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The Wandering Inn: Book 11 - The Titan of Baleros by Pirateaba, Andrea Parsneau
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAdventuring doesn't ever really end, does it?Classes evolve, roles shift, and in the city of Liscor, change is happening. The Horns of Hammerad are growing as adventurers, rising in the eyes of the city and the surrounding lands. They've survived, and they've leveled, but new levels also bring new problems... -
Going Rogue by Drew Hayes
Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsAdventuring is a costly affair, and while the tolls are often paid in blood, gold can drain away just as quickly. The party’s trek out of Solium and across the lands of Alcatham has left them with only a handful of gold between them. Fortunately, they have drawn near Camnarael, Alcatham’s capital, where all manner of quests--and rewards--await. But all is not as expected in the capital... -
The Wandering Inn: Book 10 - The Wind Runner by Pirateaba, Andrea Parsneau
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe floodwaters have receded, and the war is over. A ruler has fallen. The Wind Runner lives, missing yet not forgotten.The world is changing, growing larger. After the horrors of war and the loss of spring comes the renewal of summer, a chance for a new beginning.Ryoka Griffin has reappeared in Izril's north. The Quarass is dead, yet the King of Destruction's war continues... -
You Can't Fight A Prophecy, Susan: Welcome To Midlife Magic: Book Four by Lauretta Hignett
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA handsome stranger appears on Susan's doorstep, bringing some devastating news. War is coming. It is inevitable.But first, Susan is going to have to fight some battles far closer to home. Bonds will be tested, some will be broken... -
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Hell for the Holidays by D.M. Guay
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe tree is trimmed. The mistletoe is hung. The eggnog is spiked. It’s time to celebrate the merriest, most heart-warming Christmas ever! Or not? No. Definitely, absolutely not. This Christmas won’t be cheerful. It’ll be more like Ash vs Evil Dead meets National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation. Because the Wallace family’s annual Christmas Eve party is about to skid off the rails... -
The Accidental Education by Kos Play
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMelvin and Kalli are off to a magic school called The Academy.Hidden in the basement of the Los Angeles Times, there Melvin will learn wonderful things like interdimensional astronomy, mana fencing, and how to get a girlfriend.Dragons, Gods, and bullies thrive in the Magical World hidden right beneath our eyes... -
Susan, Break The Curse! by Lauretta Hignett
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsSusan's dreams are coming true.Unfortunately... So are her nightmares.Susan Moore in back in her element as the maestro of middle management, relishing her new job as Client Experience and Customer Support Contact Center Department Manager... -
Silver Clouds Dirty Sky by Orlando A. Sanchez
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsLondon Bridge is falling...but it's not their fault...mostly. Montague and Strong have left the building-in fact, they’ve left the continent. When a teleportation circle sends them to London, The Penumbra Consortium-and older, darker version of the Dark Council requests Montague & Strong look into the murder of the leading demonologist, Mage Nigel Warrenton... -
The Stranger by Max Frei
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsThe millions-selling fantasy epic of the new Russian literary icon-a freeloading freebooter who finds a new home in a magical world Max Frei's novels have been a literary sensation in Russia since their debut in 1996, and have swept the fantasy world over. Presented here in English for the first time, The Stranger will strike a chord with readers of all stripes...Categorized as:
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Netherworld Rift by John P. Logsdon, Christopher P. Young
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSome truths you just don't want to know... After Keller decimated the Netherworld PPD, Piper and her crew take it upon themselves to bring the fight to him.But is there a traitor in their midst?Only time will tell...They head topside to New York City and the fun begins. Battling drones in Central Park kicks off a string of events that pits all of Keller's goons against the squad... -
Deathly Temperance by John P. Logsdon, Christopher P. Young
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe fae queen is beautiful. Too bad it's only skin deep... Temperance is the queen of the fae. After tasting true power at the hands of an evil mage, she's bent on ruling the Netherworld. She wants it all...and she wants it now.The chief of the Netherworld PPD calls all hands on deck to fight this new threat. But there's a problem... -
Loving Dracula by Kinsley Adams
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Legend. The Immortal. My… Fiancé?Welp, I, Anna Perish, am now a vampire. And it’s been one hell of a ride so far. Not only am I shacking up with the Dracula, but I’ve also been summoned by the Queen of Vampires. And why, you might ask? Oh, it’s nothing big. She just wants to kill me for killing her sire. Unfortunately, self-defense doesn’t mean squat among the undead... -
Paper Cuts by Dave Turner
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsOlder cover edition of ASIN B0128G90GIGetting the work/life balance correct is tricky when you're employed by Death. Dave Marwood is starting to realise that relationships are a lot easier when they don't involve the undead. Caught between the demands of the afterlife and spending time with his new girlfriend, he tries to find the answers to some difficult questions... -
The Mayor of Noobtown by Ryan Rimmel
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsIt could be worse. You could be stuck with a literal shoulder demon. After dying and being reborn into a world that's built like a video game, Jim has found himself stuck in a very old world style new player zone for low level adventurers. Unfortunately, the zone fell out of use centuries ago, and no one told the monsters they were supposed to take it easy on the Noobs...Categorized as:
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Tanya: Princess of the Elves by Larry Correia
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFree MHI short story.The epic saga of a young trailer park elf and her quest to be more like Elvis Presley... -
Here Be Dragons by David P. Macpherson
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA mid-life crisis, a castle gardener, an unfaithful steed, a dastardly hero, a merciless king, and a dragon that needs saving. With heroes this bad who needs villains... When Orus graduated from the Cromalot School for Heroes he was ready for a life of glory and adventure... -
Snowflake by Heide Goody, Iain Grant
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLori Belkin has always been a carefree soul, a millennial snowflake... -
Thraxas at the Races by Martin Scott
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIt's a bad day for Thraxas when he's fined in court, then threatened by two old enemies – Rittius, head of Palace Security, and Glixius Dragon killer, a very unfriendly sorcerer. Thraxas is hired by his old army commander to locate a missing painting but everything goes wrong when the commander ends up dead... -
Critical Failures II: Fail Harder by Robert Bevan
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsFinding themselves permanently stuck in this strange new world, the gang tries to make the best of it by finding the nearest tavern and getting shitfaced. The plan goes just fine until they lose Katherine and Chaz. They soon discover that they aren't the first players Mordred has sent to this world...Categorized as:
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Carnage À Trois by Rick Gualtieri
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsONE GEEK VERSUS A LETHAL LOVE TRIANGLE.Bill Ryder’s past and present are about to collide. His girlfriend’s been marked for death by the immortal temptress who wants him. One’s a witch and the other’s a vampire, which means the chances of them talking out their problems over tea are slim to none... -
Paint it Black by John G. Hartness
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsGoblins and Witches and Trolls . . . oh crap!In the fourth installment of The Black Knight Chronicles, Jimmy Black is having a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day and a darned fine pity party, serving the finest alcohol, when a call from his not-quite-girlfriend-cop forces him to sober up and stare at jawbones... -
Immortals' Requiem by Vincent Bobbe
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA Grimdark FantasyThere are beings that live a shadow's breadth from our reality. They are the dreams and nightmares of humanity, the ancient seeds of fairy-tale and superstition. These are the Immortals, creatures of magic that should live forever... and they are fading... -
Three by Finney: The Woodrow Wilson Dime / The Night People / Marion's Wall by Jack Finney
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThis handsome new book combines three Finney favorites (The Woodrow Wilson Dime, Marion's Wall, The Night People) in an omnibus edition that brilliantly displays his bold and unmistakable imagination. Certain to delight anyone with a penchant for penetrating imaginary realms of fantasy and adventure... -
The Telepath by Bryan Cohen, Casey Lane
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCan a teenage superhero stop a mind-controlling menace with a vengeance? Newly-empowered superhero Ted Finley wishes he could spend all his time fighting crime. But between recruitment offers from the federal government and the growing Go Home Alien movement, Ted’s being pulled in a million directions at once. Fortunately for him, he’s got a protector and dream girl in the form of Erica LaPlante... -
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A Halloween Public Service Announcement from Monster Hunter International by Larry Correia
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFree MHI short story.Several years ago a film crew from the television news program PrimeLine was given unprecedented access to the staff of Monster Hunter International, a secretive company headquartered in Cazador, Alabama. Chief PrimeLine reporter, Leslie Bing, after learning of the existence of monsters was committed to educating the public about their dangers. Mr... -
Always Carry Your Scythe by Pip Paisley
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTrixie D’Vita didn’t scythe. That was Mom’s gig.Then the Angel Investigative Bureau (AIB) turned up at Aunt Harry’s bar. Seemed the hottest afterlife gameshow in the Mystical Realms was misappropriating newly-departed souls. And Death was a person of interest. When the AIB can’t find Death, they come looking for Trixie, Death’s estranged daughter.Soon Trixie's best friend is in dire peril... -
The Better Mousetrap by Tom Holt
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIt touches all our lives; our triumphs and tragedies, our proudest achievements, our most traumatic disasters. Alloyed of love and fear, death and fire, and the inscrutable acts of the gods, insurance is indeed the force that binds the universe together. Hardly surprising, therefore, that Frank Carpenter, one of the foremost magical practitioners of our age, felt himself irresistibly drawn to it... -
The Wizardry Cursed by Rick Cook
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWiz Zumwalt and his gang of Silicon Valley hackers and otherworld wizards must stop whoever has created the adjoining universe, where magic and technology both work and whose power could destroy their own world... -
The Wizardry Consulted by Rick Cook
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsComputer programmer extraordinaire "Wiz" Zumwalt, the man who mastered magic, has been taken prisoner by the dragons, who demand a piece of the magical action... -
Catching Suki by Sarah Alderson
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe Unit are closing in and Demos needs one of his team to go deep cover. Enter Suki.Fashion obsessed, boy-crazy and more than a little kooky, Suki is a mind reader with a special talent for buying shoes and for listening in on private conversations... -
The Wizardry Quested by Rick Cook
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsComputer programming and magic have never been an easy mix, but when you add a couple of Soviet ex-spies, a 20-foot lobster hungry for a landfood dinner, 128 dwarves on a quest of their own, the Endangered Species Act, zombie dragon riders, a top-secret U.S. military base, a computer trade show, a pink mechanical rabbit with a gun and attitude--things get complicated for Wiz... -
The Chosen by John G. Hartness
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhat do you get when you mix a couple of immortals, a snotty archangel, the Father of Lies, a redneck street preacher and a couple of wiseass waitresses from Texas? You get a cross-country road trip to save the world, of course!Adam (yeah, THAT Adam) has been alive for a long time. But even he's never seen anything like what's coming next... -
In Your Dreams by Tom Holt
Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars · 14 ratings'A definite must for all fans of comic fantasy' - ENIGMA'Wacky humour bubbles through the polished narrative ... Holt doesn't skimp on the flashes of brilliance' - SFXEver been offered a promotion that seems too good to be true? You know - the sort they'd be insane to be offering to someone like you... -
The Hellsblood Bride by Chuck Wendig
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsYes, we're going back deep underground for another twelve rounds with Mookie Pearl. Father, barkeep, former Mafioso, ruler of his subterranean crime-kingdom. The Organization is back, and they'll do anything to get Mookie on board, but Mookie has gone legit, and it's taking every ounce of effort for him to keep his new bar from crashing and burning... -
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Wisconsin Vamp by Scott Burtness
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAn alternate cover for this ASIN can be found here.Some vampires are destined for greatness. He's not one of them.When truckstop diner cook and mediocre bowler Herb Knudsen becomes a vampire, his once simple life gets a bit more complicated.Herb’s not even sure how it happened. He wasn’t bitten by a vampire, which means there’s no one around to help him learn the ropes... -
Myth-Gotten Gains by Robert Lynn Asprin, Jody Lynn Nye
Rated: 3.85 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsAahz discovers that the shabby-looking sword he bought at a flea market in a remote dimension is Ersatz, leader of the Golden Hoard, a fabled collection of powerful magical treasures that can turn any ordinary being into a hero. Together they go in search of members of the Hoard, only to find they're not the only ones looking... -
The Night Life of the Gods by Thorne Smith
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThorne Smith's rapid-fire dialogue, brilliant sense of the absurd, and literary aplomb put him in the same category as the beloved P. G. Wodehouse. The Night Life of the Gods, the madcap story of a scientist who instigates a nocturnal spree with the Greek gods, is arguably his most sparkling comedic achievement.Hunter Hawk has a knack for annoying his ultra respectable relatives... -
Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Sausages by Tom Holt
Rated: 3.71 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsPolly is a real estate solicitor. She is also losing her mind. Someone keeps drinking her coffee. And talking to her clients. And doing her job. And when she goes to the dry cleaner's to pick up her dress for the party, it's not there. Not the dress -- the dry cleaner's.And then there are the chickens who think they are people... -
License Invoked by Robert Lynn Asprin, Jody Lynn Nye
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIrish rock singer Fionna Kemare is set to play her first concert in the U.S.--but something unseen has been attacking her. Her only hope is two offbeat government agents: Liz Mayfield, special agent for the British Office of Occult & Paranormal Sightings Investigation, and her FBI counterpart, Beauray Boo-Boo Boudreau... -
Pulling Up Stakes by Peter David
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSick of vampire books? Movies? TV shows?Yeah. So are we.Sick of the entire unlife of vampires?Yeah. So is Vince Hammond.Unfortunately, Vince is in it up to his (wait for it) neck... -
Faust Among Equals by Tom Holt
Rated: 3.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe management buy-out of Hell wasn't going quite as well as had been hoped. For a start, there had been that nasty business with the perjurors, and then came the news that the Most Wanted Man in History had escaped, and all just as the plans for the new theme park, EuroBosch, were underway... -
Dark Moonlighting by Scott Haworth
Rated: 3.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLibrarian's note: This is an alternate cover edition of ASIN B00BL3XXH2.Nick Whittier, having been alive for six centuries, has had plenty of time to master three professions. In a typical week he works as a police officer, lawyer and doctor and still finds time to murder someone and drink their blood... -
A Date with the Other Side by Erin McCarthy
Rated: 3.61 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsNational bestseller from the wildly popular author of Heiress for Hire.Haunted house tour guide Shelby Tucker gets hot and bothered when she stumbles upon sexy, naked Boston McNamara. She knows he's no ghost, though he does makes her weak in the knees...
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