan, Мариам Петросян
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsНа окраине города, среди стандартных новостроек, стоит Серый Дом, в котором живут Сфинкс, Слепой, Лорд, Табаки, Македонский, Черный и многие другие. Неизвестно, действительно ли Лорд происходит из благородного рода драконов, но вот Слепой действительно слеп, а Сфинкс - мудр. Табаки, конечно, не шакал, хотя и любит поживиться чужим добром... -
![Murder of a Werewolf by April Fernsby]()
Murder of a Werewolf by April Fernsby
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsBrimstone - a town where supernatural beings live - and where crime is on the increase. Just like her gran, Cassia Winter is a witch. The Winter witches are responsible for investigating crimes in Brimstone. The only problem is, Cassia doesn’t know she’s a witch yet. When Gran tells Cassia about her true nature, Cassia dismisses it as nonsense... -
![It Always Snows on Mistletoe Square by Ali McNamara]()
It Always Snows on Mistletoe Square by Ali McNamara
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratings🎧Listening Length = 8 hours and 58 minutesFrom an author whose writing is “pure magic” that makes for “an enchanting escape” (Heidi Swain): In desperate need of a job, Elle — a certified grinch — musters all her fake festive cheer to work as a writer and chronicle a family’s holiday history. Could delving into the past help her navigate her future? Read by an Earphones Award–winning narrator...Categorized as:
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![We Never Talk about My Brother by Peter S. Beagle]()
We Never Talk about My Brother by Peter S. Beagle
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsModern parables of love, death, and transformation are peppered with melancholy in this extraordinary collection of contemporary fantasy. Each short story cultivates a whimsical sense of imagination and reveals a mature, darker voice than previously experienced from this legendary author...Categorized as:
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![The Wrong Heaven by Amy Bonnaffons]()
The Wrong Heaven by Amy Bonnaffons
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratings"In her amazing, wildly inventive collection, Amy Bonnaffons writes about transformation, each story further complicating the world as we know it. With a style that blends humor and sincerity in such strange, perfect ratios, Bonnaffons reveals the mysteries inside of us, just waiting to make themselves known. The Wrong Heaven, so wondrous, will alter you in all the necessary ways... -
![The Wonder State by Sara Flannery Murphy]()
The Wonder State by Sara Flannery Murphy
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFrom the author of Girl One comes a spellbinding adventure about a strange power lurking in the Arkansas Ozarks, and the group of friends obsessed with finding it.Five friends arrive back in Eternal Springs, Arkansas, the small town they all fled after high school graduation. Each is drawn home by a cryptic, scrawled two-word letter that reads, You promised... -
![The Soul's Guide to the After Death by Gwenna Laithland]()
The Soul's Guide to the After Death by Gwenna Laithland
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSusan Chambers woke up feeling like she had been hit by a bus. Mostly because she had been hit by a bus. And Susan Chambers wasn’t so much waking up, as she was arriving in The After Death, the place between one life and the next. After forty-two years as a human, a freshly dead Susan must tackle some of the biggest questions in life, death and everything that comes after... -
![Past the Size of Dreaming by Nina Kiriki Hoffman]()
Past the Size of Dreaming by Nina Kiriki Hoffman
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe Nebula and World Fantasy Award-nominated author of A Red Heart of Memories continues the spellbinding story of the wandering witch Matilda (Matt) Black, who possesses the ability to communicate with inanimate objects and see into people’s dreams—and her companion Edmund Reynolds, a young man with magic of his own who is only beginning to come to grips with his past and his powers…The two...Categorized as:
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![The Patron Saint of Lost Souls by Menna van Praag, Karen Cass]()
The Patron Saint of Lost Souls by Menna van Praag, Karen Cass
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsJude is the owner of a unique antiques shop in Cambridge. She makes it her mission to match customers with the special something that they are missing, a talisman to bring them what their heart desires. Unfortunately, Jude's life is not overflowing with love... -
![How to Train Your Alpha by M.M. Farmer]()
How to Train Your Alpha by M.M. Farmer
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIt’s time for the teacher’s pet to get a sizzling lesson on how to take an omega through heat… JesseI wasn’t looking forward to wasting a weekend at the Bangers & Mash compound, sitting through Emergency Support Alpha training when I had no interest in actually becoming an ESA, but from the moment the course instructor, Phillip Mash, walked into the room, my alpha senses went nuts... -
![Of Things Unknown by Seanan McGuire]()
Of Things Unknown by Seanan McGuire
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA tale from the perspective of April O'Leary, an electronic dryad and Countess of Tamed Lightning. After events several years back where a number of murders occurred, including that of April's mother, it looks as though there may be a way to bring those whose bodies the Night Haunts refused to take back to life. It's a hope rather than a definite, but it leads to questions from April... -
![The Midnight Garden: A Novel by Elaine Roth]()
The Midnight Garden: A Novel by Elaine Roth
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFrom debut author Elaine Roth comes a hopeful and heartfelt story about a young widow who uncovers the magic of everyday life—and the power of second chances.After the sudden death of her husband, Hope finds herself reeling from the loss in more ways than one. First a young wife and now a grieving widow, she feels like fodder for never-ending town gossip... -
![Under the Healing Sign by Nick O'Donohoe, Segrelles]()
Under the Healing Sign by Nick O'Donohoe, Segrelles
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBJ Vaughan has ventured beyond the frontiers of science to become a veterinarian in Crossroads--where she treats species she thought only existed in fantasy. Unfortunately, others have learned the way to Crossroads, those who threaten to tear this magical place apart... -
![Age of Witches by Marina Dyachenko, Sergey Dyachenko]()
Age of Witches by Marina Dyachenko, Sergey Dyachenko
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIs it easy to be a witch? Who can, and more importantly, who would want to understand her: this evil otherworldly creature, the symbol of promiscuity and whimsy? The symbol of the Woman? Is it easy to be the Great Inquisitor? Who can, and more importantly, who would want to understand him, a heartless executioner, carrying out the will of the Inquisition? What would happen if the souls of these...
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