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Academy Magic: The Complete Series by Chandelle LaVaun
Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe Academy Magic bundle set includes all five books in the series full of non-stop action, adventure, magic, and irresistible romance. Magic. Isn’t. Real. At least that's what I thought. But now, my story is changing... You know you’re invisible when even your bullies forget to pick on you. That’s me, Bettina Blair, hidden in plain sight...Categorized as:
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Angels & Man by rafael nicolás
Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsA Queer Retelling of the Watcher's FloodThe angel Azazel is miserable in Heaven. In the aftermath of Satan's fall, the angels live in the reconstructed ruins of an old utopia, oppressive and paranoid of any new rebellion.The angel Samyaza is content in Heaven, but he longs for the eternal city's former glory... -
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The Broken Elf King by Leia Stone
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsI never should have taken that loan but my aunt needed the meds and they were too expensive for me to afford by myself. Now I’ve been sold to slavery and the Nightfall Queen’s guards have found out I’m not entirely human.I guess I’m lucky they didn’t kill me.The next thing I know I’m transferred to the Elf King’s castle to find out that he has bought me... -
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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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The Chains of Fate by Samantha Amstutz
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsShackled by destiny, chained by fate.SerennaReeling in the wake of the wraith attack on Centarya, expanding fear of the future consumes Serenna’s thoughts. Training for the conflict to come, Prince Vesryn exploits new tactics to drive Serenna toward her untapped power. But she soon finds herself confronting a dilemma that takes her focus away from the impending war... -
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The Duelist 7 by Eric Vall
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAlex and his family finish their business on Terr and leave the island better than they found it.But they can’t go home yet.Amaya’s fate as the Prophetess looms ever closer, but Alex comes to suspect the oryx-woman may not be what, or rather who, the Order thinks she is.To find answers, they plan to travel to Eng Isle, but Alex keeps having these dreams... -
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The Duelist 5 by Eric Vall
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAlex and his crew continue their journey to Terr Island, but the sea isn’t the last obstacle they have to face.Once they land, it’s an uphill battle against the island to reach Terr’s capital, and even when they reach the city, trouble abounds.If Alex doesn’t do something, the island of Terr is in danger of being destroyed by the Red Sun demons, or worse, by civil war... -
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Court of the Shifter by Logan Jacobs
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThis gorgeous vampire princess hates me, but that’s probably because the prophecy foretells that she must bear my children…One day, I was just a park ranger in Idaho. I liked my job, but my life wasn’t particularly exciting.Then I fell into an underground spring and landed in another world.A fantasy world full of vampires, shifters, and monsters... -
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Wrath of the Dragon by Eric Vall
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsI was prepared to die in that last fire I fought in Tucson. I’d saved as many civilians as I could when the flames finally devoured me, but then I woke up in a vast world called Dracoria with a beautiful angel beside me.Things have only gotten crazier from there.Now, I’m battling my way through the Night Lands on a rescue mission, but the more I make love to this angel, the more powerful I become... -
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Dragon Born 2: The Shifter's Hoard by Dante King
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsI now have my own clan, made up of five shifters and one mage. If we’re going to grow stronger, I’ll need to start making fat stacks of cash by hunting monsters. Dragons are at the top of the supernatural food chain, so that should be a cinch.One thing that’s going to cause trouble is the return of the Nightlords. And then there’s the disappearance of the beautiful thunderbird shifter... -
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Magic Marked: Complete Trilogy by Chandelle LaVaun, Megan Montero
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHe put a spell on me...Or at least he must have, because none of this makes any sense. None of this can be real. I’m not a mage with magical powers…I’m just me. Ellie Sutton. Your average, everyday seventeen-year-old high school human student. My biggest concerns are bullies, failed exams, and missing the express subway twice in one day... -
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The Duelist by Eric Vall
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsDuel your enemy and kill him.Take his assets, including his wives, as your own.Grow your estate and become the most powerful warrior mage this world has ever seen... -
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A Tongue so Sweet and Deadly: Compelling Fates Saga by Sophia St. Germain
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHalf-Fae Elessia could have had everything.Literally.Since her magic allows her to compel anyone to do her bidding by merely looking into their eyes, the world was at her feet.But after a tragic accident, she is thrown into the Fae king’s dungeons and forced to swear a blood oath to him, binding her to his service... -
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King's Warrior by Frost Kay
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsRevolution 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... -
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Lady of Starfire by Melissa K. Roehrich
Rated: 4.78 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsScarlett Sutara Aditya has finally learned the full cost to save her world and correct mistakes that are not hers, but she refuses to accept the fate that has been decided for her. Making demands of her own, she fights for her twin flame, her family, and the realm that balances on her destiny. She has always played games by her own rules, but this time, winning might cost her everything... -
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Fae Conqueror by Sarah K.L. Wilson
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsShe can conquer the Fae - but at what cost?From USA Today bestselling author Sarah K. L. Wilson comes this thrilling conclusion to a deliciously trope-filled young adult romantic fantasy series about a viciously funny mortal girl and her quest to hunt, trap, and conquer powerful fae... -
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Dragon Breeder 5 by Dante King
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAfter spending time with the bearmancers of Vetrusca, I have a new mission.It will take me into the heart of a desert land with a new kind of mancer, where the people are ruled by the iron fist of a tyrant.If there's one thing I love, it's mancer women, and if there's one thing I hate, it's tyrants.Good thing I'm the Dragon Breeder and know how to deal with both... -
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The Duelist 6 by Eric Vall
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe island of Terr is on the brink of civil war and destruction, so Alex will need to use every one of his “Ambassador” skills to keep that from happening.But Terr has dwelled in darkness for too long, and monsters threaten to destroy the Terran people from within and without... -
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Building Harem Town 5 by Eric Vall
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt looks like the threat of an enemy god is a lot closer to home than I realized. It’s time for my loyal priestesses and I to expand my territory, build up my armies, and take on the strange beasts who prowl the northern forest.But there’s more lurking in these woods than I anticipated... -
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Building Harem Town 3 by Eric Vall
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI have no idea how or why I’ve become a god, or if any of this is even real, but my three beautiful priestesses certainly seem real, and they rely on me to watch over them, guide them, and impregnate them with my god-seed.Now, more devout followers have joined with my convent. My flock is growing along with my power, and my priestesses are more and more eager to worship my godly form... -
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A Touch of Gold and Madness by K.L. DeVore
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFairytales are for the naive. Princess Assassin Gray Monroe is ordered by her father to kill the villainous prince responsible for starting a war that threw the world into a post-apocalyptic society. In a decrepit landscape where two magical species war with one another, while a human militia hunts them all, Gray has only one thing on her mind: vengeance... -
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Blood of Ancients by Sara C. Roethle
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEiric won the battle, but Lyssandra plans on winning the war. With her bond broken, her magic builds, threatening to consume her—a price she is willing to pay if it means she can bring Eiric down with her.Only, not everything is as it seems. She had thought the Ivangard witches villains, not victims... -
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Primal Undying by Melody Rose
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA spirit of light turned into a goddess of darkness… and a world at the brink of war… With the Morrigan unleashed in my heart and five men now in my bed, my dreams of ever being a normal Prime Academy student have long been out the window. Now, new dreams and visions decide my fate… and the fate of us all.But as I tame the darkness within, the darkness against us grows impatient... -
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![The Butcher and the Ballerina by Kris K. Haines]()
The Butcher and the Ballerina by Kris K. Haines
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLove is the deadliest performance.Ronin Matakos, the Butcher of Aethalia, was once a great war hero.He was once a lot of things—revered, respected, worshipped. But ever since the Empire caged his wolf, he’s suffocated beneath his tarnished reputation, wandering through an aimless fog of fights, females, and that most intoxicating of substances, Delirium...Categorized as:
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![Secrets & Curses of Cerithia by Shay Taylor]()
Secrets & Curses of Cerithia by Shay Taylor
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratings“Gods above, I know I am a monster, but I am your monster.” Thea has survived the deadly trials and narrowly escaped heartbreak, but now she faces her greatest challenge—breaking her curse and finding her place in Cerithia. Haunted by Cassius’ betrayal and the loss of her friends in Exile, she struggles to reclaim her identity in a kingdom that feels foreign... -
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The Crimson Snow by Laura Vega
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn the ghostly town of Coldhaven, Seraphine Ashcroft is marked by her crimson eyes, a harbinger of dark magic that isolates her from humanity. Straddling the mundane and the mystic realms, she uncovers sinister secrets about her true nature that threaten to unravel everything she knows... -
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The Broken Kingdoms 1-3: The Northern Kingdom by LJ Andrews
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratings***An Amazon Top 25 Bestseller***A rebellious princess. A cursed rogue. A forbidden love that will bring a kingdom to its knees.As niece of the king, Elise Lysander cares about two sneaking into gambling dens, and avoiding an advantageous marriage at all costs... -
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Lady of Embers by Melissa K. Roehrich
Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsThere was no preparing for her storm.Wrath.When they met her, she was a whirlwind of shadows and darkness. Standing among the ashes of betrayal and grief, now she is a tempest of rage and malice. Queen Scarlett Aditya will hunt them all down, one by one, and make them pay. Starting with the one who took her brightest star from her.Acceptance.She knows she will come for her... -
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La nación de las bestias. Leyenda de fuego y plomo by Mariana Palova
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsForced to separate from her family, Elisse leaves the spooky city of New Orleans to launch himself into a savage battle across the United States, with the sole purpose of protecting those he loves from the haunting mysteries that surround his existence. But Elisse doesn't travel alone. The monster within him roars loudly, and his pilgrimage takes him to the desert landscapes of Utah... -
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The Duelist 2 by Eric Vall
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAlex is quickly becoming accustomed to life in the strange world of Aventoll.He’s won two Duels already, along with two estates and two gorgeous wives.But success breeds jealousy, and Alex discovers he has a target on his back.Alex’s enemies want him dead so they can take his wives and estate, but they don’t know Alex isn’t from their world.And he doesn’t play by their rules... -
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A Throne From the Ashes by C.C. Peñaranda
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAs darkness descends, two destinies will merge. But as embers fly, one may rise from the ashes.A KINGDOM…Far from the land she knows, Faythe is beckoned toward the secrets of her heritage. Through trials of her name and a challenge to her claim, does she have what it takes to rule? Faythe bears a future that haunts; Reylan harbors a past that lingers... -
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Of Earth and Air by Cameo Renae
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsPrince Roehl holds Calla’s fragile heart in his cruel hands. In a wicked twist of fate, Roehl captures the two men Calla loves most. By his command, she will come to him in Aquaris... or both will be put to death. It may be a fatal mistake, but that’s the risk Calla is willing to make when she leaves her friends behind and races through the Argent Sea...Categorized as:
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Spring Guardians & Songbirds by Wendy Heiss
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratings𝐈𝐧 𝐚 𝐠𝐨𝐝 𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐦, 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐞𝐚𝐩𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐫𝐮𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐬, 𝐒𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐥𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐝 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐩𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐛𝐥𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬. After falling for a lie and ruling over another, Snowlin starts revealing her dealing hand. Two queens and a joker... -
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Between Sun and Moon by Jaclyn Kot
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratings“But heed this warning, and heed it well—your mate’s life is linked with the very male she is destined to kill.”With an iron collar wrapped around her throat, Sage is cut off from her powers and forced to live in Clearwell Castle, home to her enemy—the ruthless king whose bloodthirsty rule has led to the deaths of thousands of Cursed... -
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The Embrace of Steel and Sorrow by K.L. DeVore
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsNote: To avoid massive spoilers, it is highly encouraged to read A Touch of Gold and Madness prior to reading the first installment in the prequel trilogy.Before there was Griffin Silas, there was Chrome Freyr…Two elite teen Kinetic Warriors must protect the princess at all costs, but they never anticipated that they would both fall in the process... -
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Shadow Rule by Angelina J. Steffort
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBreaking the curse will break her heartGandrett can no longer hope that she has a dying chance to save the Prince of Ulfray nor the friend the Dragon King has taken from her. But she won’t give up—even if it means she has to travel to the forests of Ulfray first to help the Prince of Fae to wake his people... -
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Starlight Mates by G. Bailey
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThey shouldn’t want me.I rejected them and ran…and I’ll find a way to escape again.I grew up knowing three important facts.One, my parents hated Nexus shifters.Two, I was taught everyone should be scared of me, and they should be.Three, I’m a monster...Categorized as:
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Spy's Mask by Frost Kay
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWar and freedom from tyranny comes with a price in the fifth volume of the USA Today Bestselling Author Frost Kay's Aermian Feuds Series.No one could have prepared Sage and Tehl for the ruin the Warlord would wreak on the world to get to Aermia. Sage thought she knew how to play his deadly games, but his warped crimes prove she's out of her depth...Categorized as:
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Winter's Fury by A.E. Rayne
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIN A WORLD RULED BY MEN, ONE WOMAN WILL RISE Jael Furyck isn’t happy.Her father is dead. Her uncle has stolen the throne.And now he wants to marry her off to the fallen son of her arch-enemy.But Jael is a battle-hardened warrior, trained to kill since she was ten-years-old.She doesn’t plan on being anyone’s wife.Eadmund Skalleson is drunk.His father is threatening him with a wife again...Categorized as:
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Irreverent: A Dark Paranormal Romance (The Marked) by Bianca Scardoni
Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsTHE MARKED SAGA CONTINUES...If I thought things couldn't get any worse with Dominic's emotions completely shut off and the Son of Perdition on its way, I was dead wrong. Destiny wasn't done with me and she was about to pull the ground out from me all over again.Old friends and foes have come back to guide me toward a Fate sealed in my blood long before I was born... -
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Queen & Conqueror by Isabelle Olmo
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHow does one conquer a kingdom without spilling blood? You offer your hand in marriage to the king who killed your husband. Almira was raised by a calculating father who forged her in political cunning. She’s prepared for this moment since childhood. Like pieces on a board, she lays out the players one by one. One. King Alton, the brother-killer...Categorized as:
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Queen & Conqueror by Isabelle Olmo
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHow does one conquer a kingdom without spilling blood? You offer your hand in marriage to the king who killed your husband. Almira was raised by a calculating father who forged her in political cunning. She’s prepared for this moment since childhood. Like pieces on a board, she lays out the players one by one. One. King Alton, the brother-killer...Categorized as:
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![Of Heat and Obsession by Katie May]()
Of Heat and Obsession by Katie May
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThey call me their captive, their pet, their toy.One prince wants to keep me; another desires to steal me away. And a third? I think he wants to end my life.During the day, I’m kept by the possessive and alluring Prince Blaze and the charming Prince Treyton. At night, I find myself…somewhere else. There, I’m no less a prisoner than I am when I’m awake... -
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The Aspect of Essence by Samantha Amstutz
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFor over a millennium, the elves have concealed their powers.Until now.Since arriving on the mortals’ shores, the elves have systematically colonized the primitive human race. As subjugated peasants, the mortals toil to supply the elven realm with riches.The elves’ magic has degraded their race to a point where they have been rendered infertile... -
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A Broken Promise: Book 1 in the Freckled Fate Trilogy by Tetyana Walker
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratings“Finn has lost everything – her family, her love and her purpose. Betrayed and sold into slavery, she existed awaiting her end... Until she was mistakenly taken for a Magic Wielder and gifted to the brutal, blood thirsty Destroyer General to be tortured and killed.Surrounded by her enemies, Finn makes a promise.One she will fight to keep... -
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A Game of Love and Betrayal by Elayna R. Gallea
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHe requires a wife. She needs to kill him. All’s fair in pursuit of love and revenge.What’s a vampire to do when the fae who made her an orphan is searching for a wife?Make him choose her and end his life on their wedding night, of course.Brynleigh has been carefully planning this for years... -
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Primal Igniting by Melody Rose
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSomething wicked this way comes…With the help of the Cintamani Stone, things are almost back to normal for my mates and me. Well, as normal as the five of us were ever going to get... -
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Primal Rising by Melody Rose
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOtherworld feels shattered, but my mates and I are there to pick up the pieces.The memory of the Capitol still hangs heavy in the air, but my mates and I are prepared to do what we can to battle for what’s right. With all of Prime Academy behind us, and newer, more powerful allies, I’m finally prepared to take on the role of the phoenix...
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