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  • Memories of Prophecies by Davis Ashura

    Memories of Prophecies by Davis Ashura

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The memories of the past may be forgotten, but prophecies linger.Cinder Shade and his fellow cadets have survived a brutal mission in the vast wilds of the Dagger Mountains. Laying to rest many of their brother warriors, they return to the Third Directorate, battered, bruised, and weary of soul.But the world turns, and new challenges press...
  • The King's Traitor by Jeff Wheeler

    The King's Traitor by Jeff Wheeler

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 39 ratings
    Against all odds, Owen Kiskaddon grew from frightened boy to confident youth to trusted officer in the court of Kingfountain—and watched its regent, Severn Argentine, grow ever more ruthless and power-mad. Robbed of his beloved protector, his noble mentor, and his true love, Owen has anticipated the day when the king he fears and reviles, yet loyally serves, will be toppled...
  • The Silent Shield by Jeff Wheeler

    The Silent Shield by Jeff Wheeler

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 35 ratings
    Thrust into the heart of events threatening to rip her kingdom apart, young Trynne Kiskaddon will gain new powers and see old allies fall and new heroes rise as the battle for the kingdom and the lands beyond begins.Courtly intrigue and rumors of invasion plunge Kingfountain into turmoil as the search for Trynne’s father begins in earnest...
  • The Forsaken Throne by Jeff Wheeler

    The Forsaken Throne by Jeff Wheeler

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    A devastating disaster has left the Forbidden Court in ashes, its fountains destroyed, and its magic at risk. It was destined as the site of Trynne Kiskaddon’s coronation as empress. Now, all Trynne can imagine is the roar of flames, the cries of Gahalatine’s people, and the smell of cinders in a city gone dark...
  • The Twelve Dancing Princesses by K.M. Shea

    The Twelve Dancing Princesses by K.M. Shea

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Quinn is a loyal soldier of Farset, willing to risk her life on behalf of her country and squad. So, when a fellow soldier volunteers for a dangerous mission, Quinn joins him. Their assignment is to investigate the nightly disappearance of the twelve royal princesses, a mystery none have solved as those who attempt it vanish...
  • Night of the Shadow Moon by A.E. Rayne

    Night of the Shadow Moon by A.E. Rayne

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Jael’s desperation to save Eadmund from Evaine’s spell leads her back to the place of her nightmares, where she quickly discovers that she is trapped, and The Following is closing in.In Hest, Jaeger is hungry for power and vengeance, making an enemy of Berard, who is forced to confront the truth of what his brother has become as he tries to save Meena from Jaeger’s clutches...
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  • Gold Dragon by Lindsay Buroker

    Gold Dragon by Lindsay Buroker

    Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    Now that Trip’s siblings are safely back in the capital, he would like it if life got back to normal. As normal as possible for a half-dragon army officer learning to use his magical powers when he isn’t busy piloting with Wolf Squadron. But trouble keeps popping up, and the capital isn’t the safe haven Trip had hoped...
  • The Hollow Crown by Jeff Wheeler

    The Hollow Crown by Jeff Wheeler

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    Following the downfall of a tyrant, years have passed in prosperity for the kingdom of Ceredigion. Now, as the time comes to celebrate the new king’s nuptials, the specter of a new enemy emerges to destroy all that has been painstakingly built in those years.Tryneowy Kiskaddon has grown up learning military and diplomatic strategy from her father, one of the king’s closest advisors...
  • The Second Blind Son by Amy Harmon

    The Second Blind Son by Amy Harmon

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    A lost girl and a blind boy discover their greatest strength is their bond with each other in a beguiling fantasy by the New York Times bestselling author of The First Girl Child.An insidious curse is weakening the Norse kingdom of Saylok, where no daughters have been born in years. Washing up on these plagued shores is Ghisla, an orphaned stowaway nursed back to health by a blind cave dweller...
  • Avian by Nicole Conway

    Avian by Nicole Conway

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Jaevid wants to pass his Avian year of training . . . but will he even survive it?What kind of power is lurking inside him? After a year of training to become a dragonrider, Jaevid Broadfeather has been sent home to rest during a three-month interlude. But when he returns to find the king drake has chosen Beckah Derrick as his new rider, Jaevid realizes something big is about to happen...
  • The Ciphers of Muirwood by Jeff Wheeler

    The Ciphers of Muirwood by Jeff Wheeler

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 32 ratings
    From the moment she was banished by her father, the king, Princess Maia journeyed to seek sanctuary at Muirwood Abbey, the epicenter of magic and good in the land. Now safe for the first time since her cruel abandonment, Maia must foster uneasy friendships with other girls training to be Ciphers: women who learn to read and engrave tomes of ancient power, despite the laws forbidding them to do so...
  • Dragonwitch by Anne Elisabeth Stengl

    Dragonwitch by Anne Elisabeth Stengl

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A New Tale Is Added to this Christy Award-Winning Fantasy Saga!Submissive to her father's will, Lady Leta of Aiven travels far to meet a prospective husband she neither knows nor loves--Lord Alistair, future king of the North Country. But within the walls of Gaheris Castle, all is not right. Vicious night terrors plague Lord Alistair to the brink of insanity. Whispers rise from the family crypt...
  • Rumpelstiltskin by K.M. Shea

    Rumpelstiltskin by K.M. Shea

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    When 17-year-old Gemma, a seamstress, is ordered by the insane King Torgen to spin straw into gold or be put to death, she knows her life is forfeit. Unwilling to give up, Gemma tries to escape her prison, earning her the respect of the mysterious mage, Stil. Stil offers to complete the impossible task…for a price...
  • King's Warrior by Frost Kay

    King's Warrior by Frost Kay

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Revolution and war come with a price in the fourth volume of USA Today Bestselling Author Frost Kay’s The Aermian Feuds Series. Returning to Aermia should’ve been easy, but nightmares and death haunt her, leaving Sage as an outsider, even in her own family...
  • The Queen's Resistance by Rebecca Ross, Suzanne Elise Freeman

    The Queen's Resistance by Rebecca Ross, Suzanne Elise Freeman

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    The highly anticipated sequel to The Queen’s Rising!Finally, Brienna is a mistress of knowledge and is settling into her role as the daughter of Davin MacQuinn, a disgraced lord who returned to Maevana to reclaim his house. Though she’d just survived a revolution, one that will finally return a queen to the throne, she faces another difficult challenge...
  • Frostbite by Adrienne Woods

    Frostbite by Adrienne Woods

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 32 ratings
    Losing Lucian McKenzie, the Prince of her heart and discovering her true identity has made Elena Watkins' life almost unbearable. However, new trials will test the 17 year-old's strength and push her to limits she didn’t think were possible.Only a mysterious offer from Blake Leaf, the Rubicon and a dragon predestined for evil, reveals there may be a light at the end of Elena’s dark tunnel...
  • Tempest by R.K. Ryals

    Tempest by R.K. Ryals

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    We must overcome and prevail ...King Raemon of Medeisia is slaughtering tattooed scribes and mages, forcing them into hiding. All marked and those associated with them are destroyed. The people are desperate. Months after challenging Raemon, the marked rebels of Medeisia must rise against their bloodthirsty king or chance being annihilated...
  • Sea of Starlight by Shari L. Tapscott

    Sea of Starlight by Shari L. Tapscott

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    After meeting the mysterious woman of the forest, Rhys and Amalia are left questioning everything they know about the feuding kingdoms’ history, the two royal families that began the war, and their own turbulent relationship.There is only one place to find answers—in Draegan, the cursed kingdom that lies across the Chasm...
  • Enemy's Queen by Frost Kay

    Enemy's Queen by Frost Kay

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Beauty and perfection come at a price… Abducted and thrust into a court obsessed with perfection, scarred Sage Ramses’ dream of peace and happiness is no longer a possibility. An ancient creature of darkness rules the land along with a people that are no longer human, and she’s forced to learn how to survive despite her inadequacies...
  • Dragon Spear by Jessica Day George

    Dragon Spear by Jessica Day George

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 35 ratings
    For Creel, all is right with the world. The dragon king, Shardas, and his queen, Velika, have made a comfy home on the Far Isles, and humans and dragons seem to be at peace. It's the perfect time for Creel to plan her wedding to Prince Luka. Well, it was perfect -- until Velika gets kidnapped, and Creel and Luka set off to save her...
  • The Archmage Unbound by Michael G. Manning

    The Archmage Unbound by Michael G. Manning

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 32 ratings
    Mordecai’s growing power and success have made him a threat, not just to the gods and their minions, but also to the king of Lothion. An unholy bargain has been struck to bring him to heel and increasingly it seems that victory may not be worth the price, not if the cost is measured in the blood of his family. Wizard, lord, husband, father, and now archmage..
  • Champion of the Crown by Melissa McShane

    Champion of the Crown by Melissa McShane

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Willow North has safely brought the boy-King Felix out of Tremontane and secured the support of neighboring Eskandel in his bid to recover the Crown. Now she faces her greatest challenge yet: convincing the Counts and Barons of Tremontane to support Felix as he confronts his uncle, the pretender to the Crown...
  • Storm & Shield by J.D. Evans

    Storm & Shield by J.D. Evans

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    “All you see is that I run. Why haven’t you realized I always come back?” She is lightning and storm. A spy, driven out of her home by a tyrant ruler. He is granite and earth. A guard, ordered to keep her contained.To protect herself and her family, she’s learned to go unnoticed, unseen...
  • Siren & Scion by J.D. Evans

    Siren & Scion by J.D. Evans

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    She was beautiful the way the ocean was beautiful. In a new way every time one looked. She is water, bright and alluring, fathomless and profound. He is a bridge between peoples, artist and criminal, vengeful and compassionate. Amara Mutar has risen to the highest ranks of Tamar society by her wits and ambition...
  • A Kingdom of Nomads by S.B. Nova

    A Kingdom of Nomads by S.B. Nova

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    As the darkness grows, so must the light…Branded as enemies of the fae kingdom, Serena and her friends are on the run from the witch queen, Morgan. They reach sanctuary, only to discover shocking secrets that separate them.Serena’s newfound destiny takes her to a land plagued by endless war. To survive there, she is forced to bloody her sword, escape an evil king, and confront a god...
  • Stolen Princess by Kelly St. Clare

    Stolen Princess by Kelly St. Clare

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Certainty is slipping through my fingers like pirates’ gold. After escaping to our secret sanctuary, I’m haunted by the guilt of my decision. And the close call with Malice left me with more than doubt—I’m now harboring a magical fugitive. When Cosmo reveals a darkness is spreading from his wound, our crew must brave capture by our enemies to cure him...
  • Haven by Joel Shepherd

    Haven by Joel Shepherd

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The Army of the Regent Arosh advances on the forces loyal to Saalshen, homeland of the serrin people, as the serrin's friends are in full retreat. Their only hope is to reach the city of Jahnd, as 'Trial of Blood and Steel' reaches its dramatic conclusion...
  • War and Wind by Alex Lidell

    War and Wind by Alex Lidell

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A cowardly captain. An incompetent crew. A mission she can't fail. Nile and her small band of loyal midshipmen saved the ship, and Captain Rima might just kill them for it . . . one young officer at a time. No one and nothing on the Aurora is safe anymore, least of all Nile’s explosive secrets or her connection with Domenic, which vibrates between them like a cutlass speared into the deck...
  • Age of Auroras by Shari L. Tapscott

    Age of Auroras by Shari L. Tapscott

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Temporary peace has settled across Draegan as a new era begins for the cursed kingdom, but the royals know that tranquility is fleeting. In order to fulfill the magic and save the continent from its imminent destruction, Rhys and Amalia must once again return to Renove and see the rightful king ascend his throne...
  • Spark City by Robert J. Power

    Spark City by Robert J. Power

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    p> Erroh has a plan. A simple plan. It’ll never work. Despite his family's warrior pedigree, he'd rather gamble and drink while living from one tavern to the next. But when his wanderings bring him upon a gruesome slaughter of innocents he is torn from carefree ways.Spark City is on the horizon and with it the mysterious trials of The Cull...
  • Dawn of Darkness by Shari L. Tapscott

    Dawn of Darkness by Shari L. Tapscott

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Princess Amalia of Renove expected to find plague and death when she and Rhys entered the kingdom of Draegan, but she didn’t realize she’d find herself in a nest of lies and deception.Now the princess’s world is crumbling. She must learn to navigate a wicked court, where everyone wants something from her—including the one man she thought she could trust.And Amalia isn’t the only one struggling...
  • The Consort by K.A. Linde

    The Consort by K.A. Linde

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    After the loss of a friend and a false imprisonment in an Eleysian dungeon, Cyrene has no interest in destiny. Her heart was shattered, friends scattered, and her home is nothing but a pretty illusion. Even her magic won’t cooperate. Only desperation can turn her to the last person she should trust: Prince Kael. His darkness mirrors a growing force lurking within her...
  • The Crystal Gryphon by Andre Norton

    The Crystal Gryphon by Andre Norton

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    The story of Kerovan, whose cloven hooves set him apart from the human folk of the Dales, as he seeks his rights as heir to the throne of Ulm at a time when strange sea invaders are shattering the old kingdoms, and equally enigmatic manifestations of the Old Ones coming to interfere with humanity...
  • Chosen Champion by Elise Kova

    Chosen Champion by Elise Kova

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    A princess on the run, with enemies on all sides... Vi Solaris is on the eve of getting everything she’s ever wanted—her family, her home, her throne—and to save the world she’s going to have to give it all up.The Empire sees her as their Crown Princess, returning at long last. But Vi only sees visions of fate guiding her to the world’s gruesome end...
  • Forest of Firelight by Shari L. Tapscott

    Forest of Firelight by Shari L. Tapscott

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    After the sudden death of her brother, Princess Amalia is charged with what feels like an impossible task—she must choose the next king. Youthful thoughts of love are pushed aside as she accepts her fate, setting upon a quest throughout the kingdom to find a man worthy of her father’s throne.Little does Amalia know, someone has already set his sights on her...
  • The Gold Falcon by Katharine Kerr

    The Gold Falcon by Katharine Kerr

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The cholera epidemic that ravaged the city of TrevHael has left many orphans in its wake, including Neb, the scribe's son, and his brother. Sent to the desolate farm of their last living relative, they soon learn that a worse plague lurks beyond the western border of Deverry...
  • Voice of Power by Melanie Cellier

    Voice of Power by Melanie Cellier

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    In Elena's world words have power over life and death--but none more so than hers.As the daughter of shopkeepers, Elena has always known that the mysteries of reading and writing were closed to her. Only the mageborn can risk harnessing the power unleashed from putting pen to paper. Until Elena discovers an impossible new ability and joins the elite ranks of the mages...
  • The Warrior Queen by Emily R. King

    The Warrior Queen by Emily R. King

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    In the final volume of The Hundredth Queen Series, Kalinda will risk everything to save the man she loves.Kalinda has brought peace to the Tarachand Empire, at least for now. Bhutas no longer need to hide their gifts. The last of the rebels have been banished. And Prince Ashwin is set to take over as rajah.But for Kalinda, this all came at a great loss. Her childhood home. Her best friend...
  • Advent by Honor Raconteur

    Advent by Honor Raconteur

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    “Good work, Balancer.”I frowned at the title. “All I did was transport her here, Raile.”“Yes, so you did,” he agreed in a tone that clearly didn’t agree with me at all. “Perhaps you don’t consciously realize this, Garth, but its little things like this that are restoring balance to Chahir. No task can be done in just one stroke of effort; it takes many strokes, and much sustained effort...
  • The Banished of Muirwood by Jeff Wheeler

    The Banished of Muirwood by Jeff Wheeler

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    In a stand-alone series set in the world of Muirwood, eighteen-year-old Maia is the exiled princess of Comoros and heir to the throne. As a result of her father’s ceaseless need for authority, she was left disinherited and forced to live as a servant in her enemy’s home...
  • Prophecy: Child of Earth by Elizabeth Haydon

    Prophecy: Child of Earth by Elizabeth Haydon

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 35 ratings
    In Rhapsody, a fellowship was forged-- three companions who, through great adversity, became a force to be reckoned with: Rhapsody the Singer; Achmed the assassin-king; and Grunthor, the giant Sergeant-Major. Prophecy continues their powerful epic. Driven by a prophetic vision, Rhapsody races to rescue a religious leader while Achmed and Grunthor seek the F'dor-- an ancient and powerful demon...
  • Princess Ahira by K.M. Shea

    Princess Ahira by K.M. Shea

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Once upon a time? Please! What a joke.Princess Ahira is not your average damsel in distress. She hates being a princess and constantly tries to flee from her mother and her lectures. Pleasantly, her life is shattered on the eve of her sixteenth birthday when she is kidnapped by dragons...
  • Crown of Feathers by Nicki Pau Preto

    Crown of Feathers by Nicki Pau Preto

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    I had a sister, once… In a world ruled by fierce warrior queens, a grand empire was built upon the backs of Phoenix Riders—legendary heroes who soared through the sky on wings of fire—until a war between two sisters ripped it all apart. I promised her the throne would not come between us. Sixteen years later, Veronyka is a war orphan who dreams of becoming a Phoenix Rider from the stories of old...
  • Pillars of Six by Kelly St. Clare

    Pillars of Six by Kelly St. Clare

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Darkness crashes over the angry sea. After the bloody skirmish on Pleo, my future is a jumbled mess...
  • Sunrunner's Fire by Melanie Rawn

    Sunrunner's Fire by Melanie Rawn

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 33 ratings
    It began with the discovery of the star scroll—the last repository of forgotten spells of sorcery, the only surviving record of the ancient foe who in times past had nearly destroyed the Sunrunners and their magic...
  • The Dragon's Curse by Bethany Wiggins

    The Dragon's Curse by Bethany Wiggins

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    An action-packed fantasy adventure perfect for fans of Julie Kagawa's Talon and Renee Ahdieh's The Wrath and the Dawn about a princess who must fight the dragons trying to destroy her world. Six months ago, Princess Sorrowlynn stood beside Prince Golmarr to defeat the glass dragon...
  • 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 ratings
    Death. 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...
  • The Archer's Heart Book Two by Astrid Amara

    The Archer's Heart Book Two by Astrid Amara

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    In the ancient kingdom of Marhavad, noblemen dominate the lower castes, wielding mystic weapons, known as shartas, against any who oppose them. For generations the rule of Marhavad’s kings has been absolute. But now the line of succession is divided, and whispers of revolution are heard in even the royal palace.Keshan Adaru, an outspoken man of unearthly charms, welcomes these changes...
  • Dark Horse by Mary H. Herbert

    Dark Horse by Mary H. Herbert

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    After her entire clan was massacred, a young woman assumes her brother's identity and becomes a warrior - all to exact revenge upon the chieftain who ordered her family slain. But the chieftain, Lord Medb, has resurrected the forbidden art of sorcery and plans to destroy all who oppose him in this dark ages fantasy world...
  • A Bed of Blades by Kate Avery Ellison

    A Bed of Blades by Kate Avery Ellison

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Briand Varryda hasn't seen Kael and his company of Monarchists since they succeeded in destroying the Barrow Bridge and thwarting the march of the enemy. She's been hidden away for two years with the Hermit, forgotten. But when the Hermit protecting her is killed, she flees, hiding among thieves from the insidious Seekers. Briand doesn't want to be a pawn for the Monarchists or the Seekers...
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