Books like 'The Other Key'

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  • Abyss by Bethany Adams

    Abyss by Bethany Adams

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A mage out of her elementAfter five hundred years as a magic teacher, Selia thought she'd seen everything. But nothing prepared her for the chaos of her assignment at Braelyn. Assassins, rogue princes, and a grown, half-human student--all had caught her off guard. Now, things have settled down, and her life has begun to take on a sense of normalcy...
  • The World of Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas

    The World of Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The official guide to the New York Times bestselling Throne of Glass series complete with characters, creatures, new artwork, and more!Everyone knows the story of the assassin queen. But now, fans of the New York Times bestselling Throne of Glass series will be immersed in her journey like never before...
  • Seared by Bethany Adams

    Seared by Bethany Adams

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A reluctant prince After more than three hundred years on Earth, Prince Ralan has finally returned to Moranaia. But with his wicked brother Kien on the loose, the homecoming is a short one. A dire vision sends Ralan back to Earth to save his soulbonded from his dark brother. The problem? Ralan’s Sight grows more erratic by the moment even as danger closes in on every side...
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    fae  magic  paranormal  sword-sorcery  adult  audiobook  book  classics
  • Thorn Kissed and Silver Chains by Shannon Mayer, Kelly St. Clare

    Thorn Kissed and Silver Chains by Shannon Mayer, Kelly St. Clare

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    A continuation in the world of Honey and Ice . . .with new characters, new loves, new enemies . . .Underhill is my ruthless mother. Her realm is my deadly home. The brutal creatures here are both foe and friend.But the group of fae that just attacked me? They’re all foe. Dragged from my game of hide-and-seek with a dragon, and my home of twenty-one years, I’m thrust into a weak, ugly realm.Earth...
  • The Dark Deceit by Emma V. Leech

    The Dark Deceit by Emma V. Leech

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A dangerous secret lies at the heart of the Fae Lands. A secret that could save three kingdoms - or burn them all to the ground. The secret is Prince Corin's to bear alone, if his sanity can stand it. But while Corin suffers, his mother's machinations continue and queen Audrianne makes plans of her own to secure their realm's future...
  • Lorehnin by Jenna Elizabeth Johnson

    Lorehnin by Jenna Elizabeth Johnson

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I threw an arm over my eyes and just breathed. Oddly enough, it wasn’t my near-death experience that had me so bothered. It was the confrontation with the blond guy and the odd conversation we’d had. He knew about the Otherworld. His words had proved as much. But was I reading too much into it? Was I secretly hoping he was Faelorehn? And if so, what good was it now? I was human...
  • Luminary by Mindy Hayes

    Luminary by Mindy Hayes

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    BOOK THREE Heartbroken and a prisoner in her own castle, it is time for Calliope to take matters into her own hands. Mere days remain until she is bound to Sakari and the Waking Oak is destroyed. It seems hopeless, but Calliope is determined to fight...
  • La Reine des ombres, première partie by Sarah J. Maas

    La Reine des ombres, première partie by Sarah J. Maas

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Keleana a embrassé sa véritable identité. Elle est Aelin Galathynius, reine de Terrasen, et elle bien décidée à s'imposer comme telle.Pour cela, il lui faudra libérer la magie. Et surtout, délivrer son cousin Aedion qui croupit dans un cachot du château de verre.Le moment est venu de rentrer à Rifthold. Mais tant de choses ont changé en quelques mois..
  • The Memories of Merrick by Kylie Snow

    The Memories of Merrick by Kylie Snow

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    These are the forty‑three missing days that rewrite the meaning of everything you thought you knew. Set during the 43 unaccounted days at the heart of The Sins of Silas, this pivotal installment returns to the Valley of Awakening, a realm that reveals not only truth, but desire.Trapped in isolation and uncertainty, Merrick and Erabella are forced to rely on each other to survive...
    Categorized as:
    magic  paranormal  romance  fiction  fantasy  book  adult
  • Broken Promise: Between Worlds: Volume 2 by Julia Crane, Talia Jager

    Broken Promise: Between Worlds: Volume 2 by Julia Crane, Talia Jager

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The follow up book in the "Between Worlds" series. Book #1 is "Dark Promise" By: Julia Crane & Talia Jager...
  • Heart of Gold by Donna Grant

    Heart of Gold by Donna Grant

    Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Return to Dreagan for a special Valentine's story featuring Constantine, the King of Dragon Kings, and his mate…He’s loved her for eons, wanted her forever, and a day never passes without her at the forefront of his mind...
    Categorized as:
    fae  magic  paranormal  adult  audiobook  book  dragons  fiction
  • Raven Dexter, Paranormal Midwife by Viola Grace

    Raven Dexter, Paranormal Midwife by Viola Grace

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Raven Dexter chose to pursue midwifery the moment she helped a teen friend deliver her baby. Fed up with unconcerned physicians, she studied until she could open her small practice in a moderately sized town. Her practice was slowly growing until the night a strange man demanded she come with her to attend a birth...
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    fae  magic  paranormal  adult  book  fiction  humor  medical
  • Forgotten Promise by Talia Jager

    Forgotten Promise by Talia Jager

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    “I did the spell to save your life, but I also did it to fulfill a promise I made to you,” Rylie said. “What promise was that?” I asked. “I promised you I’d find a way for you to be together—with Drake—with me." “I don’t remember that promise,” I said sadly, really wishing I did...
  • Eternal Flame by Chrissy Peebles

    Eternal Flame by Chrissy Peebles

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Sarah continues to fight for the people she loves. She lives in hiding from the Blue Ring Immortals who wish to use her DNA to cure the virus that some immortals are inflicted with. Jackson comes up with a plan to throw the immortals out of power and rid the world of them once and for all. But he can't do it without Sarah's help...
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    fae  magic  paranormal  adult  audiobook  book  fiction  time-travel
  • Fae King's Vengeance by Layla Harper

    Fae King's Vengeance by Layla Harper

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Will love be enough to save them?For weeks, the promise of the high queen’s aid fueled my drive to the western hemisphere, and despite the obstacles thrown in our path, I charged ahead relentlessly, set on the hope Queen Menora would remove Kyra’s mark and free her from the dark magic binding her to this plane.But now? Now the last thread of that hope has been stripped from my heart. I am…Broken...
    Categorized as:
    fae  magic  paranormal  adult  book  fated-mates  fiction  vampires
  • Compel by Rachel Van Dyken, Patti Stanger

    Compel by Rachel Van Dyken, Patti Stanger

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    From #1 New York Times bestselling author Rachel Van Dyken and bestselling author Patti Stanger comes a gripping love story of cursed soulmates who are forced to relive tragedy over and over again until their curse is broken…Compelled to seduce, designed to kill...
    Categorized as:
    fae  magic  paranormal  adult  book  fated-mates  fiction  steamy
  • Desperately Seeking Starlight by Zenina Masters

    Desperately Seeking Starlight by Zenina Masters

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Oksana has spent her lifetime trying to restore her mother’s legacy, and the fey who stole it happens to be her ideal mate. Well, that is what the seers tell her. She will see for herself, but she isn’t handing over her hand in marriage until she gets her mother’s belongings back. Hyther thought that a dead dragon meant the artifacts were up for grabs...
    Categorized as:
    fae  magic  paranormal  adult  book  contemporary  dragons  fiction
  • Find Me Between the Stars by Iris Lake

    Find Me Between the Stars by Iris Lake

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Seven powerful individuals transcend the boundaries of morality and follow the invisible threads that bind all of their fates together. After Neira Aroya strikes a bargain with the enigmatic and dangerous Herald of Death, Orion Kallistar, she realizes that he has been holding on to secrets far graver than she could have ever imagined...
  • Faint Hearted by Leia Stone, Julie Hall

    Faint Hearted by Leia Stone, Julie Hall

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    An inter-connected romantasy perfect for fans of Sarah J. MaasWith the curse that’s plagued their lands for the last two millennia running out of control, the task now falls to the Fall Court princess, Aribella, to stop it from spreading further...
  • These Wicked Crowns by L.J. Andrews

    These Wicked Crowns by L.J. Andrews

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    There’s more. To celebrate the final tales of two kingdoms in the Broken Kingdoms, as the bonus scene you can now enjoy a novel-length collection of bonus content in THESE WICKED CROWNS.Bonus content from before the Timoran raids, to the years after Dance of Kings and Thieves ends. Over 50,000 words of extras with both the Northern and Eastern Kingdoms...
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    fae  paranormal  romance  fantasy  fiction  book  adult
  • Borderlands by Skye Melki-Wegner

    Borderlands by Skye Melki-Wegner

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The action-packed adventure continues in the second book of the Chasing the Valley trilogy! Danika and her crew of escaped refugees are seeking the safety of the Magnetic Valley - and trying to evade Sharr Morrigan, the king's most lethal hunter. But the borderlands they must cross to reach the Valley are smugglers' territory: lawless, wild and steeped in ancient magic...
  • Eternal Promise by Talia Jager

    Eternal Promise by Talia Jager

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Rylie has chosen the dark faery prince Kallan and has been swept away by the faery world. There’s much more to being the Aurorian than she knew. She continues to learn about the faery world and her connection to it. After several fey go missing, the time comes for her to take her place...
  • Entrapped by Casey Odell

    Entrapped by Casey Odell

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Claire finally has a clue to her mother’s whereabouts, and she won’t let anything stand in her way this time. Not even the Syndicate, the fact that it could be a trap to lure her out of hiding, or the seemingly insurmountable mission she is currently tasked with: to find the other Star Children while she still can...
    Categorized as:
    fae  magic  paranormal  book  epic  fiction  supernatural  young-adult
  • Meet Me in the Ether by Iris Lake

    Meet Me in the Ether by Iris Lake

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    What happens when a beautiful liar, a cruel prince, a ruthless manipulator, a seductive enchantress, and a man who is willing to do whatever it takes to find the woman he loves, get tangled in the same web of lies and secrets?Neira Aroya is an exceptional liar and a skillful thief...
  • Castle of Bitter Thorn by Kay L. Moody

    Castle of Bitter Thorn by Kay L. Moody

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Faerie bargains are not easily broken.Elora has decided to stay in Faerie to help Prince Brannick become High King. With the element of surprise on their side, they only have to hide their sword training lessons until the last phase of testing.But Brannick is ruled by a bargain that could ruin everything. Queen Alessandra is beginning to remember her history with the prince...
  • Courting the King of Cliffs by Lola Glass

    Courting the King of Cliffs by Lola Glass

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I ran away to live with the earth fae for a few days, and ended up sleeping in Granite's bed.It's not as kinky as it sounds.At least, not at first.But then I learn why he's been avoiding me.And why he smells so good...
  • The Summer Palace by Kristen Painter

    The Summer Palace by Kristen Painter

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Newly crowned queen of the Radiant fae, Sparrow “Ro” Meadowcroft has two goals. First, to show her fae subjects that despite growing up in the mortal realm, she plans to honor the customs and practices of her new world. Second, to reunite the Radiant fae with the Grym fae. Or at least broker peace between the two estranged kingdoms...
  • House of Light and Ether by Leia Stone

    House of Light and Ether by Leia Stone

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    The unthinkable has happened, Fallon Bane has gone dark.As hard as Fallon tries to control her power, it only gets stronger. In a fit of desperation she asks for help from the most unlikely person and is wickedly betrayed in the worst way possible.But there has always been a bright spot in Fallon’s life, someone who can reach her even when others can’t...
    Categorized as:
    paranormal  magic  fae  romance  fantasy  young-adult  fiction  royalty
  • Radiant Fierce by Everly Frost

    Radiant Fierce by Everly Frost

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    One lie began it all.I have become a traitor to my people, hated and feared by the ones I once protected, driven to destruction by the lies on which my life was based.Two traitors.Now, I have no choice but to escape with Nathaniel Shield into the heart of Fell, a land of dark creatures and brutal laws ruled by a cruel King, who wants us both dead.Three chances to survive...
  • Unrelenting Winds: A Lady of Darkness Novella by Melissa K. Roehrich

    Unrelenting Winds: A Lady of Darkness Novella by Melissa K. Roehrich

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    For centuries, the Great War that divided the realm has been over. The Fae Courts and mortal lands alike have been rebuilding, trying to move forward in a world they no longer recognize. When the Wind Princess requests a meeting with Prince Briar Drayce, ruler of the Water Court, he naturally accepts, intent on keeping good relations with the other rulers of the realm...
  • No One - A Novella, Book 3.5 by Alycia Linwood

    No One - A Novella, Book 3.5 by Alycia Linwood

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Warning: This is the book 3.5 in the Element Preservers series and should be read after book 3 since it contains spoilers for the first three books in the series. The novella has approximately 18000 words (74 pages)...
  • The Thirteenth Princess by Nina Clare

    The Thirteenth Princess by Nina Clare

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The true story of the twelve dancing princesses has now been recorded…Thirteen sisters have grown up hidden away by their Uncle, who rules the kingdom by proxy. When the eldest sister marries, her husband will take the throne. But the king has no intention of giving up his crown...
  • Christmas Goose by Zenina Masters

    Christmas Goose by Zenina Masters

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A goose escapes from her family and seeks out a mate then changes her mind and tries to back out of the Crossroads. He has other ideas. Tyla is a golden goose, creature of myth and legend. She gets a card in the mail and calls a transporter to get her out of her gilded cage and to the Crossroads.Tyla has no experience with men, strangers, bright lights or loud noises...
  • The Dark King by C.J. Abedi

    The Dark King by C.J. Abedi

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Darkness descends over Roanoke Island in the sequel to the young adult bestseller, FAE "If you loved the Twilight series, you will love this book... Sooo good!!!" -@GiulianaRancic, "E! News" Anchor and star of "Giuliana & Bill" Devilyn Reilly has crossed over to the sinister world of The Dark Fae, reigning over the realm as its King...
  • Maiden's Wolf by Lisa Blackwood

    Maiden's Wolf by Lisa Blackwood

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When unforeseen circumstances force natural enemies to become allies, something far more enduring than animosity is born—friendship. Beatrice, a young healer living on the outskirts of the human port settlement of River’s Divide, simply wishes to hide herself from the searching eyes of the Priesthood of the Revealing Light...
    Categorized as:
    fae  magic  paranormal  sword-sorcery  adult  book  epic  fiction
  • Briar Blood by Kate Avery Ellison

    Briar Blood by Kate Avery Ellison

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The eagerly anticipated sequel to SPELLWOOD ACADEMY! Kyra is still alive. But after a harrowing assassination attempt and a shocking revelation leaves her reeling, Kyra must rally her courage and use every bit of her wits to figure out what's going on, and who wants her dead. She has new secrets to keep. New roles to learn...
  • Ocelot of Trouble by Zenina Masters

    Ocelot of Trouble by Zenina Masters

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Mina is cursed, Robar is a playboy, the Crossroads brings them together to break old magic and make a new start.Mina is a walking disaster. Any man who dates her ends up with some minor or major trouble in his life, body or vehicle. Her community bands together to send her to the Crossroads in an effort to find her a mate far away from the human world...
  • Darkly Dreaming: A Fantasy Romance Anthology by Elizabeth Hunter, Grace Draven

    Darkly Dreaming: A Fantasy Romance Anthology by Elizabeth Hunter, Grace Draven

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Darkly Dreaming is an anthology of five full-length novels of fantasy romance, written for adult readers.Feared by a priesthood. Coveted by a god. Tempted by a slave. In Grace Draven's Master of Crows , a renegade mage must battle a god for his soul and decide if his fate—and the fate of nations—is worth the life of the spy he has come to love...
    Categorized as:
    magic  paranormal  adult  anthologies  fiction  fantasy  romance
  • Fae King's Hunger by Layla Harper

    Fae King's Hunger by Layla Harper

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A growing bond.A world that would see it destroyed.Keeping Kyra in Alfhemir will endanger her life. If I had thought a future with her was possible, the norn’s shenanigans have wrecked that hope. I cannot let my burgeoning desires endanger my mate, and I refuse to let my world consume her.So I ignore the budding ache spreading across the center of my chest...
    Categorized as:
    fae  magic  paranormal  adult  book  fiction  myths  witches-wizards
  • Sins of the Father by Mary E. Twomey

    Sins of the Father by Mary E. Twomey

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When parents can send their children to jail to serve time in their place, corruption gets a free pass. Arlanna's life quickly turns upside-down when her father, the feared and revered mafia boss, finally gets caught in one of his many schemes and elects to send her to prison in his stead...
  • Crown of Roses by Hillary Raymer

    Crown of Roses by Hillary Raymer

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Cursed with the blood of her enemy, Maeve will stop at nothing to prove she’s worthy of her mother’s crown. Her opportunity finally arrives when the Scathing, a dark fae magic, afflicts her kingdom and leaves a trail of death and decay in its wake. The only way to stop the Scathing is to retrieve the soul of the goddess Danua from within the fae realm...
  • An Ashen Sky by Alexes Razevich

    An Ashen Sky by Alexes Razevich

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I see your future, and I see my own. My future is terrifying.Ten years ago, on my twenty-first birthday, I discovered the bloodied body of my uncle who’d raised me. Rumor said a secret society known as The Whispers had tortured and killed him when he wouldn’t turn over a magical pendant. Rumor said his niece—me—who’d disappeared right after, had the stone and chain...
  • Realm of Shadows and Flame by B.L. Talley

    Realm of Shadows and Flame by B.L. Talley

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Throne of Glass and Red Queen meets It Ends With Us in a tantalizing new world of gods and fae. Realm of Shadows and Flame brings a new twist to mythology you’ve never seen before and will leave you begging for more.Myths of the Sun and the Moon have circulated for millennia throughout Albionne. They were the stories Renata Orion was raised on...
    Categorized as:
    fae  magic  paranormal  romance  fantasy  fiction  horror  new-adult
  • Sky of Thorns by Fleur DeVillainy

    Sky of Thorns by Fleur DeVillainy

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The people of Kallistar believed the land was in peace… but darkness stirs in the North…On the eve of the autumn equinox, unicorn shifter Sybil Vandeleur is kidnapped and stolen away to the Kingdom of Shadowvale, charged with treason against the crown. Only, she has never committed any crimes. Aramis Adrastos, crown prince of Shadowvale, is told otherwise...
  • Entranced by Sylvia Mercedes

    Entranced by Sylvia Mercedes

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    THE 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...
  • eternal faith by Chrissy Peebles

    eternal faith by Chrissy Peebles

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Sarah Larker is dying.And there’s nothing modern medicine or science can do to help her predicament. Sarah knows Victor has been desperately searching for a cure without success. Without a cure, she will never be able to carry her precious baby to full term. She is desperate to give her son a chance at life, but every day is a struggle to live...
    Categorized as:
    fae  magic  paranormal  adult  book  fiction  supernatural  time-travel
  • Tales of the Latter Kingdoms #1-3: Dragon Rose / All Fall Down / Binding Spell by Christine Pope

    Tales of the Latter Kingdoms #1-3: Dragon Rose / All Fall Down / Binding Spell by Christine Pope

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Three complete fantasy romance novels: Dragon Rose, All Fall Down, and Binding Spell. (Books 1-3 in the Tales of the Latter Kingdoms series) DRAGON ROSE: The shadow of the cursed Dragon Lord has hung over the town of Lirinsholme for centuries, and no one ever knows when the Dragon will claim his next doomed Bride...
  • Of Pixies and Spells by Emma Hamm

    Of Pixies and Spells by Emma Hamm

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    To 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...
    Categorized as:
    fae  magic  paranormal  adult  book  fiction  high-fantasy  myths
  • Enduring Light by Alyssa Rose Ivy

    Enduring Light by Alyssa Rose Ivy

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Fighting darkness takes light.Desperate to save James, Charlotte scours Energo for answers with Calvin and Liam at her side. Kevin and Samantha head to Alaska to find the one item that might destroy Blake, but the search is only the beginning.As time runs out, Charlotte and Kevin discover that keeping Energo from eternal darkness will take a sacrifice no one expects...
  • Gaia's Secret by Barbara Kloss

    Gaia's Secret by Barbara Kloss

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Two Fates. Two Worlds. One Love.Eighteen-year old Daria Jones feels trapped in the cow-strewn suburbs of Fresno, California. And with a father so overprotective he's installed video and thermal surveillance down the street, she doesn't get out much. Until the night he disappears...
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