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The Warrior's Assault by Kristen Banet
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsMave finally has a home. The Ivory Shadow Mercenary Company has taken the long winter off, letting everyone recover from the troubles of the Empire and the shadows that loom over them. Despite the tumultuous beginning to her newfound freedom, Mave has stumbled upon everything that’s ever been denied to her. A family. A home... -
![I Went on an Adventure and All I Got Was This Barbarian Orc by Jennifer Cody]()
I Went on an Adventure and All I Got Was This Barbarian Orc by Jennifer Cody
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsBerklak:Being a half-orc is fun most of the time. Most people think I’m all orc, and that usually slicks things up so I can glide in and out of town without much fuss. Most of the time things go really smoothly for me... -
![Reign of Darkness by Ariana Nash]()
Reign of Darkness by Ariana Nash
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 20 ratings"Know your place, Nikolas." "Under the heel of your boot, Your Highness?"After a terrible inferno destroys the Caville palace, and with the people of Loreen turned against him, Prince Vasili is left with no choice but to flee his ancestral home, leaving Amir to proclaim himself king. But the prince's life isn't the only one left in ashes... -
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Fire by Kristin Cashore
Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars · 71 ratingsIt is not a peaceful time in the Dells. The young King Nash clings to his throne while rebel lords in the north and south build armies to unseat him. The mountains and forests are filled with spies and thieves and lawless men.This is where Fire lives. With a wild, irresistible appearance and hair the color of flame, Fire is the last remaining human monster... -
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![The Empire of Empty Wars by S.M. Gaither]()
The Empire of Empty Wars by S.M. Gaither
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDeath. Betrayal. Destruction. This was Alaya's destiny, written in the stars on the night she was born. She should have been killed because of it.She wasn’t.The once crown prince of the highest throne in Sundolia is now the high king, and all of his advisors agree on one thing: He should have destroyed that dangerous Dragon woman when he had the chance.He didn’t... -
![Bound to the Wild Fae by Tavia Lark]()
Bound to the Wild Fae by Tavia Lark
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsHiding from the fae isn’t an option anymore.Folly is a fortune teller, according to the sign outside his tent. Actually, he’s a nervous wreck and a total fraud. His golden eye might be magical, but Folly doesn’t see the future. He sees the dangerous, beautiful creatures lurking in the shadows between realms. Avoiding the fae keeps Folly safe—Until a misfired curse binds him to one... -
![Bring Me Their Hearts by Sara Wolf]()
Bring Me Their Hearts by Sara Wolf
Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsZera is a Heartless – the immortal, unageing soldier of a witch. Bound to the witch Nightsinger ever since she saved her from the bandits who murdered her family, Zera longs for freedom from the woods they hide in. With her heart in a jar under Nightsinger’s control, she serves the witch unquestioningly...Categorized as:
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![Bloodraven by P.L. Nunn]()
Bloodraven by P.L. Nunn
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsA son of a forest dwelling people, Yhalen knows little of the world outside the ancestral forest, until he is captured by a band of ogres on a slave-taking mission. Only grim tales of the barbaric giants had reached the forest, but Yhalen soon learns that even the darkest fireside story only hinted at the brutality of these Northern warriors... -
![In the Coils of the Snake by Clare B. Dunkle]()
In the Coils of the Snake by Clare B. Dunkle
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsIn the powerful final volume of the Hollow Kingdom trilogy, Miranda has waited her whole life to come home to the goblin kingdom, never imagining she'd feel so alone. Caught between two hostile races, she becomes their greatest reason for war--and only hope for a future... -
![Stolen by the Wolves by Lyx Robinson]()
Stolen by the Wolves by Lyx Robinson
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsOnce the wolves of Dublin take control, who knows what they plan to do with us?They are savages. And we are at their mercy.It is the year 870. Hordes of Vikings sweep through the green lands of Northumbria and Ireland, raiding and pillaging. Soon, no kingdom will be safe from their bloodlust.Tamsin has always been safe behind the walls of her sanctuary... -
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Sora's Quest by T.L. Shreffler
Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsLibrarian's note: This is an Alternate Cover Edition for ASIN: B007V5XND8.A noblewoman, an assassin, and a soul-stealing necklace....Sora planned on running away from her wedding, but she never expected to be kidnapped! Dumped into a world of magical races, arcane jewelry and forgotten lore, she finds herself at the mercy of a dangerous assassin, haunted by an even darker past...Categorized as:
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![Shadow of the Fox by Julie Kagawa]()
Shadow of the Fox by Julie Kagawa
Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsOne thousand years ago, the great Kami Dragon was summoned to grant a single terrible wish—and the land of Iwagoto was plunged into an age of darkness and chaos.Now, for whoever holds the Scroll of a Thousand Prayers, a new wish will be granted. A new age is about to dawn.Raised by monks in the isolated Silent Winds temple, Yumeko has trained all her life to hide her yokai nature...Categorized as:
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![Warrior of the Wild by Tricia Levenseller]()
Warrior of the Wild by Tricia Levenseller
Rated: 3.97 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsHow do you kill a god?As her father's chosen heir, eighteen-year-old Rasmira has trained her whole life to become a warrior and lead her village... -
![Close Kin by Clare B. Dunkle]()
Close Kin by Clare B. Dunkle
Rated: 3.97 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsFor years, Emily has been living happily in the underground goblin kingdom. Now she is old enough to marry, but when her childhood friend, Seylin, proposes, she doesn't take him seriously.Devastated, Seylin leaves the kingdom, intent on finding his own people: the elves. Too late, Emily realizes what Seylin means to her and sets out in search of him...Categorized as:
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![Captive of Darkness by Debbie Cassidy]()
Captive of Darkness by Debbie Cassidy
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA century old curse forgotten by time. A sleepy town cut off from the world by an ominous chasm. And a girl with the heart of a warrior. The town of Justice Falls is slave to an annual tithe, but only those with the sight recall the true price of survival... -
![The Orphan Queen by Jodi Meadows]()
The Orphan Queen by Jodi Meadows
Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsWilhelmina has a hundred identities.She is a princess. When the Indigo Kingdom conquered her homeland, Wilhelmina and other orphaned children of nobility were taken to Skyvale, the Indigo Kingdom’s capital. Ten years later, they are the Ospreys, experts at stealth and theft. With them, Wilhelmina means to take back her throne.She is a spy... -
![Always Masked (The Masked) by Megan Derr]()
Always Masked (The Masked) by Megan Derr
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOnce a highly regarded member of the Moon Clan, one of the secretive, notorious Masked, Naoki was afflicted by a terrible, incurable curse in the line of duty. Now, for the safety of the clan and all they protect, he spends his day exiled to a remote mountain region, far from the islands he once called home... -
![The Great Pursuit by Wendy Higgins]()
The Great Pursuit by Wendy Higgins
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsLochlanach has traded the great beast for something far more terrible, a Lashed enemy veiled in beauty, deception, and a vengeance passed down through generations: Rozaria Rocato. And she’s offering the hunter Paxton Seabolt power and acceptance he could never receive in his homeland... -
![Dragon's Bait by Vivian Vande Velde]()
Dragon's Bait by Vivian Vande Velde
Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsFifteen-year-old Alys is not a witch. But that doesn't matter—the villagers think she is and have staked her out on a hillside as a sacrifice to the local dragon. It's late, it's cold, and it's raining, and Alys can think of only one thing—revenge...Categorized as:
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![The Cold Commands by Richard K. Morgan]()
The Cold Commands by Richard K. Morgan
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 33 ratingsThe otherworldly Kiriath once used their advanced technology to save the world from the dark magic of the Aldrain, only to depart as mysteriously as they arrived. Now one of the Kiriath’s uncanny machines has fallen from orbit, with a message that humanity once more faces a grave danger: the Ilwrack Changeling, a boy raised to manhood in the ghostly realm of the Gray Places... -
![Dante's End by Ariana Nash]()
Dante's End by Ariana Nash
Rated: 3.82 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsMonsters are made, not born... Most called him the Jailor. Some called him a monster. If he had a name, nobody had survived meeting him long enough to tell it. They said he sat atop a mound of skulls and marked each death on his throne, like notches on a bedpost. Some tales told of how he had wings as dark as night, and of how he wore a crown of razor wire woven around four horns... -
![Blood of the Orc Prince by Lionel Hart]()
Blood of the Orc Prince by Lionel Hart
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWar draws ever closer, and no one can be trusted. Taegan and Zorvut have each other, but will that be enough?It's been several weeks since the warlord Hrul Bonebreaker violated the peace treaty that first brought the elven prince Taegan and his half-orc husband Zorvut together, and orc armies march upon the elves once more... -
![Lark Ascending by Meagan Spooner]()
Lark Ascending by Meagan Spooner
Rated: 3.87 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsLark thought returning home to face her city was the hardest thing she'd ever do. She was wrong.No longer the girl who ran for her life, Lark's ready for the Institute. She never dreamed she'd find a rebellion, a Renewable, and those she used to love embroiled in the fight of their lives. She's mastered her magic, but she still doesn't know if she can master the darkness stirring inside her... -
![Hunted by Meagan Spooner]()
Hunted by Meagan Spooner
Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars · 40 ratingsBeauty knows the Beast’s forest in her bones—and in her blood. Though she grew up with the city’s highest aristocrats, far from her father’s old lodge, she knows that the forest holds secrets and that her father is the only hunter who’s ever come close to discovering them. So when her father loses his fortune and moves Yeva and her sisters back to the outskirts of town, Yeva is secretly relieved... -
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![The Will and the Wilds by Charlie N. Holmberg]()
The Will and the Wilds by Charlie N. Holmberg
Rated: 3.87 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsA spellbinding story of truce and trickery from the Wall Street Journal bestselling author of The Paper Magician series. Enna knows to fear the mystings that roam the wildwood near her home. When one tries to kill her to obtain an enchanted stone, Enna takes a huge risk: fighting back with a mysting of her own.Maekallus’s help isn’t free. His price? A kiss. One with the power to steal her soul... -
![The Midnight Girls by Alicia Jasinska]()
The Midnight Girls by Alicia Jasinska
Rated: 3.85 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsThe Wicked Deep meets House of Salt and Sorrows in this new standalone YA fantasy set in a snow-cloaked kingdom where witches are burned, and two enchantresses secretly compete for the heart of a prince, only to discover that they might be falling for each other... -
![The King's Treasure by Carol M. Vaughn, Erica Crouch]()
The King's Treasure by Carol M. Vaughn, Erica Crouch
Rated: 3.70 of 5 stars · 10 ratings"I have hidden all my life. I will hide no longer." Arianwyn is a peasant girl who wants nothing more in life than to disappear and be safe. Attacked in the village of her birth, she runs away and finds refuge in the forest. When she accidentally bonds with a dragon, she is launched on a course that will bring her to the attention of the king himself...Categorized as:
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![Frost by Kate Avery Ellison]()
Frost by Kate Avery Ellison
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIn the icy, monster-plagued world of the Frost, compassion might get a person killed, and Lia Weaver knows this better than anyone. After the monsters kill her parents, she must keep the family farm running or risk losing her siblings to reassignment by the village Elders. With dangers on all sides, she can't afford to let her emotions lead her astray...Categorized as:
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![Ruthless Gods by Emily A. Duncan]()
Ruthless Gods by Emily A. Duncan
Rated: 3.82 of 5 stars · 33 ratingsDarkness never works alone...Nadya doesn’t trust her magic anymore. Serefin is fighting off a voice in his head that doesn’t belong to him. Malachiasz is at war with who--and what--he’s become. As their group is continually torn apart, the girl, the prince, and the monster find their fates irrevocably intertwined. They’re pieces on a board, being orchestrated by someone… or something... -
![Secondhand Charm by Julie Berry]()
Secondhand Charm by Julie Berry
Rated: 3.74 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsIn a secluded village, magic sparkles on the edges of the forest. There, a young girl named Evie possesses unusually strong powers as a healer. A gypsy's charms—no more than trinkets when worn by others—are remarkably potent when Evie ties them around her neck. Her talents, and charms, have not escaped the notice of the shy stonemason's apprentice... -
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Red Wolf by Rachel Vincent
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA high stakes reimagining of Little Red Riding Hood.For as long as sixteen-year-old Adele can remember the village of Oakvale has been surrounding by the dark woods—a forest filled with terrible monsters that light cannot penetrate. Like every person who grows up in Oakvale she has been told to steer clear of the woods unless absolutely necessary... -
![Gilded Rose by Emma Hamm]()
Gilded Rose by Emma Hamm
Rated: 3.74 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsA beast is holding me hostage inside a chateau. The world is plagued by creatures called the Dread, and the monster who's captured me is their king. But no matter how hard I try to get away, there's no escaping him. Not when he's magically bound to turn me into one of his creatures...Categorized as:
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![Scarlet Moon: A Retelling of Little Red Riding Hood by Debbie Viguié]()
Scarlet Moon: A Retelling of Little Red Riding Hood by Debbie Viguié
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe True Face of Love Ruth's grandmother lives in the forest, banished there for the "evil" that the townsfolk believed she practiced. But if studying the stars, learning about nature, and dreaming of flying is evil, then Ruth is guilty of it too. Whenever Ruth took food and supplies to her grandmother, she would sit with the old woman for hours, listening and learning... -
![The Great Hunt by Wendy Higgins]()
The Great Hunt by Wendy Higgins
Rated: 3.65 of 5 stars · 29 ratings“Aerity…” Her father paused as if the words he was forming pained him. “I must ask you to sacrifice the promise of love for the sake of our kingdom.”She could only stare back, frozen.When a strange beast terrorizes the kingdom of Lochlanach, fear stirs revolt... -
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![Reign of Shadows by Sophie Jordan]()
Reign of Shadows by Sophie Jordan
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 34 ratingsSeventeen years ago, an eclipse cloaked the kingdom of Relhok in perpetual darkness. In the chaos, an evil chancellor murdered the king and queen and seized their throne. Luna, Relhok’s lost princess, has been hiding in a tower ever since. Luna’s survival depends on the world believing she is dead.But that doesn’t stop Luna from wanting more... -
![Siren's Fury by Mary Weber]()
Siren's Fury by Mary Weber
Rated: 3.59 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsI thrust my hand toward the sky as my voice begs the Elemental inside me to waken and rise. But it’s no use. The curse I’ve spent my entire life abhorring—the thing I trained so hard to control—no longer exists.Nym risked her life to save Faelen, her homeland, from a losing war, only to discover that the shapeshifter Draewulf has stolen everything she holds dear... -
![Girl, Serpent, Thorn by Melissa Bashardoust]()
Girl, Serpent, Thorn by Melissa Bashardoust
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 42 ratingsA captivating and utterly original fairy tale about a girl cursed to be poisonous to the touch, and who discovers what power might lie in such a curse...There was and there was not, as all stories begin, a princess cursed to be poisonous to the touch. But for Soraya, who has lived her life hidden away, apart from her family, safe only in her gardens, it’s not just a story... -
![Empress of All Seasons by Emiko Jean]()
Empress of All Seasons by Emiko Jean
Rated: 3.57 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsIn a palace of illusions, nothing is what it seems.Each generation, a competition is held to find the next empress of Honoku. The rules are simple. Survive the palace’s enchanted seasonal rooms. Conquer Winter, Spring, Summer, and Fall. Marry the prince. All are eligible to compete—all except yōkai, supernatural monsters and spirits whom the human emperor is determined to enslave and destroy... -
![Heir to the Sky by Amanda Sun]()
Heir to the Sky by Amanda Sun
Rated: 3.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAs heir to a kingdom of floating continents, Kali has spent her life bound by limits—by her duties as a member of the royal family, by a forced betrothal to the son of a nobleman, and by the edge of the only world she’s ever known—a small island hovering above a monster-ridden earth, long since uninhabited by humans... -
![Wicked Saints by Emily A. Duncan]()
Wicked Saints by Emily A. Duncan
Rated: 3.51 of 5 stars · 44 ratingsA girl who can speak to gods must save her people without destroying herself.A prince in danger must decide who to trust.A boy with a monstrous secret waits in the wings.Together, they must assassinate the king and stop the war...Categorized as:
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