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A Sharpened Axe by Jill M. Beene
Rated: 4.59 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsA cursed nation. An unlikely heroine. Deadly stakes. This love could kill...A jaded fae princess and a few words whispered in the dark...that’s all it took for the prosperous country of Leiria to fall under a curse. Disease, famine and calamity followed. Fifteen years later, Samiris is one of the Chosen, a group of young women brought to the palace to try and break the curse... -
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Elantris, Part 3 of 3 by Brandon Sanderson, Johann Dettweiler
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsPerformed by a Full CastAdaptation by Johann Dettweiler6 CDs – 7 hoursThe exciting debut of a fresh new voice in fantasy. As fantasy surpassed SF in popularity, much of it became predictable. Elantris is a welcome exception, a rare epic fantasy that doesn't recycle the classics.In GraphicAudio...A Movie in Your Mind with Full Cast, Narration, Cinematic Music and Sound Effects... -
![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 ratingsGraceling 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... -
![The Snow Queen: The Complete Saga: Books 1-3: Heart of Ice, Sacrifice, Snowflakes by K.M. Shea]()
The Snow Queen: The Complete Saga: Books 1-3: Heart of Ice, Sacrifice, Snowflakes by K.M. Shea
Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsRead all three books in the complete Snow Queen series: Heart of Ice, Sacrifice, and Snowflakes in this special collection. Rakel is a princess who should have been queen. Instead, as a despised magic user she has spent most of her life exiled on a barren mountain, alone in her ice-castle... -
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![The Desert Princess: A Retelling of Aladdin by Melanie Cellier, Esther Wane]()
The Desert Princess: A Retelling of Aladdin by Melanie Cellier, Esther Wane
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsCassie knows she was made for more than a life buried away in her uncle’s remote forest estate. Eager to meet the great spymaster, Aurora, she jumps at the chance to travel to her distant kingdom. But meeting Aurora isn’t enough—Cassie wants to prove her worth. So when she’s presented with an opportunity to gather intelligence, she acts... -
![Rumpelstiltskin by K.M. Shea]()
Rumpelstiltskin by K.M. Shea
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsWhen 17-year-old Gemma, a seamstress, is ordered by the insane King Torgen to spin straw into gold or be put to death, she knows her life is forfeit. Unwilling to give up, Gemma tries to escape her prison, earning her the respect of the mysterious mage, Stil. Stil offers to complete the impossible task…for a price... -
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Of Gold and Greed by Chanda Hahn
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsChanda Hahn presents Book 6 in the Daughters of Eville series... -
![A Curse for True Love by Stephanie Garber]()
A Curse for True Love by Stephanie Garber
Rated: 4.62 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsTwo 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... -
![Dryad-Born by Jeff Wheeler]()
Dryad-Born by Jeff Wheeler
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsThe struggle to save the plague-ridden kingdoms continues in this captivating second novel in the Whispers from Mirrowen series.The orphan Phae has kept her innate ability secret since she was young. Not only does she possess the dangerous fireblood, but she can also steal the memories of anyone who looks into her eyes. Phae has no idea that her combination of powers is extraordinary... -
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Puss in Boots by K.M. Shea
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThough she dreams of adventure, Gabrielle—a peasant girl—is given only a cat for her inheritance and is told she must marry, immediately. So when the cat, Puss, offers her a life of excitement in exchange for a pair of boots, Gabrielle jumps at the opportunity. Through Puss’s cunning and Gabrielle’s good deeds, they become celebrated heroes in small villages across the country... -
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Glass Midnight by Kayla Eshbaugh
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWelcome 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... -
![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 ratingsThey 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... -
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Gothel and the Maiden Prince by W.R. Gingell
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsDeep in the forest, far from the light, a sorceress with magic of the blackest kind keeps prisoner the princess she stole away years ago. From time to time, a prince will come to challenge her, but by and large, life is peaceful for Gothel.And that's just the way she likes it... -
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The Hidden Queen by Kenley Davidson
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsShe bowed to his threats to save her people.Falling in love with him wasn’t part of the plan.Princess Evaraine of Farhall is betrothed—to a playboy prince she has never met. To prepare for their wedding, she travels to his home kingdom of Garimore, where she must accustom herself to an uncomfortable new world of scheming courtiers and incomprehensible fashions...Categorized as:
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![Cassandra the Lucky by Joan Holub, Suzanne Williams]()
Cassandra the Lucky by Joan Holub, Suzanne Williams
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsMeet 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... -
![Of Sea and Song by Chanda Hahn]()
Of Sea and Song by Chanda Hahn
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThis is Meri's story.I am Merisol, one of the adoptive daughters of Lady Eville, and to escape my past and save my friends I will make an uncertain bargain with a shady sea witch. The deal sounds too good to be true... -
![Of Mist and Murder by Chanda Hahn]()
Of Mist and Murder by Chanda Hahn
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsCaptured by an evil sorcerer, I'm forced to become his apprentice and learn forbidden magic. Teetering on the edge between good and evil, I trade my soul for power. Allemar wants to control me, but little does he know the shifter he's caged--is not easily tamed. My training draws me closer to Aspen, the forsaken prince, wanted for treason against the crown... -
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Of Glass and Glamour by Chanda Hahn
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsBorn under a hunter’s moon, abandoned as a child, I was raised to be a powerful sorceress—okay, a mediocre sorceress. All right, I’m good at glamour and can make things sparkle, if my spells don’t backfire. It was foretold long ago that I was a child of prophecy that would unite the fae and humans of Candor. The only problem, no one told me, and now the king wants me dead... -
![Apprentice of Magic by K.M. Shea]()
Apprentice of Magic by K.M. Shea
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsAngelique hates her magic. Her time in the magical academy has been a long chain of criticisms, reprimands, and punishments. Her war-like ability to control any weapon has earned her nothing but the fear and scorn of fellow students and instructors. And now, she finds herself before the highest council just one vote away from having her magic sealed forever. Until Enchanter Evariste appears... -
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Princess Before Dawn by E.D. Baker
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsPrincess 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... -
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Feathers of Snow: A Goose Girl retelling by Alice Ivinya
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn Brianna’s new world of ice and snow, the coldest things by far are the eyes of her betrothed...Brianna bears a deadly secret: she’s not the princess she is pretending to be. If the prince finds out, her life will be forfeit and her country plunged into war...Categorized as:
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![Kingdom of Cinders: A Retelling of Cinderella by Deborah Grace White]()
Kingdom of Cinders: A Retelling of Cinderella by Deborah Grace White
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen you’re hiding forbidden magic, a royal ball is the last place you want to beBorn into a kingdom where power is outlawed, Penny has little reason to love her magic. She barely remembers her mother, and even her father dies unaware of her abilities. Now, magic or not, Penny is powerless to escape the bitter tangle of competition her stepmother has created between her and her stepsisters... -
![Kingdom of Feathers: A Retelling of The Wild Swans by Deborah Grace White]()
Kingdom of Feathers: A Retelling of The Wild Swans by Deborah Grace White
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA prince who’s king too soon, a princess determined never to be queen—two kingdoms at warPrincess Wren is not the crown princess. Everyone else might think her six older brothers are dead, but she knows the truth. They’re very much alive, and her oldest brother will absolutely assume the throne. Once he becomes a little less feathered…and beaky... -
![The Autumn Fairy of Ages by Brittany Fichter]()
The Autumn Fairy of Ages by Brittany Fichter
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsKaty and Peter want nothing more than to be married and to begin life together as king and queen of the Third Isle. But before they can take their vows, they must venture to the legendary King's Isle to meet their long-lost people and the chancels of the Lairis Isles must bless the marriage... -
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![Zarina and the Djinn by Vivienne Savage]()
Zarina and the Djinn by Vivienne Savage
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsZarina 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 Elven Healer's Apprentice by Elisa Rae]()
The Elven Healer's Apprentice by Elisa Rae
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMerlon, the king of Eldarlan’s healer, hides his soft heart beneath a prickly exterior. Despite a traumatic childhood, he strives to excel as a healer and an elf. But he gets more than he bargained for when he rescues a human woman from certain death right before being snared in the curse put on the king of Eldarlan... -
![The Itsy Bitsy Liar by Abigail Manning]()
The Itsy Bitsy Liar by Abigail Manning
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhat 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... -
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Wolfskin by W.R. Gingell
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratings‘If you want adventure, you have to march right up to it and kick it in the shins . . .’ At fourteen, barefoot and running wild, Rose is delighted to be apprenticed to Akiva, the witch of the forest. She thinks it will be all enchantment and excitement, and not so much fuss about baths... -
![Kingdom of Beauty: A Retelling of Beauty and the Beast by Deborah Grace White]()
Kingdom of Beauty: A Retelling of Beauty and the Beast by Deborah Grace White
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsPeasant girls don’t mingle with dragons, princes, and beastly curses…or so Felicity thoughtAfter a lifetime with a grief-stricken father and a self-absorbed brother, Felicity isn’t daunted by sacrifice. But when protecting her father means falling afoul of the curse that has swallowed the Summer Castle, and Prince Justin along with it, her own safety is not all that’s at stake... -
![Shard of Glass: A Cinderella Romance by Emily Deady]()
Shard of Glass: A Cinderella Romance by Emily Deady
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsOnce she was a noblewoman.Now she is a palace servant.Ashlin never pictured herself scrubbing floors. But with the family savings depleted and her stepmother crippled by grief, Ashlin selflessly takes a job at the royal palace. She can pursue her dreams of becoming a seamstress someday in the future... -
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Of Thorn and Thread by Chanda Hahn
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBorn an empath, I have the power— and burden— of hearing thoughts and feeling emotions of others. Retreating from the world, my only refuge is an ancient tower, but my haven is shattered when an injured man arrives with a plea to save the kingdom. Liam is the perfect knight, yet one attribute makes me hesitate. He is immune to my powers. His thoughts are a mystery, his heart an enigma... -
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Thief of Cahraman by Lucy Tempest
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe Selection meets Aladdin ONE MONTH. FIFTY CONTESTANTS. ONE PRINCE. AN IMPOSSIBLE HEIST. You have been summoned to Sunstone Palace to compete in our search for the future Queen of Cahraman. After years on the run, Adelaide thinks her lonely and dangerous life as a thief is finally over... -
![Death and Night by Roshani Chokshi]()
Death and Night by Roshani Chokshi
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAn exclusive Star-Touched novella over 100 pages long! Before The Star-Touched Queen there was only Death and Night.He was Lord of Death, cursed never to love. She was Night incarnate, destined to stay alone. After a chance meeting, they wonder if, perhaps, they could be meant for more... -
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Swan Lake by K.M. Shea
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWill she choose to save her country or free herself?Cursed to be a swan by day, Odette spends her nights leading a band of smugglers and delivering illegal goods. Though she longs for her spell to be broken, she is stuck flattering the evil sorcerer who cursed her... -
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![Girl, Goddess, Queen by Bea Fitzgerald]()
Girl, Goddess, Queen by Bea Fitzgerald
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsTo hell with love, this goddess has other plans...Thousands of years ago, the gods told a lie: how Persephone was a pawn in the politics of other gods. How Hades kidnapped Persephone to be his bride. How her mother, Demeter, was so distraught she caused the Earth to start dying.The real story is much more interesting.Persephone wasn't taken to hell: she jumped... -
![Rise of the School for Good and Evil by Soman Chainani]()
Rise of the School for Good and Evil by Soman Chainani
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe battle between Good and Evil begins.Go back in time to the beginning of the School for Good and Evil and uncover the never-before-told events leading up to Sophie and Agatha's dramatic arrival and the beginning of their epic fairy tale.Two brothers. One Good. One Evil.Together, they watch over the Endless Woods. Together, they choose the students for the School for Good and Evil... -
![From Darkness Won by Jill Williamson]()
From Darkness Won by Jill Williamson
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsDarkness trembles. Achan steps into his role as Crown Prince and prepares for war. But war against whom? Could Esek still be alive? Has Lord Nathak taken Esek's place? Or is the mysterious Hadad the true enemy Achan must confront? Vrell has her own agenda of serving Prince Oren as a healer, but when she is stormed and lost to the Veil, Achan does all he can to bring her back... -
![The Faceless Woman by Emma Hamm]()
The Faceless Woman by Emma Hamm
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsOnce upon a time… A town will only suffer the presence of a witch for as long as she is useful. Aisling watches the flames lick her thighs and prays for a quick death. But when an Unseelie prince appears through the smoke, she does what any self respecting witch would do. She curses him. Bran should never have traveled to the human realm, and is shocked when a witch binds them together... -
![Turret by Camille Peters, Shiromi Arserio]()
Turret by Camille Peters, Shiromi Arserio
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsPrincess Gemma has been trapped for years within a magical turret, a fate she deems fitting for a sickly princess with little purpose. The enchanted walls offer security, which she'd do anything to maintain, for though she knows she should want to escape, her prison seems far safer than the outside world... -
![Trial by Heist by Kel Carpenter, Carrie Whitethorne]()
Trial by Heist by Kel Carpenter, Carrie Whitethorne
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTrial by Heist is a full-length novella set in between Heir of Shadows and Scion of Midnight. This book is told from Johanna’s perspective.The Mother will guide you. The dragon will call.I used to believe that. I used to believe a lot of things.My name is Johanna Kozak, and I have spent over a decade living in the shadows of our very dark world... -
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Curse Painter by Jordan Rivet
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsArt is magic. Art is a curse.Briar can curse with the flick of a paintbrush. Her paintings maim, bewitch, and—most effectively of all—destroy. But Briar doesn't want to hurt people anymore. She has fled her family's deadly curse business to start a new life peddling nonlethal jinxes and petty revenge... -
![Uncovering Cobbogoth by Hannah L. Clark]()
Uncovering Cobbogoth by Hannah L. Clark
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNorah Lukens needs to uncover the truth about the fabled lost city of Cobbogoth. After her archaeologist uncle’s murder, Norah is asked to translate his old research journal for evidence and discovers that his murder was a cover-up for something far more sinister... -
![A Game of Malice and Greed by Caroline Peckham, Susanne Valenti]()
A Game of Malice and Greed by Caroline Peckham, Susanne Valenti
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsA twisted heart, a hollow soul.A broken warrior, lost gods of old.A thief of shadows, blessed with light,A single lie which stole their might.A princess to win, in a brutal game.A great empire falling to a monster’s claim.A forbidden love, a curse untold.The last immortal trapped in a coin of gold... -
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Piper Prince by Amber Argyle
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsCan you hear him? The beast is coming for you. Long ago, a curse fell upon the land—a curse of forgetting and wraiths, a curse that ensured no daughters were born to the pied pipers in over three centuries. The pipers were all that stood between humanity and utter destruction, so they did the only thing they could: they stole the daughters of the nearby kingdom with their hypnotizing melodies... -
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![A Cursed Kiss by Jenny Hickman]()
A Cursed Kiss by Jenny Hickman
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLiving on an island plagued by magic and mythical monsters isn’t a fairy tale... it’s a nightmare.After Keelynn witnesses her sister's murder at the hands of the legendary Gancanagh, an immortal creature who seduces women and kills them with a cursed kiss, she realizes there’s nothing she wouldn't do to get her back... -
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Entranced by Sylvia Mercedes
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTHE PRINCE AND THE LIBRARIAN . . .Clara is an Obligate—a human servant at the Court of Dawn.She doesn’t know why. She knows only that she broke the Pledge and must therefore spend her days obliging the every whim of a capricious fae princess. If she can keep her head down and follow the rules, she might survive to the end of her Obligation, spending her days working in the vast palace library... -
![The Baker and the Wolf by J.M. Stengl]()
The Baker and the Wolf by J.M. Stengl
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsA mysterious stranger, an enchantress grandmother, and an overprotective mother. Can Cerise trust any of them?Cerise DuBois might as well be invisible. Not even her scarlet cloak attracts male interest, and her mother begins to despair of snaring a husband for a boring middle daughter with no magic ability. If not for her baking talents, Cerise would be a hopeless burden on the family... -
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Prisoner by Sylvia Mercedes
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsDon't miss book II of this romantic "Beauty and the Beast" retelling.A new light shines into the darkness of his heart . . .After fifteen years of imprisonment and solitude, Soran Silveri's life is rudely interrupted by the arrival of one brash, headstrong, flame-haired girl. He cannot refuse her appeals for sanctuary—but he can resist her pleas for him to teach her magic... -
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Ella by Jessilyn Stewart Peaslee
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsReserved yet resilient, Ella Blakeley lives with her cruel stepmother and stepsisters, without hope of escape—until the day Prince Kenton announces a ball that changes everything. Even without mice, magic, or fairy godmothers, Ella might discover a life that’s better than she ever dreamed. This intricately woven twist on Cinderella is an enchanting book you won’t be able to put down...Categorized as:
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Of Pixies and Spells by Emma Hamm
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTo find her mother, one woman must dive into the depths of magic itself... Freya has made a name for herself as the Queen Killer. The woman who defeated the Goblin King, then killed the Goblin Queen. Now, she has a new task. One that is much more personal. Her mother is alive, trapped somewhere in the realms of the fae, and she will stop at nothing to get her back...
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