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  • My Magical Life to Live (Midlife Witchery, #4) by Brenda Trim

    My Magical Life to Live (Midlife Witchery, #4) by Brenda Trim

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    There's no magic in any realm that can fix this mess. I've just got to dig in and get to work.One day I'm fighting beside my best friends in the Fae realm, and the next I can't light a candle without burning down my house.I always thought witches weren't supposed to have hot flashes unless we were cursed.But then the day came when I discovered that I'm cursed...
  • The Winter King by Heather Killough-Walden

    The Winter King by Heather Killough-Walden

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    “If you believe anything I tell you, believe this. You are my queen, therefore, you are my world. You are the most important piece on the chessboard. Everything I do from here on out will be about you. I will eat, sleep, and drink you. I will breathe you. And I will stop breathing without you… If you go, the game is lost...
  • Igniting Cinder by Holly Roberds

    Igniting Cinder by Holly Roberds

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Pumpkin spice and not playing nice – this ball just got more interesting, thanks to Prince Too-Handsy.The plan was as clear as glass: infiltrate a high fae court’s ball, uncover the truth behind my father's death, and avoid my sadistic stepmother and stepsisters.But now, I find myself engaged to Prince freakin' Charming, the last fae I'd ever choose for a dance partner, much less a fiancé...
  • Tender by Mary E. Twomey

    Tender by Mary E. Twomey

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    October promised herself a happily ever after, but sometimes the afterlife has other plans. A year after the kingdom is finally at peace, October Grace isn’t sure all is well. Allie’s occasional blackouts are one thing, but when Ollie goes missing, October knows the blissful life she was promised is still too far away to touch...
  • Throne of Dreams by Hillary Raymer

    Throne of Dreams by Hillary Raymer

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    From the author who brought you Crown of Roses, come the the second thrilling second installment of the Faeven Saga...For Maeve Ruhdneah, being blessed with the soul of a goddess comes with a price. Now, war is on the horizon and she finds herself relying on the callous High King of Summer, Tiernan Velless, to help her control the magic in her blood...
  • Princess of Midnight by Lucy Tempest

    Princess of Midnight by Lucy Tempest

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    THREE NIGHTS. A PAIR OF GLASS SLIPPERS. AND A FROZEN KING.After breaking free of her evil stepfamily’s thrall, Ornella Dufreyne flees into Faerie, and ends up in the Winter Court. But when she interrupts her escape to thwart an assassination attempt on the King of Winter, they recapture her.All hope seems lost, until the Queen of Spring appears to make her an offer...
  • Queen of Ice and Snow by Bekah Harris

    Queen of Ice and Snow by Bekah Harris

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The Ivy Hawthorne of the human realm is dead. Her innocence was buried with Prince Ardan, who sacrificed his own life for hers. Now standing in her place is Ivy, Queen of the Winter Court--whose sole desire is to protect her Fae and avenge the death of her beloved prince...
  • Brave Heart by Emma Hamm

    Brave Heart by Emma Hamm

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    If they cannot free themselves from the bindings of an ancient curse, then all is lost...Lorelei has seen the best and worst of this kingdom. She has fought through armies of the dead, fallen in love with a dragon, and discovered there may be more to her origin than she originally thought. Now, free from the rebellion, she can make her choice for where her life leads...
    Categorized as:
    fae  paranormal  myths  retellings  fantasy  dragons  epic  fated-mates
  • Soot and Slipper by Kate Stradling

    Soot and Slipper by Kate Stradling

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Eugenie lives in isolation on her father’s estate, with only her elegant stepmother and two stepsisters for company. When the crown of Jacondria announces a series of royal masquerades, she yearns to go. However, her stepsisters’ fortunes hinge on them finding wealthy husbands, and Eugenie doesn't want to interfere with their odds. Enter a mischievous fairy who has other plans...
  • Ever Wrath by Alexia Purdy

    Ever Wrath by Alexia Purdy

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    There is no hope.Only blood and darkness await.Shade rules as Queen of the Seelie Summer Court with her love, a Teleen Faerie named Dylan at her side. But, the dark court of Unseelie faeries will do everything in their power to rule the earth, including enslaving the human world...
  • Moon's Flower by Marie Hall

    Moon's Flower by Marie Hall

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Once upon a time, long, long ago a flower fairy looked up to the sky and dared to fall in love with the Man in the Moon…This is a very special and hidden story of Kingdom. WARNING: May contain treachery, happily ever afters, betrayals, and laughter… though not necessarily in that order...
  • Broken Promise: Between Worlds: Volume 2 by Julia Crane, Talia Jager

    Broken Promise: Between Worlds: Volume 2 by Julia Crane, Talia Jager

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The follow up book in the "Between Worlds" series. Book #1 is "Dark Promise" By: Julia Crane & Talia Jager...
  • The Judgment of Persephone by Giulia Calligola

    The Judgment of Persephone by Giulia Calligola

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Born in the 90s, university student, short and with lots of human friends: Persephone really has a terrible divine curriculum. Mortals don't worship her, Gods don't invite her to their mundane events, and all in all it would be fine for her. Or at least that is what she thinks.Everything changes when at a conference she meets Hades, God of the dead and old-fashioned gentleman...
  • The Witches' Blade by A.K. Mulford

    The Witches' Blade by A.K. Mulford

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    A magic sword. A powerful curse. An untested fae princess. Eighteen-year-old Ruadora Dammacus now possesses the Immortal Blade. But when Rua discovers the Northern King’s uncle is alive and has cast a spell on a blue witch army, she realizes that the battle is just beginning. Venturing into the Northern Court, Rua finds herself with an unlikely ally in the new King...
  • Of Glass and Glamour by Chanda Hahn

    Of Glass and Glamour by Chanda Hahn

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Born under a hunter’s moon, abandoned as a child, I was raised to be a powerful sorceress—okay, a mediocre sorceress. All right, I’m good at glamour and can make things sparkle, if my spells don’t backfire. It was foretold long ago that I was a child of prophecy that would unite the fae and humans of Candor. The only problem, no one told me, and now the king wants me dead...
  • The Rose and the Thorn by Katherine Macdonald

    The Rose and the Thorn by Katherine Macdonald

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A gripping and mesmerising retelling of a classic story, filled with romance, mystery and intrigue. There is a pale, penetrating loneliness etched into the walls of this forgotten place. A kind of loneliness made living..
    Categorized as:
    fae  myths  paranormal  retellings  book  fairy-tale  fiction  magic
  • Dreamer of Briarfell by Lucy Tempest

    Dreamer of Briarfell by Lucy Tempest

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Sleeping Beauty meets Robin Hood!A CURSED PRINCESS. A LEGENDARY OUTLAW. A LITERAL DEADLINE.Her soul will be lost forever, unless she wins the love of the noblest of men.Cursed in her cradle by a vengeful fairy queen, Princess Fairuza of Arbore thought her fate was secure in the hands of her betrothed — until he chose another as his bride...
  • The Rose and the Briar by J.M. Stengl

    The Rose and the Briar by J.M. Stengl

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Power-hungry princes are Rosa’s greatest dread.Deep within the gardens of Faraway Castle sleeps a secret Rosa the gardener has sworn to protect with her life—the legendary princess Zafira. For three years she has hidden the princess almost in plain sight. But two nosy princes threaten to undo the work of a century...
  • Zarina and the Djinn by Vivienne Savage

    Zarina and the Djinn by Vivienne Savage

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Zarina has sacrificed years caring for her alcoholic father. While she works, he pawns her deceased mother's belongings and gambles away the family income. Her greatest dream is to leave the city behind, but loyalty to her father and brother keeps her at home. Then one night, she meets a kind stranger, a mysterious traveler whose eyes burn golden beneath the moonlight...
  • Rise of the Tide by Alicia Michaels

    Rise of the Tide by Alicia Michaels

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A fantasy twist on the story of The Princess and The Frog ... in which the princess is a shapeshifting mermaid! Perfect for fans of the hit television show, Once Upon a Time, or lovers of twisted fairy tales! Phaedra Jones’ life is perfect. She loves her small coastal town and the beach, graduation is just a year away, and she’s in love with the boy of her dreams...
  • The Jaded King by Jovee Winters

    The Jaded King by Jovee Winters

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Once upon a time, there was a man named Gerard and a woman named Betty. He was Kingdom’s most notorious Lothario. She was a librarian from Earth. Magic brought them together. And a love was born that created one of the most enduring fairy tales of all time. This was where their story should have ended...
  • Fables Retold by Rhys Lawless, Sam Burns

    Fables Retold by Rhys Lawless, Sam Burns

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Tales as old as time…reimagined. What if your favorite fairy tales…kicked some serious, urban fantasy ass? Fueled by magic, steam, and scorching men, this MM romance anthology has just the thrill you’re looking for.6 paranormal and urban fantasy authors.6 fairy tales retold in modern day.6 gorgeous couples to fall in love with. Over 1,200 pages.A limited edition anthology you don’t want to miss...
  • The Disgraced Fae by Shari L. Tapscott

    The Disgraced Fae by Shari L. Tapscott

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Eleanor has only a few memories of her childhood—white roses, a beautiful but cold queen, a garden with mirrors, and terrifying creatures.But mostly, she remembers a boy. A boy who saved her from whatever her memory is holding hostage—a boy who wasn’t human.Now eighteen, Eleanor is old enough to leave the orphanage she’s lived in for the last twelve years...
  • These Wicked Crowns by L.J. Andrews

    These Wicked Crowns by L.J. Andrews

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    There’s more. To celebrate the final tales of two kingdoms in the Broken Kingdoms, as the bonus scene you can now enjoy a novel-length collection of bonus content in THESE WICKED CROWNS.Bonus content from before the Timoran raids, to the years after Dance of Kings and Thieves ends. Over 50,000 words of extras with both the Northern and Eastern Kingdoms...
    Categorized as:
    fae  paranormal  romance  fantasy  fiction  book  adult
  • A Realm of Shattered Lies by T.A. Lawrence

    A Realm of Shattered Lies by T.A. Lawrence

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Silly servant girl, no one cares about saving the villain.A Realm of Shattered Lies is the second in a two-part finale to The Severed Realms series. Blaise wasn’t supposed to be the villain, but now Nox is gone, and Blaise will stop at nothing to get him back. Even if that means betraying everyone she holds dear. Meanwhile, Asha can’t help but shake the feeling that Az is closing in on her...
  • Hunting Sirens: A Gender-Flipped Little Mermaid by Mary Mecham

    Hunting Sirens: A Gender-Flipped Little Mermaid by Mary Mecham

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    She was destined to hunt sirens to extinction… but can she complete her mission before one of them captures her heart?Trapped on an island nation and surrounded by bloodthirsty sirens, the starving people of Haven Harbor are losing hope. Treva, a Deaf blacksmith immune to the tempting call of the sirens lurking in the deep, steps into the perilous role of Siren Hunter...
  • Queen of Night by Katherine Macdonald

    Queen of Night by Katherine Macdonald

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    A Hades and Persephone Retelling The courts divided. A heart broken. A lover lost. Reeling from the loss of Hades, Persephone grudgingly takes on the mantle of Queen of the Underworld, a role she struggles to fill...
    Categorized as:
    myths  fae  retellings  paranormal  young-adult  fiction  gods  age-gap
  • Enchanting the Fae Prince by Alisha Klapheke

    Enchanting the Fae Prince by Alisha Klapheke

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    An outcast maiden. A fae prince. A match bound by fate.When outcast cobbler Rhianne braves the enchanted wood to find her fated love, absolutely everything that could go wrong does. The Matchweaver witch’s magical loom reveals Rhianne is fated for the most powerful fae prince in history...
  • The Fairy Queen by Jovee Winters

    The Fairy Queen by Jovee Winters

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Cruel. Cold. Wicked. Just a few adjectives used to describe the most ancient of fairies—Galeta The Blue. But did you know, dear reader, that once upon a time, long, long ago, the Blue was the Benevolent Pink? Few know the trials of the fae reviled by all, save for one. The ancient and wise Creator. Galeta is the Creator’s daughter, and It will stop at nothing to save her...
    Categorized as:
    fae  myths  paranormal  retellings  adult  book  fiction  gods
  • The Centaur Queen by Jovee Winters

    The Centaur Queen by Jovee Winters

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The race to save Kingdom is on and the unlikeliest of heroes have been tasked with discovering the key to salvaging all of fairy tales' happily ever afters...Tymanon is a centauress without a home or friends. But that's just how this shy, intelligent creature likes it. Until a pair of capricious gods pairs her up with a satyr in the infamous "love games," that were anything but...
  • Hidden Hero by Amy Patrick

    Hidden Hero by Amy Patrick

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A hero can come from the unlikeliest of places... After a year-long separation and a search across continents, Macy and Nic have found each other again. Now they must find her family — the birth mother who abandoned her at the hospital and fled back to her people’s secret sanctuary — if they are to beat the clock and save the human race from the onslaught of the coming Plague...
  • The Magic Queen: Dark Queens Book 4 by Jovee Winters

    The Magic Queen: Dark Queens Book 4 by Jovee Winters

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Baba Yaga is probably the darkest of all the queens. An unrepentant bad girl, she has no time for men, or something as pedestrian as love. Too bad Calypso and Aphrodite never got that memo. They've decided to make the witch their pet project. Baba's choice is simple, fall in love with the male they found her, or die. She'd laugh, except for the little fact that they're totally serious...
  • Castle of Bitter Thorn by Kay L. Moody

    Castle of Bitter Thorn by Kay L. Moody

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Faerie bargains are not easily broken.Elora has decided to stay in Faerie to help Prince Brannick become High King. With the element of surprise on their side, they only have to hide their sword training lessons until the last phase of testing.But Brannick is ruled by a bargain that could ruin everything. Queen Alessandra is beginning to remember her history with the prince...
  • Moonmarked by D.N. Hoxa

    Moonmarked by D.N. Hoxa

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I thought the worst was behind me. Arriving at the Seelie Court to heal the sick prince who saved my life when I was five was supposed to be the end of my nightmarish (for the most part) trip through the fae realm.I should have been on my way home already, far away from fae and their politics...
  • Waking The Deep by P. Jameson

    Waking The Deep by P. Jameson

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Welcome to Aurora Falls. Home of platter-sized pancakes, the Northern Lights, and... a lake full of finned immortal warriors in search of their mates. This mountain getaway is full of sexy shimmering secrets just waiting to be revealed...Cursed to reside in Sapphire Lake until he finds love was never how the warrior, Mansen, pictured his fate...
  • Misrule by Heather Walter

    Misrule by Heather Walter

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Does true love break curses, or begin them? Sleeping Beauty’s dark sorceress reclaims her story in this sequel to Malice.The Dark Grace is dead. Feared and despised for the sinister power in her veins, Alyce wreaks her revenge on the kingdom that made her an outcast. Once a realm of decadence and beauty, Briar is now wholly Alyce’s wicked domain...
    Categorized as:
    fae  lgbtq  myths  paranormal  retellings  book  epic  fiction
  • Roxanne Desired by Gena D. Lutz

    Roxanne Desired by Gena D. Lutz

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Waking up fur covered and fanged isn't the easiest thing for a girl to deal with. Unfortunately, for Roxanne Delaney, that is her new reality. The only upside is finding herself the bondmate to one hot and sexy werewolf, Nathan Hayes. The downside; learning to adapt to a primal element that craves the rending of flesh and the oh-so-sweet taste of blood...
    Categorized as:
    fae  myths  paranormal  witches-wizards  adult  book  fiction  magic
  • Fae King's Hunger by Layla Harper

    Fae King's Hunger by Layla Harper

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A growing bond.A world that would see it destroyed.Keeping Kyra in Alfhemir will endanger her life. If I had thought a future with her was possible, the norn’s shenanigans have wrecked that hope. I cannot let my burgeoning desires endanger my mate, and I refuse to let my world consume her.So I ignore the budding ache spreading across the center of my chest...
    Categorized as:
    fae  myths  paranormal  witches-wizards  adult  book  fiction  magic
  • Hearts of the Anemoi Bundle by Laura Kaye

    Hearts of the Anemoi Bundle by Laura Kaye

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    North of Need Called to life by Megan Snow’s tears, snow god Owen Winters appears unconscious on the widow’s doorstep in the midst of a raging blizzard. Owen finds unexpected solace in her company and unimagined pleasure in the warmth of her body, and vows to win her heart for a chance at humanity...
  • Spellweaver by Tamara Grantham

    Spellweaver by Tamara Grantham

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Olive's to-do list: Feed the cat. Pay the rent. Save Faythander. Again.After Olive's last trip through Faythander, she wants nothing more than a nice vacation. But there's never time for relaxation when goblin treachery is afoot. When Geth, a goblin Spellweaver, destroys the Everblossom—a tree containing Faythander's pure magic—the fairy-world utopia begins to die...
    Categorized as:
    fae  myths  paranormal  adult  book  fiction  new-adult  urban-fantasy
  • The Witch Apothecary by A.K. Mulford

    The Witch Apothecary by A.K. Mulford

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The magic of a traveling carnival is nothing compared to the magic of a beautiful red witch.Eighteen-year-old Heather Doledir has never left her hometown in the Western Court. As the eldest child of a brown witch family, she is slated to take over the family apothecary and help care for her ailing father...
  • Fae Away by Rose Garcia

    Fae Away by Rose Garcia

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Princess Celyse has two rules she must obey— never touch a portal, and never kiss a human.Despite being born into the most powerful house in the faerie realm, Celyse dreads her life of duty and obligation. But everything changes when she finds a shimmery portal that offers a glance at the forbidden human realm. If discovered with the portal, it could mean her death...
  • Born of Starlight by Mariet Kay

    Born of Starlight by Mariet Kay

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    This loose Rapunzel retelling challenges the thin lines between devotion and love—between duty and freedom. The Legends of Henosis is a debut fantasy romance series exploring the many fables of a magical, compelling realm.—“It is time to act, Sister of the Stars.”Tower walls are all Asterie knows. As the Sisterhood’s oracle, she is used to seeing what comes next...
    Categorized as:
    retellings  myths  paranormal  romance  fantasy  magic  fiction  book
  • A Throne of Blood and Ice by T.A. Lawrence

    A Throne of Blood and Ice by T.A. Lawrence

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Silly servant girl, only princesses get happy endings.While the first three books in The Severed Realms are interconnected standalone novels, this book is not a standalone. It should be enjoyed only after reading A Word so Fitly Spoken and A Bond of Broken Glass . A Throne of Blood and Ice is the first in a two-part finale to the series. Blaise wasn’t supposed to be the villain...
  • Of Demons and Witches by Mona Black

    Of Demons and Witches by Mona Black

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Two of my boys are under my cousin's enchantment. They don't remember me, they don't know that they are being manipulated, their minds controlled.They don't remember that it's me they want, not my cousin.My plan, my goal has changed. I'm not here to hurt them anymore but to help them...
  • Upon a Dream by Laura Burton, Jessie Cal

    Upon a Dream by Laura Burton, Jessie Cal

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    In a realm of dreams, Sleeping Beauty's rescue becomes uncertain when her savior, a Prince, is haunted by his own shadows.In a realm where nightmares roam freely, Princess Aurora finds herself ensnared in the eerie and unsettling Dreamworld, a place that twists beauty into fear, leaving her trapped amidst shadowy terrors...
  • The Bewitching Queen by Jovee Winters

    The Bewitching Queen by Jovee Winters

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Rayale is the Pied Piper of legend. She's a mystic. A wise woman, and one badass warrior who needs nothing and no one to make her whole. Or at least that's what she tells herself and sometimes it gets easy to believe the lie until the one person you love more than all the worlds is suddenly in grave danger and you're the only one that can save him...
  • A Cursed Kiss by Jenny Hickman

    A Cursed Kiss by Jenny Hickman

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Living on an island plagued by magic and mythical monsters isn’t a fairy tale... it’s a nightmare.After Keelynn witnesses her sister's murder at the hands of the legendary Gancanagh, an immortal creature who seduces women and kills them with a cursed kiss, she realizes there’s nothing she wouldn't do to get her back...
  • The Mad King by Jovee Winters

    The Mad King by Jovee Winters

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A new world in chaos, and a legendary love that never was… Hatter and Alice. Alice and Hatter. Two parts making up one whole. Their love was legend, until a curse came and ripped them apart forever. Rewriting their past, present, and future...
    Categorized as:
    fae  myths  paranormal  retellings  book  fairy-tale  fiction  gods
  • Pure as Snow: A Snow White Retelling by Laura Burton, Jessie Cal

    Pure as Snow: A Snow White Retelling by Laura Burton, Jessie Cal

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The Huntsman is hired to win Snow White's heart, but loses his own instead.Princess Snow White is hiding from her sister; the evil Snow Queen, in a village of dwarfs, along with her trusty owl Roger.She’s living a simple life, forgetting all about the horrors of her past, when she stumbles upon a handsome huntsman, Emmett, who sweeps her off her feet. Literally...
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