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Beware the Violet by Maria Vermisoglou 🗡️

Subgenre: Paranormal Fantasy Romance Tags: Fake Love Triangle, Strangers To Lovers, Shifter/Witch, Grumpy/Sunshine

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Description: Discovering supernatural creatures are real is one thing, but learning I have powers and learning to use them is quite a feat.

My name is Violet Webb. I live in a small town that nearly worships Halloween, but I hate it. I can't wait until I graduate and get as far as I can from that silliness.

Everything changed when I followed the white rabbit. I ended up in a realm full of vampires, fairies, witches and every creature possible.

Oh, Did I mention Jacques?

The hot shapeshifter with the French accent that makes me see rabbits everywhere?

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Midnight Prince by Aisha Urooj 🗡️

Subgenre: YA Fantasy Tags: Fairytale, Reluctant Hero, Sweet, Funny

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Description: A witch’s curse. Frog by day. Prince at Midnight.

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Alexandra's Riddle by Elisa Keyston 🗡️

Subgenre: Contemporary Tags: Cozy Fantasy, Fairies, Small Town, Sweet Romance, Magical Abilities

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Description: Cass is a drifter. When she inherits a Queen Anne Victorian house in the Oregon forest teeming with fae, she must learn to make peace with her magical abilities and solve the mystery of the woods. Along the way, she'll find friendship, love, and maybe even a place to call home...

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Thorns At Sunrise: A YA Sleeping Beauty Retelling by Janeen Ippolito🗡️

Subgenre: Fairy Tale Retelling Tags: Sleeping Beauty, Fairy Tale, Friends To Lovers, Kingdom In Peril

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Description: A young queen. Her imaginary friend. A kingdom on the verge of death.

Queen Usilea has a secret–and he lives in her mind. Ever since she was a child, her imaginary friend Petar has been her closest companion, and her arranged marriage has been a great dread.

When she learns her betrothed and the royal family have suddenly died, she feels obligated to attend the funeral in the foreign land of Absteph. But she quickly discovers that her imaginary friend is more than he seems—and so is the tragic fall of the royal family.

This YA romance features a gender-swapped Sleeping Beauty in an original fantasy world on the brink of doom.

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Waterweaver by Maya Gouliard 🗡️

Subgenre: Epic Cozy Fantasy Tags: Cozy Fantasy, Empty Nest, Found Family, Dragon Companion, Midlife Heroine, Elemental Magic

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Description: Lara has spent her life raising her children and surviving the harsh Wastes. But when the town well runs dry, she embarks on a dangerous journey to Azural, the hidden Blue Realm, to restore the lost water magic. Not a girl becoming a warrior, but a woman finally getting to be herself. Along the way, she’s joined by Fleck, a baby dragon whose loyalty and mischief steal every scene. Cozy, earned magic, emotional depth, and a heroine written for readers who’ve raised their families and are wondering who they get to be next. Book one of the Chroma series. Free on Kindle Unlimited.

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Second Chance Superhero by H.L. Burke 🗡️

Subgenre: Superhero Tags: Superhero, Romantic Comedy, Sweet Romance, Second Chance Romance, Contemporary Fantasy, Found Family

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Description: Slacker turned superhero turned his back on his hometown when his high school sweetheart broke his heart. Now he's returned and finds he may not have left his past as far in his rearview as he'd thought.

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Ascension, A Story of Grace by Sherry Hutchison 🗡️

Subgenre: Urban Fantasy Tags: Good Vs Evil, Found Family, Divine Intervention, Angels & Demons

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Description: Sometimes, when the fate of two mortals intertwines, not even the heavens can predetermine the outcome.

Alyssa is a beautiful young woman; some refer to her as an angel even before her untimely demise.

Aiden, however, is a wandering soul even after his time has come.

What could these two young people, whose lives are as different as day and night, possibly share?

Could the ties between these two young souls be deeper than anyone knows?

Alyssa and Aiden must join forces to confront their pasts and uncover the truths that bind them together.

They must learn forgiveness and, in return, be granted grace.

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Warrior, Unchartered Ascent by Sherry Hutchison 🗡️

Subgenre: Urban Fantasy Tags: Good Vs Evil, Found Family, Reluctant Hero, Angels & Demons

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Description: In the shadows of New York City, Aiden—now embracing his true identity as Timothy—struggles to uncover the mysteries of his past.

Abducted as a baby, forever lost to his real family, Timothy is raised by dangerous people. At sixteen, he faces a harrowing choice when he tries to join a local street gang: take the lives of three children or forfeit his own life. Unable to commit such a brutal act, Timothy accepts his fate, but just as darkness claims him, the angel Jophiel swoops in, rescuing him from the depths of despair. Timothy learns he is now a Nephilim, the child of a hidden legacy, and twin to Alyssa, his sister who resides in heaven as a true angel. With newfound powers and a divine purpose, Timothy is assigned by Archangel Michael to seek out the lost souls of Earth, battling Lucifer's dark lurkers who plot to steal souls for their own dark gains. As Timothy navigates his life as a soul seeker, he discovers that his family ties run deeper than he ever imagined.

When Lucifer raises a cult to steal the souls of children in Danbury, Connecticut, Timothy's newfound family is dragged into the fray. With the fate of all hanging in the balance, Timothy must fight to protect the innocent and thwart Lucifer's plans.

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Blessed With A Curse by Katie Cherry 🗡️

Subgenre: Greek Mythology Retelling Tags: YA Fantasy, Greek Mythology, Reluctant Hero, Forbidden Magic, Quest, Quick Read/Short Novel

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Description: If Paige's magic is ever exposed, Zeus and the other gods will hunt her down.

Unfortunately for her, Paige's magic activates on its own, releasing a demigod from the town statue. The demigod, Nikandros, insists that she's prophesied to not only be his true love, but to end the gods' suppression of the magical community.

But the gods are self-righteous, powerful, and immortal. Nik may see her magic as a blessing, but to her, it's a curse. One that's about to get her killed.

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Cursed With A Gift by Katie Cherry 🗡️

Subgenre: Greek Mythology Retelling Tags: YA Fantasy, Greek Mythology, Quest, Magical Creatures, Teenage MC, Quick Read/Short Novel

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Description: Human magic + demigod power = a teenage girl with way too much on her shoulders.

Though she's the youngest child of Nik and Paige, Grace is the only one with the eyes of the world—and the gods—on her. Her fight to prove her worth only gets more complicated when she has a vision of the future.

Her family is in danger, and even her parents won't be enough to keep Grace's siblings safe. Their lives depend on 16-year-old Grace living up to her parents' legends—as impossible as that seems.

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The Birchwood Dancers: A Gothic Scottish Folklore Romance by Arla Jones 🗡️

Subgenre: Gothic Fantasy Tags: Scottish Folklore, Slow Burn, Baobhan Sith Fairy Vampire, Scottish Highlands, Supernatural Mystery, Dark Fairy Tale

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Description: Some legends dance between love and death.

Folklore researcher Olivia MacKenzie arrives in the remote Highland village of Gleann Coille expecting old stories—not living legends. When she witnesses two mysterious women dancing beneath silver birch trees, she uncovers the truth about the last Baobhan Sith, vampiric fairies cursed to drain the lives of those who dance with them until dawn. For three centuries, sisters Moira and Aileas MacLeod have survived through blood and ancient magic. As Olivia searches for a way to break their curse, an unexpected bond grows between her and Aileas, threatening the fragile balance that has kept the sisters alive. Determined to protect their dark existence, Moira will stop at nothing—even murder. A haunting gothic fantasy of folklore, sacrifice, and forbidden love.

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The Crown And The Collar by Arla Jones 🗡️

Subgenre: Fairy Tale Fantasy Tags: Fairy Tale, Hidden Princess, Cursed Wolf Prince, Slow-Burn Romance, Ancient Curses, Found Family

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Description: The collar bound a prince. Kindness set him free.

Virva believed she was an ordinary woodcutter's granddaughter until a mysterious stranger murdered her grandmother and forced her to flee into the wilderness. Captured by mountain trolls, she discovers a black-and-grey wolf chained beside her—a cursed prince trapped by dark magic. Only an act of selfless kindness can break the enchanted collar that binds him, and Virva risks everything to set him free. Together they escape, only to uncover an even greater truth: Virva is the lost princess of a forgotten kingdom. As an ancient enemy rises and a long-sealed darkness awakens, Virva and the wolf-prince must embrace their destinies before the kingdom—and everyone they love—is lost forever.

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Curse of the Furies by Meadoe Hora 🗡️

Subgenre: Urban Fantasy Mythology Tags: Greek Mythology, Found Family, Demigods

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Description: Some legacies are handed down. Others are fought for.

Sixteen-year-old Erin is a half-Fury, expected to take her missing mother’s place as a goddess of vengeance. But Erin’s powers don't match her terrifying aunts'. She doesn't want to hunt sinners; she just wants to keep her family whole.

Her very first job lands her face-to-face with the human father she thought was gone forever. He’s bound by a lethal curse, and someone powerful wants him erased.

To save him, Erin must plunge into a hidden world where Greek gods collide with local lore. To break the curse, she must embrace her unique powers, outmaneuver Olympus, and reclaim her family.

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Ariadne's Crown by Meadoe Hora 🗡️

Subgenre: Historical Fantasy/Mythology Tags: Greek Mythology, Myth Retelling, Strong Female Friendships

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Description: For fans of Circe and Elektra, the untold story of the woman behind Greek mythology’s greatest betrayal.

Killing the Minotaur is only half the story.

Ariadne, wild and restless princess of Crete, has lived in the shadow of her heroic fallen brother. But when Theseus, a handsome, arrogant Athenian prince, arrives to face the labyrinth, he makes her question everything.

When her world starts to unravel, Ariadne is caught between loyalties. Should she trust Theseus, betray her father, and risk losing everything? Or does her path lie with the reckless new god, Dionysus?

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Blood Moon by Sherry Hutchison 🗡️🗡️

Subgenre: Fantasy Romance/Paranormal Tags: Witches/Wizards, Romantasy, Found Family, Witchy Sisters, Magic & Mystical

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Description: Sisterhood is strength, magic is real, and love is the deadliest spell of all…

Violet has always kept her heart guarded, but when the wizard she loves falls under a dark curse, she'll risk anything to save him.

Through every sacrifice, her sister Edwina remains her anchor, but breaking this curse may cost more than they bargained for...

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Blue Moon by Sherry Hutchison 🗡️🗡️

Subgenre: Fantasy Romance/Paranormal Tags: Witches/Wizards, Romantasy, Found Family, Witchy Sisters, Magic & Mystical

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Description: Magic runs deep in Conjure Cove… but so does vengeance. The blue moon is rising, and with it, the veil between worlds grows thin.

At last, the witch sisters Edwina and Violet are ready to open their doors, raise their coven, and claim their place in the magical world.

As the townspeople prepare for the annual Midsummer Eve Festival, something far older than folklore begins to stir...

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Ghosts of the Sea Moon by A. F. Stewart 🗡️🗡️

Subgenre: Epic Fantasy Tags: Nautical, Gods, Swashbuckling Adventure, Sea Monsters, Found Family, Magic

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Description: Ghosts, Gods, and Sea Monsters.

Rafe Morrow sails the seas as the captain of the Celestial Jewel. A god caught between two worlds, he exists as a wayward saviour, collecting the ghosts of drowned sailors before they can be devoured by malicious sea monsters.

His sister, Manume wreaks havoc from the Isle of Bones, sending her monster children out into the world to unleash destruction. Heedless of the consequences, she now seeks greater revenge, and her violent actions put everyone in peril.

Now, to protect the mortal realm, Rafe must battle his sister and stop her madness. If he can't, the entirety of existence could be destroyed.

In a war between sibling deities, who will survive?

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Death's Emissary by Emily Devereux 🗡️🗡️

Subgenre: Epic/High Fantasy Tags: Coming Of Age, Strong Female Lead, Mortals Vs Gods, Rebel Uprising, Slow Burn

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Description: Only a pact with Death can give Scarlet a second chance at life—and the power she needs to save the last of her family.

When sixteen-year-old Scarlet is nearly killed by a tyrannical god, the cost of survival is to bind herself in service of the goddess Death.

Wielding her newfound strength as a fire mage, she must face the god that nearly took her life if she wants to rescue her mother from his grasp.

With a reluctant seer and a rebel faction at her side, Scarlet starts to believe she can beat the odds… but only if her bond with Death doesn’t hold her back.

Can Scarlet win her freedom in time to save everyone she loves?

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The Crimson Diary by C S C Shows 🗡️🗡️

Subgenre: Contemporary Fantasy Tags: Greek & Roman Myths, Magical Realism, Secret Magical Society, Myths Reimagined, Fish Out Of Water, Ancient Prophecy

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Description: A diary of legends. A prophecy of ruin. And a lonely librarian caught in the middle in this myth-twisting contemporary fantasy. The Crimson Diary has chosen its Keeper, but the price of fame may be too high.

“The Crimson Diary is a well-written fantasy where magic, mythology, and strong women from history are woven into a story that keeps readers in suspense page after page.” Erin Ulerich, author

“I've never read a story like this before. Absolutely pulled me in and had me intrigued. Amazing storytelling! I won't ever look at Cleopatra, Guinevere and Marilyn Monroe the same way again.” Amber Brown, narrator of Cry of Crows

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Warden's Justice by Aaron Hodges 🗡️🗡️

Subgenre: Epic Fantasy Tags: Sword And Sorcery, Epic Quest, Good Vs Evil, Reluctant Hero, Female Protagonist

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Description: Kaila Dwyn only ever dreamed of becoming a Warden, a protector of her people. So when she discovers an intruder in her village stealing precious agimet crystals, she does what any loyal subject of the Magisterium would do—she tries to stop him. But as the pair wrestle for control of the crystal, something awakens in Kaila. Something powerful. Something forbidden. Magic.

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Og-Grim-Dog: The Three-Headed Ogre by Jamie Edmundson 🗡️🗡️

Subgenre: Humorous Fantasy Tags: Comedy, Dungeons & Dragons, Found Family, Inventive

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Description: Two heads are better than one

Three can be a real pain in the arse

Everyone knows ogres can't be heroes. But Og-Grim-Dog is no ordinary ogre.

Recruited by a team of eccentric dungeon crawlers, all three heads are determined to prove their worth. Will their new crewmates accept them? Will the pencil pushers at the Bureau of Dungeoneering be able to stop them? Will Gal'azu become a more tolerant society...and will Og-Grim-Dog solve the dark mystery that drew them into this new world in the first place?

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Away with the Fairies by Leoma Retan 🗡️🗡️

Subgenre: Middle-Grade Fantasy Tags: Family, Friendship, Assumptions Vs Listening, Weight Of Words, Finding Where You Belong, Fairies & Leprechauns

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Description: Away with the Fairies is a funny, fast-moving adventure rooted in Irish legends that begins when 11-year-old Bommer and his friends enter the Fairy Lakes to rescue his cousin. They find a world of magic and wonder where promises can have the weight of law and Bommer's assumptions could put them all in mortal danger.

With themes of friendship, family, feeling invisible, and finding the place you belong, this is a book the whole family can enjoy.

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Spark by Krysta Maravilla 🗡️🗡️

Subgenre: YA Fantasy Tags: Found Family, Magical Realism, Reluctant Hero

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Description: Phe lives a dual life.

Everyone knows Phe as the sickly best friend of Her Grace, Kyra Theonora, the last Water Nymph duty-bound by a familial oath to protect the island country of Xafara. Only a select group of people are aware of Phe’s shadow side. Trained by General Bastion to be an assassin and Kyra’s secret weapon.

Everything changes when Kyra is abducted, exposing Phe’s cover and acting as a catalyst to Phe’s own bound magic, thrusting Phe into a world she’d thought a fantasy.

As Phe maneuvers the unfamiliar landscape of magic, grappling with one obstacle after another, she tries to figure out how to save her best friend. Will she survive this new magical world? Will she rescue Kyra? Will she sacrifice herself in the process?

Spark is the first book in a new adult fantasy series featuring action-packed scenes, compelling characters, and a strong heroine.

It’s the beginning of a fierce, character-driven fantasy series where power, loyalty, and magic collide.

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Hope and Love's Legacy by Lisa Dawn 🗡️🗡️

Subgenre: YA Portal Fantasy Tags: Time Travel, No Spice Romance, Portal Fantasy, LitRPG Elements, Found Family, Touch Her And Die

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Description: A girl from the past and a modern boy must choose between their love and the fate of their worlds.

Amoura, the daughter of a farmer in 1590, has been haunted by her mother's mysterious disappearance for over half her life. Her curiosity leads her to a magical realm called Imperium, where she meets a boy named Spero from the 21st century.

A sorceress with a hidden agenda recruits Amoura and Spero to recover the shards of an enchanted crystal with the power to awaken Amoura's mother and restore the balance of magic in both worlds.

After overcoming countless perils, they realize that the only thing worse than failing in their quest is losing each other.

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The Siblings' Tale by Astrid V.J. 🗡️🗡️

Subgenre: Fairy Tale Retelling Tags: Brother's Best Friend, Royalty Romance, Good Vs Evil, Elven Magic, Historical Vibes

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Description: Elisabeth’s life is in tatters.

Her mother is dead and the rest of her family ignores her existence. The only one Elisabeth can turn to in her grief is her faithful horse, Nyriana. She rides out into Vendale’s forests and mountains every day, trying to make sense of her mother’s final words. Magic is real. Elisabeth has latent powers. And a coven of witches, who are plotting to take over the kingdom, want to enslave her. What Elisabeth needs, more than anything, is training, but there’s no one in the Royal Circle of Mages willing to do so.

Young and naïve, distracted and untrained, Elisabeth is a fly bound to get trapped in the witches’ web.

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A Tale of Pirates and Curses by Cait Marie 🗡️🗡️

Subgenre: Adventure Romantasy Tags: Princess X Pirate, Cursed Immortals, Quest, Found Family, Enemies-To-Lovers, Robin Hood Retelling

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Description: A prophecy foretold by the stars. A world of forbidden magic. A curse spanning centuries.

Growing up, Princess Adalina loved nothing more than fairy tales and playing out her favorite stories with her older brother, Shane. Now, with their kingdom on the brink of war, those tales might be the only hope of saving their people.

And it starts with finding the Nihryst—a group of legendary immortal warriors, supposedly cursed by the royal siblings’ ancestors over a century earlier.

In a world full of love and betrayal, curses, witches, and pirates, Ada and Shane must decide how much they’re willing to give for their kingdom and a future with those they love.

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Once Upon A Wicked Heart by C.L. Cannon 🗡️🗡️

Subgenre: Romantasy Tags: Fairy Tale Retellings, Villain Origin Stories, Forbidden Romance, Star-Crossed Lovers, Magic, Morally Gray Protagonists

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Description: How do you break a villain’s heart? The first step is to steal it...

Scorned gods, tragic curses, twisted revenge plots, star-crossed lovers, and the bitter, bloody origins of the sadistic villains we all love to hate.

Heartbreak and devastating consequences guaranteed.

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Bloodsport: A Fiction-Atlas Vampire Charity Anthology by C.L. Cannon 🗡️🗡️

Subgenre: Paranormal Tags: Vampires, Hunters, Paranormal Romance, Star-Crossed Lovers, Magic, Vigilantes

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Description: Hungry for some blood-curdling action and adventure? Maybe even a little romance? This clan of talented authors is dying to bring you eleven vampy stories you can really sink your teeth into!
One-click today for more vampy tales than you can shake a stake at! 100% of proceeds from this book are donated to The International Red Cross!

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From The Deep: Tales Of The Sea by C.L. Cannon 🗡️🗡️

Subgenre: Romantasy Tags: Mermaids Sirens & Selkies, Pirates, Forbidden Love, Fantasy Adventure, Morally Gray Protagonists

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Description: Do you like mermaids? Pirates? Vengeful Sea Goddesses? Want to explore underwater cities, fall in love, and defy fate?

Venture where love and betrayal collide beneath the waves and danger lurks in every tide with this extensive collection!

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Oathborn by Ann C Orlandi 🗡️🗡️

Subgenre: Gaslamp Tags: Found Family, Nurse FMC, Magic Versus Technology, Unique Magic System

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Description: The fae have magic. The humans have machines. Neither has mercy.
Discover the adventure in this early-1900s-inspired fantasy where a human nurse makes a deal with a fae to save her best friend’s life… only to be pulled into a desperate quest to stop the next war.

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The Scholar the Seer and the Outlaw Fae by E.M. Rensing 🗡️🗡️

Subgenre: Gaslamp/Historical Tags: Victorian, Fae, Kidnapping, Quest, Weird Western, Adventure

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Description: All she wanted was to be left alone. The Otherworld had other ideas…

When a routine seance goes horribly in the heart of the Rocky Mountains, Charlotte Roseingrave, unwilling medium, and Thomas Leighton, psychical researcher, set off on a desperate quest to save Charlotte’s sister and close the doorway that’s been opened, before the entire region drowns in darkness.

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The Blazing Princess by Mary W. Jensen 🗡️🗡️

Subgenre: Fairy Tale Fantasy Tags: Fairytale Retelling, Cursed Princess, Mistaken Love, Royal Intrigue, Slow-Burn Romance

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Description: A princess cursed to die before her eighteenth birthday. Two princes who might save her. One heart destined to choose the wrong one.

Princess Aurelia has spent her life beneath the shadow of a deadly curse. To save her, her parents arrange a future with one of two neighboring princes—hoping true love will break the spell before time runs out.

But love is rarely simple.

As danger grows and old magic stirs, Aurelia must decide whether to follow duty… or trust her heart.

A fairy tale fantasy of love, sacrifice, and choosing hope even when the ending seems written in shadow.

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The Unwelcome Guest by Mary W. Jensen 🗡️🗡️

Subgenre: Fairy Tale Fantasy Tags: Trickster God, Fae Magic, Reluctant Allies, Magical Mischief, Slow-Burn Romance, Cozy Fantasy

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Description: A mysterious bard arrives uninvited—and refuses to leave.

Tavia Thessarin expected a quiet life of books, magic, and mild rebellion against her older brother. Instead, her family home is thrown into chaos by Halen Cade, a charming storyteller with too many secrets and an unsettling talent for causing trouble.

But the longer he stays, the stranger things become.

Because Halen is not what he seems.

Filled with magical mischief, quiet enchantment, and slow-burning romance, this standalone fairy tale fantasy is perfect for readers who love tricksters, hidden magic, and unexpected hearts.

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Redeeming the Dragon by Sarah Ashwood 🗡️🗡️

Subgenre: Fairytale Retelling Tags: Dragons, Fairytales, One-Bed Trope, She Saves Him, Fairytale Retellings, Low-Spice Romantasy

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Description: Lorna is living a quiet life on the peaceful shores of the Jeweled Isles…until the night a terrible storm drags down her father’s vessel. With the help of a fierce dragon, her father escapes drowning. But, in exchange for saving her father’s life, the dragon demands one of his daughters. Little does Lorna know that agreeing to go with the dragon will send her to a magical cave where an unknown man comes at night and lies down beside her, a man who’ll turn out to be a dragon prince suffering under a terrible curse that only Lorna—and her love—can break.
A low-spice retelling of the Norse fairytale, East of the Sun, West of the Moon.

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Ashes on the Earth by Sarah Ashwood 🗡️🗡️

Subgenre: Urban Fantasy Tags: Shifters, Paranormal Romance, Urban Fantasy Romance, Low-Spice Romantasy, Enemies To Lovers, Mafia Romance Subplot

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Description: Nursing student Ellie St. James didn’t mean to get involved in a war between rival gangs of shifters, but saving the life of a local mob boss’s child has dragged her into one. When Ellie’s life is threatened because of her involvement, she’s forced to go on the run, protected by Carter Ballis, head of security for the mobster’s family, and a lethal shapeshifter from Greek Mythology. If it takes a marriage of convenience to keep her safe, Carter is willing to do it, but is Ellie willing to risk tying herself to him and to his world forever?

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Kingdom of Embers by Tricia Copeland 🗡️🗡️

Subgenre: Urban Fantasy Tags: Trinity Of Witches, Legendary Curse, Realized Connections

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Description: Her pale skin and weird diet make her a target at school. If only they and she knew the truth…

Seventeen-year-old Alena Scott is tired of pretending to be something she’s not. As an outlawed vampire-witch hybrid, she’s forced to abide by the oppressive secrecy imposed by her Vampire Chancellor mother. But she’ll have to ignore the rules when she comes face-to-face with a handsome, full-grown version of her childhood imaginary friend.

Shocked that he recognizes her, the two embark on a quest to solve the mystery of their fantasized companionship. And as they unravel their entwined destinies, Alena realizes she holds the key to a curse which could free them all—or condemn witchkind to eternal suffering.

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To Be A Fae Queen by Tricia Copeland 🗡️🗡️

Subgenre: Fae Fantasy Tags: Rising Queen, Fae Fantasy, Hidden Realm

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Description: The last of her line, a faerie princess prepares to take the throne. But multiple forces plot against her, some trusted friends…

After losing her brothers, Titania studied and trained to rule Aubren. But she hadn’t planned on becoming Queen at fifteen. Now with her reign challenged from within the castle walls, she must decide what is best for her kingdom. Should another rule in her stead? Or has fate led her to this moment?

Only she can decide a path that becomes littered with choices. Will a marriage shore up her reign? Could naming a successor be enough? And what of the creatures of the deep and a tale of one who can end all evil?

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Child of Vanris by Nikki McCormack 🗡️🗡️

Subgenre: Epic Fantasy Tags: Betrayal, Coming Of Age, Found Family, Creature Companions, Reluctant Hero, Magical Awakening

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Description: At five years old, Kasiel was found with the pointed ends of his ears cut off. Despite that brutal start, he's lived twelve peaceful years with the man who took him in. Keeping his hair long over his mutilated ears helps him hide that he is Vanrian, a child of the enemy.

Everything changes when mercenaries arrive hunting for him. The last people he expects to help him are Vanrian soldiers, one of whom claims to be his spirit brother. They plan to deliver him to his real father, a man whose name strikes terror in his enemies.

Meanwhile, the man who cut Kasiel's ears will do anything to keep him out of his true father's hands, even kill him.

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Wave Dancer by Nikki McCormack 🗡️🗡️

Subgenre: Epic Fantasy Tags: Seafaring Adventure, Creature Companions, Strong Heroine, Forbidden Romance, Magical Awakening

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Description: As heir to the throne, great responsibility will fall upon Veyl’s shoulders one day, but she’s more concerned with her coming Trial to determine if she is a mind-crafter, and the looming separation from her best friend Jaysen, crown prince of Sarket, who is fostering with her family. Time, distance, and political tension will strain their bond, but surely those are challenges they can overcome.

Everything changes when the ocean brings danger to their shores. Her future and her friendship with Jaysen aren’t the only things put to the test. Her life is about to undergo a transformation, one she will have to search deep within herself for the courage to survive.

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Chasing Neptune's Cat by Kit Muse 🗡️🗡️

Subgenre: Swashbuckling Fantasy Tags: Cats, Sunken Treasure, Mythical Beings

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Description: Nadia and her cat Orains, pilot the Lilly Princess around the world in search of sunken magical treasure. She's got a lead on the sunken wreck of the Astrea and her magical cargo. A magical storm conjured by the Samurai, a group of mages with designs of their own on the treasure, pushes them off course. What could have scuttled the entire mission turns fortuitous when they discover the mystical treasure of Neptune's Cat. And once Orains puts on one of the collars, things may never be the same again.

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A Pony In Time by Kit Muse 🗡️🗡️

Subgenre: Time Travel Tags: Mental Health, Anxiety, Service Animal, Disability Rep, Time Travel, Found Family

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Description: Dela’s new job comes with a chronometer and a lot of questions. The magical archivist takes a new job with the time travel division of a magical agency, Tempus Armis. With her socius and service animal Freckles, a Pony of the Americas, by her side she knows she can handle anything. Will her job come with more than she bargained for? When the first artifact arrives, Dela meets another member of the team and her list of questions grows. The idea of finding obscure magical artifacts before they fall into wrong hands may prove to be too interesting to resist.

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A Knack for Metal and Bone by Kim McDougall 🗡️🗡️

Subgenre: Epic Fantasy Tags: Steampunk, Post-Magic Apocalypse, Found Family, Epic Romantic Fantasy

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Description: Rowan doesn’t just work with machines—she feels them. The hum of engines, the whisper of gears and wires—they speak to her through the magic that flows from her mech hand. Conall knows the dangers of the Meadows firsthand. Discharged from the Rangers when his inner wolf broke free during battle. He now makes a living running rare artifacts between New Torwood and the southern cities. Thrown together on a high-risk mission, Rowan, Conall, and the Rangers of Squad 54 will face unimaginable dangers in the wilderness and uncover dark secrets that could shake the foundations of the city they’ve sworn to protect. But the real menace might be at the heart of New Torwood itself.

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Dragons Don't Eat Meat by Kim McDougall 🗡️🗡️

Subgenre: Urban Fantasy Tags: Fantasy Creature Rescue, Found Family, Post-Magic Apocalypse, Near-Future Fantasy, Slow Burn Romance

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Description: She rescues monsters. This time, one of her rescues might start a civil war. When exiled Valkyrie Kyra Greene finds an abandoned baby dragon, she’s forced into babysitting until she can reunite him with his thunder. Her apartment is already overflowing with magical rescues—a basilisk who thinks he’s a turkey, a banshee nanny, and a pygmy kraken—but they’re the closest thing she has to family. With a rogue fae prince hunting the dragon, Kyra teams up with the infuriatingly captain of the Guardians and ventures into the deadly Inbetween. If she fails, she won’t just lose her family—she could plunge Montreal into chaos and ignite a war between the fae.

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The Shadow Rises by K.S. Marsden 🗡️🗡️

Subgenre: Urban Fantasy Tags: Witch Hunter, Witches, Dark Magic, Contemporary Fantasy, Supernatural

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Description: The internationally bestselling start to the Witch-Hunter series.

Hunter Astley comes from a long line of witch-hunters sworn to protect the world from dark magic. When the powerful Shadow Witch begins gathering an army, his mission becomes more dangerous than ever. Then Sophie enters his life, forcing him to question everything he believes. As ancient magic awakens across the English countryside, Hunter uncovers secrets about his bloodline that could change the war forever.

The Shadow Rises is a fast-paced urban fantasy filled with dark magic, slow-burn romance, and shocking twists.

Perfect for fans of supernatural adventure and modern fantasy. The first book in K.S. Marsden's internationally bestselling Witch-Hunter series.

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Winter Trials by K.S. Marsden 🗡️🗡️

Subgenre: YA Urban Fantasy Tags: Witches, Demons, Young Adult, LGBTQ, Yorkshire

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Description: Magic. Secrets. First love. And a curse that could destroy everything.

Sixteen-year-old Mark has always known his grandmother is a witch, but when she offers to teach him real magic, his life changes forever. As he embraces his family’s hidden legacy, he meets Damian, a mysterious new student haunted by tragedy. Their friendship quickly deepens, but Mark becomes convinced Damian is cursed. With ancient magic awakening and danger closing in, Mark must risk everything to uncover the truth before it’s too late. Winter Trials is the spellbinding first book in K.S. Marsden’s bestselling Northern Witch series, perfect for fans of LGBTQ+ urban fantasy, slow-burn romance, found family, and magical adventures set in the Yorkshire countryside.

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The Lost Legends by Cait Marie 🗡️🗡️

Subgenre: Adventure Romantasy Tags: Princess X Pirate, Cursed Immortals, Quest, Found Family, Enemies-To-Lovers, Robin Hood Retelling

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Description: A plague. A prophecy. A centuries-long curse.

All her life, Princess Adalina has heard tales of the legendary, immortal warriors known as the Nihryst. Cursed and bound to a deck of tarot cards by her ancestors, the Nihryst were supposedly stranded on a remote island nearly a century and a half earlier.

After discovering her father’s plan to set a war in motion with a mass assassination, Ada unwittingly joins a crew of pirates in search of the only beings powerful enough to stop him: the Nihryst.

With a looming deadline to save multiple kingdoms and thousands of innocent lives, her quest becomes one truly worthy of her beloved fairy tales.

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Secret Guard by Cait Marie 🗡️🗡️

Subgenre: Dystopian Fantasy Tags: Elemental Magic, Rebellion, Princess In Hiding, Friends To Lovers, Found Family, Secrets And Betrayal

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Description: The war may have ended, but the fight is just beginning.

Twenty years ago, Princess Emmalyn’s parents saved their country from tyranny. To say she has big shoes to fill is an understatement.

When a rebel faction invades, taking her family hostage as she escapes, her strength and bravery is put to the test.

Running for her life, Emma encounters one harsh truth after another. Secrets that have been purposely kept from her.

Nothing is as it seems.
No one can be trusted.

But Emma will do whatever it takes to save her family. Even if it means working with people she’s been taught to fear her whole life—those with magic that was outlawed at the end of the war.

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The Wicked Phoenix by T.A. McEvoy 🗡️🗡️

Subgenre: Epic Fantasy Tags: Epic Fantasy, Ancient Magic, Elves, Dragons

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Description: In the fantasy realm of Vacari, where humans and elves live in harmony, a dark threat emerges. Phoenix Shadowwalker, a powerful warlock, seeks to conquer the serene city of Goldmoor.

Amid the rising danger, two unlikely heroes rise—Ong, a fierce warrior, and Lady Keisha, a determined leader. Their quest: to unite the races of Vacari and summon ancient dragons to combat Phoenix’s sinister plans.

With magic, adventure, and epic battles at stake, will Ong and Keisha’s courage and unity be enough to save Vacari, or will darkness prevail? Dive into this epic fantasy tale of heroism, valor, and relentless hope.

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Rise of the Ancients by T.A. McEvoy 🗡️🗡️

Subgenre: Epic Fantasy Tags: Epic Fantasy, Dragon Riders, Ancient Dragons, Worldbuilding, Magic, Good Versus Evil

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Description: An ancient darkness awakens in Vacari, threatening to plunge the realm into shadow once more. As the balance between light and chaos falters, the first dragonriders return—symbols of a hope not yet extinguished, and the only force capable of standing against a rising evil thought long defeated.

Across fractured lands and uneasy borders, ancient powers stir and old fears take root. From the hidden lairs of noble dragons to the war-scarred edges of forgotten kingdoms, danger spreads with every whispered rumor of the ancients’ return.

When the ruthless Red Dragon Zylron and the cold, relentless Glaceria unite in a pact of destruction, their ambition knows no limit. To challenge them, the noble dragons Kimras and Amara must rally allies, forge new bonds, and rekindle the trust that once united dragon and rider. Yet the path is fraught with peril—treachery in the shadows, battles against merciless foes, and secrets buried so deep they threaten to unravel everything.

As darkness rises and the first fires of war ignite, Vacari stands upon the edge of ruin. The age of the dragonriders has returned… but will their courage be enough to stop the rise of the ancients?

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Shade Series: Books 1-3 by Marilyn Peake 🗡️🗡️

Subgenre: YA Urban Fantasy Tags: Young Adult, Ghosts, Teenage Heroine

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Description: Shade learns she’s a ghost whisperer when her mother moves them into an old house with a ghost in the attic. This is right before Shade’s junior year of high school. With her full name of Galactic Shade Griffin, she’s a target for bullies. Nevertheless, Shade powers through, rescuing several girls in her high school who have gone missing with the help of the ghost in the attic. She's rewarded with a scholarship to a prestigious college for the magically gifted.

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Fate's Fables by T. Rae Mitchell 🗡️🗡️

Subgenre: YA Romantasy Tags: Slow-Burn Romance, Portal Fantasy, Star-Crossed Lovers, Dark Fairy Tale Magic, Found Family

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Description: Fate Floyd has always felt like the misprint in her own story. When an enchanted book pulls her into a realm of dark fables where monsters wear beautiful faces and happily-ever-afters come at a terrible price, she must rewrite the twisted fairy tales before they rewrite her. Her only ally is Finn, a charming Scottish druid who seems pulled straight from her dreams. But the closer Fate comes to trusting him, the more she realizes he's hiding a secret that could destroy them both. Drawing from classic fairy tales and folklore, this lush YA romantasy is perfect for readers who love Once Upon a Broken Heart.

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Clock City by Rebekah Dodson 🗡️🗡️

Subgenre: Steampunk Tags: Portal Fantasy Adventure, YA Steampunk, Rebellion Against A Corrupt Kingdom, Magic Daggers & Portals, Strong Female MC, Reluctant Hero Tinkerer

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Description: Trapped in an abusive home, a young woman named Alayna finds escape when a mysterious jeweled dagger transports her to Elestra—a fantastical realm filled with mechanical horses, metal dragons, cat people, and demons. There, she crosses paths with Sebastian, a secret tinkerer who becomes unexpectedly bonded to her. Together, they must overcome their doubts to aid a local rebellion, overthrow tyranny, and save the kingdom.

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A Sabre in the Hemlock by Dorothy Dreyer 🗡️🗡️🗡️

Subgenre: Romantasy Tags: Games & Trials, Arranged Marriage, Good Vs Evil, Forbidden Love, Fae & Sirens

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Description: With enemies closing in and magic slipping from her control, half-fae warrior princess Celeste draws closer to unraveling a prophecy that could cost her the man she loves—as well as her soul.

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Undertow by Joss Dey 🗡️🗡️🗡️

Subgenre: Romantasy Tags: Dark Fantasy, Found Family, Character-Driven, Monster Romance

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Description: Have you ever been strung out over a guy?

Think about what you did to turn him into The One. The lies you told yourself. The pieces of yourself you gave away.

Now imagine it's literally killing you.

That's Dragon. She can see what people could be and make it real—a gift that appeared in childhood and saved her life. These days it's destroying her, and the power behind it wants her body for itself.

Then she meets Fel. A banished fae warrior she can't fix. Around him, the hunger goes quiet.

That should've been her first warning.

Because love won't save them. Magic always comes with consequences. And hunger—once fed—never stops dragging you under.

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Poison and Honey by Kristen Brand 🗡️🗡️🗡️

Subgenre: Romantasy Tags: Fae, Enemies To Lovers, Badass Heroine, Palace Intrigue

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Description: Leigh Morgan has one mission: to get revenge on the fae monsters who abducted her sister. It's why she's in Otherworld now, posing as a servant in its dark, decadent palace. She's gathering intelligence and working to free the humans trapped there. Her mission depends on blending in, so when she accidentally attracts the attention of a cunning prince, it risks everything.

Now Leigh has to hide her mission from a dangerously perceptive man who sees right through her—and who's far more complicated than the monster she expected. She can't screw this up, or the humans forced into servitude will never go home... and the man she's starting to love will have her executed for her betrayal.

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Pure: New World Magic by Kim Alexander 🗡️🗡️🗡️

Subgenre: Paranormal Romance Tags: Shifter Romance, Fairy Tale Retelling, Paranormal Romance

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Description: A unicorn walks into a bar...that is not a joke.
When a bartender with a dark past rescues a unicorn shifter who's pure sunshine, it'll take more than bourbon and sass to keep them both alive.

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Iridesce by Cordia Pearson 🗡️🗡️🗡️

Subgenre: Romantic Fantasy Tags: Lovers Over Many Lives, Reluctant Chosen One, Noblebright, Coming Of Age, Horses & Their Riders, Action & Adventure.

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Description: Two fathers. Two nations. No place to call home.

My mixed blood makes me an outcast. My blue eyes mark me as an enemy. Only the Luna moth birthmark that condemned me at birth has kept me alive.

When I turn seventeen, earning citizenship as a warrior is my only hope of belonging—until a mysterious mage insists we've loved each other across many lifetimes. He believes my birthmark carries an ancient magic that could change the fate of kingdoms.

Now I must choose between the honor I've fought to earn and a destiny I never wanted.

A sweeping romantic fantasy of love, prejudice, courage, and hard-won hope for readers who crave immersive worlds and unforgettable characters.

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Smoke and Hellfire by Kristen Brand 🗡️🗡️🗡️

Subgenre: Urban Fantasy Tags: Occult, Demons, Ghosts, Witches, Banter, Female Friendship

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Description: When a demon murders Maggie’s friend, she’s left with no power and no plan — just a business card for Bea Romo Reyes, freelance exorcist. Hard-drinking, ass-kicking Bea is exactly what the situation calls for. Awkward, witchy Maggie is… less so. But the two form an unlikely partnership to keep the demon from finishing what it started.

The problem? Bea’s hiding something. And it might make her more dangerous than the evil Maggie hired her to fight.

Smoke and Hellfire is a four-story urban fantasy collection packed with female friendship, supernatural showdowns, and enough snark to survive the apocalypse.

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Double Alchemy by Susan Mac Nicol 🗡️🗡️🗡️

Subgenre: Paranormal M/M Tags: Warlocks, Witches, Forced Proximity, Found Family, Alpha Male

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Description: THE WORLD IN SHADOW
London hides a warlock. Quinn Fairmont is dangerous, powerful, torn apart—sharing his body with an ancient Welsh sorcerer who never lets him rest, never lets him be whole. He fights the ones who'd use his kind. He takes pleasure where he can get it.
Then Hampstead Heath gives him Cade Mairston. Silver-eyed. Lethal grace. A stranger who ignites something Quinn's never felt—lust twisted through with real tenderness, sudden and unwanted.
Cade seems worldly. He isn't. He knows nothing of warlocks, witchfinders, Withinners—nothing of what he is, or what he's about to become.
His education starts now.
Magyck. Danger. Desire.
Book two is coming.

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Cursed by Darkness by CM Haines 🗡️🗡️🗡️

Subgenre: Romantasy Tags: Arranged Marriage, Age Gap, Shadow Daddy, Friends To Lovers, Dark Vs Light Magic, Bluebeard Retelling

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Description: In a land plagued by darkness, she may be their only saving light.

After a tragic past, King Bodin refuses to love again, but he’ll do whatever it takes to save his people. Even if that means agreeing to an arranged marriage.

Despite his fearsome reputation, Princess Juniper knows this is her chance to escape her solitary life in the shadows. Especially when she discovers a room full of portals to magical lands.

She enjoys the freedom to explore, but there’s one mysterious door he won’t let her open. They might have formed an unexpected friendship, but there are still secrets between them.

Deadly secrets that could bring devastation to the few people they truly care about, including one another.

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A Crimson Fate by CM Haines 🗡️🗡️🗡️

Subgenre: Shifter Romantasy Tags: Enemies-To-Lovers, Wolf Shifters, Witches, Magic, Curses, Beauty And The Beast Retelling

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Description: A love so strong even a curse can’t keep them apart.

Stealing a witch in the middle of the night may have been a bad idea, but Gabriel is desperate to save his people, and he's running out of time. There are just two problems…

Brinley doesn't know how to access her magic, and she would never help the DeLoup after all they've taken from her. At least, that's what she thinks.

The truth is so much worse, and if Gabriel can't get her to remember her past—their past—then the last remains of his broken heart may finally shatter beyond repair.

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Sanguineum Harenae by C. L. Brown 🗡️🗡️🗡️

Subgenre: Urban Fantasy Tags: Found Family, Hidden Supernatural World, New Identity / Burying The Past, Reluctant Hero

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Description: Molly Padia came to Albany to bury Molpadia.

The name, the legend, the nigh-immortal Amazon who spent centuries policing the supernatural world and keeping humanity blind to the things lurking in its shadows.

Albany, New York, was supposed to be a fresh start. Quiet. Boring. No monsters. No magic. No more blood on her hands.

She should’ve known better.

One night out turns messy. A body drops. An old friend comes sniffing around. Then Molly’s neighbor vanishes, and the whole thing reeks of magic, murder, and trouble she swore she was done with.

Something is slithering beneath Smallbany’s sleepy surface.

Moving into a new home requires a little cleanup. Molly doesn’t mind getting her hands dirty. Or bloody.

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Eclipsed Son by C. L. Brown 🗡️🗡️🗡️

Subgenre: Urban Fantasy Tags: Hidden Supernatural World, Greek Mythology, Badass Heroine, Supernatural Detective

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Description: Some lies cut deeper than blades—and Smallbany is about to bleed for one.

Molly Padia traded busting heads for busting moves, but when her student Alyona Fedorov and her family vanish, the Amazon-turned-dance-teacher gets dragged back into the kind of trouble she swore off centuries ago.

The Fedorovs are tied to the Russian mob, a brutal heist, ancient mercenaries, fairy-tale soldiers, and a god-forged weapon powerful enough to turn Albany into a battlefield.

Everyone wants it. Everyone is lying. And someone in the shadows is counting on Molly to chase the wrong monster until it’s too late.

To keep a god’s weapon out of mundane hands, Molly will have to stop pretending she’s retired.

Good thing she still remembers the moves.

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Dream of Mystics by C.L. Brown 🗡️🗡️🗡️

Subgenre: Urban Fantasy Tags: Coming Of Age, Reluctant Hero, Secret Supernatural World, Family Secrets

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Description: Balancing books is easy. Wielding magic and battling witches? Not so much.

Taya Freeman spends her days buried in ledgers and tax returns, a normal accountant working beside her grandparents’ voodoo shop. She wants nothing to do with the family craft—strange, considering her best friend is a shayde who died sixty years ago.

One reckless attempt to stop a robbery puts Taya in the crosshairs of a ruthless witch coven. New Orleans's newest residents want to find a doorway to a realm no living person should go. And the key is a secret buried in Taya’s bloodline.

Can she master a powers she never wanted—or become another ghost haunting the French Quarter?

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Bayou Revenant by C.L. Brown 🗡️🗡️🗡️

Subgenre: Urban Fantasy Tags: Unlikely Alliances, Family Legacy Magic, Voodoo & Hoodoo Magic, Hidden Supernatural Society, Softhearted Badass

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Description: The past is a relentless beast that haunts you, but in this case, it hunts.

Taya Freeman is an accountant, a necromancer, and the last DoorMan—three lives she can barely keep from colliding. Now she must inherit her family’s oldest duty: serving as chevalier to New Orleans’ ruling vampires, witches, and rougarous.

Winning the monsters’ trust won’t be easy. Keeping it may be impossible.

When members of the three families start turning up dead, fragile alliances unravel and suspicion points in every direction—including Taya’s. She must expose the true killer before New Orleans runs red.

First, she has to convince the families she isn’t their enemy. Then she has to survive the real enemy hunting them.

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The First Balance Bringer by Debra Kristi 🗡️🗡️🗡️

Subgenre: YA Epic Fantasy Tags: Epic Quest, Mythical Creatures, Elemental Magic, Sisterhood, Elves & Fae

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Description: In this magical, coming-of-age adventure, with a touch of romance, and a plethora of family entanglements, three elementally empowered sisters are destined to become the one Balance Bringer. A destiny never intended. But a destiny now unfolding with the arrival of their seventeenth birthday. When the awakening of their fourth element draws a violent darkness upon the land, can the sisters keep themselves and everyone they care about safe, and achieve the desired balance?

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The Would Be Queen by Debra Kristi 🗡️🗡️🗡️

Subgenre: YA Epic Fantasy Tags: Villain Origin, Royal Fae Politics, Ice Magic, Fractured Family, Emotional Scars, Hurt Comfort

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Description: In this coming-of-age epic fantasy, an unfortunate event flips Princess Dreya’s life upside down. Daily simplicities once taken for granted become luxuries too often withheld, and the villains of her story reside too close to home. Her life is becoming proof that evil is not always born but sometimes created from circumstances. How devastating of a circumstance is required to create a villain?

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Phoenix Under Fire by Crystal Dawn 🗡️🗡️🗡️

Subgenre: Paranormal Romance Tags: Supernatural War, Good Vs Evil, Fated Mates, Legendary Shifters, Witches, Saving The World

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Description: There is a battle brewing and witches are looking for allies. Annie's father will force her to mate one of his choice.
She wants her fated one and casts a spell. Problem solved.
Ramiros wakes up with sand up his nose. When he finds who dumped him here, there will be hell to pay. He almost felt sorry for the fool who'd chosen to mess with a Phoenix

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Serena's Salvation by Crystal Dawn 🗡️🗡️🗡️

Subgenre: Paranormal Romance Tags: Dragon, Royalty, Saving The World, Fated Mates, Epic Quest, Reluctant Heroine

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Description: Fated love finds two unsuspecting people, one a Fae princess and the other a human prince. It's only against Fae law and punishable by death. But she's trying to save the world so what's a girl to do but run with it.
If she wins a fight that could kill her with a dragon and the heart of her own prince charming, she'll save the world and find her own happiness. Not a bad reward. If she loses, she's dead and the fate of the world will no longer concern her.

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Luna by Stella Fitzsimons 🗡️🗡️🗡️

Subgenre: Urban Fantasy Tags: Witches, Immortals, Hidden Magic, Slow Burn, Shadow Warriors, Enemies To Lovers

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Description: Being born a witch has always been just a detail from my past, you know, like summer camp, or the time Timmy ate a bug, but now, thanks to one very pushy Immortal, a handful of mutant shifters, a psycho named Chaos and a nice guy (I think) named Emmet, my magic’s become a real pain in my ass.

San Diego was a totally chill choice for college, until this whole moon-cycle madness was thrown in my lap and now I’m bumbling with basic spells.

I wouldn’t wish magic on anyone. It attracts all the wrong entities, the kind you can’t run from, the kind who always find you, the kind who know your dark secrets even before you do.

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The Vanishing Tome by Stella Fitzsimons 🗡️🗡️🗡️

Subgenre: Urban Fantasy Tags: Secret Powers, Portals, Dragon, Dangerous Magic, Slow Burn, Vampires

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Description: I am more than just Tess, the young woman who lives alone in a cramped studio on the third floor of a creaky house. I’m a paranormal investigator, I have a friend and I have a secret that fuels my vengeance.

I’ll solve the mystery of the missing pages. I’ll avenge my colleague’s death. So, send all your flying demons, vampire thralls, necromancers, skinless armies, even your dragon.

Yeah, I said dragon. A hot dragon. I mean he’s hot in different ways depending on which form he takes. In his human form Killian Tierney is… pure lava.

Bring it on, beasts of the Netherworld. I won’t stop, because the more you take, the more power I summon.

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Mirrors and Ashes by Cat Bowser 🗡️🗡️🗡️

Subgenre: Romantasy Tags: Found Family, Height Difference, Royals Who Actually Do Something, Dwarves, Snow White Retelling

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Description: Princess Ember’s love for her people, regardless of their race, has been put to the test when her own mother chooses a Fae over her duty. Forced to flee, she seeks refuge with the dwarves but defeating her mother? Her own heart first has to heal and time is not on her side. It all comes down to this: shatter the spell or shatter her soul.

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To Kill a Fae by Jamie A. Waters 🗡️🗡️🗡️

Subgenre: Epic Fantasy Romance Tags: Hidden Identity, Deadly Magic, Found Family, Epic Quest, Dragon Shifters, Chaotic Pixie Shenanigans

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Description: Sabine has spent the last decade hiding from the fae and the Wild Hunt. But when a charismatic stranger recruits her to retrieve an invaluable artifact, she’ll finally have to reveal her identity… and her dark secrets.

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Paladin and Necromancer by Adrienne Miller 🗡️🗡️🗡️

Subgenre: Romantasy Tags: DND-Inspired, Paladin, Necromancer, Found Family, Anxiety

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Description: Seven years ago, a Paladin married a Necromancer. It didn’t seem like a big deal back then, seeing as the world was ending.

For better or worse, humanity survived. The extraplanar enemy was repelled, and the rifts in the Multiverse were patched up.

In the ruins of the realm’s devastation, humanity recovered and rebuilt. Stuck in an uneasy marriage, Kassander and Silver couldn’t be less enthusiastic about the prospect.

Perhaps it’s for the best that a noble house is slaughtered in what looks like a demonic ritual. At least solving crimes gives Kass and Silver something to do.

Together, they uncover a conspiracy that threatens to tear apart the multiverse and its deities – and, most importantly, their already fragile marriage.

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Mirrors: The Curse of Lanval by Rebekah Dodson 🗡️🗡️🗡️

Subgenre: Time Travel Tags: Comedy, Medieval Time Travel Romance, Humorous Fantasy Adventure, Accidental King Trope, Sarcastic Hero, LGBTQ Historical Fantasy

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Description: In Mirrors, modern paramedic student Gill Lanval and his sister Jules are accidentally transported back to the 12th century, where his life-saving medical skills are dangerously mistaken for dark witchcraft. As Gill dodges executioners and an angry army to protect the timeline, Jules falls for the widowed queen, setting off a chain of events that will alter their lives and the future forever.

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Thor's Fiery Mate by Rebekah R. Ganiere 🗡️🗡️🗡️

Subgenre: Dark Romance Tags: Reluctant Hero, Enemies To Lovers, Fated Mates, Broody Hero, Arranged Marriage

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Description: He's the God of Thunder. She's the fire he never saw coming.

Elle fled a wedding she never agreed to, hiding in Los Angeles and praying no one looks twice. Then comes a masquerade, a masked stranger, and a single touch that ignites like embers under her skin.

Thor hasn't wanted anything since Asgard fell. Now he can't stop wanting her. In his shop, in his arms, in his bed. But the secret burning in Elle's blood could reignite the war that shattered the gods... and this time, Thor has something to lose.

Fated mates. A growly, protective thunder god. Spice hot enough to melt Mjölnir.

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Snow the Vampire Slayer by Rebekah R. Ganiere 🗡️🗡️🗡️

Subgenre: Romantasy Tags: Fairytale Retelling, Vampires, Enemies To Lovers, Antihero

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Description: Snow's seven brothers were chosen to slay vampires. She was chosen to wait up, scrub the pots, and pray they all come home.
Done waiting, she trains in secret. But a chance meeting with a stranger with cool skin, aquamarine eyes, and hands that linger too long changes everything. She has no idea he's the exiled vampire prince fighting to reclaim his throne.
Sage should stay away. The scent of her blood is temptation enough. Then he discovers whose sister she is. Now every stolen kiss could cost him his head, his crown, or his heart. And this vampire prince can't stop at one taste.

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Beguiled by Fay Messina 🗡️🗡️🗡️

Subgenre: Romantasy Tags: Fated Mates, Love Triangle, Touch Her & Die, Fiery FMC

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Description: When Talya is dragged from her mundane life into the glittering, cutthroat world of the fae, she’s thrust into a game of power she never asked to play. Crowned by fate and pushed into the heart of a fae court on the brink of war, Talya must navigate treacherous politics, unravel her mysterious past, and master the fire that burns within her.

She finds herself betrothed to a male who is noble, kind, and utterly wrong for her. It’s the dangerous man in the shadows who truly sets her soul alight. As tension builds, Talya must decide who to trust, who to love, and just how far she’s willing to go to claim her crown.

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Witching Hour by Fay Messina 🗡️🗡️🗡️

Subgenre: Romantasy Tags: Demon X Witch, Deadly Trials, Forbidden Love, Age Gap

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Description: At nineteen, Faeryn Stormbrook has spent her life proving that pain does not make her weak. With the Trials looming and the Grand Coven watching, this is her one chance to claim a place among the most powerful witches in the realm. Failure means obscurity. Success means power, prestige, and a future she has fought to earn.

But the Trials are not designed for mercy. They are designed to break the unworthy. And Faeryn’s body has always been at war with her, even if her magic burns bright.

As alliances shift and rivalries sharpen, Faeryn must train harder than anyone else, pushing past limits that threaten to consume her. With her sharp-tongued dragon familiar at her side and temptation waiting in the form of a love she never saw coming, the path to victory becomes far more dangerous than she imagined.

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Tears of Ice by Sierra Knoxly 🗡️🗡️🗡️

Subgenre: Portal Romantasy Tags: Magic School, Stranded FMC, Academy, Why Choose, Romance, Dragons & Shifters

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Description: One human stranded in another realm. Two mortal enemies who can't seem to stay away from her. One secret that could destroy them all.

After being kidnapped on her way home from hospital, Ava escapes through an open door only to find herself on another world - one full of powerful shapeshifters. She receives asylum at a prestigious magic academy but finds herself embroiled in a violent feud between a dragon and an ice prince. Caught between her assigned bodyguard and the school's pariah, Ava discovers a royal secret so deadly the prince would kill to keep it. Can she survive the year before the portal to Earth opens, or will the secrets of De Tuan swallow her whole?

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Blood and Ashes by Marilyn Peake 🗡️🗡️🗡️

Subgenre: Dark Fantasy Tags: Dark Fantasy, Blood Witch, Magic, Blood Magic

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Description: Kaelin discovers she has incredible power at her fingertips: the power of blood magic. She’s capable of both healing and destroying. A few drops of her blood bring an infant back from the dead.

As she struggles with her newfound power, Kaelin meets an alluring stranger. However, he may have entered her life with more than a romantic relationship in mind.

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Magic Brew by T. Rae Mitchell 🗡️🗡️🗡️

Subgenre: Urban Fantasy Tags: Morally Gray Hero, Found Family, Love Triangle, Hard Core Battles, Race Against Time

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Description: Edge's supernatural instincts have never been wrong. So when a gang summit feels like a disaster waiting to happen, he's ready for trouble—but not betrayal. Hunted by gangs of shifters, witches, vampires, and demons after a bounty is placed on his gang, the half-Djinn must survive one deadly night with only a depressed angel and his wits to keep him alive. This explosive urban fantasy blends supernatural gang warfare, memorable characters, razor-sharp humor, and an unexpected romance into one unforgettable night.

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Level 4 – Dark

The Travelling City by Adrienne Miller 🗡️🗡️🗡️🗡️

Subgenre: Romantasy Tags: Found Family, Artificial Humans, LGBTQIA+, Psychedelic

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Description: After a hundred years of watching humans make bad decisions, anyone would be sick of their job as peacekeeper. Reihan is no exception. Created to deal with humans who lose control over their manifestation abilities, she is more than ready for a vacation.

Virtually all humans in the Travelling City can manifest. That is, shape reality according to their imagination. To improve his social standing, Phillippe drenched himself in the city’s collective subconscious and strengthened his inborn manifestation powers. Even though he shouldn’t be, he seems fine, crowned as the new star escort in the Brothel of Transformative Curiosities.

Reihan has seen this story play out before. But Phillippe is far too charming for her to look away.

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Finding the Lost Boys by Cat Bowser 🗡️🗡️🗡️🗡️

Subgenre: Dark Fantasy Adventure Tags: Found Family, Brotherhood, Betrayal, Peter Pan Retelling, Adventure

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Description: Neverland’s magic has always been unpredictable. Part of the thrill! But when it even stops responding to Peter, Jim finds himself thrust into a leader role, with lives in his hands. But to stop the magic, they have to understand it and that means Jim must remember who he is. And things he has forgotten. Things he never wanted to remember.

And Neverland is possessive of her secrets.

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Beneath the Fallen City by Jamie A. Waters 🗡️🗡️🗡️🗡️

Subgenre: Dystopian Fantasy Romance Tags: Post-Apocalyptic Romance, Rivals To Lovers, Scavenger Heroine, Found Family, Survival Adventure, Mysterious Abilities

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Description: On a ravaged Earth, Kayla survives by using her unusual ability to locate tradable artifacts in the rubble. But when someone starts hunting her, she’ll be forced to team up with her biggest rival. A riveting dystopian adventure with a magical twist!

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Level 5 – Brutal

Ambience by Sierra Knoxly 🗡️🗡️🗡️🗡️🗡️

Subgenre: Dark Why Choose Tags: Runaway Slave, Royal Harem, Magic, Romance, Trauma & Healing

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Description: A runaway slave enters the royal harem to hide from her brutal warlord master. But her plan to fade into the background go awry when she catches the king's eye. The secrets of his bedchamber will endanger not only her body, but her heart as well.