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  • Bastion by Phil Tucker

    Bastion by Phil Tucker

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Scorio will rise from the ashes to conquer the ten layers of hell.Reborn without memories, Scorio learns that he is a Great Soul, a legendary defender of the ancient city of Bastion...
  • Deadhouse Landing by Ian C. Esslemont

    Deadhouse Landing by Ian C. Esslemont

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    After the disappointments of Li Heng, Dancer and Kellanved wash up on a small insignificant island named Malaz. Immediately, of course, Kellanved plans to take it over. To do so they join forces with a small band of Napans who have fled a civil war on their own home island...
  • Four Beheadings and a Funeral by Eric Ugland

    Four Beheadings and a Funeral by Eric Ugland

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    We join Montana, recently returned from an impromptu study abroad trip, a bit wiser, a bit broader in perspective, and a lot freaked out by the once-dead person who’s currently in his bedroom.Possible zombie sightings aside, he’s finally ready to take his job as Duke seriously...
  • The Silver Thief by Edward W. Robertson

    The Silver Thief by Edward W. Robertson

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Dante Galand has cured the sickness that trapped him on the Plagued Islands. Now, it's time to leave. And kill a priest. The target is Gladdic of Bressel. Gladdic, who executed Dante's friend, the pirate Captain Twill. Who all but enslaved the Plagued Islands. And whose visions of empire are far from over...
  • The Liar's Knot by M.A. Carrick

    The Liar's Knot by M.A. Carrick

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Trust is the thread that binds. And the rope that hangs.In Nadežra, peace is as tenuous as a single thread. The ruthless House Indestor has been destroyed, but darkness still weaves through the city’s filthy back alleys and jewel-bright gardens, seen by those who know where to look.Derossi Vargo has always known...
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    dark  epic  magic  action-adventure  adult  audiobook  book  fiction
  • Dancer's Lament by Ian C. Esslemont

    Dancer's Lament by Ian C. Esslemont

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    Taking Malazan fans back to that troubled continent's turbulent early history. The opening chapter in Ian C. Esslemont's epic new fantasy sequence, the Path to Ascendancy trilogy.For ages warfare has crippled the continent as minor city states, baronies, and principalities fought in an endless round of hostilities...
  • The Spear of Stars by Edward W. Robertson

    The Spear of Stars by Edward W. Robertson

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The White Lich has conquered Tanar Atain. Soon, he means to take the entire world. Dante suspects his next target will be Bressel, where the Tanarians have established their court in exile. The only chance to stop the lich will be to forge a fragile alliance between the bitter enemies of three different lands: Tanar Atain, Mallon, and Narashtovik. The city stands on the brink of rebellion...
  • Winter's King by Bryce O'Connor

    Winter's King by Bryce O'Connor

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    The Monster of Karth has risen once more. Quin Tern has met his fate, and his council has born the price of crossing Raz i'Syul Arro. Now, as the cruel walls of Azbar fade into the winter storms at his back, Raz rides north, seeking to take the High Priest Talo Brahnt up on an offer he never should have refused...
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    dark  epic  magic  action-adventure  adult  audiobook  book  dragons
  • War of Mist by Helen Scheuerer

    War of Mist by Helen Scheuerer

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    War is here. Toxic mist drives all life to the brink of destruction and the conqueror queen, Ines, has her talons in the kings of the realm. Bleak, having discovered her true heritage, must now scour the lands for the one thing that might save them all. But the search is a treacherous one – and it will push her to the very limits of endurance...
  • Into the West by Mercedes Lackey

    Into the West by Mercedes Lackey

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The long-awaited founding of Valdemar comes to life in this second book in the new series from a New York Times-bestselling author and beloved fantasist.Baron Valdemar and his people have found a temporary haven, but it cannot hold all of them, or for long. Trouble could follow on their heels at any moment, and there are too many people for Crescent Lake to support...
  • As Iron Falls by Bryce O'Connor

    As Iron Falls by Bryce O'Connor

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    The High Citadel cannot be seen to harbor a killer. This is a simple truth, and one that Raz i'Syul Arro has little choice but to respect. As the winter storms fall away in favor of the North's pleasant summer months, Raz finds himself having once more to face the cruelties of the world with spear and sword in hand. For the first time, though, the Monster no longer walks his path alone...
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    dark  epic  magic  action-adventure  adult  audiobook  book  dragons
  • Dragon Emperor 9 by Eric Vall, Alex Perone

    Dragon Emperor 9 by Eric Vall, Alex Perone

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Evan and his party continue on to the next stop on their campaign, but they quickly discover things are not right in the underground city of Colaruma.The king’s appointed Sentinels are missing, there is evidence the Green Glass Sect is once again up to no good, and the city’s Council of Magistrates is more than a little suspicious...
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    magic  epic  dark  fantasy  harem  steamy  paranormal  romance
  • Elemental Soul by Phaedra Weldon

    Elemental Soul by Phaedra Weldon

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Time is running out... It's the calm before the storm, and Sam knows Dionysus is coming for her. Spirit is the only way to defeat him—the one Element she hasn't mastered...
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    dark  epic  magic  action-adventure  book  dragons  fae  fiction
  • Irrelevant Jack 3 by Prax Venter

    Irrelevant Jack 3 by Prax Venter

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    What lies beyond Blackmoor Cove and its connected Tower? When two displaced Heroes from the recently fallen Town of Emberstone seek refuge from the advancing Corruption, some people begin to believe that Jack’s brazen defiance of traditional ways has terrible consequences...
  • Battle by Michelle West

    Battle by Michelle West

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    In this epic fantasy series for fans of George R. R. Martin and Robin Hobb, Jewel Markess must contend with deadly court politics, and visions of looming magical threats...
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    dark  epic  magic  action-adventure  adult  audiobook  bodyguard  book
  • House Name by Michelle West

    House Name by Michelle West

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    In this epic fantasy series for fans of George R. R. Martin and Robin Hobb, Jewel Markess must contend with deadly court politics, and visions of looming magical threats. Jewel has been assigned the task of finding the entryways to the ancient undercity that lies beneath the streets of the empire’s capital in exchange for shelter for her and her den at House Terafin...
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    dark  epic  magic  action-adventure  audiobook  book  demons  female-mc
  • Midnight's Mask by Paul S. Kemp

    Midnight's Mask by Paul S. Kemp

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The shadows deepen in every corner of the Realms.The sun no longer shines on a man who has embraced the darkness within him.The day's opposite finds Erevis Cale so far along the path away from his own humanity, he may never again walk as a man.In the end, to be Chosen by a god like Mask is more curse than blessing..
  • The Warring Son by Bryce O'Connor

    The Warring Son by Bryce O'Connor

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    **Book 2 in the Top 10 Bestselling Epic Fantasy series on Amazon** Raz i'Syul Arro is a hunted man. To the south, the Mahsadën of Miropa are gone. The šef lay dead, slain at Raz's own hands, their cruel will ripped from the shadows of the city...
  • The Mountains Rise by Michael G. Manning

    The Mountains Rise by Michael G. Manning

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    From the dark depths of the past, comes the tale of the first wizard of Illeniel. Daniel Tennick lived simply, a young shepherd with few troubles and little to occupy his mind, until the warden appeared. Daniel’s power awakens, and he finds himself hunted by the servants of the cruel and uncaring forest gods...
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    dark  epic  magic  action-adventure  adult  audiobook  book  drama
  • Skulduggery 4 by Logan Jacobs

    Skulduggery 4 by Logan Jacobs

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Building a Criminal EmpireLord of the Rings + Breaking Bad + The Sopranos = Skulduggery With each rival my syndicate eliminates two more appear, and they are out for blood. The assassin’s guild, the dwarven miners, and the elven overlords are all looking to put our heads on a pike...
  • Magic-Scars by C.L. Schneider

    Magic-Scars by C.L. Schneider

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    They took it all: his will, his memories, his freedom, his magic. Imprisoned by his enemies, tortured and drugged to keep his magic suppressed, Ian Troy returns to a world as marred and broken as he is. Ravaged by the reign of her new High King, Draken of Langor, Mirra’kelan’s citizens live in fear. The Shinree, misled by Jem Reth’s promises, are no longer slaves, but they are far from free...
  • Dragon Emperor 13 by Eric Vall

    Dragon Emperor 13 by Eric Vall

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Evan’s royal campaign to win over the people of Rahma has taken him to the northern peninsula.And straight to the gates of the underwater city of Pullis.The Green Glass Sect is up to no good under the sea, and it’s up to Evan and his party to save the merfolk from traitors and the ever-corrupting presence of miasma...
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    dark  epic  magic  action-adventure  adult  audiobook  book  dragons
  • The Gathering by Vanessa Nelson

    The Gathering by Vanessa Nelson

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Scarred by a brutal past, she has sworn to help those in need.As one of the Hundred, Yvonne cannot ignore a plea for help, even if all she wants is a quiet life, somewhere safe for her adopted children to grow into adulthood.Safety is in short supply. Young people, some of them children, are going missing in large numbers, leaving bewildered and grieving families behind...
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    dark  epic  magic  action-adventure  adult  alpha-mc  book  female-mc
  • Needs of the Empire by Christopher Mitchell

    Needs of the Empire by Christopher Mitchell

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    On the run – againBranded an enemy by the Church and Emperor, Daphne Holdfast is forced to flee the Imperial City with her young daughter Karalyn, whose own mage powers are now beginning to reveal themselves.They intend to travel to Rahain, a land in turmoil following the devastating invasion and occupation by Alliance forces...
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    dark  epic  magic  action-adventure  book  classics  dystopia  fiction
  • Silver Magi 3 by D. Levesque

    Silver Magi 3 by D. Levesque

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The Void are being hunted, and Brandon is learning just how much danger Earth is in. Humans are about to be able to use Wild Magic. The Organization is being used as the first wave of a change that will destroy humanity.In hunting the Void, Brandon has found out about a secret so big, that he has no choice but to seek others' help. This is now something that he cannot do alone...
  • Skulduggery 3 by Logan Jacobs

    Skulduggery 3 by Logan Jacobs

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Building a Criminal EmpireLord of the Rings + Breaking Bad + The Sopranos = Skulduggery The best part of being a human is everyone constantly underestimates you, and that means they never see it coming when your dagger plunges into their heart. Our business is growing, but so is our list of enemies...
  • Dawn of the Exile by Mitchell Hogan

    Dawn of the Exile by Mitchell Hogan

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    For the damned, redemption may be just a mad dream…Years have passed since the demon Tarrik and his master, the sorcerer Ren, destroyed the servants of Samal and suppressed the very essence of the vile lord. The cost was greater than even a demon could have imagined. But in the realms of demons and humans, no evil can be fully controlled, and no one’s true fate can be foretold. Including Tarrik’s...
  • Shadow Rule by Angelina J. Steffort

    Shadow Rule by Angelina J. Steffort

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Breaking the curse will break her heartGandrett can no longer hope that she has a dying chance to save the Prince of Ulfray nor the friend the Dragon King has taken from her. But she won’t give up—even if it means she has to travel to the forests of Ulfray first to help the Prince of Fae to wake his people...
  • Illusion by S.M. Boyce

    Illusion by S.M. Boyce

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The final chapter in the war for Ourea ends with blood. Kara Magari is an icon. A hero. The people love her. The royalty tolerates her. She has everything—an army, allies, and a close circle of chosen family. They believe she will end the war, and they shouldn’t. She’s as scared as they are. She just can’t show it...
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    dark  epic  magic  action-adventure  alpha-mc  book  female-mc  fiction
  • God of Broken Things by Cameron Johnston

    God of Broken Things by Cameron Johnston

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    An outcast magician must risk his body and mind to save the world from horrifying demons, in the heart-pounding epic fantasy sequel to The Traitor God.Tyrant magus Edrin Walker destroyed the monster sent by the Skallgrim, but not before it laid waste to Setharis, and infested their magical elite with mind-controlling parasites...
  • Black Talon by Jaime Castle, Andy Peloquin

    Black Talon by Jaime Castle, Andy Peloquin

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Kullen is the Emperor’s assassin. The sharp hand of justice. The Black Talon.Gifted a soul-forged bond with his dragon, Umbris, Kullen is tasked with hunting any and all who oppose the Empire.But when the secretive Crimson Fang murders two noblemen before his very eyes, Kullen must discover the truth of who they are and what they want...
  • Queen of Storms by Raymond E. Feist

    Queen of Storms by Raymond E. Feist

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Dark and powerful forces threaten the world of Garn once more in this second novel in legendary New York Times bestselling author Raymond E. Feist’s epic fantasy series, the Firemane Saga.Hatushaly and his young wife Hava have arrived in the prosperous trading town of Beran’s Hill to restore and reopen the fire-damaged Inn of the Three Stars...
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    dark  epic  magic  action-adventure  adult  audiobook  book  fiction
  • Helping a Friend by Jason A. Cheek

    Helping a Friend by Jason A. Cheek

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Startum Ironwolf has completed his Nightmare quest and is fortifying BrokenFang Hold when he finds out that his good friend Domenic is under attack by a PVP Alliance called Chaos Storm. If he doesn't find a way over to the continent that his friend is on in a week, Domenic will lose everything. Unfortunately, traversing the dangerous lands and sea in-between them will not be easy...
  • The Three Witches and The Master by Max Nowaz

    The Three Witches and The Master by Max Nowaz

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    When a beautiful naked woman Eve, unexpectedly turns up at his back door, Adam, an amateur wizard, is not sure if it is his good fortune or not. The young woman has an attitude and starts bossing him around straightaway, issuing commands; which strikes Adam that she may be a practitioner of the black arts...
  • Dawn of Night by Paul S. Kemp

    Dawn of Night by Paul S. Kemp

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The shadows recede from a lost temple in a forgotten wilderness.The sun rises on a new calling for a man as loyal as he is mysterious.The day's beginning finds Erevis Cale holding in his steady hands more power than he dared hope for - and more responsibility than he ever imagined.For now, he will have to put his trust in a god served by thieves and born of chaos...
  • A Dance of Chaos by David Dalglish

    A Dance of Chaos by David Dalglish

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    FEAR COMES IN THE HANDS OF PROPHETS... The final installment of the Shadowdance series finds Haern the Watcher returning to his beloved city of Veldaren, only to find it has collapsed into chaos. The Sun Guild has conquered the former thief guilds, destroying the peace Haern fought so hard to obtain...
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    dark  epic  magic  action-adventure  adult  assassins  audiobook  book
  • Rage of Lions by Curtis Jobling

    Rage of Lions by Curtis Jobling

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    A ruined kingdom, an avenging king . . . and a hero's destiny After discovering he's the long-lost son of the murdered Wolf King and leading a revolt against the tyrant King Leopold the Lion, Drew Ferran must rule over a kingdom in disarray. But the former shepherd has mixed feelings about taking his place on the throne...
  • Timeless by R.A. Salvatore, Victor Bevine

    Timeless by R.A. Salvatore, Victor Bevine

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    12 Hours and 30 MinutesAt long last, New York Times bestselling author R. A. Salvatore returns with one of fantasy's most beloved and enduring icons, the dark elf Drizzt Do'Urden, in an all-new trilogy full of swordplay, danger, and imaginative thrills...
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    dark  epic  magic  action-adventure  adult  audiobook  book  fiction
  • The Price of Power by Ivan Kal

    The Price of Power by Ivan Kal

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    New adventures in the Infinite Realm!Zach and Ryun had both reached the Infinite Realm. As the only two survivors of the old Earth, they are the strongest Rankers that had ever arrived in the Infinite Realm. Both dropped outside of the usual arrival zone, and left to fend for themselves. Each had found a way to survive. Ryun is now a Sect Head, tasked with ruling territories and people...
    Categorized as:
    magic  dark  epic  fantasy  audiobook  fiction  litrpg  horror
  • Crowfall by Ed McDonald

    Crowfall by Ed McDonald

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Crowfall is a gritty epic fantasy for fans of Mark Lawrence, Scott Lynch and Daniel Polansky.'Dark, twisty and excellent . . . Grimdark with heart' Mark LawrenceA sorceress cataclysm has hit the Range, the final defensive line between the Republic and the immortal Deep Kings...
  • A Veil of Spears by Bradley P. Beaulieu

    A Veil of Spears by Bradley P. Beaulieu

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    The third book in The Song of Shattered Sands series—an epic fantasy with a desert setting, filled with rich worldbuilding and pulse-pounding action.Since the Night of Endless Swords, a bloody battle the Kings of Sharakhai narrowly won, the kings have been hounding the rebels known as the Moonless Host...
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    dark  epic  magic  action-adventure  adult  audiobook  book  family
  • Darkbeam Part II by Adrienne Woods

    Darkbeam Part II by Adrienne Woods

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Please note that this is not for YA Audience like the Dragonian Series Everyone knows the Rubicon is predestined for evil, and the alpha dragon does nothing to change their opinions of him. What they don't know is that he harbors a secret, a secret that can set him free, but also trap him forever...
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    dark  epic  magic  action-adventure  adult  audiobook  book  fiction
  • City of Songs by Anthony Ryan

    City of Songs by Anthony Ryan

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    ATHERIA—THE FABLED CITY OF SONGS THE SHINING JEWEL OF THE THIRD SEA WHERE THE MASKED EXULTIA CASTE HOLD SWAY AND VIE TO OUTDO EACH OTHER IN THEIR PATRONAGE OF THE ARTS, SOMETIMES WITH DEADLY CONSEQUENCES… Guyime, wandering, dethroned King of the Northlands, is drawn to the Atheria by his quest for the Seven Swords, the demon cursed blades of legend...
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    dark  epic  magic  action-adventure  adult  assassins  audiobook  book
  • Legacy of Light by Matthew Ward

    Legacy of Light by Matthew Ward

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Warfare, myth and magic collide in Legacy of Light, the spectacular conclusion to Matthew Ward's acclaimed Legacy trilogy.For the first time in many years, the Tressian Republic and the Hadari Empire are at peace. But war never sleeps.In Tregard, Empress Melanna Saranal struggles to protect a throne won at great cost...
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    dark  epic  magic  action-adventure  adult  book  dark-fantasy  fiction
  • Behemoth by Trevor H. Cooley

    Behemoth by Trevor H. Cooley

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Part Six of the Jharro Grove Saga and the latest chapter in the acclaimed Bowl of Souls Series, a continuing action-filled fantasy series set in a world of magic, mystery, and monsters! THE FINALE OF THE JHARRO GROVE SAGA The Behemoth was created a thousand years ago, its body stretching for miles under Malaroo’s swamplands turning them into a dangerous and uninhabitable place...
  • Queen of the Night by Craig Schaefer

    Queen of the Night by Craig Schaefer

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    It all ends here. It ends as Livia Serafini returns to her homeland with an army at her back, an exiled refugee turned ruthless conqueror, bringing war and witchcraft to any who dare stand in her way...
  • The Emerald Crown by Michael Wallace

    The Emerald Crown by Michael Wallace

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When Nathaliey, a young wizard, is taken prisoner by marauders trying to break her will and force her to join the sorcerer’s acolytes, the last help she expects is from the griffin riders who have harassed her and her companions through the mountains...
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    dark  epic  magic  action-adventure  adult  audiobook  book  dragons
  • The Ogre Apprentice by Trevor H. Cooley

    The Ogre Apprentice by Trevor H. Cooley

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The Jharro Grove Saga: Part Three Justan’s time in Malaroo isn’t going well. A deadly shape-shifting assassin seeks his life and he is struggling to win over Jhonate’s father. Fist is the only ogre ever to train at the Mage School...
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    dark  epic  magic  action-adventure  animals  audiobook  book  fiction
  • Leaves May Fall by Carissa Hardcastle

    Leaves May Fall by Carissa Hardcastle

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    When it comes to fate, where is the line between being predestined and being condemned?Merriam was born a regular girl in a mundane world. Mollian is a fae prince whose family is charged with guarding the Gate that binds every existence together. Both of their lives were forever changed when they met in the woods as children, sparking a bond in their souls deeper than either of them understood...
    Categorized as:
    magic  dark  epic  romance  fantasy  fae  high-fantasy  quest
  • Monster Girl Islands 10 by Logan Jacobs

    Monster Girl Islands 10 by Logan Jacobs

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Ben has gained two new valuable assets against the orcs: a wind dragon and a tribe of ant-riding women warriors.And just in time because the orcs and their greed have arrived on the Cero island.Now Ben and his crew have to work to fight off another invasion, but they might have the upper hand if they can find out where the remaining land dragons have been hiding.But the clock is ticking...
    Categorized as:
    dark  epic  action-adventure  adult  book  fiction  harem  horror
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