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The Ship of the Dead by Rick Riordan
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 69 ratingsMagnus Chase, a once-homeless teen, is a resident of the Hotel Valhalla and one of Odin's chosen warriors. As the son of Frey, the god of summer, fertility, and health, Magnus isn't naturally inclined to fighting...Categorized as:
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![The Hammer of Thor by Rick Riordan]()
The Hammer of Thor by Rick Riordan
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 69 ratings"Magnus Chase, you nearly started Ragnarok. What are you going to do next?"It's been six weeks since Magnus and his friends returned from defeating Fenris Wolf and the fire giants. Magnus has adjusted to life at the Hotel Valhalla—as much as a once-homeless and previously alive kid can... -
![Gossamer in the Darkness by Kristen Ashley]()
Gossamer in the Darkness by Kristen Ashley
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsNew York Times and USA Today bestselling author Kristen Ashley brings a new story in her Fantasyland series…Their engagement was set when they were children. Loren Copeland, the rich and handsome Marquess of Remington, would marry Maxine Dawes, the stunning daughter of the Count of Derryman. It’s a power match. The perfect alliance for each house...Categorized as:
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Elfhome by Wen Spencer
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsBook Three of the Elfhome series, the follow-up to exciting Wolf Who Rules and the award-winning fantasy-SF novel that started it all, Tinker.Elfhome. A world of powerful magic, beautiful elves, man-eating trees, frost-breathing wargs, and god-like dragons. Pittsburgh. A city that has been stranded deep in virgin elfin forest to stave off an invasion by the merciless oni... -
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![Betrayer by Colleen Vanderlinden]()
Betrayer by Colleen Vanderlinden
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Hunt Continues A betrayer hides among the immortals of Detroit, a threat that could very well send not just the immortals, but the rest of the mortal realm into chaos. Violent souls have escaped their prison in the Nether, and the appearance of the undead, created by a rite long forgotten by most beings, only adds to the imminent danger... -
![Fantastical by Kristen Ashley]()
Fantastical by Kristen Ashley
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 37 ratingsCora Goode has woken up in a fairytale world where she can understand what birds are saying to her, men ride horses and have fluffy feathers in their hats and furniture zigs, zags and whirls in miracles of construction...Categorized as:
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![A Demon's Wings by Marie Mistry]()
A Demon's Wings by Marie Mistry
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsVice College for Young Demons; it's beautiful, complicated and downright dangerous for Lilith. The Syndicate, the Assembly, the Rebels; all of them want their share of the new Lady Carazor, and it's getting hard to tell who is on her side. But Lilith has other problems too: Bane's actions have created a rift between her mates and a scar on her heart... -
![Between the Lives by Jessica Shirvington]()
Between the Lives by Jessica Shirvington
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsSabine isn't like anyone else. For as long as she can remember, she's had two lives. Every twenty-four hours she "shifts," living each day twice. In one life, Sabine has everything: popular friends, perfect grades, expensive clothes, and the guy everyone wants. In the other, Sabine's family struggles financially, and her friends are considered rebels. But then she meets Ethan... -
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Guardian by Colleen Vanderlinden
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEunomia. Right hand of the Angel. Guardian.The last of her kind, is now….Death’s hunter.And the thing she most desperately needs to find is herself.For thousands of years, the Guardians collected the souls of the dead, bringing them before the God of Death for their final judgment. It all ended when Eunomia’s sisters, the other twelve Guardians, betrayed the God of Death and his daughter... -
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Paranormal Misdirection by Dima Zales, Anna Zaires
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWith my seer powers finally under my control, I'm ready to plunge into the unknown to find my father.He may have abandoned me, but I’ll go to the ends of the Otherlands to save him from his torment.Only problem? With unexpected allies and even more surprising enemies, this rescue mission might be more than I bargained for... -
![Blood Reunion by Connie Suttle]()
Blood Reunion by Connie Suttle
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 21 ratings"My love, the child almost died." Lissa looked up at Roff's words. His wings rustled after he spoke--he normally didn't involve himself in the politics of Le-Ath Veronis. Not to this extent, anyway."I know, honey. And now two other children are likely to die as a result. Yes, I know they did this, but I'm not convinced we have all the ones involved in the crime... -
![Grab the Bull by the Horns by Sam Hall]()
Grab the Bull by the Horns by Sam Hall
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsI’m a total ancient history nerd and I’m about to get up close and personal with creatures I’d assumed were figments of our imagination.When a strange man gives me a chai latte the like I’ve never tasted before, somehow, I’m stumbling through a rift in reality, straight into the arms of three very big, very muscular minotaurs.Yeah, you read that right, minotaurs... -
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First Contact by Kim Harrison
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIn the wake of the solar eclipse, a portal between our world and a paranormal realm opens—and a scientist’s life will never be the same, in this thrilling serialized adventure from the New York Times bestselling author of The Hollows.Dr... -
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Pivot Point by Kasie West
Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars · 40 ratingsKnowing the outcome doesn’t always make a choice easier . . .Addison Coleman’s life is one big “What if?” As a Searcher, whenever Addie is faced with a choice, she can look into the future and see both outcomes. It’s the ultimate insurance plan against disaster. Or so she thought...Categorized as:
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![Beyond Fate by Heather Lyons]()
Beyond Fate by Heather Lyons
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThere are always two sides to every story . . . His whole life, Jonah Whitecomb has strove to meet everyone’s expectations of him: the perfect student, dutiful son, loyal twin, accomplished surfer, and powerful Magical. But behind his carefully composed façade hides the truth of how his family has fallen apart, leaving Jonah more often than not feeling adrift...Categorized as:
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![Forever Night by Colleen Vanderlinden]()
Forever Night by Colleen Vanderlinden
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEach death she caused, each life she saved, was its own kind of prayer. Shanti Williams has been saved by the Angel (as Molly Brooks has been called by the citizens of Detroit) twice in her life: once at sixteen when the Angel rescued her from a life that would have been a living nightmare, and again when Shanti, as a new vampire, came to her begging for death... -
![Velveteen vs. The Seasons by Seanan McGuire]()
Velveteen vs. The Seasons by Seanan McGuire
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA doorway opens in mid-air. The body of a woman falls to the ground and lies there unmoving as the door slams shut behind her, dissolving like confetti into the wind.As the grass beneath her slowly dies, Velma Martinez–Velveteen–once architect of the downfall of The Super Patriots, Inc., most recently the servant of the Seasons, has come home.But ah; we are getting ahead of ourselves...Categorized as:
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End Game by Hailey Edwards
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsWelcome to the ferocious world of The Foundling, set in an bayou town where men are men - except when they are also dragons, kitties with wings, alligators, and . . . well, Miller.This is the unmissable climax to Hailey Edwards's epic The Foundling series, featuring the fiercest heroine in this world or any other: Luce Boudreau.Orphan. Daughter. Cop. Villain . . -
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Firewalker by Josephine Angelini
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsWorlds divide, magic slays, and love lies in the second book of Josephine Angelini’s The Worldwalker Trilogy."You think I’m a monster, but my choices, as ruthless as they seem, are justified."Lily is back in her own universe, and she's ready to start a new life with Rowan by her side...Categorized as:
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![Witch's Pyre by Josephine Angelini]()
Witch's Pyre by Josephine Angelini
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsLily Proctor has come a long way from the weak, sickly girl she used to be. She has gained power as a witch and a leader, found her way home, chosen to face battle again, and (after losing her first love and being betrayed by her new love) she has learned more about loss and grief than she ever wanted to know...Categorized as:
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![City of Ships by Mary Hoffman]()
City of Ships by Mary Hoffman
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIsabel was rushing to her next lesson when she nearly tripped over the little ped pouch. She picked it up, fascinated; it looked like a prop from a school play. It definitely did have something inside and she couldn't resist opening the string to see what it was.Until she finds the mysterious little bag that seems to be from another time and place, Isabel is anything but extraordinary...Categorized as:
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![Midnight Soul by Kristen Ashley]()
Midnight Soul by Kristen Ashley
Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsAgainst his will, Noctorno Hawthorne, an undercover vice cop, finds himself embroiled in magic, mayhem and parallel universes. Too late, he meets an amazing woman only to find she’s destined for his identical twin in another world. And things aren’t going real great there. Noc is recruited to help save that world. What he doesn’t know is his destined love resides there... -
![Warden and the Assassin by Eve Langlais]()
Warden and the Assassin by Eve Langlais
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI’m the sister you don’t want to meet in a dark alley.An assassin for hire, I’ve got skills other people don’t. Blame my magical heritage and a mother who gifted me a set of knives and my first revolver not long after my sixteenth birthday.When a magical object transports me to a perilous jungle as part of a job interview, I have to admit I’m intrigued... -
![Trial by Fire by Josephine Angelini]()
Trial by Fire by Josephine Angelini
Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars · 37 ratingsThe exhilaratingly seductive new series from the author of the bestselling Starcrossed seriesLove burns. Worlds collide. Magic reigns.This world is trying to kill Lily Proctor. Her life-threatening allergies keep her from enjoying many of the experiences that other teenagers take for granted... which is why she is determined to enjoy her first (and perhaps only) high-school party...Categorized as:
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![Fated Souls by Sariah Skye]()
Fated Souls by Sariah Skye
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTormented and ridiculed she flees to where nobody knows her secret...Leorah James is a geek who works as a barista, drives a beat up car and lives in a small apartment with no one but her cat for company. She blends in and she likes it that way. But when a cute stranger sees through Leorah's facade she finds her carefully constructed life ripped out from under her feet... -
![City of Secrets by Mary Hoffman]()
City of Secrets by Mary Hoffman
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsWhen Matt is unexpectedly transported to the Scriptorium of Padavia University, he discovers he is a Stravagante who can travel through time using his talisman, a leather-bound book. Together with Luciano and Arianna, he must fight the dangerous di Chimici clan who are on the verge of making a terrifying breakthrough into our world...Categorized as:
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![City of Swords by Mary Hoffman]()
City of Swords by Mary Hoffman
Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsDesperately unhappy, Laura has resorted to self-harming. But Laura is a Stravagante, somebody who can travel in time and space. When she finds her talisman, a small silver dagger, she stravagates to 16th-century Fortezza, a town similar to Lucca in Italy, where she meets her Stravagante, who is a swordsmith...Categorized as:
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![Tether by Anna Jarzab]()
Tether by Anna Jarzab
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsTether, the sequel to Tandem, continues the captivating tale of rebellion and romance that spans parallel worlds.Everything repeats.Sasha expected things to go back to normal once she got back on Earth. But now that she knows parallel worlds are real, and that an alternate version of herself exists in a world called Aurora, her old life no longer seems to make sense . .Categorized as:
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![House Immortal by Devon Monk]()
House Immortal by Devon Monk
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsOne hundred years ago, eleven powerful ruling Houses consolidated all of the world’s resources and authority into their own grasping hands. Only one power wasn’t placed under the command of a single House: the control over the immortal galvanized.... Matilda Case isn’t like most folk... -
![Legacy by Denise Tompkins]()
Legacy by Denise Tompkins
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHow to solve a murder in an altered reality? Elementary, my dear Watson. Adapt or die. The Niteclif Evolutions, Book 1 Looking back on the wish she made on Midsummer’s Eve, Maddy Nitclif should have been more specific. She only wanted to escape the shadowy nightmares that plague her nights, not to be thrust into a completely altered reality... -
![Death Blows by D.D. Barant]()
Death Blows by D.D. Barant
Rated: 3.87 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsFBI profiler Jace Valchek was pulled into this parallel realm to hunt for Aristotle Stoker, a human serial killer who preys on vampires and werewolves. Now she works for the National Security Agency of the Unnatural States of America - and her boss is a vampire...Categorized as:
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![First Impressions: A Firebird Ficlet by Claudia Gray]()
First Impressions: A Firebird Ficlet by Claudia Gray
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThis vignette takes place about a week after A THOUSAND PIECES OF YOU ends, and after Marguerite has turned to her home universe... -
![Traveler by L.E. DeLano]()
Traveler by L.E. DeLano
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsJessa has spent her life dreaming of other worlds and writing down stories more interesting than her own, until the day her favorite character, Finn, suddenly shows up and invites her out for coffee. After the requisite nervous breakdown, Jessa learns that she and Finn are Travelers, born with the ability to slide through reflections and dreams into alternate realities... -
![The Dark Light by Sara Walsh]()
The Dark Light by Sara Walsh
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsMia is torn between two guys—and two worlds—in this epic, romantic fantasy. Mysterious lights have flickered above Crownsville for as long as Mia can remember. And as far as she’s concerned, that’s about the only interesting thing to happen in her small town. That is, until Sol arrives... -
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![Cursed Prince by C.N. Crawford]()
Cursed Prince by C.N. Crawford
Rated: 3.85 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsMy heart hasn't beat in a thousand years. I haven't uttered a word in prison, and the guards keep their distance. If they get too close, they die--until at last, my magic binds my soul to another. Unfortunately, the person destined to save me is a Night Elf--the enemy of my kind. And yet, when I see her in the cell across from mine, an ember starts to burn in my chest... -
![The Shadow Society by Marie Rutkoski]()
The Shadow Society by Marie Rutkoski
Rated: 3.79 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsDarcy Jones doesn't remember anything before the day she was abandoned as a child outside a Chicago firehouse. She has never really belonged anywhere—but she couldn't have guessed that she comes from an alternate world where the Great Chicago Fire didn't happen and deadly creatures called Shades terrorize the human population...Categorized as:
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![Origins by Ilona Andrews]()
Origins by Ilona Andrews
Rated: 3.84 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsFrom Ilona Andrews—#1 New York Times bestselling author of Magic Shifts and the Kate Daniels novels—comes a stark, seductive tale of a world torn asunder by supernatural gifts and irresistible passions...Karina Tucker is driving a van of children home from a field trip when an unplanned detour to a seemingly ordinary rest stop changes her life... -
![Tandem by Anna Jarzab]()
Tandem by Anna Jarzab
Rated: 3.78 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsEverything repeats.You. Your best friend. Every person you know.Many worlds, many lives--infinite possibilities.Welcome to the multiverse. Sixteen-year-old Sasha Lawson has only ever known one small, ordinary life. When she was young, she loved her grandfather's stories of parallel worlds, inhabited by girls who looked like her but led totally different lives...Categorized as:
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![Dissonance by Erica O'Rourke]()
Dissonance by Erica O'Rourke
Rated: 3.71 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsSome decisions have unimaginable consequences.Every time someone makes a choice, a new parallel world is spun off the existing one. Eating breakfast or skipping it, sneaking out instead of staying in bed—every decision creates an alternate universe in which an Echo self takes the road not traveled... -
![Memory of Fire by Holly Lisle]()
Memory of Fire by Holly Lisle
Rated: 3.65 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsLauren Dane discovers a doorway to another reality in Cat Creek, North Carolina -- and she crosses over, driven by a strange compulsion she can neither resist nor comprehend. Molly McColl is brought there against her will -- kidnapped from her trailer and carried into a realm that traps her, terrifies her...yet offers her a strange and wondrous escape... -
![Scent of Salvation by Annie Nicholas]()
Scent of Salvation by Annie Nicholas
Rated: 3.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsLove blooms across species, culture, and time.Stranded in another dimension, on a primitive version of Earth, Dr. Susan Barlow needs to find a way to survive. There’s no electricity, no cities, and to her shock, no humans. Instead, she faces a population of werewolves, vampires and incubi. The people are vicious but she must find her place among them. And live. An illness is killing Sorin’s pack... -
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Me vs. Me by Sarah Mlynowski
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsGabby Wolf has pretty much, almost definitely (this close!) come to a decision: she's trading in Phoenix (nice but uneventful life with boyfriend) for Manhattan (dream job as producer for highly successful news show). Then Cam swoops in and gives her a sparkling engagement ring, making her decision even more impossible. Husband vs. career. Vera Wang wedding dress vs. sexy first-date outfits...Categorized as:
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![Dying Bites by D.D. Barant]()
Dying Bites by D.D. Barant
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsHer job description is the “tracking and apprehension of mentally-fractured killers.” What this really means in FBI profiler Jace Valchek’s brave new world—one in which only one percent of the population is human—is that a woman’s work is never done. And real is getting stranger every day…Jace has been ripped from her reality by David Cassius, the vampire head of the NSA...Categorized as:
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![Virtual Mode by Piers Anthony]()
Virtual Mode by Piers Anthony
Rated: 3.65 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsColene does not know what to think of the stranger she has rescued. Darius tells her he has traveled from "his reality" to find her. In proving to Colene that other worlds do exist, he uses up the power of the artifact that would allow them to travel back to his universe.They must try a slower, more dangerous method: the creation of a four-dimensional universe... -
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![Batteries Not Included by J.L. Merrow]()
Batteries Not Included by J.L. Merrow
Rated: 3.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHow would you react if you woke up one morning to find you were in bed with your favorite rock star? More to the point: how would the rock star react?Animal rescue worker Sam is content to dream of rock sensation Cain Shepney... -
![Through to You by Emily Hainsworth]()
Through to You by Emily Hainsworth
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsCamden Pike has been grief-stricken since his girlfriend, Viv, died. He’d give anything to have just one more glimpse of her. But when Cam visits the site of Viv’s deadly car accident, he sees an apparition. Her name is Nina, and she’s a girl from a parallel world. When Cam follows her there and makes an unbelievable discovery, it’s as if all his wildest dreams have come true... -
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Havenfall by Sara Holland
Rated: 3.56 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsA safe haven between four realms and the girl sworn to protect it—at any cost.Hidden deep in the mountains of Colorado lies the Inn at Havenfall, a sanctuary that connects ancient worlds—each with its own magic. For generations, the inn has protected all who seek refuge within its walls, and any who disrupt the peace can never return...Categorized as:
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