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  • 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...
  • Wind Rider by P.C. Cast

    Wind Rider by P.C. Cast

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    #1 New York Times bestselling author of the House of Night series, P.C. Cast, brings us Wind Rider, an epic fantasy set in a world where humans, their animal allies, and the earth itself has been drastically changed. A world filled with beauty and danger and cruelty…Mari, Nik, and their newly formed Pack are being hunted...
  • Obsidian Throne by Robin D. Mahle, Elle Madison

    Obsidian Throne by Robin D. Mahle, Elle Madison

    Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    No matter how I had tried to avoid it, there was no escaping what we had: The kind of love you went to war for.And that’s exactly what I intended to do.Obsidian Throne is the fourth and final book in the Lochlann Feuds Series...
  • Voice of Life by Melanie Cellier

    Voice of Life by Melanie Cellier

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    The fourth and final book in the Spoken Mage seriesIn her fourth year, Elena should be focused on final exams and graduation. Instead, her future, and the future of those she loves, depends on her ability to stop a decades-long war. Join Elena and Lucas for their final year at the Academy...
  • Crystal Caged by Elise Kova

    Crystal Caged by Elise Kova

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The highly anticipated and breathtaking finale of Air Awakens: Vortex Chronicles by USA Today bestselling author Elise Kova. One way or another... she will be the end of the world. With powers that weren't supposed to be touched by mortal hands, Vi Solaris is determined to free herself and the world from the deadly vortex it's trapped in...
  • Red Queen Collection  (Red Queen,  #0.1-2) by Victoria Aveyard

    Red Queen Collection (Red Queen, #0.1-2) by Victoria Aveyard

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Graceling meets The Selection in Victoria Aveyard’s #1 New York Times bestselling fantasy series about seventeen-year-old Mare, a common girl whose latent magical powers draw her into the dangerous world of the elite ruling class...
  • Sun Warrior by P.C. Cast

    Sun Warrior by P.C. Cast

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    The blockbuster bestselling series is back! #1 New York Times bestselling author of the House of Night series, P.C. Cast, brings us Sun Warrior, an epic fantasy set in a world where humans, their animal allies, and the earth itself has been drastically changed...
  • A Curse for True Love by Stephanie Garber

    A Curse for True Love by Stephanie Garber

    Rated: 4.62 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Two villains, one girl, and a deadly battle for happily ever after. Evangeline Fox ventured to the Magnificent North in search of her happy ending, and it seems as if she has it. She’s married to a handsome prince and lives in a legendary castle. But Evangeline has no idea of the devastating price she’s paid for this fairytale...
  • The Sergeant's Apprentice by Christopher G. Nuttall

    The Sergeant's Apprentice by Christopher G. Nuttall

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    The Nameless World Goes to War! The necromancers have finally resumed their assault on the Allied Lands, sending a mighty army across the Desert of Death and into the Kingdom of Tarsier. Countless farms, villages and towns have already been destroyed as the host makes its way northwards, striking deep into the kingdom’s most vulnerable lands...
  • The Forbidden Wolf King by Leia Stone

    The Forbidden Wolf King by Leia Stone

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Axil Moon broke my heart when I was fifteen and I’ve dreamed of getting revenge ever since.So when he becomes the king of all Wolven and summons me to compete for his hand inmarriage in the deadly Queen Trials, I gladly accept. I want nothing more than to defeat thecompetition and leave him cold and alone when I slam the bedroom door in his face everynight...
  • Glass Midnight by Kayla Eshbaugh

    Glass Midnight by Kayla Eshbaugh

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Welcome to the ancient land of Terra, where curses run rampant throughout all the kingdoms and where the royalty desperately attempt to break their curses and claim their own happily ever afters.Princess Gabriella wasn’t cursed at birth like the other royals.Although not cursed, she feels as if she might as well have been for the threat of the neighboring kingdom of Lune is ever present...
  • The Domina by K.A. Linde

    The Domina by K.A. Linde

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The unforgettable conclusion to the epic fantasy Ascension series that New York Times bestselling author Susan Dennard called “perfect for fans of Sarah J Maas.”The fate of the world rests on one girl’s shoulders.And her world has been turned upside down.With Cyrene’s allies in shambles after a bitter defeat, she has to find a way to bring them back together to stop the dark goddess...
  • Lily of the Desert by Shari L. Tapscott

    Lily of the Desert by Shari L. Tapscott

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    This is a previously-published edition - ASIN: B07511BD69Avery swore he would return, but one question haunts Lucia's every waking moment: Can anyone truly trust the word of a pirate? A spring cloaked in mystery and lore bubbles deep in the heart of Elrija's high mountain desert...
  • Of Glass and Ashes by Elle Madison, Robin D. Mahle

    Of Glass and Ashes by Elle Madison, Robin D. Mahle

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    They say a dream is a wish your heart makes, but what happens when you’re trapped in nightmares?Aika is playing a dangerous game.Torn between the loyalties she thought she had and revelations she wishes she didn’t, she will burn the city down to get the answers she needs.To get the vengeance she craves...
  • A Tournament of Crowns by Elise Kova

    A Tournament of Crowns by Elise Kova

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    A Royal Tournament. Thrilling Magic. Deadly Mysteries. Slow-Burn Romance.Last night, Eira killed a man.However justified her actions were, many now regard her as a cold-blooded murderer and a heretic who extinguished their hope. But there’s no time to explain herself. She barely has a chance to wash the blood off her hands before the Tournament of Five Kingdoms begins...
  • Cassandra the Lucky by Joan Holub, Suzanne Williams

    Cassandra the Lucky by Joan Holub, Suzanne Williams

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Meet Cassandra, the newest student at Mount Olympus Academy! She has an amazing talent—but will her new friends believe her?This Goddess Girls story is based on the myth of Cassandra, who has the gift of seeing the future—except no one believes her...
  • Scarlet Princess by Robin D. Mahle, Elle Madison

    Scarlet Princess by Robin D. Mahle, Elle Madison

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A reckless princess. An enemy kingdom. And a mistake that could cost her everything.Princess Rowan thought she knew her place in the world.She never expected to feel like an outsider.She certainly never imagined she would fall in love, least of all with a man from a barbarian kingdom half a world away...
  • The Forsaken King by Penelope Barsetti

    The Forsaken King by Penelope Barsetti

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    New York Times bestselling author Penelope Sky releases her first sexy fantasy romance under Penelope Barsetti. Readers have said, "It's got everything I love in her contemporary novels. Alpha. Feisty Heroine. Action. Betrayal. Pretty much everything!"Ivory:I see him watch me.Everywhere I go—he follows.He’s one of my father’s guards at the castle. Goes by the name Mastodon...
  • The Ballad of Never After by Stephanie Garber

    The Ballad of Never After by Stephanie Garber

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    The fiercely-anticipated sequel to the #1 New York Times bestseller Once Upon a Broken Heart, starring Evangeline Fox and the Prince of Hearts on a new journey of magic, mystery, and heartbreak.Not every love is meant to be.After Jacks, the Prince of Hearts, betrays her, Evangeline Fox swears she'll never trust him again...
  • Princess Before Dawn by E.D. Baker

    Princess Before Dawn by E.D. Baker

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Princess Annie's beloved kingdom is threatened to be overtaken in the seventh book in the Wide-Awake Princess series.Annie's beloved home Treecrest has become a favorite destination for all sorts of magical beings. One new set of guests are particularly strange, and they are ready to take over a new hunting ground. Annie and Liam turn to their only friends who can help, Francis and Zoe...
  • Queen of Djinn by Helena Rookwood, Elm Vince

    Queen of Djinn by Helena Rookwood, Elm Vince

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The unforgettable conclusion to the action-packed romantic fantasy series Desert Nights, perfect for fans of Sarah J. Maas, Leigh Bardugo, and Emily R. King.A sultan sworn to bring down the mountains.Spirits seeking revenge...
    Categorized as:
    female-mc  magic  paranormal  royalty  book  fae  fiction  high-fantasy
  • Zarina and the Djinn by Vivienne Savage

    Zarina and the Djinn by Vivienne Savage

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Zarina has sacrificed years caring for her alcoholic father. While she works, he pawns her deceased mother's belongings and gambles away the family income. Her greatest dream is to leave the city behind, but loyalty to her father and brother keeps her at home. Then one night, she meets a kind stranger, a mysterious traveler whose eyes burn golden beneath the moonlight...
  • The Empress of Xytae by Effie Calvin

    The Empress of Xytae by Effie Calvin

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Crown Princess Ioanna of Xytae has kept her truthsayer blessing a secret for twenty years. In any other nation, her powerful magic would be cause for celebration. But Xytae’s patron is the war goddess Reygmadra, and the future empress is expected to be a brutal warrior. Reserved and peaceful by nature, Ioanna knows the court sees her as a disappointment...
  • Sprout by Kendra Moreno, Poppy Woods

    Sprout by Kendra Moreno, Poppy Woods

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A deadly disease has spread through the Blooming Courts of Tuatha. The louloudi are meant to flourish for a thousand years before they return to the Earth. Death has been a distant foe for so long, no one spares it any thought. Until now. As sickness sweeps through the kingdom, with the cure always just out of reach, the courts have never been filled with so many blossoms...
    Categorized as:
    magic  paranormal  royalty  adult  book  epic  fae  fiction
  • The Itsy Bitsy Liar by Abigail Manning

    The Itsy Bitsy Liar by Abigail Manning

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    What if the itsy bitsy spider could only weave a web of lies?Lacey Arachne has been cursed since she was a child to only speak lies and wants nothing more than to keep it unknown. As a common handmaiden, she’s learned how to navigate her twisted words fairly well. But that all changes when her mistress makes her switch places with her in the prince’s bride competition...
  • The Disgraced Fae by Shari L. Tapscott

    The Disgraced Fae by Shari L. Tapscott

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Eleanor has only a few memories of her childhood—white roses, a beautiful but cold queen, a garden with mirrors, and terrifying creatures.But mostly, she remembers a boy. A boy who saved her from whatever her memory is holding hostage—a boy who wasn’t human.Now eighteen, Eleanor is old enough to leave the orphanage she’s lived in for the last twelve years...
  • Land of Ashes by Stacey Marie Brown

    Land of Ashes by Stacey Marie Brown

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When there is nothing remaining in your soul, there is nothing left that can be taken away.Ash has always been the rock, the one everyone turns to. That was before devastation took everything from him, leaving his soul dead on the ground, along with his heart.Not able to face his sorrow, he drowns himself in alcohol, sex, and drugs...
  • Warsong by Elizabeth Vaughan

    Warsong by Elizabeth Vaughan

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The magic has come back to the Plains. The Warrior Priests are no more. The traditions are changing—too quickly for some. Joden has only ever wanted to be a Singer, to know all of the songs. When the time comes for his Trials, he is challenged to take the old paths—and it ends in disaster. But his broken heart and broken body are found by Amyu . . . and she knows what it is to live with pain...
  • Sea and Sand by Alex Lidell

    Sea and Sand by Alex Lidell

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    An impossible diplomatic mission. Dangerously growing magic. A distrustful crew. Can Nile beat back the rising tide of war before it’s too late? Six months have passed since Princess Nile Greysik changed the course of the Tirik war and earned her place in the Felielle navy . . . or thought she did...
  • Beyond Her Sight by Sunny Hart

    Beyond Her Sight by Sunny Hart

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    In the Unitam Realm, power has always determined where you belong, but Claire’s is growing out of control.She’s come a long way from the blind, orphaned witch that entered the Academy a year ago, but she still has even farther to go. Her mother’s journals speak of a treason even bigger than the Great War and Claire will need to travel to the Dragon Mountains and beyond to find answers...
    Categorized as:
    female-mc  magic  paranormal  royalty  adult  book  dragons  fae
  • 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...
  • Wiedźma opiekunka, Część 1 by Olga Gromyko

    Wiedźma opiekunka, Część 1 by Olga Gromyko

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    W. Redna powraca…i jest jeszcze w.redniejsza!Czas rozpocząć prawdziwe życie. I to nie byle gdzie – na młodą czarownicę czeka już posada w Dogewie. Tak, tak, Wolha kończy swoją edukację na magicznym uniwersytecie. I to z wyróżnieniem!Pomiędzy nią, a dyplomem stoi już tylko jedna, jedyna przeszkoda. Staż. Na zamku.U wyjątkowo niewydarzonego władcy...
  • Of Cages and Crowns by Brianna Joy Crump

    Of Cages and Crowns by Brianna Joy Crump

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    For goddess-touched girls, there is only one destiny: the CullingFrom the moment Monroe Benson is born with a mark on her hand and the ability to summon fire from her fingertips, her life will never be her own. She’s goddess-touched, which means she’s destined to participate in the Culling, an age-old competition to determine the next queen of Erydia...
  • Untainted by Lilian T. James

    Untainted by Lilian T. James

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    There were several things Vera was quite skilled at. Wielding a blade and pretending to be human were two of them. Following the rules and controlling her anger, were not. Raised in the heart of the Matherin Empire, Vera spent most of her life forced to hide what she was and what she could do. Until one day, she foolishly confronts a strange male she spies tailing the Crown Prince...
  • 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...
  • Failed Future by Elise Kova

    Failed Future by Elise Kova

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    When worlds collide, and things are rarely what they seem, there may be no one Vi can trust.Having forsaken her crown for a chance to save her family, and the world, Vi Solaris washes up on the shores of Meru. She's wounded and barely alive. But Vi's fight for survival is only just beginning.As a princess in a foreign land, everyone is after her...
  • Sovereign Sacrifice by Elise Kova

    Sovereign Sacrifice by Elise Kova

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Vi was supposed to be the perfect crown princess. Then, she abandoned her throne.Vi was supposed to save the world as its Champion. Then, the world she loved vanished.Now, all she knows is that she has deadly magic and brutal cunning and she's ready to settle some scores.Old loves and new allies tell her to play it safe. But Vi is done with caution...
  • The Queen of Raiders by Sarah Kozloff

    The Queen of Raiders by Sarah Kozloff

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Sarah Kozloff, author of A Queen in Hiding, continues the breathtaking and cinematic epic fantasy series The Nine Realms with book two, The Queen of Raiders, and all four books will be published within a month of each other, so you can binge your favorite new fantasy series.The soliders of Oromondo have invaded the Free States, leaving a wake of misery and death...
  • Bride of Alvar  (Redemption Book #1) by Silver Reins

    Bride of Alvar (Redemption Book #1) by Silver Reins

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    All her life Lucy's mother has insisted Lucy is promised in marriage to a king from another world. Determined to take control of her life, Lucy gets engaged to her very normal boyfriend. However, before she can make it down the aisle, a darkly handsome and mysterious King Alvar appears and tells her the time has come for her to marry him and become his queen...
    Categorized as:
    female-mc  magic  paranormal  book  dark  dragons  epic  fiction
  • The Promised Queen by Jeffe Kennedy

    The Promised Queen by Jeffe Kennedy

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    In The Promised Queen, the thrilling finale to Jeffe Kennedy's Forgotten Empires trilogy, the fate of the world hangs in the balance as Con, Lia, and their allies sacrifice everything in a final bid to destroy the corrupt empire.Claim the hand that wears the ring, and the empire falls...
  • The Wizard of Bright Isle by MomsDarkSecret

    The Wizard of Bright Isle by MomsDarkSecret

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Kieran, a kind-hearted boy living a simple life as a servant on a gentleman’s estate, learns that he has the power to become one of the kingdom’s most feared denizens: a royal wizard. This life-changing event transports him into a world of magic, politics and intrigue, where he becomes involved with the kingdom’s invalid prince Edouard and discovers the true meaning of devotion...
    Categorized as:
    magic  paranormal  royalty  book  family  fiction  high-fantasy  lgbtq
  • 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...
  • Something Close to Magic by Emma Mills

    Something Close to Magic by Emma Mills

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A baker’s apprentice reluctantly embarks on an adventure full of magic, new friendships, and a prince in distress in this deliciously romantic young adult fantasy that’s perfect for fans of Margaret Rogerson and Gail Carson Levine.It’s not all sugar and spice at Basil’s Bakery, where seventeen-year-old Aurelie is an overworked, underappreciated apprentice...
  • Lore of the Wilds by Analeigh Sbrana

    Lore of the Wilds by Analeigh Sbrana

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A stunning Romantasy debut about an enchanted library, two handsome Fae, and one human who brings them all together. A library with a deadly enchantment. A Fae lord who wants in.A human woman willing to risk it all for a taste of power.In a land ruled by ruthless Fae, twenty-one-year-old Lore Alemeyu’s village is trapped in a forested prison...
  • Wings of Starless Night by Sadie Sterling

    Wings of Starless Night by Sadie Sterling

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    To the fae of the Sorcen Court, Princess Allina Kingsdaughter is a traitor and a fugitive, inevitably claimed by the same madness that cost her father his crown and his life. Ensnared by the lies of her uncle, the reigning Sorcen King, they will never know the truth of her betrayal. A traitor princess...
  • Bound by Firelight by Dana Swift

    Bound by Firelight by Dana Swift

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The heart-pounding sequel to Cast in Firelight, perfect for fans of epic, sweepingly romantic fantasy by Sabaa Tahir, Susan Dennard, and Mary E. Pearson.After a magical eruption devastates the kingdom of Belwar, royal heir Adraa is falsely accused of masterminding the destruction and forced to stand trial in front of her people, who see her as a monster...
  • The Infidelity Clause by Lisa Oliver

    The Infidelity Clause by Lisa Oliver

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    “What are you talking about? Marry another man?” Caspian, fourth son and yet still a Crown Prince of Gunkermal knew he was a party to a marriage contract. Arranged marriages were common in his family, and he expected the contract would cement various trade or security agreements with another country...
  • Hunt the Fae by Natalia Jaster

    Hunt the Fae by Natalia Jaster

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Spicy enemies to lovers NA/adult fantasy romance.The moment I step into Faerie, I become his.Everyone knows about the Fae of the forest—gorgeous, sinful, deadly. When I trespass into their magical world, I need more than my sharp tongue to survive. Especially against the ruler of the woodland. Puck is a smooth-talking rogue with a cruel smirk that sets me aflame in more ways than one...
  • Hunting by Andrea K. Höst

    Hunting by Andrea K. Höst

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Ash Lenthard doesn’t call herself a vigilante. She’s merely prone to random acts of derring-do, and occasional exhibitions of tomfoolery. Her friends, the Huntsmen, have never stepped over the line while patrolling the streets of Luinhall.That was before the murder of Ash’s beloved guardian, Genevieve...
  • Crown of Destiny by Bertrice Small

    Crown of Destiny by Bertrice Small

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A hundred years have passed since the Faerie woman Lara last saved the world of Hetar from the darkness. Her youth and her beauty remain as always. The passing years, however, have taken many of her friends and kin. Her influence has waned. Those who remember her heroism in times of peril are few. Even her great-grandson, Cadarn, Dominus of Terah, denies her strong magic...
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