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Tongue Eater by John Bierce
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsKanderon Crux has fallen.The traitors who brought the powerful sphinx down have fled with plagues and other magical weapons stolen from Skyhold's Vault, intending to use them against the Havath Dominion, no matter the cost to the rest of the Ithonian continent. Havath teeters on the edge of collapse after their failed invasion of Skyhold, and the nations and monsters of Ithos circle like vultures... -
![On a Clear Winter Night by Elizabeth Hunter]()
On a Clear Winter Night by Elizabeth Hunter
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsA very special holiday short story for readers of the Irin Chronicles. Join Ava, Malachi, and their friends for Midwinter holidays in Prague. The Irin might not celebrate Christmas, but that doesn’t mean Ava has to give up on the holidays. With her children on the way, nothing will stop the newest Irina from celebrating with her growing family... -
![Consumed by Casey Odell]()
Consumed by Casey Odell
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsClaire’s time is limited. The mark is consuming her. Magic needs to be restored, but will it be worth the cost? Humans will think of her as a traitor, the elves a savior. If nothing is done, there won’t be anything left at all. With only a clue on where to go, the journey ahead will push Claire to her limits. Can a simple barmaid really save the world? She’s about to find out... -
![The Dark Deceit by Emma V. Leech]()
The Dark Deceit by Emma V. Leech
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA dangerous secret lies at the heart of the Fae Lands. A secret that could save three kingdoms - or burn them all to the ground. The secret is Prince Corin's to bear alone, if his sanity can stand it. But while Corin suffers, his mother's machinations continue and queen Audrianne makes plans of her own to secure their realm's future... -
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![BELOVED by C.K. Bryant]()
BELOVED by C.K. Bryant
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe highly anticipated conclusion to The Crystor Series.Refusing to believe that Kira is dead, Octavion searches for the truth about her disappearance. But time is running out. The king of Panthera will come for him soon and Octavion can’t leave without knowing she is safe.Kira thinks the only way she can keep her friends alive is by faking her death, but the lie has only put them in more danger... -
![Мастер ветров и закатов by Max Frei]()
Мастер ветров и закатов by Max Frei
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsСамый популярный автор начала ХХI века Макс Фрай дарит своим поклонникам новую серию книг! Таким образом, МАСТЕР ВЕТРОВ И ЗАКАТОВ - первая книга новой серии Макса Фрая "Сновидения ЕХО", которая раскроет ранее неизвестные стороны жизни сэра Макса из Тайного Сыска города Ехо... -
![The Essential Bordertown by Terri Windling, Delia Sherman]()
The Essential Bordertown by Terri Windling, Delia Sherman
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBordertown. Once a normal American city, now a perilous nexus between the World and returned Elfland. From the banks of the addictive Mad River to the all-night clublands where young elves and humans fight and play, all the way up to glittering dragon's Tooth Hill, where high society seals itself away from the street--this is no city to trifle with.Bordertown... -
![Resistance by Jena Leigh]()
Resistance by Jena Leigh
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAlexandra Parker might be the most powerful Variant the world has ever seen—but even that won’t get her out of finishing her junior year of high school. The challenge of keeping her abilities under wraps during class is daunting enough, but throw one surly, sandy-haired Jumper into the mix, and things can get downright complicated... -
![Ambrosia Shore by Christie Anderson]()
Ambrosia Shore by Christie Anderson
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsSadie never dreamed she would see the world of Ambrosia with her own two eyes, just like Rayne never believed he would have the chance to share it with her. Finally, they can be together without any lies, without hiding who they are, in a world that shines brighter than Sadie could ever imagine. There’s only one problem... -
![Magic 101 by Mercedes Lackey]()
Magic 101 by Mercedes Lackey
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsBefore Buffy ever staked out a vampire, before anyone was “Grimm,” before the “Supernatural” Winchester brothers locked horns with things that go bump in the night, there was Diana Tregarde. Diana Tregarde. Occult investigator. Witch. And Guardian. Pledged to protect and shield the innocent from the deadly menaces of the Dark, the things most people have never seen--and would never want to... -
![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 ratingsWhen 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... -
![Tapping the Dream Tree by Charles de Lint, Charles Vess]()
Tapping the Dream Tree by Charles de Lint, Charles Vess
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWorld Fantasy Award-winning author of The Onion GirlThe city of Newford could be any contemporary North American city...except that magic lurks in its music, in its art, in the shadows of its grittiest streets, where mythic beings walk disguised. And its people are like you and me, each looking for a bit of magic to shape their lives and transform their fate...Categorized as:
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![A Very Declan Christmas by Maggie Stiefvater]()
A Very Declan Christmas by Maggie Stiefvater
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratings"I’ve done a holiday short for the last few years. Here’s another one from the Raven Cycle universe...Categorized as:
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![La reine solitaire: L'Assassin Royal 6 by Robin Hobb]()
La reine solitaire: L'Assassin Royal 6 by Robin Hobb
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsÀ la tête d'une déroutante procession - la reine Kettricken, la propre femme de chevalerie et le dernier espoir de voir la lignée des Loinvoyants se perpétuer, la mystérieuse Caudron, Astérie la ménestrelle et le fou - Fitz poursuit son chemin sur la voie magique... -
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![Shadow by Adrienne Woods]()
Shadow by Adrienne Woods
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsChastity Blake discovered the hard way what she was. A modern day Sandman. But things aren't looking up for Chastity. She is guarding a secret deep within her, her dark sand, or what Reverans would call, her Shadow. Shadow Casters are known for their dark dreams, the nightmares they create, and for Chastity landing up in the Oblivian with all the other Shadow Casters is so not on her list... -
![Stardust Valley by T.L. Haddix]()
Stardust Valley by T.L. Haddix
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBook Nine in the Firefly Hollow Series. This is Noah's story. He loves Sophie, has since he was a seventeen-year-old kid, but thanks to a manipulative troublemaker and because he's a stubborn Campbell man (or so his female relatives keep telling him), it takes him a while to figure his feelings out and do something about them. Like more than ten years... -
![Kathy by T.L. Haddix]()
Kathy by T.L. Haddix
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWomen's Fiction Romance Life changed forever for Kathy Browning one tragic, fateful day in 1960 when her husband murdered their children, another man, and himself in front of her. Three years later, she's battling serious depression, still trying to pick up enough shattered pieces of what's left to continue living... -
![Phoenix and the Wolf by Bianca D'Arc]()
Phoenix and the Wolf by Bianca D'Arc
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDiana doesn’t understand what’s happening to her. She feels drawn to the sun and dreams of flying under her own power, but her commitments in the real world—and the grandmother who depends on her—keep her grounded. Then her car breaks down in front of a high-end repair yard and she meets a man who makes her want to forget all her responsibilities and take a walk on the wild side...with him... -
![Sweet Escape by Bailey Ardisone]()
Sweet Escape by Bailey Ardisone
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLife will never be the same for Nariella Woodlinn. Just when she thought she had it all figured out, her world comes crumbling down around her--yet again. With no idea who she is or even where she came from, how can she save herself?She once thought her biggest problems were the ones brought on by the mysterious man she refused to fall in love with--Mycah... -
![Coven by Serena Akeroyd]()
Coven by Serena Akeroyd
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen a Vampire and a Dragon get it on, more than just magic happens... Mia is a nightwalker. A Vampire born of two Vampire parents. More than that, she's a Sanguenna. A coven leader. In the twenty-first century, ruling a coven involves keeping the Emperor happy all while paying his excruciatingly high taxes by running Coven, a successful nightclub in NYC... -
![A Court Where I'm Freezing My A** Off by Marianne A. Scott]()
A Court Where I'm Freezing My A** Off by Marianne A. Scott
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhile Katie and crew are securing allies in the mortal realm, I'm sent on a freaking side quest to Faerie.My mission? Get help from the Fae army, meet my birth mother, and get a handle on my powers. All before the war gets too out of hand.Simple.A Court Where I'm Freezing My A** Off is a novella in the Made from Magic Series and should be read after Made to Conquer... -
![The Changing Light at Sandover by James Merrill]()
The Changing Light at Sandover by James Merrill
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsJames Merrill’s audacious and dazzling epic poem, The Changing Light at Sandover, remains as startling today as when it first emerged in separate volumes over a period of several years. Individual parts won the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award, and the entire poem, when it was collected into one volume in 1982, won the National Book Critics Circle Award... -
![Esme's Wish by Elizabeth Foster]()
Esme's Wish by Elizabeth Foster
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen fifteen-year-old Esme Silver objects at her father’s wedding, her protest is dismissed as the action of a stubborn, selfish teenager. Everyone else has accepted the loss of Esme’s mother, Ariane – so why can’t she?But Esme is suspicious... -
![Country Mage: A Slice of Life HaremLit Fantasy Adventure by Jack Bryce]()
Country Mage: A Slice of Life HaremLit Fantasy Adventure by Jack Bryce
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsJames has always dreamed of a rustic life in the countryside, far away from the hustle and bustle of the city. When he inherits a cabin in a charming little town, his dreams might just come true!But rustic isn’t boring! There are plenty of things for James to do... -
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![Exhale by Kendall Grey]()
Exhale by Kendall Grey
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsGavin Cassidy, rock star by day and Sentinel by night, met his muse in the Dreaming, and now he’s found her in real life. But Zoe Morgan is having a hard time believing the gorgeous guy from her dreams is real, let alone that he’s attracted to her.Gavin’s not the only one who’s interested in Zoe. Her boss wants her too, and he could end her career in marine biology if she refuses his advances... -
![Lord of the Vampires: 4-in-1 Bundle by Gena Showalter]()
Lord of the Vampires: 4-in-1 Bundle by Gena Showalter
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsLord of the Vampires Royal House of Shadows #1Once upon a time…the Blood Sorcerer vanquished the kingdom of Elden. To save their children, the queen scattered them to safety and the king filled them with vengeance.Only a magical timepiece connects the four royal heirs…and time is running out... -
![Enemy of the Fae by India Drummond]()
Enemy of the Fae by India Drummond
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWith a young monarch rising to the Caledonian throne, and traitorous plots implicating those nearest Queen Eilidh, unrest is rife in the kingdom. She must sift through the intrigues and lies to survive, all while trying to discover which of her trusted companions hates her enough to commit mass murder... -
![The Summer Palace by Kristen Painter]()
The Summer Palace by Kristen Painter
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsNewly crowned queen of the Radiant fae, Sparrow “Ro” Meadowcroft has two goals. First, to show her fae subjects that despite growing up in the mortal realm, she plans to honor the customs and practices of her new world. Second, to reunite the Radiant fae with the Grym fae. Or at least broker peace between the two estranged kingdoms... -
![Serments et Deuils by Robin Hobb]()
Serments et Deuils by Robin Hobb
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsSlight shelf wear. Pages are clean and binding is tight... -
![Promises to Keep by Charles de Lint]()
Promises to Keep by Charles de Lint
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAfter Widdershins, I thought I wouldn't write at length about Jilly again. I'd promised one more short story about her for Bill at Subterranean Press, but that would be it. Having left her in a good place at the end of Widdershins, I didn't want to complicate her life yet again, so I planned to set the story earlier in her life, during her first year as a student at Butler University... -
![La Resistència by Laura Gallego García]()
La Resistència by Laura Gallego García
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsMaagisen Idhun-planeetan rauha rikkoutui, kun velho Ashran Nekromanti nousi valtaan. Uusi hallitsija tappoi lähes kaikki vastustajansa sekä planeetan viimeiset lohikäärmeet ja yksisarviset. Osa idhunlaisista pakeni Ashranin hirmuhallintoa Maahan, mutta velhon kätyrit ovat jatkuvasti heidän kannoillaan... -
![Muse and Reverie by Charles de Lint]()
Muse and Reverie by Charles de Lint
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 21 ratings"Muse and Reverie "is an all-new collection of short fiction in Charles de Lint's "Newford" universe--the fifth such collection since 1993, and the first since 2002. Previous collections are "Dreams Underfoot," "The Ivory and the Horn," the World Fantasy Award-winning "Memory and Dream," and "Tapping the Dream Tree...Categorized as:
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![Portable Childhoods by Ellen Klages, Neil Gaiman]()
Portable Childhoods by Ellen Klages, Neil Gaiman
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEmerging from a unique and powerful voice, this innovative collection offers a tantalizing glimpse of what lies hidden just beyond the ordinary, skirting the border between childhood and adulthood...Categorized as:
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![Witch's Bell 2 by Odette C. Bell]()
Witch's Bell 2 by Odette C. Bell
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEbony has had just enough time to pat her hair down and wipe the ash and magical residue off her heels, before yet another ridiculously powerful entity starts threatening her lovely little town again. This time she's a little distracted though. Sure, there might be something incredibly sinister going on underneath the streets of Vale... -
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![Crossover (Cross your Heart and Die, #1) by Diane L. Kowalyshyn]()
Crossover (Cross your Heart and Die, #1) by Diane L. Kowalyshyn
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe ghost haunting Karlee Davis is tormented by amnesia. When Karlee finds work in a small coastal community setting up a weekly newspaper, the location jogs the ghost's memory and triggers violent visions from its past. A severe storm brings Cole Maxwell, the commitment-challenged landlord living in the marina, off the water and inside... -
![Mountain Charm by Sydney Logan]()
Mountain Charm by Sydney Logan
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratings“True love and sweet whispers, till death do us part;Send someone to love my Appalachian heart.”At the age of thirteen, Angelina Clark followed in the footsteps of her ancestors by casting an Appalachian love spell, which promised she would blossom into a beautiful and gifted woman who would find her true love... -
![Protecting Their Mate, Part Four by Mia Thorne]()
Protecting Their Mate, Part Four by Mia Thorne
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsProtecting Their Mate, Part Four (39 Pages) The alpha, concerned with the growing attachment between Blake and Ashley, sends his second out on a mission. Meanwhile, Ashley meets the elusive last member of her new pack--enigmatic Connor, a hacker who, like her, was raised among humans.For Connor, sex is volatile, dangerous, and being near Ashley draws out the feral edge of the wolf inside him... -
![Creatures of Midnight by Shannon Lynn Cook]()
Creatures of Midnight by Shannon Lynn Cook
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTwenty-two-year-old Madeline Bennet is certain of three things: she’s sick and tired of being kidnapped, her love life is a royal mess, and something is wrong with her magic. Madeline is fabled to be the only woman alive who can open the thresholds to Aparia, but there’s a tiny problem—she can’t sense the magic to unlock them, and time is running out... -
![Genesis Academy: The Seer's Legacy by Barbara Hartzler]()
Genesis Academy: The Seer's Legacy by Barbara Hartzler
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOne day I’m the darling of the Guardians and the next our whole family is running for their lives.All because I saw my first premonition ever …Now they want me to go undercover at Genesis Academy, the Guardian’s school for rebels and rejects. Me—the goody-goody science nerd with the brand new powers. Oh, and I have to keep my budding Seer powers a secret. Too bad they manifest at the worst times...Categorized as:
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![The Wolf in the Watchtower by Sue Wilder]()
The Wolf in the Watchtower by Sue Wilder
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBefore my mother died, she warned me about these things.Werewolves would always hunt me.Sentinel Falls held a trap I wouldn't see.And I should not - no matter how romantic or inevitable I thought the idea was - believe in fate.Because Grayson Devante believed in fate.And if he has his way, I'll probably end up dead... -
![Sleight of Hand by Peter S. Beagle]()
Sleight of Hand by Peter S. Beagle
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAbundant with tales of quiet heroism, life-changing decisions, and determined searches for deep answers, this extraordinary collection of contemporary fantasy explores the realms between this world and the next. From the top of the Berlin Wall to the depths of the darkest seas, gods and monsters battle their enemies and innermost fears, yet mere mortals make the truly difficult choices... -
![Birthright by Ryan Attard]()
Birthright by Ryan Attard
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFollowing the events of his last adventure, Erik Ashendale is having some serious doubts about . . . well, just about everything. He is doubting his power, his apprentice's progress reached an impassive point and his sister's information is yielding nothing. The Sins can attack at any time, and our hero has no idea what to do... -
![A Red Heart of Memories by Nina Kiriki Hoffman]()
A Red Heart of Memories by Nina Kiriki Hoffman
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMatilda "Matt" Black possesses the unique ability to speak with inanimate objects and witness the dreams of other people. Alone, yet never lonely, she s now found a kindred spirit in Edmund Reynolds a wandering witch of a spiritual quest to help those in need. Together, these two special people who live outside normal reality will embark on an odyssey of the imagination... -
![Dark Warrior Untamed by Alexis Morgan]()
Dark Warrior Untamed by Alexis Morgan
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn Alexis Morgan’s electrifying new Talion adventure, a sexy warrior fights to save his headstrong lover from the crossfire of an evil plot to overthrow the Kyth’s leader. He questions everything. No one thought Chief Talion Greyhill Danby would report to work so soon after wrapping up his affairs in London... -
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![Gaia's Secret by Barbara Kloss]()
Gaia's Secret by Barbara Kloss
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTwo Fates. Two Worlds. One Love.Eighteen-year old Daria Jones feels trapped in the cow-strewn suburbs of Fresno, California. And with a father so overprotective he's installed video and thermal surveillance down the street, she doesn't get out much. Until the night he disappears... -
![Wild Magic by Madeline Freeman]()
Wild Magic by Madeline Freeman
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsKristyl Barnette's life was finally coming together. In Clearwater, she found the reason why she could hear people's thoughts and make objects move. She found friends to stand by her. And, in Owen Marsh, she even found someone she could love. But one spell changed everything... -
![The Extraordinary Disappointments of Leopold Berry by Ransom Riggs]()
The Extraordinary Disappointments of Leopold Berry by Ransom Riggs
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe much-anticipated new fantasy series from Ransom Riggs, his first since introducing the #1 global phenomenon Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children series.Seventeen-year-old Leopold Berry is seeing weird things around Los Angeles. A man who pops a tooth into a parking meter. A glowing trapdoor in a parking lot. A half-mechanical raccoon with its tail on fire that just won’t leave him alone... -
![Azuri Fae by India Drummond]()
Azuri Fae by India Drummond
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsBook 2 in the Caledonia Fae series.A faerie prince disappears in the borderlands, and his father enlists the help of outcast Eilidh and her bonded druid, Quinton Munro. Tantalised with hints of a lost and ancient magic, they learn that time is working against them every step of the way... -
![Spiritwalk by Charles de Lint]()
Spiritwalk by Charles de Lint
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsTamson House, in modern, urban Ottawa, is a rambling, eccentric curiosity of a house - and a place of hidden Power. Built at a point where the leylines meet, upon land that was once a sacred site, it is the gateway to a spirit-world where Celtic and Native American magicks mingle and leak into our own... -
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Finder by Emma Bull
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAmerican Library Association Best Books for Young AdultsVOYA Best Science Fiction, Fantasy & HorrorWelcome to Bordertown. A hybrid community of misfits, oddballs and runaways. Where humans, elves and halflings coexist. Where magic and the brutal realities of survival clash and mix. For Orient and Tick-Tick, it's just home. Death and dark magic hang over the city...
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