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Dungeon Diving 104 by Bruce Sentar
Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWith Ken on the run and Crimson missing, he goes to the Elven world with Neldra and Fayeth to hide out until Crimson returns.Lady Rendral isn’t quite what he expected, her reclusive life leads her to happily accept Ken and Fayeth for the summer. But the future Empress of the Elven people isn’t without her own struggles... -
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Dungeon Diving 103 by Bruce Sentar
Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsKen and party are training with his grandparents, preparing themselves to the next semester of Haylon.Yet, even after the Gransmens' deaths there are still plots from the Kaiming targeting Ken. After thwarting an attack on him at the Nagato Clan, Ken heads back to Haylon to get the strength he needs... -
![Dealing with Mapinguari and Dogged Engineers by A.J. Sherwood]()
Dealing with Mapinguari and Dogged Engineers by A.J. Sherwood
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAs Shakespeare once said, the course of true love never did run smooth.Since parting with Adrien after their first case, Hugh Quartermain has committed himself to one he wants Adrien. With the months’ long trip to Brazil ahead of them, Hugh should have no problem confessing, right?The problem is the universe seems determined to thwart Hugh... -
![A (Non) Comprehensive Guide to Sea Serpents by A.J. Sherwood]()
A (Non) Comprehensive Guide to Sea Serpents by A.J. Sherwood
Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsTwo new apprentices. One charming engineer. A potential battle with both sea serpents and evil sorcerers.When Sorcerer Adrien Danvers takes on a job that leads him into the slums of England, he never imagined he’d end up with not one, but two apprentices. Despite his doubts in himself, he’s the only chance the two pre-teens have to escape their hellish life... -
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![The Emperor's Bone Palace by Hailey Turner]()
The Emperor's Bone Palace by Hailey Turner
Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEvery heart is meant to break.THE NAMELESS. As a warden, Soren’s duty is to guard against the dead, but he was never trained to guard against his heart. Drawn into a web of Solarian politics, Soren finds himself at the center of a storm of his own making, unwilling to break free if it means losing the man he loves... -
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Elf King by Tara Grayce
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThis is the story of the elf kings of Tarenhiel.Iron HeartIt all started with an arranged marriage.When Ellarin, heir to the King of Tarenhiel, finds out that he is dying, his father forces him into an arranged marriage with Lady Leyleira... -
![A House By Any Other Name by Jenny Schwartz]()
A House By Any Other Name by Jenny Schwartz
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsReality is a complicated multiverse of many species and rare magic. Diplomats are the official envoys and investigators who hold the Union of Worlds together.Raisa never intended to be a diplomat. Like so many things in her life, it was her stepmother's idea.Hector is an elf in disgrace. He chose his cyborged brother over his lying, abusive family. Elves revile augmented people... -
![Second Term by Deacon Frost]()
Second Term by Deacon Frost
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsLevi has finished the first term on Taryl attending the Otherworld Academy. His break has been filled with working to correct his ignorance in the basics of magic. Now school is coming back into session and all of his friends are returning. Sadly, so are the people he wants to see least... -
![Every Hour Until Then by Gabrielle Meyer]()
Every Hour Until Then by Gabrielle Meyer
Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsGifted with the ability to time-cross between Victorian-era London and World War II Washington, DC, Kathryn faces two lives fraught with danger. In 1938 amid the looming shadow of war, Kathryn is invited to the London Museum as a guest curator to create a groundbreaking exhibit on Jack the Ripper and his reign of terror...Categorized as:
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![Trojan Nightmare by Blaise Corvin]()
Trojan Nightmare by Blaise Corvin
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe Earth has been overrun with monsters... Post-Apocalypse America is unrecognizable from the past. Jake survives by working as the leader of a scavenging adventuring team. A former mage, now he follows the strange path of cultivation, taught to him by a mysterious traveler. As far as he knows, he is one of the only people on Earth with this power... -
![杀破狼 [Sha Po Lang] by Priest]()
杀破狼 [Sha Po Lang] by Priest
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIn the age of the Great Liang Dynasty, the lives of the people were made convenient with steam-powered machines that run on a fuel named Violetstream Gold... -
![Dragons Beyond the Pale by Maria Grace]()
Dragons Beyond the Pale by Maria Grace
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSmugglers. A kidnapping. A fire-breathing fairy dragon? The Blue Order is falling apart at the seams.After months in Bath mentoring Dragon Keepers and Friends, Dragon Sage Elizabeth Darcy actually anticipates traveling to London for the Keeper’s Cotillion. Which says a great deal considering the she-dragons who make up the Cotillion board would very much like to show the Sage her proper place... -
![One Day You'll Leave Me by Debra Flores]()
One Day You'll Leave Me by Debra Flores
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhat would you be willing to give up for the person you love? Your life? Your memories? Everybody and everything you've ever known? Karen Stephens is an ordinary woman living an ordinary life in the year 2010. Until the day she hears something. A song, an unfamiliar one that moves her in a way she cannot understand or explain... -
![Every Exquisite Thing by Cassandra Clare, Maureen Johnson]()
Every Exquisite Thing by Cassandra Clare, Maureen Johnson
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsAnna Lightwood, eldest child of Gabriel and Cecily, is mad, bad and dangerously dapper. Every rake has an origin story, though: now under Brother Zachariah’s eye we see Anna’s doomed love story unfold... -
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![Raven House by Deacon Frost]()
Raven House by Deacon Frost
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsLevi Walker reached Taryl after a real bad day at college. An angry walk in the rain led to Truck-Kun and a quick trip to reincarnation. If dying wasn't bad enough, Levi wasn't off the hook for his higher education.Reborn on Taryl and sent to the Academy, Levi is expected to learn how to wield powerful magics... -
![A Matter of Secrets and Spies by Honor Raconteur]()
A Matter of Secrets and Spies by Honor Raconteur
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHow many ways can a marriage proposal go wrong?One: the ring gets stolenTwo: a storm destroys the beachThree: a dead body, seriously?Four: A THEFT RING?!Come hell or highwater, he WILL propose before leaving this benighted island... -
![The Epilogue by Kiera Cass]()
The Epilogue by Kiera Cass
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsThe Epilogue - An epilogue to The One, which takes place two years later on Maxon's birthday... -
![Resisting the Alien Rider by Ursa Dax]()
Resisting the Alien Rider by Ursa Dax
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsBook three of the Cowboy Colony Mail-Order Brides series. Magnolia's story... -
![This Gilded Abyss by Rebecca Thorne]()
This Gilded Abyss by Rebecca Thorne
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSergeant Nix Marr is a damn good soldier. She’s also desperate to leave her haunted past deep in the bioluminescent ocean, buried alongside her best friend, Quian. So, when Subarch Kessandra, Valkesh’s favorite royal–and Nix’s loathed ex–requests Nix’s help investigating a massacre in the abyssal city of Fall, Nix refuses. Vehemently.She should have known Kessandra would fight back... -
![Wrighting Old Wrongs by Maria Grace]()
Wrighting Old Wrongs by Maria Grace
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsControlling Fire, Earth, Water, and Air with a simple touch would have been much more impressive if it paid the bills.For nearly 200 years, the Wrights have controlled the Elements, shaping them to their will. But, the new era of industrialization threatens their extinction...Categorized as:
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![Heart Bond by Tara Grayce]()
Heart Bond by Tara Grayce
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFan favorites find their happy endings in this collection of Elven Alliance short stories and novellas!King of Escarland – When King Averett is shot on his coronation day, sparks fly between him and the captain’s daughter Paige... -
![All Fun and Games by Honor Raconteur]()
All Fun and Games by Honor Raconteur
Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIt’s all fun and games until someone gets murdered.Well, the Queen’s Own certainly isn’t having fun, because what’s worse than one case? Two, of course. And what’s worse than two? Whatever madness Jamie’s currently in.The body count is rising, all the MO’s are different, and cleaning charms have wiped the murder scenes of clues... -
![Future Wife by Nicole Pyland]()
Future Wife by Nicole Pyland
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsImagine meeting a stranger one day, only for that stranger to say, “I’m your future wife.” This is exactly what happens to Carter when she heads out of town for work. There’s one problem with this: Carter is already married, and not to this stranger.Ryder has been working on time travel since she was a little kid listening to her great-grandmother tell stories of the past... -
![Red Elf Ranch by Michael Dalton]()
Red Elf Ranch by Michael Dalton
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA cowboy is just a man with guts and a horse.Connor Mills is only trying to earn some summer money for school by working the Green River Drift cattle drive in Wyoming. The Fates have something else in mind for him... -
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![Garden of the Cursed by Katy Rose Pool]()
Garden of the Cursed by Katy Rose Pool
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsIn this thrilling YA fantasy/mystery duology from award-winning author Katy Pool, cursebreaker Marlow Briggs reluctantly pretends to be in love with one of the most powerful nobles in Caraza City to gain entry into an illustrious—and deadly—society that holds clues to her mother's disappearance. Perfect for fans of Veronica Mars, These Violent Delights, and Chain of Iron... -
![Age of Wolves by Mariah Stone]()
Age of Wolves by Mariah Stone
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHer suspect. Her lover. Her doom.Boston police detective Ella O’Connor’s job is on the line. And only busting port owner Channing Hakonson for drug smuggling will satisfy her boss. But there’s more to the tattooed billionaire than she imagined—something mystical and ancient.Wolves protect him. Time traveling Viking assassins stalk him. The mafia bails him out of prison... -
![Alien Hitman: A Science-Fiction Romance by Calista Skye]()
Alien Hitman: A Science-Fiction Romance by Calista Skye
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratings...Categorized as:
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![Wormwood Abbey by Christina Baehr]()
Wormwood Abbey by Christina Baehr
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAs a Victorian clergyman’s daughter, Edith Worms has seen everything — until a mythical salamander tumbles out of the fireplace into her lap. When a letter arrives from estranged relatives, Edith is swept away to a crumbling gothic Abbey in the wilds of Yorkshire... -
![Bound to the Orc Warrior by Krista Luna]()
Bound to the Orc Warrior by Krista Luna
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsMy new witch powers tether me to the grumpy orc. I can’t get more than twenty feet away from him!When I storm out of my ex’s engagement party, a meddling goddess whisks me away to Faerie and marries me to a massive grump of an orc...Categorized as:
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![The Time Traveler's Daughter by Emma Strike]()
The Time Traveler's Daughter by Emma Strike
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsan alternate cover edition can be found hereHer father was a time traveler, and he’s left her with a mission...The year is 1929, and Catherine Christie’s world turns upside down when, on her 25th birthday, she receives a box from her long-dead father containing an explosive secret: he was a time traveler...Categorized as:
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![快穿之打臉狂魔 Quickly Wear the Face of the Devil by Feng Liu Shu Dai, 风流书呆]()
快穿之打臉狂魔 Quickly Wear the Face of the Devil by Feng Liu Shu Dai, 风流书呆
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe top hacker was chosen by the Lord God to be reborn as hundreds of thousands of villains,Every world ended in a dead end,Every end is tragic.Finally he escaped the control of the Villain System,He decided to enact revenge, change his fate as an abused slagEven if his every bone is rotten,He’ll occupy the heights of morality, even if it’s just the surface... -
![Wrangled by the Alien Rancher by Ursa Dax]()
Wrangled by the Alien Rancher by Ursa Dax
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsFallon and Darcy's story. Book two of the Cowboy Colony Mail-Order Brides series... -
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![Stalk the Sky by Tara Grayce]()
Stalk the Sky by Tara Grayce
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn a war fought high in the sky over the northern seas, one half-elf defends his legendary legacy.With the Alliance Kingdoms and the Empire of Mongavaria now at war, half-elf Fieran Laesornysh has been sent to the naval base of Dar Goranth with one mission: protect the strategically important base from attack... -
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![A Knack for Metal and Bone by Kim McDougall]()
A Knack for Metal and Bone by Kim McDougall
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA royal tinker and a rogue soldier must unite to stop the monsters threatening their city—and unravel the secrets lurking within it. Rowan doesn’t just work with machines—she hears them. The hum of engines, the whisper of gears and wires—they speak to her through the magic that flows from her mech hand... -
![Married to the Alien Mountain Man by Ursa Dax]()
Married to the Alien Mountain Man by Ursa Dax
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBook five of the Cowboy Colony Mail-Order Brides Series. Oaken's story... -
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Stars of Chaos: Sha Po Lang (Novel) Vol. 4 by Priest
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsEVIL IN THE BLOODAs Chang Geng continues his dangerous mission investigating corruption in the south, Gu Yun races back to the capital in hopes of stopping a bloody insurrection. But internal unrest is not all that threatens the throne of Great Liang as foreign enemies gather on both land and sea...Categorized as:
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![Smitten by the Alien Saloon Owner by Ursa Dax]()
Smitten by the Alien Saloon Owner by Ursa Dax
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsSee our sweet alien saloon owner Rivven from Warden Hallum's province get his happily ever after in book 7 of the alien cowboy romance series, Cowboy Colony Mail-Order...Categorized as:
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![Disturbing the Dead by Kelley Armstrong]()
Disturbing the Dead by Kelley Armstrong
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsDisturbing the Dead is the latest in a unique series with one foot in the 1890s and the other in the present day. The A Rip Through Time crime novels are a genre-blending, atmospheric romp from New York Times bestselling author Kelley Armstrong.Victorian Scotland is becoming less strange to modern-day homicide detective Mallory Atkinson...Categorized as:
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![Claiming Their Slave by Sue Lyndon]()
Claiming Their Slave by Sue Lyndon
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThough she dreamed for years of escaping her cruel master, Ava never expected that when she finally left her village it would be in the company of a huge, roughly-handsome barbarian who just purchased her at auction. Despite his stern demeanor and his promise to spank her for any misbehavior, however, her new owner's firm-handed dominance arouses her deeply... -
![A Market of Dreams and Destiny by Trip Galey]()
A Market of Dreams and Destiny by Trip Galey
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEnter the bazaar of the bizarre where fate and fortunes are for sale in this high-stakes magical adventure across a London not quite like our own, perfect for fans of Neverwhere and The Night Circus.Below Covent Garden lies the Untermarkt, where anything and everything has a price: a lover’s first blush, a month of honesty, a wisp of fortune... -
![Conned by Kim Fielding]()
Conned by Kim Fielding
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWorld War I veteran Thomas Donne is new to San Francisco. Always a stoic man, shell shock and a lost love have nearly turned his heart to stone. No matter--a private eye has no room for softness. Almost broke, he takes on what appears to be a simple case: finding a missing young man... -
![Maid for Her Snow Beast: Mated to the Monster by Evangeline Priest]()
Maid for Her Snow Beast: Mated to the Monster by Evangeline Priest
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWELCOME TO AVALON VALE!The newest monster-controlled city is open to new residents and visitors alike!Whether you want to take a walk on the wild side for a night or find your happily ever after, we have what you need right here!◆◆◆Another monster-controlled city has opened their portals for new residents, and Valiana Seitta sees it as an opportunity for a fresh start...Categorized as:
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![Runaway Hucow by Lizzy Bequin]()
Runaway Hucow by Lizzy Bequin
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsYou can run, little hucow, But you can’t hide your desire.Tess Bradford is a hucow, and she’s on the auction block to be sold to the highest bidder. The men at the auction want her for her milk, but the tall dark stranger with the bulging muscles and deadly horns wants so much more. He wants Tess to be his mate, but not his alone. He has two herd brothers, and they share everything together...Categorized as:
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![The Emperor’s Aeronaut by Shelley Adina, R.E. Scott]()
The Emperor’s Aeronaut by Shelley Adina, R.E. Scott
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNapoleon is determined to conquer the world with his steam-powered weapons. Nothing in England can stop him … except two young lady inventors.In 1819, France is surrounded by armies. With Russia in the north, the Karlsruhe Confederacy in the east, and a pirate kingdom in the south, Napoleon cannot break out, nor can the English Navy seem to break in. Europe teeters on the edge of a sword...Categorized as:
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![The Gentleman Spy by Georgina North]()
The Gentleman Spy by Georgina North
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA spy. His Ward. And a battle of wills that sparks with chemistry. After years abroad as a spy for England, an injury forces Beauden Calverleigh home. But what he finds upon his return is more captivating—and vexing—than he could have ever imagined.Emerald, the longtime ward of the Calverleigh family, has blossomed into a vision of beauty and independence during Beau's absence...Categorized as:
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![Steve's Barmaid by Jenifer Wood]()
Steve's Barmaid by Jenifer Wood
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSteve is the only half-orc of his tribe, isolated up in the mountains of Niflheim. With his parents passing, he feels adrift and uncertain of his future in the tribe. He decides to venture to the other orkin tribes to make more sense of who he is and what he wants for his future... -
![Draco by Hattie Jacks]()
Draco by Hattie Jacks
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHe's the alien dragon shifter with the soul as black as night, and he's claimed me as his fated mate.I was escaping from my stalker ex when they took me from Earth. Dropped into a hellish alien maze where all I am is potential food. Until I run headlong into a huge, smoking hot alien dragon, covered in golden scales and an ego which could light up a planet... -
![The Priest and the Shepherd by Chloe Gong]()
The Priest and the Shepherd by Chloe Gong
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsInitially released as a bonus short story in the B&N/Indigo Exclusive Edition of Foul Lady Fortune, The Priest and the Shepherd is now free to read on Simon Teen... -
![Cowgirl Omega by Lizzy Bequin]()
Cowgirl Omega by Lizzy Bequin
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsShe hired the alphas for protection.But can they protect her from themselves?Shannon Duffy has a secret. She’s an omega. And in the wild west of 1888, an omega is a dangerous thing to be. For fifteen years, Shannon’s kept her true identity hidden, but now if she wants to save her family ranch from ruin, she’s going to have to lay it all on the line...Categorized as:
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