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School of Magical Arts: Complete Novella Series by Chandelle LaVaun
Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe School of Magical New York City Campus bundle set includes all four novellas in the series that is a companion to The Elemental Magic and The Academy Magic Series. This bundle set of novellas is intended to be read after The Fallen Witch.Teach magic, they said. It’ll be fun, they said.Yeah, well, they’re dirty rotten liars...Categorized as:
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Brick: An Urban Paranormal by Natavia
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThis isn't a normal love story about when a boy meets a girl. What would you do if a man fell out of the sky and landed on your car?Midas aka, Brick is a young soldier from another world called, Vada which exists in the clouds. While in the middle of a war, he falls out of the sky... -
Wizard at Large by Jim Butcher
Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsContains Blood Rites and Dead Beat... -
Wizard Under Fire by Jim Butcher
Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsContains Proven Guilty and White Night... -
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Ворона на мосту by Max Frei
Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsПолное название: Ворона на мосту. История, рассказанная сэром Шурфом Лонли-ЛоклиВот вам история о Рыбнике, рыбаке и рыбке, и еще о мокрой вороне, и о конце света заодно, и, если уж на то пошло, - о начале света; и как же хорошо, что у этого слова так много смыслов, как ни поверни, все - правда... -
The Wind in His Heart by Charles de Lint
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsDe Lint's first adult fantasy novel in 8 years weaves a rich tapestry of story with classic CdL elegance. Young Thomas Corn Eyes sees into the otherworld, but all he wants to do is get off the rez. Steve Cole escaped from his rock star life to disappear into the desert and mountains. Fifteen-year-old barrio kid Sadie Higgins has been discarded once too often... -
Trial by Fire by R.L. King
Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDanger is in the Cards...Wracked with guilt and rage following the death of an ally he felt he should have prevented, Alastair Stone wants nothing more than to track down the murderer and exact violent revenge.The Universe, however, has other plans...Categorized as:
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Unstoppable Liv Beaufont Complete Series Boxed Set by Sarah Noffke, Michael Anderle
Rated: 4.72 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsThis giant boxed set included all 12 books in the original series!Olivia Beaufont likes fixing things and keeping to herself. She’s simple like that—but her life is about to drastically change.Liv is a rebel with royal blood who abdicated her birthright... -
Kacy Chronicles Boxed Set: The Revelations of Oriceran by A.L. Knorr, Martha Carr
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThis box set includes all four books in The Kacy Chronicles, a Prophesies of Oriceran Series full of portal-travel, magic, dragons, action, adventure and romance. Born to a wealthy Virginian family, privileged Jordan's got her life all planned out. Get her PhD, find the perfect Virginia man to marry, pop out a few more Kacy’s and make her State Senator father proud...Categorized as:
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Daughters of Sea and Storm by E.E. Holmes
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratings"And what is your destiny, Little Bird? Who will you be?"Sixteen-year-old Wren Vesper is just like every other kid she trying to survive high school and figure out what she wants to do with her life. But when news of her grandmother's death reaches her, she discovers she is not like everyone else, and that question about what to do with her life may no longer be hers to answer...Categorized as:
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Balance of Power by R.L. King
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsStone Enters A High-Stakes Race for a Deadly PrizeAlastair Stone had long thought the ability to interfere with arcane energy to be the holy grail of magical study.Until a piece of an item capable of doing just that turns up in a collection of mundane occult art, and someone nearly kills one of his colleagues while trying to steal it...Categorized as:
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Marvel Mage by Chandelle LaVaun, Megan Montero
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsNow the spells are mine…I used to say I worked better under pressure…I was wrong. This countdown clock on my arm might just break me.Stellan is missing. Someone stole him from me. They ripped him right out of my hands and hid him somewhere I can’t find. I’m desperate to save my soulmate but Second Realm is dying…without me, they have no chance but neither does Stellan...Categorized as:
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Witch Warrior Complete Series Boxed Set by T.R. Cameron
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsDeputy US Marshal Cait Keane is a Witch with a Badge – and a Dragon for a partner.The Boston office tour will have to wait - her first day on the job in her new appointment is canceled to pursue a federal fugitive, a magical with a penchant for fire.The US Marshal with something extra wouldn’t have it any other way...Categorized as:
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Bloodmarked by Tracy Deonn
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe powerful sequel to the instant New York Times bestselling and award-winning Legendborn—perfect for fans of Cassandra Clare and Margaret Rogerson!The shadows have risen, and the line is law. All Bree wanted was to uncover the truth behind her mother’s death. So she infiltrated the Legendborn Order, a secret society descended from King Arthur’s knights—only to discover her own ancestral power...Categorized as:
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Lethal Exchange by R.L. King
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA Deadly Transaction, A Dangerous GameWhen Alastair Stone’s former apprentice Verity approaches him with the story of a drugged and caged Changeling she spotted at a magical black market in Europe, Stone is quick to offer his aid to locate the victim...Categorized as:
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Conflict of Interest by R.L. King
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Lesser of Two EvilsAlastair Stone has some rare free time, so he agrees to help Jason with a case—a missing college student with a wealthy father who’s desperate to bring her home safely...Categorized as:
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Poisoned Vines by R.L. King
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA Tangled, Noxious Web...Alastair Stone has just had a bombshell dropped on him about Aldwyn’s latest plans—but that particular problem will have to take a back seat to a more pressing one.Verity has disappeared.She never returned home following a weekend visit with her half-siblings in central California, and no one has any idea where she is...Categorized as:
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The Lost Scion by R.L. King
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBe Careful What You Ask For…Alastair Stone has already paid off two of the three favors he owes his ancestor Aldwyn.He expects the third to be big, but he has no idea how big.Aldwyn reveals he has another scion—a man the dragon has sensed, but never been able to locate.He wants Stone to find him.The shocks don’t end there, though...Categorized as:
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Blood Ties by R.L. King
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMost families can be a pain. Some can be deadly.Alastair Stone has successfully finished the first of the three tasks he’s oath-bound to complete for his powerful dragon ancestor. To his shock and surprise, the second turns out to be something he already wants to do: kill an old enemy who shouldn’t even be alive...Categorized as:
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Awakening by R.L. King
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen Alastair Stone chooses to remain in captivity to save his son, he has no idea how much his life is about to change. While he does manage to break free from his bizarre prison, his newfound freedom doesn’t come without a price. Everything around him is different—the world, his friends, what he thinks he knows about what he left behind...Categorized as:
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Winds of Change by R.L. King
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe times, they are a-changin’…Sometimes the biggest events begin with the smallest incidents.This time, it’s another of Jason’s strange cases: a missing man a tracking spell can’t trace.It isn’t long before the man turns up. Except he’s…different.And he’s not the only one.A new magical affliction is creeping through the world, permanently altering people’s auras and changing their astral forms...Categorized as:
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Blood Brothers by R.L. King
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMagic is Thicker than BloodAlastair Stone figures using tracking magic to help Jason Thayer and his new wife Amber find a missing child will be a good diversion. At least it will take his mind off a summer that, without Verity around, is shaping up to be a lot less eventful than he’d hoped...Categorized as:
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Strange Bedfellows by R.L. King
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDemon in the Streets…Dragon in the SheetsAlastair Stone knew it was only a matter of time.The demon called The Unspeakable is safely locked away, but nearly a dozen more of its kind remain behind, gathering strength like malevolent, ticking time bombs...Categorized as:
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The Chosen Witch by Chandelle LaVaun
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMy magic doesn’t define me.Within my secret, ancient race of witches, everyone prays to join the most powerful circle of all—The Coven. Well, everyone except for me. All I want is to discover the truth of the past that was stolen from me. So I lay low, defending the world from demons and training to strengthen my magic...Categorized as:
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A Witch's Legacy by Isabel Campbell, Michael Anderle
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen you piss off the high and mighty some get righteously angry.By day, Anastasia "Stacy" Drakethorn wields her Juris Doctorate as a blade of justice, carving through the corruption festering in the heart of the city... -
The Madness Below by R.L. King
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIT WAITS... Alastair Stone needs a vacation. He’s literally stepping through the portal to his home in England when an old friend calls with a horrific tale of a grisly multiple murder committed by teenagers just back from a school camping trip. It doesn’t take long to convince Stone the supernatural is involved. Goodbye peaceful vacation, hello magical investigation...Categorized as:
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Circle of Stone by R.L. King
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe circle widensFor Alastair Stone, problems rarely come one at a time. He’s busy helping an old friend with a case of blackmail when he’s contacted about a mysterious wave of minor crimes in the Oakland area—one that might involve magic. He asks Verity to look into it...Categorized as:
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House of Stone by R.L. King
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTHE PAST LIES BURIED...Alastair Stone isn't proud of the dark deeds of his family's past, but he thought they were just that—past.But when a routine renovation of his ancestral home releases a horde of angry spirits bent on vengeance against anyone of his blood, he soon learns that his family's horrific acts were even worse than he ever could have imagined...Categorized as:
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The Seventh Stone by R.L. King
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA father's sins.A son's wrath.An enemy's revenge.When a shadowy, sinister organization begins killing apprentices, Alastair Stone is determined to track down the people pulling its strings. But Stone’s life quickly spirals into chaos when a young man contacts him—claiming to be his son...Categorized as:
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Wary is Her Love by Judith Berens, Martha Carr
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIt’s just another day at your average American high school for the magically gifted. Dark magic is bent on destroying the school. A Drow princess is gaining powers faster than she knows what to do with them. Her best friend, a Jasper Elf can’t remember who she is, and her boyfriend turns into a wolf at night and runs with his pack... -
Strong is Her Hope by Judith Berens, Martha Carr
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAlison is a Drow with growing powers and a teenager with dark forces after her. It’s a lot when you’re just a sophomore trying to navigate being fifteen. Doesn’t help when you’re attracted to a young wizard who tried to take out a classmate and your new dad is a bounty hunter named, Brownstone. Most teenagers have to deal with grades, school dances, and curfews...Categorized as:
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Wicked is Her Smile by Judith Berens, Martha Carr
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAlison, the Drow princess can’t even make it back to the School of Necessary Magic for her junior year without tripping across trouble hunting for her. Underground bullet trains, battles with dark magic, growing dragons, Louper tournaments, school dances and job fairs. Growing up a magical can be tough on a social life. Thank goodness she’s got her friends beside her... -
A Demon's Wrath: Part 2 by Sarra Cannon
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsPart 2 of Jackson's heartbreaking story of love and loss. Approximately 40,000 words (130 pages)Jackson pours memories of his past into a special stone as he prepares to ask Harper a very important question.Read this series from the beginning!1. Beautiful Demons2. Inner Demons3. Bitter Demons4. Shadow Demons5. Rival Demons6... -
Горе господина Гро by Max Frei
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsПолное название: Горе господина Гро. История, рассказанная сэром Кофой ЙохомЧеловек – величина переменная. Когда кто-то все время поворачивается к нам одним и тем же боком, мы начинаем думать, будто неплохо его знаем. А однажды он внезапно развернется и – оп! – превратится в таинственного незнакомца, чьи слова и поступки кажутся немыслимыми и невозможными, и если бы только нам, ему самому – тоже...Categorized as:
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Transcendent: The Revelations of Oriceran by A.L. Knorr, Martha Carr
Rated: 4.65 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsThe countdown to a more intolerant Rodania has begun. At a ceremony to honour the fallen Strix soldiers, Prince Diruk delivers the ultimate insult, foreshadowing the kind of kingdom Rodania will become when he takes his ailing father’s throne.Toth believes that the harpy threat will never be over unless the harpies are exterminated... -
Where Desert Spirits Crowd the Night by Charles de Lint
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA charming novella about one of Newford’s best-loved characters: artist and dreamer Sophie Etoile. Lured by mystical Native American flute-player Kokopelli, Sophie opens a door in her dreams only to find herself in the wild Sonoran desert, her way back vanished. In her quest to return she gets sidetracked by Coyote, up to his usual mischief. A poignant tale touching on loss, hope and community... -
Our Lady of the Harbour by Charles de Lint
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsReprinted in The Year's Best Fantasy & Horror: 5th , 1992 and in Dreams Underfoot , 1993, which was collected in The Newford Stories ,... -
The Undying Illusionist by Candy Crum, Michael Anderle
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsRemnant invaders. Evil druids. A murderer on the loose. Good thing Arcadia has found a new ally.With Doyle’s grim warning to Amelia before he was killed, the Chancellor is struggling to find clues to who the wolf in their blossoming city could be.But Arryn has already found her. The problem is proving it...Categorized as:
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The Midwest Whisperer: The Revelations of Oriceran by Flint Maxwell, Martha Carr
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen the dragon whispers, who will listen? The lakeside town of Ashbourne is under siege. Inside, the manic worshippers of the legendary Rogue Dragons—the Dragon Tongue—plan to offer the town's citizens up as sacrifice. And one of these people happens to be an unlucky Gnome named Gelbus Cogspark, whom Maria thinks she needs to complete her quest... -
The Midwest War: The Revelations of Oriceran by Flint Maxwell, Martha Carr
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe inevitable has finally come: War. The Arachnids, controlled by the magically insane Widow, make their move for the Jewel of Deception, knowing the Jewel, combined with the music box, can save the lost villagers of Dominion from the world in between. Or, it can release the mad king Arazon and his followers... -
The Dream Travelers Ultimate Boxed Set : Includes 3 Complete Series (9 Books) PLUS Exclusive Bonus Material by Sarah Noffke
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThis mega collection includes 3 complete series PLUS exclusive bonus material never seen anywhere before. A total of over 2000 pages of fantasy adventures!This huge set includes the Lucidites, Reverians and Vagabond Circus, all set in the magical world of the Dream Travelers. The bonus material includes the lost chapters from Awoken, the first novel in the Lucidites series... -
Living in the Past by W.J. May
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe past is your lesson. The present is your gift. The future is your motivation. From USA Today bestselling author, W.J. May brings you a spin off from the Chronicles of Kerrigan. This is a stand alone series, or can be read with the Chronicles of Kerrigan series How can you build a future, when a part of you is trapped in the past? Gabriel Alden’s problems were supposed to be over...Categorized as:
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Familiar Trials - Fledgling by Taki Drake
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSlave or partner? Bond or shackles? Dascha swore that she would never become a slave to a Witch, used for energy and reduced to the role of an animated battery. Zhanna never thought that she would have a Familiar since none of the Russian Witches seemed to have them. Now Dascha has found her Witch and Zhanna has found her Familiar... -
Coven Codex by Taki Drake
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsZhanna has a vision, one that will return honor to the Witches and Mercenaries of Russia. Making that hope a reality is more difficult as time goes on, as the young woman battles prejudice from her neighbors and attacks from other Magic users... -
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The Long Lost by Patti Larsen
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA Dumont Witch“That talk you promised me?” I hated myself for throwing it in Quaid’s face, but I couldn’t help myself, couldn’t. I’d waited for this moment, for him, we’d been through so much together it just wasn’t fair.Wasn’t.“Things are complicated now.” Quaid looked away from me, hands clenching. “I just wanted to let you know I was okay. That I found my family. And to tell you I’m happy... -
The Elemental’s Magic by Martha Carr, Michael Anderle
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratings***INCLUDES A BONUS CHAPTER*** Elemental Earth Magic. Intergalactic Consequences. Maggie Parker holds the compass and her magic can change everything - but time is running out. Maggie’s still searching for answers...Categorized as:
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Storms Of Magic Boxed Set: by P.T. Hylton
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn a time when magic rules the sea, she only trusts her sword. Buy the complete four-book Storms of Magic Series at a discounted box set price. Storm Raiders Abbey has always been an outsider in Holdgate. While the people of her adopted city dominate the seas with their weather-controlling storm magic, she prefers the work in her father’s blacksmith shop...Categorized as:
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The Mysterious Plato by Sarah Noffke, Michael Anderle
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWho would suspect that one of the most powerful entities in the world is a black and white cat?Few know that most historical events in the last several centuries were orchestrated by this innocuous feline. Plato isn’t an ordinary cat. He’s a magical lynx with extraordinary powers...Categorized as:
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Mortal Imperative by R.L. King
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOld Friends. Old Enemies. Unspeakable Evil.Alastair Stone is surprised when a long-forgotten friend breaks his self-imposed silence to contact him.It seems that two other allies from his past have disappeared without a trace, and Stone's tracking magic might be the only way to find them.Should be simple...Categorized as:
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Death's Door by R.L. King
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA Friend Lost. A Horror Unearthed. An Enemy Reborn.It was meant to be a simple few days away: Verity heading off for a much-needed girls’ weekend in New York City.But then comes her desperate call to Alastair Stone: A terrifying disaster has occurred, killing dozens of people—including a dear friend.When Stone joins her to investigate, they quickly discover that magic is behind the catastrophe...Categorized as:
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