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  • Undying by Steve McHugh

    Undying by Steve McHugh

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A new chapter in the Hellequin Chronicles Saga.Nearly fifty years ago, the small Welsh village of Anfarwol was the scene of a series of brutal murders. Since then, multiple people have met with accidents, or gone missing never to be found, while those responsible have evaded detection for decades...
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    myths  magic  dark  retellings  fantasy  urban-fantasy  urban  fiction
  • Dungeons & Guardians by Dave Willmarth

    Dungeons & Guardians by Dave Willmarth

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Max and company pursue their epic quest to restore the Heart of the Mountain, finding new enemies and surprising allies along the way. The potential rewards are tremendous, but the cost is high. A growing threat from the mountains to the north endangers Stormhaven, its citizens, and its neighbors...
  • Portal to Nova Roma by J.R. Mathews

    Portal to Nova Roma by J.R. Mathews

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    To find peace, Alexander must first embrace war.After tragically losing the only person he ever cared about, Alexander, a rogue artificial intelligence, opens a portal to an alternate dimension to escape his grief...
  • The Butcher's Masquerade: Dungeon Crawler Carl Book 5 by Matt Dinniman

    The Butcher's Masquerade: Dungeon Crawler Carl Book 5 by Matt Dinniman

    Rated: 4.74 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Attention. Attention. The gates are down. The hunters are loose.Run, Run, Run. A lush jungle teeming with danger. Savage dinosaurs seeking blood. A fallen princess intent on vengeance. A mysterious, end-of-floor celebration for the top crawlers, dubbed “The Butcher’s Masquerade.” The sixth floor. The Hunting Grounds.As the remaining crawlers battle for their lives, a new, terrible threat looms...
  • 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...
  • Summoner 4 by Eric Vall

    Summoner 4 by Eric Vall

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    In an academy that trains people to deal with monsters and mayhem, there's one challenge even Gryff may not be ready to face: Final Exams. On the plus side, he'll capture a giant armored monster and get to ride around on its shoulder while the beast smites things with its sword...
  • Battleborne by Dave Willmarth

    Battleborne by Dave Willmarth

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Max was a professional soldier, and extremely good at his job. Right up until it killed him.At the moment of his death, he meets Hildi the Valkyrie, and is given three options. Serve Odin in Valhalla as one of the Einherjar, fighting each day and celebrating each night until the battle of Ragnarok. Accept his death as final, and end his existence...
  • Summoner 11 by Eric Vall

    Summoner 11 by Eric Vall

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    As if one Archon loose on the Southern continent wasn’t enough, now the snake-goddess Utuni has awakened. And she’s joined forces with Miralea. But the jaguar goddess is still weak after her defeat at Gryff’s hands, so there’s still a chance for Gryff to capture her...
  • Summoner 9 by Eric Vall

    Summoner 9 by Eric Vall

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Phi might be taken care of, but now another problem arises to the South. Gryff and his team travel to the Southern Continent to address rumors of a risen goddess, and as they trek through the treacherous jungles, Gryff has to keep his wits about him … Because something is watching...
  • Summoner 10 by Eric Vall

    Summoner 10 by Eric Vall

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Gryff and his team have tracked down the Archon Miralea to her temple fortress. But that was the easy part. Now, they must fight their way through her hundreds of crazed followers, continue to survive the perils of the jungle, and try to defeat their third Archon...
  • Dragon Emperor 7 by Eric Vall

    Dragon Emperor 7 by Eric Vall

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Evan has won the allegiance of Tikal through a little dragon diplomacy, but his work isn’t done yet. The Green Glass Sect make another appearance as Evan works to get the city back on its feet, so he decides to put the campaign on hold and root the traitorous Sect members out of the jungle...
  • Apocalypse Redux, Book Two by Jakob H. Greif

    Apocalypse Redux, Book Two by Jakob H. Greif

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    One man can’t save the world, but he can raise the army.Humanity might have died out once, but Isaac got a second chance at life, returning to the time when the [System] initialized. Grasping this chance with both hands, he worked tirelessly to bring his future knowledge to the masses, but even so, some disasters are inevitable...
  • Dungeon Cleaners Inc. by J.R. Saileri

    Dungeon Cleaners Inc. by J.R. Saileri

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Do you have what it takes?Lucas was just your typical guy slowly approaching his thirties. Due to the budget cuts in his company, he had been laid off, losing his job as a Project Manager and Team Leader. Just a common occurrence, not like it bothered him.But, he certainly didn't expect to get scouted by another company soon after...
  • Dragon Emperor 8 by Eric Vall

    Dragon Emperor 8 by Eric Vall

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Evan’s campaign across Rahma continues, and this time, they encounter a city of intelligent, if proud, shape-shifting centaurs.Evan is fascinated by the horse-people, but he is more enthralled with their gorgeous queen. To win her over, Evan and his party work to clear the nearby forest of monsters, traps, and traitorous Green Glass Sect members...
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    harem  magic  litrpg  dark  heroic-fantasy  fantasy  steamy  paranormal
  • 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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    harem  magic  litrpg  dark  heroic-fantasy  fantasy  steamy  paranormal
  • Chief of the Blackgorge by Marvin Knight

    Chief of the Blackgorge by Marvin Knight

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A Cultivating Gamelit Harem AdventureA man must repay his debts.Especially when he owes those debts to the princess of the realm. Luckily, she only asks that Theo stay in the palace as her guest. That should be an easy debt to pay, but trouble is afoot in the land and no number of royal dinners or palace balls will stop it...
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    harem  litrpg  magic  myths  dark  heroic-fantasy  retellings  fantasy
  • 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...
  • Power Mage 3 by Hondo Jinx

    Power Mage 3 by Hondo Jinx

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    THEY WERE HUMANITY’S LAST HOPE… AND HUMANITY WANTED THEM DEAD. Blamed for the Miami massacre, Brawley lays low with a Carnal biker gang, vowing to train hard and crack strands. Seven orders. Seven amazing powers. Seven beautiful teachers...
  • Power Mage 2 by Hondo Jinx

    Power Mage 2 by Hondo Jinx

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    ONE HEROIC ACTION OPENED A GATEWAY TO ULTIMATE POWER. Twenty-four hours later, Brawley is a power mage with two incredible women and one hell of a mission statement. Seven orders. Seven amazing powers. Seven beautiful teachers. Next stop: Miami, where flesh mages party hard in Heaven and Hell, an underground nightclub featuring wild sex and brutal fighting side-by-side...
  • Summoner 6 by Eric Vall

    Summoner 6 by Eric Vall

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Free from the Shadowscape, Gryff returns to the world only to find two months have passed him by, but it’s nothing compared to what’s in store for him next. Gryff has his hands full between Enclaves falling, undead bounty hunters hell bent on revenge, and oh yeah, the council is out to get him, too...
  • The True Enemy Revealed by Jason A. Cheek

    The True Enemy Revealed by Jason A. Cheek

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Landing in Darom, Startum Ironwolf is confronted by the devastation being wrought by the Chaos Storm alliance and is forced into a guild war of epic proportions. With the beginnings of a massive invasion from the northern tribes looming on the horizon, Star fights his way across the Kingdom of Kader to reach his friend...
  • Summoner 7 by Eric Vall

    Summoner 7 by Eric Vall

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Gryff and his friends have spent the last two years battling constant rifts and hunting down ancient ciphers, but now that they’re starting to get some answers, only more questions arise. Gryff will have to be on the top of his game to stay ahead of betrayals, political coups, and goddess monsters from the shadowscape attempting to seduce him...
  • Dragon Emperor 5 by Eric Vall

    Dragon Emperor 5 by Eric Vall

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    With Evan and Alyona’s campaign around Rahma drawing near, Evan is under a time crunch to make safe the city. First, he must clear out any beasts and enemies that lurk in the tunnels beneath Hatra. Then he needs to complete the reconstruction of the Lunar Palace. And finally, he’s got to deal with the assassins that have somehow infiltrated his home. Just another day for a Dragon Lord...
  • Sylver Seeker by Kennit Kenway

    Sylver Seeker by Kennit Kenway

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    After fulfilling the duty all Arch Necromancers are tasked with, the last thing Sylver Sezari expected was to be reborn. He was usually the one reanimating dead things. How ironic. But reborn he was. And after crawling his way back into the land of the living, he finds himself a strange land, a strange time, and with a strange floating screen in front of his new face...
  • Fizzlesprocket by Neven Iliev

    Fizzlesprocket by Neven Iliev

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Things are not well within the Lodrak Empire. An entire city goes up in smoke and ash, and an entire province is slowly being consumed by an ever-expanding cloud of death. But while the humans rally to contain the fallout of this disaster, they are much quicker to pin the blame for it on their elven neighbors to the north...
  • Through the Belly of the Beast by Apollos Thorne

    Through the Belly of the Beast by Apollos Thorne

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Surviving Lord Darius's attack put Elorion's level over the top. He must soon leave the Mistress's Labyrinth for the unknown dangers of the Underworld.There are three paths that stand before him. Should he absorb all the Blue Magic he can find, power level his fellow captives, or take on the bone palace alone?The Underworld is waiting..
  • Mixing It Up by Jason A. Cheek

    Mixing It Up by Jason A. Cheek

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    The adventure continues where the action left off. Jason and his new friends are thrust into the breech as he quickly finds himself in conflict with Goblins, Beasts, and Players alike. Hitting up the local dungeon, Jason discovers that his longtime nemeses have joined the game and are seeking to take over the server as they’ve done in MMORPGs’ past...
  • 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...
  • Summoner 18 by Eric Vall

    Summoner 18 by Eric Vall

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Gryff has been extended an offer and invitation to the Shadowscape by the Archon Carth: If he stays in her palace for a week, she will spare Varle Enclave.Sounds easy enough, but little does Gryff know what this trip will cost him.Or what he’ll soon learn...
  • Summoner 17 by Eric Vall

    Summoner 17 by Eric Vall

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Gryff is a married man, a professor, and a soon to be father now.But his life is still far from ordinary, boring, or safe.Especially when massive, mega monsters start appearing on his honeymoon...
  • Revenge of the Sorcerer King: Mayhem by Matthew Peed

    Revenge of the Sorcerer King: Mayhem by Matthew Peed

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Returning to Haven after freeing Alessa's mother. Oberon and Alessa work to grow their strength and forces in the shadows of the desert. Their string of destruction does not go unnoticed though and the Lordships gather their own forces to protect themselves from the undead that appears to be spreading like wildfire in the west...
  • Dragon Emperor 12 by Eric Vall

    Dragon Emperor 12 by Eric Vall

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Evan and his party continue on to the peninsula of Rahma, but an ultimatum from the king hangs over Evan’s head.If he can’t get the Lord of Atheson to swear fealty to the crown, then he has been tasked with breaking the peninsula off the continent and letting it sink to the bottom of the ocean...
  • Dragon Emperor 10 by Eric Vall

    Dragon Emperor 10 by Eric Vall

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The campaign across Rahma continues, and this time Evan and his party travel to the desert city of Kana.The lizard Demi-Human lord is quick to welcome Evan, but his stoic mage of a sister tells Evan she isn’t impressed with him.Men don’t impress her in general, so she prefers a woman’s touch, and nothing Evan can say will change her mind...
  • King of Shadows by Mike Truk

    King of Shadows by Mike Truk

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Revenge, they say, is a dish best served bloody and twitching.For Kellik, nothing matters so much as defeating his father and destroying his reign over Port Gloom.But as powerful as Kellik has become, his father will surely crush him if he doesn't stay three steps ahead...
  • Summoner 12 by Eric Vall

    Summoner 12 by Eric Vall

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The capital Umo Portana has fallen to the goddess Utuni. But Gryff isn’t about to let the rest of Utun fall to the serpent Archon. The only problem is, Utuni’s blood aura makes her legions more powerful with each monster that’s killed, so Gryff and his team realize they’re going to need a little help. Gryff expects maybe a few Utun men to join his cause...
  • Summoner 13 by Eric Vall

    Summoner 13 by Eric Vall

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Gryff has finally captured Miralea and Utuni, the two goddesses who wreaked havoc upon the Southern Continent. Now, it’s time to go home. Or … at least that was the plan. But after a surprise rift and a hurricane, Gryff finds himself stranded on an unknown island with his friends nowhere in sight...
  • Summoner 14 by Eric Vall

    Summoner 14 by Eric Vall

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Gryff has gained a new power and a new shapeshifting wife.But his impromptu vacation is over.When his Mistral friends find him again, they inform him that Varleth is still missing, and the Archon Veopa has awakened in the country of Vay.Now, it’s up to Gryff to search for his friend and hopefully bring peace to the shapeshifting territories...
  • Summoner 15 by Eric Vall

    Summoner 15 by Eric Vall

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Gryff has his hands pretty full in the south.Not only is Varleth still missing, but now Veopa has awakened in the country of Vay.Plus, his women have been emboldened by his hawk wife Freya, and now they all want to bear him children.It’s a hard job, but someone’s gotta do it, and Gryff is certainly not complaining...
  • Summoner 16 by Eric Vall

    Summoner 16 by Eric Vall

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Gryff is finally returning to Mistral.But home is not the same as he left it, and neither is he.Now, Gryff has to figure out how to reintegrate himself into his classes and the Academy, just in time for midterms.Oh, and he’s got a wedding to plan, too...
  • Carrion by Amarah Calderini

    Carrion by Amarah Calderini

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    In a world devastated by plague, Willa has spent her life on the run, both from the mysterious illness that destroys the ability to dream and a secret that would get her imprisoned forever.But when an unknown power calls her to the top of a high rise one night, there is no outrunning it...
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    dark  retellings  magic  myths  romance  fantasy  slow-burn  royalty
  • Scholomance 3 by Logan Jacobs

    Scholomance 3 by Logan Jacobs

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The Devil's Academy Cole and his enslaved coven have saved Scholomance from total destruction and proven their worth.But things don’t get easier from there...
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    dark  harem  litrpg  magic  action-adventure  adult  audiobook  book
  • 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...
  • Dan the Destroyer by Hondo Jinx

    Dan the Destroyer by Hondo Jinx

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Cut Class. Kick ass. Save the frigging world. Having obliterated Roderick’s Raiders, Dan vows to lead three hundred elves and gnomes to an ancient red elf fortress in the Wildervast, an untamed region created by a powerful succubus queen...
  • Dragon Emperor 6 by Eric Vall

    Dragon Emperor 6 by Eric Vall

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    As the King wages his never-ending war against the demons infiltrating The Breach, the nobles have grown weary, and some don’t believe the threat is real. So, Evan must travel across Rahma to win back the lords’ loyalty to the king. And he’s more motivated than ever now, because he will soon become a father. But Evan quickly realizes the kingdom’s unrest is greater than he realized...
  • Silver Magi 2 by D. Levesque

    Silver Magi 2 by D. Levesque

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Brandon is something that hasn’t been around for so long. There isn’t even a name for that race anymore. But because his mother was injected with a blood sample, unwillingly, before he was even born, he has become something that was thought long dead—a progenitor. But only Brandon knows their true name. The Elveesians...
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    harem  litrpg  myths  dark  magic  heroic-fantasy  retellings  fantasy
  • Rewind by James T. Callum

    Rewind by James T. Callum

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    When Pyresouls released, it was a brutal new virtual reality game with a twist: be the first to beat the game and win billions of dollars. But after the Burgon Beast couldn’t be defeated, Pyresouls turned very real and unleashed an apocalypse of undead, monsters, and a System of levels and stats onto the world...
  • Fulcrum of Light by C.J. Aaron

    Fulcrum of Light by C.J. Aaron

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Freedom has come at a price.Stranded on the coast of an uncharted land, Ryl will be tested as the world outside the Palisades proves darker than within.With little to no direction save the cryptic information from a mysterious stranger, Ryl must rely on his new-found skills and place his trust in his new companion. Together they forge onward into the barren wastes of the Outlands...
  • Alpha Zero by Arthur Stone

    Alpha Zero by Arthur Stone

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I should not exist.All children like me are stillborn, or die in infancy. Those who cannot grow stronger, die. No empty child has ever reached a year of age, yet I am now thirteen.It has been a long and miserable thirteen years, where the best I can manage to do is walk with difficulty. Sometimes, I cannot even manage that.My clan has paid dearly for every minute of my life...
  • Golden Handcuffs by Blaise Corvin

    Golden Handcuffs by Blaise Corvin

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    After helping save a country on Ludus from a demon invasion, Henry and Jason could use a break. Unfortunately, life moves on, and new problems will appear, especially for their friend, the new ruler of Berber. Being orb-Bonded adventurers wielding powerful magic means they have the responsibility to do what others cannot.Some members have left, and there will be new additions...
  • Dragon Emperor 4 by Eric Vall

    Dragon Emperor 4 by Eric Vall

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    As Evan focuses on rebuilding Hatra, he discovers the project, and the city, are much bigger than he first thought. And things are lurking in the shadowed ruins. Then a phoenix princess comes flying out of the desert, and she begs Evan to save her people from deadly creatures that have pursued them relentlessly...
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