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Trial of Magic by K.M. Shea
Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsLord Enchanter Evariste has been missing for years. Everyone has given up all hope of finding him—except for Angelique.Because he dared to befriend her when all other mages scorned her due to her dangerous magic, Angelique is determined to find him—no matter the cost. But as years have passed and she has failed to locate Evariste, she’s forced to realize that he was more than a friend... -
Cress: Chapters 1-5 by Marissa Meyer
Rated: 4.62 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsDownload the first five chapters of CRESS by Marissa Meyer, the third book in the New York Times bestselling Lunar Chronicles series.Cinder and Captain Thorne are fugitives on the run, with Scarlet and Wolf in tow. Together, they’re plotting to overthrow Queen Levana and her army... -
My Magical Life to Live (Midlife Witchery, #4) by Brenda Trim
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThere'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... -
La Vie de Guinevere by Paula Lafferty
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAfter the sudden death of her boyfriend, Vera would have been happy to spend the rest of her days curiously unnoticeable, washing bed sheets and cleaning toilets in present day Glastonbury... -
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Forged in Magical Fire (Midlife Witchery, #5) by Brenda Trim
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsGuess who just discovered her Phoenix lineage? I'd rather go back to just being cursed. Hot flashes have nothing on bursting into flames...Imps are taking over Cottlehill Wilds, wreaking havoc at every turn. Chasing them around my store with unreliable magic, while not alerting the mundies, is harder than raising twins... -
Saving the Fae by Leia Stone
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsEverything Lily thought she knew about Liam was a lie. After kicking him out of Faerie, she decides to seek the crystals alone. State after state, she scours the country but comes up with nothing.When she gets back to Faerie, defeated and broken hearted, she finds a peace offering from Liam. Faerie needs her now more than ever and she needs Liam’s help... -
East of the Sun & West of the Moon by Mercer Mayer
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 13 ratings"Mayer's telling is an interweaving of plot elements from the original Scandinavian fairy tale with inventions of his own and details from The Frog Prince. The spellbound frog is whisked off to the trolls' castle and the ungrateful lass loses her chance to marry a handsome prince until she creates a happy ending, having atoned for her mistake".--Publishers Weekly. Full color... -
Curse of Magic by K.M. Shea
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsEvariste is gone. When he sacrificed himself to save Angelique, he was taken in her place. Now everything has gone horribly wrong. The magic council is too tied up in its bureaucracy to launch a real search effort. And though they have chased every clue, the other enchanters have failed to locate even a hint of him... -
The Snow Queen: The Complete Saga: Books 1-3: Heart of Ice, Sacrifice, Snowflakes by K.M. Shea
Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsRead all three books in the complete Snow Queen series: Heart of Ice, Sacrifice, and Snowflakes in this special collection. Rakel is a princess who should have been queen. Instead, as a despised magic user she has spent most of her life exiled on a barren mountain, alone in her ice-castle... -
The Sleeping Beauty by Trina Schart Hyman
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsThe story of the beautiful princess who sleeps for a hundred years has captured the imaginations of children for an even longer period of time... -
A Pirate's Dream by Marie Hall
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA Pirate’s DreamNimue, daughter of Hook, is desperate to prove to her parents that she’s just as brave and as much of a pirate as they are. So when she serendipitously spies the hidden isle, she knows what she must do... -
Bloody Rosary Academy: Year Two by Avery Song, Veronica Agnus
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHail Mary, Full of Grace. Thanks to your mercy, the truth has been revealed.Awakened by the blood of my ancestors, I join with those who will empower me to rise to my birthright, my throne. In this moment, I can finally breathe, and while I see the light that beckons, my future is shrouded in darkness... -
Golden Daughter by Anne Elisabeth Stengl
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBeyond the realm of dreams is a world she never imaginedMasayi Sairu was raised to be dainty, delicate, demure . . . and deadly. She is one of the emperor’s Golden Daughters, as much a legend as she is a commodity. One day, Sairu will be contracted in marriage to a patron, whom she will secretly guard for the rest of her life... -
Lorehnin by Jenna Elizabeth Johnson
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI threw an arm over my eyes and just breathed. Oddly enough, it wasn’t my near-death experience that had me so bothered. It was the confrontation with the blond guy and the odd conversation we’d had. He knew about the Otherworld. His words had proved as much. But was I reading too much into it? Was I secretly hoping he was Faelorehn? And if so, what good was it now? I was human... -
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The Forgotten Goddess by Rebekah Sinclair
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Library of Alexandria has been lost. The truth of history has been hidden from us. The God of War rules the earth, and we desperately need a savior.Rhea has always known she was different but never imagined that her secrets would lead her down a path of danger and adventure... -
Carrion by Amarah Calderini
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn a world devastated by plague, Willa has spent her life on the run, both from the mysterious illness that destroys the ability to dream and a secret that would get her imprisoned forever.But when an unknown power calls her to the top of a high rise one night, there is no outrunning it... -
Reign of Magic by K.M. Shea
Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsAngelique’s spirit is almost broken. She has sacrificed, she has trained, and she has driven herself to exhaustion while battling her way across the continent. But all her efforts have led to nothing. She still hasn’t uncovered Evariste’s location, or the identity of his captors. Yet the occurrences of evil magic across the continent show no sign of slowing... -
Beauty of Rosemead by Lucy Tempest
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBeauty and the Beast reimagined like never before! Full of magic, adventure and heart-aching romance, this fantastical finale to BEAST OF ROSEMEAD is for fans who loved A Court of Thorns and Roses! A WILTING ROSE. A TREACHEROUS QUEST. AND A FATEFUL LEGACY. She's done reading about heroes. Now she needs to become one herself... -
Princess of Midnight by Lucy Tempest
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTHREE 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... -
Nomad by R.J. Anderson
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsCast into exile, she must return to free her people. Banished from her underground home by Betony, the queen of the Cornish piskeys, young Ivy sets out to forge a new life for herself in the world above. But a deadly threat lingers in the mine, and Ivy cannot bear to see her people suffer while Betony refuses to believe. Somehow she must convince the queen to let them go... -
Unseen Beauty: a beauty and the beast retelling by Amity Thompson
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsCompelled by magic to bring Beauty to the Beast, can she end the enchantment without breaking her heart? Fairy-cursed to invisibility, sixteen-year-old parlor maid Claudette craves recognition. Sick of cleaning the same unused rooms in the Beast’s castle, she’s had enough of playing by the rules...Categorized as:
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Beguiled by Jody Hedlund
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn a land where being the fairest maiden is a curse . . .A princess rejected and hunted by her mother, and a prince who lives as a shunned outcast.Princess Pearl flees for her life after her mother, Queen Margery, tries to have her killed during a hunting expedition. Pearl finds refuge on the Isle of Outcasts among criminals and misfits, disguising her face with a veil so no one recognizes her... -
Belle and the Pirate by Vivienne Savage
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTinker Bell may long for companionship, but unpaired male fae are a rarity in Cairn Ocland. When her dearest friends become parents, Tink embarks on a journey to the fairy birthlands to meet the sprite born from the baby’s first laugh. Unfortunately, her adventure doesn’t go according to plan when poachers interrupt her mission... -
Luminary by Mindy Hayes
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBOOK THREE Heartbroken and a prisoner in her own castle, it is time for Calliope to take matters into her own hands. Mere days remain until she is bound to Sakari and the Waking Oak is destroyed. It seems hopeless, but Calliope is determined to fight... -
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Shadow by Kara Swanson
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsPeter Pan has crash-landed back on Neverland. But this is not the island he remembers.Desperate to rescue Claire and the fractured Lost Boys, Peter must unravel what truly tore his dreamland apart. But with each step, he is haunted by more of his own broken memories. Not even Pan himself is what he seems...Categorized as:
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The Hidden Queen by Kenley Davidson
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsShe bowed to his threats to save her people.Falling in love with him wasn’t part of the plan.Princess Evaraine of Farhall is betrothed—to a playboy prince she has never met. To prepare for their wedding, she travels to his home kingdom of Garimore, where she must accustom herself to an uncomfortable new world of scheming courtiers and incomprehensible fashions... -
Ever Wrath by Alexia Purdy
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThere 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... -
The Witches' Blade by A.K. Mulford
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA 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... -
Apprentice of Magic by K.M. Shea
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsAngelique hates her magic. Her time in the magical academy has been a long chain of criticisms, reprimands, and punishments. Her war-like ability to control any weapon has earned her nothing but the fear and scorn of fellow students and instructors. And now, she finds herself before the highest council just one vote away from having her magic sealed forever. Until Enchanter Evariste appears... -
Demon World Boba Shop: Vol. 2 by R.C. Joshua, Potomac Stories
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBoba’s on the menu. So far, the Demon World has shown Arthur nothing but love. Now? It’s time for him to reciprocate.Arthur’s finally finding his place in the demon world. ****He has his own tea shop in a city that accepts him and a family that he’s beginning to call his own. But when Milo’s father sends word that he’s returned from his latest expedition, Arthur is faced with an impossible choice... -
Cinders & Ashes Book Two by X. Aratare
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA Gay Retelling of Cinderella.Trapped beyond the Wall, Finn and Rohan discover what they will sacrifice for one another.King Rohan must seek aid from the cruel Fae to heal the mortally-wounded Finn. He and Serxio travel to the nearest settlement. But Rohan discovers they are not the only humans on the Fae side of the Wall. Countless of his people have been enslaved to serve his enemies... -
Crown of Shadows by Keri Arthur
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNever mess with the relics of the old gods… or the pixies who once guarded them.After her mom’s disappearance six months ago, Bethany Aodhán has been running their tavern in old Deva—something her family had been doing ever since a light-fingered pixie lost them the job of guarding the treasures of the old gods eons ago... -
Pearl of Magic: A Little Mermaid Romance by Emily Deady
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLife in captivity is horrible.But pretending to be a prisoner is worse. Aizel is a Majis and, against her will, a spy. She is supposed to be uncovering secrets for a cruel king, but spends most of her time listening to the haughty, self-absorbed musings of her captor, Prince Erich... -
Entangled by Sylvia Mercedes
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTHE LIBRARIAN AND THE PRINCE . . .Clara is an Obligate, an indentured servant of the fae.If she ever wants to see home again, she must survive ten more years of servitude, developing her newly-discovered magic and battling powerful nightmare monsters in the Doomed City Library. She can’t afford any distractions . . -
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The Elven Healer's Apprentice by Elisa Rae
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMerlon, the king of Eldarlan’s healer, hides his soft heart beneath a prickly exterior. Despite a traumatic childhood, he strives to excel as a healer and an elf. But he gets more than he bargained for when he rescues a human woman from certain death right before being snared in the curse put on the king of Eldarlan... -
Beast of Rosemead by Lucy Tempest
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFor fans of A Court of Thorns and Roses, comes the highly anticipated new installment in the #1 bestselling Fairytales of Folkshore series! A BOOKISH BEAUTY. A BEASTLY PRINCE. A DEADLY CURSE. Bonnie Fairborn’s wish to escape her small-town life for one of adventure is granted in the worst way when she’s flung along with her family into the unknown... -
Bloody Rosary Academy: Year One by Avery Song, Veronica Agnus
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHail Mary, Full of Grace, let your powers grant me safe haven. Blessed is the blood that courses through my veins, from the womb of my Fae Mother and the seed of my Vampire Father. Holy Mary, protect me, for I have two sides from which to choose... -
Enchanting the Fae Prince by Alisha Klapheke
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAn 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... -
An Isle of Secrets and Shadows by Lily Archer
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThis 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... -
Prince of Seduction by Jenny Hickman
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA companion novella to A Cursed Kiss, Prince of Seduction tells Tadhg's story... -
Princess Between Worlds by E.D. Baker
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsJust as Annie and Liam are busy making plans to travel the world, a witch shows up and gives them a collection of postcards from the Magic Marketplace. Each postcard gives Annie and Liam the opportunity to travel to exotic lands and far-flung kingdoms. What the witch doesn't give them are directions on how to safely return... -
An Inconvenient Princess by Melanie Cellier
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsPenny knows all about expectation. After all, she’s a seventh child and they’re always blessed, especially in a fairy-favored family like Penny’s. But Penny also knows all about disappointment. Because there’s nothing magical about her at all. She’s perfectly ordinary, even outshone by her own twin, Anneliese... -
Late as a Rabbit by Kendra Moreno
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFollow the white rabbit. . .Tick.Jupiter only ever wanted an adventure, but she never should have gone searching for one. It finds her in the form of a white rabbit with silver eyes.Tock.When that same white rabbit turns out to be the White Rabbit from the story books, she can’t contain her curiosity. She follows him down the rabbit hole and drops right into Wonderland... -
A Captive of Wing and Feather: A Retelling of Swan Lake by Melanie Cellier
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsPrincess Adelaide has been missing for years. And that's exactly the way she wants it. Haunted by her past, not even the curse that entraps her is enough to make her long for her old home.But her past finds her anyway, in the form of a handsome prince from her childhood... -
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A Dream of Ebony and White: A Retelling of Snow White by Melanie Cellier
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsSnow has always lived under the shadow of her cruel stepmother, with only her beloved father and her childhood friend--the huntsman, Alexander--to make life bearable. When her father dies, she should be crowned queen, but instead she finds herself fleeing for her life. With no allies, no skills, and no food, her future could be over before it has truly begun... -
How to Find a Nameless Fae by A.J. Lancaster
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhat happens when a first-born bargain goes wrong?Princess Gisele has spent her life preparing for an evil fae sorcerer to claim her. That was the bargain her mother was tricked one royal first-born in exchange for spinning straw into gold.But it’s been decades, and he still hasn’t shown up.The unfulfilled fairytale-debt, however, is refusing to lie quietly... -
The Ryn by Serena Chase
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsDESTINED by prophecy. GUARDED by deception. PURSUED by Love.Centuries ago, an oracle foretold of the young woman who would defeat E’veria’s most ancient enemy, the Cobelds. But after two centuries of relative peace, both the prophecy and the Cobelds have been relegated to lore—and only a few remain watchful for the promised Ryn... -
Forced to be Queen by Lola Glass
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMARRY THE KING, SAVE THE WORLDWhen the fae came, their magic brought destruction that only stopped when we offered them the one thing they wanted:Wives for their kings.I was selected "at random".Sacrificed to the fae.But the sexy, infuriating king I'm paired with doesn't want my body or soul; he wants my help.Thanks to some kind of prophecy, he and his people think I can get them back home... -
The Reluctant Godfather: A retelling of Cinderella by Allison Tebo
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA humorous and magical re-telling of Cinderella from a unique perspective. Burndee is a young and cantankerous fairy godfather, who would rather bake cakes than help humans. A disgrace to the fairy order, Burndee has only two wards entrusted to his care…a cinder girl and a charming prince... -
The Cursed Hunter by Bethany Atazadeh
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNesrin Ahmadi needs a dragon’s egg, no matter the cost. The money from its sale could cancel her family’s enormous debt and keep them in the lavish lifestyle they’re accustomed to. Only one problem. A dragon’s egg is incredibly rare; and no one has ever found one fully intact before. After years of searching, she’s about to give up, when debtors come to threaten her family...
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