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  • A Court of Wings and Ruin (Part 2 of 3) [Dramatized Adaptation] by Sarah J. Maas

    A Court of Wings and Ruin (Part 2 of 3) [Dramatized Adaptation] by Sarah J. Maas

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The epic third story in the #1 New York Times bestselling Court of Thorns and Roses series by Sarah J. Maas.Feyre has returned to the Spring Court, determined to gather information on Tamlin's actions and learn what she can about the invading king threatening to bring her land to its knees. But to do so she must play a deadly game of deceit...
  • Gleam by Raven Kennedy

    Gleam by Raven Kennedy

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · 45 ratings
    King Midas made me the woman I am today. Notorious. Unattainable. His.The thing about being confined is that you believe it’s to keep the bad out... Until you realize it’s about keeping you in.I’m now in a strange kingdom surrounded by liars, with no allies of my own, but I won’t sit idly by and let myself wither. No, there’s something that’s bloomed from the pit of my repression. Something dark...
  • The Wicked King by Holly Black

    The Wicked King by Holly Black

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 98 ratings
    The enchanting and bloodthirsty sequel to the New York Times bestselling novel The Cruel Prince.You must be strong enough to strike and strike and strike again without tiring.The first lesson is to make yourself strong.After the jaw-dropping revelation that Oak is the heir to Faerie, Jude must keep her brother safe...
  • A Cage of Kingdoms by K.F. Breene

    A Cage of Kingdoms by K.F. Breene

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    The resolution of Weston's story in the Wall Street Journal Bestselling Deliciously Dark Fairytales world.He wasn't supposed to fall in love.Weston has made a mess of things. Since he realized the woman he was supposed to find and bring to justice was his true mate, things have spiraled out of control...
  • Fate of a Royal by Meagan Brandy, Amo Jones

    Fate of a Royal by Meagan Brandy, Amo Jones

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    “You will go to Rathe University, live among the giftless and those of light magic. You, Knight Deveraux, will learn to coexist.” I’ve never heard more wasted words in my life. Then again, the gifted counsel never did have much to say that wasn’t. The only members amongst them who speak a thing worth listening to are my parents, the King and Queen of the Stygian’s, the people of Dark Magic...
  • Metal Slinger by Rachel Schneider

    Metal Slinger by Rachel Schneider

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Brynn has spent the better part of her life waiting for the chance to attend the annual market hosted by the Kenta, the very same people who exiled the Alaha to live a life over the sea. A rite of passage for all young guards, she’s not sure what to expect from it, but breaking a century- long peace treaty certainly isn’t on her map.Neither is the encounter with an enemy soldier...
  • A Kingdom of Ruin by K.F. Breene

    A Kingdom of Ruin by K.F. Breene

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 41 ratings
    Never sell your soul to the Demon King.Too late.In an effort to save all that I love, I have to finish the job Nyfain started… and ruin myself.I've made a trade with the most cunning creature alive.Me for them.The dungeons will be my new home. Dolion's destruction will be my new goal.I just have to get out of here and back to my golden dragon. Preferably alive...
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    dark  myths  paranormal  retellings  royalty  adult  book  dark-fantasy
  • Between the Moon & Her Night by Jaclyn Kot

    Between the Moon & Her Night by Jaclyn Kot

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    “It was like he had lifted the lid to a small locket box, because a soft, beautiful melody began to play—happy and sad, and filled with love and loss.It was the song of us.The song of Life and Death.”Centuries before the events of Between Life and Death and Between Sun and Moon . . . Centuries before she was Sage . . . She was Aurelia, the Goddess of Life...
  • Shadow Faerie by Rachel Morgan

    Shadow Faerie by Rachel Morgan

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Enter the dazzling and deadly world of Unseelie royalty in the penultimate Creepy Hollow book!Emerson Clarke thought magic might solve all her problems. Turns out, magic only made her life more complicated. Her sick mother is in a worse position than before, and Em just made a risky deal with an Unseelie prince: he will heal her mother if Em agrees to the ultimate alliance—marriage...
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    paranormal  dark  royalty  myths  romance  fantasy  young-adult  fae
  • Glint by Raven Kennedy

    Glint by Raven Kennedy

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 44 ratings
    For ten years, I’ve lived in a gilded cage inside King Midas’s golden castle. But one night changed everything.Now I’m here, a prisoner of Fourth Kingdom’s army, and I’m not sure if I’m going to make it out of this in one piece. They’re marching to battle, and I’m the bargaining chip that will either douse the fire or spark a war.At the heart of my fear, my worry, there’s him—Commander Rip...
  • A Throne of Ruin by K.F. Breene

    A Throne of Ruin by K.F. Breene

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 35 ratings
    The only thing protecting me from the demons...is the beast. Nyfain, the golden dragon prince, tried to set me free. But there is no freedom in this kingdom. Not for anyone. The demons have sought me out. They want to trap me. To use me against Nyfain. It's only a matter of time before they call in the demon king. Nyfain thinks I should save myself...
  • The Fae Princes by Nikki St. Crowe

    The Fae Princes by Nikki St. Crowe

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I thought Peter Pan was a myth and Neverland a fairytale. A story spun by my mother who had lost her mind a long time ago.But there was no denying the overwhelming shadow cast by Peter Pan when he was standing in my house.Pan took me captive to Neverland and I somehow found my place among him and the Lost Boys.I’ve never looked back...
  • Direbound by Sable Sorensen

    Direbound by Sable Sorensen

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Only the worthy survive the Bonding Trials. She’ll risk her life—and her heart—to be one of them…Meryn Cooper has never dreamed of being one of the Bonded, the King’s elite warriors who form mental links with massive, vicious direwolves. She’s made peace with her life scraping by in poverty in the shadows of the castle...
  • The Lies of Lena by Kylie Snow

    The Lies of Lena by Kylie Snow

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Passionate and Dark. Forbidden Romance. Forced Proximity. Angst.The Otacian Chronicles is a Dark Romantasy that will progressively get darker as the series continues. Please be mindful of the content warnings.Lena Daelyra has always lived in fear, as do most Mages in Tovagoth. Mages are discriminated against, hunted for sport, and have no laws that provide them protection...
  • The Crimson Snow by Laura Vega

    The Crimson Snow by Laura Vega

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    In the ghostly town of Coldhaven, Seraphine Ashcroft is marked by her crimson eyes, a harbinger of dark magic that isolates her from humanity. Straddling the mundane and the mystic realms, she uncovers sinister secrets about her true nature that threaten to unravel everything she knows...
  • Rise of the Cinder Fae by Whitney Dean

    Rise of the Cinder Fae by Whitney Dean

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Born and raised in the forgotten and broken kingdom of Ashbury, Elora has spent years resenting the royals of Pumpkin Hollow, the kingdom that forced the fall of Ashbury and procured the town as its own...
  • Of Mischief & Mages by L.J. Andrews

    Of Mischief & Mages by L.J. Andrews

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A sorceress with lost power to claim the throne.A royal thief fading to a cursed heart.A forgotten love that will destroy their world.When Adira’s crook of a boss sends her to a Las Vegas casino as one of his goons, her world turns upside down and she’s tossed through the gates of a strange, dangerous world of Mage courts and curses...
  • Iron Wolf by Siri Pettersen

    Iron Wolf by Siri Pettersen

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    A new series from the author of The Raven Rings trilogy - Siri Pettersen!Juva knows all about blood readers. Praised for their Sight, they are nothing but swindlers, preying on people’s fears for power and profit. Born by blood readers herself, she knows only too well, and she has vowed never to become one of them...
  • Kingdom of the Feared by Kerri Maniscalco

    Kingdom of the Feared by Kerri Maniscalco

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Stalking the Jack the Ripper series comes the steamy conclusion to Kingdom of the Wicked trilogy. Two curses.One prophecy.A reckoning all have feared.And a love more powerful than fate. All hail the king and queen of Hell. Emilia is reeling from the shocking discovery that her twin sister, Vittoria, is alive...
  • Stalked by Seduction and Shadows by Maggie Sunseri

    Stalked by Seduction and Shadows by Maggie Sunseri

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    A dark obsession fantasy romance in a city of warring vampire clans, perfect for fans of Haunting Adeline, From Blood and Ash, and Gild.ScarlettI am an object of desire. My powers of seduction are my survival, my weapon, and my curse. I’m no stranger to obsession, but for the first time, I crave it. I love when he watches me, follows me, hunts me.In the mortal lands, I was safe from him...
  • Devil's Doom by Layla Fae

    Devil's Doom by Layla Fae

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The devil won’t let me run. I feel his hot breath on my nape wherever I go.I’m trapped in a world of magic and monsters, ruled by laws I don’t understand, inhabited by creatures older and far more vicious than me. Here, I am a mere mortal. I am food or entertainment or both.If I want to get anywhere, I must tame my newfound power and find allies, but in the war-ravaged Slawa, no one trusts anyone...
  • Dreams Lie Beneath by Rebecca Ross

    Dreams Lie Beneath by Rebecca Ross

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    A story about magic and the captivating power of dreams.A curse plagues the realm of Azenor—during each new moon, magic flows from the nearby mountain and brings nightmares to life. Only magicians, who serve as territory wardens, stand between people and their worst dreams...
  • The Nightmare by Regine Abel

    The Nightmare by Regine Abel

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    She was his obsession.For years, Zain has stalked Naima until she slipped through his fingers. He longs for the delectable taste of her terror and the divine sound of her screams. She occupies his every thought, and he aches for her. Eager to reclaim the only female that can ever complete him, Zain carefully plans his passage into the Mortal Plane...
  • Soul of a Demon by Jamie Begley

    Soul of a Demon by Jamie Begley

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    To appreciate the light, you must first live in darkness… Hades has been alone for so long that seeing Grimm’s newest acquisition for him has him making several mistakes with Zerina.The beautiful daughter of Fate should have never been let inside his domain. He should have thrown her out the first time she lifted her lovely gaze to his. He didn’t. That was my first mistake...
  • The Cottage by Ariana Nash

    The Cottage by Ariana Nash

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Vasili has a new life and a new name. Niko just wants his prince to be happy. But when has Vasili made anything easy? * The more Niko tries to to carve out a perfect life, the more Vasili pulls away. Niko has one last chance to save them, one surprise that will cement their love forever or have it crumble to dust. * Vasili knows Nikolas is lying...
  • Bend Her by Cassie Alexander

    Bend Her by Cassie Alexander

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Lisane:My whole life, I had been a creature used to candlelight.But I wasn’t accustomed to my own breath hot against my face, or the rough feeling of fabric against my cheek—or knowing that my wrists were tied behind my back, painfully tight.The last thing I could recall was being in a carriage…We’d been running away from the Deathless . . .And now I was here.Wherever here was...
  • Rogue Elves of Ardani by Nina K. Westra

    Rogue Elves of Ardani by Nina K. Westra

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    She’s an enslaved telepath who will stop at nothing to get what she wants. He’s a scarred elven prisoner with a deep hatred of humans. She needs him if she wants her freedom… but he just wants her dead.Crow expects her task to be simple. Breaking a man out of prison isn’t difficult for someone with the power to read and control minds. It’s just another job forced upon her by her cruel master...
  • Nightstrider : Book One of the Nightstrider Series by Sophia Slade

    Nightstrider : Book One of the Nightstrider Series by Sophia Slade

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When a vicious night terror lords over the waking world and the dream world, his greatest weapon, a winged assassin born of a nightmare, will have her vengeance.Wren has spent her life doing the bidding of her cruel creator Para Warwick in the dream world known as the Reverie. When she learns of a weapon with the power to destroy him, she jumps at the chance to steal it...
  • The Aspect of Essence by Samantha Amstutz

    The Aspect of Essence by Samantha Amstutz

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    For over a millennium, the elves have concealed their powers.Until now.Since arriving on the mortals’ shores, the elves have systematically colonized the primitive human race. As subjugated peasants, the mortals toil to supply the elven realm with riches.The elves’ magic has degraded their race to a point where they have been rendered infertile...
  • The Blood of Gods and Monsters by Lucinda Dark, Lucy Smoke

    The Blood of Gods and Monsters by Lucinda Dark, Lucy Smoke

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Greed is lethal. Blood is honest. Between the blood of gods and monsters, I am both killer and healer.The Darkhavens were once my obstacle. Now, they may be the only safe haven I have left.The Gods are lying to us all.They are not Gods at all, but creatures that came from another world to rule over ours...
  • Her Beasts by Mandy Muse

    Her Beasts by Mandy Muse

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Time is a luxury—one that I don’t have.I fear my fate inside these walls almost as much as I fear my husband outside of them.The more I uncover the secrets my family kept from me, the more I realize I’m not who I thought I was.In spite of all the lies, I’ve fallen for the men that roam this castle.My mating bond with Aeon and Lucien is strong...
  • Ella's Masquerade by Lexi C. Foss

    Ella's Masquerade by Lexi C. Foss

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Once upon a time, a handsome prince asked the academy wallflower to the ball. She was blinded by the stars in her own eyes and the pitter-patter of her lonely heart. Little did she know this prince was no prince at all, but a villain disguised behind a charming smile.EllaThere are no such things as fairy tales or happily ever afters. Not in my world...
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    dark  myths  paranormal  retellings  royalty  alpha-mc  audiobook  book
  • A Sea of Risk and Ruin by Lily Archer

    A Sea of Risk and Ruin by Lily Archer

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Stolen and adrift, I’m held prisoner by Captain Hook.Peter warned me about how ruthless and terrible the monstrous pirate could be, but there was so much more he left out. Hook isn’t just the vicious captain of legend, he’s a man who confuses me and terrifies me all at once. But that’s not the worst part. By far the worst is when he makes me feel things I shouldn’t...
  • An Isle of Secrets and Shadows by Lily Archer

    An Isle of Secrets and Shadows by Lily Archer

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    This island holds secrets in its dark heart, ones that threaten to destroy all of Neverland and me with it. Peter has weakened me, Hook has beguiled me, and there’s no one else I can trust. Even so, I can’t stop my search for the fae or for the heart of the island. I have to find answers. But like everything else in Neverland, answers come at a price...
  • Aeternum by Jamie Applegate Hunter

    Aeternum by Jamie Applegate Hunter

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    MAJOR SPOILERS below if you have not read book one (The Umbra King).This is NOT a standalone. It is the second and final book in the Vincula Realm duology and must be read after The Umbra King. The Vincula Realm duology is a series within the Realms of the Aether multiverse...
  • Fool Me Once by Ariana Nash

    Fool Me Once by Ariana Nash

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The king of the Court of Love wants me dead, the queen wants me in her bed, and the prince… He wants the only piece of me I will never surrender.They call me jester, dancer, trickster, lover.I exist to entertain.But behind my sideways smiles, my quick hands and magicians tricks, I trade in their lies, their secrets. I know their deepest desires, their wicked schemes. Their sins are my currency...
  • Fool Me Twice by Ariana Nash

    Fool Me Twice by Ariana Nash

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The epic, heart-wrenching conclusion to the Court of Pain duology. Spanning four courts, devious and doomed royals, and the most unlikely of loves between a prince and his fool. Spoilers for Book #1 below. They say in the darkest of times, the brightest star has no choice but to shine. I’m no star, nor am I a hero. But I could be the villain. To protect Arin from Razak’s scheming, I’ll have to be...
  • A Discovery of Demonology by Amelia Hutchins

    A Discovery of Demonology by Amelia Hutchins

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    This book was previously released as part of the BABE23 anthology.What if Neverland existed?What if Peter Pan wasn’t a boy in tights?What if, instead, he’s a demon so powerful that he commands Hell’s Army?Rowan Teivel is the last man I should be feeling anything for. He is arrogant, dominant, and arouses something dangerously depraved within me...
  • Blooms of Darkness by Anna Applegate, Helen Domico

    Blooms of Darkness by Anna Applegate, Helen Domico

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    ‘A Court of Thorns and Roses' meets 'The Bachelorette' in this new, exciting fantasy romance!Eight Fae fight for my hand in marriage. They’re willing to kill for it. But if they discover my secret, my future husband might kill me too...
  • Crimson Shifter by Samantha Whiskey

    Crimson Shifter by Samantha Whiskey

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    As an immortal, elite hunter with the ability to shift into any animal I like, I’m an expert at sneaking around.But I never thought I’d have to pose as her pet.Cassandra Zorin is the elegant, sexy, vampire daughter of a traitor. She’s as trustworthy as a pit viper, despite her claims of innocence...
  • Far from Neverland by River Hale

    Far from Neverland by River Hale

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Peter Pan left Neverland and grew up. Now I want him back.It’s been fourteen years since he left, since Neverland’s star died out, since a blanket of frost fell over the island. Despite the Jolly Roger being anchored in a layer of ice, I’m not yet willing to give up this perfect, Peter Panless Neverland.Well, it’s not completely perfect. A threat looms here, a shadow devouring the island...
  • Seirsha of Errinton by Shari L. Tapscott

    Seirsha of Errinton by Shari L. Tapscott

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Sometimes the brightest love kindles in the bleakest of darkness.The people of Errinton are cold, but none is more so than their distant and aloof princess. At least, that's how Seirsha hopes to be seen. After living in the shadow of her father, the cruel King Bowen, the princess has learned to keep her distance, hiding her feelings and the love she has for her people...
  • Heartless Villains by Marion Blackwood

    Heartless Villains by Marion Blackwood

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The war between the dark mages has been settled and the new power hierarchy is in place, but the people of Eldar have at last figured out that their great hero is no longer in the city. Determined to take him back, they are mustering the whole city for battle while Lance’s friends race to reclaim an artifact that would leave the dark mages at a severe disadvantage...
  • Break Her by Cassie Alexander

    Break Her by Cassie Alexander

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I wanted her.She was just two floors away from me here in my castle.And some piece of her—naïve and inexperienced—wanted me.The man who was doomed to die at her hand.I could mostly ignore that fact, now that I was used to her presence, and my intermittent lust. But I wondered if not telling her about it was a bigger betrayal than not telling her about my arrangement with her father...
  • A Sword of Shadow and Deceit by Lucinda Dark, Lucy Smoke

    A Sword of Shadow and Deceit by Lucinda Dark, Lucy Smoke

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Desperation makes warriors of captives. The Gods split the skies and rained down tyranny upon the mortal realm long ago. Ever since then, the only thing worse than being human is being of Divine Blood.For someone like me—an undocumented God child, indebted to the Underworld Assassination Guild—that means only one thing: A life in the shadows.Or so it should have been … until Mortal Gods Academy...
  • Enthralled by Sylvia Mercedes

    Enthralled by Sylvia Mercedes

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A BRIGHT NEW FUTURE LIES BEFORE HER . . . EVEN AS ECHOES OF THE PAST HAUNT HER DREAMSClara’s memories of the last few years are lost in a haze. The more she tries to remember, the harder it is. And perhaps that’s just as well. Perhaps it’s better for her to focus on the present . .
  • Caging Darling: A Dark Fantasy Peter Pan Retelling by T.A. Lawrence

    Caging Darling: A Dark Fantasy Peter Pan Retelling by T.A. Lawrence

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Shackled by a fae bargain. A prisoner in her own body.Wendy Darling has been forced to choose Peter for so long, it’s starting to feel like her decision. Between her Mating Mark, now exclusively tied to Peter, and their bargain, she’s no longer sure where the real Wendy ends and the magic begins.But Peter isn’t the only fae she’s ever made a bargain with...
  • The Faceless Woman by Emma Hamm

    The Faceless Woman by Emma Hamm

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Once upon a time… A town will only suffer the presence of a witch for as long as she is useful. Aisling watches the flames lick her thighs and prays for a quick death. But when an Unseelie prince appears through the smoke, she does what any self respecting witch would do. She curses him. Bran should never have traveled to the human realm, and is shocked when a witch binds them together...
  • Reunion by Ariana Nash

    Reunion by Ariana Nash

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    After a vicious storm delivers Eroan and Lysander's battered ship to the new world, where elves are in power and dragons must follow the law, the peace seems almost too good to be true. Until Lysander ends up on the wrong side of those laws, and discovers the real reason Eroan brought him half way around the world: The brother he thought was dead, is very much alive. *** Akiem is missing...
  • The Traitor's Mercy by Iris Foxglove

    The Traitor's Mercy by Iris Foxglove

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    In the court of Staria, mercy is rarely a blessing…Sabre de Valois is the last of his line. Saved from the gallows while his family hangs for treason, Sabre is given the chance to pay off their debt and clear his family name...
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